Farid – Terraform, Docker, Python

A global impact-focused platform providing mission-critical insights and tools to organizations and individuals working to advance human progress. It delivers solutions that support better outcomes, expand global outreach, and strengthen stakeholder engagement.

• Established a spec-driven, AI-assisted infrastructure delivery workflow for a multi-account Terraform/Terragrunt platform with auditable change verification across 5 AWS accounts and 8+ environments.
• Architected and implemented a Blue/Green ECS deployment framework for zero-downtime releases.
• Extended GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines to support both Blue/Green and rolling deployment strategies.
• Led a full AWS infrastructure migration from a legacy single account to a secure multi-account AWS Organization.
• Migrated infrastructure definitions from AWS CloudFormation to Terraform, reducing deployment times and eliminating manual provisioning errors.
• Revamped CI/CD pipelines by replacing AWS CodePipeline with GitHub Actions to improve release speed and reliability.
• Enhanced monitoring and alerting by integrating New Relic APM and dashboards.
• Implemented Cloudflare WAF and caching to improve performance and protect applications.
• Designed a scalable self-hosted GitHub Actions runner solution on Kubernetes with Karpenter-based auto-scaling.
• Built and optimized Jenkins CI/CD pipelines through automation and parallelization.
• Deployed containerized Java microservices to Amazon EKS for scalable production delivery.
• Migrated CI infrastructure from Jenkins on EC2 to Jenkins on Kubernetes.
• Automated routine cloud maintenance tasks including EC2 instance recycling and AWS Lambda log cleanup.
• Developed an interactive Slack chatbot for DevOps support to automate common tasks and queries.
• Unified logging and monitoring by implementing the ELK Stack alongside AWS CloudWatch.

A financial comparison platform that helps consumers make informed decisions by comparing insurance policies, financial products, and household services. It brings together offers from trusted providers, presenting pricing alongside policy features and coverage details to help users evaluate options, understand differences, and choose products that best meet their needs. The platform supports transparent, unbiased comparisons across insurance, broadband, energy, and travel services.

• Automated Jenkins infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
• Implemented IAM role management automation with Terraform and AWS Lambda.
• Integrated security scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines to enforce compliance and catch vulnerabilities early.
• Established monitoring with AWS CloudWatch and Lambda-based alerts for rapid issue detection and proactive maintenance.

A global financial data and analytics platform providing market data, infrastructure, and workflow solutions to financial institutions and professionals. It enables customers to access, analyze, and interpret financial market information through comprehensive data feeds, advanced analytics, and integrated tools, supporting informed decision-making and efficient financial operations.

• Developed reusable Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure provisioning across multiple environments.
• Migrated GitLab CI runners from static servers to Kubernetes (EKS), improving build performance and reducing infrastructure costs.
• Automated provisioning of AWS Elasticsearch (OpenSearch) clusters using Infrastructure as Code.
• Integrated container security tools into the Kubernetes pipeline to strengthen application security in production.

A technology consulting platform focused on AI-driven business transformation for enterprises and public institutions across EMEA. It helps organizations design, build, and scale AI-powered platforms and solutions by combining expertise in cloud, data, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. The platform enables businesses to modernize operations, accelerate growth, and integrate emerging technologies into their core processes.

• Completed a year-long DevOps engineering traineeship.
• Gained foundational expertise in AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD.
• Supported infrastructure automation projects alongside senior engineers.
• Collaborated with development teams to deliver stable environments.