George Kirima

Email: kirimageorge@gmail.com

Phone: +1-253-361-9401

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Professional Summary

AWS-certified cloud professional and Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO) professional with hands-on experience supporting mission-critical infrastructure in high-availability environments. Currently advancing cloud development skills including AI/ML through Amazon Cloud Institute. Skilled in AWS services, DevOps tools and automation scripting using Bash, PowerShell and AWS SDK - Boto3. Developing proficiency in Python with a solid grasp of its fundamentals.

Certifications

Education & Training

  • Amazon Cloud Institute: Cloud Application Developer – In training
  • Clover Park Technical College: HVACR Technical Training – 2022–2023
  • Kenyatta University: MBA – Finance – 2015–2019
  • St. Paul’s University: Bachelor's – Business Administration & Management – 2007–2011

Projects and Learning

  • Automated EC2 Deployment Pipeline Using AWS CodePipeline and GitHub – Outlines an automated deployment pipeline using AWS CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, and GitHub to deliver application scripts to Amazon EC2 instances. This solution enables continuous delivery from a GitHub repository to Amazon EC2 instances with zero manual deployment steps.
  • SmartDeploy: Automated CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub, Jenkins & CodeDeploy – SmartDeploy is a scalable, four-stage CI/CD pipeline that automates the journey from source code to a live staging environment.
  • Neural Climate: Intelligent Cloud-Integrated HVAC System – Neural Climate is a smart, cloud-based HVAC system that integrates IoT, cloud computing, and machine learning to provide dynamic environmental monitoring and control to deliver real-time diagnostics, and automation by integrating edge-based sensor networks with AWS cloud services reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs.

Skills

Technical Skills

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate provisioning and management of cloud resources using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation for consistent, repeatable, and scalable infrastructure deployment.
  • DevOps & Automation: builds CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub,Jenkins and scripting with Bash, PowerShell, and Python (Boto3).
  • Cloud Development & Tooling: Development using Visual Studio Code, AWS Cloud9, AWS CLI and Amazon Q for AI-assisted coding and troubleshooting.
  • Serverless & Scalable Architectures: Builds event-driven systems using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and S3 to create cost-efficient, highly available applications without managing servers.

Soft Skills

  • Strategic problem-solver with hands-on tech adaptability and continuously seeking out new knowledge and embracing emerging technologies
  • Detail-oriented with a strong bias for action and customer focus
  • Works effectively within cross-functional teams to achieve shared organizational goals
  • Combines technical knowledge with business insight to lead effectively across multidisciplinary teams

Experience

  • Data Center Engineering Operations Technician – AWS
    2024 – Present

    Utilize 24/7 telemetry systems to monitor infrastructure and proactively identify and respond to hardware faults before impacting customers, achieving a 98% reduction in unplanned downtime incidents and enabling real-time visibility across all mission-critical systems..

    Support automation efforts through Building Management Systems (BMS) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) for real-time infrastructure control, reducing manual intervention and improving system response times by 25%, contributing to enhanced facility uptime and operational efficiency.

  • HVACR Service Technician – Refresh LLC
    2024

    Diagnosed and optimized performance across complex HVAC and refrigeration systems using IoT-based monitoring tools,resulting in a 25% reduction in reactive service calls and 30% improvement in system uptime through proactive maintenance and trend-based fault detection. .

  • Project Manager – Compassion International Project
    2015 – 2020

    Utilized a cloud-based Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) to manage the full project financial lifecycle, from budgeting and approval workflows to real-time expense tracking and implementation ensuring 99% policy compliance.

    Coordinated and monitored short- and long-term project activities across multiple workstreams using integrated system dashboards, achieving 87% on-time delivery of scheduled tasks and proactively addressing delays through milestone variance alerts.