Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer · Lahore, Pakistan
I run production infrastructure for financial services — Kubernetes platforms, GitOps delivery, and the network and security operations wrapped around them. Working in regulated environments since 2021, where downtime is measured in money and compliance is not a nice-to-have.
Right now that means owning DevOps, network and security operations end to end for a financial services platform, across production and non-production environments.
I also build the tools I wish I had at work. ↓
SSH client, SFTP browser, tunnel manager, database GUI and encrypted secrets vault — one desktop app.
A typical task needs four tools: open a shell through a bastion, tail a file, query a database only routable from inside the network, and look up a credential. ShellPilot does all four in one window — no account, no telemetry, no subscription.
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| Orchestration | Kubernetes · RKE2 · EKS · GKE · Docker · Argo CD · GitOps |
| CI/CD | Jenkins · GitHub Actions · Terraform · Ansible |
| Cloud | AWS · GCP · hybrid and on-prem |
| Observability | Prometheus · Grafana · custom exporters · ELK · Datadog · Sentry |
| Networking | VPC · routing · VPN · firewalls · Nginx Stream L4/L7 load balancing |
| Security | IAM/RBAC · secrets management · TLS lifecycle · hardening · VAPT collaboration |
| Data | MongoDB · MySQL · replication · failover · backup/restore · tuning |
Multi-cloud infrastructure migration — AWS → GCP Led the migration of containerised workloads from EKS to GKE, cutting infrastructure cost 25% while improving regional availability. Built the hybrid architecture across Compute Engine, Cloud Storage and IAM, and put Cloud Load Balancing and CDN in front of it — 99.95% uptime and 40% lower latency, with unified observability across both platforms.
Kubernetes platforms for financial services RKE2 and EKS clusters delivered through Argo CD, with automated security and quality gates in the release path, and observability built for business-critical monitoring rather than dashboards nobody reads.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) · AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) · AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner · Microsoft AZ-400 DevOps Solutions · Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
BS Computer Science — National College of Business Administration & Economics
LinkedIn → — full career history, roles and dates
aliwaqarofficial@gmail.com — best way to reach me