DevOps Engineer

Open to full-time

Bio

Ali F. is a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with over 5 years of experience across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and containerized deployments. He works with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker, building CI/CD pipelines across GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins, and managing containerized workloads on EKS, ECS, and AKS with Helm, Kustomize, and ArgoCD. His practices include DevSecOps controls with Trivy and SonarQube, IAM/RBAC and least-privilege access management, and observability through Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch. On a FedRAMP Moderate cloud platform project, he helped build a private-by-default architecture using Application Gateway WAF, Key Vault, and Terraform, and created secure deployment workflows with OIDC federation to reduce reliance on long-lived credentials. On an AWS cloud-native DevSecOps platform, he improved release cycle time by 40% and reduced manual deployment intervention by 80% through GitOps-based delivery with ArgoCD and standardized deployment manifests. He holds a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Arid Agriculture University. He is well suited for DevOps or cloud infrastructure roles involving secure, regulated cloud environments, GitOps delivery, and CI/CD automation at scale.

Expertise

AWSKubernetesBashPythonSQL

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Assessments

General Project Assessment

(85/100)

Great on Find Indices of Two Numbers That Add Up to TargetEasy
Great on Design a Scalable and Compliant SaaS Platform ArchitectureHard
Great on Optimize Kubernetes Clusters for Real-Time Fraud DetectionMedium

Projects

FedRAMP Moderate Cloud Platform Implementation

Supported a FedRAMP Moderate cloud platform for a regulated SaaS application, helping build a secure, private-networked environment using various tools.

AWS Cloud-Native DevSecOps Platform

Built and supported a cloud-native deployment platform on AWS using EKS/ECS, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and reusable Kubernetes deployment patterns.

Experience

DevOps Engineer
TekDexJul 2025 — Present
- Manage cloud infrastructure and DevOps delivery across AWS and Azure environments
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins
- Provision and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates
- Support containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/ECS, AKS, Helm, Kustomize, and ArgoCD
- Improve observability using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor
- Add DevSecOps controls into delivery workflows using Trivy, SonarQube, IAM/RBAC controls, Key Vault, secrets management
- Automate operational tasks using Python and Bash
- Create runbooks, deployment notes, and troubleshooting documentation
- Support incident response and RCA activities
AWSAzureKubernetesTerraformDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsPrometheusGrafanaCloudWatch
Compute Service Specialist
XTIUMOct 2022 — Jun 2025
- Supported AWS and Azure production environments for remote US-based teams
- Built Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and AWS CodePipeline workflows
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and updates with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and ARM templates
- Supported Docker and Kubernetes-based deployments across EKS, ECS, and AKS
- Helped troubleshoot production issues across various layers
- Created runbooks, deployment notes, and knowledge base articles
AWSAzureJenkinsTerraformDockerKubernetesAnsible
Cloud Engineer
National Education FoundationMay 2021 — Sep 2022
- Supported cloud and deployment operations for internal applications and education-sector workloads
- Provisioned AWS resources including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, security groups, and load balancer components
- Used Terraform to automate repeatable cloud infrastructure deployments
- Built GitHub Actions and GitLab CI workflows for application deployment support
- Deployed Docker-based applications and supported Kubernetes workloads
- Wrote Bash and Python scripts for routine tasks
- Supported basic backup checks, access validation, troubleshooting
- Documented deployment steps and procedures
AWSTerraformGitHub ActionsGitLab CIDockerKubernetes