cloud & devops engineer
Passionate about building scalable cloud infrastructure, automated delivery pipelines, and reliable distributed systems — from EC2 to Kubernetes and beyond.
Khaja Shamsuddin Ahmed is a Cloud & DevOps Engineer who builds automated, scalable, and resilient infrastructure — from Terraform modules that provision cloud environments to containerized applications running on Kubernetes. His path into DevOps is unconventional: a Commerce graduate who pivoted into cloud engineering through relentless hands-on practice. That background gives him something most engineers lack — the ability to connect systems thinking with business context, understanding not just how infrastructure runs, but why it matters.
He specialises in designing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, managing infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible, and deploying production-grade workloads on AWS. He actively builds real-world DevOps projects that mirror production environments — treating every lab setup as a system that needs to be reliable, repeatable, and automated from day one. His long-term goal is a Cloud Architect role — designing systems that let engineering teams move fast without breaking things. He’s not just about learning tools, but about mastering the craft of DevOps — where every script, pipeline, and architecture decision is made with an eye towards scalability, security, and maintainability.
Designed and deployed a secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure for a comprehensive healthcare application. Leveraged EC2, RDS (MySQL), S3, VPC, and ELB with high availability and fault tolerance. Used Terraform for IaC, Ansible for automated configuration, Docker for containerization, Route 53 for DNS, and IAM for strict access control. Significantly improved deployment efficiency and security posture.
Built a robust CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, Docker, and AWS EC2 to automate the full build-test-deploy lifecycle of a Java application. Set up automated testing, code quality checks, and environment-based approvals. Implemented versioned builds and rollback mechanisms. Result: deployment time reduced from 30 minutes to under 5 minutes.
Built a complete Ansible automation suite to provision and configure Linux servers — covering user management, package installation, Nginx/Apache setup, and Docker deployment. Structured as reusable roles with inventory management across dev and prod environments. Integrated with GitHub for version-controlled playbook management.
Providing Level 1 support for systems and end users, handling Linux and Windows OS support tasks, user access requests, and system health checks for a government-scale MoE project.
Delivering scalable cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions to improve deployment speed, reliability, and workflow efficiency.