currently: available for work · based in Dubai, UAE

Khaja Shamsuddin Ahmed

cloud & devops engineer

Infrastructure
built here.
Always ready to deploy.

Passionate about building scalable cloud infrastructure, automated delivery pipelines, and reliable distributed systems — from EC2 to Kubernetes and beyond.

AWS CLOUD
DEVELOPER
CODE
REPOSITORY
CI/CD PIPELINE
BUILD
TEST
DEPLOY
Actions Docker Terraform Security
DEPLOYMENT
KUBERNETES
EC2 INSTANCES
AUTO SCALING
MONITORING & LOGGING
CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana
STORAGE
S3 Bucket RDS Database
about the engineer

No manual intervention.
A pipeline for everything.

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.

Khaja Shamsuddin Ahmed
available for work

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.

technical skills

The stack.
The tools. The craft.

cloud platforms
Cloud Platforms
AWS EC2 S3 IAM VPC Route53 RDS ELB CloudWatch
devops tools
DevOps Tools
Jenkins Docker Kubernetes Ansible Terraform GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Maven SonarQube Prometheus ELK Stack
development & os
Development & OS
Git Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS) Windows Server macOS Python Bash Nginx Apache
methodologies
Practices
CI/CD IaC GitOps Agile Microservices HA Architecture DNS Management
featured work

Built and shipped.
No drama.

project · healthcare · 2024
Pace Healthcare App — Cloud Infrastructure

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.

AWS Terraform Ansible Docker Kubernetes Route 53
project · ci/cd · 2024
CI/CD Pipeline — Java Application

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.

Jenkins GitHub Maven Docker EC2
project · iac · 2024
Ansible Infrastructure Automation

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.

Linux Ansible GitHub Docker YAML
experience

The professional
journey so far.

Nov 2025 – Present
L1 Field Engineer
Quess Corp Ltd (Deployed at TCS – MoE Project), UAE

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.

  • Working in pre-production / implementation phase of a massive scale project
  • Basic troubleshooting of hardware, OS, and application-related issues
  • Logging, tracking, and escalating incidents per ITIL processes and SLA guidelines
  • Coordinating with L2/L3 teams for issue resolution and deployment readiness
Jul 2024 – Aug 2025
Cloud & DevOps Engineer
V2R Technologies Pvt Ltd

Delivering scalable cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions to improve deployment speed, reliability, and workflow efficiency.

  • Designed and deployed AWS infrastructure using Terraform — EC2, RDS, ELB, Route 53
  • Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, cutting deploy time from 30 min to <5 min
  • Created Ansible playbooks for consistent server provisioning and application deployment
  • Containerized applications with Docker, deployed on EC2 and Kubernetes (EKS)
  • Managed high availability and DNS routing via AWS Route 53
  • Collaborated with dev teams to streamline agile releases and improve incident response
certifications
education
B.Com (Computer Applications)
Osmania University · 2024
get in touch

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