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Zain Amjed

@zainamjed

Message

I help enterprises design secure AWS landing zones and migrate workloads with resilient governance.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can own AWS landing zone governance and large-scale migrations, strengthen security and DR readiness, and automate operations end-to-end—while partnering with teams on measurable reliability, compliance, and business outcomes.

I’m an Associate Cloud Architect at Northbay Solutions, currently leading AWS Landing Zone deployments, multi-account governance, and on-premises-to-AWS migration projects for enterprise clients across finance, manufacturing, and education. My work focuses on AWS Control Tower, AWS Application Migration Service (MGN), and AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS), with hands-on IAM least-privilege enforcement, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and AWS Organizations multi-account architectures.

With 13+ years of enterprise IT experience, I bring a proven background in VMware virtualization, DevOps automation (GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Jenkins), and containerised environments (Kubernetes via Rancher, Docker Swarm) in regulated settings. I’ve reduced manual provisioning by ~60% through automated account vending and SCP guardrails, delivered 60+ server migrations end-to-end with runbooks and rollback readiness, and improved security posture using CloudTrail, AWS Config, GuardDuty, and Security Hub.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Cloud Architect

Current

Northbay Solutions

Mar 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Led AWS Landing Zone deployments using AWS Control Tower across 5+ client environments, reducing manual provisioning effort by ~60%. Architected multi-account governance with SCPs and IAM least privilege, and ran on-premises-to-AWS migrations for 60+ servers using AWS MGN.

AWS Control Tower AWS Organizations IAM Least Privilege AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS)AWS CloudTrail AWS Config GuardDuty Security Hub

Deputy Manager - Cloud Services

Interloop Ltd

Jul 2022 - Mar 2025 (2 years 8 months)

Managed a VMware vCenter 7 environment of 200+ VMs, improving resource utilization by 25% through performance tuning and rightsizing. Built hybrid cloud and containerized platforms (AWS ALB/EC2/RDS, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes via Rancher) and delivered automation with GitLab CI/CD and Ansible.

AWS RDS Docker Swarm Kubernetes: Rancher Gitlab CI Ansible Veeam Backup & Replication

IT Consultant

GMSA

Jan 2018 - May 2023 (5 years 4 months)

Designed and deployed wireless network and firewall infrastructure achieving ~300 Mbps throughput and sub-5ms latency using Cisco hardware. Implemented VMware vSphere 6.7 and Windows Server 2019 with Active Directory and RDS, reducing login times from 60 minutes to under 5 minutes.

Firewalls VMware VSphere Active Directory Windows Server RDS

Manager - Networks

The University of Faisalabad

Feb 2018 - Jun 2022 (4 years 4 months)

Maintained 99.99% network uptime across 5 sites for 5,000+ users using Cisco switching and MikroTik routing. Delivered monitoring and support workflows (Zabbix/Grafana, Zammad) and deployed FreePBX (Asterisk) to cut telephony costs by 40%.

Cisco 3750 2900 Switching MikroTik CCR 1036 Routing Zabbix Grafana Zammad Ticketing Incident Management

IT Manager

Roots IVY International School System

Feb 2013 - Feb 2018 (5 years)

Designed and deployed a wireless network with pfSense firewall, reducing ISP dependency by 50% and tripling bandwidth from 8 Mbps to 30 Mbps. Maintained 99.9% infrastructure uptime and reduced IT spend by 25% through vendor consolidation and proactive maintenance scheduling.

PFsense Wireless Network Design Network Reliability (Uptime)Vendor coordination Maintenance Scheduling Infrastructure Management