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Eric Ali

@ericali

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Multi-talented DevOps Engineer with expertise in infrastructure automation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a challenging role in a dynamic environment that fosters innovation and growth.

I am a multi-talented, solution-oriented professional with extensive experience in infrastructure design and network engineering. My career has been marked by a commitment to analyzing, designing, installing, maintaining, deploying, and repairing hardware, software, networks, databases, servers, and containers. I have a proven track record of proactively addressing security threats, enhancing system reliability, and optimizing performance while minimizing costs.

Currently, I serve as a Lead DevOps Engineer at US Bank, where I design and maintain scalable infrastructure on AWS, utilizing tools like Terraform and Ansible. My role involves implementing comprehensive monitoring solutions and leading a team of DevOps professionals. I am passionate about continuous improvement and have successfully mentored junior engineers, fostering a collaborative culture that emphasizes best practices and innovation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead DevOps Engineer

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US Bank

Aug 2023 - Present (2 years)

Designed, built, and maintained highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Ansible. Implemented comprehensive monitoring solutions with Grafana, Prometheus, and CloudWatch, leveraging Splunk OpenTelemetry for enhanced observability.

AWS Terraform Ansible AWS Lambda Grafana Prometheus Cloudwatch OpenTelemetry Incident Management Infrastructure as Code

Sr. Site Reliability Engineer

Andros Technologies, Inc

Mar 2021 - Jul 2023 (2 years 4 months)

Designed, built, and maintained highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable infrastructure on AWS using Terraform via Spacelift. Established and maintained processes and tools for monitoring, alerting, and incident management to ensure system uptime and reliability.

AWS Terraform Spacelift Monitoring Alerting Incident Management Infrastructure as Code Performance Tuning Capacity Planning Mentoring

Sr. DevOps Engineer

RPX Corporation – Rational Patent

May 2019 - Mar 2021 (1 year 10 months)

Architected and deployed production environments in AWS using Terraform, configuring VPC peering, security groups, and routing tables. Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and alerting using Python and Boto3.

AWS Terraform Python Docker Jenkins Salt Zabbix New Relic

DevOps Engineer

OpsInCloud

Nov 2017 - Nov 2018 (1 year)

Developed and maintained Salt scripts to build Dev/QA/Staging/Prod environments for various customers. Worked with different cloud platforms and virtualization technologies including AWS, OpenStack, and VMware.

Salt VMWare AWS OpenStack Windows Server Chef Docker Nagios Icinga Zabbix Ansible

Site Reliability Engineer

Cisco Systems

Nov 2015 - Nov 2017 (2 years)

Deployed, configured, and managed containerized applications using Amazon ECS and EKS, implementing infrastructure as code with AWS CloudFormation or Terraform. Designed and implemented auto-scaling, load balancing, and high-availability strategies.

Amazon ECS Amazon EKS AWS CloudFormation Terraform CI CD AWS CodePipeline AWS Cloudwatch AWS Glue

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Azerbaijan International University

Bachelors, Mathematics & Information Technology

Studied a comprehensive curriculum in Mathematics and Information Technology, gaining foundational knowledge in both theoretical and applied aspects of the fields. Developed strong analytical and problem-solving skills essential for technical roles.