CLOUD

Cloud · DevOps · SRE

Dinkisa
Demeke
Worku

Azure Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer — AZ-104 · AZ-305 · AZ-900

Building resilient, scalable cloud infrastructure on Azure. Specialising in Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD automation, cloud networking, and observability — with a passion for platform modernisation and operational excellence.

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Years Experience

Certifications

Cloud Roles

Experience

03/2024 — Present

LTIMindtree

Krakow, Poland

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer @ LTIMindtree

Designed and optimised enterprise Azure networking: VNets, VWAN, NSGs, UDRs, VPN Gateways, and ExpressRoute for hybrid connectivity.
Deployed and managed containerised applications using AKS, Azure Container Apps, and Azure Container Registry for scalable cloud-native delivery.
Implemented GitOps workflows with Helm, Argo CD, and Flux, streamlining Kubernetes application releases and configuration management.
Built and optimised CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, automating deployments and infrastructure provisioning.
Configured Azure load balancing: Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Traffic Manager, and Azure Front Door.
Authored IaC templates with Bicep and ARM; automated operational workflows with PowerShell and Python.
Provided deep-dive troubleshooting and architecture guidance following Azure best practices for enterprise customers.

01/2021 — 08/2022

Self-Employed

Ambo, Ethiopia

IT Technical Engineer @ Independent

Delivered IT infrastructure support for SMBs — Windows/Linux servers, VPNs, firewalls, monitoring, and backup solutions.
Built secure network architectures with VPN connectivity, firewall configuration, and identity access controls.
Guided hybrid infrastructure environments in transitioning toward cloud adoption.

Technical Skills

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Cloud Platform

Azure Cloud Services

Virtual Machines AKS Container Apps Azure Storage App Services Azure Backup Entra ID Azure Monitor

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Cloud Networking

Azure Networking & Security

VNet / VWAN VPN Gateway ExpressRoute NSGs / WAF Azure Firewall Load Balancer Front Door Private DNS

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Containers & Orchestration

Kubernetes & Docker

Kubernetes Docker Helm Argo CD Flux GitOps ACR

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IaC & Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform Bicep ARM Templates Ansible PowerShell Bash Python

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CI/CD & DevOps

Pipeline & Release Engineering

Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins Git

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Observability

Monitoring & Analytics

Azure Monitor Grafana Prometheus KQL Wireshark

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Systems

Linux & OS Administration

Ubuntu CentOS Windows Server SELinux SSH Storage Mgmt

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Data & Streaming

Databases & Stream Processing

MongoDB PostgreSQL MySQL Apache Kafka Apache Flink

Projects

Master's Thesis · Research

Real-Time Fraud Detection Pipeline

Developed a real-time fraud detection pipeline for payment card transactions using Apache Kafka for stream ingestion, Apache Flink for stateful processing, and MongoDB as the NoSQL store. Integrated Prometheus and Grafana for full observability. Python-based simulation evaluated NoSQL vs SQL efficiency in high-throughput financial environments.

Apache Kafka Apache Flink MongoDB Prometheus Grafana Python

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Cloud · Networking · GitOps

Azure Cloud Infrastructure Automation

Designed and automated enterprise Azure environments at LTIMindtree — provisioning VNets, VWAN, VPN Gateways, AKS clusters, and load balancing. Implemented GitOps workflows with Argo CD and Flux, IaC via Bicep, and automated CI/CD deployments through Azure DevOps pipelines.

Azure AKS Bicep Argo CD Azure DevOps Helm

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Automation · Reliability

CI/CD Pipeline & Full-Stack Observability

Built and optimised multi-stage CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native microservices using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions. Integrated Azure Monitor with KQL alerting, Grafana dashboards, and Prometheus metrics for end-to-end observability — significantly reducing MTTR for production incidents.

GitHub Actions Azure Monitor KQL Grafana Docker PowerShell

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Education

10/2022 — 09/2024

Master's Degree

Computer Science — Computer Systems & Networks

Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

09/2016 — 01/2021

Bachelor's Degree

Computer Science

Ambo University Hachalu Hundessa Campus, Ethiopia

Contact

Let's Build
Together

Open to new opportunities in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering. Based in Krakow, Poland with a valid work permit.

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dinkisaworku@gmail.com

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Phone

+48 729 410 725

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dinkisa-worku-a43b68253

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GitHub

github.com/Dinku143

Available for opportunities

Open to New Roles

Currently based in Krakow, Poland with a valid Polish work permit. Open to Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and SRE positions — on-site, hybrid, or remote.

Cloud Engineer DevOps Engineer SRE Azure Specialist Platform Engineer Poland / Remote

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