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Hey, I am a 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀 Engineer, Cloud Engineer, and Solutions Architect with 𝟴+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 of experience building secure, scalable, and automated cloud infrastructure. ☁️⚙️
I help businesses automate CI/CD, deploy Docker & Kubernetes workloads, improve monitoring, reduce downtime, and optimize cloud costs. 🚀
🛠 Cloud & DevOps Services
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✔ 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 ☁️
AWS EC2, VPC, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, IAM, Security Groups, high availability, fault tolerance, and scalable cloud architecture.
✔ 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀 & 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🚀
GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, automated builds, testing, deployment automation, blue/green deployments, and canary releases.
✔ 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 🧩
Terraform and AWS CloudFormation for automated, reusable, secure, and maintainable infrastructure provisioning.
✔ 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 & 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 📦
Docker containerization, Kubernetes cluster management, Helm deployments, microservices deployment, scaling, and production container orchestration.
✔ 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 📊
AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack, logging, alerts, performance monitoring, and system reliability.
✔ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗢𝗽𝘀 🔐
AWS IAM, RBAC, security groups, encryption, infrastructure hardening, access control, and compliance-focused cloud practices.
✔ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 🔄
AWS migration, cloud modernization, cost optimization, backup, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and infrastructure optimization.
✔ 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⚙️
Python, Bash, and PowerShell automation for cloud operations, deployments, APIs, server workflows, and infrastructure management.
🛠 Tech Stack
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☁️ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱: AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean
🟧 𝗔𝗪𝗦: EC2, VPC, IAM, Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, CodePipeline, EKS
🧩 𝗜𝗮𝗖: Terraform, CloudFormation
📦 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
🚀 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline
📊 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack
💾 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, SQL Server
⚙️ 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: Python, Bash, PowerShell
🖥 𝗢𝗦: Linux, UNIX, Windows
🌟 Why Hire Me?
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✔ 8+ years of AWS, Cloud & DevOps experience
✔ Strong cloud architecture and infrastructure automation background
✔ Secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-efficient infrastructure
✔ Reliable CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, monitoring, and troubleshooting
✔ Focus on production stability, performance, security, and long-term maintainability
🔑 Keywords
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AWS, AWS DevOps, AWS Cloud Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Engineer, Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon Web Services, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Migration, Cloud Security, DevSecOps, Linux, Python, Bash, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK Stack, High Availability, Auto Scaling, Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Automation, Containerization, Microservices, Monitoring, Cloud Optimization, Cost Optimization
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🌐 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 │ 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 │ 𝐀𝐖𝐒 │ 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 │ 𝐆𝐂𝐏 │ 𝐈𝐚𝐂 │ 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀 │ 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 🌐
Tired of fragile infrastructure, unpredictable deployments, and cloud bills that keep climbing?
I design and stabilize cloud-native platforms, then implement them through disciplined DevOps practices so systems scale calmly under real pressure.
I work at the intersection of architecture and execution. That means I don’t just build pipelines or provision cloud resources. I design systems around business constraints, traffic patterns, failure scenarios, and long-term operability, then bring those designs to life using infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, and GitOps-driven delivery.
Over the last five years, I’ve helped SaaS teams and high-traffic platforms reduce deployment failures by up to 85 percent, cut cloud spend by 30 to 40 percent, and move from reactive firefighting to predictable operations. My focus is always the same: fewer incidents, faster delivery, and infrastructure that teams actually trust.
My work emphasizes resilient CI/CD, Kubernetes platforms, and multi-cloud architectures with observability, security, and cost governance baked in from day one. I architect for failure, automate for recovery, and document so systems don’t become tribal knowledge.
If you’re looking for someone who can bring clarity to complexity, own infrastructure outcomes end-to-end, and help your platform scale without chaos, click invite or send a message. Let’s build infrastructure that hums quietly instead of screaming at 3 AM.
— 𝙃𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙖𝙣 | 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙊𝙥𝙨 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙧 & 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩
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Muhammad Hassaan J.
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I'm Linux DevOps and Cloud architect since 2002. Most of my professional career is with design, setup and DevOps of medium and high loaded web farms, NoSQL databases which are time-critical and require 24/7/365 uptime.
During the last several years, I'm concentrated on architect & administration of Hadoop ecosystem, Big-Data systems (Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Riak ...) and distributed storage Ceph.
I have big experience with a variety of web servers and load balancers (Apache, Nginx, HAProxy, Tomcat, Jetty etc .. ) as well as with cloud services such as AWS, Azure and GCP.
Ara S.
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🚀 The Top 3% of DevOps, Cloud & 𝐀𝐈-𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 Platform Engineer
⚡ 12+ Years of DevOps & Cloud Engineering Experience
⚡ 22+ Years in Software Development
⚡ 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤: Cursor, Claude Code, GPT-4, Claude Sonnet & GitHub Copilot
⚡ 30–40% Faster Deployments Through Automation
🤖 We use 𝐀𝐈 to accelerate infrastructure, automation, reliability, and delivery.
I'm a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer, Cloud Architect, and 𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 specializing in scalable, secure, and production-ready infrastructures.
For more than 12 years, I've helped startups, SaaS companies, AI teams, and enterprise organizations modernize cloud environments, automate deployments, optimize costs, and build resilient infrastructures capable of supporting millions of users and transactions.
My mission is simple: automate everything possible, reduce downtime, improve deployment speed, and build infrastructures designed for long-term growth.
🔥 WHAT YOU GET
✔ Cloud infrastructures engineered for 99.99% availability and business continuity.
✔ Deployment pipelines delivering releases 30–40% faster through DevOps Automation.
✔ Infrastructure optimized to reduce operational overhead and cloud costs.
✔ Full-cycle support—from Cloud Migration and Infrastructure Modernization to long-term maintenance.
✔ A strategic DevOps partner focused on reliability, scalability, and measurable outcomes.
🤖 AI DEVOPS & MLOPS EXPERTISE
We help organizations integrate AI into products while maintaining scalability and operational excellence.
✔ 5+ years supporting AI Infrastructure and MLOps initiatives.
✔ OpenAI and ChatGPT API Integrations powering AI SaaS products and intelligent workflows.
✔ AI Agents & Workflow Automation reducing repetitive processes and accelerating delivery.
✔ LLM Infrastructure Deployment, AI Model Hosting, and GPU Infrastructure Setup optimized for performance and cost efficiency.
✔ Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Vector Databases, Prompt Engineering, and AI Data Processing Pipelines enabling production-ready AI systems.
✔ AI-powered Automation Pipelines improving operational efficiency by up to 30%.
🏆 RESULTS & IMPACT
✔ 2,000+ successfully completed projects across multiple industries.
✔ 12+ years delivering DevOps Services and Cloud Engineering solutions.
✔ 22+ years of Software Development experience supporting cross-functional teams.
✔ Improved deployment frequency by 40% while reducing deployment-related issues by 25%.
✔ Reduced manual operations through Infrastructure as Code and automation-first practices.
✔ Designed infrastructures supporting millions of requests with 99.99% uptime.
✔ Helped businesses scale internationally across 20+ countries.
☁️ CLOUD ARCHITECTURE & MIGRATION
As an AWS DevOps Engineer and Cloud Architect, I build secure, scalable environments using Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), DigitalOcean, Alibaba Cloud, and Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Architectures.
I lead Cloud Migration initiatives and Infrastructure Modernization projects that improve agility, simplify operations, and support future growth.
⚙️ DEVOPS AUTOMATION & CI/CD
✔ 12+ years designing CI/CD Pipeline solutions using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, and Release Management practices.
✔ Reduced deployment times by 30–40% through Deployment Automation and Zero-Downtime Deployments.
✔ Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Bash, and Python Automation Scripts.
✔ Built scalable Microservices environments supporting faster delivery and engineering productivity.
🐳 KUBERNETES & CONTAINERIZATION
✔ 10+ years working with Docker and containerized infrastructures.
✔ 8+ years managing Kubernetes (K8s) clusters across AWS EKS, Google GKE, and Azure AKS environments.
✔ Delivered production-grade deployments using Helm Charts, ECS, Elastic Container Service, Docker Compose, OpenShift, and Docker Swarm.
✔ Implemented auto-scaling and High Availability practices supporting 99.99% service uptime.
📊 MONITORING, OBSERVABILITY & RELIABILITY
✔ Built monitoring systems reducing incident response times and improving visibility.
✔ 10+ years of experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Zabbix, and New Relic.
