Olaitan Falolu

Head of DevOps

Olaitan Falolu

Leading platform engineering for high-transaction financial systems supporting 2M+ users

Open to recruiter conversations for platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, and engineering leadership roles.

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About Me

Head of DevOps with over 8 years of experience leading platform engineering and cloud infrastructure for large-scale financial systems. I design and operate production platforms supporting millions of users and high transaction volumes, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

I have led DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering functions within regulated banking environments, driving platform standardisation, improving system resilience, and aligning platform engineering decisions with business growth, system reliability, and cost efficiency.


Key Achievements:

  • Led DevOps and platform engineering for a digital banking system supporting 2M+ users and ~590,000 daily transactions (~₦80B value).
  • Delivered 20–30% reduction in cloud infrastructure costs through optimisation and governance.
  • Improved deployment efficiency by 50% through CI/CD automation and release standardisation.
  • Designed and operated high-availability systems maintaining ~98% uptime and handling peak loads of ~10,000 requests per second.

Community & Leadership: Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Mentored engineers in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering. Contributed to knowledge sharing through technical publications and training.

Azure Kubernetes (AKS) Terraform Grafana Azure Monitor Dynatrace Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI Python Bash PowerShell
About Me

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Microsoft

Cloud Native Platform Engineering Associate

CNCF

Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

Microsoft

Linux Certified System Administrator

Linux Foundation

Education

Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta

Bachelor of Science, Plant Breeding and Seed Technology (Dec 2016)

Pan African Institute

Graduate Training in Information Technology (Apr 2018)

Experience

Head DevOps

WemaBank PLC • February 2023 - Present

  • Lead DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering for ALAT digital banking platform supporting 2M+ users and ~590k daily transactions (~₦80B value)
  • Defined platform engineering strategy covering reliability, scalability, and cloud governance across production systems
  • Implemented CI/CD standardisation and automation, reducing deployment time by 50% and improving release consistency across teams
  • Introduced structured cost governance including reserved instances, resource tagging, and rightsizing, resulting in 20–30% reduction in infrastructure spend
  • Established release governance and platform standards across multiple engineering teams
  • Drove observability and incident response improvements, reducing MTTR and improving system resilience

Lead DevOps Engineer

Polaris Bank PLC • November 2021 - February 2023

  • Led DevOps function for digital banking platform migration to Azure cloud infrastructure
  • Designed hybrid architecture using Azure API Management and App Service and multi-region Azure environments
  • Reduced compliance risks by ~50% through improved CI/CD and security integration
  • Implemented GitOps workflows (FluxCD) to standardise deployment processes
  • Led migration of production banking workloads to Azure, improving system scalability and operational reliability

DevOps Engineer / Linux System Administrator

Global Performance Index • October 2020 - November 2021

  • Designed and managed infrastructure for enterprise applications and internal systems
  • Configured servers, networks, and firewalls to support production environments
  • Led infrastructure planning, risk assessment, and system optimisation initiatives
  • Supported both internal and customer-facing systems with high availability requirements

Azure Support Engineer (Tech Lead)

Tek Expert Lagos, Nigeria • May 2019 - October 2020

  • Provided Azure infrastructure support across multi-region enterprise environments
  • Resolved production issues across Azure, IIS, and SQL systems impacting live applications
  • Guided engineering teams on troubleshooting and improving system reliability
  • Improved service availability through proactive monitoring and issue resolution

Frontend Developer/System Administrator

Artee Group • May 2018 - October 2019

  • Developed internal tools and web applications to improve operational workflows
  • Managed infrastructure on AWS and internal network systems
  • Automated system tasks and improved performance through scripting
  • Administered Active Directory and enterprise systems
  • Managed applications on AWS and collaborated on network policy configuration using Sophos XG, ensuring secure and efficient system operations.

Projects

Schedulio - Smart Booking Platform
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Schedulio

A smart booking platform I built from scratch for salons, consultants, and service teams. Businesses get a shareable booking page, service & staff management, appointment scheduling, and Paystack-powered payments — all from a single dashboard.

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Consulting & Client Work

Verraki Partners

  • Automate provisioning of Windows virtual Desktop for Developers while installing Visual Studio
  • Set up AKS (Azure kubernetes Cluster) and attached it to its container registry (ACR)
  • Used azure-pipelines for my build and release process for DEV, TEST, QA and PROD
  • Configured and build OcelotAPW for security
  • Troubleshoot connectivity and deployment issue of application hosted on Azure
  • Set up backup strategy for resources on production and disaster recovery for microservice architecture
    • Azure Docker Kubernetes

    Data2bot

  • Set up AKS (Azure kubernetes Cluster) and attached it to its container registry (ACR)
  • Used gitlab CI for my build and release process
  • Deploy resources using terraform
  • Write custom script for role assignment
  • Configured security of the cluster using application gateway
    • Azure Terraform Kubernetes Gitlab

    Radaa Partners International Software

  • Create website layout/user interface by using standard HTML/CSS and Vue.js practices
  • Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
  • Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
  • Create and maintain software documentation

    • React Vue.js Laravel Html/CSS

    Publications & Press

    Authored

    CloudNativeNow

    Building an Enterprise-Ready AKS Cluster: Architecture, Networking and Security Baselines

    Enterprise architecture patterns for production AKS clusters with networking and security baselines.
    Dev.to

    How to Deploy AI Model Endpoints in Azure Machine Learning Studio

    Step-by-step guide to deploying scalable AI model endpoints using Azure Machine Learning Studio.

    Press Features

    Independent Nigeria

    The Engineer Keeping Your Bank App Running While You Sleep

    Feature on Olaitan Falolu's role building the invisible infrastructure powering Nigeria's digital banking transformation.
    TechNext24

    Nigeria DevOps: Rewiring the Industry

    Coverage on how Nigerian DevOps engineers like Olaitan are reshaping the country's tech infrastructure landscape.

    Tech Articles

    Machine Learning

    How to Deploy Endpoints in Azure Machine Learning Studio

    Azure Machine Learning Studio (Azure ML) is a powerful platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models...

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    DevOps | Scripting

    Automating Azure SQL Database Copy and Scaling with PowerShell and Azure Automation

    Managing Azure SQL Databases often involves tasks such as copying databases between servers for backups, development...

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    DevOps

    How to Automate Azure App Service IP Whitelisting with Azure DevOps Pipelin

    If you’re managing IP restrictions for an Azure App Service, you’ve likely encountered the need to add, update, or remove IP addresses for access control...

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    AKS | Security

    Building an Enterprise-Ready AKS Cluster: Architecture, Networking and Security Baselines

    Learn how to build a robust and secure Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environment following enterprise standards...

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    AKS | Azure

    From Helm & AGIC Headaches to the AKS Add-on

    A real-world migration and troubleshooting playbook for transitioning from traditional Helm deployments to the AKS Add-on architecture...

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    Azure | SQL

    Syncing Azure SQL Databases Across Subscriptions Using OpenShift CronJob

    Explore an efficient way to synchronize Azure SQL databases across different subscriptions using OpenShift CronJobs, bypassing the need for ADF...

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