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I’m Wahaj Akmal, a Senior DevSecOps engineer specializing in AWS, Kubernetes, and Oracle Cloud with 6+ years of experience building secure, scalable cloud-native platforms. I design and operate CI/CD pipelines, IaC, GitOps, and observability stacks, partnering with stakeholders to deliver resilient infrastructure and fast, compliant software delivery. I’ve delivered FedRAMP- and PCI-aligned projects across multiple industries, implemented security controls and vulnerability remediation, and built multi-cloud, multi-account environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into repeatable, measurable outcomes while maintaining speed and security.…I’m Wahaj Akmal, a Senior DevSecOps engineer specializing in AWS, Kubernetes, and Oracle Cloud with 6+ years of experience building secure, scalable cloud-native platforms. I design and operate CI/CD pipelines, IaC, GitOps, and observability stacks, partnering with stakeholders to deliver resilient infrastructure and fast, compliant software delivery. I’ve delivered FedRAMP- and PCI-aligned projects across multiple industries, implemented security controls and vulnerability remediation, and built multi-cloud, multi-account environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into repeatable, measurable outcomes while maintaining speed and security.

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I’m Wahaj Akmal, a Senior DevSecOps engineer specializing in AWS, Kubernetes, and Oracle Cloud with 6+ years of experience building secure, scalable cloud-native platforms. I design and operate CI/CD pipelines, IaC, GitOps, and observability stacks, partnering with stakeholders to deliver resilient infrastructure and fast, compliant software delivery. I’ve delivered FedRAMP- and PCI-aligned projects across multiple industries, implemented security controls and vulnerability remediation, and built multi-cloud, multi-account environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into repeatable, measurable outcomes while maintaining speed and security.…I’m Wahaj Akmal, a Senior DevSecOps engineer specializing in AWS, Kubernetes, and Oracle Cloud with 6+ years of experience building secure, scalable cloud-native platforms. I design and operate CI/CD pipelines, IaC, GitOps, and observability stacks, partnering with stakeholders to deliver resilient infrastructure and fast, compliant software delivery. I’ve delivered FedRAMP- and PCI-aligned projects across multiple industries, implemented security controls and vulnerability remediation, and built multi-cloud, multi-account environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into repeatable, measurable outcomes while maintaining speed and security.

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I’m Wahaj Akmal, a Senior DevSecOps engineer specializing in AWS, Kubernetes, and Oracle Cloud with 6+ years of experience building secure, scalable cloud-native platforms. I design and operate CI/CD pipelines, IaC, GitOps, and observability stacks, partnering with stakeholders to deliver resilient infrastructure and fast, compliant software delivery.

I’ve delivered FedRAMP- and PCI-aligned projects across multiple industries, implemented security controls and vulnerability remediation, and built multi-cloud, multi-account environments. I enjoy turning complex requirements into repeatable, measurable outcomes while maintaining speed and security.

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Senior DevOps Engineer at Alchemy Global Solutions

June 1, 2023 - Present

Automated AWS provisioning with Terraform across ~150 resources per deployment, slashing environment spin-up time by ~80%. Built Kubernetes remediation playbooks to address runaway processes and IP exhaustion, reducing stability incidents from weekly to near-zero.

Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) at Acquia

September 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025

Built and maintained FedRAMP-compliant AWS infrastructure controls; used Orca Security to identify vulnerabilities and drive remediation across IAM, networking, and Kubernetes. Automated multi-account/multi-region infrastructure with Terraform/Terragrunt and standardized secure baselines. Operated EKS clusters with centralized observability (Prometheus, Grafana, AWS AMP) and improved alerting/runbooks. Enforced Kubernetes security with Kyverno policies and exception workflows. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Argo CD, and GitHub Actions; integrated security checks and vulnerability tracking. Optimized AWS Macie usage for cost-effective S3 classification and remediation workflows.

Lead DevOps Engineer (Contract) at Real Life Sciences

September 1, 2023 - July 1, 2025

Deployed NLP workloads on AWS ECS using Bitbucket Pipelines with automated build, test, and release workflows. Remediated Security Hub and Inspector findings to harden infrastructure and pass penetration testing. Managed AWS infrastructure with Terraform and enabled multi-region deployments using branching and promotion strategies. Standardized IaC, container orchestration practices, and security guardrails to improve reliability.

Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) at Winthrope Intelligence

June 1, 2024 - June 1, 2025

Migrated Linode infrastructure to Terraform for full IaC management, enabling reviewable changes and repeatable environments. Designed and implemented disaster recovery procedures for critical services. Transitioned Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE) workloads to Argo CD for GitOps-based deployments. Implemented PR-based ephemeral environments to accelerate developer testing and CI feedback loops.

Senior DevOps Engineer at Arbisoft

June 1, 2022 - August 1, 2024

Delivered OCI-based infrastructure for a Saudi government Open edX platform, building scalable OKE clusters and platform components to support ~50k concurrent users. Implemented DevSecOps controls on OCI using Cloud Guard and OCI vulnerability/image scanning; improved visibility and remediation across compute, containers, and networking. Developed and optimized CI/CD pipelines for multi-cloud deployments; managed infrastructure as code with Terraform and CloudFormation. Automated monitoring and logging with Prometheus and Grafana for proactive health checks.

Senior DevOps Engineer at Systems Limited

April 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022

Provisioned AWS resources with Terraform and standardized repeatable environments. Developed Jenkins pipelines for DevSecOps processes (build/test/release) and improved deployment consistency. Managed Kubernetes deployments with Argo CD and Spinnaker; improved rollout and rollback reliability. Deployed NLP models on AWS Lambda using AWS SAM.

DevOps Engineer at nClouds

March 1, 2020 - April 1, 2021

Designed and deployed AWS infrastructure using Terraform following GitOps and IaC best practices. Managed Kubernetes clusters (EKS, LKE) with Helm and Argo CD; automated CI/CD pipelines. Implemented observability using Prometheus/Grafana/Loki and centralized logging via Fluent Bit/CloudWatch. Led the Finexio migration from Heroku to AWS and delivered PCI DSS–aligned infrastructure, including network segmentation, least-privilege IAM, encryption, logging/monitoring, and secure CI/CD pipelines.