✔ Centralized Logging, Incident Monitoring, and proactive troubleshooting practice
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AWS DevOps Engineer | AI DevOps Engineer | MLOps Engineer | Kubernetes Engineer | Cloud Architect | Infrastructure Engineer | AWS Infrastructure | CI/CD Pipeline | DevOps Automation | Docker | Kubernetes | Terraform | Ansible | Jenkins | GitLab CI/CD | GitHub Actions | AI Infrastructure | OpenAI Integration | ChatGPT API | LLM Deployment | RAG Systems | AI SaaS Development | Cloud Migration | AWS EKS | Azure DevOps | GCP Engineer | Monitoring
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📜Hello! I'm Muhammad Waleed, an experienced DevSecOps Engineer with over 3 years of expertise in orchestrating cloud-native solutions, automating infrastructures, and implementing robust security measures. My skill set includes advanced proficiency in Kubernetes and Docker, allowing me to streamline DevOps practices effectively. I am certified in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and have a solid foundation in Terraform for infrastructure automation.
My Core Expertise Includes:
✅ Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
✅ Containerization & Orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Docker, Tanzu
✅ Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
✅ Virtualization: vSphere, ESXi
✅ DevOps Tools: Azure DevOps, GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodeFresh, NewRelic, TeamCity CI, Octopus Deploy, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana
✅ Security & Compliance: Penetration Testing, Security Architecture Design and Implementation,
CSA Star Level 1 Compliance, PAM
✅ Access Management: Teleport
Key Projects & Experience:
✔️ Spearheaded the deployment of an enterprise cloud environment for a financial institution on AWS using Terraform.
✔️ Led the complete setup of an enterprise environment on AWS using Terraform.
✔️ Deployed a highly available HashiCorp Vault with a highly available Consul backend.
✔️ Designed and implemented DevSecOps pipelines with SAST using Checkmarx and DAST using ZAP/Burp.
✔️ Implemented Prometheus for environment monitoring and Teleport for secure access management as part of security enhancements in a large VMWare environment
✔️ Helped migrate applications to Kubernetes, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal downtime.
✔️ Implemented GitOps practices using ArgoCD, or continuous delivery and GitOps workflows
enhancing deployment efficiency and reliability.
✔️ Conducted EVE-ng deployment on GCP for PoC testing for a client.
✔️ Successfully integrated ZAP into Azure DevOps pipelines, enhancing security in CI/CD processes.
✔️ Assisted Kayuga Solution in achieving CSA Star Level 1 Compliance.
✔️ Developed an Advanced Penetration Testing Lab on Azure using Terraform, focusing on security and compliance automation.
Professional Experience:
💼 Sr. Cybersecurity Consultant, Innovorbs Technologies LLC (Contracted to an Australian SMS Provider) (June 2024 – Present)
💼 Software Engineer (DevSecOps), Strategic Systems International (Jul 2023 – Present)
💼 Cybersecurity and Technology Consultant, Kayuga Solution (Dec 2022 – Present)
💼 Cyber Security Instructor, National Cyber Security Auditing and Evaluation Lab (NCSAEL) (Feb 2023 – Jun 2023)
💼 Cloud Compliance Expert, Kayuga Solution (Oct 2022 – Jan 2023)
💼 Red Team Lead (Advanced Intern), Virtually Testing Foundation (Jul 2022 – Nov 2022)
Certifications::
🥇 Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
🥇 Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
🥇 Google Certified: Professional Cloud Architect
🥇 Google Certified: Professional Cloud Security Engineer
🥇 Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) (June 2023) - CGPA: 3.86/4
I am dedicated to leveraging my comprehensive skill set to deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality DevOps solutions tailored to your organizational needs. Let's collaborate to transform your cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.
Feel free to reach out for a consultation, and let's discuss how we can make tech magic together!
Muhammad Waleed Z.
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If your Cloud bill keeps climbing and your release velocity doesn't, that's usually an infrastructure problem, not a team problem.
I’m a Senior Cloud Platform Architect and DevOps Engineer with 10+ years building and running production infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and OpenStack, including Huawei Cloud, T Cloud Public and Red Hat OpenStack/OpenShift.
A few concrete examples from my work:
• Led core platform operations for T Cloud Public (formerly OTC) across multiple EU regions, improving availability, elasticity, and automation for large multi‑tenant environments
• Built and operated DevOps and SRE platforms for AI products on AWS and Azure (EKS, ECS, ECR, RDS, S3, DynamoDB), including CI/CD, observability, and incident response
• Delivered carrier-grade telco/NFV‑oriented Cloud solutions on OpenStack and OpenShift under strict reliability and performance requirements
• Cut cross-cloud infrastructure costs by 35%, reduced deployment times from weeks to hours through end-to-end automation, and lowered production incident recovery (MTTR) by 60%
With Top Rated Plus status and a 100% Job Success score, I've completed numerous projects, including Cloud Migrations, AI deployments, Integrated systems, Automation strategies, and Infrastructure optimization initiatives for enterprise clients. For Data-heavy projects, I build pipelines with Databricks and Azure Data Factory to handle ETL, orchestration, and service integration.
