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Armin Morattab

Armin Morattab

DevOps Engineer
Brossard,QC

Summary

Seasoned Senior DevOps Engineer recognized for productivity and efficiency in task completion. Possess specialized skills in continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), infrastructure as code (IaC), and cloud services management. Excel at communication, problem-solving, and teamwork, leveraging these soft skills to foster collaboration across development and operations teams for seamless project execution.

Overview

8
8

Years of professional experience

3
3
Certification

Work History

Senior DevOps Developer

Sama
Montreal, Canada
12.2021 - 05.2025
  • Led Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Pulumi, AWS SDK, and Crossplane across AWS, Azure, and GCP, building over 50 reusable modules to standardize and accelerate infrastructure provisioning across teams.
  • Managed and orchestrated containerized applications using Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), deploying and maintaining over 20 clusters that support AI/ML pipelines and microservices with high availability and cost-optimized autoscaling.
  • Designed, implemented, and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Codefresh, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Helm, and Helmfile, supporting over 70 developers, and reducing deployment time by 60%.
  • Collaborated closely with ML teams to deploy machine learning models in production, manage GPU node groups, and optimize inference workflows for latency and cost.
  • Developed automation tools and scripts in TypeScript and Python, streamlining internal workflows, and reducing manual effort across cloud operations.
  • Executed zero-downtime migrations of applications from Heroku to EKS, improving service reliability and delivery continuity.
  • Executed database migrations and upgrades to increase high availability, disaster recovery, and performance, while reducing operational costs.
  • Implemented security and infrastructure standards aligned with AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR) and SOC 2 compliance, including least privilege IAM policies, encrypted storage and transmission, automated audit logging, and secure CI/CD workflows. These efforts enabled Sama to successfully pass AWS FTR and prepare for SOC 2 certification, improving client confidence, reducing enterprise procurement barriers, and accelerating go-to-market timelines.

Senior Consultant

OPTICCA CONSULTING INC.
Montreal, Canada
09.2019 - 12.2021
  • Provided expert consultancy on public (AWS, GCP, Azure) and private cloud (OpenStack) solutions.
  • Managed containerized environments using Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Rancher.
  • Automated entire CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab CI and Bitbucket Pipelines.
  • Led configuration management efforts with Ansible and NetDevAutomation.
  • Developed internal tools, plugins, and applications primarily in Python.
  • Implemented and extended monitoring and alerting systems including Prometheus, Alertmanager, Collectd, and Grafana.
  • Championed Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform and Helm.
  • Integrated DevSecOps principles across various pipeline layers, including code analysis (SonarQube), security testing (OWASP), secrets management (Vaults), and RBAC.
  • Managed repositories for PyPI, Helm Charts, Ansible Galaxy, Nexus, and Docker Registry.

Consultant

CGI
Montreal, Canada
11.2017 - 09.2019
  • Developed and implemented automation solutions using Ansible for application deployment and Azure cloud service configuration, utilizing Ansible Tower and bash scripting.
  • Managed release planning, source code, branching models, and CI/CD flows for multi-provider projects.
  • Engineered and administered Kubernetes clusters (manually, and with Rancher/OpenShift) on-premise and in AWS/Azure, integrating MetalLB and Active Directory authentication.
  • Implemented Kubernetes monitoring with Prometheus, managed applications with Helm, and utilized Jenkins-X for CI/CD within Kubernetes environments.
  • Managed Docker environments, including setup of Docker, Docker-compose, private registries, building multi-tier application images, and deploying them.
  • Established and configured Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for build, development, and promotion across DEV to PROD environments.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Telecommunications Engineering

Université du Québec - École de Technologie supérieure
Montreal, Canada
01.2016

Master of Science (MS) - Communication Systems

K. N. Toosi University of Technology
Tehran, Iran
01.2010

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Electrical Engineering

K. N. Toosi University of Technology
Tehran, Iran
01.2007

Skills

  • Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Openstack
  • Container orchestration: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher
  • Containerization tools: Docker, Helm
  • Infrastructure as code: Terraform, Pulumi
  • CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Codefresh, CircleCI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD
  • Scripting languages: Bash, Python
  • Programming languages: Python, TypeScript, Java, C, C
  • Monitoring tools: Datadog, New Relic, Grafana
  • Log management: EFK Stack, Logzio
  • Cloud security: Vaults, Lacework
  • Version control: Git, Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Project management: Jira, Trello, Asana, Slack
  • Collaboration tools: Miro
  • Incident management: Rootly
  • Configuration management: Ansible

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Certified Openstack Administrator (COA)

Languages

English, Full Professional

French, Professional Working

Farsi, Native or Bilingual

Kurdish, Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Senior DevOps Developer

Sama
12.2021 - 05.2025

Senior Consultant

OPTICCA CONSULTING INC.
09.2019 - 12.2021

Consultant

CGI
11.2017 - 09.2019

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Telecommunications Engineering

Université du Québec - École de Technologie supérieure

Master of Science (MS) - Communication Systems

K. N. Toosi University of Technology

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Electrical Engineering

K. N. Toosi University of Technology
Armin MorattabDevOps Engineer