Allan Davies Dzingo

Cloud & DevOps Engineer | Terraform | Kubernetes | CI/CD | SRE

About Me

DevOps & Cloud Engineer with practical experience in automating infrastructure, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Skilled in Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitHub Actions. Focused on reliability, scalability, and observability with proven success deploying cost-optimized cloud architectures achieving 99.9% uptime. Passionate about infrastructure as code, SRE principles, and continuous learning.

Skills
Terraform Docker Kubernetes GitHub Actions Prometheus Grafana CI/CD SRE Practices AWS Azure Python Flask Machine Learning SQL Linux Networking / IAM IT Operations
Experience

Cloud and DevOps Engineer at Excellence Questo

  • Designed and deployed a cloud-native learning platform (Excellence App) used by 200+ students, running on scalable infrastructure across GCP and AWS.
  • Implemented full CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions, enabling zero-downtime deployments and accelerating release cycles.
  • Containerized services using Docker and deployed workload clusters on Kubernetes, improving application scalability and resilience.
  • Provisioned secure, repeatable infrastructure using Terraform, reducing manual configuration work and improving infrastructure consistency.
  • Integrated Prometheus and Grafana for real-time observability and performance monitoring, achieving 99.9% uptime with proactive issue detection.
  • Developed an AI-powered tutoring chatbot leveraging OpenAI API, improving learner engagement and support responsiveness.

AI Data Trainer at Invisible Inc

    • Maintained high-quality, validated datasets for AI model training by implementing accuracy checks, error detection workflows, and data correction procedures.
    • Collaborated with cross-functional data and research teams to version datasets, standardize data handling processes, and ensure experiment reproducibility.
    • Worked across the AI/ML lifecycle including dataset preparation, model training, validation, deployment, and ongoing performance monitoring.
    • Applied automation and scripting (Python & Bash) to streamline repetitive data operations, improving efficiency and reducing manual processing time.

Key Projects
  • Online CV & AI Chatbot — Built and deployed personal portfolio with integrated GPT chatbot on Fly.io.
    Tech: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, SSL, Grafana Monitoring
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  • Educational App — Cloud-native education platform supporting 200+ users with AI assisted tutoring.
    Tech: GCP, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
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  • AI Tutor Bot — Integrated OpenAI model to provide context-aware tutoring assistance.
    Tech: Python, OpenAI API, Prompt Engineering
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Education & Certifications
BSc (Hons) Applied Chemistry

National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe (2014)

Certifications
  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (2024)
  • Google IT Support Professional (2024)
  • Machine Learning with Python (2024)
  • Introduction to Agile & Scrum (2024)
  • Google Associate Cloud Engineer (In Progress, Dec 2025)
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (In Progress, Feb 2026)
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