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Afroz Syed

Afroz Syed

Summary

Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 14+ years of expertise in Application Build & Release, CI/CD pipeline automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud platform management across AWS and Azure. Proven record of designing scalable, secure, and highly available solutions using modern DevOps practices including GitOps, container orchestration, and cloud migration strategies. Skilled at leading cross-functional teams, optimizing deployments, and implementing proactive monitoring to reduce downtime and improve delivery speed.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
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Work History

Lead DevOps Engineer

Core Solutions Inc.
08.2023 - Current
  • Lead a DevOps team of 5, providing mentorship and driving delivery of scalable infrastructure solutions across AWS and Azure.
  • Designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters on both AWS and Azure, improving scalability and reducing infrastructure costs.
  • Developed CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, cutting deployment time by 60%.
  • Integrated SonarQube and Veracode into pipelines for automated quality and security checks.
  • Migrated Jira & Confluence from on-premises to Atlassian Cloud, reducing maintenance overhead.
  • Automated monitoring and alerting using Site24x7, CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana.
  • Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible for consistent environment provisioning.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Jouve Pvt Ltd
06.2022 - 03.2023
  • Led a DevOps team in managing Azure DevOps services (Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Test Plans, Artifacts).
  • Migrated applications from Jenkins to Azure DevOps, streamlining build and release processes.
  • Built multi-language pipelines (Java, Maven, NPM) with integrated automated testing.
  • Deployed containerized workloads on AWS ECS Fargate and Kubernetes clusters.
  • Designed and implemented AWS infrastructure including EC2, S3, VPC, and Auto Scaling Groups.
  • Managed Atlassian tool upgrades (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and cloud migration readiness assessments for EU clients.

Senior DevOps Engineer

ATOS Syntel
12.2019 - 06.2022
  • Managed applications across global data centers (Edinburgh, Netherlands, US).
  • Automated deployments using Azure Pipelines and Ansible, reducing manual errors.
  • Implemented AWS EKS & ECS for container orchestration.
  • Integrated Jenkins with JUnit and SonarQube for continuous testing and code quality.
  • Managed CI/CD tool infrastructure on AWS, including upgrades and maintenance.

DevOps Engineer

Standard Chartered GBS Pvt Ltd
05.2015 - 12.2019
  • Built and maintained Jenkins + Maven pipelines, eliminating 80% of manual deployment effort.
  • Managed 100+ servers in a high-availability environment under Legal & Compliance domain.
  • Migrated infrastructure to AWS using Terraform for automated provisioning.
  • Implemented CI/CD onboarding and training for development teams.

Build & Release Engineer

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
10.2013 - 05.2015
  • Automated build processes using ANT and Jenkins.
  • Managed application deployments across environments (UAT, Pre-Prod, Prod).
  • Created release documentation and reports to ensure compliance.

Software Engineer

Polaris
06.2011 - 08.2013
  • Managed code repositories in SVN and implemented branching strategies.
  • Automated builds and deployments, reducing release turnaround times.
  • Developed utility scripts to optimize build and release operations.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur
05.2010

Skills

Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch, EKS, ECS, IAM), Azure (DevOps, Virtual Machines, Active Directory, Azure Monitor)

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Timeline

Lead DevOps Engineer

Core Solutions Inc.
08.2023 - Current

Senior DevOps Engineer

Jouve Pvt Ltd
06.2022 - 03.2023

Senior DevOps Engineer

ATOS Syntel
12.2019 - 06.2022

DevOps Engineer

Standard Chartered GBS Pvt Ltd
05.2015 - 12.2019

Build & Release Engineer

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd
10.2013 - 05.2015

Software Engineer

Polaris
06.2011 - 08.2013

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur

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