DevOps Architect (Fintech)

• Dec 2021 - Present

Solution Architect Devops (FinTech)

• Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

Working on something that will change how banking is done, Open an account from your phone in minutes, without stepping out of your home. My responsibilities include making sure we meet all the functional requirements and compliance with security as a top priority. On the other hand, Architecture, and design a scalable environment is our top priority. Working on something that will change how banking is done, Open an account from your phone in minutes, without stepping out of your home. My responsibilities include making sure we meet all the functional requirements and compliance with security as a top priority. On the other hand, Architecture, and design a scalable environment is our top priority.

Cloud Solution Architect | Devops

• Dec 2016 - Apr 2020

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has provided companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS you can requisition compute power, storage, and other services, gaining access to a suite of elastic IT infrastructure services as your business demands them.In this role, I’m working as AWS Cloud Architecture at Zameen.com the one of Pakistan largest Real Estate Website with millions of customer. My function is create a solution for largely customer facing with a strong technical angle, deep experience in AWS, software and systems architecture, IT infrastructure, security, and other relevant technical concepts. I am working closely with technical team and prospects to make them successful on the AWS platform, building scalable, fault tolerant, cost effective, and secure systems.1- Create and maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Ansible and AWS Cloud Formation and Jenkins.2- Created a Heroku like Product to give an extra edge to Dev team for self managed Iaas.3- Actively manage, improve, and monitor cloud infrastructure on AWS, EC2, S3, and RDS, includingbackups, patches, and scaling4- Reduced costs by ~$3,000 each month by eliminating unnecessary servers and consolidating databases5-Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic app into microservices, improving developerworkflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speedKey Technologies and Skills:1- Expert-level knowledge of Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon CodeDeploy, Amazon RDS, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon SQS, and other services of the AWS family 2- High-Availability, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Database Concepts, System and Software Architecture, Security, IT Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Internet Technologies3- Excellent customer facing skills and communication skills

IT Manager (cloud architect)

• Feb 2012 - Nov 2016

IT Manager (Data Center & Infrastructure) NorthBay Solutions is the leading supplier of software outsourcing services to Enterprise and Emerging companies NorthBay has built many enterprises, desktop, server-side, social applications and infrastructure applications via our offshore development team. I have developed, enhanced, optimized, and administered Data Center and enhance that have contributed to efficiency, profitability, cost savings, and productivity for company operations.Operations:Responsible for provisioning, maintaining and improving upon server infrastructure, split between physical data centers and AWS. Also provided 24/7/365 on-call support. Wrote scripts/tools to fully automate application deployment, configuration, self-repairing, and monitoring. Experience with F5 BIG-IP and Synology hardware, and VMWare ESXi. Amazon Web Services; As a passionate advocate of AWS within Gracenote, I migrated my department from a physical data center environment to AWS. I also designed, built, and deployed a multitude applications utilizing almost all of the AWS stack (Including EC2, R53, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, IAM, and EMR), focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling.Utilized communication skills and deep technical knowledge to provide solutions for individuals and organizations; expanded competency in key areas through independent projects and presentations. Project areas included development and implementation of Asterisk, IPv6, Linux (CentOS 6, and related security packages), Network Monitoring (Zabbix), Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2, SNS, Glacier, Route 53), and email implementation (Postfix, DMARC, DKIM).

Sr.System Engineer

• Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

Operations; Administered application/database servers and MySQL (incl. performance optimization and replication). Configured VMs and load balancers. Monitored all production systems. Responsible for migrating existing services from a single data center to a co-located environment. Wrote and maintained extensive documentation on the applications and system architecture. Data Center Experience; Performed various hardware upgrades and racked/cabled new servers.Key Technologies and Skills:Expert-level knowledge of Web server (Apache ), Advance Bash scripting, Advance Mysql setup, RPM Creation ,php and php based software handling, KVM/XEN Virtualization, Apache mod_security in-depth knowledge RT Best Patrice (Ticketing system), DNS Bind 9 jabber Server Preparing V.P Server for web site hosting

System Administrator

• Aug 2007 - Aug 2010

Web server (Apache )Advance Bash scriptingAdvance Mysql setupRPM Creation php and php based software handling,kvm/xen virtualizationApache mod_security in-depth knowledge RT Best Patrice (Ticketing system)Resolving day to day issue DNS Bind 9jabber Server Preparing V.P Server for web site hosting Web server (Apache )Advance Bash scriptingAdvance Mysql setupRPM Creation php and php based software handling,kvm/xen virtualizationApache mod_security in-depth knowledge RT Best Patrice (Ticketing system)Resolving day to day issue DNS Bind 9jabber Server Preparing V.P Server for web site hosting

IDSP as Technical Advisor-IT

• Jun 2004 - Aug 2007

Advisor to convert the organization from Windows based Intranet to Open Source and Network Administration including the following salient feature:NIS ServerProxy Server (SQUID)Mail ServerDNS ServerHTTPD Server Advisor to convert the organization from Windows based Intranet to Open Source and Network Administration including the following salient feature:NIS ServerProxy Server (SQUID)Mail ServerDNS ServerHTTPD Server