Desale Medhanie

Client Relationship Management: Built and maintained strong working relationships with clients by leveraging exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration to achieve project goals.

• Preventative Maintenance: Conducted regular preventative maintenance on tools and equipment, ensuring consistent functionality and reducing downtime.
• Splunk Environment Architecture and Administration: Architected and managed Splunk environments to optimize data ingestion, processing, and visualization, ensuring reliable performance and insightful analytics.
• Linux System Management: Configured and maintained Linux systems, focusing on system performance tuning, security hardening, and automation to achieve optimal operational efficiency.
• CI/CD Pipeline Implementation: Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, streamlining deployment processes, improving software quality, and reducing time-to-market.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform: Employed Terraform to automate the provisioning and management of cloud resources, enhancing infrastructure consistency and reducing manual configuration errors.
• Monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana: Deployed and configured Prometheus with Grafana to monitor Splunk servers, providing real-time insights and ensuring system reliability.
• GitLab Runner Deployment in Red Hat Environment: Deployed and managed GitLab Runners in a Red Hat environment, ensuring efficient CI/CD execution and seamless integration with existing infrastructure.

• Splunk Deployment: Successfully installed and configured Splunk on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems in both cloud environments (e.g., AWS) and on-premises data centers, ensuring seamless integration with existing infrastructure.
• Python Scripting for Splunk Custom Apps: Developed custom Python scripts to enhance Splunk's functionality, creating tailored solutions for specific business needs and improving overall system performance.
• Kubernetes and Container Management: Configured and deployed a private Docker registry using Harbor for Kubernetes clusters, enabling secure and efficient container management. Automated Kubernetes deployments and management tasks using Helm, streamlining operations and reducing manual effort.
• Collaborative and Independent Work: Demonstrated strong ability to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team, consistently delivering high-quality results and contributing to project success.
• AWS Infrastructure Setup: Deployed and configured Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers in AWS to host Splunk, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
• Security Management: Secured the deployed servers using AWS Security Groups, implementing best practices for network isolation and access control to safeguard the environment.
• Load Balancing and Accessibility: Configured AWS Load Balancers to facilitate secure and efficient access to the Splunk GUI from the Internet, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Splunk Optimization: Prepared and optimized the Red Hat servers specifically for Splunk, configuring them to handle large-scale data ingestion and search queries efficiently.
• Compliance and Best Practices: Ensured that all configurations adhered to industry standards and AWS best practices for security and performance.

• Installing and Configuring Splunk in Redhat Enviorenment and using Asible Automation .
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• GitLab CI/CD Implementation for Vue.js Project with Splunk Backend: Developed and implemented GitLab CI/CD pipelines for a Vue.js project, integrating Splunk as the backend, to automate testing, building, and deployment, thereby enhancing development efficiency and ensuring seamless backend integration.