Senior Systems & HPC Engineer with Cloud, IaC, DevOps

Sameer Ghauri

Professional Summary

Core Skills

AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda) Linux Systems Administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) Puppet & Ansible Terraform Docker & Kubernetes MySQL Administration Bash & Python Scripting CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins, UCD) TLS & Secrets Management Observability & Monitoring (CloudWatch, Splunk, Datadog, SolarWinds) Infrastructure as Code Cost Optimization

Professional Experience

Senior Systems / HPC Engineer

Collins Aerospace — 03/2024 – 12/2024

• Designed and operated Linux-based HPC clusters and AWS cloud environments supporting SaaS and research workloads.

• Automated provisioning with Terraform and Ansible; streamlined deployments with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Applied security best practices including IAM least privilege, TLS, and patch management.

• Supported MySQL-based applications, storage scaling, and job workflows for genomics and AI/ML workloads.

• Introduced serverless workflows (AWS Lambda) for event-driven automation and monitoring tasks.

• Implemented CloudWatch metrics, cost analysis dashboards, and performance tuning to optimize utilization.

Linux & Datacenter Systems Engineer

Bank of America — 11/2021 – 12/2023

• Managed enterprise-scale Linux environments across datacenter and hybrid cloud infrastructure.

• Automated workflows using Bash and Python for monitoring, patching, and deployments.

• Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and Jenkins for SaaS applications.

• Deployed Docker containers and managed configuration with Puppet and Ansible.

• Collaborated with IT security to implement TLS certificates, secrets management, and compliance measures.

Systems Administrator

Dow Chemical — 02/2021 – 06/2021

• Operated AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC) to scale compute and storage for SaaS workloads.

• Managed Linux systems and supported MySQL operations for business-critical applications.

• Developed Python automation scripts for monitoring and release workflows.

• Applied IAM and security hardening across servers and applications.

Senior Linux Engineer

Federal Reserve Board of Governors — 12/2019 – 12/2020

• Managed hybrid Linux/DevOps environments with Puppet and GitLab for automation.

• Applied FISMA compliance and TLS patching for high-security infrastructure.

• Supported containerized workloads and HPC environments with GPU acceleration.

Linux Systems Engineer

K12 — 01/2017 – 12/2019

• Administered 200+ Linux servers and 150+ Tomcat applications in AWS and on-prem.

• Built CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments with Jenkins, Ansible, and Puppet.

• Migrated enterprise applications and databases to AWS using EC2, RDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch.

Linux Systems Administrator

Cablevision — 08/2015 – 01/2017

• Managed Linux provisioning, patching, and automation for datacenter operations.

• Implemented Nagios, SolarWinds, and VMware monitoring for availability and performance.

Education

BS in Computer Science

Clearance

Eligible for NIH Public Trust

Network Observability and Systems Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing, automating, and maintaining enterprise-scale network and cloud infrastructure. Skilled in AWS, Linux, and hybrid network environments with hands-on expertise in network monitoring, observability, and automation solutions. Proven ability to deploy, integrate, and optimize monitoring tools such as SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, ScienceLogic, and Infoblox, while building automation and integrations with Ansible, GitLab, and ServiceNow. Strong background in SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow, and API/REST-based connectivity, delivering high availability and visibility for converged data, voice, and video networks.

Network Observability & Monitoring (SolarWinds, ThousandEyes, ScienceLogic, Infoblox, Broadcom NetOps) SNMP, Syslog, NetFlow, SNMP Traps ServiceNow & xMatters Integration AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda) Linux Systems Administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) Ansible & Puppet GitLab CI/CD Python, Bash, JSON, Perl API/REST Integrations MySQL & Postgres VMware NSX, AWS Route53, Azure Networking SSL & Certificate Management Automation & Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) Network Performance & Troubleshooting

• Enhanced network observability across AWS and on-prem environments by integrating ThousandEyes and SolarWinds.

• Developed automation scripts using Python and Ansible to increase visibility and streamline network monitoring.

• Integrated monitoring data into ServiceNow and xMatters for proactive incident response and alert management.

• Applied SNMP, Syslog, and NetFlow-based analysis for real-time performance insights across hybrid networks.

• Configured and maintained network management platforms supporting fault and performance monitoring.

• Supported Broadcom/CA DX NetOps suite integrations and maintained observability documentation and dashboards.

• Managed SSL and certificate renewals for secure communications across networked systems.

• Supported automation and API-based integration for monitoring tools and hybrid network performance tracking.

Contact this candidate