Sam Raza

DevOps Engineer

Spain11 yrs 2 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

10 years of experience in Infrastructure and DevOps.
Led enterprise-level projects for Fortune 500 companies.
Expert in GitOps and hybrid cloud environments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps expert with extensive experience in enterprise-level solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

InfrastructureDevops

Other Skills

CommunicationGitOpsAutomationKubernetesTerraformCI/CDAWSShellPythonShell ScriptingTest AutomationSoftware DevelopmentContinuous Integration (CI)JenkinsLinux System Administration

About

Cloud certified engineer with experience in Infrastructure, DevOps and Reliability, and Platform engineering space. I have a history of working within #bigdata, #advertising, #insurance, #finance and #lifesciences industries. Over the last 10 years I've honed skills in building systems and processes that empower development and platform teams to focus on delivering the products and services. My experience working and collaborating with some of the #Fortune500 companies has given me a holistic view on the DevOps & SRE patterns and practises within different environment as a result of holding several roles ranging from senior technical stakeholder, Tech Lead, Architect and Cloud SME within the engineering roles. With my hands-on approach to solve complex problems in team dynamics, systems engineering and software development space, I have come to appreciate the potential of technical and cultural transformation which has always results in motivated and efficient development teams. I believe unified and streamlined teams deliver velocity and that in and of itself can be the difference between life and death for many companies and projects.

Experience

11 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Rackspace

Senior Consulting Reliability Engineer

Dec 2018 – Sep 2025 · 6 yrs 9 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom · Remote

Leading enterprise-level infrastructure and platform engineering for hybrid cloud environments, driving GitOps, automation, and self-service platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical:
Designing CI/CD pipelines aligned with product release cycles.
Deploying, managing, and monitoring Kubernetes with Terraform, Flux, Grafana, Prometheus, and ELK stack.
Containerizing applications with Docker & Kubernetes.
GitOps implementation via chatbots, infrastructure evangelism, and custom tooling.
Developing custom DevOps tooling in Bash, PowerShell, Python, and Golang.
Setting up Internal Developer Platforms (Backstage, Cortrex) for self-service.
Non-Technical:
Leading on-site and remote DevOps/SRE teams for enterprise-scale infrastructure projects.
Implementing Enterprise Landing Zone deployments using Cloud Adoption Frameworks.
Collaborating with DevSecOps & InfoSec teams to integrate SIEM & CSPM tools.
Mentoring teams through pairing sessions, feedback loops, and growth strategies.
Technologies & Tools:
Cloud: Hybrid Cloud, Azure, AWS, GCP (Compute, Kubernetes, Storage, DNS, Databases, VPN, IAM, Monitoring)
GitOps & CI/CD: GitLab, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, Flux, ArgoCD
Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize
Monitoring & Security: ELK stack, Grafana, Prometheus

InfrastructureCommunicationDevOps

Pancentric digital

Senior DevOps Engineer

Mar 2018 – Nov 2018 · 8 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

Client-facing Ops stakeholder involved in Greenfield/Brownfield projects, infrastructure architecture, and DevOps implementation.
Key Responsibilities:
Infrastructure Architect in technical meetings, guiding strategy and design.
Designing CI/CD pipelines aligned with product release cycles.
Managing Kubernetes-based microservices deployment, monitoring, and scaling.
Containerizing applications with Docker & Kubernetes.
Provisioning with Terraform as IaC and config management via Puppet/Ansible.
Driving Automated-Ops culture through chatbots, tooling, and infrastructure evangelism.
Mentoring junior engineers via pairing sessions, feedback loops, and growth strategies.
Ensuring ISO 27001 compliance, security audits, and clearances.
Technologies & Tools:
Cloud: Google Cloud (GKE, Compute Engine, CloudSQL, VPN, IAM), AWS (VPC, EC2, R53, ELB, Lambda), Hybrid Cloud
DevOps & CI/CD: GitLab, Octopus Deploy, Terraform Enterprise, Puppet
Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
Monitoring & Security: Sentry, DataDog
Infrastructure: Linux/Windows, Nginx/Apache

InfrastructureCommunicationDevOps

Freewheel

DevOps Engineer

Mar 2015 – Mar 2018 · 3 yrs · London

Collaborated with internal/external clients and stakeholders to ensure on-time product demos.
Key Responsibilities:
Designed & automated hybrid cloud software delivery with solutions architects.
Set up monitoring frameworks, alert integrations, RCAs, and retrospectives.
Automated CI/CD pipelines and release cycles with Scrum Masters.
Developed infrastructure automation using Shell, Python, and Node.js.
Built self-service frameworks with a client-first, best-practice approach.
Created and maintained ChatOps in Slack using Hubot & Node.js.
Led IT audits for internal and external clients.
Assisted ITOps/NetOps in technical troubleshooting and downtime resolution.
Managed server configuration, automation, and support (AWS/Azure).
Handled DBA tasks like backup/restore, RTO/RPO, and replication.
Technologies & Tools:
Cloud: AWS (VPC, EC2, R53, ELB, IAM, Terraform, Lambda)
DevOps: Vagrant, Shell, Chocolatey, Python, Node.js, Npm, Jenkins, AppVeyor CI
Infrastructure: Windows Server, Linux, SQL Server + Replication Services
Monitoring & Automation: Stackify, Pingdom, Slack Integrations, GitHub

InfrastructureCommunicationDevOps

Import.io

Technical Support Analyst

May 2014 – Feb 2015 · 9 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Technical support, documentation, data aggregation, and internal tooling development (Python) as part of the User Success team.
Key Responsibilities:
Handling 2nd/3rd line technical issues and API support.
Assisting users in integrating the platform into their workflows.
Collaborating with engineers to build tooling based on user feedback.
Developing data delivery proofs of concept for clients.
Working with data scientists on aggregation and insights.
Implementing ElasticSearch nodes for regular data delivery.
Technologies:
HTTP, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, MySQL, AWS, ElasticSearch, CloudSearch, Heroku, Vagrant, JIRA, Confluence, APIARY, Jenkins, Fiddler, Springtools, PyCharm, Sublime Plugin API.

InfrastructureShell Scripting