Teka Cherenet

Background

About Teka Cherenet

I’m a DevOps Engineer passionate about building scalable, secure, and automated infrastructures that enable development teams to deliver software faster and more reliably. Over the past two years, I’ve specialized in designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-native systems across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)—combining automation, observability, and performance engineering to achieve operational excellence. My work centers on implementing containerized environments (Docker & Kubernetes), building robust CI/CD pipelines, managing Linux-based systems, and ensuring high availability and reliability of production workloads. I also leverage Grafana, SigNoz, and k6 for end-to-end monitoring, performance testing, and real-time visibility into system health. At Gebeya Inc, I play a key role in driving DevOps initiatives that enhance product delivery and infrastructure scalability. I collaborate closely with engineering teams to streamline deployments, enforce security best practices, and optimize resource usage across multi-cloud environments. Before transitioning fully into DevOps, I worked as a training consultant—an experience that sharpened my ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly and mentor engineers toward adopting DevOps principles effectively. I’m driven by a strong curiosity to learn, solve problems, and continuously improve system performance, reliability, and developer experience. Core Competencies: Cloud Platforms: AWS | Azure | GCP Containerization & Orchestration: Docker | Kubernetes CI/CD Automation: GitLab CI/CD | GitHub Actions Infrastructure as Code: Ansible | Terraform Monitoring & Observability: Grafana | Prometheus | SigNoz | k6 Systems & Security: Linux Administration | Cloud Security | Automation