Afthab Abubacker
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Afthab is an infrastructure and cloud engineer with over 15 years experience. As an expert and leader in DevOps, cloud, and container platforms, he has delivered multiple projects working with internal and external stakeholders in large enterprises with security and operational excellence.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Azure, Python, Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, DevOps
The most amazing...
...thing I've designed and delivered is an API based domain manger to create and manage multiple cloud resources simultaneously.
Work Experience
Senior Cloud Engineer
Telstra
- Standardized, set up, and secured cloud platforms. Involved in working with different functional teams within the enterprise vendors to initiate, design, and implement unified solutions across a multi-cloud set up.
- Managed and implemented security compliance using third-party tools and cloud native.
- Designed and implemented different network patterns.
- Set up cost management and cost reduction solutions.
- Implemented platform and logging solutions for the cloud platforms.
- Provided consulting, designed, and implemented multiple application solutions in public cloud platforms. Deployed using infrastructure as code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Designed and led the setting up of custom applications for managing the platform. Included an API-based domain manager to integrate cloud resource creation capabilities to upstream systems using APIs.
- Led and implemented a complex proof of concept (PoC), working with vendors and other enterprise teams to explore new services and make design decisions. Presented findings to the senior leadership team and other tech groups within the enterprise.
Release Manager
Fujitsu Global
- Defined and implemented solutions that ensured all releases were properly planned, assessed, approved, deployed, and reviewed in a controlled manner from request to closure.
- Managed a team of release coordinators to coordinate with multiple resolver groups to plan and schedule releases.
- Chaired weekly release advisory board calls to discuss, review, and approve releases.
Senior Consultant
Wipro
- Worked as a consultant with multiple enterprise clients at international customer locations.
- Set up and administered tools for CI/CD pipelines, application lifecycle management, and release management.
- Conducted tech sessions, mentored development teams, and set up documentation to use CI/CD pipelines and asset liability management (ALM).
- Implemented automation solutions for automated builds using different tools and scripting.
Build and Release Engineer
JPMorgan Chase
- Provided end-to-end support for version control tools. Included installation, migration, and infrastructure support.
- Developed multiple Perl scripts for automation of tasks, triggers, and hooks. Reported generation and storage usage trends.
- Planned, designed, and executed business continuity and disaster recovery for the supply chain management (SCM) landscape.
Experience
Cloud Domain Manager
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
University of Calicut - Kerala, India
Skills
Tools
Amazon EKS, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, IBM Rational, IBM Rational ClearCase, Node-RED
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Azure, Linux, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Paradigms
Automation, ITIL, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), DevOps
Languages
Python, Perl
Storage
Azure Active Directory
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Other
Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Proxies, Electronics, System Design, Release Management, Scripting, Argo CD
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