Chidubem P

Lead Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineer

Pizza Hut • Part time

Jul 2026 - Present • 4 mos

Core Deliverables: POS Ordering Engine Modernization, Serverless Scaling, Real-Time Government Fiscalization, FinOps & PCI-DSS Hardening - Infrastructure as Code & Cloud Architecture: Provisioned highly available, serverless cloud environments using modular Terraform, architecting GCP Cloud Run, isolated custom VPC subnets, and Cloud SQL with multi-region replication. - Security & Compliance Hardening: Enforced end-to-end PCI-DSS compliance standards by integrating Cloud Armor (WAF/DDoS mitigation), strict IAM least-privilege roles, and automated secret injection with GCP Secret Manager. - DevOps & Continuous Delivery: Built automated GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines deploying containerized services with zero-downtime rolling updates to eliminate operational outages during peak restaurant hours. - Government Fiscalization Data Pipelines: Engineered robust, event-driven integration pipelines to sync product catalogs and stream real-time fiscalized invoice clearance directly with the Albanian Tax Directorate (DPT / Fiskalizimi Central Information System), automating XML payload signing, NIVF code validation, and asynchronous fallback queues for uninterrupted sales. - FinOps & Cost Optimization: Re-architected legacy always-on compute instances into auto-scaling Cloud Run microservices with request-driven concurrency, paired with Cloud SQL storage autoscaling and egress bandwidth optimization, cutting active cloud compute spend by over 35%.

Senior Cloud Architect & IT Infrastructure Operations Lead

Green • Freelance

Mar 2025 - Present • 1 yr 8 mos

Core Deliverables: Enterprise Workspace Automation, VM Infrastructure Lifecycle, SRE Observability & FinOps Optimization - Programmatic Google Workspace Administration (GAM): Deployed and operated GAM / GAMADV-XTD3 across Google Cloud Shell and administrative environments, automating domain-wide user lifecycle management, cross-department role transitions, and zero-loss offboarding data migrations (Drive ownership reassignment, and email forwarding). - Enterprise Security, OU Policies & Access Governance: Enforced zero-trust domain governance across multiple franchise locations by implementing centralized Organizational Unit (OU) access rules, context-aware access, mandatory 2FA enforcement, external link sharing audits on Shared Drives, and programmatic email routing rules. - GCP VM Infrastructure & Compute Management: Architected, monitored, and maintained Compute Engine (VM) infrastructure, configuring custom image baselines, automated persistent disk snapshots, Backups and OS patch management. - FinOps & Cloud Cost Reduction: Conducted comprehensive cloud audits, eliminating unattached storage volumes, right-sizing over-provisioned Compute Engine VM tiers, optimizing network egress bandwidth, and applying Committed Use Discounts (CUDs) to cut recurring infrastructure costs by over 30%. - SRE, Observability & Incident Response: Established unified observability using Google Cloud Operations Suite (Cloud Monitoring & Logging), creating custom uptime checks, synthetic transactions for ordering services, and automated alerting channels (Slack/Email) to minimize MTTR and ensure platform availability across all store branches. - Web Infrastructure, Domain & Edge Management: Administered and maintained the brand's public-facing and online ordering web platforms; configured Google Cloud Load Balancing, managed custom domain DNS records, automated SSL/TLS certificate lifecycles, and deployed caching and security rules via Cloud CDN and Cloud Armor