Syeda Rizwana Banu

Project: Bank of America

Duration: 04/2025 - Current

Role: DevOps Engineer.

• Managed GCP IAM roles, service accounts, and permissions daily.
• Applied least-privilege access controls across GCP projects and resources.
• Handled service account authentication for applications and Kubernetes workloads.
• Completed periodic access reviews and security audits for compliance.
• Provisioned GCE virtual machines across development, QA, UAT, and production.
• Managed Linux and Windows instances based on application requirements.
• Optimised machine types, persistent disks, and networking for cost performance.
• Configured firewall rules and VPC networking to secure workloads.
• Implemented Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging for infrastructure visibility.
• Built dashboards tracking CPU, memory, disk, and application health metrics.
• Set alerting policies and notification channels for proactive incident management.
• Performed troubleshooting and root cause analysis to minimise downtime.
• Managed containerised applications on Google Kubernetes Engine clusters.
• Configured deployments, services, ingress, configmaps, secrets, and volumes.
• Enabled workload identity for GKE workloads integrating with GCP services.
• Supported application deployments, upgrades, and GKE cluster maintenance.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform across environments.
• Developed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub.
• Automated Kubernetes application deployments across multiple environments.
• Standardised infrastructure configurations using infrastructure as code practices.
• Partnered with developers, cloud architects, and security teams on changes.
• Supported production support incident management and change management activities.
• Maintained technical documentation, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.
• Managed version control systems like Git, ensuring streamlined code integration and collaboration amongst team members.
• Used CI and CD automation testing to effectively assess application function and user experiences.
• Used Docker and Kubernetes to manage, scale and update containers for improved automation possibilities.
• Participated in Agile development processes, contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives for continuous improvement.
• Designed and configured cloud-based infrastructure on AWS, enhancing application scalability and reliability.
• Developed and maintained infrastructure as code IaC using Terraform, enabling consistent and repeatable environment setups.
• Implemented and managed continuous integration and deployment pipelines for efficient software updates.
• Built effective pipelines and enhanced production infrastructure through targeted database and cluster management.
• Evaluated new technologies and tools for potential adoption to enhance DevOps practices and infrastructure management.

Project: Student Learning Management System(LMS)

Duration: 03/2023 - 04/2025

Role: DevOps Engineer

• Managed application source code using Git and GitHub.
• Created and maintained branches for development, testing, and production environments.
• Reviewed pull requests and ensured code quality standards.
• Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Automated code build, testing, and deployment processes.
• Reduced deployment time and minimized manual errors.
• Integrated automated testing before deployment.
• Created Docker images for LMS applications using Docker.
• Managed Dockerfiles and image repositories.
• Ensured application consistency across development, testing, and production environments.
• Deployed and managed applications on Kubernetes.
• Configured Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets.
• Implemented auto-scaling and rolling updates to ensure zero downtime.
• Provisioned and managed AWS resources such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Load Balancers.
• Optimized cloud resources for performance and cost efficiency.
• Used Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Maintained reusable Terraform modules.
• Version-controlled infrastructure configurations.
• Implemented monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana.
• Created dashboards for server, application, and Kubernetes monitoring.
• Configured alerts for CPU, memory, disk, and application failures.
• Centralized application and server logs using the ELK Stack.
• Assisted developers in troubleshooting production issues.
• Managed IAM users, roles, and policies in AWS.
• Implemented Secrets and ConfigMaps in Kubernetes.
• Performed security patching and vulnerability scans.
• Ensured secure access to cloud resources.
• Automated backups for databases and application data.
• Maintained disaster recovery procedures.
• Conducted backup restoration testing.
• Worked closely with developers, testers, and project managers.
• Participated in release planning and deployment activities.
• Provided production support and incident resolution.

Project: Automated Website Deployment(AWS)

Duration: 06/2022 - 07/2022

Role: Assocaite DevOps Engineer

• Configured Jenkins for streamlined Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), enhancing deployment consistency.
• Implemented automation for build and deployment processes, improving efficiency and reducing manual errors.
• Deployed applications on AWS EC2 instances, facilitating scalable and reliable production environments.
• Created Docker images for the application.
• Configured monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana.
• Managed source code repositories with Git and GitHub, ensuring version control and collaboration efficiency.
• Performed application health checks and troubleshooting.
• Coordinated with developers during release activities.

Project: Insurance Agent Portal Deployment and Automation

Duration: 12/2021 - 02/2022

Role: Associate DevOps Engineer

• Configured Jenkins jobs for automated build and deployment, streamlining release process.
• Created Docker images for the application.
• Deployed the application on AWS EC2 instances.
• Configured Nginx as a reverse proxy.
• Monitored server health and application availability to maintain optimal performance.
• Performed Linux server administration and troubleshooting.
• Managed source code repositories in Git to ensure version control and collaboration.
• Coordinated with developers during application releases.