Siraj Darbi
DevOps/Cloud Engineer
Regina,Saskatchewan
Summary
DevOps and Cloud Engineer | AWS & Azure Certified | Kubernetes | Terraform | CI/CD | Cost Optimization
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Milo Productions Inc.
Edmonton
09.2023 - Current
- Cut AWS spending by over 50% through Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, RDS IOPS tuning, and removing idle EKS clusters, VPCs, and databases that were no longer in use.
- Set up CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions - Bitbucket webhooks trigger builds, push to ECR, deploy to Kubernetes with automatic rollback on failure. Covers production, staging, mobile, and Unity game builds.
- Replaced CloudWatch-based monitoring on staging with an open-source stack (Grafana, OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, Tempo). Logs archive to S3 and get queried via Athena. Reduced observability costs by 70%.
- Created an automated pod recovery system using Synthetic Canaries, Lambda, SNS, and SSM Run Command. When a pod fails, the system detects it and triggers a restart script automatically. Reduced manual intervention by around 90%.
- Strengthened security across the board - moved credentials to Secrets Manager, enforced MFA, configured IAM Access Analyzer for least-privilege, enabled CloudTrail and VPC Flow Logs, and set up Cloudflare WAF with bot management and rate limiting.
- Improved AWS Security Hub score to 70%+ by fixing critical findings - locked down permissive security groups, enforced 90-day password rotation, and removed unused IAM roles.
- Replaced manual console work with Terraform for all environment provisioning. Led EKS upgrades from version 1.28 to 1.33 across staging and production with zero downtime.
DevOps Engineer Intern
Milo Productions Inc.
Edmonton
03.2023 - 08.2023
- Set up LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) web applications on EC2 with Nginx reverse proxy and HTTPS for PCI compliance.
- Migrated 20+ EC2 instances, RDS databases, and ElastiCache clusters from DigitalOcean to AWS with zero downtime.
- Reduced alert fatigue by tuning monitoring thresholds and reducing the amount of false positives, improving team focus and operational efficiency in an Agile, Jira driven environment.
Interpreter / Translator, Support Worker, Job Coach
Regina Open Door Society, Creative Options Regina, Campus For All/4to40
Regina
01.2012 - 01.2023
- 11 years in human services including job coaching (training, supervision, process adaptation), Arabic/English interpretation in medical and legal settings, and support work requiring precise documentation and zero-error medication protocols.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Kinesiology - Human Kinetics
University of Regina
Skills
- Cloud & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- AWS
- EKS
- Lambda
- SSM
- EventBridge
- Security Hub
- CloudTrail
- Azure
- Terraform
- Cloudflare
- WAF
- Bot Management
- API Shield
- DNS Records
- DigitalOcean
- Containerization
- CI/CD
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- ArgoCD
- Helm
- GitHub Actions
- Sentry
- Jenkins
- AWS CodePipeline
- Observability
- Data
- AWS Cloudwatch
- Logs
- Container Insights
- Alarms
- Synthetic Canaries
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Fluent Bit
- OpenTelemetry
- ADOT
- RabbitMQ
- Redis
- VictoriaMetrics
- VictoriaLogs
- Tempo
- Programming
- Python
- Bash
- Java
- SQL
- HCL
- Agile
- Collaboration
- Documentation
- Jira
- Slack
- Google Chat
- Agile/Scrum
- Confluence
- AI
- Emerging Tech
- Model Context Protocol
- MCP
- AI agent development
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- Local LLM’s
- Infrastructure automation
- Linux operating system
- Monitoring and logging
- Containerization technologies
- Scripting languages
- Microservices architecture
- Windows operating system
- Maintenance and troubleshooting
- Performance optimization
Websites
Certification
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
- Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
- Linux Essentials (LPIC-1)
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Azure DevOps Expert (AZ-400)
Languages
English
Arabic
Interests
- Homelabbing
- Soccer
- Muay Thai
- Traveling
Personal Information
- Citizenship: Canadian Citizen
- Availability: willing to relocate or work remotely
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Milo Productions Inc.
09.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer Intern
Milo Productions Inc.
03.2023 - 08.2023
Interpreter / Translator, Support Worker, Job Coach
Regina Open Door Society, Creative Options Regina, Campus For All/4to40
01.2012 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Kinesiology - Human Kinetics
University of Regina
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Accomplishments
University of Saskatchewan Deans List
https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/7436/The_2020_21_Dean_s_Honour_List
Soft Skills
Stakeholder Communication: excel at translating complex information into clear, accessible language for non-technical audiences.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: You have a proven ability to coordinate with diverse teams to align goals, execute long-term plans, and maintain standard procedures.
Alignment & Facilitation: You excel at guiding diverse groups to a shared understanding, ensuring all parties remain informed and moving together toward long-term project goals.