Zaeem Akhtar
Cloud & DevOps Engineer
Architecting reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure and zero-downtime deployment pipelines. Passionate about GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes orchestration, and DevSecOps best practices.
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Core Competencies & Toolchain
Tools and frameworks leveraged to build resilient, automated, and observable cloud environments.
Cloud Architecture
Compute, Storage & Networking
Container Orchestration
Microservices & Scaling
Infrastructure as Code
Declarative Provisioning
CI/CD & GitOps
Continuous Delivery Pipelines
Observability & SRE
Metrics, Logs & Alerting
DevSecOps & Scripting
Shift-Left Security & Automation
End-to-End Infrastructure Architecture
Real-world architectures engineered with a focus on high availability, security, and developer productivity.
Multi-Environment GitOps Deployment with ArgoCD & AWS EKS
Implemented an enterprise GitOps workflow separating application source code from deployment configurations. Changes pushed to the repository trigger automated container builds and automated pull requests into the GitOps repo, where ArgoCD reconciles the cluster state declaratively.
Modular Multi-AZ Cloud Architecture via Terraform
Designed and provisioned a production-ready AWS environment using modular Terraform scripts. Features a multi-AZ VPC with public and private subnets, NAT Gateways, least-privilege IAM roles with OIDC provider for GitHub Actions, and encrypted RDS databases. State is managed centrally with S3 and DynamoDB state locking.
Automated Shift-Left DevSecOps Security Pipeline
Embedded automated security enforcement directly inside the pull request lifecycle. Every commit runs secret scanning (Gitleaks), static analysis, container base image CVE scanning (Trivy), and Terraform security policy checks (tfsec). Pull requests with Critical or High severity CVEs are blocked automatically.
Reliability by Design, Automation by Default
I treat infrastructure as software: version-controlled, automated, and continuously tested. My goal is to eliminate manual operational toil so development teams can ship features with speed and confidence.
Whether designing self-healing Kubernetes clusters, implementing cost-effective cloud architectures, or securing container supply chains, I focus on clean engineering practices and measurable business outcomes.
Declarative Everything
No manual click-ops in web consoles. Everything from DNS and VPCs to container deployments is codified and version-controlled.
Shift-Left Security
Security is not an afterthought before a release; it is embedded into every automated commit and pull request check.
Observability Over Assumptions
Systems are continuously monitored with structured logs, metrics, and actionable alerts to detect anomalies before users notice.
Let's Build & Deploy Together
Interested in discussing cloud architecture, DevOps pipelines, or potential engineering opportunities? I'm always open to connecting.
Location: Open to Remote / Hybrid Roles Worldwide