Muntashir Islam
Scarborough,Canada
Summary
Eight years of expertise in designing and implementing scalable solutions for large-scale microservices architectures, and deeply embedded in DevOps practices. My contributions have significantly increased system uptime and operational efficiency at scale, with a proven track record in reducing downtime by 90%, enhancing system performance by 50%, and reducing manual efforts by 60% through robust automation strategies. Solid background in Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, autoscaling, security policies, service mesh implementation, backup and disaster recovery planning, as well as monitoring, logging, storage, networking, and infrastructure as code solutions.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Keel Digital Solutions
Toronto, Canada
11.2024 - Current
- Optimizing AWS infrastructure by enhancing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) codebase, improving scalability and efficiency.
- Successfully migrated systems from legacy environments to AWS ECS and EKS, ensuring smooth operations and better resource utilization.
- Developed multiple Lambda functions, integrating them into CI/CD pipelines for streamlined deployment and management.
- Implemented automated testing for Terraform codebase, enhancing reliability and reducing potential issues in infrastructure change.
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
MedStack Inc
Toronto, Canada
11.2021 - 10.2024
- Design and implement kubernetes-based infrastructure on Azure for the legacy system using Terraform, ensuring 100% service availability and improving production environment efficiency by 90% compared to the previous system. This resulted in increased uptime (99%), enhanced reliability, and a boost in yearly revenue.
- Extensively leveraged Azure services and AWS services manage and optimize multi-cloud environments, ensuring seamless integration, high availability, and performance across platforms.
- Monitor overall system efficiency and implement comprehensive solutions using Loki, Grafana, Prometheus, and the OpenSearch stack to improve system uptime, reliability, and efficiency.
- Implement CI/CD pipelines for various architectures using a GitOps approach with ArgoCD, Buildkite, and GitLab CI, reducing deployment times by 70%.
- Architect and develop internal automation scripts, apis, plugins and kubernetes operators to fully automate cluster operations using Python and Golang, ensuring seamless support for a large number of workloads.
- Participate in SRE on-call rotations to ensure 24/7 system availability and operational health, addressing and resolving emergent issues swiftly to maintain service continuity and performance standards. Additionally, design and conduct regular disaster recovery procedures to simulate emergency scenarios and ensure preparedness.
- Prepare operational documentation, conduct training for production engineers, and create incident reports as needed.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Voicebridge Gmbh
Toronto, Canada
03.2021 - 11.2021
- Managed Kubernetes clusters across multi-cloud, multi-region environments (AWS, GCP) by utilizing Istio service mesh.
- Managed AWS and GCP components, including EKS, ECS, EC2 (spot fleet, ASG), Lambda, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Redshift, ELB, SQS, SNS, S3, API Gateway, RDS, Compute Engine, GKE, and Cloud Storage using Terraform.
- Managed and utilized Kafka clusters to support event-based architecture patterns, using components such as Kafka Connect, ksqlDB, Kafka REST API, and Schema Registry for the seamless operation of event-driven architecture in Kubernetes.
- Designed and implemented a CI/CD pipeline for a Kubernetes-based microservices architecture by adopting a GitOps approach using Jenkins and ArgoCD, reducing deployment time by 60% and increasing overall system reliability by 30%.
- Implemented Kubernetes-based monitoring and logging architecture using Loki, Grafana, Mimir, Tempo, and Prometheus.
- Developed automation scripts and APIs using Python.
- Mentored junior engineers, increasing team productivity by 40%, and reducing production issues by 65%.
DevOps Engineer
Hishab Limited
Dhaka, Bangladesh
11.2019 - 02.2021
- Managed production infrastructure by utilizing multiple cross-cloud cross-region Kubernetes clusters integrated with Istio service mesh, facilitating application and machine learning workloads in AWS and Google cloud environment.
- Implemented event-driven microservice design patterns utilizing a highly available Apache Kafka cluster.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines by adopting the GitOps process by integrating Jenkins, Spinnaker and Argocd.
- Consistently enhanced and optimized infrastructure and software architecture by assessing performance, aiming for high availability and fault tolerance through the implementation of automation, leading to a 60% reduction in system downtime.
- Developed scripts and programs using Python to support operations, which eliminated 80% of manual intervention.
- Assisted developers in developing and implementing various microservices while playing a pivotal role in fostering a DevSecOps culture among developers and operations teams.
Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Development
Cloudoffice.io
03.2016 - 11.2019
- Designed and developed cloud-native architecture using microservice patterns by implementing appropriate frameworks and programming languages, achieving infrastructure-level scalability, resilience, and flexibility to meet business requirements.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines, tools and automation scripts for several micro services, reducing deployment time and manual efforts by 70% and minimizing production issues by 50%.
- Designed and implemented an automated monitoring system that identified and resolved system performance issues in real-time, reducing system downtime by 60%.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure specifications meet overall system objectives, coordinating activities between development and operations teams, including server/website development, testing, releasing, and scripting.
- Provided leadership and coordination to ensure effective teamwork and collaboration, mentoring and guiding team members in achieving project objectives and adopting DevOps practices, resulting in a 40% improvement in team productivity.
Education
MSc. and Bsc - Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
East West University
Dhaka, BangladeshSkills
- Infrastructure as code
- Kubernetes and container management
- AWS and multi-cloud services
- Cross-cloud deployment strategies
- CI/CD pipeline development
- Python programming
- Monitoring and observability tools
- Team collaboration and communication
- Technical documentation skills
- Event-driven architecture design
- Golang experience
- Azure devops experience
Certification
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
- KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
- KCSA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
- CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
- CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- Kubestronaut
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
- AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Keel Digital Solutions
11.2024 - Current
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
MedStack Inc
11.2021 - 10.2024
Lead DevOps Engineer
Voicebridge Gmbh
03.2021 - 11.2021
DevOps Engineer
Hishab Limited
11.2019 - 02.2021
Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Development
Cloudoffice.io
03.2016 - 11.2019
MSc. and Bsc - Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
East West University
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