Ahad Parmar · DevOps Engineer · 8+ yrs
SeniorAbout Ahad
A Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of hands-on expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining highly scalable and available solutions. Proven ability to manage teams, implement CI/CD pipelines, and deploy robust monitoring stacks across AWS, Azure, and GCP for Agile projects. Leverages infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and Ansible for efficient cloud and Kubernetes deployments, delivering significant improvements in cost reduction and application uptime.
- Expert in DevOps processes for Agile projects, optimizing software delivery.
- Skilled in infrastructure automation with Terraform, Terragrunt, and configuration management tools.
- Extensive experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm for container orchestration.
- Proficient in CI/CD pipeline implementation using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD.
- Hands-on expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud platforms, delivering highly available infrastructure.
- Implemented and managed comprehensive monitoring stacks including Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
Core expertise
Additional skills(57)
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Python
Kubernetes
Helm
GCP
AWS
Terraform
Azure
NginxWhy hire Ahad?
8y Senior DevOps + multi-cloud — demonstrated through delivery on production projects in the candidate's experience
40% infra cost reduction + 50% uptime increase
10-17 TB daily data ingestion in Elasticsearch
Sumo Logic → ELK Stack migration with GitHub Actions
Monolith → microservices with zero downtime
Kubernetes 1.21→1.23 version upgrades — demonstrated through delivery on production projects in the candidate's experience
ArgoCD GitOps for thousands of applications
Datadog + Istio service mesh — demonstrated through delivery on production projects in the candidate's experience
40% infra cost reduction + 50% application uptime increase
10-17 TB Elasticsearch daily data ingestion
Sumo Logic → ELK Stack migration
Monolith → microservices migration with zero downtime
K8s 1.21→1.23 upgrade with Terraform
ArgoCD deployment for thousands of applications
Multi-cloud Terraform + Terragrunt IaC
Project highlights(7)
Platform Engineering – Senior DevOps Engineer
- This project focused on creating, managing, and supporting platform-related tools and services to meet security requirements.
- Led migration from Sumo Logic to ELK Stack, implementing best lifecycle practices for ingesting 8-10 TB of daily data into Elasticsearch.
- Developed and implemented CI/CD using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, including configuration of ElastAlert for alerting on service logs.
- Strategically deployed ArgoCD, implemented SaltStack for configuration management, and managed Kubernetes clusters with Rancher.
- Leveraged GCP and AWS cloud services, managing complete IAC using Terraform and Terragrunt.
Key outcomes:
Migrated from Sumo Logic to ELK, implementing best lifecycle practices for ingesting 8-10 TB of daily data.
Developed and implemented CI/CD using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
Strategically deployed a complete ArgoCD setup and implemented SaltStack as a configuration management and orchestration tool.
Managed all Kubernetes clusters using Rancher and utilized Helm charts and Kubernetes CRD concepts for application deployments.
Cloud Exchange – Senior DevOps Engineer
- This project involved creating and implementing a highly available architecture for a SAAS application, delivering services to subscribers via private and secured channels.
- Created and implemented architecture for deploying an Enterprise On-prem security domain product in AWS and Azure cloud.
Key outcomes:
Created and implemented a highly available architecture for a SAAS application.
Deployed an enterprise on-prem security domain product in AWS and Azure cloud.
Virtual Care Platform – DevOps Engineer
- The Virtual Care Platform connected patients and doctors for healthcare services through audio/video conferencing and instant messaging.
- Implemented infrastructure in Azure using Terraform modules to spin up infrastructure across four environments.
- Created, deployed, and managed Helm charts for Nginx reverse proxy, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Sonarqube, and microservices.
- Automated CI/CD using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Pipelines for Java, JavaScript, Bash, Node, and Next.js technologies.
- Managed Azure services including VNet, Storage Account, CDN, Azure Functions, MySQL, CosmosDB, Virtual Machines, ACR, and AKS.
Key outcomes:
Implemented infrastructure in Azure across four environments using Terraform modules.
Automated CI/CD pipelines for multiple programming languages using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket Pipelines.
Managed configuration of Keycloak with Azure MySQL and deployed Nexus/Jfrog Artifactory for package management.
Web Interface Tool – DevOps Engineer
- The Web Interface Tool focused on managing existing infrastructure and automating manual tasks while ensuring security, scalability, and availability.
- Created CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI.
- Deployed KubeCost on AWS EKS cluster via Helm and Terraform.
- Automated entire infrastructure creation in AWS & Azure using Terraform and set up Kubernetes cluster monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana.
- Created automation scripts in Python for actions on multiple EC2 Instances and used Packer with Ansible for generating AMIs.
Key outcomes:
Automated infrastructure creation in AWS and Azure using Terraform.
Set up monitoring for Kubernetes clusters using Prometheus and Grafana.
Created automation scripts in Python to perform actions on multiple EC2 instances and generated AMIs using Packer with Ansible.
Health Insurance Platform – DevOps Engineer
- The Health Insurance Platform offered innovative services and products aligned with market needs, requiring robust DevOps tools and services.
- Created and optimized Docker images and managed workloads across multiple AWS accounts using AWS Organization.
- Implemented CI/CD using AWS Code Pipelines and deployed an ELK stack logging system with configured Prometheus Alertmanager.
- Developed automation for deploying user data into EKS cluster nodes using Lambda and created automation pipelines in Jenkins for web and mobile apps using JavaScript, Java, Python, Bash, Node, and Next.js.
Key outcomes:
Created and optimized Docker images and managed workloads across multiple AWS accounts.
Implemented CI/CD using AWS Code Pipelines and deployed ELK stack logging with Prometheus Alertmanager.
Developed automation for deploying user data into EKS cluster nodes using Lambda and automated pipelines for various web and mobile app technologies.
8+ years of industry experience
- •Virtual Care Platform— DevOps EngineerAzure · Terraform · Helm · Nginx +17
- •Health Insurance Platform— DevOps EngineerDocker · AWS · AWS Organization · Terraform +18
- •Platform Engineering— Senior DevOps EngineerELK Stack · Jenkins · GitHub Actions · Elastalert +12
- •Cloud Exchange— Senior DevOps EngineerAWS · Azure
- •Virtual Care Platform— DevOps EngineerAzure · Terraform · Helm · Nginx +17
- •Web Interface Tool— DevOps EngineerJenkins · GitLab CI · KubeCost · AWS EKS +18
- •Health Insurance Platform— DevOps EngineerDocker · AWS · AWS Organization · Terraform +18
- •Identity Management Platform— Software EngineerTerraform · Terragrunt · Datadog · ArgoCD +8
At a Glance
Single contract. Billed in USD.
Typically responds within 4 business hours.
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