Mazhar Ahmed

DevOps Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India13 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 11 years of experience in cloud computing.
Expert in Kubernetes orchestration and CI/CD pipeline development.
Proven track record in designing scalable infrastructure.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevOps expert specializing in cloud infrastructure and automation in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingKubernetesCi/cdAwsContainerizationCloud OperationsMonitoring Solutions

Other Skills

TerraformPythonBashJenkinsDockerAWS CLIGraylogElasticsearchShell ScriptingApacheNginxNagiosAWS EC2SQLLinux

About

As Lead DevOps Engineer at GGWP, I bring over 11 years of experience in cloud computing, Kubernetes orchestration, and CI/CD pipeline development. My work at GGWP emphasizes scalable infrastructure design, leveraging tools like Terraform for infrastructure as code, and scripting with Python and Bash to automate workflows. I focus on implementing resilient backup strategies and disaster recovery solutions to enhance operational reliability. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, I contribute to optimizing operations through centralized logging and advanced DevOps practices. My commitment to innovation and continuous improvement drives business success, delivering high-performance solutions while fostering a collaborative and efficient engineering environment.

Experience

13 yrs

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Ggwp

Lead DevOps Engineer

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · India

Cloud ComputingKubernetesTerraformPythonBash

Qount

DevOps Lead Engineer

Mar 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Configured the kubernetes cluster and deployed the production services on it
configured kubernetes and pod logs collector to analyze it
Set up and manage the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and created and maintained Docker images
Wrote custom scripts for the ECS deployment using AWS CLI
Configured VPC, set up peering connections and AWS VPN, and automated the process for creating the VPN credential files for users
Configured and maintained Graylog for centralized storage for logs and querying them
Configured the AWS WAF to filter traffic based on different parameters
Designed backup strategies and disaster recovery for fail-over
Successfully worked in a fast-paced atmosphere, prioritizing tasks effectively and exceeding goals

KubernetesJenkinsDockerAWS CLIGraylogCI/CD

Peel

Senior DevOps Engineer

Sep 2015 – Mar 2021 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Managed AWS services such as EC2, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, EBS, VPC, and ELB
Set up and managed microservices using containers like Docker
Configured Graylog to effectively manage logs and for ease of troubleshooting
Designed and set up Elasticsearch clusters to manage data for various applications
Managed and added features to a Java tool to set up, monitor and alert using Cloudwatch for various AWS services
Troubleshot OS-level issues like kernel panics, system crashes, and disk space issues
Optimized AWS resources to increase application performance and cost-effectiveness
Managed the EMR cluster and increased performance by tuning the parameters of the Spark
Wrote Python and Shell scripts for automating tasks

AWSDockerGraylogElasticsearchPythonShell Scripting+1

Fission labs

Cloud Ops Engineer

Apr 2013 – Aug 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Analyzed utilization of hardware resources prior to monthly data center billing cycle and recommended optimization plan
Troubleshot application-level issues on Apache, Nginx & Tomcat web servers
Configured and managed monitoring solutions like Nagios, Graylog, Psi Probe, and Opsview
Designed backup strategies for various components in the environment
Migrated applications from different data centers to Amazon EC2 cloud
Automated snapshots and moved backups to S3 buckets
Configured volume groups and logical volumes, extended logical volumes for file system growth needs using Logical Volume Manager (LVM) commands
Performed Linux kernel and memory upgrades and undertook Red Hat Linux Kickstart installations
Performed user administration, file system maintenance, and backup restorations
Performed software and hardware upgrades, patches, and packages installation