Islam Ali

Principal DevOps Engineer

May 2023 - Nov 2024 • 1 yr 6 mos

• Optimised 𝗔𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲 worker processes, boosting WordPress site performance and resource utilisation. • Designed cost-effective, decoupled architectures with 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗱𝗮, 𝗦𝗤𝗦, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗗𝗕, streamlining API call loads. • Optimising AWS costs by eliminating old EBS snapshots and unused resources. • Mitigated 𝗗𝗢𝗦/𝗗𝗗𝗼𝗦 attacks on public WordPress sites using WAF with custom rules, including file extension restrictions, rate limiting, and office IP-based access controls. • Implemented 𝗦𝗢𝗖𝟮 compliance with legal teams, enhancing security through AWS tools and encryption. • Migrated domain ownership to AWS Route 53, optimising DNS records to lower costs and improve efficiency. • Facilitated secure and efficient access to production databases through the 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 tool via 𝗩𝗣𝗖 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 for CSM, Product, and Marketing teams. • Collaborated with 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗗𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖, enhancing email security and improving record management solutions.

Senior DevOps Engineer

Oct 2021 - Nov 2022 • 1 yr 1 mo

• Proposed and facilitated the adoption of 𝗔𝗪𝗦 Saving Plans/Reserved Instances for 𝗘𝗖𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗗𝗦, achieving over 𝟲𝟬% cost savings. • Developed an automated deployment pipeline, cutting deployment time by 𝟲𝟲%. • Upgraded Ubuntu servers, slashing 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 startup time from 𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 (𝟴𝟴%). • Optimised website performance globally with a 𝗖𝗗𝗡, enhancing user experience through faster content delivery. • Deployed 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁 dashboards for effective monitoring of delayed-jobs and critical processes. • Implemented 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 for infrastructure monitoring, setting alerts for key performance metrics. • Utilised 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗗𝗼𝗴 for log monitoring, developing dashboards to support 𝗦𝗥𝗘 initiatives effectively. • Implemented a master-slave 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝘀 architecture for 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 and QA automation test cases (𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘂𝗺, 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁) with automated instance shutdowns to save costs.