Work Experience

My previous experience as a Software Engineer has equipped me with a strong understanding of software development lifecycles and best practices, which I now apply to optimize infrastructure and improve operational efficiency.

Normies

DevSecOps Engineer

Normies · Full-time

Jan 2026 - Present · 8 mos

Remote

  • Implemented Cloudflare edge security across production APIs, reducing exposure to common web attack vectors
  • Conducted penetration testing on production APIs and IDOR vulnerabilities
  • Built a private Istio service mesh with AWS Private CA, ACM wildcard certificates, private NLB, and Route 53 private hosted zone, eliminating public exposure of internal service traffic
  • Evaluated and integrated security tooling (Wazuh, MISP, Velociraptor) into the EKS stack to strengthen threat detection and incident response capability
  • Implemented OpenTelemetry instrumentation for NestJS services with correlated trace/log/metric data, cutting down mean time to diagnose production issues
  • Set up Checkly-based uptime monitoring for critical third-party API dependencies with credit-efficient check configurations
  • Evaluated self-hosted vs. managed (Chainstack) Base L2 blockchain node architectures against current RPC volume, weighing OVH bare-metal hardware costs against managed service fees to inform infrastructure spend decisions
  • Leveraged Karpenter for node autoscaling, optimizing compute costs against variable workload demand
  • Built Kubernetes infrastructure with GitOps (ArgoCD) for consistent, repeatable deployments and faster recovery from failed releases
  • Implemented IRSA, Pod Security Admission, and External Secrets Operator (ESO) patterns to support secure, highly available multi-tenant cluster operations
  • Designed dual-provider email infrastructure (AWS SES and Twilio SendGrid) with separate IP pools and subdomains for transactional vs. marketing traffic, protecting sender reputation and deliverability at scale
  • Architected domain warmup and DKIM authentication strategy per subdomain to maintain consistent email delivery availability ahead of a large-scale launch
ChainGPT

DevOps Engineer

ChainGPT · Full-time

Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Islamabad, Pakistan · Remote

  • Built reusable, GitHub Actions CI/CD templates with Trivy, Semgrep, GitOps deployment, automated health checks, rollback, and notifications, adopted across multiple repositories.
  • Develop and deploy cloud solutions on AWS, ensuring seamless migrations and integrations.
  • Design and maintain microservices architectures, emphasizing scalability and reliability.
  • Designed and operated multi-tenant Amazon EKS clusters hosting microservices with Karpenter autoscaling, KEDA event-driven scaling, and Argo based GitOps deployments.
  • Created and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation and modular Terraform code.
  • Collaborate with development teams to automate development, testing, and deployment processes.
  • Monitor and optimize cloud spend, providing forecasts and cost-efficient solutions.
  • Provide troubleshooting and issue resolution for cloud-based systems.
Funavry Technologies

DevOps Engineer

Funavry Technologies · Full-time

Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Islamabad, Pakistan · On-site

  • Design, implement, and manage complex CI/CD pipelines using AWS services with a focus on automation and efficiency.
  • Develop and deploy cloud solutions on AWS, ensuring seamless migrations and integrations.
  • Design and maintain microservices architectures, emphasizing scalability and reliability.
  • Created and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation and Terraform.
  • Collaborate with development teams to automate development, testing, and deployment processes.
  • Ensure robust and secure continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) workflows.
  • Work with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes for scalable deployments.
  • Perform system administration Linux server-side infrastructure.
  • Monitor and optimize cloud spend, providing forecasts and cost-efficient solutions.
  • Provide troubleshooting and issue resolution for cloud-based systems.
  • Implement GitOps practices to streamline CI/CD workflows and enable automated, version-controlled infrastructure deployments.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Linux System Administration, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as code (IaC)

Metex Labz Pvt. Ltd.

DevOps Engineer

Metex Labz Pvt. Ltd. · Full-time

Jun 2024 - Feb 2025 · 9 mos

Islamabad, Pakistan · On-site

  • Manage and deploy AI applications, Optimize infrastructure, configure CI/CD pipelines, and ensure the reliable deployments of AI models.
  • Ensuring infrastructure optimization, Optimize server management, Linux administration, and networking to ensure application performance and reliability
  • Collaborate with development teams, Work closely with developers to understand their needs and provide support throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Monitor systems performance and identify areas for improvement
  • Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance to development and operations teams
  • Implementing Cloud Solutions mainly on AWS & GCP
BiTech Pvt Ltd

DevOps Engineer

BiTech Pvt Ltd · Full-time

Jun 2024 - Jan 2025 · 8 mos

Islamabad, Pakistan · On-site

  • Managing, deploying, and monitoring AI applications.
  • Configuring CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
  • Managing on-premise infrastructure and integrating it with cloud environments.
  • Identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement in applications.
  • Optimizing cloud deployments and reducing costs.
  • Collaborating with AI and development teams to streamline operations.
  • Conducting multiple production deployments using ECS and Fargate.
  • Deploying production workloads on GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine).
  • Creating monitoring and logging dashboards using Prometheus, Grafana and Loki.
Bleed AI

Web Developer

Bleed AI · Full-time

Sep 2023 - Feb 2024 · 6 mos

Islamabad, Pakistan · Remote

  • Develop and Maintain Web Applications: Design, build, and maintain web applications, ensuring high performance and scalability.
  • Collaborate with Front-end and Back-end Teams: Work closely with frontend and backend developers to integrate frontend components with the backend infrastructure.
  • Implement Responsive Designs: Translate design mockups into responsive web applications that function seamlessly across various devices and browsers.
  • Optimize for Performance: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, optimizing code and application performance for a faster user experience.
  • Version Control: Use git to track changes and collaborate effectively with the development team.
Deltashoppe

.Net Intern

Deltashoppe · Internship

Jul 2023 - Aug 2023 · 2 mos

Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan · On-site

  • This role allowed me to gain valuable hands-on experience in Backend Development Testing and Automations.
Fiverr

Professional Freelancer

Fiverr · Freelance

2021 - 2023 · 2 yrs

Remote

  • Delivered freelance backend, frontend, and scripting work for clients on Fiverr
  • Built and maintained backend services, APIs, and data flows to match client requirements
  • Implemented frontend interfaces and wired them up to backend functionality
  • Wrote scripts to automate repetitive tasks and speed up project delivery

Backend, Frontend, Scripting