Daniel Maina Gitari

DevOps Solutions Architect

gitarimaina254@gmail.com+254701719066Kenya

I design and implement cloud-native infrastructure solutions that deliver high availability, scalability, and operational excellence. With 5+ years of hands-on experience across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes, I translate complex requirements into automated, secure, and cost-effective systems.

Experience

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer

Konvergenz Network Solutions

Mar 2024 — Present

Kenya

  • Architect and manage scalable Amazon EKS clusters with best practices for HA, security, and performance across multi-environment deployments.
  • Design and implement cloud-native CI/CD pipelines using Argo CD and GitHub Actions for automated end-to-end delivery.
  • Develop observability solutions with CloudWatch dashboards, Prometheus, and Grafana for real-time monitoring and alerting.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform with version-controlled, reproducible Kubernetes configurations.
  • Design secure VPC network architectures to support containerized microservices within EKS clusters.

Software Engineer

Konvergenz Network Solutions

2023 — Mar 2024

Kenya

  • Built and deployed the Afya Yangu portal — a government healthcare platform serving all Kenyan citizens for Social Health Insurance Fund services.
  • Developed both web and mobile application versions with robust security and performance optimization.
  • Created a modern digital health agency web platform with responsive design and optimized UX.

Software & Cloud Engineer

Keka Precision Technologies

Jul 2022 — Feb 2024

Nairobi, Kenya

  • Integrated online sales forms to ZOHO CRM, reducing manual sales cycles and increasing lead acquisition.
  • Helped the company attain AWS Select Partner status through partner accreditation programs.
  • Developed device security solutions with VMware Workspace ONE unified endpoint management.

Software Developer

Terra Softworks

Jan 2022 — Jun 2022

Kenya

  • Deployed workloads using Linux tools on Digital Ocean cloud platform, increasing service delivery.
  • Created bash automation scripts for repetitive deployment tasks.
  • Integrated payment gateways for e-commerce websites.

Software Development Intern

Uzapoint Limited

Jan 2021 — Jul 2021

Kenya

  • Debugged, identified, and proposed solutions for issues in the Uzapoint ERP SaaS platform.
  • Supported development and testing ensuring smooth transition to production.

Projects

EKS Infrastructure Platform

Scalable multi-environment Kubernetes platform on AWS EKS with CI/CD pipelines via Argo CD & GitHub Actions, Prometheus/Grafana observability, and Terraform-managed infrastructure as code.

AWS EKSTerraformArgo CDPrometheusGrafana

Cloud Observability Stack

End-to-end monitoring solution combining CloudWatch dashboards, ELK Stack, Apache Kafka, and Apache Superset for real-time alerting, log aggregation, and analytics visualization.

CloudWatchELK StackKafkaSupersetLambda

VMware UEM Security Solution

Device security implementation using VMware Workspace ONE unified endpoint management for enterprise fleet protection.

VMwareWorkspace ONESecurity

E-commerce Payment Integration

Payment gateway integrations for multiple e-commerce websites with automated deployment scripts on Digital Ocean.

Payment APIsBashDigital OceanE-commerce

Skills

Technologies & Tools

DockerKubernetesTerraformAWS EKSAWS CloudFormationAWS IAMAWS VPCAWS RDSAWS EC2AzureArgo CDGitHub ActionsPrometheusGrafanaELK StackApache KafkaCloudWatchGit

Languages

PHPJavaPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptDartC#SQL

Certifications

AWS Cloud Solutions ArchitectHNY7EHHBQ141QG90
AWS Cloud PractitionerTSRX2CGJPNF4185X

Education

BSc Telecommunication & Information Engineering

Jomo Kenyatta University

Aug 2018 — Dec 2023

Cloud Engineering Trainee

Azubi Africa

Sep 2021 — Dec 2021