Zeeshan S. is a highly skilled Lead DevOps and Platform Engineer with over 5 years of experience, proficient in modern cloud and infrastructure technologies including AWS (VPC, EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, CloudFront, WAF), Kubernetes, Terraform, Rancher, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab CI, Docker, and Helm. He has extensive expertise in GitOps and CI/CD processes using Argo, Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab CI, as well as MLOps tools such as MLflow and Argo Workflows. Zeeshan is accomplished in automation and programming with Python, Go,… Show more

1. Lead DevOps / Platform Engineer

   Afiniti· AI/MLDec 2022 — Present

   • Developed Bitbucket MCP server tools for automated repo creation and deployment registration
   • Implemented AWS guardrails and infrastructure-as-code for chat agents
   • Designed multi-tenant SaaS foundations fully codified in Terraform
   • Rolled out MLflow + Argo Workflows stack for standardized experiment tracking
   • Authored an offline-capable Python deployment CLI
   • Built Jenkins/Groovy CI/CD and GitOps flows
   • Documented and deployed Rancher-powered Kubernetes clusters

   AWSKubernetesTerraformMLflowArgo WorkflowsPythonJenkinsGroovyRancher
2. Senior Engineer

   xFlow Research Inc.· Enterprise & SaaSMay 2022 — Nov 2022

   • Automated monitoring stack rollouts and platform provisioning with Ansible
   • Developed scalable Node.js/Express APIs for parallel jobs orchestration
   • Ran Artillery stress tests and tuned services for latency and throughput goals

   AnsibleNode.jsExpressJWTPrometheusGrafana
3. DevOps Engineer

   Empire Holding B.V.· Enterprise & SaaSFeb 2021 — Apr 2022

   • Built and operated Rancher-based Kubernetes clusters
   • Delivered GitLab CI pipelines for microservices
   • Managed hybrid infrastructure with VMware ESXi, Terraform, Ansible
   • Consolidated client estates into a unified AWS footprint

   RancherGitLab CIAWS EKSTerraformAnsibleVMware ESXi
4. DevOps Engineer

   UpworkMay 2020 — Nov 2022

   • Delivered PostgreSQL HA clusters and automated DR with AWS Backup
   • Executed Terraform/Ansible-driven migrations between AWS and GCP
   • Built DigitalOcean- and AWS-hosted workloads
   • Tuned heavy WordPress front ends for improved load times

   PostgreSQLAWS BackupTerraformAnsibleDigitalOceanAWSGCP
5. System Administrator

   zSoftMay 2020 — Sep 2020

   • Provisioned CentOS VMs for PHP/Laravel apps
   • Hardened LAMP stacks with SSL
   • Instituted automated MySQL backup policies

   CentOSPHPLaravelLAMPMySQL

1. MS Computer Science (Hons)

   National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)Islamabad, Pakistan2021 — 2025
2. BS Computer Science (Hons)

   Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences)Peshawar, Pakistan2016 — 2020