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DevOps Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | CI/CD | Docker | Ansible | Open to Work | Hyderabad

About

DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Docker, and Ansible. At Cognizant, I led Kubernetes adoption for 3 development teams, achieved 20% infrastructure cost reduction, and built production CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment times by 20%. Received Star of the Month award and formal commendation for resolving critical AWS VPC peering failures in production. Core skills: - AWS: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, ALB, Route53, EKS, DynamoDB - Containers: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD - IaC: Terraform with remote state and DynamoDB locking - CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitOps workflows - Config Management: Ansible, Shell scripting, Python - Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana Immediately available for DevOps Engineer / Cloud Engineer / SRE roles in Hyderabad. Open to hybrid and remote. Expected CTC: ₹10–14 LPA. 📧 syedafreed90@gmail.com | 📱 +91 93989 38376

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

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github copilot

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openai

Work experience

DevOps Engineer at Cognizant, Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Core Responsibilities Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Using tools like Terraform or Ansible to define cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) as code. Ensuring "Environment Parity"—making sure Dev, Staging, and Production environments are identical to avoid "it works on my machine" bugs. CI/CD Pipeline Management: Designing and maintaining Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). Automating the build, test, and release cycles to increase deployment frequency. Containerization & Orchestration: Managing Docker containers and orchestrating them at scale using Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE). Handling Ingress, autoscaling (HPA), and persistent storage for microservices. Observability & Reliability: Setting up proactive monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack). Reducing the MTTR (Mean Time to Resolution) by creating custom dashboards and automated alerts. Security (DevSecOps): Integrating security scanning (vulnerability checks, secret detection) directly into the CI/CD pipeline. Managing IAM policies, VPC security, and encryption at rest/transit.

Frontend Web Developer at Snipe Tech Pvt. Ltd., Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 · 8 mos, Mysore, Karnataka, India, UI/UX Development: Developed responsive web interfaces using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript (ES6+), ensuring mobile-first design and cross-browser compatibility. Modern Frameworks: Built reusable UI components using React.js and Next.js, improving application maintainability and SEO performance. API Integration: Collaborated with backend teams to integrate RESTful APIs, ensuring seamless data flow and dynamic content rendering for client-facing applications. Version Control: Managed code repositories using Git while participating in code reviews and maintaining high code-quality standards.