Yusuf Ayinde

York University |Devops Engineer|SRE |Linux |Nginx |Terraform| Docker |Kubernetes|Ansible|Azure Devops|AWS Cloud

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

About

DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 4+ years across Azure, AWS, and GCP. I combine hands-on experience in Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD with a Commerce background. Bridging tech and business where most engineers can't. Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker · ArgoCD · GitLab CI · GitHub Actions · GKE · Python · Bash Completing Cloud Computing & Security at the University of Waterloo. Open to DevOps, SRE, and Cloud Infrastructure roles in Toronto and remote. 📩 [email protected] | 🌐 https://yusufayindev.cloud/

Experience

  • Venture for Canada ()
    • VFC project
      Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

      Automated infrastructure deployments using Terraform, reducing deployment time and increasing consistency.

    • Project Intern
      May 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr

      Deploying and optimizing high-availability systems across AWS and on-prem environments. Skilled in container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS), microservices support, CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, automation, and performance engineering.

  • Systems & Cloud Research Analyst at AbbaTek Group Inc.
    Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 · 5 mos

    Evaluated distributed architectures for backend data ingestion and computational workloads. Analyzed performance metrics to recommend scaling strategies for APIs and compute clusters. Supported integration of secure, high-performance cloud components.

  • Black Business Ventures Association (2 yrs 7 mos)
    • Finance Intern
      May 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      -Supported payroll processing, ensuring accurate record-keeping, timely payments, and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements. •Assisted in the preparation of quarterly financial reports, consolidating data for management review and supporting strategic decision-making.

    • Team Lead|Cloud Infrastructure Engineer — Venture Debt Project
      Apr 2024 - Aug 2024 · 5 mos

      Architected and supported AWS infrastructure (EKS, EC2, RDS, VPC) powering high-traffic systems. Installed observability stack using CloudWatch and Grafana, reducing unidentified incidents by 35%. Strengthened system logging using CloudWatch Logs + OpenSearch for faster debugging and incident response.

    • Intern DevOps
      Apr 2023 - Jul 2023 · 4 mos

      Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) and system monitoring.

  • Intern- Cloud Operations & Infrastructure Analyst at Tahpin
    Mar 2024 - Jun 2024 · 4 mos

    Maintained AWS compute resources, container registries, and Lambda automation workflows. Performed infrastructure audits improving service uptime by 20%. Automated environment provisioning, reducing manual setup time.

  • Junior Cloud Support Analyst at Rock Solid Safety
    Apr 2023 - Jun 2023 · 3 mos

    Supported cloud migration work from on-prem to AWS. Enhanced data workflows using AWS Glue and Athena