Nzinga Bediako

Automating The Cloud, One Deploy At A Time

DevOps Engineer | Cloud Architect | Automation Enthusiast | Problem Solver

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Who Am I?

The person behind the code and the cloud

Nzinga Bediako

Hello, I'm Nzinga

I’m a passionate DevOps Engineer dedicated to creating reliable, automated, and scalable cloud solutions that empower teams to deliver faster with confidence.

My journey into tech was nontraditional, starting in retail and patient care, where I built resilience, adaptability, and strong communication skills. Those experiences now fuel my ability to collaborate across teams and approach technical challenges with empathy and creativity.

When I’m not designing CI/CD pipelines or optimizing AWS environments, I enjoy mentoring others breaking into tech, exploring new tools to stay ahead of the curve, and spending time with my son who inspires me daily to keep growing.

Based in Brooklyn, NY
Coffee-fueled productivity
CLI evangelist

My Experience

Professional journey and technical skills

Skills

Cloud Technologies

AWS (EC2, S3, IAM) CloudFormation EKS Terraform Kubernetes Docker Helm Packer

CI/CD & Automation

GitHub Actions ArgoCD Jenkins Ansible GitOps Bash/Shell Python PowerShell YAML JFrog

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus Grafana Alertmanager EFK Stack CloudWatch

Security & Compliance

IAM Policies RBAC MFA & SSO Compliance Automation Incident Response SonarQube Snyk

Experience

CLOUD ENGINEER – SECURITY

DevOps Cloud Labs

07/2025 – 09/2025
  • Engineered advanced Grafana dashboards that delivered actionable performance insights, enabling patching of 5 critical vulnerabilities in one quarter
  • Reduced incident response time by 30% through improved monitoring and alerting
  • Partnered with cross-functional teams to automate security protocols, cutting system vulnerabilities by 20% and ensuring continuous compliance with industry standards

CLOUD ENGINEER – PLATFORM & CI/CD

DevOps Cloud Labs

05/2025 – 07/2025
  • Led the migration of legacy systems into Kubernetes production-like environments with Terraform and Ansible
  • Enhanced system observability by implementing centralized logging, reducing MTTR by 75%
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Docker, and Terraform, minimizing infrastructure drift and accelerating release cycles

CLOUD ENGINEER – INFRASTRUCTURE

DevOps Cloud Labs

03/2025 – 05/2025
  • Orchestrated infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible, automating the provisioning of 100+ cloud servers
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 20% through optimized resource allocation and right-sizing strategies
  • Improved deployment reliability by implementing S3 + DynamoDB Terraform backend to manage infrastructure state consistently
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Certifications

Validating my cloud and DevOps expertise

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AWS Solutions Architect - Professional

Advanced AWS architecture and design

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AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional

Advanced CI/CD and automation

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HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Infrastructure as Code expertise

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Kubernetes cluster management

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AWS SysOps Administrator - Associate

AWS deployment, management, and operations

Featured Projects

Some of the cool stuff I've built

Monitoring & Observability for Modern Cloud Infrastructure

Orchestrated blue-green deployments across 10+ production services, decreasing mean time to recovery by 60% and serving as the single point of contact for observability and incident response.

Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch JFrog Ansible Helm Blue-Green
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Golden AMI Pipeline with Packer & Terraform

Automated base image creation for EC2 deployments across environments with canary deployments and EBS optimization.

Packer Terraform Bash Scripts EC2 EBS Optimization Canary Deployments
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GitOps Adoption with ArgoCD

Currently implementing GitOps workflows using ArgoCD to manage Kubernetes deployments declaratively across multiple environments.

ArgoCD Flux Kubernetes GitOps
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What I'm Working On Now

Current projects, learning and focus areas

Service Mesh Implementation

Exploring Istio for advanced traffic management, security, and observability in microservices architectures.

Istio Linkerd

Security Automation

Building automated security scanning into CI/CD pipelines with tools like Trivy and Checkov.

Trivy Checkov

Multi-Cloud Strategies

Researching cross-cloud solutions to avoid vendor lock-in and ensure high availability.

Terraform Crossplane

Let's Work Together

Have a project in mind or want to discuss DevOps opportunities? Get in touch!

Other Ways to Connect

Email

devops@nzingabediako.tech

GitHub

github.com/JustZing

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/zingintech

Currently Available For

Full-time Roles