AHMED ALIYU

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Work Experience

Software Engineer at John Deere INC
August 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Designed and built a scalable, enterprise-grade ecommerce aftermarket application using Java and React, processing billions of records with 99.99% uptime and 25% growth in customer engagement. Implemented an AI-driven Agent Hub integrating GitHub, Jira, Confluence, and S3 to automate customer and financial workflows, reducing manual tasks by 70%. Established automated unit and integration testing, raising code coverage to 85% and cutting production defects by 35%. Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform for multi-region deployments across AWS and Azure. Deployed containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes, boosting scalability and reducing deployment downtime. Identified and mitigated a critical Kubernetes flaw preventing multi-million-dollar losses in financial vehicles.
Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2023
Integrated Mastercard payment cards with a secure card generation algorithm and vendor APIs, increasing transaction volume by 25% in Q1. Deployed AI-driven security to detect and prevent breaches in real time, reducing manual intervention by 60% and shortening incident response to minutes. Developed dynamic load and vulnerability testing solutions, identifying 150+ weaknesses and improving peak load performance by 40% to ensure 99.9% uptime. Engineered modular microservices, boosted performance with ElastiCache and auto-scaling, and implemented AI for user consumption classification. Implemented ArgoCD for GitOps-based CD across environments, reducing deployment errors by 20%.
Cloud Software Engineer at Timestweb
June 1, 2020 - June 1, 2020
Diagnosed and resolved front-end performance bottlenecks, improving page load time by 40%. Designed React-based SPA architecture serving over 500k monthly users with 99.99% uptime. Assisted in designing, deploying, and maintaining Azure infrastructures across clients, including AKS deployments. Containerized applications for AKS, automated routine tasks with Azure Automation, PowerShell, and Azure Functions, and implemented backup and disaster recovery with Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery. Led CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins for the OneSave project and enforced Terraform IaC to standardize provisioning. Implemented robust security practices on AWS and managed on-call incident response.

Education

Master of Computer Science at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at Federal University Technology, Minna
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014

Qualifications

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025
AWS Solution Architect - Associate
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025
AWS Developer - Associate
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025
Hashicorp Terraform Associate
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025
Certified Kubernetes Security (CKS)
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025
IBM Python Automation
January 11, 2030 - October 28, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Professional Services, Other