AI and automation are becoming an increasingly important part of the work I do with clients. I help teams move beyond “AI in a notebook” by wiring the AI models and agents into real, production-grade infrastructure with proper CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and deployment flows, so AI workloads are treated like first-class production services, not just prototypes or POCs experiments.
What I actually do for clients:
• Design and migrate multi-cloud or hybrid infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, OpenStack)
• Build CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Jenkins
• Stand up and run production Kubernetes, i.e. Helm, ArgoCD, and Istio, on cloud or bare metal
• Build data pipelines with Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and Kafka for ETL and service integration
• Move AI/ML workloads out of notebooks and into real production systems, with proper CI/CD, monitoring, and deployment, not a script everyone's afraid to touch
I'm AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud certified, and I'm just as comfortable lower in the stack, KVM, QEMU, Ceph, SR-IOV, NFV, Proxmox, VMware, which matters if your setup includes private cloud or anything telco-adjacent.
I work directly with founders and engineering leads. I'll tell you straight if something's a quick fix or a real project before I quote it, and I document what I build so your team isn't stuck depending on me to keep the lights on.
If your infrastructure's a mess, your pipelines keep breaking, or your cloud spend doesn't make sense anymore, message me with what you're working with. I'll give you a real read on what's wrong and what it'd take to fix it.
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🏆 AWS Certified Solutions Architect | DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Expert 🏆
10+ Years of Experience | AWS | Terraform | Docker | Cloud Migrations | Security & Cost Optimization
I’m Simran Sangha, an AWS Certified Solutions Architect with over a decade of experience designing, deploying, and managing robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructures. I help businesses modernize their systems, cut costs, and boost performance using a DevOps-first approach across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
✅ Core Competencies:
🔹 Cloud Infrastructure & Automation
Expert in provisioning and managing AWS environments: EC2, VPC, ELB, S3, RDS, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Auto Scaling
Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
Containerization with Docker and orchestration with ECS / EKS / Docker Compose
🔹 Security & Compliance
Hardened cloud environments with WAF, Inspector, CloudTrail, AWS Config, IAM Policies, and Trusted Advisor
Mitigation of common attack vectors: DDoS, SQL Injection, XSS
🔹 Monitoring & Logging
Real-time monitoring via CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and custom log pipelines with Kinesis Firehose → Elasticsearch → Kibana
Set up of Nagios, Check_MK, and custom alerts for infrastructure health
🔹 Cloud Migrations
Seamless migration of Linux-based environments (RHEL, Ubuntu) to AWS
Integrated auto-scaling, VPN, and hybrid cloud strategies for smooth transition
🔹 Cost Optimization
Worked with stakeholders to cut cloud spend by 20–40% through smart resource management and reserved instances
🧰 Tools & Technologies:
DevOps & Automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, Git, Ansible
Containers: Docker, Docker Compose, ECS, EKS
Cloud Providers: AWS (expert), GCP & Azure (intermediate)
Monitoring: Dynatrace, Nagios, Check_MK, CloudWatch
Database: MySQL, Oracle – migrations, tuning, and user security
Traffic Analysis: Cisco Stealthwatch, AWS VPC Flow Logs
🚀 Project Highlights:
Deployed high-availability architectures across multi-AZ AWS environments with auto-scaling and failover strategies
Migrated on-prem resources to cloud, establishing secure site-to-site VPNs and hybrid connectivity
Optimized DNS and CDN setups using Route 53 and CloudFront for faster global delivery
Secured data-in-transit and at-rest via SSL/TLS, EBS encryption, and access control best practices
Built robust CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and automated configuration management
Let’s work together to modernize your infrastructure, boost uptime, and cut costs—without compromising security or performance.
📩 Message me today to discuss your project!
Best regards,
Simran Sangha
Simranpreet Singh S.
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Reduce 𝟭𝟬–𝟰𝟬% on AWS and GCP Cloud costs with Strengthen Security – 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 ($𝟮𝟲𝟬𝗸 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿).
