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Mahboob Khan

@mahboobkhan

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Lead platform engineer building resilient Kubernetes clouds and DevSecOps automation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead Kubernetes and platform modernization where I can apply IaC, GitOps, CI/CD, and DevSecOps—building reliable, secure, observable infrastructure and mentoring teams to improve engineering velocity and service availability.

I’m a Lead Platform Engineer with 10+ years designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure, platform services, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) solutions across AWS, Azure, hybrid, and on-premises environments. I build highly available, resilient platforms that improve developer productivity, accelerate delivery, and drive cloud modernization through Kubernetes operations, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, observability, and DevSecOps practices.

In my current role, I lead mission-critical Kubernetes platform services, architect scalable AWS infrastructure with Terraform and IaC, and optimize CI/CD platforms using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI/CD. I also integrate vulnerability management, secrets management, and compliance controls into deployment workflows, and I spearhead reliability initiatives with performance optimization, incident response, root-cause analysis, and service availability improvements—while mentoring teams on Kubernetes, automation, and reliability-focused design principles.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead Platform Engineer

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Deaconess

Apr 2023 - Present (3 years 2 months)

Led the design, implementation, and operation of enterprise Kubernetes platform services for mission-critical healthcare applications on AWS. Architected AWS infrastructure with Terraform/IaC, built CI/CD automation, and implemented observability and DevSecOps practices to improve reliability and developer productivity.

Kubernetes Terraform GitHub Actions Gitlab CI Observability Grafana Cloudwatch DevSecOps

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

CTG

Jun 2020 - Mar 2023 (2 years 9 months)

Managed highly available AWS infrastructure supporting enterprise applications across production and non-production environments. Automated Kubernetes/Docker operations, CI/CD pipelines, and observability, and contributed to incident response, disaster recovery planning, and reliability improvements via root-cause analysis.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure Kubernetes Docker Terraform CI CD Pipelines GitHub Actions CI CD Observability Grafana Cloudwatch ELK Splunk Incident Response Disaster Recovery

DevOps & Cloud Engineer

BlueAcorn

Jan 2018 - May 2020 (2 years 4 months)

Designed and implemented scalable AWS infrastructure for high-volume eCommerce and customer-facing applications. Automated provisioning and deployments with Terraform/Ansible, built CI/CD pipelines to improve release quality, and managed containerized workloads with monitoring, logging, and alerting.

AWS Cloud Infrastructure Terraform Ansible CI CD Pipelines Docker Container Orchestration ELK Grafana Linux Administration Capacity Planning

Systems Engineer

Milestone Technologies, Inc.

Jun 2016 - Dec 2017 (1 year 6 months)

Administered Linux and Windows server environments supporting enterprise applications and infrastructure services. Automated operational workflows with scripting, supported deployments and production operations, and contributed to configuration management, monitoring, disaster recovery, business continuity, and cloud migration efforts.

Linux Administration Windows Server Administration Bash Scripting PowerShell Python Configuration Management Release Management Disaster Recovery