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Cloud & Platform Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, administering, and optimizing AWS-based enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, and event-driven systems. Deep hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka administration and Confluent Platform/Cloud for high-availability, scalable, low-latency streaming architectures. Strength in automation and operations using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform, and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline). Experienced with monitoring/observability (Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch), MongoDB, security hardening (IAM, encryption, TLS), incident response, and technical documentation to deliver reliable, secure, and resilient platforms.…Cloud & Platform Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, administering, and optimizing AWS-based enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, and event-driven systems. Deep hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka administration and Confluent Platform/Cloud for high-availability, scalable, low-latency streaming architectures. Strength in automation and operations using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform, and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline). Experienced with monitoring/observability (Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch), MongoDB, security hardening (IAM, encryption, TLS), incident response, and technical documentation to deliver reliable, secure, and resilient platforms.

Haris Malik

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Cloud & Platform Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, administering, and optimizing AWS-based enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, and event-driven systems. Deep hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka administration and Confluent Platform/Cloud for high-availability, scalable, low-latency streaming architectures. Strength in automation and operations using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform, and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline). Experienced with monitoring/observability (Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch), MongoDB, security hardening (IAM, encryption, TLS), incident response, and technical documentation to deliver reliable, secure, and resilient platforms.…Cloud & Platform Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, administering, and optimizing AWS-based enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, and event-driven systems. Deep hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka administration and Confluent Platform/Cloud for high-availability, scalable, low-latency streaming architectures. Strength in automation and operations using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform, and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline). Experienced with monitoring/observability (Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch), MongoDB, security hardening (IAM, encryption, TLS), incident response, and technical documentation to deliver reliable, secure, and resilient platforms.

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Cloud & Platform Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, administering, and optimizing AWS-based enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, and event-driven systems. Deep hands-on expertise in Apache Kafka administration and Confluent Platform/Cloud for high-availability, scalable, low-latency streaming architectures.

Strength in automation and operations using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform, and CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline). Experienced with monitoring/observability (Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch), MongoDB, security hardening (IAM, encryption, TLS), incident response, and technical documentation to deliver reliable, secure, and resilient platforms.

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Senior Cloud Platform Engineer at KPMG - Chicago, IL

February 1, 2020 - Present

Administered and optimized Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform/Cloud clusters on AWS to ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and low-latency event streaming. Designed event-driven architectures using Kafka topics, partitions, replication, and consumer groups. Managed cluster provisioning, broker configuration, partition rebalancing, ACLs, Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, MirrorMaker 2, and upgrades with minimal downtime. Engineered AWS infrastructure using EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EBS, Auto Scaling, ELB, CloudWatch, KMS, Lambda, and Route 53, and automated provisioning with Terraform and CloudFormation. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and AWS CodePipeline. Implemented observability with Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, and Prometheus; managed MongoDB deployments and DR planning. Strengthened security using IAM policies, encryption with KMS, TLS/mTLS, SCRAM/SASL, RBAC, and secrets/certificate lifecycle practices aligned with enterprise comp

AWS Platform Engineer at Northern Trust

January 1, 2015 - February 1, 2020

Administered and maintained enterprise Apache Kafka clusters, managing brokers, topics, partitions, replication, consumer groups, and performance tuning. Supported Confluent Platform components including Schema Registry, Kafka Connect, REST Proxy, and Control Center. Designed event-driven architectures for real-time distributed processing and performed capacity planning using throughput, consumer lag, disk usage, JVM metrics, and partition growth trends. Tuned broker settings and configured Kafka Connect connectors for JDBC, S3, and Elasticsearch. Implemented secure Kafka communication (SSL/TLS, SASL, ACL authorization, certificate lifecycle). Diagnosed and resolved Kafka operational issues (controller instability, ISR shrinkage, broker throttling, rebalance events, replication problems) and executed rolling upgrades with minimal/no downtime. Built AWS networking using VPC peering, Transit Gateway, and secure routing (Direct Connect/VPN) and supported EC2/VPC/IAM/S3/CloudWatch/CloudFor

Cloud Systems Engineer at Liberty Mutual Insurance

August 1, 2011 - January 1, 2015

Administered Windows Server and Linux environments to ensure stability, high availability, and security compliance. Installed, configured, and maintained Apache Kafka for event streaming and application integration, and supported Confluent Platform clusters for topic/partition management, replication, and consumer monitoring. Managed AWS infrastructure services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, EBS, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling) supporting production workloads. Automated Windows administration and endpoint configuration using PowerShell to reduce manual effort and improve consistency. Managed networking and connectivity (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, load balancing, firewall policies) and performed incident troubleshooting for distributed systems. Supported CI/CD using Jenkins and Git, and configuration management with Ansible. Implemented monitoring and centralized logging/alerting using Splunk, Dynatrace, and CloudWatch. Supported MongoDB connectivity and worked with development teams to deploy event-driven