About Spencer Chakabva
Spencer Chakabva is a systems engineer, DevOps specialist, and software developer based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Currently working at The Cross Platform as a SysAdmin and Developer, Spencer builds DevOps pipelines, AI-driven infrastructure, and industrial automation systems.
With 5+ years of experience and 30+ systems deployed, Spencer specialises in enterprise infrastructure, cloud architecture, and embedded systems across Africa.
- Current Role: SysAdmin & Developer at The Cross Platform, Harare ZW
- Speciality: DevOps, AI Systems, Industrial Automation
- Technologies: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, CI/CD, Linux, PowerShell
Act I — Foundation: IT Infrastructure & Systems Administration
Started as an intern in Zimbabwe's tech industry. Became the engineer called when everything goes dark at 2am. Infrastructure for NGOs, government, and enterprise — one rule: it does not go down.
Skills: SuperOps, Acronis, Azure, Microsoft 365, Linux, Hyper-V, PowerShell
Act II — Evolution: DevOps & AI-Driven Infrastructure
CI/CD pipelines that ship themselves. AI reading telemetry before failure arrives. Nodes that heal without waking anyone. Moving Zimbabwe's tech forward with intelligent automation.
Skills: CI/CD, Predictive AI, Docker, Python ML, Kubernetes, Terraform
Act III — Horizon: Industrial Automation & IoT in Africa
Cloud intelligence meets physical machinery. PLCs, IoT meshes, embedded firmware. Africa's industrial wave will be built by engineers who write firmware as fluently as web apps.
Skills: Embedded C++, IoT, PLC, SCADA, LoRaWAN, ESP32
Projects
Intelligent Infrastructure — DevOps & AI (2024)
Self-healing nodes and predictive maintenance models for enterprise networks in Zimbabwe. Zero 3am pages. Built with Python, Docker, Kubernetes, TensorFlow.
Smart Factory SCADA — Industrial Automation (2024)
Real-time monitoring and control for agricultural processing plants. Sub-50ms response times. Built with C++, PLC, React, WebSockets.
Zero-Downtime CI/CD Pipeline — Systems Architecture (2023)
Blue/green deployment with rollback triggers. Deploy time reduced from 2hrs to 8min. Built with GitHub Actions, Azure, Bash, Terraform.
IoT Sensor Mesh — Embedded Systems (2023)
LoRaWAN sensor network for environmental monitoring across 40+ hectare farm in Zimbabwe. Built with LoRaWAN, C, ESP32, MQTT.
Enterprise RMM Platform — Systems Admin (2023)
SuperOps across 30+ client endpoints with automated patch cycles and monitoring. Built with SuperOps, PowerShell, Acronis, Azure AD.
AI Network Anomaly Detector — AI Systems (2024)
ML model trained on traffic patterns for real-time anomaly detection before escalation. Built with Python, scikit-learn, InfluxDB, Grafana.
Contact Spencer Chakabva
Based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Available for DevOps consulting, systems engineering, and industrial automation projects across Africa.