Syeda Masarath Zaidi

DevOps Engineer

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syeda-masarath-zaidi/

About Me

  • Results-driven DevOps Engineer with experience in architecting, developing and deploying scalable applications that drive business growth.
  • Demonstrated ability to pick up and work with new tools and technologies to deliver requirements.

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer
- Cognizant
  • CI/CD Pipeline Development: Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline, achieving a 70% reduction in deployment times and enhancing product release cycles.
  • Containerization & Kubernetes Cluster Management: Managed and optimized Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, achieving 99.99% uptime and a 20% reduction in cluster costs through effective resource utilization and autoscaling strategies. Created optimized Docker images using best practices for size reduction and performance optimization, resulting in 25% smaller image sizes and improved application startup times.
  • Cost Optimization: Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 20% via proactive usage analysis and EC2 optimization, leading to significant cost savings for the company.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Developed and maintained IaC templates for AWS resources using Terraform, enabling repeatable and consistent infrastructure provisioning across various environments.
  • Automation: Streamlined daily operations by developing Python and BASH scripts to automate repetitive tasks.
  • Monitoring and Alerting: Implemented a proactive monitoring strategy utilizing CloudWatch Alarms, Datadog, and SNS Alerts to ensure system performance, security, and reliability.
  • Infrastructure Security: Ensured compliance with security best practices by implementing and configuring AWS security services (Guard Duty and Security Hub) to maintain a secure and compliant infrastructure.
  • Custom Solutions & Integration: Established real-time data integration with DOMO to enable near real-time visualization of AWS events, facilitating informed decision-making.
Aug 2022 - Present
Hyderabad

Education

B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering
2019 - 2022
MGM's JNEC Abad, (M.H)

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate

Awards

Cheers Best Performer Award
  • x 2 for consistently exceeding the performance at [Cognizant]