I am a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on AWS and DevOps experience supporting production, high-availability systems. I specialize in AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline), and container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS). I enjoy automating infrastructure, improving deployment reliability, reducing toil, and collaborating with developers and security teams in agile environments.

Malav Patel

I am a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on AWS and DevOps experience supporting production, high-availability systems. I specialize in AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline), and container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS). I enjoy automating infrastructure, improving deployment reliability, reducing toil, and collaborating with developers and security teams in agile environments.

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I am a DevOps and Cloud Engineer with 6+ years of hands-on AWS and DevOps experience supporting production, high-availability systems.

I specialize in AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline), and container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS). I enjoy automating infrastructure, improving deployment reliability, reducing toil, and collaborating with developers and security teams in agile environments.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Site Reliability Engineer / DevOps Consultant at MGURU Tech
January 1, 2024 - Present
Designed and implemented scalable, highly available AWS infrastructure using IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK). Supported Java-based production services on AWS, focusing on performance, stability, and fault tolerance. Configured Kafka-backed, event-driven architectures for real-time processing. Built reusable infrastructure modules to accelerate environment provisioning. Implemented CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins for automated infrastructure and application deployments. Enforced AWS security best practices, including IAM least-privilege access, network isolation, and secure secrets management. Implemented monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and Datadog to ensure high availability and rapid incident response. Collaborated with development teams to guide adoption of IaC and cloud best practices, using Git workflows for code reviews and collaboration.
Site Reliability Engineer at OneASICS Apps – Canada
November 1, 2021 - December 1, 2023
Maintained AWS infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation across development and production environments. Ensured system availability and reliability through deployment monitoring and performance tuning. Migrated workloads from virtual machines to containerized and serverless-friendly architectures. Performed version upgrades and security patching for Bamboo, Datadog, MySQL, and PHP. Created and managed Kafka messaging queue for online events processing. Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. Reviewed and approved pull requests, enforcing best practices.
DevOps Engineer at Insyght.AI
March 1, 2019 - October 1, 2021
Assessed legacy systems and migrated workloads to AWS and Azure. Designed scalable, cost-effective cloud solutions in collaboration with DBAs and engineering teams. Created and maintained Ansible playbooks for Python, Java, and Nginx-based applications. Developed Terraform-based infrastructure for repeatable deployments. Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins. Built and deployed containerized microservices on Kubernetes. Automated manual workflows to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
Programmer Analyst at Scotiabank
August 1, 2014 - February 1, 2019
Developed regulatory reporting systems (BCAR) using Python, Java, VB.NET, SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL. Initiated AWS migration using EC2, RDS, VPC, and IAM, implementing fault-tolerant architectures. Managed installations and upgrades of enterprise financial software. Automated batch processes using Unix shell scripts and Windows Task Scheduler. Participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies using JIRA and Confluence. Managed repositories and release cycles using SharePoint and Bitbucket. Supported internal and external audits with regulatory reporting. Collaborated with offshore teams supporting global environments.
Site Reliability Engineer at OneASICS Apps
November 1, 2021 - December 1, 2023
Maintained AWS infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation across development and production environments; ensured system availability and deployment monitoring; migrated workloads from virtual machines to containerized and serverless-friendly architectures; performed version upgrades and security patching for Bamboo, Datadog, MySQL, and PHP; created and managed Kafka messaging queue for online events processing; designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions; reviewed and approved pull requests, enforcing best practices.
Design Engineer – QA & Systems Testing at Evertz Microsystems
July 1, 2012 - May 1, 2013
Tested UHD/HD video streaming systems; developed automated test procedures in Python using SNMP; managed defect tracking; troubleshot broadcasting systems and supported client demos; maintained lab hardware, software, and network configurations.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering at McMaster University
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2012
Bachelor of Engineering – Software & Embedded Systems at McMaster University
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2012

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - February 5, 2026
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
January 11, 2030 - February 5, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - February 6, 2026
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
January 11, 2030 - February 6, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Other