Chukwuma Okafor

Chukwuma Okafor has more than a decade of experience in various IT roles. Chukwuma is currently working as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Databases) at Interswitch Group, where they are responsible for database installation, maintenance, backup, patching, and migrations. Chukwuma also provides support for cloud services like AWS, RDS, and Azure SQL. Chukwuma has extensive knowledge in RDBMS and NOSQL systems and mentors team members on these topics. Prior to this, they worked at Guaranty Trust as a Lead Database Administrator, overseeing the database team and collaborating with the Enterprise intelligence team on rebuilding the enterprise data warehouse. Chukwuma was responsible for database design, performance tuning, and ensuring high availability for MS SQL and MySQL databases. Chukwuma also contributed to the development of machine learning models and big data analysis using Python and Spark. Before joining Guaranty Trust, they worked as a Database Administrator at Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems PLC, where they focused on database performance tuning, installation, and user management. Chukwuma also worked as an Automated Payment Systems Specialist, managing payment portals, ensuring timely payment reconciliation, and maintaining customer relationships. Chukwuma also has experience as the Head of Information Systems at Prince Ebeano Supermarket and as an Information Technology Support Specialist at NPF Microfinance Bank PLC.

Chukwuma Okafor completed their Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Benin, from 2005 to 2009. Chukwuma then pursued a Master of Science in Information Technology from the National Open University of Nigeria, from 2017 to 2019.

Additionally, Chukwuma Okafor obtained the ITIL Foundation Level certification from APMG International in May 2016. In November 2008, they also earned the Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System certification from NIIT Limited. Although it is mentioned that they obtained the Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) certification, no specific details on the month and year of completion are provided.