Ameer Hadi

DevOps Engineer

Motive • Fulltime

May 2021 - Present • 5 yrs 5 mos

Spearheaded cloud infrastructure modernization and automated deployment pipelines to support high-traffic, data-intensive applications, ensuring high system availability and accelerating developer velocity. 1) Architected for Scale: Designed and managed highly available Kubernetes (EKS) clusters capable of processing massive daily data ingestion, utilizing auto-scaling and spot instances to significantly reduce AWS compute costs. 2) Pipeline Acceleration: Completely revamped legacy CI/CD pipelines using [GitLab CI / GitHub Actions], drastically slashing deployment times and enabling secure, zero-downtime daily releases. 3) Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Standardized environment provisioning across staging and production using AWS CloudFormation, eliminating configuration drift and cutting manual infrastructure setup time from days to minutes. 4) Observability & Reliability: Deployed comprehensive monitoring and alerting stacks (New Relic, Splunk, and the ELK Stack), accelerating Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) through proactive bottleneck detection. Tech Stack: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS CloudFormation, GitLab CI/CD, New Relic, Splunk, ELK Stack, Python/Bash.

Software Engineer

i2c Inc • Fulltime

Sep 2019 - Mar 2021 • 1 yr 6 mos

1) Architected Enterprise Platforms: Built and scaled high-volume asset finance and leasing solutions using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js). 2) Optimized Performance:* Refactored core modules and optimized database queries, reducing API latency and accelerating auto-decisioning workflows. 3) Streamlined Deployments: Configured automated CI/CD pipelines, cutting release times and ensuring zero-downtime deployments. 4) Mentored Engineering Teams: Led cross-functional agile squads, enforced strict code quality standards, and boosted overall sprint velocity.