Profile of Godfrey Ogembo

Godfrey Ogembo

Cloud

engineer

Kisumu, Kenya

About

Cloud Engineer with 2+ years of experience in backend development and Cloud Infrastructure automation. Passionate about distributed collaboration, community mentorship, and solving complex problems from first principles.

Experience

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    Community Moderator @ EveOps - Everything operations

    Kenya - Remote

    Summary:

    • Moderated and guided a community of 300+ cloud engineers, coordinating technical events and skill development initiatives.

    Responsibilities:

    • Community Leadership: Moderated and directed a community of 300+ cloud engineers and enthusiasts, guiding overall strategy and streamlining the onboarding process for newcomers.
    • Technical Event Management: Coordinated 3 technical webinars (personally hosting 1) over a two-month period focusing on AWS Zero Trust architecture, cloud deployment, and agentic IaC, averaging 60 live attendees per session and driving 30+ new community registrations.
    • Skill Development Initiatives: Co-managed a 30-day Terraform challenge, providing ongoing technical support and code review to help members build practical infrastructure-as-code proficiency.
    • AWS
    • Terraform
    • Community
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    Founding Engineer @ Victoria Sentinel

    Kisumu, Kenya - Onsite

    Summary:

    • Engineered and deployed a highly-available Python backend on AWS to facilitate real-time IoT data ingestion.

    Responsibilities:

    • Engineered and deployed a highly-available Python backend (Flask) on AWS (EC2, S3, API Gateway) to facilitate real-time IoT data ingestion and visualization for pilot fish farms.
    • Implemented scalable architecture and employed Agile development practices to manage the full project lifecycle from concept to production.
    • Ensured system resilience and performance through rigorous testing and Linux-based server administration.
    • Python
    • Flask
    • AWS
    • Linux
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    Coding Instructor @ KidsCodelab

    Homabay, Kenya - On-site

    Summary:

    • Directed data-driven, hands-on programming labs and coding symposia for 60+ learners, driving strong technical engagement and foundational skill development.

    Responsibilities:

    • Event Coordination & Outreach: Organized coding symposia and "kidathons" across multiple centers in Homa Bay, delivering hands-on technical instruction and career exposure to 61 unique learners per assessment cycle.
    • Hands-On Mentorship: Directed project-based programming labs using industry-standard tools like VS Code; achieved a 67% top-tier engagement rating via gamified mechanics and led 84% of students to report strong pride in their technical creations.
    • Data-Driven Instruction: Calibrated curriculum difficulty using direct feedback—ensuring 84% of learners found the pacing optimal—and dynamically adapted lesson plans to close identified knowledge gaps in latency, live troubleshooting, and machine learning.
    • Student Success & Industry Alignment: Fostered early career readiness through local industry connections and insights, achieving a 79% high-clarity rating for instructional delivery while building long-term student resilience.
    • Python
    • VS Code
    • Mentorship

Projects

Skills

  • Advanced Python
  • Advanced PostgreSQL
  • Intermediate AWS
  • Intermediate GCP
  • Intermediate Azure
  • Intermediate Docker
  • Advanced Linux/Ubuntu