BETH WANGARI
Nairobi
Summary
DevSecOps engineer with 2 years of experience in DevSecOps. Specialties include developing, implementing, and optimizing DevSecOps processes and solutions. Seeking a Developer Relations Engineer role at Google to leverage my expertise in building relationships with developer communities, advocating for product adoption, and driving product growth.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevSecOps Engineer
Safaricom PLC
06.2023 - Current
- Enhance collaboration between development teams by leading the adoption of Agile and DevOps methodologies, contributing to a 5% increase in overall product delivery efficiency.
- Lead comprehensive training sessions for development teams on DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud management, resulting in a 4% decrease in deployment time and a 3% increase in production stability.
- Streamline DevOps processes by implementing Jenkins pipelines, resulting in a 4% reduction in deployment time and a 2% increase in deployment frequency
- Develop and maintain Docker and Kubernetes-based containerization solutions, increasing development team productivity and improving application scalability.
- Deploy developer applications to the environments, troubleshoot of application and fix any issue that arise.
Change Management Engineer
Safaricom PLC
02.2018 - 05.2023
- Implemented an automated change management system using BMC Remedy, resulting in a 4% reduction in the time required to process change requests and a 5% decrease in human errors.
- Spearheaded the development and maintenance of a comprehensive change management policy, resulting in a 10% reduction in change-related incidents and increase in compliance with ITIL standards.
- Conducted regular training sessions for IT staff on change management best practices, resulting in an improvement in change management process adherence and a 6% increase in employee engagement.
- Enhanced communication and collaboration between IT teams by organizing regular change management meetings and workshops, improving cross-functional cooperation by 5%.
Developer Relation Intern
Kazi
01.2017 - 04.2017
- Organized and facilitated 2 virtual developer meetups, attracting over 50 attendees and fostering connections within the developer community
- Collaborated with product and engineering teams to gather developer feedback, identify product gaps, and improve product documentation, contributing to a 2% increase in product adoption and a 1% reduction in support requests
- Developed and executed a social media strategy to increase brand visibility and community engagement, achieving a 2% increase in followers and improvement in post engagement rates
- Assisted with the planning and execution of a major online developer conference, helping to secure 2 industry-recognized speakers and attracting over 20 attendees.
Education
DevOps and Cloud Computing -
Moringa School
Nairobi, Kenya12.2020
Bachelors Business Information Technology -
Taita Taveta University College
Taita Taveta County, Kenya11.2017
Skills
- Automated software build and deployment processes
- Application Programming Interface testing
- Management and coordination of containerized environments
- Iterative and incremental project management approaches
- Front-end development intermediate
- Proficient in identifying and resolving software issues
- Strong collaborative skills in diverse team settings
- Effective verbal and visual communication capabilities
- Effective relationship management with stakeholders
- Genuine enthusiasm for emerging technologies
- Product life cycle management experience
Accomplishments
- Key Driver in increasing Developer Productivity, Contribute and spearhead the Development of Developer Experience Portal that has helped in increasing developers productivity by 3%.
- Agile Team Leadership, Led agile sprint team to deliver new features ahead of schedule, improving team productivity and product time-to-market for Developer Experience Portal.
- Speaker at Developer Conferences, Presented on Developer Experience Portal sharing knowledge with over 500 attendees.
- Innovation in development of Mobile application Platform 'Happy Duka', Collaborated on a revolutionary development of a proof of concept mobile application, contributing to a 0.5% increase in sales.
Projects
- Internal developed Developer Experience Portal (DevEng).
Develop and maintain Jenkins shared library in order to have a more efficient, maintainable, and reliable Jenkins jobs, and contributing to better overall software delivery processes increasing product adoption, improving developer retention, providing better support, and fostering community building.
- Development and Maintaining of Jenkins Shared Library.
Develop and maintain Jenkins shared library in order to have a more efficient, maintainable, and reliable Jenkins jobs, and contributing to better overall software delivery processes.
Certification
Certified Aws Developer Associate.
Certified Aws Cloud Practitioner.
Agile Project Management by Google.
Product Management Basic Certification.
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
- Co-founder of Taita Taveta University Techlady community (TTUTechLady).
Founded TTUTechLady community in my university in order to guide the ladies who are undertaking stem courses into the cooperate industry.
- Safaricom PLC Women in Technology.
Lead the Technovation Program and Campus outreach program where I lead a team of women in organizing for programs that teach the students about technology.
Timeline
DevSecOps Engineer
Safaricom PLC
06.2023 - Current
Change Management Engineer
Safaricom PLC
02.2018 - 05.2023
Developer Relation Intern
Kazi
01.2017 - 04.2017
DevOps and Cloud Computing -
Moringa School
Bachelors Business Information Technology -
Taita Taveta University College
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