Alex Anwar
@alexanwar
Senior Cloud & DevOps architect driving scalable, secure infrastructure and SRE excellence.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a Senior Java Developer and DevOps Engineer with 13+ years building cloud infrastructure, automation, and site reliability across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I design and deliver IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep), containerized platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), and observable, secure systems that reduce MTTR and optimize cost.
I have led and mentored engineering teams, implemented enterprise CI/CD and GitOps workflows, and driven compliance and disaster recovery programs (HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI-DSS). I am certified in Oracle Java SE, AWS Solutions Architect, and Kubernetes, and I focus on practicable reliability, security, and scalable automation.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead Senior DevOps Engineer
CodeCrafters Inc
Jan 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)
Led enterprise DevOps initiatives, building modular Terraform for AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS) and CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline; implemented GitOps with Argo CD and improved observability and incident response across services.
HAEngineered hybrid and multi-cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP, automating provisioning with Terraform Cloud, CloudFormation, and Azure Bicep while leading security and compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI-DSS) and DR initiatives.
PUArchitected and maintained fault-tolerant infrastructure, led incident response and RCA, and automated provisioning with Terraform/Ansible/CloudFormation while integrating Grafana, Prometheus, and Datadog for proactive monitoring.
DevOps Engineer
DevStack Labs
Aug 2013 - Jun 2016 (2 years 10 months)
Administered RHEL infrastructure and VMware clusters, migrated systems from Solaris to RHEL, automated provisioning and security hardening with Puppet and Bash, and implemented monitoring with Nagios to improve reliability.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
NTNational University of Sciences and Technology
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Bachelor in Computer Science from the National University of Sciences and Technology focused on computer science fundamentals and software development.
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