Touqeer A.

DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in AWS Cloud and DevOps technologies, specializing in automating the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using AWS services and third-party tools. Highly skilled in Linux (multiple distributions), Bash, Python, and automation platforms like Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, and AWS CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Experienced in containerizing applications with Docker and orchestrating complex workloads using Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and EKS. With a solid foundation as a Network and System Administrator, I have contributed to enhancing IT infrastructure and securing on-premises and cloud data centers, delivering robust, scalable, and secure solutions for high-impact organizations # - - - - - 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 - - - - - # 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Configured and optimized multi-tier, high-availability, and fault tolerant architectures on AWS, ensuring scalability and resilience for diverse workloads. Infrastructure Automation: Developed and maintained automation scripts using AWS CLI, SDKs, and infrastructure-as-code tools (AWS CloudFormation, Terraform) for efficient provisioning and configuration of AWS resources. 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Enforced AWS security best practices, including data encryption, key management, and secure network configurations (NACLs, security groups, WAF), as well as precise inbound and outbound rules to safeguard infrastructure. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Configured and managed AWS database services, such as Amazon RDS and DynamoDB, to ensure optimized and reliable data storage and retrieval. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆: Configured comprehensive monitoring with AWS CloudWatch, set up alerts for proactive incident management, and implemented robust disaster recovery and backup solutions using AWS and third-party services. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Deployed AMI and SaaS-based applications from AWS Marketplace and successfully launched web applications on multiple Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, CentOS, and RedHat. Managed diverse web servers (Apache, NGINX, IIS) to support reliable application hosting. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Leveraged Docker for application containerization, creating streamlined development, testing, and production environments. 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 & 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Expertly managed Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration, deploying and scaling applications, and troubleshooting cluster-level issues to ensure high availability and reliability across environments. Additionally experienced with Amazon ECS and EKS for orchestrating containerized workloads. 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Built and managed CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins, along with SAST tools like Trivy, SonarQube and others enabling seamless and automated code deployment processes. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Automated complex configurations and installations with Ansible, Playbooks, Chef and Puppet, enhancing deployment efficiency and consistency. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 & 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Configured resource monitoring with Grafana and Prometheus, Splunk and SignalFX and managed network traffic visibility and monitoring using Smokeping and Ntopng. 𝗢𝗻-𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: Setup on-premises physical and virtual network and managed large scale data center including bare-metal and virtual servers as well as network infrastructure.