Binyam G Kidan — AWS Cloud & DevOps Engineer

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# about

AWS-certified Cloud and DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience building, deploying, and operating scalable backend and cloud platforms. Strong background in Kubernetes operations, CI/CD automation, GitOps, event-driven architectures, and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) deployments.

I've shipped production workloads across AWS and GCP with a focus on reliability, security, and delivery speed — from national identity platforms to hybrid cloud integrations.

# services & consulting

Available for one-time setup, short contracts, or long-term consultancy. Open to discussion.

☁️

Cloud Deployments

End-to-end architecture and delivery on AWS and GCP — VPC design, IAM, compute, storage, RDS, Lambda, EventBridge.

⎈

Kubernetes Platforms

Production-grade clusters with RKE2, EKS, Argo CD, Helmfile, and GitOps workflows — including MOSIP/DPI deployments.

🇪🇹

Telecloud & Local Cloud (Ethiopia)

Deployments on Ethio Telecom Telecloud and local on-prem environments. Hybrid integrations with AWS / GCP.

📲

SMS Gateway Integration

Integrate Jasmin SMS Gateway and Kannel with telecom SMSC — for OTP, notifications, identity, and wallet flows.

🔐

IPsec Site-to-Site VPN

Secure connectivity for banks and private companies — IPsec tunnels between cloud and on-prem, Direct Connect, hybrid routing.

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Secure Deploy + E2E Monitoring

Istio service mesh, TLS everywhere, EFK/ELK observability, centralized logging, and alerting — from cluster to application layer.

Engagement models: one-time project · contract · long-term consultancy · open to discussion.

# core skills

☁️ AWS

VPC, EC2, EKS, Lambda
EventBridge, S3, IAM, RDS
Site-to-Site VPN, Direct Connect

⎈ Kubernetes & Cloud Native

RKE2, EKS, Rancher
Argo CD, Helmfile
Istio, Keycloak

🚀 CI/CD & DevOps

GitLab CI, Jenkins
GitOps workflows
Release automation

⚙️ Backend Engineering

Java, Spring Boot, Reactive Spring
Node.js, NestJS

📨 Event-Driven Systems

Kafka, RabbitMQ
AWS EventBridge

🔭 Observability

ELK / EFK stack
Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana

# experience

DevOps & Cloud Engineer

Sep 2024 — Present

Fayda — Ethiopian National ID · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Built one-click Kubernetes cluster setup workflows using RKE2 for a MOSIP-based national identity platform.
Delivered end-to-end DPI identity wallet deployments using Argo CD, RKE2, Helmfile, and Keycloak.
Set up Jasmin SMS Gateway integrations for identity and wallet notification flows.
Built and maintained GitLab CI pipelines integrated with Kubernetes release workflows.
Deployed Istio service mesh for traffic management, security, and observability.
Implemented EFK stack for centralized logging and monitoring.
Established secure site-to-site connectivity between cloud and on-prem using Direct Connect and IPsec VPN.

Back End & AWS Cloud Developer

Mar 2023 — Sep 2024

Hoski · Remote (Montreal, QC, Canada)

Developed and maintained backend services using NestJS for production systems.
Integrated RabbitMQ for asynchronous messaging and event-driven architectures.
Designed and deployed AWS infrastructure across VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS.
Built and operated containerized workloads on Amazon EKS.
Implemented Lambda + EventBridge integrations for event automation.
Configured site-to-site VPN connectivity for hybrid cloud integrations.

Back End & DevOps Engineer

Mar 2021 — Feb 2023

Safaricom Ethiopia Telecommunications PLC · Addis Ababa

Built backend services and integrations using Java, Spring Boot, and Node.js.
Implemented Istio as a service mesh for secure service-to-service communication.
Implemented ELK stack for centralized logging and operational visibility.
Supported CI/CD automation with Jenkins and GitLab CI.
Contributed to AWS-based cloud operations and deployment reliability.
Worked on event-driven integrations using Kafka and RabbitMQ.