Site Reliability Devops Engineer
Resume:
Hass Shaukat Columbus, OH, (*****) United States
******************@*****.***
https://portfolio-six-bice-43.vercel.app/
https://github.com/hassdevops
Principal DevOps Engineer — Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) — Cloud Infrastructure Specialist PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Strategic and performance-focused DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with over 11+ years of robust experience designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructures in fast-paced production environments. Adept in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), cloud architecture design, infrastructure as code (IaC), continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) automation, and orchestration across cloud ecosystems including AWS, Azure, and GCP. Experienced in streamlining Python developer workflows by integrating dependency management solutions such as Poetry, pip-tools, and Conda, along with tooling for packaging (PEP-517/518, Wheels), virtual environments, and pre-commit automation. Possesses deep technical expertise in streamlining deployment processes, enhancing system reliability, and embedding operational excellence in engineering workflows. Demonstrated success in building and managing high-performance, cross-functional teams, mentoring junior engineers, and driving architectural improvements. Known for implementing modern DevOps practices such as GitOps, observability-first culture, compliance automation, containerization, and microservices infrastructure. A specialist in healthcare tech platforms, well-versed in HIPAA compliance and data governance, with proven ability to enforce security-first principles. Recognized for deploying resilient cloud-native solutions, improving cost efficiency, and establishing automated incident response strategies aligned with industry standards. TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Cloud Platforms & Hybrid Infrastructure : AWS (ECS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway), Azure (AKS, Functions, API Management), GCP (GKE, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub), IBM Cloud, VMware Tanzu, Anthos, Azure Arc, AWS Outposts, Google Distributed Cloud, Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Architectures.
• Programming & Automation : Python, Go, Ruby, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy, Perl, YAML, JSON.
• CI/CD & Automated Testing : Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Travis CI, Bamboo, Spinnaker, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Tekton, Harness, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Cucumber.
• DevSecOps & Security Automation : SonarQube, Aqua Security, Trivy, Snyk, Anchore, OWASP ZAP, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, Sealed Secrets, SOPS, Checkov, Clair, Falco, Prisma Cloud, Nexus, Artifactory, Harbor, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Cloud Custodian, AWS Config, Azure Policy.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Configuration Management : Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack, Packer, Helm, Kustomize, Kubernetes Operators.
• Kubernetes & Container Orchestration : Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Docker, Podman, Buildah, Kaniko, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, Rancher, KEDA, Istio, Linkerd, Calico, Cilium, Consul Connect.
• Observability, Monitoring & Tracing : Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Zipkin, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Datadog, ELK Stack, Fluentd, Logstash, Loki, Graylog, Beats, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP Operations Suite, Sentry, New Relic, Splunk.
• Logging, Performance & Load Testing : JMeter, Gatling, Locust, k6, Chaos Mesh, Gremlin, LitmusChaos, Redis, Memcached, NGINX, HAProxy, Varnish, Fastly, CDN77, Akamai, CloudFront. Database tuning
(MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Messaging & Streaming Systems : Apache Kafka, Kafka Streams, RabbitMQ, NATS, Amazon SQS, Azure Service Bus, Google Pub/Sub.
• API Development & Management : Apigee, Kong, AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management, NGINX Plus, Tyk, Istio Ingress Gateway.
• Cloud-Native & Serverless Development : AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, Google Cloud Functions, Knative, Microservices Architecture, Service Mesh Patterns.
• Version Control & Collaboration : Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure Repos, Gerrit, JIRA, Confluence, Slack, MS Teams.
• Modern DevOps Practices : Proficient in implementing GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Delivery, Observability, and Security Automation across cloud-native environments MindK
Principal DevOps Engineer 2022.06 – Present
• Led the design and deployment of scalable and secure CI/CD pipelines across AWS and Azure hybrid environments using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Terraform, Ansible, and ArgoCD, improving release efficiency by 45% and reducing manual errors by 80%.
• Transformed legacy monolithic applications into microservices using Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and Helm, resulting in 60% faster deployments and 35% better resource utilization.
• Architected reusable Terraform modules and automated configuration with Ansible, achieving consistent environment provisioning and reducing infrastructure drift by 90%
• Implemented comprehensive DevSecOps frameworks with Trivy, Aqua Security, HashiCorp Vault, and SonarQube, reducing security vulnerabilities by 50% through automated scanning and secrets management.
• Established a centralized observability system using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and OpenTelemetry, decreasing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) by 40% and enabling proactive monitoring across services.
