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Syed Raza

@syedraza5

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Lead DevOps and SRE engineer delivering secure, scalable cloud-native platforms.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead platform engineering and SRE work—building secure Kubernetes platforms, reliable GitOps CI/CD, and strong observability/SLA practices that improve developer self-service, resilience, and operational excellence.

I’m a Lead DevOps Engineer and Site Reliability Engineering / Platform Engineering leader with 13 years of experience designing, automating, and managing highly available, secure, and scalable cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

I build enterprise Kubernetes platforms (EKS, AKS, and GKE), implement GitOps delivery using ArgoCD, Helm, and Terraform, and create Internal Developer Platform (IDP) capabilities that enable self-service infrastructure provisioning and standardized deployment workflows.

I strengthen reliability and security through SLI/SLO frameworks, error budget governance, observability with OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog and distributed tracing, and DevSecOps controls with Vault, Snyk, Trivy, Checkov, Prisma Cloud, and OPA/Gatekeeper—supporting incident readiness, disaster recovery, and continuous operational excellence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead DevOps Engineer (SRE)

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Delphix

Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 7 months)

Led platform engineering and site reliability initiatives for enterprise SaaS platforms across AWS and Azure, architecting and operating Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) environments. Implemented GitOps workflows, SLI/SLO and error-budget governance, observability with OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana/Datadog, and DevSecOps controls for secure, resilient delivery.

Senior DevOps Engineer

CloudBees

Jan 2020 - Jan 2022 (2 years)

Designed and operated Kubernetes-based production environments and led migrations to containerized AWS cloud-native architectures. Built CI/CD and GitOps delivery pipelines, automated infrastructure provisioning, implemented monitoring/observability, and integrated DevSecOps controls with incident support and blue/green and canary deployments.

Cloud & Automation Engineer

Moogsoft, Inc

Jan 2016 - Jan 2020 (4 years)

Managed AWS and Google Cloud infrastructure for production workloads and customer-facing applications. Developed automated CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/Ansible, supported Docker/Kubernetes deployments, and implemented monitoring/alerting and automation using Python and Bash.

Site Reliability Engineer

Skytap

Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 (3 years)

Maintained Linux production infrastructure to support service uptime, stability, and operational excellence. Built monitoring/alerting and automated deployment and administration workflows, supported Jenkins-based release pipelines and AWS infrastructure, and contributed to incident root-cause analysis, disaster recovery planning, and runbook documentation.