Atifa Hussain
Queens,NY
Summary
AWS-certified Cloud Engineer with 4+ years of experience in designing, securing, and optimizing AWS environments. Expertise in multi-account AWS architectures, infrastructure automation, Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD, and security best practices. Proven ability to architect scalable VPC networks, implement cost-effective cloud solutions, and enhance system reliability. Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams to align cloud strategies with business goals while ensuring compliance and security standards.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AWS Cloud Engineer
Fidelity Investments
02.2022 - Current
- Designed and deployed secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure using ECS, ALB, RDS, Docker, and EKS, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance
- Architected a multi-account AWS strategy with VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, and Direct Connect to enhance security and interconnectivity
- Led the migration of 60+ applications to AWS OpenSearch, replacing the company's legacy logging system, improving observability, and cutting troubleshooting time
- Developed CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, enabling seamless application deployments and infrastructure updates
- Optimized ECS cluster auto-scaling policies, leveraging AWS Auto Scaling groups, target tracking policies, and predictive scaling to efficiently manage workloads while reducing infrastructure costs
- Enhanced AWS security posture by implementing IAM role-based access control, AWS Config rules, CloudTrail logging, and VPC Flow Logs, improving compliance with internal and external security standards
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CloudFormation, ensuring scalable, repeatable, and secure cloud deployments while reducing manual configuration
- Integrated cost-saving strategies (AWS Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Rightsizing Workloads) to reduce cloud expenses by 20%
- Deployed and managed EC2 instances and configured VPC networking (subnets, route tables, security groups) to create a secure, scalable cloud environment, optimizing network isolation, traffic flow, and peak-load performance
- Proficient in DevOps automation, using shell scripting, Python, AWS SAM, and Terraform to streamline cloud operations and reduce manual effort
- Configured CloudWatch monitoring, OpenSearch logging, and SNS alerts for proactive issue resolution and real-time infrastructure insights
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
DexCare
08.2020 - 11.2021
- Designed and optimized a real-time data pipeline using AWS Serverless services (API Gateway, Cognito, Firehose, Lambda, S3, AWS DMS, Aurora PostgreSQL), enabling low-latency processing of millions of healthcare records daily
- Deployed and managed containerized applications using Docker, AWS ECS, and EKS, ensuring scalability and resource efficiency for healthcare applications
- Built and deployed AWS API Gateway to create a serverless backend for web applications, utilizing AWS Lambda for backend logic integration and Amazon Cognito for authentication
- Developed CloudFormation templates to manage IaC, automating EC2, VPC, security groups, and Auto Scaling groups
- Designed and configured cloud networking architecture, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, and security groups, to ensure network isolation, security, and optimized traffic flow
- Implemented automated log lifecycle management policies to transition logs between warm and cold storage, optimizing costs while maintaining compliance with healthcare data retention policies
- Implemented real-time alerting systems with CloudWatch, SNS, and Slack integrations, improving system reliability
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Ernst & Young
06.2018 - 06.2020
- Developed automated test frameworks (Selenium, RestAssured) for API and web testing
- Integrated test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
- Conducted API validation using Postman and SQL queries for backend testing
QA Tester
UnitedHealth Group
08.2017 - 02.2018
- Built and maintained automated tests using Selenium WebDriver & Java
- Validated backend APIs using Postman & RestAssured
- Conducted SQL-based backend data validation
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Technology
St. John's University, College of Professional Studies
Queens, New YorkSkills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Lambda, RDS, OpenSearch, ECS, EKS)
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), AWS Fargate
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
- CI/CD & Automation: AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS SAM
- Networking & Security: VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, IAM, GuardDuty, WAF, AWS Config
- Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Prometheus, Grafana, SNS Alerts
- Scripting & Development: Python, Shell Scripting, PowerShell
- Cost Optimization: AWS Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Rightsizing Workloads
Highlighted Projects
- Disaster Recovery & High Availability (AWS Multi-Region DR), Designed a multi-region disaster recovery (DR) solution ensuring high availability and failover resilience for mission-critical applications. Implemented automated backups, cross-region replication, and failover strategies to minimize downtime.
- E-Commerce Cloud Architecture (Personal Project), Designed and deployed a scalable, containerized e-commerce application on AWS using ECS Fargate for microservices, ALB for load balancing, and RDS for secure transactional data storage. Implemented ECR for container registry and ensured high availability and fault tolerance.
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified Developer - Associate (In Progress)
- AWS DevOps Bootcamp - Izaan School of Engineering
Timeline
AWS Cloud Engineer
Fidelity Investments
02.2022 - Current
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
DexCare
08.2020 - 11.2021
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Ernst & Young
06.2018 - 06.2020
QA Tester
UnitedHealth Group
08.2017 - 02.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Technology
St. John's University, College of Professional Studies
Similar Profiles
MICHAEL O'BRIENMICHAEL O'BRIEN
FIDELITY CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE at Fidelity Investments - Fidelity Institutional (Fidelity Advisor Funds)FIDELITY CLIENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE at Fidelity Investments - Fidelity Institutional (Fidelity Advisor Funds)
Richard De HoyosRichard De Hoyos
Financial 401k Representative at Fidelity InvestmentsFinancial 401k Representative at Fidelity Investments
DAYANANDA KDAYANANDA K
Lead Business Analyst at Fidelity InvestmentsLead Business Analyst at Fidelity Investments
Abhay SharmaAbhay Sharma
Lead DevOps Engineer at Fidelity InvestmentsLead DevOps Engineer at Fidelity Investments
Scott BackmanScott Backman
Delivery Driver at OntacDelivery Driver at Ontac