About Me
AWS-certified Solutions Architect and Akamai-certified DevOps professional with 8+ years of hands-on experience building, automating, and scaling cloud infrastructure. Currently an Akamai Engineer at Sainsbury's, where I architect edge delivery and security solutions at scale.
I specialise in designing resilient systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP — from provisioning infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible to orchestrating workloads on Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, on-prem). My toolkit includes CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab), containerisation (Docker, K8s), and a deep understanding of networking, CDN, and security best practices.
Beyond infrastructure, I bring a security-first mindset shaped by a Master's in IT Security from the University of Central Lancashire, covering network defence, digital forensics, and cybersecurity controls. I also hold an MTech in Computer Science from JNTUH.
I'm driven by the challenge of making systems faster, more reliable, and easier to operate — whether that's cutting cloud costs, hardening security posture, or shipping features through automated pipelines.
Skills
AWS Cloud
95%EC2, S3, EKS, SQS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch
DevOps
95%Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
Other Tools
95%SonarQube, Okta, Splunk, ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible
Scripting
90%Python, Bash, PowerShell
Knowledge
- Skilled in containerization tools, infrastructure as code, and code integration and deployment.
- Proficient in troubleshooting and solving networking connectivity issues.
- Experienced in cloud technologies, including AWS and virtualization using VMware.
- Familiar with Linux operating system, including installation, disk management, and user and password policies.
- Experience in configuring and managing different servers, including FTP, HTTP, and YUM.
- Proficient in managing virtualization and cloud computing technologies.
- Knowledgeable in monitoring and logging tools, such as Prometheus and Grafana.
- Experienced in security practices, including vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
Experience
Akamai Engineer
Jan 2025 - PresentCloud Engineer
May 2023 - Jan 2025- Managed RHEL server upgrades, improving performance and security for critical applications
- Integrated cloud security practices to ensure continuous protection and compliance
- Conducted vulnerability patching and established monitoring alarms using Terraform and Terragrunt
- Led Business-As-Usual (BAU) operations for seamless day-to-day IT operations
- Built prebaked AMIs with Packer and Ansible for streamlined deployment and scalability
- Ensured compliance and governance across the entire Sainsbury's Bank estates
- Collaborated with multiple teams for cohesive security development and operational strategies
- Addressed vulnerabilities and emergency changes with ITsec
DevOps Engineer
Jan 2022 - May 2023- Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab
- Installed, maintained, monitored, and troubleshot Kubernetes clusters (on-prem, EKS & AKS)
- Designed comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk
- Wrote Terraform configuration from scratch for EKS, EC2, RDS, Elasticsearch
- Wrote Ansible playbooks for AMI build and refresh
- Managed Chef Recipes/Cookbooks
- Migrated applications from bare-metal servers to cloud using AWS Server Migration Service
Cloud Engineer
Jan 2017 - Dec 2020- Designed and implemented cloud infrastructure on AWS for multiple clients
- Managed EC2 instances, RDS databases, S3 buckets, and VPCs
- Implemented cloud security best practices including IAM policies, security groups, and encryption at rest
- Worked with DevOps team to implement CI/CD pipelines using Gradle, Xcode, Maven
- Created Landing Zone using AWS Control Tower
- Set up load-balanced environments using Nginx reverse proxy servers
- Automated infrastructure deployment with Terraform and CloudFormation
- Created CI/CD for containerized application deployments into Kubernetes
Education
University of Central Lancashire
Master of Science - MSc, IT Security
2021 - 2023D.V.R College of Engineering and Technology (JNTUH)
Master of Technology - MTech, Computer Science
2015 - 2017First Class with DistinctionCertifications
Akamai Automation and DevOps
Akamai Technologies
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Oracle Database
Udemy
Contact
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