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Riz Ahmed

@rizahmed

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Senior DevOps Engineer with expertise in cloud-native infrastructure.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation and collaboration, where I can leverage my DevOps expertise to drive efficiency and scalability in cloud environments.

I am a Senior DevOps Engineer with over 13 years of experience in architecting and automating cloud-native infrastructures using AWS, Azure, and GCP. My specialization lies in designing scalable CI/CD pipelines, implementing infrastructure as code, and optimizing Kubernetes environments. I have a proven ability to drive DevSecOps practices, GitOps workflows, and performance monitoring strategies for resilient systems.

Throughout my career, I have collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline deployments, resolve incidents, and modernize legacy platforms. My experience includes leading chaos engineering experiments to validate system robustness and creating automated alerts with Prometheus and Alertmanager. I take pride in my ability to enhance system performance and reliability, having successfully reduced recovery time by 50% through effective disaster recovery planning.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Current

Kong Inc

Mar 2020 - Present (5 years 5 months)

Ensured system performance and reliability through proactive monitoring and rapid incident resolution. Systematized scaling and self-healing mechanisms for Kubernetes environments using custom operators and native Kubernetes solutions. Designed and tracked key performance indicators (KPIs) and service metrics with OpenTelemetry and Grafana.

Kubernetes OpenTelemetry Grafana Prometheus AlertManager Istio Envoy Chaos Engineering Cloud Migration Disaster Recovery

Senior DevOps Engineer

Clover Health

Feb 2016 - Feb 2020 (4 years)

Orchestrated scalable CI/CD workflows utilizing GitLab CI, Jenkins, and ArgoCD to manage deployments across multiple regions. Created automation tools with Go and Java to streamline platform provisioning and enhance developer workflows. Standardized infrastructure provisioning using Terraform for AWS, Azure, and GCP environments, ensuring uniformity across cloud environments.

Gitlab CI Jenkins ArgoCD Go)Java Terraform AWS Azure GCP DevSecOps Vault Trivy ChaosMesh

DevOps Platform Engineer

Fivetran

Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 (3 years)

Managed and scaled Kubernetes clusters across AWS and Azure, utilizing Helm charts and applying GitOps workflow with FluxCD and ArgoCD. Mechanized IaC pipelines using Terraform and Pulumi, supporting remote backends and ensuring environment isolation and drift detection. Enforced security policies with OPA, Kyverno, and Azure Policy, enhancing system compliance and securing infrastructure.

Kubernetes AWS Azure Helm GitOps Flux CD ArgoCD Terraform Pulumi Azure Policy Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Python BASH

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Unknown University

Bachelor's Of Computer Science, Computer Science

2009 - 2013

Studied the fundamentals of computer science, including programming languages, data structures, and algorithms. Gained practical experience in software development and system design.