Salik Ullah Usmani

• Designed and automated the end-to-end release lifecycle for Unreal Engine 5 client builds across
multiple platforms, ensuring reliable, repeatable, and on-time deliveries.
• Designed GPU-accelerated build infrastructure (NVIDIA RTX + CUDA) reducing UE5 build &
packaging time across platforms.
• Automated GPU based jenkins agents provisioning via Pulumi and Ansible, eliminating
environment drift across CI pipelines.
• Integrated LLM-driven automation (Qwen 2.5) with Jenkins pipelines for build log analysis and
intelligent failure diagnostics.
• Optimized and secured Docker images using multi-stage builds, reducing image size by 70% and
minimizing attack surface; implemented security best practices.
• Automated Mobile CICD pipelines using Fastlane for iOS & Android, integrating code signing,
versioning, and App Store/Google Play deployments into Jenkins workflows.
• Deployed and scaled Kubernetes workloads using KEDA and Karpenter supporting
high-performance GitOps CICD pipelines.
• Standardized Jenkins Shared Libraries to enforce reusable CI/CD patterns across teams.

• Lead and manage the full DevOps lifecycle, ensuring seamless integration across development, testing,
staging, and production environments.
• Designed and implemented multi-region secured architectures using AWS and Azure services to
efficiently handle millions of daily requests.
• Migrated 100+ of microservices to Kubernetes, designing Helm charts and ArgoCD configurations for
seamless deployment and management.
• Migrated Magento from Adobe Cloud to Kubernetes platform ensuring seamless transition,
deployment, improved scalability, and enhanced performance and optimised cost.
• Revamped the deployment process by crafting a robust CICD pipeline from scratch, reducing
deployment times by 60% using GitHub Actions, and Jenkins and Incorporated SonarQube for static
code analysis, AWS Inspector for container vulnerability scanning.
• Designed and implemented GitOps pipelines using ArgoCD to automate microservice deployments on
Kubernetes platform with integrated security measures.
• Developed and maintained Terraform modules for resource provisioning on AWS, Azure and K8s.
• Utilized AWS IAM, CodeArtifact, and CodeDeploy to securely store, manage, and streamline the release
process which has resulted in 95% cost optimization for in-house NPM and Python packages.
• Implemented Istio service mesh for secure service-to-service communication, enforcing mTLS
encryption and network policies within Kubernetes clusters.
• Optimised the docker image build size by 70% by implementing the multi-stage dockerfile and reduced
the NAT Gateway bandwidth charges by 90% by setting up a private registry and VPC Endpoint.
• Utilising AWS Karpenter and its provisioners, deployed and leveraged the auto-scaling feature for cluster
nodes on EKS, ensuring cost efficiency.
• Implemented Istio as an API Gateway integrated with an AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) to handle
HTTP/S traffic, managing ingress traffic to microservices in Kubernetes while ensuring secure, scalable,
and resilient service-to-service communication.
• Migrated Elasticsearch cluster from EC2 based to Kubernetes, ensuring a seamless transition, improved
resiliency, and scalability. Optimised infrastructure costs by 40% through migration resource rightsizing, on-demand scaling, and
automated cost optimization measures.
• Planned and executed security, high-availability (HA) drills, and Disaster Recovery (DR) switch-over
activities to ensure ISO 27001 compliance and infrastructure resilience on AWS and Azure. Deployed and managed Apache Airflow on Kubernetes using KubernetesPodOperator to enable dynamic
workflow orchestration.
• Setup the observability stack using Prometheus, Grafana, Alert Manager, and EFK for system visibility,
enabling proactive issue identification and resolution, leading to improved reliability and performance. Prepare Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports for production incidents and unplanned outages, ensuring
transparency and continuous improvement.

• Developed and maintained Terraform modules for infrastructure creation across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Automated Kubernetes cluster provisioning from scratch on EKS, AKS using Terraform modules, ensuring end-to-end
cluster configuration and optimal functionality.
• Designed and implemented GitOps pipelines using ArgoCD, FluxCD, and Azure DevOps, ensuring efficient and
automated deployments.
• Developed a robust framework using Ansible and Jenkins to oversee a 5K-strong inventory of dedicated Mac and virtual
machines, ensuring efficient deployment and health monitoring.
• Implemented a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps, enabling seamless application Releases
with python script and Bash script/powershell.
• Implemented GitOps pipelines, automating deployments upon Pull Request approval and merge, integrating
SonarQube for code quality checks, resulting in significant time savings and streamlined release processes.
• Developed and implemented JWT authentication systems for scheduling API authentication.
• Designed a cost optimization strategy, reducing cloud billing by 60% using rightsizing, spot instances, and auto-scaling
techniques across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Integrated Istio for enhanced security and efficient service-to-service communication in a Kubernetes environment.
• Conducted a POC on a data pipeline for auto-ingesting data from AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage into AWS OpenSearch.
• Enhanced monitoring and logging capabilities by onboarding Sumo Logic, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and GCP
Logging, creating dashboards and Slack integrations for real-time alerting.
• Managed RDS migrations, including AWS RDS, implementing multi-AZ replications for high availability.
• Led networking security enhancements by configuring AWS Route 53, Azure DNS, alongside improved TCP/IP and
routing solutions and VPN configuration.
• Conducted scrum meetings, JIRA ticketing, and OKR tracking for the DevOps team, ensuring efficient project
management and goal alignment.

• Supported installation of enterprise application servers like Github enterprise and components in
an unclassified and classified environment.
• Managed and optimized Linux servers (RHEL/Debian), ensuring security, performance, and
compliance with industry best practices.
• Performed system-level troubleshooting, analyzing kernel logs, systemd services, and disk
performance using tools like journalctl.
• Diagnosed and resolved network issues, including DNS failures, SSH access issues, IPTables
misconfigurations, and VPN connectivity problems.
• Set up secure SSH configurations, implemented SUDO access policies, and conducted server
hardening to enhance security.
• Automated system maintenance tasks, such as log rotation, backup scheduling, and security
patching, using Ansible and Bash scripts.
• Integrated ServiceNow API with Ansible to automate golden image provisioning in vSphere,
reducing manual intervention.
• Automated infrastructure hardening using Python and Bash scripts, ensuring compliance with
security best practices.
• Implemented Python-based security compliance checks to audit cloud infrastructure against
regulatory requirements.

• Developed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Artifactory, automating deployments and
dependency management.
• Built Python Flask-based monitoring tools to track infrastructure health and security anomalies
and to automate infrastructure tasks, improving operational efficiency.
• Administered and monitored Linux servers (Ubuntu/RHEL), ensuring optimal uptime and system
health.
• Provide L1 production support, implementing system monitoring and logging tools, and delivering
regular system performance reports.
• Troubleshoot disk I/O, memory leaks, CPU spikes, and system crashes using top, htop, vmstat.
• Debugged cron job failures, systemd service crashes, and process hangs using systemctl, ps, and
journalctl.
• Automated Kaltura (KMC) media file ingestion using Python, XML, and Bash scripts, reducing
manual upload times.
• Built a monitoring dashboard using Django framework and MongoDB.