Syed Taha Ahmed
@syedtahaahmed
Solutions Architect at Cloudelligent building AWS EKS platforms and Jenkins CI/CD services, with a 25% reduction in EKS cloud spend.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
At Cloudelligent, I design and deploy AWS EKS and on-prem Kubernetes clusters using Terraform and Helm. I cut EKS cloud spend by 25% while maintaining a 99.9% SLA on high-traffic workloads.
I built a Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD Pipeline as a Service for 15+ Agile release trains, with JMeter and Selenium integration that made releases 40% faster. I also delivered Amazon Bedrock RAG pipelines and Text-to-SQL over PostgreSQL.
Earlier, at DreamCare Developers, I migrated VMware-based CentOS workloads to AWS, reducing costs by 35%, and ran Kafka/Spark data pipelines at 10 TB/day. I now also offer independent AWS consulting through Deep Sapphire, including AI application productionization, migrations, FinOps reviews, and managed DevOps retainers.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Designed and deployed AWS EKS and on-prem Kubernetes clusters with Terraform and Helm, achieving 99.99% uptime for bioinformatics platforms. Cut AWS EKS cloud spend by 25% using autoscaling and Spot Instances while maintaining a 99.9% SLA.
Designed and operated AWS and Azure hybrid infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, built for high availability and audit readiness. Standardized CI/CD on Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps, enabling zero-touch deployments.
Big Data & DevOps Engineer
DreamCare Developers
Jun 2019 - Apr 2022 (2 years 10 months)
Migrated VMware-based CentOS workloads to AWS using CloudFormation and Ansible, reducing costs by 35%. Ran Kafka/Spark data pipelines at 10 TB/day and increased throughput by 25% with dynamic resource allocation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence
Pursued a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence, completing the program in 2024.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 2019.
AWS
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Cloud Computing
Earned the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
Cloudera
Cloudera Hadoop Administration Certification, Big Data
Earned the Cloudera Hadoop Administration Certification.
IBM
IBM Data Engineering Professional Certificate, Data Engineering
Earned the IBM Data Engineering Professional Certificate.
IBM
IBM — Simplifying Data Pipelines with Apache Kafka, Data Engineering
Completed the IBM course on simplifying data pipelines with Apache Kafka.
Kubernetes in AWS
Kubernetes in AWS: Create Cluster in EKS in Your Own VPC, Kubernetes
Completed a course on creating an EKS cluster in AWS within a VPC.
Jenkins Pipeline
Jenkins Pipeline: Declarative and IaC Approaches for DevOps, DevOps
Completed a course on declarative and IaC approaches for Jenkins pipelines.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
IndiaAuthorized to work in
Website
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