Summary
Jamal Issah is a DevOps-focused engineer transitioning from system administration and software engineering with 8 years of hands-on IT experience and 3+ years in operational roles. He combines practical Linux and networking roots with recent projects in Kubernetes homelabs, Terraform, GitLab CI/Docker pipelines, and Prometheus/Grafana observability. At the University of New Haven he translated operational rigor into measurable outcomes—improving service engagement and maintaining flawless data integrity for scheduling—and is now sharpening production-ready skills through a KubeCraft DevOps apprenticeship. Jamal pairs a security-aware mindset from penetration testing and vulnerability assessments with a hunger for certifications (CKA, AWS Solutions Architect) and public portfolio work. Actively seeking junior DevOps roles and mentorship, he brings calm under pressure, process improvement experience, and a drive to turn learning labs into reliable infrastructure.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at University of New Haven