ZAFAR ALI

(DevOps Engineer)

CAREER SUMMARRY:
DevOps Engineer with 2 years of experience in designing, automating, and optimizing software
development processes and infrastructure. Proficient in Linux, AWS, Azure, Ansible, Python, Bash, Git,
Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Terraform, and Jenkins. Skilled in CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and
enhancing system performance for scalability and efficiency.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
CloudDev Technologies - DevOps Engineer Sep 2023 - Till Date
 Experienced in OpenShift, Kubernetes, and OpenShift Virtualization, with expertise in managing containerized
workloads and deploying virtual machines using KubeVirt.
 Developed provisioning callbacks for seamless integration with external systems and automated post-deployment
tasks.
 Deployed OpenShift Single node and Multi Node Cluster.

 Experienced in monitoring and backup solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Checkmk, with expertise
in data visualization, log management, and disaster recovery using Velero.
 Managing the OpenShift cluster that includes scaling up and down app nodes.
 Using Ansible automation in replacing the different components of OpenShift like ETCD, Master.
 Deploy and configure Alert Manager for all cluster.
 Experience in Jenkins CI/CD, Deploying and managing applications with Docker Containers & Kubernetes,
Deploying orchestration tools like Terraform.
 Deployed MicroK8s and OKD in an air-gapped environment.

 Deployed and managed OpenShift on AWS (ROSA) and Azure (ARO) using the IPI model, ensuring seamless
integration, scalability, and automation with cross-functional collaboration.
 Streamlined containerization workflows by designing and managing Kubernetes clusters, resulting in a 30%
reduction in deployment time and a 25% increase in application performance.
 Orchestrated the implementation of robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, automating code builds, testing, and
deployment processes; accelerated time-to-market by 40% for multiple projects
 Leveraged Docker for containerization, optimizing application deployment and ensuring consistent environments
across development and production.
 Experience with services IAM, Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Storage Buckets, VPC Network, and Pub
Sub.
 Experience with Amazon Web services Creating, configuring and Managing EC2, Storage, IAM, S3, VPC, ELB,
ECR, EKS, SNS, Route53 services in AWS.
 Experience in using Apache Tomcat & Red Hat Server application servers for deployments.
 Working experience on operating systems like Linux, Windows.
 Managed Kubernetes architecture, enabling efficient container orchestration for seamless application
management and scalability, configured Minikube cluster on a local Fedora machine for testing, development,
and utilized YAML manifests files for deployment of applications.
 Involved in CI/CD process and integrated GIT, Nexus, SonarQube, Maven artifacts build with Jenkins and
creating Docker image and using the Docker image to deploy over EKS (Kubernetes).
 Creating and maintaining namespaces, configmaps, secrets, service, ingress, rbac in kubernetes.
 Managed and optimized infrastructure automation using Ansible and Terraform
 Team player with excellent interpersonal skills, self-motivated, dedicated and understanding the demands of 24/7
system maintenance and has good customer support experience.
CoreLinks IT Solution - DevOps Engineer Oct 2022 -
Aug 2023

 Experienced in install operating System and configure kernel parameters for Linux/Unix servers.
 Proficiently utilized AWS services, including EC2, S3, and RDS, to create scalable and highly available
infrastructure solutions.
 Hands-on experience creating and managing the various development and build platforms, and deployment
strategies
 Installing, configuring and maintained Ubuntu. RedHat Enterprise Linux 7, 8, Centos.
 Experience in creation of environments on virtual machines to be handed over to development and QA teams.
 Gained Hands-on experience in configuring and managing all major AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda,
IAM, Route53, Elastic BeanStalk, ECS, KMS, EKS, CloudFront, and Cloud Pipeline.
 Implemented containerization using Docker and orchestrated with Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, and OpenShift.
 Developed custom Python and Bash scripts for automation tasks, such as log monitoring and backup routines.
 Built Infrastructure as a Code using Terraform to deploy EC2 instances, ELB, ASG, and Internet & Nat
Gateways.
 Implemented version control with Git and enforced best practices for branching and code collaboration.
 Developed and maintained scripts for automation and deployment using Python and Bash
 Managed and optimized cloud infrastructure using AWS and Azure
 Implemented version control using Git and managed repositories
 Performed day to day operations in LDAP such as add, delete, modify, and search.
 Installation and configuration of Software load balancer (NGINIX).
 Managing the permission & moving files with SCP, FTP.
 Responsible for Creating, changing, and removal of user accounts.
 Collaborated with development teams to implement CI/CD pipelines
 Ensured compliance with security and governance standards
 Architected CI/CD Pipelines for Web Apps using AWS CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and
CodePipeline
 Designed and implemented efficient CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
 OpenShift, OpenShift Virtualization, Kubernetes, KubeVirt, Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, AWS, Terraform,
Apache Tomcat, Shell Scripting, Python, Docker, Azure, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Window, Linux,
VMware, Nexus, SonarQube

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

 Bachelor of Information Technology (The University of Agriculture Peshawar) (2018-2022)

CERTIFICATION:

 Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)