Professional Experience

Co-Founder & DevOps Engineer

Marigold-Kilt LLC — United States

2024 – Present
  • Founded a cloud engineering and data services consultancy serving clients across FMCG, Oil & Gas, Utilities, and Telecommunications.
  • Design and deliver serverless architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code solutions on AWS using Terraform, CloudFormation, and GitOps workflows.
  • Build secure, multi-user web applications with OAuth 2.0 PKCE, KMS encryption, DynamoDB, and API Gateway—fully automated through modular Terraform.
AWSTerraformLambdaDynamoDBAPI GatewayCloudFrontKMS

Senior Energy Analyst

Eko Electricity Distribution Company — Lagos, Nigeria

Nov 2021 – Sept 2023
  • Designed and operated ETL pipelines processing metering data from 1,000+ AMI smart meters, automating reporting workflows and reducing manual data processing time by 40%.
  • Built predictive maintenance models using TensorFlow to forecast equipment failures, contributing to a 30% reduction in unplanned downtime across the distribution network.
  • Developed interactive dashboards in Tableau and Power BI for load forecasting and operational transparency, directly supporting executive decision-making.
  • Led data quality initiatives to identify and correct billing and consumption anomalies, implementing validation systems that significantly improved source data accuracy.
  • Mentored junior analysts, delivering training on advanced SQL queries and best practices in data cleaning, strengthening the team’s analytical capabilities.
PythonSQLTensorFlowTableauPower BIETLIoT

Senior Technical Analyst

Smartflow Technologies Ltd — Lagos, Nigeria

Feb 2020 – Nov 2021
  • Supervised a team of four engineers, overseeing end-to-end development of real-time data pipelines streaming telemetry from 600+ fuel dispensing systems to client dashboards.
  • Optimized Apache Spark jobs for analytics and ML workloads, restructuring workflows and configurations to achieve a 40% improvement in data processing speed.
  • Developed ETL workflows for a Hadoop-based data lake, integrating data from SQL/NoSQL databases and REST APIs to enable real-time analytics and reporting.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and streamlined project delivery.
Apache SparkHadoopIoTPythonSQLREST APIsData Pipelines

Lead Automation Engineer

Smartflow Technologies Ltd — Lagos, Nigeria

Feb 2019 – Jan 2020
  • Managed instrumentation and control solutions across 600 production-line dispensing systems, ensuring real-time data collection and process control.
  • Programmed PLCs using IEC 61131-3 standards and configured SCADA systems for remote monitoring, reducing on-site troubleshooting time.
  • Developed Python-based analytics scripts to identify performance trends in sensor data, enabling proactive maintenance scheduling.
PLCSCADAIEC 61131-3PythonInstrumentation

Automation Engineer

Smartflow Technologies Ltd — Lagos, Nigeria

Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
  • Designed and deployed over 100 control panels integrating PLC, DCS, and SCADA systems for industrial monitoring solutions.
  • Configured industrial communication protocols (Modbus, Profibus) for reliable data transmission across distributed control networks.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to build reliable data pipelines for continuous monitoring, reducing system downtime by 15% and maintaining data accuracy above 98%.
PLCDCSSCADAModbusProfibus

Fraud Analyst

Airtel Nigeria — Lagos, Nigeria

Apr 2017 – Dec 2017
  • Analyzed 1M+ monthly transactions to detect and investigate fraudulent activity, completing over 150 fraud investigations and recovering significant revenue.
  • Developed predictive fraud models using statistical analysis and pattern recognition, improving early detection rates across the subscriber base.
  • Produced weekly fraud intelligence reports for senior management, informing policy changes and risk mitigation strategies.
Fraud DetectionData AnalysisSQLStatistical Modeling

Education

Master of Science in Data Science

Indiana University Bloomington

August 2023 – May 2025

Coursework: Applied Algorithms, Statistics, Data Mining, Cloud Computing, Applied Database Technologies, Deep Learning Systems

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Hons)

University of Ibadan

January 2011 – December 2015

Technical Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSLambdaS3CloudFront Route 53IAMDynamoDBAPI Gateway EventBridgeEC2EMRRDS RedshiftGlueKMSSES

Infrastructure as Code

TerraformCloudFormationTerragrunt

CI/CD & DevOps

GitHub ActionsArgoCDDocker KubernetesEKSAKSGKE HelmKROGitOps

Programming & Scripting

PythonJavaJavaScriptSQL BashHCL

Data Engineering

Apache SparkHadoopKafka AirflowInformaticaETL

ML & Analytics

TensorFlowPredictive Modeling TableauPower BI

Databases

MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBDynamoDB

Industrial Automation

PLCDCSSCADA ModbusProfibusIEC 61131-3

Certifications

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AWS Certified DevOps Engineer

Professional

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Associate

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Foundational

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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

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AWS Academy Graduate

Cloud Architecting

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AWS Academy Graduate

Cloud Web Application Builder

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AWS Academy Graduate

Cloud Foundations

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