Faraz Bin Younus

Here's the updated version with the additional point:

• Demonstrated expertise in managing and optimizing cloud platforms, including AWS and Azure, to deliver scalable and secure infrastructure solutions.
• Proficient in deploying and scaling Kubernetes nodes and pods on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability and efficient resource utilization.
• Expanded and maintained observability infrastructure, implementing tracing, metrics, and introspection tools for comprehensive system insights.
• Specialized in Datadog monitoring, driving the migration from on-premises and cloud-based monitoring tools to a centralized observability platform, improving operational visibility and efficiency across hybrid environments.
• Led DevOps migration and automation processes, streamlining build and deploy systems to enhance operational efficiency.
• Skilled in container orchestration with Amazon ECS, ensuring seamless application deployment and management.
• Centralized SSH and web authentication using FreeIPA (LDAP), enhancing security and simplifying access management.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Terragrunt, delivering consistent and repeatable environments.
• Managed source code repositories in Bitbucket and GitLab, overseeing branching, merging, and tagging workflows to meet development needs.
• Designed, implemented, and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines to accelerate development and deployment cycles.
• Deep expertise in Linux systems, including security hardening, networking, and VPN configuration through Cisco routers.
• Conducted quarterly vulnerability scans using Tenable and implemented patch management strategies to address security risks proactively.
• Strengthened application security by configuring AWS WAF with predefined OWASP rules to mitigate threats effectively.
• Oversaw monitoring and observability solutions using ELK, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana, ensuring system reliability and performance.

• AWS invoices, cost optimization and billing justification to upper management
• Manage AWS EC2 resources for Magento StoreFront
• Setting up and troubleshoot Java based application server on Linux
• Managing RDS, S3, EFS, ELB, Redshift, CodeDeploy, SNS, CloudWatch & Autoscaling, on AWS
• Proxypass http/https request to java/tomcat applications
• Queue-it and AWS SQS for queue mechanism
• AWS SES and Sendgrid3rd party integration with Exim4 STMP server
• Disaster Recovery planning and management
• Maintain and secure AWS environment for public our interfacing applications
• Prepare infrastructure for high traffic for the Magento storefront
• CI/CD setup for release management using Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipeline
• Dockers management for development environment
• Basic automation task using Ansible using Adhoc and Playbooks

• Setup and configure Windows Server2008,2012 and2016 with IIS & ASP.net on Azure
• Setup and configure Window Server2008 &2012 with Domain & Active Directory
• Setup and configure RM, VM, Azure SQL databases, File system on Azure Cloud
• Setup and Configure Azure ScaleSet and SQL Failover
• Successful deployments of Barracuda WAF on AWS & Azure
• Setup and configure EC2, RDS, S3, EFS, SES, ELB, CloudWatch & Autoscaling, on AWS
• Patches deployment and automation using Ansible scripts
• Setup Redshift automation for Data analytics by converting Mysql to Psql like AWS Pipeline
• Docker container to run web applications
• Migration from dedicated to Cloud infrastructure specifically for WebApps
• GitLab, Plesk, Directadmin, Cpanel and WHMCS installation
• Coordinate & Resolve Spam/Abuse issues raised by Datacenters
• Setup system which creates WordPress websites on one click
• Task assignment to system engineers and keep pushing them to complete before the deadline
• Spiceworks ticketing system administration for our clients
• DDOS and SQL injection prevention for web and voip applications
• Freeswitch installation and troubleshooting on Debian8 jessie with root cause analysis for each reported audio issues

• Setup and configure Windows Server2008,2012 and2016 with IIS & ASP.net on Azure
• Installation of LAMP, FTP, BIND, SMTP & POP3 servers
• Manage and setup infrastructure using EC2, RDS, ELB & Autoscaling for web applications
• Manage WordPress, Drupal and MyBB CMS based web applications
• Websites Vulnerability testing and prevention
• Administration of Linux based OS like FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS
• Worked as an integral part of the development team with setting up systems and maintenance of system
• Worked with the development team to create appropriate cloud solutions for client needs
• Maintain the Freeswitch & Asterisk servers
• Mysql and PostgreSQL administration and Tuning