Simon Ngang
EXPERTISE
BIO
I build your idea and run it. With more than 8 years in the Software Engineering field, I have contributed to 10+ high-impact market-supporting projects developed around agile (both Scrum & SAFe) methodology and deployed on cloud infrastructures with 50,000+ users. I have developed strong cloud-native skills with expertise in Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code, and my learning journey continues. Helping people around me has always been my top priority.
WORK EXPERIENCE
DevSecOps (Infrastructure as Code Developer)
Desjardins
March 2025 - Present
DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code Developer within an agile feature team of 7 professionals to develop Infrastructure as Code and maintain the tools development teams use. Task and Achievements: Developing and testing Infrastructure as Code reusable modules Maintain Java applications used for tools administration Implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions Implementing recipes for Infrastructure as Code refactoring in moderne Participating in code review sessions Participating in agile meetings (Sprint of 2 weeks, Sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review/retro, backlog refinement, demo) Technical Environment: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Gradle, Terraform, Git (GitHub and GitHub Actions), Concourse, Cloud Foundry, Confluence, Jira, Java (Spring Boot), JavaScript (NodeJS, TypeScript), Rest API, Agile Scrum, Moderne, OpenApi, Bash.
DevOps and Cloud Application Integrator
National Bank Of Canada
May 2024 - March 2025
DevOps and Cloud Integrator within an agile feature team of 12 professionals and 01 intern to contribute to developing the Master Client Profile (MCP) at the National Bank of Canada. Task and Achievements: Integrate AWS services with applications deployed in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Collaborate with other teams to design and implement CI/CD pipelines for application migration using both Jenkins and GitHub Actions Supporting release management by gating, troubleshooting, and fixing defects from deployments on different environments Collaborate with other teams to ensure proper integration of monitoring solutions and application deployments on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service Developing and writing unit tests for back-end services using Spring Boot Scripting Gherkin test cases using Cucumber for integration tests Participating in code review sessions Participating in agile meetings (SAFe - Sprint of 3 weeks, PI/Sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review/retro, backlog refinement, demo) Technical Environment: AWS, Docker, Openshift, Helm, Istio, Maven, Terraform, Git (BitBucket and GitHub), Jenkins, Confluence, Jira, Java (Spring Boot), JavaScript (NodeJS, React), Rest API, Agile SAFe, BDD.
AWS Cloud Developer
Beneva
January 2023 - May 2024
AWS cloud developer within an agile feature team of 10 professionals to contribute to developing software components to manage collective insurance at Beneva. Task and Achievements: Creating and maintaining AWS infrastructure using Terraform for development, testing, and production environment Writing reusable helm charts templates for Kubernetes deployments on development, testing, and production environments Troubleshooting issues with components deployed on Kubernetes (AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service) Monitoring Kubernetes components with Dynatrace and lambda functions components with CloudWatch Unit testing NodeJS components written for lambda functions Developing and unit testing back-end services using Spring Boot (Java) Participating in code review sessions Participating in agile meetings (SAFe - Sprint of 3 weeks, PI/Sprint planning, daily standup, sprint review/retro, backlog refinement, demo) Helping my teammates improve their technical skills in AWS Technical Environment: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio, Maven, Terraform, Git (BitBucket), Jenkins, Confluence, Jira, Java (Spring Boot), JavaScript (NodeJS), HTML, CSS, Snowflake, Redis, Rest API, Agile SAFe, SonarQube, Dynatrace, JUnit, Mockito, Jest.
Java Backend Developer
Desjardins
February 2022 - January 2023
Java back-end developer within an agile feature team of 6 professionals to contribute to the development of Concil-Action project for the management of bank reconciliations at Desjardins Task and Achievements: Developing Rest APIs in Java using Spring Boot framework Writing Rest API technical documentation on the confluence Participating in code review sessions Unit testing Rest APIs written in Spring Boot using JUnit and Mockito Participating in system optimization and production support Participating in agile meetings (Scrum - Sprint of 3 weeks, daily standup, sprint planning/review/retro, backlog refinement, demo) Technical Environment: Microsoft Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Gradle, Concourse, Jenkins, Confluence, Jira, Git (GitHub and BitBucket), Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript (Angular), HTML, CSS, SQL Server, Redis, Rest API, Jira, SonarQube, Agile Scrum, JUnit, Mockito.