I’m an AWS & GCP Certified Security Specialist, FinOps Expert & DevOps Engineer helping teams cut the cloud costs and pass SOC2 / HIPAA security audits.
𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝟬% of AWS & GCP users overpay for clouds, despite the 𝗣𝗔𝗬-𝗔𝗦-𝗬𝗢𝗨-𝗚𝗢 pricing model and cost recommendations. With 𝟴+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 of experience working with AWS, GCP and Azure clouds, I deliver 𝙂𝙐𝘼𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙀𝘿 savings and secure cloud infrastructure aligned with SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗲?
• $𝟮𝟲𝟬𝗞+ cloud savings delivered to teams across AWS and GCP
• Achieved 4 SOC2 and 1 HIPAA compliances for AWS cloud users
• 8+ years cloud computing experience with SaaS, Healthcare and Fintech industries
• Worked directly with AWS premium partner (NorthBay Solutions) and AWS official teams
• Guaranteed 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝟭𝟬 % cost reduction across AWS, GCP and Azure or 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱
• Texas-based LLC for compliance & contract readiness
• 15‑day post‑project support included
• AWS & GCP Certified Security and FinOps specialist
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (AWS & GCP):
With $𝟮𝟲𝟬𝗸 cloud savings delivered to teams across AWS & GCP, and with working experience with cloud users from startups ($𝟭𝟬𝟬/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵) to enterprises ($𝟮𝟱𝟬𝗸/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵), I transform inefficient cloud environments into cost-optimized architectures.
• Reserved Instances & Savings Plans strategy
• Automated resource scheduling for development/staging environments (𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝟬% 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀)
• Right-sizing analysis for compute, storage, and database services
• Idle resource cleanup (unused volumes, snapshots, IPs, load balancers, NAT gateways)
• Multi-account cost governance with consolidated billing analysis and volume discounts
• FinOps practices implementation with tagging strategies
• Trusted Advisor cost optimization recommendations
• AWS Compute Optimizer implementation
• Retention and lifecycle policies for AWS S3, AWS EFS, AWS EBS, AWS Snapshots, AWS backups and other services.
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲:
• Landing zone setup using AWS Control Tower with AWS Service Control Policies and GCP Organization Policies for centralized security
• AWS & GCP IAM hardening, RBAC, least privilege with zero-trust architecture
• Data encryption at-rest and in-transit for AWS S3, AWS EBS, GCP Bucket, GCP PD, AWS EFS
• Security monitoring with AWS GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, and GCP Security Command Center
• Hardened logging with AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, GCP Cloud Audit, AWS CloudWatch, GCP Cloud Monitoring/Logging
• Vulnerability management and automated patching through AWS Inspector, AWS Macie, GCP SCC, AWS Patch Manger, GCP VM Manager
• Compliance automation for SOC2, HIPAA, and ISO27001 with AWS System Manager and GCP VM Manager
• Incident response playbooks and automated remediation
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
• AWS Certified Security Specialty
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁:
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲: AWS EC2, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda, AWS Batch, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS App Runner, GCP VM, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Compute Engine (GCE),
𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: AWS VPC, GCP VPC Networks, Firewall, AWS & GCP VPC Flow Logs, AWS & GCP NAT, AWS & GCP Load Balancer, AWS Subnets & GCP Subnetworks, AWS VPC Endpoints, GCP Private Service Connect, AWS & GCP VPC Peering
𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: AWS Inspector, AWS Control Tower, AWS Config, AWS Macie, AWS Security Hub, AWS CloudTrail, AWS GuardDuty, AWS Patch/System Manager, AWS Audit Manager, AWS IAM, AWS KMS, AWS Secret Manager, AWS WAF, GCP Cloud Armor, GCP VPC Service controls, GCP Security Command Center, GCP IAM & SA, Google Security Operations
𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, GCP Cloud Monitoring, GCP Cloud Logging
Let's Optimize your Cloud Costs & tighten your Cloud Security with Expert DevOps Solutions!
Islam A.
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - "Top Rated" freelancer with over $300K in completed AWS cloud engineering overlapping with DevOps on Upwork, and other sales funnels. Specializing in AWS and can speak multi-cloud (can quickly pivot to equivalent of AWS services on Azure and GCP). Proven success in cloud engineering, infrastructure migration, system administration, disaster recovery, database management, and long-term support.
