Devops Engineer Cloud Infrastructure

SLIM GARCI

Senior DevOps Engineer Cloud Automation Infrastructure as Code

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SUMMARY

Enthusiastic DevOps Engineer with over 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure ranging from AWS to Azure DevOps and Oracle cloud, I have become proficient in automating cloud solutions leading to improved software development lifecycles and cost reductions. My expertise in Kubernetes and other DevOps tooling allowed me to upskill and mentor fellow DevOps.

KEY SKILLS

Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration

Good experience in Docker, Kubernetes

Experience with configuration management tools like Ansible and Puppet Familiarity with cloud databases such as Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc… A working understanding of code and script (PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby and Bash) Knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service PROJECTS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• Worked within a team to build and provide digital banking online for the middle east

• Successfully built Puppet infrastructure for SOAS University of London from the ground up

• Migrated on-prem Linux machines to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

• Created and managed stacks based on AWS CloudFormation

• Developed, deployed and maintained large scale multi-tiered web applications.

• Used Terraform to create changes and improve infrastructure

• Implemented Puppet Configuration Management tool for the whole of SOAS, University of London. EXPERIENCE

Senior Consultant

Deloitte MCS

02/2021 – Present

Worked in various government agency projects to implement cloud solutions

Developed and maintained scalable cloud infrastructure using CloudFormation and Terraform

Automated build and deployment Pipelines reducing deployment time.

Built and deployed performant and scalable microservices applications based on Kubernetes

Implemented enhanced Kubernetes security for our clients by securing container images in CI/CD Pipelines, securing the Kubernetes control plane and reducing risk using RBAC.

Upskilled colleagues in Kubernetes

Used Helm to deploy applications to multiple clusters using CI/CD

Integrated RESTful APIs with Azure DevOps Pipeline to automate the migration of AEM content packages

Senior DevOps Engineer

Bank of New York Mellon

07/2020 – 02/2021

Wrote Ansible scripts to automate the deployment of JBOSS bespoke bank application

Documented all automation steps to migrate the JBOSS application

Mentor and upskilled junior DevOps and Platform engineers

Worked closely with development teams to improve the deployment Pipeline resulting in better code delivery

Improved the CI/CD Pipelines by optimising the docker images and reducing their sizes

Applied security best practises to Kubernetes containers using CIS benchmarks and compliance

Senior DevOps Engineer

Cardlytics

10/2019 – 06/2020

• Wrote Ansible playbooks and roles to automate infrastructure including VM in vmWare vSphere

• Used CI/CD tools such as Octopus Deploy, TeamCity, Artifactory, Terraform to deploy and automate applications and infrastructure as code

• Uses SumoLogic, Datadog and Alert Logic as monitoring tools

• Used vmWare and AWS CLI to deploy, configure and administer infrastructure

• Created Kubernetes clusters using Rancher and Google Cloud

• Found problems and fixed them proactively.

• Provisioned CentOS 7 and Ubuntu servers in vmWare using Ansible

• Used Bitbucket as code repository

• Gained passion for the “fail fast, fix fast” and “script everything” methodologies DevOps encompasses

DevOps Engineer

Deloitte Digital

03/2019 – 08/2019

• Developed a hybrid application of a Single Page Web Application and more traditional Web Application.

• The key technologies used : Python 3.6.x with the 2.x Django Framework including: Django Admin Functionality for Admin and Setup (traditional web app) Django Background Tasks for Scheduling

Amazon S3 for the storage of Media files

Angular 6 for the Single Page Web App Functionality (single page web app) Amazon Web Services for Hosting including:

CloudFormation Scripting

Elastic Beanstalk for the Application Hosting

RDS for Database (Postgres based)

• Used Gitlab CI/CD to build, test and deploy a Django framework web application Santander UK

Software Delivery Manager / DevOps Engineer

01/2018 – 12/2018

• Deployed and delivered APIs using IBM connect manager to integrate and add more functionalities to existing web applications

• Managed, built and deployed a fully-fledged digital project called 'Digital Investment Adviser' which went LIVE in September this year.

• Jenkins, Gitlab, nexus, Linux rhl7, Apache Rabbitmq, PostgreSQL database, node.js, Openshift, IBM API connect and Angular.

• Designed, developed and deployed Spring Boot microservices on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

• Used Jenkins CI/CD and Gitlab to deploy microservices.