AWS Cloud Developer & DevOps
Codezys
December 2019 - January 2022
AWS Cloud developer and DevOps within an agile team of 5 professionals to implement two (02) applications for custom workflow management based on the Camunda BPMN engine and two (02) learning platforms Task and Achievements: Designing, implementing, and deploying CI/CD pipelines used for the projects using GitLab CI Creating and maintaining AWS infrastructure using Terraform Creating reusable helm charts templates for Kubernetes deployments Developing back-end Rest APIs using Spring Boot framework and Camunda workflow engine Implementing authentication mechanism using Spring Security and JSON Web Token (JWT) Writing API Rest technical documentation Analyzing and proposing improvements to existing functionalities Participating in technical requirements and system analysis Participating in code review sessions Participating in agile meetings (Scrum - Sprint of 3 weeks, daily standup, sprint planning/review/retro, backlog refinement, demo) Technical Environment: AWS, Amazon MQ, Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Maven, Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript (Angular), Dart (Flutter), HTML, CSS, Rest API, Camunda, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch, Jira, Git (GitLab), SonarQube, GitLab CI, Apache Kafka, JUnit, Mockito.
Java Full Stack Developer
Advance IT Group
March 2019 - November 2019
Java full stack developer within the IForce 5 team at Advance IT Group in an agile team of 8 professionals to design and implement a job search platform Task and Achievements: Developing back-end Rest APIs using Java Spring Boot framework Integrating front-end features using the Angular framework Deploying software components in development and testing environments Writing Rest API technical documentation Participating in technical requirements and system analysis Working with the UX team to assess technical feasibility and identify risks Integrating payment methods for secure payments on the platform Participating in code review sessions Participating in agile meetings (Scrum - Sprint of 3 weeks, daily standup, sprint planning/review/retro, backlog refinement, demo) Technical Environment: Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript (Angular), Rest API, HTML, CSS, Android, MySQL, jQuery, Maven, JUnit, Mockito
Java Full Stack Developer
LGNE Consulting
July 2017 - March 2019
Java Full Stack developer within a team of 5 professionals to create a school management platform and several related software components Task and Achievements: Developing back-end Rest APIs using Java Spring Boot framework Integrating front-end features using the Angular framework Deploying software components in development, testing, and production environments Writing Rest API technical documentation Participating in technical requirements and system analysis Designing reusable report templates using JasperReport Participating in code review sessions Participating in agile meetings (Scrum - Sprint of 3 weeks, daily standup, sprint planning/review/retro, backlog refinement, demo) Technical Environment: Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript (Angular), jQuery, Rest API, HTML, CSS, Android, PostgreSQL, Semantic UI, Thymeleaf, JUnit, Mockito
Web Developer
Zukulu
February 2014 - June 2015
Web developer within a team of 8 professionals and 4 interns to create an online educational support and assistance platform. Task and Achievements: Organizing and writing website content using HTML and CSS Adding search engine optimization functionalities to the website Editing mathematical content of the website using LaTex Technical Environment: PHP, HTML, CSS, MySQL, LaTeX
EDUCATION
Post Graduate Program in DevOps
Perdue University & Edureka, US (Online), July 2024
Software Engineering (devops)
Master of Science
University Of Dschang, Cameroon, July 2017
Network And Distributed Systems
Bachelor of Science
University Of Dschang, Cameroon, July 2010
Software Engineering And System Administration
CERTIFICATIONS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)
Amazon Web Services
Issued: 3/27/2023 - Expires: 3/27/2026
Credential ID: 8E771XSC4B1E1S32
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)
Amazon Web Services
Issued: 4/24/2022 - Expires: 4/24/2025
Credential ID: CKNJFV7LFEQ1Q3G5
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 10/12/2024 - Expires: 10/12/2026
Credential ID: LF-m6975nxvyj
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 9/15/2024 - Expires: 9/15/2026
Credential ID: LF-i0reprwohd
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 9/22/2024 - Expires: 9/22/2026
Credential ID: LF-za88qudevx
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 10/14/2024 - Expires: 10/14/2026
Credential ID: LF-qk5v2ksl85
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 10/13/2024 - Expires: 10/13/2026
Credential ID: LF-5bvmjk7z5i
Kyverno Certified Associate (KCA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 1/9/2025 - Expires: 1/9/2027
Credential ID: LF-r616o7x8w5
HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate (003)
HashiCorp
Issued: 4/7/2024 - Expires: 4/7/2026
Credential ID: 9472e550-d764-4bab-a9ca-8342af88922a
OpenJS Node.js Application Developer (JSNAD)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 4/7/2024 - Expires: 4/7/2027
Credential ID: LF-h1x5c0btl3
OpenJS Node.js Service Developer (JSNSD)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Issued: 4/7/2025 - Expires: 4/7/2027
Credential ID: LF-2d t2rkds
Certified React Developer (Level 1)
React Certification
Issued: 6/16/2024 - Expires: 6/16/2027
Credential ID: 5F15P6I
Verified Cloud Developer
6-8 years of experience
Preferred commitment: Full Time
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