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Nizar Ajroud

@nizarajroud

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Accomplished AWS DevOps Lead with 15 years of experience.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I seek a remote position where I can leverage my AWS expertise and lead innovative cloud projects.

As an accomplished AWS DevOps Lead with over 15 years of industry experience, I bring deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, Docker containerization, Kubernetes orchestration, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD). My extensive background includes designing and managing complex cloud environments, ensuring operational excellence, and driving innovation through the latest AWS technologies.

I have consistently delivered scalable, secure, and efficient cloud solutions aligned with business objectives. My leadership skills are demonstrated through my experience in managing geographically distributed teams and fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement. I excel in task planning, roadmap development, and leading agile teams using Scrum and SAFe frameworks.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Technical Leader

Current

Alithya

Oct 2024 - Present (8 months)

Led the migration of 19 applications from GCP to AWS within 10 weeks, managing a diverse team of 10 professionals across multiple time zones. Served as the primary client contact, centralizing requests, assigning tasks in Jira, and ensuring daily progress tracking.

AWS GCP Kubernetes Terraform Istio GitOps Jenkins GitHub Actions Java PostgreSQL

AWS Platform Engineer

Alithya

Apr 2024 - Sep 2024 (5 months)

Contributed significantly to integrating AWS Harmonix plugins on Backstage, considering LZA requirements, to enhance developer productivity. Configured authentication/authorization via Okta and Gitlab identity providers, and defined templates for runtime environments.

AWS Backstage AWS CDK AWS IIC LZA AWS CodePipeline AWS ECS EKS Lambda Okta Gitlab

AWS DevOps Lead

Alithya

Jun 2023 - Mar 2024 (9 months)

Made crucial contributions to setting up AWS infrastructure and implementing CI/CD for web and mobile applications using GitHub Actions. Managed data security via AWS Secrets Manager and containerized microservices with Amazon ECS.

AWS Terraform AWS CloudTrail GitHub Actions Secrets Manager AWS ECS EC2 Lambda Amazon RDS Jira

AWS DevOps Specialist

Alithya

Mar 2023 - May 2023 (2 months)

Contributed significantly to setting up AWS infrastructure and continuous deployment for the GoTest application. Implemented the CI/CD pipeline via GitLab CI, managed packaging with Helm, and containerized microservices using Amazon EKS (Fargate).

AWS CloudFormation Kubernetes Docker Gitlab CI Helm Jenkins Amazon EKS EC2 S3 Jira Confluence

AWS Architect

Alithya

Sep 2022 - Feb 2023 (5 months)

Validated the AWS migration process using the Lift and Shift approach and reviewed the application's Serverless architecture for high availability and scalability. Managed AWS environments via Control Tower and defined supervision policies using CloudTrail and CloudWatch.

AWS AWS Cloudwatch AWS CloudTrail AWS Control Tower SQS S3 Jira Confluence

Technical Manager

Sofrecom Tunisia

Jul 2015 - Jun 2022 (6 years 11 months)

Led a 20-person team, managing development tasks and orchestrating critical production deployments for a responsive web application (CRM). Designed infrastructure for over 120 servers, implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, and defined quality processes.

Docker Docker Swarm Jenkins Ansible Java Prometheus Grafana MariaDB Couchbase Jira Confluence SAFe

Software Engineer

Telnet Tunisia

Aug 2010 - May 2015 (4 years 9 months)

Contributed to implementing new software components and creating user guides and technical documentation for payment terminal software. Participated in estimating new development tasks and performed unit tests.

C C++Android Jira Confluence Unit Testing Technical Documentation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

National School of Computer Science (ENSI)

Engineering Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

Completed an Engineering Degree in Computer Science with a focus on Information Technology. This program provided a comprehensive foundation in computer science principles and practices.

Higher Institute of Computer Science and Multimedia (ISIMS)

Master's Degree in Computer Science and Multimedia, Information Technology

Obtained a Master's Degree in Computer Science and Multimedia, specializing in Information Technology. The curriculum covered advanced topics in computer science and multimedia applications.