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DevOps Engineer · Mumbai, India

Zaid
Shaikh.

Building reliable infrastructure, automating pipelines, and keeping systems alive at 3 AM so they don't have to. Cloud-native mindset. Container-first approach.

Zaid Shaikh
skills

What I work with

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Cloud Computing
Provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure across AWS & GCP. Designing scalable, cost-effective architectures.
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Docker
Containerising applications, writing multi-stage Dockerfiles, managing volumes, networking, and docker-compose workflows.
Kubernetes
Deploying and orchestrating containerised workloads, managing Pods, Services, Deployments, and ConfigMaps.
🌐
Computer Networks
Deep understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, and network debugging at scale.
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Python
Automation scripts, infrastructure tooling, CLI utilities, and DevOps pipelines using Python.
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Git & GitHub
Version control, branching strategies, PR workflows, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and repository management.
experience

Where I've worked

2024 — PRESENT
DevOps Engineer
// Full-time position
Managing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration. Automating repetitive ops tasks with Python. Maintaining uptime SLAs and on-call incident response.
2023 — 2024
Infrastructure Intern
// Internship
Assisted in migrating legacy services to containerised deployments. Wrote Dockerfiles and K8s manifests. Monitored systems using Grafana + Prometheus.
projects

Things I've built

Auto-Scaling K8s Pipeline
active
Kubernetes-based CI/CD pipeline that auto-scales based on CPU and memory metrics. Integrated with GitHub Actions for zero-downtime deployments.
KubernetesGitHub ActionsPythonPrometheus
Docker Compose Dev Stack
shipped
Local development environment template spinning up Nginx, PostgreSQL, Redis, and a Python app with a single command.
DockerNginxPostgreSQLRedis
Cloud Cost Monitor
shipped
Python script that pulls AWS billing data via Cost Explorer API and sends weekly Slack alerts when spend exceeds budget thresholds.
PythonAWSSlack APIBoto3
Network Diagnostics Toolkit
active
CLI tool written in Python for diagnosing network issues — traceroutes, DNS lookups, latency checks, and bandwidth tests, all in one place.
PythonNetworkingCLILinux
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