Cloud Engineer - Azure & AWS - IaC, Kubernetes, CI/CD

SUMMARY

Muhammad Sumair

Cloud Engineer

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Experienced Cloud Engineer with 3+ years of experience in designing, migrating, and modernizing cloud infrastructures across Azure and AWS. Skilled in containerization, infrastructure automation, and implementing secure, scalable environments while integrating AI/ML-driven monitoring solutions. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver resilient architectures, optimize costs by leveraging cloud-native services, and enhance system uptime through proactive automation and predictive insights. Recognized for blending technical expertise with teamwork to drive end-to- end cloud transformations. SKILLS

Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AKS, Amazon EKS, Azure Functions Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Pulumi, ARM Templates, CloudFormation Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Containerd, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) CI/CD & DevOps: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Jenkins, FluxCD, GitOps, YAML-based pipeline automation Monitoring & Observability: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog

Serverless & Event-Driven Architecture: Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, Event Hubs, SQS, SNS, EventBridge Database & Storage: Azure SQL Database, Amazon RDS, Azure Blob Storage, Amazon S3, Azure Data Lake Gen2, Azure Key Vault

Security & Compliance: Azure Active Directory, HashiCorp Vault, IAM, OPA, Kyverno, Policy-as-Code, Threat Detection Tools EXPERIENCE

Cloud Engineer AIG, USA Jan 2025 - Present

Modernized the myAIG Claims Portal by designing a cloud-native infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker, enabling seamless deployments across multiple environments while strengthening security and scalability through managed IAM policies and Vault-based secrets management.

Engineered a fully automated GitOps-based CI/CD pipeline using Argo CD, GitHub Actions, and Helm, reducing deployment risks and accelerating release cycles by over 60%, while optimizing workflows for cross-functional DevOps and development teams.

Built a highly available container orchestration platform on AWS EKS and implemented serverless event-driven architecture using AWS Lambda and SQS for asynchronous claim notifications, which enhanced system reliability during high-volume claim submissions by over 70%.

Enhanced observability and monitoring by integrating Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry into the claims infrastructure, improving incident response times and enabling data-driven optimization of resource utilization and cost management on the AWS platform.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enforce policy-as-code practices using OPA and implemented strict compliance checks within CI pipelines, ensuring secure and compliant infrastructure provisioning that improved operational efficiency and reduced manual oversight by over 55%. Cloud Engineer EncodeTesters, India Jan 2021 - Jul 2023

Architected and migrated the TestOps360 platform to Microsoft Azure using Terraform, Azure Kubernetes Service, and Docker, enabling seamless containerized deployments and improving scalability while ensuring secure infrastructure provisioning with Azure Key Vault.

Engineered automated CI/CD pipelines leveraging Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Helm to streamline deployment workflows, reducing manual interventions and enhancing release reliability while aligning with modern DevOps practices.

Designed and implemented a real-time data ingestion and analytics pipeline for PerfInsight360 using Azure Event Hubs, Databricks, and Data Lake Storage, enabling clients to access actionable testing insights through embedded Power BI dashboards.

Enhanced observability and monitoring by integrating Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics, improving incident detection and enabling proactive issue resolution while optimizing platform performance and operational stability.

Spearheaded serverless computing solutions using Azure Functions to automate reporting and notification workflows, strengthening the overall responsiveness of the platform and reducing operational overhead by over 45%.

Improved platform scalability and cost efficiency by enabling horizontal auto-scaling via AKS and implementing Azure Cost Management policies, achieving optimized infrastructure utilization and reducing cloud expenses by over 25%.

Delivered a centralized performance analytics solution that accelerated client reporting and enhanced user experience by over 30% by integrating processed testing metrics with dynamic Power BI dashboards using secure Azure AD-based SSO. EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Systems Saint Louis University, MO, USA Aug 2023 - May 2025 Bachelor of Technology in Engineering Vaagdevi College Of Engineering, Warangal, India Aug 2018 - Aug 2022 CERTIFICATE

Solutions Architect

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

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