Summary
Julius Ahenkora is an Infrastructure Engineer and founder with nine years of experience delivering secure, scalable systems for government and defense clients. Based in the Washington DC area, he currently leads infrastructure engineering at Nava and runs Ahenkora Consulting while guiding Fluent as Engineering Lead, bringing hands-on expertise in cloud, containerization, CI/CD, and site reliability. His background spans roles at Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, where he implemented cloud monitoring, multi-repo Git syncing, DoD STIG-compliant infrastructure, and robust DevOps pipelines across VMware, Docker, Kubernetes, and relational databases. He holds a BS in Computer Science from George Mason and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Boulder, and has earned a TS/SCI clearance. Outside work, he supports community nonprofits and pursues hiking and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. An entrepreneur at heart, he founded his own consulting practice to translate complex requirements into practical, auditable infrastructure solutions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer