🥇 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟭% 𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 | 💰 𝗖𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝘅–𝟱𝘅 | 📈 𝟮𝟮𝟬+ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 | ⚡ 𝟵𝟵.𝟵𝟵% 𝗨𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 | 🚀 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗩𝗠𝘀 | 𝗣𝗕-𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 | 🧠 𝟮𝟬+ 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 | 🎯 𝟲𝗸+ 𝗨𝗽𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 | ❌ 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 | 📩 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟰𝗵 I help companies cut infrastructure costs 2x by migrating from expensive cloud and SaaS solutions to efficient private cloud environments built on Proxmox and Ceph. Whether you're paying too much for cloud, struggling with scaling, or dealing with unstable infrastructure - I design and implement systems that are faster, cheaper, and easier to manage. I work with high-load production environments: clusters with 1000+ VMs, petabyte-scale storage, and fully automated infrastructure. What I can help you with: • Reduce cloud and infrastructure costs by 50–80% using Proxmox-based private cloud • Migrate from VMware, AWS, or other platforms to cost-efficient infrastructure • Build and optimize Ceph storage (RBD, CephFS, S3) for performance and reliability • Fix performance issues, instability, or scaling problems in existing clusters • Design HA architecture with backup and disaster recovery • Automate infrastructure using Puppet and provisioning pipelines Typical problems I solve: • Infrastructure costs are too high and keep growing • Cloud bills are unpredictable • Ceph clusters are slow, unstable, or constantly rebalancing • Proxmox clusters break, failover doesn’t work, or nodes drop • Backup systems are unreliable or too slow • Monitoring systems (Zabbix) overloaded and ineffective Why clients work with me: • 20+ years in enterprise infrastructure • 200+ real-world projects (not lab setups) • Experience with large-scale production systems • Focus on measurable results: cost reduction, stability, scalability Technologies I use: Proxmox VE, Ceph, Zabbix, Puppet, BGP, VPN, HA clusters, Backup & DR systems If your infrastructure is getting expensive, slow, or hard to manage — I can fix it or rebuild it properly.

🔸 Ex-CTO(5 Years) 🔸40+ Happy Clients 🔸1600+ high-quality hours 🔹India Based Full Time Freelance Cloud Technology Professional 🔹9+ Years of Professional Experience at Antino, Goldenflitch & ThinkDiffusion 🔹5+ Years of CTO Experience Leading Technology 🔹AWS - 8+ years experience 🔹GCP - 6+ years experience 🔹Azure - 6+ years experience 🔹DevOps and Terraform Expert 🔹Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Specialist 🔹Cost Optimisation Expert Full time freelance technology professional based on the Delhi, India. Expert in AWS and GCP, IAC, Containers & CICD. Regularly implements CI/CD pipelines using the most popular current toolsets including Jenkins, Github Actions, AWS CodeDeploy, etc. Automated infrastructure provisioning and post provisioning automation using Terraform and Ansible (to AWS, Microsoft Azure and GCP). Enterprise cloud migrations from on premise to cloud (AWS and Azure) and from cloud to cloud (AWS to Azure). Cloud infrastructure (Azure and AWS) analysis, optimization, consolidation and cost savings expert. 🔸Key Skills: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, ELK, CloudFront, ECS, NodeJs, Pyhton, AWS Services. Words from clients -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ashish is very knowledgeable and has a keen technical understanding of AWS, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, kubernetes, DevOps, and Jenkins. He is a true DevOps expert and it's a pleasure working with him, I will definitely work with him on new opportunities in the future." (HSBC UK) "Ashish is a really experienced and very motivated person who helped us to set up our complete system on AWS. We were very happy with the results and we can recommend working with him!" (Hyderabad Metro Rail)

I am a certified professional with unique skillset and profound knowledge of DBA, Solution Architecture, SysOps and DevOps. With over 15 years of hands-on experience, I am designing, building, managing and optimizing various databases and environments for Startups, SMBs and Fortune 100 Enterprises from different industries. Reviews have it! ✅ DBA Expertise: 𝐃𝐁 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Oracle 9i, 10g, 11g, 12c - 19c on premise and in Cloud, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and more. 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞: Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Real Application Clusters (RAC) 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬: Exadata, ZDLRA, Exalogic, ODA 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐑𝐏 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: NetSuite, Oracle E-Business Suite, Weblogic Server, Apache Tomcat, Glassfish, OBIEE, Discoverer, Fusion Middleware, OAM/IDM 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐩, 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: RMAN, Dataguard, Golden Gate 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: bash, SQL, PL/SQL, Python 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Oracle Cloud, AWS, Azure 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Unix and Linux, Windows (on premise or in Cloud) ✅ DevOps, SysOps Expertise: 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: Scalable, secure, and highly available designs tailored to business needs. 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐎𝐩𝐬 & 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Managing virtual machines, containers, storage, backup, migration, networking, and databases. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, etc. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: Data encryption, access control, IAM, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS compliance. Choosing me as your IT Architect, DBA, SysOps, and DevOps Engineer means you gain a trusted partner who will go the extra mile to deliver exceptional results and help your organisation thrive. Let's discuss your requirements and get you the best solution. Contact me today!

👋 I am a Certified Multicloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, SRE, and Platform Engineer with 15+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing secure, scalable infrastructure for enterprises, startups, and regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and e-commerce 🔥 WHY HIRE ME AS A DEVOPS ENGINEER? - 15+ years of hands-on experience as a Multicloud DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, SRE and Platform Engineer - 300+ projects delivered for 200+ clients across finance, healthcare, e-commerce and startups - 17 completed Upwork contracts, 90% Job Success, 753+ hours, $30K+ earned on this platform alone - Cut deployment times by 82% through custom CI/CD automation across hybrid-cloud environments - 99.99% uptime achieved, cloud spend cut by 37% via optimized Kubernetes autoscaling (EKS/AKS/GKE) - Led a cloud transformation saving $2M+ annually, accelerating delivery 5x - Zero-downtime releases with 10x faster rollouts (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Argo CD) - MTTR improved by 42% via centralized observability (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog) - 200+ sites migrated with zero downtime, 500+ nodes patched and hardened - Latency reduced by 52% via reverse proxy caching and CDN integration - 10+ professional certifications: AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, GCP Cloud Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and more 💪💪 SKILLS & ACHIEVEMENTS 👉 Programming Languages Applied across automation, infrastructure workflows, and backend integrations in enterprise CI/CD pipelines: Bash, Python, YAML, PowerShell – scripting and orchestration of distributed systems. Golang, TypeScript, JavaScript – building CLI utilities, microservices, and dashboards. SQL – database scripting and performance optimization for PostgreSQL, MySQL. Key Result: Cut deployment times by 82% through custom automation scripts across hybrid-cloud environments. 👉 Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Delivered multi-cloud infrastructure for Fortune 500 organizations: Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, AWS CloudFormation, AWS SAM, ARM Templates. Key Result: Achieved full disaster recovery readiness and cross-region scalability with Terraform and Ansible. 👉 Containerization and Orchestration Implemented microservices at scale via Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE): Docker, Kubernetes (all providers), OpenShift, Azure Service Fabric. Key Result: Reached 99.99% uptime and reduced cloud spend by 37% through optimized autoscaling strategies. 👉 Cloud Platforms and Services Architected and secured global hybrid-cloud infrastructures: AWS (core focus): enterprise-grade deployments for healthcare, finance, retail. Azure: DevOps pipeline integrations with AD. GCP: Implemented GKE and BigQuery for large-scale data solutions. Key Result: Led a cloud transformation cutting costs by $2M+ annually and accelerating delivery 5x. 👉 DevOps Tools and Practices Engineered CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and release automation: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, Argo CD, Octopus Deploy. Key Result: Delivered zero-downtime deployments and enabled 10x faster production rollouts. 👉 Monitoring and Observability Built end-to-end observability stacks: Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, Datadog, Zabbix, CloudWatch. Key Result: Improved MTTR by 42% through central log management, alerting, and tracing. 👉 Databases and Storage Engineered high-availability and cloud-native database solutions: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Cassandra. Key Result: Migrated legacy DBs with zero data loss and achieved 62% performance uplift. 👉 Operating Systems & SysAdmin Large-scale administration of Unix/Linux systems: Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, Cloud Linux, Windows Server. Key Result: Automated patching across 500+ nodes and hardened OS security to CIS standards. 👉 System Administration & Hosting Maintained enterprise-scale hosting platforms: cPanel, WHM, Cyberpanel, Plesk, HAProxy, Email Servers. Key Result: Migrated 200+ sites with no downtime, tripling load-balancer efficiency. 👉 Web Servers & Application Platforms Scaled and optimized business-critical applications: Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, WebSphere, JBoss. Key Result: Reduced latency by 52% via reverse proxy caching and CDN integration. 👉 Frameworks & Libraries Supported DevOps workflows as a Full Stack Developer: React, Angular, Next.js, Spring Boot, GraphQL. Key Result: Delivered CI pipelines for frontends and serverless backend deployments. 👉 DevOps Engineer - Security & Authentication Secured regulated infrastructures (PCI, HIPAA): Keycloak, Azure, Cognito, OKTA, Firewalls, Fail2ban. Key Result: Built centralized SSO and conducted security audits with advanced threat modeling. 📩 Want to take your cloud infrastructure to the next level? Send me a message — and together we'll turn your vision into reality.

I work with engineering leaders and CTOs who are scaling fast but fighting the same battles: deployments that take hours, environments that drift, DevOps bottlenecks that block every release, and infrastructure that isn't ready for AI workloads. I eliminate those bottlenecks - permanently. With 90+ completed projects, $900K+ earned on Upwork, and a 100% Job Success Score, I've led infrastructure transformations across Fintech, Healthcare, E-commerce, and SaaS - delivering measurable outcomes that show up on the P&L, not just in a CI/CD dashboard. Typical Problems I Solve → Deployments take hours instead of minutes → Infrastructure costs keep growing without visibility → DevOps bottlenecks block engineering teams → Kubernetes environments become difficult to maintain → AI initiatives are delayed because infrastructure isn't ready → Need a DevOps engineer for cloud migration or infrastructure audit Proven Client Results ▪️ HRM Platform → Challenge: Deployments took 3 hours, causing constant developer delays and release anxiety. → Solution: Docker parity environments + fully automated CI/CD pipeline across all environments. → Business Impact: Deployment time cut from 3 hours to 2 minutes - 98% improvement in release speed. ▪️ Connectivity Platform → Challenge: Provisioning a new environment took 1.5 weeks, blocking team velocity. → Solution: Infrastructure automation with Terraform + CI/CD pipeline standardization. → Business Impact: Provisioning time cut to 1 hour. 200-300 monthly automated deployments. Team efficiency +30-35%. ▪️ Zmyle (German E-commerce, 17+ multi-tenant sites) → Challenge: Legacy infrastructure couldn't handle Christmas peak traffic across 17 sites. → Solution: Full migration to Kubernetes with CI/CD, monitoring stack (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK), and VPN. → Business Impact: Zero downtime during peak season. Scalable multi-tenant architecture now handles 10x traffic spikes. What Working With Me Looks Like → DORA metrics-driven delivery - Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, MTTR, Change Failure Rate measured and improved → Zero-Drift Infrastructure - no more 'works on my machine' incidents → FinOps awareness built into every pipeline - cost visibility is not an afterthought → AI-ready infrastructure - prepared for LLM workloads, GPU orchestration, and vector databases → Full observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog - you see everything I lead a team of Senior DevOps Engineers and Cloud Architects. Whether you need a one-time infrastructure audit or a long-term engineering partner - I structure engagements around your business outcomes, not billable hours. Industries: Fintech · Healthcare · E-commerce · SaaS · Blockchain Stack: AWS · GCP · Azure · Kubernetes · Terraform · GitOps · ArgoCD · Prometheus · Grafana · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI · Docker · Ansible · AI workloads Available during US business hours (EST/PST overlap). Ready to cut your deployment time and infrastructure costs? Send an invite - the first conversation is about your goals, not my resume.

Below are highlights of my technical skills, feel free to discuss anything in details. AWS EKS Terraform Helm Gitlab Openstack PaloAlto (Certified) Puppet Ansible Prometheus Grafana Alertmanager DPDK Fast DataPlane OVS SRIOV Ubuntu/RHEL Orchestration NFV, LTE

Every hour of downtime costs your enterprise an average of $540,000. That's not a DevOps metric - that's a board-level problem. I design and operate infrastructure that stays up. My specialty is the full observability and reliability stack: detecting failures before users do, recovering in minutes, not hours, and building the self-healing systems that let your engineering team sleep at night. With $400K+ earned on Upwork, 100% Job Success Score, and 10+ years in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering, I bring the broadest monitoring stack you'll find in one engineer: Prometheus · Grafana · Datadog · ELK Stack · Zabbix · Sumo Logic - combined with deep Kubernetes and cloud expertise. Typical Problems I Solve → Production incidents are frequent, and MTTR is too high → No observability - issues discovered by users, not monitoring → Need DevOps engineer for high availability infrastructure setup → Kubernetes clusters experiencing performance or reliability issues → Disaster recovery plan missing or untested → AI workloads need reliable, observable infrastructure Proven Client Results ▪️ iLost Platform (Netherlands) → Challenge: EKS performance degrading, CI/CD unstable across Dev/Staging/Production, and OpenSearch causing timeouts. → Solution: EKS rightsizing, CI/CD pipeline optimization, IAM hardening, OpenSearch performance tuning. → Business Impact: Reduced bottlenecks, improved release predictability, and optimized infrastructure costs. ▪️ Qopla Infrastructure → Challenge: Long-term SRE engagement - ongoing reliability, monitoring, and performance needs. → Solution: Continuous SRE operations, incident management, and infrastructure optimization. → Business Impact: 657-hour engagement demonstrating sustained impact. Rate progressed $40/hr → $52/hr based on results. ▪️ GetChecked (Blockchain / Multi-cloud) → Challenge: Multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS + DigitalOcean + bare-metal) with Hyperledger Fabric in a regulated environment. → Solution: Upgraded Hyperledger Fabric, implemented monitoring, backup, DR/BCP, optimized CI/CD pipelines. → Business Impact: Increased system reliability and security in a strict regulatory context. Core SRE Capabilities → DORA metrics: Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, MTTR, Change Failure Rate - measured and improved → Incident Management & On-Call: Runbooks, escalation paths, post-mortems → Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity planning and testing → Zero Trust Security: IAM, RBAC, SELinux, network hardening → High Availability: Multi-AZ, failover, load balancing, autoscaling → AI workload reliability: observability for ML pipelines and LLM infrastructure Stack: AWS · GCP · Kubernetes · Terraform · Ansible · Prometheus · Grafana · ELK Stack · Datadog · Zabbix · Docker · Linux · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI · Incident Response Plan · Disaster Recovery Available during US business hours (EST/PST overlap). Downtime is a solved problem - if you have the right observability. Send an invite and let's audit your reliability posture.

Are your deployments slow, breaking at the worst moments, or costing more than they should? Is your team spending hours on manual releases instead of shipping features? If your CI/CD pipelines are fragile, your Azure infrastructure is growing out of control, or your DevOps processes exist only on paper, you are dealing with a problem that will not fix itself. I am a DevOps Engineer and Azure Architect with 10+ years of experience helping product teams and growing companies build cloud infrastructure that actually works. Whether it is a startup scaling fast or an enterprise team drowning in legacy pipelines, I come in, assess the real state of things, and build systems that are stable, automated, and cost-efficient. My primary expertise is Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps, end to end. That means everything from designing multi-stage Azure DevOps pipelines and managing releases without downtime, to setting up Azure DevOps RBAC, securing environments, and integrating Azure DevOps with Kubernetes clusters running on AKS. I have built Azure DevOps workflows for teams of 5 and teams of 150, and the approach scales both ways. Every Azure DevOps implementation I deliver is built around real business goals, not just tooling checkboxes. Beyond Azure DevOps, I work across the full infrastructure stack. I design Cloud Architecture using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code, manage containerized workloads with Kubernetes and Docker, and implement Deployment Automation that removes human error from the release process. For data-heavy projects, I build pipelines with Azure Data Factory to handle ETL, orchestration, and integration between services. For teams building decentralized or blockchain-integrated solutions, I have worked with Azure Blockchain Service as part of broader Microsoft Azure infrastructure setups, combining it with the same security and governance standards applied across all environments. As an Azure Architect, I cover Cloud Computing governance, cost optimization, and FinOps practices, so your Azure bill reflects actual usage, not waste. I apply the same structured thinking to Network Security, Linux and Windows Server environments, and multi-cloud setups when needed. When projects require Amazon Web Services, I bring the same DevOps standards to AWS, including AWS DevOps pipelines, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure managed through Terraform. I also work with Google Cloud Platform for teams running workloads across multiple providers. AI Automation is a growing part of what I do. As more teams start integrating AI into their products and workflows, I help them connect those AI components to production infrastructure properly, with reliable pipelines, automated testing, and deployment flows that treat AI workloads the same way as any other service. I also collaborate closely with full stack developer teams to improve release processes, deployment reliability, and infrastructure scalability, making sure the gap between development and operations is as small as possible. What clients usually need help with: ✔ Stabilizing Azure DevOps pipelines and deployment workflows ✔ Building scalable Kubernetes infrastructure ✔ Migrating legacy infrastructure to Microsoft Azure ✔ Reducing cloud costs and improving DevOps efficiency ✔ Designing secure Cloud Architecture for growing products ✔ Automating deployments with Terraform and CI/CD ✔ Improving monitoring, security, and infrastructure reliability ✔ Implementing AI Automation into existing delivery workflows The full technology range I work with includes: Azure DevOps, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, Git, SQL, Python, Linux, Windows Server, Azure Data Factory, Azure Blockchain Service, Cloud Architecture, Deployment Automation, Network Security, and more. Certifications: ✅ 8x Microsoft Azure Certified ✅ Kubernetes Certified ✅ Terraform Certified If your infrastructure needs structure, your pipelines need reliability, or your cloud costs are climbing without clear control, send me a message here on Upwork. Describe the situation and I will come back with a clear breakdown and concrete next steps.

