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Mariyam Karim

Chicago,IL

Summary

Certified AWS and Kubernetes DevOps Engineer with 6 years of experience designing and deploying complex cloud-native systems using AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. Skilled in Terraform Cloud, Atlantis, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Datadog, and Kibana. Known for driving innovation and delivering scalable solutions aligned with business goals. Proven ability to lead end-to-end projects, enhance system reliability, and contribute to continuous improvement. Combines strategic vision with hands-on execution to support growth, efficiency, and operational excellence.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Engineer

Grindr LLC
08.2023 - 04.2025
  • Upgraded Terraform AWS Provider from v1.9.2 to v1.10, ensuring compatibility and improving infrastructure reliability.
  • Migrated and upgraded Amazon EKS clusters from v1.24 to v1.32 with zero downtime.
  • Patched and upgraded PostgreSQL databases across all AWS accounts from version 14 to 16.6.
  • Stayed up to date by upgrading all critical third-party tools and automation systems — including Datadog, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Hazelcast, Cluster Autoscaler, and ExternalDNS — using Helm charts, ensuring alignment with the latest security, reliability, and performance standards.
  • Led cost-optimization initiatives by removing legacy services and unused infrastructure, resulting in significant savings.
  • Implemented Kubernetes topology-aware scheduling, improving workload distribution across regions and reducing cross-zone traffic costs.
  • Introduced Pod Disruption Budgets (PDBs) for core services to ensure application availability during cluster upgrades.
  • Launched and facilitated CAB (Change Advisory Board) meetings to align infrastructure changes with backend teams and minimize downtime.
  • Drove post-incident reviews using the 5 Whys methodology, increasing system resilience and reducing repeated outages.
  • Deployed 108 backend services and new feature releases in collaboration with the backend engineering team, ensuring stable and timely delivery to production.
  • Worked closely with the MLOps team to support the rollout of the AI-driven "Wingman" feature, providing infrastructure and deployment support.
  • Partnered with Product Management to stay aligned on release priorities, technical feasibility, and infrastructure planning.
  • Contributed to the Data Engineering team by enabling secure access to production databases and helping them pull insights through appropriate permission provisioning.

DevOps Engineer

Hyatt Hotels Corporation
05.2021 - 06.2023
  • Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus and Grafana, resulting in proactive identification and resolution of system issues, reducing downtime by 15%.
  • Automated the infrastructure provisioning process using Terraform, resulting in a 30% reduction in manual errors and improved consistency across multiple environments.
  • Utilized Kubernetes for container orchestration, reducing application downtime by 20% and improving the scalability and availability of the application.
  • Executed a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, resulting in a 40% reduction in manual efforts for building, testing, and deploying applications.
  • Automated deployment processes using Jenkins and Docker to enhance operational efficiency.

Cloud Engineer

Aetna, a CVS Health Company
02.2019 - 04.2021
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud spend and reduce unnecessary costs, resulting in a 15% reduction in cloud infrastructure expenses.
  • Established metrics, monitoring critical metrics of thedatabase and various AWS services like AWS EC2, AWS RDS, Elastic load balancer, Elastic Block Store (EBS), and many others by using Amazon CloudWatch.
  • Created a disaster recovery solution for my organization using CloudFormation.
  • Designed and implemented scalable cloud infrastructure solutions to enhance system performance.
  • Automated deployment processes using CI/CD tools, reducing release times significantly.

Education

Associate in Science (A.S.) - Management Information Systems, General

College of Economics & Humanities
Kazakhstan
08.2009

Skills

  • Continuous Improvement
  • Cloud Architecture Design
  • Version Control
  • Kubernetes Management
  • Containerization Technologies
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Monitoring Tools
  • API development
  • DevOps principles
  • Cloud computing

Certification

  • CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)

Timeline

Cloud Engineer

Grindr LLC
08.2023 - 04.2025

DevOps Engineer

Hyatt Hotels Corporation
05.2021 - 06.2023

Cloud Engineer

Aetna, a CVS Health Company
02.2019 - 04.2021

Associate in Science (A.S.) - Management Information Systems, General

College of Economics & Humanities

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