• Created Kubernetes clusters on AWS using KOPS for various digital projects.

• Managed projects and teams to deliver ‘Digital’ projects to tight deadlines

• Implemented a production ready, load balanced, and highly available, fault-tolerant Kubernetes infrastructure in Openshift

• Created private cloud using Kubernetes that supports DEV, TEST, and PROD environments.

• Managed web services and API’s to be built as Spring boot services Mastercard

DevOps Engineer

05/2017 – 12/2007

• Performed and built smoke tests on public facing URLs using Jmeter and Jenkins CI/CD

• Designed, built and implemented a replacement for PHPMyadmin tool using MySQL-PHP.

• Used Gitlab to push code into Production upon trigger by code change.

• Migrated Puppet 3 to Puppet 4 from node inheritance to External Node Classifier

• As secondment to the Big data team I helped designing Kafka platform that scales 2 GB/Sec and 20 Million messages/sec.

• Installed Ranger in all environments for Second Level of security in Kafka Broker.

• Migrated Puppet 3 to Puppet 4 using Python

• Used Ansible to manage HTTPD configuration files

• Automated SSH Keys deployment to Linux servers using Ansible playbooks

• Migrated and tested in premises applications to AWS using server migration services

• Trained and mentored existing permanent staff on Jenkins, Puppet and other DevOps tools.

• Reduced time to deploy code into Production through enhanced deployment methods

• Refined and enhanced Puppet modules deployment throughout the overall infrastructure Accenture

Senior Puppet Consultant / DevOps Engineer

11/2016 – 04/2016

HSBC Bank

Puppet Consultant

07/2016 – 11/2016

SOAS University of London

Puppet, Linux and DevOps Engineer

01/2016 – 05/2016

Queen Mary University of London

Migration and DevOps Engineer

06/2015 – 12/2016

CAPITA

Middleware Migration Analyst / DevOps Engineer

09/2014 – 05/2015

EssDocs

Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer

04/2014 – 07/2014

The BBC

Cloud Engineer – DevOps

09/2013 – 03/2014

Pearson

Cloud Applications Manager

03/2013 – 08/2013

IFDS Group

E-commerce Applications Analyst / DevOps

04/2012 – 02/2013

OLM Group

Web Servers Application Administrator

07/2007 – 04/2012

NTT-Europe for The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

2nd / 3rd Support Analyst

06/2004 – 07/2007

LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

Migration Analyst

07/2003 – 06/2004

TAYLOR WOODROW

Senior IT Analyst (4-Week Contract)

06/2003

PC SERVICE CALL

SOFTWARE/HARDWARE ENGINEER

05/2003 – 06/2003

NORTHGATE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS (LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY) Senior Support Analyst (Contractor)

01/2003 – 04/2003

EMAP

2nd Line Support Administrator (Contractor)

12/2002 – 01/2003

GLOBAL CROSSING

Server and Support Analyst

01/1999 – 10/2002

PARADISE (UK) TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD

Support Analyst

02/1998 – 01/1999

SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL

IT Support and LAN Administrator

01/1996 – 01/1997

ICS (LONDON) LTD

Software and Hardware Engineer

08/1995 – 12/1995

MICROWRITER

PCB Design & IT Engineer

07/1988 – 06/1991

EDUCATION

• QUEEN MARY COLLEGE, University of London

MEng (Hons) in Communications/IT Engineering

09/1991 – 07/1995

• SOUTH LONDON COLLEGE

BTEC National Diploma in Electronics Engineering

09/1988 – 06/1991

• University of Science and Technology

2-year Preparatory Course in Maths, Physics and Chemistry 09/1985 – 06/1987

• Technical High School of Tunis

A Levels in Maths Grade A, Physics B, French A and English B 09/1979 – 06/1985

Relevant Training, Course& Passed Exams

• Implementing and Administering Windows NT4 Server 03/1998

• Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server 06/2000

• Implementing and Administering Windows 2000 Directory Service 05/2001

• Implementing Windows 2000 TCP/IP infrastructure 06/2002

• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Design and Implementation 01/2004

• Linux System Administration 10/2005

• Linux System Administration 11 11/2005

• Using Samba 11/2005

• Using Apache 06/2006

• Cambridge University Redhat EL 5 course 03/2007

• Developing SQL Queries for SQL server 06/2008

• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer 08/2022

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 07/2024

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