Syed Z Zaidi
Coral Springs,Florida
Summary
Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with extensive understanding of high availability architecture and concepts. Purpose-driven professional with capacity to be strong team player plus work effectively independently.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Devops Engineer
Conure Telecom Services LLC
Coral Springs
9 2020 - Current
- Experience in Infrastructure Development and Operations involving EC2, S3, VPC, ELB, Auto scaling, Elastic Cache, Cloud Watch, SNS
- Automated the provisioning of cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, reducing deployment times by 40%
- Performed S3 buckets creation, application of life cycle policies and the IAM role-based policies
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, enhancing deployment frequency and reliability
- Collaborated with development and operations teams to streamline release processes, reducing the average release time by 50%
- Monitored and optimized system performance using Prometheus and Grafana, improving application uptime by 20%
- Ensured security and compliance of cloud infrastructure by implementing best practices and conducting regular audits
- Optimized application deployment with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, reducing time to scale by 40%
- Automated processes and enhanced workflows with custom scripts and tools using Python and Bash, resulting in a 15% improvement in system efficiency
- Involved in project planning, requirement gathering, feasibility analysis, and architecture discussions
- Increased team velocity by 20% by incorporating Agile methodologies and continuous improvement initiatives
- Managed Git repositories, reducing merge conflicts by 40% through proper version management
- Implemented infrastructure security, reducing security incidents by 60% through compliance with industry best practices.
Jr Devops Engineer
Conure Telecom Services LLC
07.2018 - 08.2020
- Assisted in the management and maintenance of AWS infrastructure, including EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC configurations
- Developed Ansible playbooks for configuration management, reducing configuration drift and improving system consistency
- Supported the development team by automating testing and deployment processes using Jenkins
- Participated in on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for production environments, ensuring quick resolution of incidents
- Managed risks and resolved issues that affected release scope, schedule, and quality, minimizing disruptions to project timelines
- Provided after-hours production support and participated in on-call rotations to ensure prompt issue resolution
- Worked closely with developers to pinpoint and provide early warnings of common build failures.
Cloud Support Engineer
Streamline Electronics MFG
11.2016 - 06.2018
- Assisted in the deployment and management of AWS resources, gaining hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure
- Created and maintained documentation for cloud environments, ensuring knowledge transfer and team collaboration
- Participated in on-call rotation to provide support for production environments, ensuring quick resolution of incidents
- Conducted research on cloud best practices and emerging technologies, contributing to the continuous improvement of cloud operations
- Configured security groups, Network Access Control List, Routing Tables
- Conducted root cause analysis for cloud infrastructure issues, implementing preventive measures to avoid recurrence.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering -
Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
Karachi, PakistanMaster of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, ConnecticutSkills
Cloud Platforms: AWS
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
Configuration Management: Ansible
Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Maven
Monitoring & Logging: AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus
Scripting Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Version Control: Git, GitHub
Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), Windows
Honorsachievements
- Merit scholarships in Undergrad during 2010 fall, 2011 fall and spring, 2012 fall and spring.
- Awarded $5000 grant on basis of Academic merit for 1st year of MS program.
- CCNA 7.0 short course from CTT
- Introducing to Python Programming Course from University of Michigan (Coursera).
- AWS Solution Architecture Associate SAA-C03 (Udemy)
- ASEE-2016 Conference Poster Presentation-Research on authentication mechanisms for remote patient monitoring technology
Timeline
Jr Devops Engineer
Conure Telecom Services LLC
07.2018 - 08.2020
Cloud Support Engineer
Streamline Electronics MFG
11.2016 - 06.2018
Devops Engineer
Conure Telecom Services LLC
9 2020 - Current
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering -
Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
Master of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
University of Bridgeport
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