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Welcome

My name is Vincent Bhebhe.

I'm a DevOps Engineer seeking a DevOps position.

Browse my CV for a list of my experiences.

Vincent Bhebhe

Principal DevOps Engineer

Professional Summary

Resourceful Principal DevOps Engineer with 30+ years' experience architecting, automating, and securing cloud-native platforms in regulated industries. Proven track record designing resilient AWS infrastructures with Kubernetes orchestration, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and robust CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/Azure DevOps/GitOps). Adept at collaborating across agile teams to optimise developer experience, drive cost-effective operations, and ensure seamless lifecycle management from development through production. Passionate about continuous improvement, proactive observability, and mentoring cross-functional stakeholders to deliver customer-centric solutions at scale.

Core Competencies

  • Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM), Azure fundamentals; Kubernetes, Helm, Docker
  • CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD/GitHub Actions
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef
  • Automation & Scripting: Python, Bash, GitOps workflows
  • Observability & Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, AI-based alerts
  • Security & Compliance: IAM policies, network segmentation, hardened Linux
  • Architecture & Operations: Microservices, fault‑tolerant design, cost optimisation, service mesh (Istio)
  • Collaboration & Leadership: Agile/Scrum, cross‑functional enablement, knowledge sharing, stakeholder engagement

Professional Experience

Principal DevOps Engineer | Temenos UK, London, UK

September 2015 – June 2025 (redundancy)

  • Collaborated with engineering and product teams to enhance developer productivity and standardise platform workflows.
  • Built & managed scalable CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps) with a GitOps approach, reducing deployment times by 40%.
  • Designed & provisioned resilient AWS infrastructure via Terraform and CloudFormation, enforcing security best practices (IAM, VPC segmentation).
  • Owned environments from dev through production: oversaw change/configuration management, backups, and disaster-recovery drills.
  • Monitored & optimised system performance using Prometheus, Grafana, and Python-based anomaly detection; reduced incident MTTR by 50%.
  • Troubleshot critical infrastructure incidents (Kubernetes node failures, network latency), restoring full service within SLA windows.
  • Drove continuous improvement: implemented cost-optimisation measures (rightsizing, spot instances), cutting AWS spend by 25%.
  • Mentored & enabled global teams on IaC, containerisation, and DevOps best practices through workshops and training sessions.

DevOps Engineer | Powa Technologies, London, UK

December 2014 – April 2015

  • Migrated core services to AWS using Docker and FreeIPA on Linux, establishing secure, automated deployment pipelines.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and compliance checks with Python/Boto scripts and CloudFormation.

DevOps Engineer & Automation Lead | Saffron Digital, London, UK

January 2014 – November 2014

  • Developed repeatable AWS CloudFormation modules and Python-driven CI/CD pipelines for high-speed media delivery.
  • Integrated EC2, RDS, ELBs, and Aspera into a cohesive, monitored delivery platform with Graphite and ELK stack.

Additional Experience

  • Network Tools Specialist, BlackBerry (Slough)—Automated observability across 12 global data centers.
  • Senior Support Analyst, T-Systems/T-Mobile UK—Led automation for merger infrastructure and telecom performance tooling.

Education & Certifications

  • MSc in Computer Science, University of Essex — 1996
  • BSc Combined Studies (Computing Major), University of Hertfordshire — 1995
  • Certifications: ITIL Foundation; Terraform Associate (in progress)

Additional Strengths

  • Exceptional communication and documentation skills
  • Proven mentor and facilitator for remote, cross‑functional teams
  • Agile practitioner with experience in fast‑paced, scale‑up environments
  • Committed to driving innovation while delivering reliable, secure, and cost‑efficient solutions

Invest & Partner

Help Build Africa’s Trusted Digital Gateway

Retroverse World is building a trusted African-centred platform connecting people, businesses, information, travel and financial services. EziMoney is the first major transactional product within that ecosystem, now progressing through controlled live pilot testing.

Investment Thesis

A fragmented market

Africans at home and across the diaspora rely on a patchwork of disconnected services for news, travel, community, commerce and money movement.

A trusted destination

Retroverse World brings these needs together in one African-centred platform, built to earn and keep user trust.

A transactional engine

EziMoney provides the payments and transfer capability that turns engagement into transactions, starting with card-funded remittances.

A scalable platform

Production-grade cloud infrastructure on AWS with GitOps delivery supports new corridors, products and partners without re-architecture.

Market Opportunity

Africans and diaspora communities depend on fragmented services spread across many apps and providers. Remittances and cross-border payments are an essential part of everyday life for millions of families and businesses. The opportunity is to connect content, travel, community, commerce and payments in one trusted place.

Market statistics are drawn from the third-party sources shown and are provided for context only. They are not EziMoney or Retroverse World performance data.

Progress to Date

Product platform built

Separate development and production environments established

Controlled live card-payment pilot completed

Stripe live-payment integration operational

Internal recipient ledger implemented

Automated email and SMS notifications operational

AWS EKS and GitOps deployment architecture in place

Initial corridor and partner preparation underway

Product Ecosystem

Retroverse World is the umbrella platform. EziMoney is the financial-services layer inside a broader African digital ecosystem — each product strengthens the others and shares one trusted brand.

Retroverse World
  • EziMoney
  • Africa Newsroom
  • Travel Africa
  • Community and Social
  • Business Discovery
  • Future merchant and service marketplace

EziMoney: the transactional engine

  • Secure card-funded transfer workflow
  • Digital recipient accounts
  • Internal ledger and transfer tracking
  • Scalable support for currencies, corridors and payout rails
  • Controlled live pilot stage
View EziMoney

Business Model

Current and near-term

  • Transfer fees
  • Foreign-exchange and settlement margin where applicable
  • Partner and referral revenue

Future opportunities

  • Travel commissions
  • Merchant and business services
  • Premium listings
  • API and platform services
  • Commercial partnerships

Future revenue streams are opportunities under development, not income currently being earned.

Why Retroverse

  • African-centred positioning built for the communities it serves
  • An integrated ecosystem rather than one isolated product
  • Founder-led technical execution from concept to production
  • Production-grade cloud infrastructure on AWS EKS with GitOps delivery
  • Multiple customer-acquisition routes across content, travel, community and payments
  • Corridor and partner specialisation in African markets
  • Long-term trust and brand potential across the diaspora

Partnership Opportunities

Investment partners

Early-stage and strategic investors who want exposure to African digital services and cross-border payments.

Banking and regulated infrastructure

Licensed institutions able to provide regulated payment, safeguarding or e-money infrastructure as EziMoney scales.

Payment and payout providers

Card acquiring, mobile-money and bank payout partners for new corridors and delivery methods.

African merchants and businesses

Businesses seeking discovery, payments and a route to diaspora customers through the platform.

Travel and tourism organisations

Operators, boards and agencies who want to reach diaspora travellers planning trips across Africa.

Media and content partners

Publishers and creators contributing trusted African news, culture and information to the Newsroom.

Telecommunications and mobile money

Telcos and mobile-money operators interested in distribution, payout rails and joint propositions.

Regional launch partners

On-the-ground partners to support market entry, compliance and customer acquisition in priority countries.

Founder-led execution

Vincent Bhebhe is a senior technology professional with extensive experience across cloud infrastructure, financial technology, banking systems and enterprise application delivery. He has led the technical development of Retroverse World and EziMoney from concept through production infrastructure and controlled live-payment testing.

  • Senior banking and fintech technology experience
  • Cloud, Kubernetes and AWS delivery
  • Temenos and enterprise financial-systems experience
  • Founder and technical architect of Retroverse World and EziMoney

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