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Maryam Syeda

@maryamsyeda1

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Cloud engineer specializing in AWS infrastructure, IaC, CI/CD, and Kubernetes automation.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I seek a cloud-focused role where I can lead automation, improve observability, optimize costs, and build secure, scalable infrastructure while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

I am a Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, automating, and optimizing AWS environments to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure solutions. I build and manage CI/CD pipelines, implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK), and deploy containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).

I have driven cost optimization and compliance efforts—applying AWS Cost Explorer, GuardDuty, Security Hub, GDPR and PIPEDA controls—while improving observability through CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and X-Ray. At Intuit and Mastercard I automated infrastructure and deployments, streamlined operations, and reduced deployment times across dozens of microservices and hundreds of production workloads.

I collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to accelerate software delivery and reduce operational overhead, and I prioritize automation, monitoring, and security in cloud architectures to enable reliable, production-grade systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Cloud Engineer

Current

Intuit

Aug 2022 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Designed and maintained AWS infrastructure to support high-traffic applications and built CI/CD pipelines, improving deployment reliability for 30+ microservices and orchestrating 200+ production workloads on EKS.

AWS EC2 S3 RDS)VPC IAM Terraform AWS CDK CI CD Jenkins Docker Helm Cloudwatch Prometheus Grafana RDS

Cloud Engineer

Mastercard

Oct 2019 - Jul 2022 (2 years 9 months)

Built automated CI/CD pipelines and IaC (Terraform, AWS CDK), implemented cost optimization achieving 15% annual savings, and conducted IAM/security reviews to ensure GDPR and PIPEDA compliance.

Terraform AWS CDK CI CD Ansible AWS Cost Explorer Security Hub GuardDuty PostgreSQL

Linux Administrator

ValueLabs

Jun 2017 - May 2019 (1 year 11 months)

Managed and optimized Ubuntu and CentOS servers, automated build and release processes with Jenkins and Git, and migrated/standardized server configurations to improve consistency across environments.