Pooria

About Pooria

SKILLS

AWS (ECS, EKS, EC2, IAM, ALB, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, API Gateway, Lambda, VPC, KMS),

Automation (Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD (Gitlab CI, github Actions, Jenkins)), Programming Language (Golang),

Containerization (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, Docker-compose),

System Administration (Ubuntu, Centos, Bash Scipting, iptables, Nginx, MySQL)

EXPERIENCES

DevOps Engineer

Clanz

Feb 2022 – present | Remote - Australia

Clanz is a leading Australian-based company specializing in cryptocurrency exchange services.

•Identified and optimized underutilized cloud resources, achieving a quarterly cost reduction of $4500, aligning with Utilus' mission of efficient cloud operations.

•Revolutionized the CI/CD process using Github Actions, eliminating 85% of manual touchpoints, closely aligning with Utilus' emphasis on seamless cloud operations.

•Engineered custom tools in Golang, enhancing operational efficiency and supporting development teams in their modernization goals.

•Championed and directed the engineering team in embedding security standards, spearheading the adoption of a least privilege policy, fortifying the infrastructure's security in line with Utilus' rigorous standards.

•Successfully migrated existing services to Terraform in just 60 days, exemplifying agility and expertise in modern cloud infrastructure practices essential for Utilus.

Technology Stack: GitHub Actions, Terraform, ECS, Beanstalk, API GW, Lambda, RDS, S3, Aurora, Cloudfront

Cloud/DevOps Engineer

Dreamy Tech

Aug 2021 – Apr 2022 | Remote - Paris

Dreamy Tech is your destination for team empowerment in fintech and marketing tech. providing powerful SaaS solutions that streamline financial operations and revolutionize marketing strategies for startups, scale-ups, and enterprises.

•Conceived and executed an ETL solution leveraging Lambda, S3, and Athena, slashing development timelines by an entire month.

•Implemented Karpenter, leading to significant operational efficiency and cost benefits.

•Enhanced data security by pioneering a robust system with Secret Manager and external secrets, ensuring end-to-end protection of application-sensitive data.

•Promoted the use of GitOps, enhancing deployment consistency and minimizing errors, ensuring smooth deployments to K8s clusters.

•Drove a 30% improvement in system reliability and uptime by collaborating with cross-functional teams, identifying, and resolving performance bottlenecks.

Technology Stack: GitlabCI, EKS, Prometheus, Karpenter, AWS RDS, SonarQube, Helm,

DevOps Engineer

AvaPardaz

Nov 2019 – Sep 2021 | Kerman, Iran

•Transitioned the organization from traditional VMs to Kubernetes clusters, achieving a 50% improvement in resource utilization and supporting 3x more concurrent users without performance degradation.

•Cultivated talent by mentoring two interns from ground zero, successfully transforming them into competent mid-level DevOps engineers within a short span.

•Spearheaded the implementation of Elasticsearch and Kibana for streamlined log aggregation, resulting in faster troubleshooting and improved incident response; reduced log analysis time by 60% and increased system stability by

25%Migrated company website to a serverless architecture by utilizing static web hosting via AWS S3, resulting in increased scalability and cost-efficiency.

Technology Stack: Openstack, HAProxy, Nginx, Docker, K8s, ELK Stack, GitlabCi, Prometheus, Ansible, MySQL, Bash

System Administrator

Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Aug 2017 – Oct 2019 | Kerman, Iran

•Managed and maintained a hybrid cloud infrastructure comprising over 150 VMs, serving over 15,000 users within the most extensive campus network in southeastern Iran.

•Migrating on-premises services to the public cloud from scratch and aligning security policies with the public cloud.

•Maintained a robust 99.9% uptime across a network of 150+ Windows and Linux VMs, guaranteeing high availability for vital business functions

•Simplified routine network tasks for over 450 devices with Python scripts, achieving a 60% time-saving in administration.

Technology Stack: VMware ESXi, Cisco Switches (6500 Series), Cisco Routers (ASR), MP-BGP, NGFW, San Storages

CREDENTIALS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional | OpenStack Foundation COA | Linux foundation LFCS

Education

BS / TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING Bahonar University 2012 – 2016 | Kerman, Iran

OTHER EXPERIENCES

Vifbox

Remote DevOps Consultant

Lian Group

Technical Trainer

Hormozgan University of Medical sciences

Private Cloud Consultant

Mehrgan Hospital

Virtualization Consultant