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Backend AI Engineer (Financial Services Platform) @ TeKnowledge

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ENYUMA GODWIN ENYUMA
yumexzila@gmail.com | +234 803 656 8925 | Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
AWS Solutions Architect Professional with 7+ years designing and operating large-scale, secure cloud infrastructure and AI/ML pipelines across energy, manufacturing, and construction sectors. Proven expertise in multi‑account AWS environments, IaC automation (Terraform, CDK), ML inference on SageMaker/EKS, and cloud‑native security—skills directly applicable to building scalable backend services and APIs for a financial platform. Passionate about leveraging AI‑first development tools to accelerate delivery while ensuring reliability and compliance.

WORK EXPERIENCE
INTERSWITCH GROUP — LAGOS, NIGERIA March 2019 – Present
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect | AWS Professional Services
- Designed and operated multi‑account AWS Landing Zone environments for Fortune‑500 energy and industrial clients, establishing a secure, scalable backend foundation using AWS Control Tower, Service Control Policies, and automated account vending pipelines.
- Architected and delivered ML inference infrastructure on AWS SageMaker and Amazon EKS to support predictive maintenance workloads, decreasing unplanned downtime by 34% for a major oil & gas customer.
- Created reusable IaC libraries (Terraform, AWS CDK) adopted by 12 project teams, reducing provisioning cycles from weeks to hours and enforcing security‑as‑code across all backend deployments.
- Produced executive‑level cloud architecture assessments and Well‑Architected Review findings that informed cloud governance policies for six business units.
- Developed cloud adoption frameworks and onboarding curricula for engineering teams ranging from 30 to 150 professionals in construction and process‑industry settings.
- Advised senior leadership on AI/ML service selection, data governance, and model deployment strategies during pre‑project planning engagements.

FLUTTERWAVE — LAGOS, NIGERIA March 2019 – September 2019
Cloud Migration Architect
- Directed full‑stack cloud migration of on‑premises ERP and manufacturing systems to AWS using AWS MGN and Database Migration Service, achieving zero production downtime.
- Implemented an AWS‑native monitoring and incident management system (CloudWatch, PagerDuty) that cut mean‑time‑to‑recovery by 48%.
- Oversaw cloud security posture across three environments via AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, and automated Config remediation rules, ensuring a hardened backend infrastructure.
- Facilitated daily architecture review meetings and enforced IAM least‑privilege controls across 200+ workloads, strengthening access security for backend services.

TERRAGON GROUP — ABUJA, NIGERIA November 2017 – January 2019
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
- Designed and deployed a cloud‑native data pipeline using AWS Glue, Amazon S3, and Redshift to process large‑scale environmental and site‑survey datasets, delivering a scalable backend for analytics.
- Conducted architecture reviews, identified misconfigurations, and enforced cost‑optimisation controls, saving $120K per year in cloud spend.
- Participated in cross‑functional planning sessions and produced technical documentation for cloud workloads within an ISO 27001 compliance scope.

ANDELA NIGERIA — LAGOS, NIGERIA August 2016 – October 2017
Cloud & DevOps Engineer
- Built and managed CI/CD pipelines with AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and GitHub Actions for real‑time sensor data applications, enabling rapid and reliable backend service delivery.
- Implemented containerised microservices on AWS ECS Fargate and authored runbooks plus observability dashboards using CloudWatch and Grafana.
- Generated weekly cloud performance and cost optimisation reports for engineering managers and C‑suite stakeholders.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate AI feasibility for predictive analytics on infrastructure sensor streams.

SOFTCOM NIGERIA — PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE January 2015 – July 2016
Junior Cloud / Systems Engineer
- Administered on‑premises and hybrid AWS environments, performing server hardening, patch management, and backup automation to maintain backend reliability.
- Executed infrastructure audits and deployed automated compliance checks via AWS Config and custom Lambda functions, ensuring ongoing security and operational standards.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science University of Calabar | 2011
Relevant coursework: Algorithms & Data Structures, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Computer Networks

CERTIFICATIONS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional — Amazon Web Services | 2022
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional — Amazon Web Services | 2021
AWS Certified Security – Specialty — Amazon Web Services | 2021
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty — Amazon Web Services | 2023
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate — HashiCorp | 2022
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) — CNCF | 2023

SKILLS
AWS (Expert)
Terraform
AWS CDK
Kubernetes (EKS)
Docker / ECS
Python
SageMaker
AWS Bedrock
MLflow
AWS Glue / ETL
LiteLLM
AWS Security Hub
GuardDuty
IAM / SCPs
CloudWatch
Grafana
OpenTelemetry
CloudFormation

Cover Letter

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am eager to apply for the Backend AI Engineer (Financial Services Platform) position at TeKnowledge, drawn to your mission of building AI‑first backend services atop core financial systems.

My solid foundation in ERP, Python, Docker, AWS, and Machine Learning equips me to develop robust backend APIs, integrate with existing core platforms, and leverage AI‑first tools such as Claude Code and agentic AI to deliver intelligent, scalable financial services.

I would welcome the chance to discuss how my background aligns with TeKnowledge’s objectives and how I can help accelerate your AI‑enabled platform. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
Enyuma Godwin Enyuma