Juned A Shaikh

• Developed scalable AWS-based architectures utilizing region failover for critical applications.

• Facilitated migration from on-premise to AWS Kubernetes (EKS) leading to 30% savings in infrastructure costs

• Setup automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions and ArgoCD and increased deployment frequency 5x.

• created terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning, improving reusability and standardization.
• Deployed Prometheus & Grafana to set up real-time monitoring, resulting in a 40% reduction in mean time to resolution (MTTR).

• Supported the initiative in DevSecOps, added security scanning into the CI/ CD pipelines.

• Reduced cloud expenses through initiatives with AWS Cost Explorer, Reserved Instances, and Savings Plans.

• Offered SRE best practices to ensure mission-critical applications were up >99.99% of the time

· Built and maintained hybrid cloud solutions using AWS and on-premise environments.

· Automated configuration management using Ansible and Terraform, reducing deployment time by 50%.

· Designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters (AKS & GKE) for microservices applications.

· Created and maintained GitLab CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects, improving deployment efficiency.

· Set up centralized logging and monitoring (ELK, Splunk), enhancing incident response times.

· Implemented HashiCorp Vault for secure storage of secrets and credentials.

• Managed Linux and Windows servers, automating provisioning using Bash and PowerShell.
• Configured and optimized AWS EC2, RDS, and VPC networking for business applications.
• Developed scripts to automate backups, system updates, and security patching.
• Provided 24/7 on-call support for infrastructure-related incidents.