• MentoredandledateamofDevOpsengineers, conducting regular code reviews, architecture design sessions, and technical training on GitOps, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation.
• Partnered with compliance and infosec teams to enforce HIPAA and SOC2-aligned architectures, integrating OPA, AWSConfig, and SOPS for compliance-as-code initiatives.
• Collaborated with application development teams to embed infrastructure blueprints into their CI pipelines, accelerating environment provisioning and reducing onboarding time by 70
• Led the migration of CI/CD workflows to GitOps-driven models using ArgoCD and FluxCD, improving deployment governance, traceability, and auditability across multiple environments. HashiCorp
Lead DevOps Engineer 2019.01 – 2022.05
• Led the implementation of a standardized CI/CD framework across AWS and Azure environments using Jenkins, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions, improving deployment velocity by 50% and reducing release failures by 35%.
• Optimized infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Pulumi, achieving 60% faster environment setup and reducing configuration drift by 90% through robust IaC practices.
• Enhanced security automation using HashiCorp Vault, Trivy, and OPA, cutting manual compliance overhead by 40% and proactively eliminating critical misconfigurations before deployment.
• Defined and enforced enterprise-wide DevOps best practices, including GitOps workflows, SRE standards, and automated incident response strategies using Prometheus, Grafana, and PagerDuty.
• Spearheaded architectural governance for containerized microservices platforms on Kubernetes (EKS, GKE), leveraging Helm, Istio, and Linkerd to improve service resilience and scalability.
• Mentored DevOps and platform engineers across global teams, facilitating hands-on knowledge sharing on cloud-native tooling, modern deployment strategies, and security-first design principles. Mindtree
DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer 2016.08 – 2018.12
• Designed and implemented secure, HIPAA-compliant cloud-native infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation, reducing provisioning time by 55% and increasing deployment consistency across environments.
• Developed modular GitHub Actions pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment workflows across multiple environments, increasing CI/CD throughput by 35% and reducing release cycle time.
• Centralized application logging and troubleshooting by implementing the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) along with Fluentd, which decreased incident resolution time by 50% and improved root cause analysis.
• Hardened Amazon RDS configurations with encryption-at-rest, backup automation, and advanced parameter tuning, improving database performance by 30% while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborated with QA and compliance teams to integrate security tools such as Snyk, OWASP ZAP, and static analysis into the SDLC, significantly enhancing application security posture.
• Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 20% through proactive resource optimization, auto-scaling configuration, and periodic cost-performance reviews.
• Automated IAM policy management and resource tagging strategies using Python and AWS CLI, increasing audit readiness and access governance efficiency.
• Created infrastructure audit scripts and deployment health checks in Bash and Python, enabling pre-release validation and reducing environment drift.
Contino
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) 2014.03 - 2016.07
• Managed high-availability SRE operations for mission-critical healthcare platforms, ensuring 99.99% uptime and full compliance with HIPAA and SOC2 regulatory standards.
• Built comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and SLO dashboards using Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and Jaeger, significantly improving observability and accountability for service-level indicators (SLIs).
• Automated operational runbooks and incident management workflows using Python, Shell scripting, and PagerDuty, reducing mean incident response time by 45%.
• Implemented blue-green and canary deployment strategies using Kubernetes, Helm, and Istio, enabling zero-downtime rollouts and seamless rollback capabilities in production environments.
• Led large-scale cloud migration projects from on-premise infrastructure to AWS and GCP, enhancing system elasticity and reducing infrastructure costs by 25%.
• Established and enforced core SRE practices across engineering teams, aligning operational budgets with defined service reliability targets and business objectives.
• Developed custom health-check integrations and failure injection tools to simulate outages and validate incident response strategies as part of a broader chaos engineering initiative. PROJECTS
MindK
Healthcare Microservices Infrastructure
• Designed and deployed a HIPAA-compliant, containerized healthcare analytics platform using Docker, AWS ECS, RDS, and secure networking (VPC). Automated provisioning with Terraform and integrated observability using Prometheus and Alertmanager for intelligent alert routing. Enforced security policies with IAM, KMS, and encrypted S3 buckets.
Multi-Cloud CI/CD Framework,
• Developed a comprehensive GitLab CI/CD pipeline supporting deployments to AWS and Azure with integrated scanning and security gates (SonarQube, Trivy, Aqua). Automated environment provisioning, implemented GitOps workflows, and enabled dynamic environment promotion across dev/stage/prod. CERTIFICATIONS
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
EDUCATION
Punjab University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Contact this candidate