Nina Nekooi Walker
About Nina Nekooi Walker
Nina Nekooi Walker is a Senior DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and application deployment. She has worked for various companies in roles related to Linux systems, DevOps, and cloud engineering since 2009.
Current Role at Confidential
Nina Nekooi Walker currently serves as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Confidential, a position she has held since 2021. In this role, she focuses on managing and deploying applications in a remote setting. Her responsibilities include overseeing the automation of deployment processes and ensuring the efficiency of cloud infrastructure.
Previous Experience in DevOps
Nina has extensive experience in DevOps, having worked in various roles across multiple organizations. She was a DevOps Engineer at CCC Information Services from 2016 to 2017, and at MAP Health Management from 2017 to 2018. Additionally, she held positions as a DevOps Cloud Engineer at Confidential from 2019 to 2020, and as a DevOps Engineer at Allscripts from 2018 to 2019. Her roles have involved managing applications on platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift and utilizing tools for deployment automation.
Technical Skills and Proficiencies
Nina is proficient in scripting and automation, particularly using Python and YAML. She specializes in deploying containerized workloads with Helm Charts and Sonatype Nexus. Additionally, she has expertise in IBM Urban Code Deploy for deployment automation and uses Ansible for configuration management and automation tasks.
Educational Background
Nina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture with a concentration in Structural Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington. She has also earned a Graduate Certificate in Management Information Systems from Park University. Her technical training includes certifications in Linux System Administration from St. Edward's University and AWS Cloud Services from AWS Training & Certification.
Career Timeline and Roles
Nina's career spans over a decade, beginning as a Linux Systems Technician at Giganews from 2009 to 2010. She progressed to roles such as Unix Systems and Applications Administrator at NIC Inc. from 2012 to 2013, and Linux Operations Administrator II at Blackbaud from 2014 to 2016. She has also worked as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer II at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and as a DevOps Engineer at Kessel Run from 2020 to 2021.