Shaik Althaf — DevOps Engineer | Software Engineer | Cloud Engineer

About Me

💻 From Automation to Innovation – My DevOps Journey.

I’m a passionate and results-driven DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in automating and optimizing cloud infrastructure. I craft scalable, reliable systems across Azure, AWS, and GCP, and build robust CI/CD pipelines with Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. I also integrate AI into operations—from chatbots to infra assistants—to accelerate delivery and reliability.

Key Highlights

Designed and shipped IaC solutions enabling agile, cost‑efficient delivery.
Automated CI/CD and container platforms with Kubernetes and Docker.
Optimized cloud architectures on Azure and AWS for performance and security.
Collaborated across teams to bridge the gap between development and operations.

Experience

DHAKIUM - AI Cloud Innovation Lead Engineer

Jul 2025 – Present · India · Remote

Built AI assistants and chatbots integrated with OpenAI to automate infra Q&A and tasks.
Delivered voice-driven cloud workflows for VM creation, networking, and ops tasks.
Fine‑tuned models on Terraform/ARM/Bicep to auto‑generate infra templates.
Cut cloud deployment time by 60% via AI‑guided automation.

Lead DevOps Engineer

May 2023 – Jul 2025 · Dubai · On‑site

Architected Azure/AWS infra (DNS, App Gateway, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3).
Drove CI/CD at scale using Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, and Ansible.
Achieved 20% monthly cloud cost savings and 60% faster delivery.
Zero‑downtime Kubernetes maintenance across Azure and AWS.

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Mar 2019 – Jul 2025 · Dubai

End‑to‑end CI/CD with Jenkins, Nexus, Ansible, Docker, and k8s.
Wrote Terraform, managed AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ALB/ASG).
Implemented Azure App Gateway, SSL, DNS routing, and HA patterns.
Reduced costs via autoscaling, right‑sizing, and consolidation.

Uniper - Azure Cloud Network Engineer (Contract)

Jan 2025 – Present · Düsseldorf · Remote

Automated secure multi‑region networking with modular Terraform.
Deployed Palo Alto VM‑Series HA with DMZ/NAT, Azure VWAN/VPN.
Exposed DMZ apps via Azure LB with hardened routes and NSGs.
CI/CD via Azure Repos and Pipelines; logs/monitoring automated.

Uniper - Sr. DevOps Engineer

Sep 2023 – Dec 2024

Owned Azure automation with Terraform and Azure DevOps.
Hardened DNS (split‑horizon), secured internal services.
Built CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub, k8s container workflows.
Implemented VPN gateways for hybrid secure connectivity.

UrHous - Software Developer (Part-time)

Mar 2025 – Apr 2025 · Remote

OAuth2 + AWS Cognito auth; full‑stack features with Node.js.
Integrated WhatsApp API and AI‑driven customer assistance.
Built booking system; enforced best‑practice security controls.

Education

Sri Venkateswara University — Bachelors (Computers)

May 2015 - Jun 2018 · Grade: A+

Core CS curriculum with focus on programming, systems, and networking.
Hands-on projects in web development and automation.

Founder Journey

Skill IT Hub

Upskilling platform and services for modern DevOps and Cloud—hands‑on labs, mentorship, and deployment playbooks.

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MacroCloud

Multi‑cloud migration console—track progress, authN/Z, alerting; Flat UI overlay on a Neumorphic base.

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Portfolio / Case Studies

Explore my key projects and technical achievements across cloud infrastructure, AI automation, and multi-cloud platforms.

AI Cloud Automation Framework

End-to-end AI workload deployment platform with intelligent resource provisioning, automated scaling, and comprehensive monitoring across multiple cloud providers.

AI Cloud Automation

Azure · Kubernetes · Jenkins · Terraform

Multi-Cloud Migration Case Study

Seamless migration of enterprise workloads across AWS, Azure, and GCP with zero downtime, cost optimization, and enhanced security posture.

Cloud DevOps Migration

AWS · Azure · GCP · Terraform

Palo Alto NGFW Automation

Automated deployment and configuration of Palo Alto Next-Generation Firewalls with DMZ setup, NAT policies, and Azure Load Balancer integration.

Cloud DevOps Security

ARM · Bash · Azure · Palo Alto

AI-Driven Infrastructure Monitoring

Intelligent monitoring system using machine learning to predict infrastructure failures, optimize resource allocation, and automate incident response.

AI DevOps Monitoring

Python · ML Models · Prometheus · Grafana

MacroCloud Platform

Comprehensive multi-cloud management platform with unified deployment, monitoring, and cost optimization across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Cloud Platform SaaS

React · Node.js · Tailwind · Multi-Cloud APIs

Enterprise GitOps Pipeline

Complete GitOps implementation with automated deployments, rollback capabilities, and compliance monitoring for enterprise-scale applications.

DevOps GitOps CI/CD

GitLab · ArgoCD · Kubernetes · Helm

Skills & Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK Stack

HTML/CSS/JS

Node.js

React Native

Wix/WordPress

Firebase

GPT/NLP

Azure Speech

Bash

Top Skills

Kubernetes

DevOps

AWS

Azure

Testimonials

Delivered a secure, automated hybrid cloud in record time—impressive depth across Azure networking and IaC.

— Stakeholder, Uniper

His AI‑assisted DevOps tooling cut deployment time drastically and improved team velocity.

— Leader, DHAKIUM

Contact

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If you'd like to collaborate, hire, or say hello—reach me at shaikalthafcgl@gmail.com, call +971 545646260, or connect on LinkedIn.