Shahzad Chaudhry

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

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Mar 2023 - Current (3 years 8 months)

As an AWS Cloud Platform Consultant, I provide platform engineering capabilities to clients

Various Ministry of Justice projects

Version 1

Sep 2023 - May 2024 (9 months)

I was responsible for - Provisioning infrastructure on AWS as required by the project - Defining branching and merging strategy - Created build and deployment automation pipelines as GitHub workflows - Created and deployed Kubernetes resources

International Airlines Group

Version 1

May 2023 - Sep 2023 (5 months)

As a DevOps engineer, I provided BAU support where I developed and maintained infrastructure in AWS

HMRC - multiple projects

Equal Experts

Oct 2020 - Oct 2022 (2 years 1 month)

Some of my core responsibilities included: 1) Create and update HMRC custom / security hardened AWS AMIs using Packer 2) Create and update infrastructure on AWS using Terraform; all security credentials and generation of TLS certificates in HashiCorp Vault (Dev, Test and Production infrastructure) 3) Create and update Amazon EKS, Amazon Aurora MySQL, RabbitMQ and Elastic Stack clusters (Dev, Test and Production environments) 4) Create documentation and runbooks for any infrastructure / environment upgrades into production 5) Help Dev teams write Maven script to convert Java code in Git repos into Docker containers 6) Deploy Docker containers in Amazon EKS clusters. I was responsible for creating and maintaining Kubernetes manifest files for

Jaguar Land Rover

Equal Experts

Jun 2020 - Sep 2020 (4 months)

1) Helped bring outsourced software products (car infotainment systems) back in-house. 2) Main technologies worked on were Terraform and AWS. 3) I also experimented with Okta and Datadog

Associate Technology practitioner

Equal Experts

Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 (4 years)

DevOps Engineer to: - Facilitate continuous delivery of quality software - Design and support robust build, deployment and configuration management systems for multi-tier applications - Cloud provisioning & taking a lead on automation Below is a list of EE engagements I have worked on

HMRC Multi-Channel Digital Tax Platform Eng

Equal Experts

Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year 1 month)

- EE Subcontractor working as a DevOps Eng - Responsible for maintaining and upgrading AWS infrastructure in Dev, Test, and Production environments

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

The Royal Bank Of Scotland Private Limited Company

Sep 2018 - Dec 2018 (4 months)

My responsibilities within NatWest Markets were as follows: - Provide engineering capability to assist migration of on-premise applications into the cloud - Provide technical expertise to assist with CloudFirst strategy (AWS, PaaS, laaS) - Build secure, scalable Cloud environments using latest tools (CI/CD, automation, containerisation) - Perform requirements analysis for the business - Produce software technical documentation and oversee the quality of that produced by others in the team

Release Management Engineer

HSBC

Jun 2018 - Jul 2018 (2 months)

During this short term assignment, I worked on a custom web application that was going to be used by the global and commercial parts of the bank. I performed the following activities: - Managed a DevOps team whose members were both in India and in the UK - Defined, implemented and enforced a branching and merging strategy (in GitHub Enterprise) for a micro-service based architecture that was scheduled to be developed in multiple releases in parallel - Helped create a pipeline that would via Jenkins automate provisioning of test environments needed for additional releases in parallel in HSBC's private cloud - Helped create a pipeline that would via Jenkins automate build & deployment of all releases being developed in parallel

Build & deployment automation engineer

HM Revenue & Customs

Sep 2017 - Apr 2018 (8 months)

A major transformation program; migration of an existing on-premises platform to a public cloud provider. Technologies that I was heavily involved in were: - Agile, Confluence, Jira - CI / CD platform for Java based Microservices using tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, Maven, SonarQube and Nexus Repository Manager - Infrastructure as Code on AWS using Terraform and Ansible - Pipeline as Code using Jenkins 2 Declarative Pipeline syntax - Docker, Docker Swarm Mode, Docker for AWS - Elastic Stack Some of my major contributions to the Messaging Delivery Group (MDG) within HMRC were: - I introduced MDG to container technologies. This was an effort to reduce operational cost and to reduce complexity in technology stack - I defined a Software Configu

