// Lagos, Nigeria — available worldwide

Samson Olanipekun

Mechatronics engineer turned DevOps engineer — building real cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and shipping production-grade pipelines from Lagos, Nigeria. I don't just watch tutorials — every concept becomes a project, every project goes on GitHub, and every milestone gets shared in public.

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samson@devops — ~/whoami
$ cat profile.json
{
  "name": "Samson Olanipekun",
  "role": "Cloud & DevOps Engineer",
  "location": "Lagos, Nigeria",
  "available": true,
  "github": "github.com/Reich-imperial",
  "stack": ["Docker", "AWS", "Kubernetes", "Terraform"],
  "seeking": "Remote DevOps Internship / Junior Role"
}
$ _
01 // about

A bit about me

I graduated with a degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Federal University Oye-Ekiti in 2024. Mechatronics taught me how to think in systems — how mechanical, electrical, and software components interact. That same thinking is what makes a great DevOps engineer.

When I discovered cloud infrastructure and DevOps, everything clicked. Provisioning servers, automating deployments, building pipelines — it's the same systems thinking, but at cloud scale. I've been all-in ever since.

I'm currently completing the Decoding DevOps course by Imran Teli and building real projects alongside every module. My flagship project, EduStack, is a personalised multi-tier university portal running across 5 interconnected servers with a full DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline.

I build in public. Every project I complete goes on GitHub with a proper README. No hidden repos. No half-finished work collecting dust.

5+
Projects on GitHub
3
Pipeline stages passing
10+
AWS services learned
Hours in the terminal
02 // skills

Tech stack

cloud — aws
EC2 S3 IAM VPC CloudFront Route 53 CloudWatch ECR Lambda RDS
containers
Docker Docker Compose Kubernetes kubectl Minikube Helm Container Security
ci/cd & automation
GitHub Actions Jenkins Terraform Ansible Vagrant Maven
security — devsecops
Snyk Trivy GitLeaks Semgrep IAM Policies Secrets Management
linux & scripting
Linux / Ubuntu Bash Python Shell scripting cron systemd Git
monitoring & services
Prometheus Grafana Nginx Apache Tomcat MySQL Memcached RabbitMQ
03 // projects

Things I've built

DevOps Automation Toolkit

Three production-ready Bash and Python scripts: a system health monitor running via cron, an automated backup script with 7-day rotation, and an AWS resource reporter using boto3 that queries EC2, S3, and IAM.

BashPythonboto3 cronLinuxAWS CLI
Portfolio on AWS S3 + CloudFront

This portfolio site — hosted on Amazon S3 for static file storage, served globally through CloudFront with HTTPS. Deployed via a single Bash script: sync to S3, invalidate CloudFront cache. Cost: ~$0.03/month.

AWS S3CloudFrontIAM Route 53BashAWS CLI
DevSecOps CI/CD Pipeline

GitHub Actions pipeline with 6 security stages: secret scanning (GitLeaks), dependency scanning (Snyk), Maven build and tests, container scanning (Trivy), ECR push, and EC2 deployment. Uses IAM OIDC — zero long-lived credentials stored anywhere.

GitHub ActionsGitLeaksSnyk TrivyDockerECRIAM OIDC
04 // journey

How I got here

01
2018 — 2024
B.Eng Mechatronics Engineering
Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State
Studied the intersection of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering. Developed the systems thinking that transfers directly to cloud infrastructure. Graduated 2024.
02
2022 — 2023
ALX Africa Software Engineering Programme
Year 1 completed
Intensive project-based software engineering training covering C programming, data structures, algorithms, Linux/Unix systems, and collaborative engineering. Transitioned focus to DevOps and cloud infrastructure after Year 1.
03
2025
Discovered DevOps — went all-in
Decoding DevOps — Imran Teli (Udemy)
Started structured DevOps training. Completed Linux, Git, Bash scripting, Python, and AWS modules. Built the DevOps Automation Toolkit as first real project combining all completed skills.
04
2026
Built EduStack — flagship DevOps project
Multi-tier university portal | 5 servers | Full CI/CD
Instead of building the standard vprofile project, personalised it into EduStack — a university student portal with Nigerian student data. Built in public with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline. 3 security gates passing. Architecture diagram and documentation published.
Next
AWS Cloud Practitioner + Docker + Kubernetes
Actively pursuing remote DevOps internships
Completing AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes modules. Each one adds a new EduStack deployment branch and a new green pipeline stage. Targeting remote DevOps internship or junior role — open to any timezone.
05 // education

Academic background

B.Eng — 2024
Federal University Oye-Ekiti
Mechatronics Engineering
2018 – 2024 · Ekiti State, Nigeria
Systems thinking, automation, and hardware-software integration. The foundation that makes DevOps instinctive — infrastructure is just a different kind of system to design and automate.
Programme — Year 1
ALX Africa
Software Engineering Programme
2022 – 2023 · Remote
Intensive project-based engineering training covering C, data structures, algorithms, and Linux systems. Completed Year 1 before pivoting to DevOps and cloud infrastructure as primary focus.
06 // open source

GitHub activity

GitHub Stats
Top Languages
GitHub Contribution Chart
07 // contact

Let's connect

I'm actively looking for remote DevOps internships and junior roles — open to any timezone. If you work in DevOps, hire for engineering teams, or just want to talk infrastructure and cloud, reach out.