Results-driven Cloud and DevOps Engineer with five years of experience managing and optimizing cloud environments for government clients. Specializing in cloud security, automation, cost optimization, and cross-platform integration to enhance performance and compliance. Proven ability to design and deploy scalable solutions, streamline CI/CD pipelines, and drive operational efficiency. A goal-oriented, quick learner with strong time management skills, passionate about leveraging technology to deliver innovation, and create a meaningful global impact.
Cloud Platforms & Services:
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), AWS EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), App Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, AWS Lambda, AWS Control Tower (Account Factory), Cloud Interconnect, VPN Tunnels, Cloud IAM, Azure Active Directory (SSO Integration), Multi-Cloud Identity Federation
Infrastructure as Code & GitOps:
Terraform (modularized IaC), AWS CDK (TypeScript-based infra modeling), Helm (Kubernetes templating), ArgoCD (GitOps controller), GitHub Environments, Cloud Shell Automation, gcloud CLI, Idempotent Infra Design, Declarative Infra Workflows
CI/CD & Delivery Automation:
Jenkins (pipeline DSL), GitHub Actions (multi-environment deploys), Google Cloud Build, Progressive Delivery (Canary, Blue-Green), Ephemeral PR Environments, Auto-Rollback Pipelines, Context-Aware Deployment Gates, Event-driven CI/CD via EventBridge
Security & Compliance Automation:
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Least Privilege IAM Modeling, Open Policy Agent (OPA) in CI pipelines, Pre-deploy Secret Scanning, Audit-Grade Change Tracking (Git + Terraform), Patch Automation with AWS SSM, SOC2 Readiness (IaC Compliance Scaffolding)
Monitoring, Cost Optimization & Observability:
Prometheus (predictive alert tuning), Grafana Dashboards (SLA visualization), CloudWatch Insights, GCP Budget & Quota Monitoring, Pub/Sub to Splunk Integration, Cloud Logging Sinks, Service-Level Objective (SLO) Metrics, QuickSight Cost Allocation Dashboards
Scripting & Automation Languages:
Python (infra scripting, data cleanup jobs), Bash (deployment automation), YAML (K8s manifests, CI configs), JSON, Git (PR-based infra flow), Makefiles (infra tooling)
Collaboration:
ServiceNow, JIRA, Confluence