Tauseef Afzal
@tauseefafzal
Site Reliability Engineer at Locumkit who raised platform availability to 99.99% and standardized OpenTelemetry tracing.
United KingdomWhat I'm looking for
At Locumkit, I led reliability work for production GCP platforms used by 10,000+ users, raising availability from 99.95% to 99.99%. I introduced Datadog dashboards, burn-rate alerts, and OpenTelemetry traces.
At WeRPlay, I defined SLIs and implemented burn-rate alerts to establish journey-aligned SLOs across 20 services. I also led Cloud SQL migrations and implemented network controls that reduced cross-service error rates by 25%.
On my ongoing AI/ML reliability project, I designed a reusable LLM integration layer on GCP that reduced P99 tail latency by 37%. I also built observability for latency, errors, usage, and cost, with sampling and cardinality controls that delivered 22% savings.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Cloud Engineer
Locumkit
Jun 2023 - Present (3 years 4 months)
Led reliability of production GCP platforms used by 10,000+ users, increasing availability from 99.95% to 99.99% and reducing P95 latency by 42%. Implemented CI/CD with Cloud Build and standardized landing zones in Terraform.
AI/ML Reliability and Observability for Node.js Services
Personal Project
Designed a reusable integration layer for LLM capabilities on GCP, reducing tail latency by 37% through caching, streaming, and request hedging. Built observability for latency, error rates, usage, and cost with supporting runbooks.
DevOps Engineer
WeRPlay
Aug 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year)
Managed multi-cloud with GCP focus supporting Kubernetes workloads, defining SLIs and implementing burn-rate alerts. Led Cloud SQL migrations and implemented network controls reducing cross-service error rates by 25%.
Configuration Engineer
CareCloud
Jan 2021 - Jul 2021 (6 months)
Built CI/CD in Azure DevOps, reducing deployment lead time by 25% through parallel stages and quality gates. Supported AKS workloads and integrated SonarQube to improve code quality.
DevOps Engineer
K&K IT Pte Ltd
Mar 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 9 months)
Supported ERP platforms via Docker and Jenkins, increasing deployment frequency and reducing manual toil by templating pipelines. Partnered with stakeholders to deliver stable releases with clear operational documentation.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Middlesex University
Master of Science, Network Management and Cloud Computing
2022 - 2023
MSc in Network Management and Cloud Computing from Middlesex University, completed in 2023.
COMSATS University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
2015 - 2019
BSc in Computer Engineering from COMSATS University, completed in 2019.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United KingdomAuthorized to work in
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