CORE TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Cloud & Infrastructure Tools: Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS [AWS Aurora/MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL], AWS DynamoDB, IaC (AWS CloudFormation and others), CI/CD, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, SES, DMS, ECR, ECS Fargate), exposure to Azure and GCP environments.
• Containers: Docker, EKS, ECS Fargate, containerized microservice operations
• System Operations: Linux/Windows Server Admin, AWS CloudWatch, Uptime/Performance Tuning, Disaster Recovery
• Databases: MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS RDS
• Networking & Security: AWS IAM, VPC, Security Groups, WAF, SSH, SFTP, Cloudfront DNS
• Tools: Bash, Git, Bitbucket, AWS CodePipeline, Travis, WordPress Migration, Sendy, Docker, containerized automation workflows
Don K.
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🚀 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬 | Multi-Cloud Architect & Senior IT Engineer | $100K+ Delivered on Upwork
With 10+ years of hands-on experience across Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, Microsoft 365, and cybersecurity, I help businesses modernise their IT infrastructure, secure their cloud environments, and maintain compliance. My clients trust me to design resilient systems, lead complex migrations, and deliver enterprise-grade outcomes with clear communication and full accountability.
I hold Microsoft's highest-level certifications including Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) and Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100), alongside AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, AZ-500, AZ-104, and CCNA. This rare combination of multi-cloud depth and security expertise means I can own both the architecture and the security posture of your environment.
🌍 𝐌𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝
I began as a systems administrator and evolved into a multi-cloud architect supporting clients across finance, healthcare, SaaS, legal, and retail. I have led migrations of 22 servers from Hyper-V to AWS across 15 accounts, built production Python automation frameworks managing AWS infrastructure at scale, deployed full hybrid Azure/M365 environments from scratch, and designed security postures that align with SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001. My Upwork success led to launching Burnette Tech Solutions, a boutique MSP delivering managed IT, cybersecurity, and compliance services to clients across the US, UK, and Caribbean.
✅ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐞
• I design resilient, compliant IT systems, not just fix issues.
• Certified: AZ-305, SC-100, AZ-500, AZ-104, AWS SA Associate, CCNA, CAPM, ITIL v4, CMI Level 5.
• 10+ years of experience, including significant time in MSP environments managing 1,000+ endpoints.
• Real production results: server migrations, Python automation at scale, hybrid cloud architecture, security hardening.
• Trusted partner mindset: long-term relationships, clear documentation, measurable outcomes.
• Consistently praised by clients for professionalism, organisation, and technical depth.
🔧 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 & 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure
Microsoft Azure (AZ-305): VNets, ExpressRoute, App Services, Key Vault, Logic Apps, Monitor, Sentinel, Defender for Cloud
AWS (Solutions Architect): EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, multi-account management
GCP: Compute Engine, VPC networking, IAM, firewall configuration
Microsoft 365: Intune, Entra ID, Defender, Teams, SharePoint, Purview, Exchange Online
🔒 Security & Compliance
Microsoft Purview, Endpoint DLP, Sensitivity Labels, Information Protection
CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Defender for Endpoint, Mimecast, KnowBe4
Firewalls: Fortinet, Cisco, SonicWall, Meraki, Ubiquiti
MFA, Conditional Access, PIM, RBAC, VPNs (Sophos, Tailscale, OpenVPN)
SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, NIST alignment
🖥️ IT Operations & Support
RMM: NinjaOne, N-Able, Kaseya, ConnectWise Automate
Ticketing: ConnectWise, Halo, Freshdesk, Autotask
Documentation: IT Glue, Hudu, Guru
Virtualisation: VMware vSphere/vCenter, Hyper-V
🗄️ Backup & Continuity
Veeam, Datto, AWS Backup, disaster recovery planning and testing
⚙️ Automation & Scripting
PowerShell, Python (boto3), Bash, Terraform (Azure/AWS), Git/GitHub
Production AWS security group automation across 15 accounts
Cloud workflow automation, policy enforcement, IaC deployments
👨🏾💻 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤
• Act as your embedded technical partner, guiding architecture, security, and strategy.
• Every project closes with clear documentation so you own your environment, not just the outcome.
• Focus on security, uptime, and business continuity, keeping your environment audit-ready and resilient.
• Available for long-term MSP partnerships, one-time migrations, security assessments, or ongoing infrastructure support.
📩 Let's connect. Whether you need a multi-cloud migration, a Microsoft 365 deployment, a full security posture review, or a long-term IT partner, I am ready to help you build something that works and lasts.
— Esaias B.
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