Hello, I'm Daniel !
DevOps Engineer at Eagle Lion System and Technologies specializing in cloud platforms, virtualization, containerization and CI/CD automation — building and running reliable infrastructure for enterprise and fintech platforms.
I'm Daniel Befekadu, a System Administrator and DevOps engineer (Cloud Computing) based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I hold an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (CGPA 3.75) and a BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering — Communication Stream (CGPA 3.74).
My work spans Windows & Linux server administration, VMware virtualization, Kubernetes and Docker containerization, backup & recovery with Veeam, monitoring with Grafana and Prometheus, and cloud platforms including AWS, Oracle Cloud and Google Cloud. I automate with PowerShell, Bash, Python and Terraform, and I ship software with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for real fintech platforms.
Eagle Lion System and Technologies · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
DevOps engineering for the company's platforms — CI/CD pipeline design and automation, containerized builds and deployments, and day-to-day operations of development and production environments.
BOA · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Server administration (Windows & Linux), virtualization with VMware vSphere, backup & recovery with Veeam, and containerization across Docker, Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu. Cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud), storage management (RAID, iSCSI), system monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus), security management (patching, antivirus, access control, firewalls), scripting & automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python), user & access management, IaC with Terraform, GitHub and CI/CD pipelines.
Addis International Bank · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Hands-on infrastructure work in a banking environment: network troubleshooting, VMware and virtualization operations, and Windows OS troubleshooting.
IPcom Technologies and Training · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Networking and data center installation & commissioning for the Cooperative Bank of Oromia (COOP) enterprise, plus a data center SDN solution internship.
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
CGPA 3.75 · Thesis evaluated “Very Good”
Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
Communication Stream · CGPA 3.74 · Exit exam 87%
Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters with VMware Tanzu on vSphere to run containerized applications inside the organization's virtualized infrastructure — handling pods, deployments, namespaces, services, monitoring, troubleshooting, scaling and lifecycle management.
DevOps for a microfinance company's mobile lending platform — CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for automated build, test and deploy workflows, Docker images for Go backend services, and Docker Compose operation of the Loan, Credit Scoring, Authentication, Notification and USSD microservices.
Implemented end-to-end DevOps for the Infinity loan platform: GitHub Actions pipelines for automated builds & deployments, Docker images for multiple Go microservices, and Docker Compose orchestration for Loan, Credit Scoring, Authentication, Notification and USSD services.
Managed deployment and operations of a digital payment gateway on Fly.io — infrastructure setup, database configuration, deployment pipelines, and production readiness support for Go-based backend and frontend services.
Ethical hacking and security exercises using Linux, Oracle VirtualBox, Maltego, Burp Suite and Wireshark — information gathering, sniffing attacks, network scanning and related security tasks.
Provisioned cloud infrastructure with Terraform and deployed containerized workloads on Amazon EKS; automated server configuration and application setup with Ansible playbooks for repeatable, version-controlled environments.
I design, deploy and operate the platforms your software runs on.
Let's TalkAmazon Web Services
CloudOracle Cloud Infrastructure
CloudOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
CloudAWS Educate · Credly
VirtualizationVMware — Data Center Virtualization
ContainersDocker
LinuxRed Hat
SecurityFortinet
SecuritySecurity & Penetration Testing
SecurityTechnoHacks
NetworkingAkamai
ProgramHuawei
AI / DataTraining Certificate
ProgramDereja Academy
AcademicAASTU
AcademicScore: 87%
Open to Cloud/DevOps, IT infrastructure, networking and engineering opportunities.