I am a results-driven Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience automating, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-grade cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I thrive in finance, insurance, healthcare, and IT, turning complex, multi-cloud environments into automated, reliable, and cost-efficient platforms. I excel at designing scalable architectures, building robust CI/CD pipelines, and implementing SRE practices to improve availability and reduce toil. I enjoy mentoring teams, championing security and governance, and continuously improving observability through modern tooling and AI-assisted insights. My focus is on reliability, automation, and collaborative delivery—driving cross-functional DevOps transformations, enabling self-healing systems, auto-scaling, and policy-driven governance across containerized and serverless workloads.

Syed Ansar Uddin Ahmed

I am a results-driven Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience automating, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-grade cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I thrive in finance, insurance, healthcare, and IT, turning complex, multi-cloud environments into automated, reliable, and cost-efficient platforms. I excel at designing scalable architectures, building robust CI/CD pipelines, and implementing SRE practices to improve availability and reduce toil. I enjoy mentoring teams, championing security and governance, and continuously improving observability through modern tooling and AI-assisted insights. My focus is on reliability, automation, and collaborative delivery—driving cross-functional DevOps transformations, enabling self-healing systems, auto-scaling, and policy-driven governance across containerized and serverless workloads.

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I am a results-driven Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience automating, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-grade cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I thrive in finance, insurance, healthcare, and IT, turning complex, multi-cloud environments into automated, reliable, and cost-efficient platforms. I excel at designing scalable architectures, building robust CI/CD pipelines, and implementing SRE practices to improve availability and reduce toil. I enjoy mentoring teams, championing security and governance, and continuously improving observability through modern tooling and AI-assisted insights.

My focus is on reliability, automation, and collaborative delivery—driving cross-functional DevOps transformations, enabling self-healing systems, auto-scaling, and policy-driven governance across containerized and serverless workloads.

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Work Experience

Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer at Blackhawk Network
June 1, 2023 - November 6, 2025
Architected and managed multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS), Azure (AKS, ARM Templates), and GCP (GKE) to support secure, high-availability workloads in financial systems. Led a team of 6 DevOps engineers, mentoring on CI/CD, Terraform scripting, containerization, and cloud cost optimization. Defined DevOps governance standards ensuring SOC 2, PCI-DSS, SOX, and FFIEC compliance across deployment pipelines. Automated provisioning and configuration management with Terraform v1.9, Ansible 2.16, and Azure Bicep; implemented IaC best practices. Containerized apps with Docker and Kubernetes, built custom Terraform modules for secure VPCs, IAM roles, encryption keys, and centralized logging. Configured monitoring via CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and Stackdriver; introduced AI-based predictive alerts using Datadog and Azure OpenAI Service. Migrated on-premises workloads to AWS using CloudEndure; enhanced observability with ELK Stack and Grafana Cloud. Implemented GitOps
Senior Site Reliability Engineer at Vatica Health
May 1, 2023 - May 1, 2023
Automated healthcare claims validation workflows using Python 3.11 and AWS Lambda, deploying auto-remediation scripts to reduce waste. Designed scalable infra on AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3) and Azure (AKS, ACR, ARM Templates) ensuring 99.99% uptime for patient data systems. Built SLO/SLI monitoring aligned with HIPAA and HITRUST; led cross-team incident response. Developed and scheduled Jenkins pipelines integrated with GitHub Actions and Terraform, enabling CI/CD across environments. Containerized microservices with Docker and Kubernetes; implemented multi-region failover using Route53/ ELB. Implemented real-time observability with OpenTelemetry and Datadog APM; introduced AI Ops models for anomaly detection. Created reusable Terraform modules for VPC, IAM, EKS, KMS; enforced IaC governance. Mentored junior SREs, improving incident response and reliability; automated recovery with AWS Step Functions and EventBridge. Integrated Splunk/ELK for end-to-end monitoring and responsive dashboards
DevOps Engineer at Gallagher
November 1, 2020 - November 1, 2020
Engineered containerized microservices on AWS ECS (Fargate/EC2) and managed OpenShift clusters (3.x/4.x) for insurance applications. Automated provisioning with Ansible and Terraform; built multi-stage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket, and Artifactory. Implemented deployment automation for WebLogic/Tomcat, JAAS, and JVM tuning; delivered zero-downtime rollouts. Developed IaC and configurations via Terraform and Ansible, enabling scalable, compliant environments. Established monitoring with AppDynamics, CloudWatch logs, and centralized logging; leveraged Kubernetes/Docker for scalable policy processing. Implemented push-button deployments for Windows/Linux with PowerShell, and integrated SonarQube for code quality. Supported multi-cloud deployments across AWS and Azure, ensuring compliance with insurance security standards.
Linux and Unix Administrator at SHI International Corp
March 1, 2018 - March 1, 2018
Managed 128–280+ Linux systems (RHEL 6/7) and Oracle Solaris 11; deployed Oracle RAC clusters on HP/Integrity platforms; expanded infrastructure scalability with Kickstart automation and Ansible provisioning. Implemented secure NFS/NIS networks, SSO via OpenSSH, and SOX-compliant security using SELinux and AD integration. Administered VMware ESXi environments; automated performance monitoring and health checks with Python/Bash/Perl. Deployed and tuned WebLogic/Tomcat on Linux with load balancing (HAProxy/Nginx); centralized patching with Red Hat Satellite; managed Active/Passive MySQL clusters; centralized log management with syslog/ELK. Mentored junior admins in automation and troubleshooting.

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Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Healthcare, Software & Internet, Professional Services