My Story
My name is Ebelechukwu Lucy Okafor — a Cloud and DevOps Engineer based in Nigeria with a passion for building infrastructure that is secure, scalable, observable, and automated.
But my story did not start in tech. For over 6 years I worked in executive administration — managing high-level operations, coordinating across teams, handling board-level communications, and keeping complex projects on track. Those years taught me discipline, attention to detail, and how to think strategically under pressure — skills that made me a better engineer than I ever expected.
In 2024 I made a deliberate decision to transition into cloud computing. I joined Digital Witch Support Community where I trained in cloud security with a specialisation in Azure and GCP, completing hands-on projects in PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance. That training lit a fire in me and I knew this was the path forward.
In January 2026 I joined the DevOps Micro Internship (DMI) Cohort 2 run by Pravin Mishra at The Cloud Advisory — a 14-week intensive programme integrated with Agentic AI concepts. Over 50+ practical assignments covering Linux, Git, AWS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and observability, I went from deploying my first Nginx static site to orchestrating 8-service microservices applications on Kubernetes with full CI/CD automation and a complete observability stack.
As the App / Docker Lead on the DMI Group 5 team project — Spring PetClinic Microservices — I led containerisation of all 8 services, managed Docker builds and image tagging strategy, fixed critical docker-compose YAML errors, implemented healthcheck-based startup ordering, and pushed all images to AWS ECR for the Kubernetes team to deploy. I worked alongside 10 other engineers across 6 disciplines and delivered a production-grade platform end to end.
Among the proudest moments of my entire journey was being awarded Champion of the Week for Week 13 — personally signed by Pravin Mishra himself. Week 13 was one of the most demanding weeks in the programme, covering advanced AWS deployments: a highly available two-tier architecture with VPC, ALB, ASG, and Multi-AZ RDS; EpicBook on Azure with MySQL RDS; and a three-tier AWS architecture. Out of the entire Cohort 2, my submission stood out. That recognition told me clearly — working hard, documenting everything, and going beyond the minimum always gets noticed.
I graduated in May 2026 with a Certificate of Completion (ID: DMIC2-202601-030), a Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification, and a portfolio of real production deployments that prove I can do the work — not just talk about it.
I am currently building my freelance DevOps practice, targeting Fintech, SaaS, Healthtech, and E-commerce clients across EMEA markets. My goal is to build infrastructure that developers can trust and users never notice — because it simply works.
My Values
- 01. Document everything. If it is not written down it did not happen. Every deployment, error, and fix deserves a record.
- 02. Automate the repeatable. If you do something twice, it should be scripted by the third time.
- 03. Security is not an afterthought. Credentials in code, unsecured ports, and unmonitored access are risks waiting to become incidents.
- 04. Understand before you operate. Running a command without knowing what it does is how outages happen.
- 05. Observability is not optional. You cannot fix what you cannot see. Metrics, traces, and logs are the eyes of your system.
- 06. Teams win together. The best infrastructure is built by people who communicate clearly and share knowledge freely.
Quick Facts
Champion Certificate
Awarded by Pravin Mishra · DMI Cohort 2 · 25 April 2026