Gulfam S.

Cloud Solutions Architect & DevOps Engineer | AWS, Azure, GCP, Kuberne

Certified Cloud & DevOps Solutions Architect with 12+ years of experience building, securing, and scaling production infrastructure across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). I fix cloud environments that are expensive, fragile, or too manual to trust. Whether it is cutting multi-thousand dollar cloud bills, modernizing legacy CI/CD pipelines, executing zero-downtime cloud migrations, or containerizing workloads with Kubernetes,I deliver production-grade systems that your team can confidently operate. TOP RESULTS DELIVERED: • Cut deployment time from 2+ hours to under 10 minutes: Rebuilt legacy pipelines into automated GitLab CI/GitHub Actions with zero-downtime releases. • Reduced AWS monthly cloud bill by 38% (Saving ~$11,000/month): Through right-sizing compute/storage, Spot instances, and Reserved Capacity without performance loss. • Migrated 30+ on-prem services to AWS EKS with zero downtime: Seamlessly transitioned production databases, message queues, and PCI-DSS compliant workloads. • Automated MLOps release lifecycle: Converted manual multi-day ML deployments into automated same-day Kubernetes production pipelines. CORE SERVICES: 1. Cloud Architecture & FinOps: AWS, Azure & GCP cost optimization, infrastructure audits, and high-availability architecture. 2. Kubernetes & Containerization: Production-grade EKS, AKS, GKE setup with Docker, Helm, and auto-scaling policies. 3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Clean, reproducible modular infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation. 4. CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Fast, automated build/test/deploy pipelines via Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins. 5. Cloud Migration & Modernization: Zero-downtime lift-and-shift / refactoring from on-premises to cloud. 6. DevSecOps & Security Hardening: Zero-trust architecture, Entra ID/IAM, CIS benchmarks, and PCI-DSS compliance. 7. Monitoring & SRE Observability: End-to-end monitoring and alerting via Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK, and CloudWatch. HOW I WORK: I give straight, transparent advice on what your cloud infrastructure actually needs, avoiding costly over-engineering. Every engagement includes 15 days of post-delivery support and detailed documentation. Send me a message with your current cloud setup or blockers, and let's optimize your infrastructure. TECH STACK: AWS | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud (GCP) | Kubernetes | Docker | Helm | Terraform | Ansible | CloudFormation | GitHub Actions | GitLab CI | Jenkins | Azure DevOps | Python | Bash | Go | Prometheus | Grafana | ELK Stack | Datadog | CloudWatch | Linux