I'm Nawaz Malik, a DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience building and automating cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP using Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Datadog. I thrive in automation-first environments, delivering scalable, reliable software releases through containerization, IaC, and observability engineering. I value scalable design, proactive incident response, and cost governance in Agile teams. I enjoy mentoring teammates, championing best practices for security and compliance, and continuously improving uptime and operational excellence through automated runbooks, blue/green deployments, and proactive monitoring.

Nawaz Malik

I'm Nawaz Malik, a DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience building and automating cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP using Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Datadog. I thrive in automation-first environments, delivering scalable, reliable software releases through containerization, IaC, and observability engineering. I value scalable design, proactive incident response, and cost governance in Agile teams. I enjoy mentoring teammates, championing best practices for security and compliance, and continuously improving uptime and operational excellence through automated runbooks, blue/green deployments, and proactive monitoring.

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I’m Nawaz Malik, a DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience building and automating cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP using Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Datadog. I thrive in automation-first environments, delivering scalable, reliable software releases through containerization, IaC, and observability engineering.

I value scalable design, proactive incident response, and cost governance in Agile teams. I enjoy mentoring teammates, championing best practices for security and compliance, and continuously improving uptime and operational excellence through automated runbooks, blue/green deployments, and proactive monitoring.

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Work Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer at North Western Memorial
January 1, 2022 - November 6, 2025
Documented infrastructure and CI/CD standards; designed and deployed scalable multi-cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure; promoted automation-first approaches; built and optimized CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and GitLab Runners; designed and maintained Terraform-based deployments with remote state; integrated Datadog and CloudWatch for real-time monitoring and automated alerting; implemented IAM guardrails and cost governance; automated provisioning; deployed containerized microservices on Docker and AWS ECS/Fargate; built serverless workloads with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB; strengthened security with Vault, Snyk, and least-privilege policies; authored runbooks and incident response docs; improved uptime and automation; led on-call operations; contributed to FinOps initiatives.
Senior DevOps Engineer at EZ Corp
December 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021
Designed and managed AWS and Azure architectures with IaC (Terraform) and automated validation; developed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins; automated configuration and deployment with Ansible and Python; implemented Datadog monitoring; containerized workloads with Docker/Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) and integrated Prometheus/Grafana; drove FinOps and cost optimization; mentored teams on CI/CD, cloud governance, and incident management.
Cloud DevOps Engineer at Penn Foster
June 1, 2018 - June 1, 2018
Automated multi-cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP using Terraform and Chef; built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins/CloudBees; migrated on-prem to AWS; automated configuration management with Ansible; managed Docker/Kubernetes workloads; implemented centralized monitoring with CloudWatch/Nagios/Prometheus; collaborated with development and QA in Agile delivery to enhance software delivery, security, and reliability.
Linux System Administrator at Gainwell Technologies
October 1, 2016 - October 1, 2016
Supported clustered database environments and automated disaster recovery; administered Linux/Unix systems with high uptime; automated system builds, patching, and configuration with Python and Shell scripts; managed Oracle RAC; led capacity planning and migrations; deployed Nagios and Splunk for monitoring; strengthened security through firewall hardening and patch automation; created SOPs and automation templates; collaborated with developers and DBAs to support WebLogic and database environments.

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science at Kashmir University
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025

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Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment