Get to know David
This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, David Mukuzi, is a DevOps Engineer in Nairobi, Kenya. David is driven by a deep-rooted enthusiasm for continuous learning and exploration of emerging technologies. He enjoys working with collaborative teams to build reliable, high-performing, and accessible solutions. David is focused on understanding and addressing customer challenges, with innovation as well as a practical approach to problem solving.
If you’d like to be a Kubestronaut like David, get more details on the CNCF Kubestronaut page.
When did you get started with Kubernetes and/or cloud-native? What was your first project?
I started working with Kubernetes in 2018 – the company I worked for was running Kubernetes workloads both on bare metal and in the cloud.
What are the primary CNCF projects you work on or use today? What projects have you enjoyed the most in your career?
I get to interact with a majority of the Graduated CNCF projects daily, I’ve enjoyed Kubernetes and CoreDNS the most.
How have the certs or CNCF helped you in your career?
The practical and hands-on aspects of the certifications helped me to put the knowledge into practice and contributing to different projects have provided additional practice and learning.
What are some other books/sites/courses you recommend for people who want to work with k8s?
Networking and Kubernetes by James Strong and Vallery Lancey was helpful.
What do you do in your free time?
I enjoy cooking and working out.
What would you tell someone who is just starting their K8s certification journey? Any tips or tricks?
Practice breaking things and get hands-on experience.
Today the Cloud native ecosystem is way more than Kubernetes. Do you plan to get other cloud native certifications from the CNCF ?
Now that I have all the Kubernetes certs I’m planning to take the Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA) and the Istio Certified Associate (ICA).