Tobi Alabi
About Tobi Alabi
Tobi Alabi is a Senior DevOps Engineer at Alight Solutions with extensive experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security practices.
Company
Tobi Alabi is currently employed as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Alight Solutions, a position he holds remotely in Illinois, United States. Prior to this role, he worked at USAA LIFE GENERAL AGENCY, INC. in San Antonio, TX as a DevOps Engineer from 2019 to 2021. Before joining USAA, he served as a Cloud Engineer at Compunnel Inc. in Plainsboro, New Jersey for two years, from 2017 to 2019. His earlier career includes a six-year stint as State IT Manager at LAPO Microfinance, working on-site from 2010 to 2016.
Title
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, Tobi Alabi plays a pivotal role in automating deployment procedures and implementing security best practices across various cloud environments. His expertise includes establishing and managing CI/CD pipelines and collaborating with cross-functional teams to design scalable and secure solutions.
Education and Expertise
Tobi Alabi holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Benin, where he studied from 2003 to 2008. He has over six years of extensive experience using tools like Git, GitHub, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes. His technical skills extend to TCP/IP networking protocols, VPN implementation, AWS and Azure environments, as well as security protocols.
Background
Tobi Alabi's career has involved working in various roles and settings. At LAPO Microfinance, he served as State IT Manager for six years, laying the groundwork for his expertise in IT management. Shifting to a more cloud-focused role, he worked as a Cloud Engineer at Compunnel Inc., followed by a DevOps Engineer position at USAA LIFE GENERAL AGENCY, INC. His current role as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Alight Solutions highlights his continuous professional growth and focus on automation and cloud security.
Achievements
Tobi Alabi has been instrumental in achieving significant reductions in deployment time through the automation of deployment procedures using tools such as Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, PowerShell, and Jenkins. He has demonstrated expertise in implementing security best practices within AWS, including multi-factor authentication, encryption, access key rotation, and mitigating DDOS attacks. His contributions include writing Ansible playbooks for server automation and enhancing security controls within the CI/CD pipeline.