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Safdar Iqbal

@safdariqbal2

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Senior DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer driving secure, scalable cloud-native platforms and automated CI/CD.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior SRE/DevOps roles where I can lead platform automation, improve reliability, embed DevSecOps practices, and drive cost-efficient multi-cloud operations.

I am a Senior DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing secure, scalable cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I combine DevOps leadership with 3–5 years of hands-on software engineering in Java and Golang to build backend services and automation tools.

I have designed, built, and managed Kubernetes-based infrastructures (EKS/AKS/GKE), authored infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and Pulumi, and automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and CircleCI. I embed DevSecOps practices by integrating tools like Snyk, Trivy, and OWASP ZAP into the SDLC to enforce security and compliance.

My work emphasizes platform resilience, cost optimization, and observability—using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK—to reduce downtime and improve delivery velocity. I have led incident response, run on-call rotations, and applied chaos engineering to validate system robustness.

I hold certifications including AWS Certified DevOps Engineer and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), and I seek opportunities to drive platform engineering, automation, and operational excellence across multi-cloud environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Current

RXNT

Nov 2021 - Present (3 years 10 months)

Designed, built, and managed cloud-native infrastructure on EKS/AKS/GKE using Terraform, improving platform resilience and operational efficiency; automated CI/CD and integrated security across the SDLC. Led incident response, root-cause analysis, and cost-optimization initiatives using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and chaos engineering.

Kubernetes Terraform Gitlab CI ArgoCD Prometheus Grafana Go Java CI CD Chaos Engineering

Senior DevOps Engineer

CircleCI

Dec 2017 - Jun 2021 (3 years 6 months)

Designed and optimized enterprise CI/CD platforms using GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and Spinnaker, embedding DevSecOps gates (Snyk, Trivy, OWASP ZAP) to improve release security and reduce deployment risk. Implemented GitOps workflows and infrastructure automation across multi-cloud environments.

Gitlab CI Jenkins ArgoCD Spinnaker Terraform Pulumi Kubernetes Snyk Trivy OpenTelemetry

DevOps Engineer

CoroHealth

Mar 2015 - Apr 2017 (2 years 1 month)

Built and managed CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and Jenkins, automated cloud infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, and deployed containerized applications on Kubernetes to improve deployment consistency and compliance. Integrated DevSecOps tools and maintained monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.