NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025 (Project: Nexa)
Led the development of an AI-powered exoplanet detection platform utilizing NASA mission data.
DevOps Engineer
Open to full-time
Bio
Hamza S is a Cloud DevOps Engineer with several years of experience in designing, automating, and optimizing cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments. He utilizes technologies such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, and Helm to build scalable and resilient systems. Hamza focuses on Kubernetes platform engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD automation, implementing practices like zero-downtime deployments and automated rollback mechanisms to enhance deployment reliability. At Copebit AG, Hamza reduced AWS EKS observability costs by 21% while increasing metrics volume 30x. He also architected a bare-metal Blue-Green deployment strategy at U.S. Information Systems, Inc., achieving a mean time to recovery (MTTR) of under 30 seconds through an automated Nginx traffic-routing rollback mechanism. Hamza holds a Bachelor’s in Software Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, and is a five-time AWS and Azure certified professional. He is well-suited for roles that require deep technical knowledge in cloud modernization and infrastructure automation.
Expertise
KubernetesTerraformSQLPythonGoBashGitAWSAzure
Video Intro
Assessments
- Find Indices of Two Numbers That Add Up to TargetEasy
- Design a Scalable and Compliant SaaS Platform ArchitectureHard
- Configure Azure Kubernetes Service for Global Performance and CompliancexMedium
Projects
LawLens – AI Lawyer (Final Year Project)
Developed a mobile application integrating cloud services to provide legal aid according to Pakistani Law.
NineTeedy – AI Photo Guidance Social App
Co-developed NineTeedy, an Instagram-like mobile app with AI-based photo assistance. The system uses an Azure-hosted model to analyze images and guide users in real time on pose, angle, and framing adjustments.
PakWaan – AI Travel Food & Recipe Assistant
Co-developed PakWaan, a mobile application that allows users to photograph food while traveling and instantly identify the dish using AI. The app then provides quick, relevant recipes and cooking instructions for the recognized food.
Experience
Cloud DevOps Engineer
Xgrid.co· Enterprise & SaaSSep 2024 — May 2026- Curated CHKK's Kubernetes Knowledge Graph by mapping Kubernetes add-ons through Helm chart templates and Docker image registries.
- Authored Go-based curation files for version schemes and Kubernetes compatibility matrices.
- Engineered CHKK's cluster-scanning engine for pre-upgrade breakage alerts.
- Helped build CHKK, Chkk is an agentic lifecycle management platform for Cloud Native software, or Kubernetes and its Add-ons.
KubernetesHelmDockerGoAWSAWS EKSAWS CodepipelineAWS Solution ArchitectDevOps & Infrastructure Consultant
U.S. Information Systems, IncOct 2025 — Mar 2026- Architected a bare-metal Blue-Green deployment strategy using Docker and Nginx.
- Engineered an automated Nginx traffic-routing rollback mechanism.
- Modernized CI/CD and Git branching via GitHub Actions.
- Implemented graceful draining window and backward-compatible migrations.
- Reduced MTTR to <30 seconds by engineering an instant, automated Nginx traffic-routing rollback mechanism.
DockerNginxGitHub ActionsAzureBlue-Green DeploymentsDevOps Consultant
Copebit AGJan 2025 — Oct 2025- Reduced AWS EKS observability spend by 21% while increasing metrics volume 30x.
- Provisioned production-grade Kubernetes clusters for clients using Terraform.
- Built secure AWS multi-account environments for European clients.
- Engineered a zero-data-loss migration strategy for critical Terraform modules.
AWS EKSTerraformFluxCDTerratest/GoInfrastructure As CodeGitOpsCloud Instructor
Cloud CollegeJan 2025 — Jun 2025- Delivered comprehensive cloud training to international professionals.
Cloud TechnologiesAI & Computer Vision Developer
Azure/AWS Cloud FreelancerJan 2023 — Jan 2024- Developed and deployed AI solutions on Azure.
- Containerized and hosted real-time detection models using Docker.
AzureDockerFabric Analytics Engineer AssociateAzure Ai Custom VisionAzure Ai modelsSoftware Engineer
GrayphiteJun 2023 — Sep 2023- Developed backend APIs using Python and Django Rest Framework.
- Worked on Azure DevOps and cloud infrastructure.
PythonDjango Rest FrameworkAzure DevOpsAzure AI FoundryAzure Fabrics
Education
Bachelor’s in Software Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology, TaxilaTaxila2020 — 2024
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