Asad Naeem
Development
New Jersey, United States
Skills
DevOps
About
Asad Naeem's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). Asad also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Asad Naeem has 6 years of work experience.
Work Experience
DevSecOps Engineer
FDIC
October 2022 - December 2023
- * Expertly migrated on-prem applications to Azure, leveraging Terraform for automation and integrating security best practices, significantly enhancing cloud infrastructure security and compliance. * Pioneered the development of Terraform modules for streamlined deployment and configuration of cloud resources, coupled with rigorous implementation of security controls, including secure access through Azure Key Vault. * Mastered source code management utilizing git functions for integrity, including tracking, approvals, and efficient management of code merges and Terraform workspaces, bolstering codebase security and consistency. * Designed and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure, continuous integration, delivery, and deployment, while conducting comprehensive security scanning and vulnerability assessments to preemptively address risks. * Enhanced infrastructure observability by configuring Azure Monitor for critical cloud services, facilitating proactive issue identification and resolution, and ensuring high availability and performance. * Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to embed security practices into the DevOps cycle, developing PowerShell scripts for automation, and using SonarQube to maintain code quality and security. * Led security initiatives, including conducting assessments, audits, and developing security standards and documentation, while staying abreast of emerging security trends and tools, ensuring the organization's defenses remained impregnable against evolving threats.
DevOps Engineer
T-MOBILE
October 2018 - August 2022
- * Expertly configured and managed a wide range of cloud services across AWS, Azure, and GCP, enhancing infrastructure agility and scalability. Demonstrated proficiency in Linux server troubleshooting and performance optimization on Redhat, Ubuntu, and CentOS. * Advanced automation of AWS infrastructure deployment using CloudFormation and Terraform, significantly improving operational efficiency and adherence to best practices in multiple environments, including VMWare. * Orchestrated seamless migrations to Terraform for AWS service automation, leveraging HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) for infrastructure as code, ensuring consistent and secure builds. * Managed Kubernetes environments, optimizing pod, quota, and resource allocations while ensuring high availability and reliability of Docker containers through meticulous deployment and troubleshooting practices. * Led Jenkins pipeline management, streamlining build and deployment processes, and effectively diagnosing and resolving infrastructure, Kubernetes cluster, and software release issues, fostering robust CI/CD practices. * Spearheaded comprehensive AWS cloud administration, including EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC management, coupled with CloudWatch and CloudTrail monitoring, to bolster infrastructure security and performance insights. * Utilized Ansible for server build and configuration automation and Git for source code management, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and system reliability in dynamic environments.
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
T-MOBILE
April 2018 - September 2018
- * Mastered system resource management across diverse Linux distributions (CentOS, Ubuntu, RHEL), enhancing system performance and reliability through strategic storage configuration using fdisk and LVM, and extending logical volumes. * Innovated daily operations by developing bash scripts for automation, significantly streamlining business processes, resource monitoring, and system optimization, reducing operational overhead. * Excelled in server incident resolution by adeptly parsing log files, adjusting configurations, and employing tools such as top, renice, and kill to remedy server performance issues, ensuring high availability. * Advanced production environment security by implementing the Sudo utility to restrict root access, coupled with setting up and managing Apache, Tomcat, and NGINX web servers to boost application delivery. * Led network and server scalability by configuring application and network load balancers, DNS servers with forward/reverse zones for redundancy, and PXE servers for network-based Linux deployments. * Deployed NFS and utilized AutoFS for efficient file sharing and resource management, while ensuring data integrity through RAID setup and management on Dell and HP servers, and monitoring infrastructure with Nagios. * Enhanced database and server management by configuring MySQL databases, troubleshooting replication errors, utilizing ILO and IDRAC for hardware issue resolution, managing hypervisor clusters via VCenter, and securing connections with SSH keys and LDAP for centralized user management.
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