Software Engineer

Capgemini

Jan 2017 - Sep 2017 (9 months)

DevOps resource working on a public sector account (UK HomeOffice); delivering critical national infrastructure in a highly security-sensitive domain. My other responsibilities included supporting development teams in releasing and maintaining microservices. Technologies that I used were as follows: - Docker / Kubernetes - Ansible / Terraform - Jenkins - AWS - Jenkins, Travis CI, Drone, Jfrog Artifactory, GitLab / GitHub,

Service Delivery Operations Lead (Internal project, DCSC Service)

Accenture

Aug 2016 - Nov 2016 (4 months)

My role was to architect and manage the delivery of the DevOps related services that DCSC (Accenture Internal - UKI) provides to projects. This included taking ownership of DCSC’s approach to tooling, environments and configuration management. Key responsibilities included: 1) Own relationship with client 2) Own architectural approach 3) Own service levels (system availability and request and incident response times) 4) Foster an inclusive team environment and support the development of less experiences resources 5) Reporting status via the KPI dashboard.

Business Analyst at EDF Energy

Accenture

Jun 2016 - Jul 2016 (2 months)

Short assignment where I was asked to advise the project on modern Open Source Continuous Deliver (DevOps) tools as a replacement for unsupported commercial and ACN proprietary configuration management and build automation tools that the project is currently using. For the purpose of project (Smart) awareness and training, I set up a cloud based Docker DevOps environment (platform as code). The tools included: GitLab, Jenkins CI, Nexus repository, SonarQube and Selenium Grid

Software Configuration Lead at Standard Life

Accenture

Dec 2015 - Jun 2016 (7 months)

As a Software Configuration lead on this client project (Application Modernisation), my role was to design, implement and own the overall software configuration management lifecycle (as part of a release management process) of the client source code as it transitioned from their legacy platform, through Accenture’s factory off shore and then returned back to a new platform in the Standard Life's infrastructure. This needed to be performed whilst the client continued to make BAU changes to their code base, meaning the packaging of releases and the merging of changes was critical. In order to perform my role, I had to setup a team of 4 in an off-shore delivery centre and developed their skills in DevOps. I designed and implemented a Continuou

Configuration Management Lead at UK Police & Justice

Accenture

May 2015 - Nov 2015 (7 months)

As a Configuration Management Lead, I defined a CM approach for various software releases and ensured the program adhered to the branching and releasing approach. I additionally worked as a release coordinator; formal releases deployed in Police Scotland controlled environments along with issuing release notes and builds tested.

Application Designer (Internal project, DCSC)

Accenture

Apr 2014 - Oct 2014 (7 months)

As a DCSC capability lead, I was responsible for developing new DevOps capabilities based on cutting-edge technologies: 1) Designed and implemented Docker based Continuous Integration architecture. This capability is likely to be used on new DCSC engagements going forward. 2) Designed and implemented multi-tenancy Crowd / Jira architecture for all Accenture resources to use. Any Accenture engagement may request to be hosted on this instance of Jira (Platform as a Service) 3) Contributed significantly and influenced technology direction in creating training material for DCSC DevOps Academy. Purpose of this academy is to train up DCSC resources globally.

Technical Architect at Argos

Accenture

Apr 2013 - Apr 2014 (1 year 1 month)

Development Architect Team Lead (tools) responsible for supervising, advising, guiding and checking the tools team work effort in installation, configuration and industrialisation of development architecture (SCM, Build, Package, Deploy, environment config management) for software projects delivery.

Infra Tech Support Practitioner at Royal Bank of Scotland

Accenture

Feb 2013 - Mar 2013 (2 months)

On this client project (Customer First), I was a technical environment lead and was responsible to owning integrity and governance of a system/software solution, including best practices for delivering services. The role involved developing, deploying and supporting infrastructures, applications, software solutions and technology initiatives from an architectural and operational perspective in conjunction with existing standards and methods of delivery. Support technical escalation of L3/advanced issues for problem resolution.

