Faiaz Halim

Senior Software Engineer - DevOps

I enable teams to achieve true DevOps at scale by implementing modern practices and scalable solutions.

About Me

With over 11 years of industry experience, I specialize in DevOps practices, containerization, cloud migrations, and building scalable, secure platforms. I have a proven track record of enabling enterprises and startups to adopt modern technologies and methodologies to achieve their business goals.

Skills

Tools:
Kubernetes Docker Terraform ArgoCD Jenkins GitLab Actions GitLab-CI Ansible Elastic Stack Prometheus Nginx
Languages:
Java C++ JavaScript Python
Platforms:
AWS Azure Google Cloud VMWare Openstack
Security:
Cyber Security DevSecOps Pen & Load Test
Methodologies:
Agile Kanban DevOps GitOps DevSecOps CI/CD Infrastructure as Code MLOps Microservices
Additional:
Kafka Auth0 Sonarqube Sonobuoy Istio Helm Chart

Work Experience

  • Architecting scalable and reliable platform for GenAI products.
  • Created MLOps pipeline to automate business and training processes.
  • Integrate with third party vendors and teams manage define AI products lifecycle.
  • Ensure security and development best practices across the product stack.
  • Research and integrate cloud native tools to achieve platform agnostic solution.
  • Lead and mentor development team to reduce refactoring effort.

  • Implemented and managed highly available Kubernetes clusters with EKS and kOps in AWS for fintech products.
  • Led the platform team to migrate monoliths into microservices using cloud-native tools.
  • Adopted least access policies across the entire organization.
  • Ensured standardization and certification for the platform for fintech products.
  • Implemented day 2 operations, shifting left strategies, and security pipelines throughout development to release and maintenance processes.
  • Conducted disaster and worst-case scenario drills and overall situation readiness sessions for infrastructure.

  • Migrated cutting-edge Machine Learning solutions to highly available Kubernetes clusters with kOps in AWS.
  • Implemented infrastructure as code, GitOps, and desired state management with Terraform and ArgoCD.
  • Architected event-driven system architecture with Kafka, AWS SQS, and SNS.
  • Achieved end-to-end secure traffic with Istio service mesh and Weave CNI.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD solutions for MLOps and AI toolsets.

  • Planned and set up on-premises high-availability air-gapped Kubernetes cluster.
  • Led DevOps team to develop infrastructure platform to manage, monitor, and scale telecom operator apps with 10 million+ users.
  • Architected self-hosted cloud solutions to meet data privacy and retention regulations.
  • Performed chaos, load, penetration, and reliability testing on application and platform components.

  • Designed and implemented production-grade container orchestration architecture with Docker Swarm components and migrated legacy applications to the platform.
  • Deployed and maintained application build and release pipelines for both web and iOS/Android using Jenkins, GitLab-CI, Drone, and Fastlane.
  • Trained employees and executed security guidelines as DevOps Lead and Cyber Security Manager.
  • Planned and executed disaster recovery processes for infrastructure and self-hosted codebases.
  • Developed and managed product-specific knowledge base and ticketing systems.

  • Led infrastructure team to provision and manage through Microsoft Azure, VMware vCloud, and OpenStack.
  • Managed build and release configurations using Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
  • Automated proprietary Elite 3E software deployment and monitoring ensuring high availability.
  • Migrated applications from on-premises to Microsoft Azure public cloud.

  • Researched and developed new features of Android app WIPTime and backend services using Java.
  • Implemented custom UI using Ruby on Rails for law firm clients.
  • Wrote and executed test cases for front-end components (web and app).

  • Implemented modules for ERP software designed for garments sector.
  • Improved existing features and fixed defects ensuring lowest downtime.
  • Designed production line information automation tools of ERP software.

Education

Pursuing a Master's degree to deepen expertise in software engineering, focusing on advanced DevOps practices, cloud architectures, and scalable system designs.

Completed a comprehensive undergraduate program covering software development, algorithms, data structures, and system design.

Projects

LangGraph RAG Agent with Llama3 - Local Setup

github.com/faiaz-halim/local-llm

Local Dev/Test Kubernetes cluster setup

github.com/faiaz-halim/local-env

Contests & Competitions

Participated in cybersecurity challenges focusing on penetration testing, reverse engineering, and network security.

Solved algorithmic problems designing Amazon Robotics autonomous agent pathfiinding with interactive scenario.

Collaborated with a team to develop innovative solutions addressing real-world problems using modern technologies.

Competed in a 24-hour programming challenge, solving complex algorithmic problems under time constraints.

Designed and implemented a fully automated CI/CD pipeline for a microservices-based application, enhancing deployment efficiency.

Engaged in competitive programming challenges, improving problem-solving and coding efficiency.

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