ahmedghafar

Senior Dev Ops Engineer

Results-driven DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience building and scaling cloudnative platforms on AWS and GCP. Expert in CI/CD automation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Rancher), and infrastructure standardization using Helm and Backstage. Proven ability to improve system reliability and performance through advanced observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog) while accelerating delivery through automation and reusable platform engineering practices.


Experience: 8 years

Yearly salary: $100,000

Hourly rate: $50

Nationality: 🇺🇸 United States

Residency: 🇺🇸 United States


Experience

DevOps engineer
SkywardOps
2020 - 2023
Built and operated container hosting platforms using Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and scalability for industrial applications. Implemented and managed relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL and Cassandra, to support industrial automation and manufacturing systems. Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, TeamCity, and GitHub Actions, automating testing, deployment, and monitoring of industrial applications. Collaborated with clients to design and implement hybrid and multi-cloud architectures that combined Alibaba Cloud strengths with GCP's advanced AI/ML services, resulting in a 25% reduction in costs and a 30% increase in scalability. Introduced innovative cloud technologies, tools, and processes to drive measurable business value for industrial applications, including the adoption of Alibaba Cloud DevOps and networking solutions.

Skills

aws
ci-cd
cloud-engineer
devops
gcp
kubernetes
python
english