Solution Architecture Practitioner at NYSE EURONEXT Group

Accenture

Jun 2012 - Dec 2012 (7 months)

As a configuration manager for a Murex based solution, my responsibilities included creating a Software Configuration Management strategy and management of DEV & TEST environments. I was also responsible for creating baselines and deployment of Murex drops in various environments.

Configuration Designer at Bank of America

Accenture

Jan 2012 - Jun 2012 (6 months)

As a Build, Release and Configuration manager, my role included daily support responsibilities coupled with implementation of Continuous Integration / Delivery services for this project based on Agile methodology. On this client project (GLP), I implemented automation of build, deploy, test and release processes based on Continuous Delivery principles by integrating / putting in place tools such as Maven, Tomcat, Hudson / Jenkins, Mingle, Sonar, Nexus and Perforce.

Service Delivery Practitioner at Virgin Media

Accenture

Aug 2011 - Dec 2011 (5 months)

Lead the environment management team to plan and execute environment transition activities. On this client project (Wigwam), I established a new Accenture Mobile Build & Environments offshore capability taking over from onshore incumbent team. Shaped and executed transition and knowledge transfer activities for Mobile Build & Environments. Took ownership of build & environments activities, becoming the Telco & Mobile Environment manager facing off to development, release and test managers

Configuration Lead at Virgin Media

Accenture

Jan 2011 - Jul 2011 (7 months)

Virgin Media is in the middle of a journey to transform their online customer experience, "from ouch to wow". By significantly overhauling their online care and sales capabilities, Virgin Media aims to position their brand, products and services on the web in a way that will really help to place them ahead of their competitors in the consumer media space, whilst also significantly reducing cost in the organisation by encouraging customers to self-serve online. My responsibilities on this client project (Web Optimisation) were that of a configuration manager ensuring that all tools and Configurable Items were managed and tracked throughout deployment in various environments. Additionally, I successfully managed and delivered automated capabi

DevOps Engineer at Deutsche Bank

Accenture

Aug 2010 - Nov 2010 (4 months)

This project (Nexcom Onboarding) is a Deutsche Bank's software application developed to provide an automated next generation Custody Operating Model. The primary responsibilities were: - design of the build automation approach for NexCom for the SCM Service - design of the Maven library management approach for the SCM Service. - automation of the NexCom build process across all applicable components.

DevOps Team Lead at Royal & Sun Alliance

Accenture

Oct 2009 - Aug 2010 (11 months)

I was brought to RSA to lead a highly technical development architecture / configuration management team for release 1 and to help various component teams with their development environments. This led to increased development productivity. This also improved code quality and reduced time lost in fixing environment related issues. On this project (Personal Lines), my main responsibilities were to deliver automation of build & deployment capability (industrialization) both for java and webMethod code. This capability enabled making production releases very easy. My additional responsibilities were being a Release Manager and a Configuration Manager. I was also responsible for ensuring that all tool set and development processes were in place

DevOps Tech Lead at Australian Taxation Office

Accenture

Jul 2009 - Oct 2009 (4 months)

My objective on this project (ATO Change Program) was to deliver automation of build & deployment to the client. One of my first tasks was to set up and manage a proof of concept to help with acceptance of tools selected. Furthermore, I successfully achieved my objectives by designing and implementing a build & deployment automation strategy that the management is happy with. This was only possible by continuously improving and refining the strategy. Additionally, I successfully trained several team members on how to use and configure IBM Rational Build Forge. This capability should significantly reduce manpower and time it takes to deliver stable builds in a repeatable fashion and less prone to errors.

