👤 Rahel Solomon

About

Building infrastructure and automation tools that make systems more reliable and teams more effective. Currently developing deployment pipelines for CodeYourFuture’s product team while strengthening my engineering foundations. Focused on cloud infrastructure, system reliability, and making complex systems manageable.

Experience

Trainee Software Engineer

CodeYourFuture
Sep 2023 - Present · 4 mos

Building and maintaining infrastructure for educational platforms while developing core engineering skills.

  • Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud Services

Technical Support Specialist

London Data Centers
Mar 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Managed server infrastructure and provided technical support for data center clients.

  • Monitored system health across 200+ servers
  • Implemented automated alert system
  • Reduced incident response time by 40%
  • System Administration, Network Management, Technical Support

Personal Projects

Deployment Pipeline Tool

2023 - Present
Automated deployment system for CodeYourFuture’s student platform.

  • Reduced deployment time by 60%
  • Implemented zero-downtime updates
  • Built monitoring dashboard
  • AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions

System Monitor

2022 - Present
Open-source monitoring tool for small organizations.

  • Used by 10+ non-profits
  • Custom alert integrations
  • Resource usage tracking
  • Node.js, Prometheus, Grafana

Infrastructure as Code Templates

2021 - Present
Collection of reusable infrastructure templates.

  • 500+ GitHub stars
  • Used in 3 production environments
  • Comprehensive documentation
  • Terraform, AWS, Documentation

Volunteer Work

CodeYourFuture Product Team

2023 - Present

  • Managing CI/CD pipelines
  • Implementing monitoring solutions
  • Mentoring junior engineers
  • DevOps, Mentoring, Technical Leadership

Technical Skills

  • Cloud: AWS, GCP
  • Infrastructure: Terraform, Kubernetes
  • Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  • Languages: Python, Bash, JavaScript

Impact Results

  • 99.9% uptime achieved for volunteer projects
  • £10k+ cost savings through infrastructure optimization
  • 5 production systems maintained
  • 20+ engineers mentored

Languages

  • English - Professional Working
  • Amharic - Native Speaker
  • Arabic - Conversational

Certifications

  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate
  • Linux Foundation Certified Engineer
  • GitHub Actions Fundamentals