As a cybersecurity partner, I help organizations protect their cloud environments, reduce risk, and meet compliance standards. My services cover Cybersecurity Architecture, Penetration Testing (VAPT), Risk Management, Incident Response, and Cloud Security, ensuring your business stays resilient, compliant, and secure. Cloud Engineering & Migration Clients often face challenges migrating to AWS, Azure, or GCP without exposing vulnerabilities. I deliver cloud migration strategies using CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. The result: scalable systems with reduced risk and full compliance. Zero Trust Architecture & Security Engineering In today’s threat landscape, trust is the biggest risk. I implement Zero Trust frameworks, firewall policies, SOC operations, and advanced threat detection systems. My incident response playbooks cut detection-to-response times by 50%, giving teams confidence in rapid containment. Risk Management & Compliance Regulated industries demand strict compliance. I guide enterprises through ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, IT audits, governance frameworks, and enterprise risk assessments. My work reduced audit findings by 60% and strengthened data protection policies across healthcare, finance, and SaaS. Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking Executives want assurance their systems can withstand real-world attacks. I conduct vulnerability assessments, encryption audits, and ethical hacking engagements. Results include a 40% reduction in exploitable attack surfaces, improving resilience against advanced persistent threats. AI Security & Automation Security teams often lack automation. I build AI-driven detection pipelines using AI agent development, LangChain, RAG pipelines, n8n automation, and machine learning. These solutions enhance monitoring, automate compliance reporting, and reduce manual workload for SOC teams. Incident Response & Threat Detection Downtime is costly. I design incident response frameworks, forensic analysis workflows, and automated detection pipelines. By integrating DevOps security practices with tools like Amazon CloudWatch, Elasticsearch, and Grafana, I help clients achieve proactive defense. (post-breach, penetration testing, VAPT , risk assessment, vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking, security assessment, NIST, governance) I deliver solutions with technical precision and clear communication, ensuring every project is secure, compliant, and scalable. Whether it’s cloud migration, penetration testing, risk governance, Zero Trust, or AI-driven automation, my services align with your business goals and industry standards.

DevOps and Linux engineer with 4+ years running production infrastructure for businesses that cannot afford downtime. 100+ projects delivered on Upwork at a 96% success rate, currently managing systems that handle millions of requests a day. Most clients reach out for one of three reasons. Something broke and they need it fixed fast. They are scaling and their setup will not hold. Or they want someone to review their cloud and tell them honestly what is wrong. I handle all three, find the root cause, fix it properly, and document everything so your team can maintain it. ☁️ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 & 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀 AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, DigitalOcean, Hetzner. Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS, K3s), Docker, Terraform, Ansible. CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and ArgoCD. GitOps, zero-downtime deployments, autoscaling, cloud migration, and cost optimization. 🐧 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 & 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL, Rocky, AlmaLinux. Nginx, Apache, LiteSpeed, HAProxy. Server setup and hardening, SSL, performance tuning, cPanel, WHM, Plesk, WordPress hosting, backups, and disaster recovery. 🌐 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗗𝗡𝗦 & 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 WireGuard, OpenVPN, NAT and floating IP routing, firewalls, and DNS architecture. Email deliverability (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI), mail servers (MailCow, Postfix, iRedMail, Amazon SES), and VoIP (Asterisk, FreePBX, SIP). 🛡️ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 & 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 Cloudflare WAF, DDoS and bot mitigation, Zero Trust, Tunnels, and load balancing. DevSecOps, Vault secrets management, fail2ban, and full security audits. 📊 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, CloudWatch, and ELK. Logging, alerting, and observability that catches problems before your users do. Python and Bash automation throughout. ✅ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 I communicate clearly and give honest timelines. I own the problem instead of handing it back. I leave you with clean documentation. And I am there when production breaks, including outside business hours. If your infrastructure is unstable, your costs are climbing, or you just need a reliable engineer who takes responsibility for the outcome, send me a message. Happy to review your setup and tell you honestly what I would do. Ali