Farooq Hussain
@farooqhussain
Lead DevOps / Platform Engineer at NexGen IT, building AWS and Kubernetes platforms and sharing production fixes.
PakistanWhat I'm looking for
At Sendoso, I ran the AWS and Kubernetes platform behind the product as Principal SRE. I moved infrastructure to Terraform, built the base AWS platform, and set up Kubernetes autoscaling.
I also set up Backstage as an internal developer portal and wrote a Go CLI that turned common developer tasks into single commands. I added monitoring and tooling so engineering could measure its own KPIs.
At Evolve Squads, I look after AWS infrastructure for client workloads, including provisioning, Kubernetes, pipelines, and databases. I migrated on-prem Kubernetes clusters to AWS EKS and moved deployments to GitOps with Argo CD and Helm.
I write Terraform and Ansible for environments, build GitLab CI pipelines, and work with tools including Prometheus, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, and HashiCorp Vault. I write up real production fixes on Medium.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
DevOps Consultant
NexGen IT
Nov 2023 - Present (3 years)
Worked as DevOps Consultant at NexGen IT.
DevOps Engineer
Evolve Squads
Aug 2022 - Present (4 years 3 months)
I look after the AWS infrastructure that our client workloads run on: provisioning, Kubernetes, pipelines, and databases.
- Migrated on-prem Kubernetes clusters to AWS EKS.
- Moved deployments to GitOps with Argo CD and Helm charts.
- Wrote the Terraform and Ansible behind each environment, so new environments are built from code instead of by hand.
I also build GitLab CI pipelines for builds an
I was Principal SRE here. I ran the AWS and Kubernetes platform behind the product, and had SRE engineers reporting to me.
- Moved the infrastructure to Terraform and built the base AWS platform the product ran on.
- Set up Kubernetes autoscaling, so the platform scaled with load instead of with manual changes.
- Set up Backstage as our internal developer portal, so engineers could find services,
Principal DevOps Engineer
Arbisoft
May 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 7 months)
Worked as Principal DevOps Engineer at Arbisoft.
DevOps Engineer
Nextbridge Ltd.
Aug 2016 - Apr 2017 (8 months)
Managed the SVN and Git repositories for our automation code and configuration.
- Ran day-to-day operations on our AWS infrastructure.
- Installed and maintained the CI, automation, and configuration management tools.
- Administered our Proxmox servers.
- Worked closely with the architecture, development, QA, security, and IT teams.
DevOps Engineer
Makesbridge
Jul 2015 - Aug 2016 (1 year 1 month)
Worked as DevOps Engineer at Makesbridge.
Principal Engineer NOC
Vopium
Jun 2014 - Jun 2015 (1 year)
Worked as Principal Engineer NOC at Vopium.
Senior NOC Executive
Vopium
Apr 2012 - Jun 2014 (2 years 2 months)
Worked as Senior NOC Executive at Vopium.
Network Administrator
Nextbridge Ltd.
Dec 2007 - Apr 2012 (4 years 4 months)
Worked as Network Administrator at Nextbridge Ltd..
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Al-Khair Indonesia
Bachelor's Degree
Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology
Master’s Degree, Computer Science
2003 - 2005
Availability
Location
PakistanAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
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