DevOps Developer at FORTIS Bank

Accenture

Sep 2007 - Aug 2008 (1 year)

Project Nitro will implement a Service-Orientated Architecture (SOA) platform for Fortis Bank and a first wave of business services related to the CRM application (D4/D5) and the Client Portrait application (D2A). The delivered architecture, called the Nitro SOA Platform (NSP), will contain a set of common technical services that will be leveraged in future releases of business services. Project Nitro is also the first step for Fortis to build its own integration factory capability. Although I joined the project (NITRO) as a test lead but my role developed more into being a subject matter expert (SME) for the Architecture and Development Architecture teams ensuring that quality issues with core architecture were highlighted and mitigating a

DevOps Developer at VISA Europe

Accenture

Nov 2005 - Aug 2007 (1 year 10 months)

Regional Clearing & Settlement (RC&S) is a 2-year custom development project based on J2EE/Java/Websphere/AIX/DB2 technologies and using RUP and PRINCE 2 methodologies. The Discovery Phase (Phase 0) began in November 2003, and it is now progressing forward with a planned go-live date of October 2007. The project is currently in the System Phase. My responsibilities as a build manager and a development architect for RC&S project included: - Defining, implementing, configuring and maintaining Continuous Integration & release builds. - Selecting and configuring appropriate tools for building, testing and reporting. - Creating and maintaining development & test environments for developers. - Implementing and maintaining coding standards for the

Java Developer at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Accenture

May 2005 - Nov 2005 (7 months)

This is a J2EE Web Services project in Amsterdam based on Extreme Programming principles. As a software engineer I was involved in all aspects of software life cycle. My role also required extensive contact with business analysts from the client with regards to the development of web services and help them with Acceptance testing using Fitness framework. On this project (Altea Sell), I was exposed to a number of new technologies such as JAXB, Spring framework, Rational Application Development / IBM WebSphere, Anthill pro, Maven and EJB xDoclet. Within very short space of time I became proficient working with these technologies.

Java Developer at LCH.Clearnet

Accenture

Feb 2004 - May 2005 (1 year 4 months)

The IT Strategy programme (TRM/SDM/MDM) which is divided into a number of de-coupled subsystems is the introduction of a new infrastructure and technology platform. The "Generic Clearing System" will deliver an integrated operational platform, which Clearing Members will be able to access through a single portal. This was a J2EE based project using RUP iterative development methodology. I was involved in the design, construction and test disciplines of this project with extremely demanding deadlines. Among other duties I also provided support for bug fixing and infrastructure upgrades.

Tech Architecture Delivery Assoc Mgr

Accenture

Jan 2003 - Dec 2016 (14 years)

As a DevOps resource within 'Client Delivery & Operations' career track, my responsibilities included:
• Managing and delivering DevOps solutions to clients
• Leading highly technical DevOps resources both on-shore and off-shore
• Designing, implementing and owning DevOps architectures using tools such as Docker, Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Jenkins, GIT, SonarQube and Nexus
• Designing, implementing and owning the overall Software Configuration Management lifecycle for multiple releases With Accenture I have had opportunity to work with numerous clients some of which are listed below. Over the years I have worked in various capacities such as Java development, build & deployment automation, configuration and release managem

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Admin officer

Department of Social Security

Jul 2002 - Sep 2002 (3 months)

Temp job. Duties included answering telephones, data input, writing to benefit customers plus all other general office duties.

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Software engineer

Petards Corporate Knowledge Ltd.

Sep 2001 - Apr 2002 (8 months)

I managed and developed a prototype Customer Relationship Management (CRM) project. This product ran on handheld mobile devices using Java, IBM DB2 UDB, IBM Everyplace and XTNDConnect Server (a synchronization tool). The system gathered and processed information on handheld devices and then synchronized the info with enterprise databases. Other duties included development of their CRM web application using technologies such as JavaScript, DHTML and XML.

Software Engineer

Sopheon

May 2000 - Jun 2001 (1 year 2 months)

As a Software Engineer I spent November 2000 - April 2001 at Sopheon's office in Denver, USA working on web based applications called Accolade®. This application is a product life cycle management solution. My responsibilities included documenting, designing, coding, testing and maintaining a number of software solutions.

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Software engineer

Rubus

Jan 2000 - Apr 2000 (4 months)

I was a technical consultant and my responsibilities included writing and maintaining code in HTML, XML and JavaScript.

Software engineer

Valtech

May 1999 - Nov 1999 (7 months)

As a junior consultant my responsibilities included documenting and writing code in Java as well as help delivering training courses. I was also briefly exposed to EJB, UML, CORBA application with VisiBroker for Java and have a broad knowledge of these technologies.

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