Himmat Yosufzai

Experience

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  ParkHub

  Mar 2020 - Oct 2021

  Cloud Engineer

  - Instituted stringent IAM protocols, ensuring secure, minimal access control across accounts, aligning with best security practices.- Directed the cost-effective management of an EKS cluster via Terraform, leveraging a mix of instance types for a 35% operational cost reduction.- Led the deployment of comprehensive AWS cloud solutions, encompassing VPC, subnetting, IGW, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, and ELB, to create robust and scalable cloud infrastructures.- Streamlined S3 storage management by implementing efficient lifecycle and data retention policies, optimizing storage costs.- Enhanced secure communications by integrating TLS certificates with Network Load Balancers, reinforcing data transmission security.- Designed and enforced a comprehensive network security architecture within AWS, utilizing Security Groups, Network ACLs, Internet Gateways, NAT instances, and Route Tables to ensure a fortified, well-managed cloud environment. Show less

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  IRobot

  Oct 2021 - now

  DevOps Engineer

  - Led the optimization of AWS resource consumption through strategic rightsizing and the use of auto-scaling and cost-effective instance types, reducing monthly expenses by 30% without compromising on performance.- Advanced system security by seamlessly integrating key AWS security services into deployment processes, fortifying defenses and ensuring strict adherence to industry compliance standards.- Orchestrated a sophisticated monitoring and logging framework on Kubernetes with Prometheus and Grafana, boosting system resilience by enhancing observability and preemptive issue resolution.- Automated disaster recovery strategies leveraging Terraform, establishing a fail-safe infrastructure that consistently meets stringent business continuity targets.- Directed the management and automation of TLS/SSL certificate lifecycle across cloud platforms, upholding high standards of communication security and compliance.- Spearheaded the development of a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, enhancing deployment efficiency and reliability, leading to a significant increase in deployment frequency and a notable reduction in failures.- Pioneered the adoption of Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, streamlining cloud provisioning in AWS, which cut manual configuration efforts substantially. Show less