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MD Akram Hossan Bappy

Senior DevOps Engineer

About

  • Name: MD Akram Hossan Bappy
  • Address: Limerick, Ireland
  • Work Authorization: Stamp 1G, EU work authorized
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/akramhossan

Professional Profile

Senior DevOps Engineer with 8+ years architecting and automating AWS/Azure cloud platforms using Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and GitOps CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD). Delivered 60% faster deployments, 46% lower cloud spend, and 99.9%+ availability for high-traffic production systems, with strong DevSecOps and observability expertise (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK). CKA, 5x AWS, AZ-104, and Red Hat certified.

Skills

Core DevOps & Cloud Skills

8+ years architecting and automating AWS/Azure cloud platforms, with deep expertise across Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, GitOps CI/CD, and DevSecOps observability.

AWS & Azure Cloud

Expert, 8 years

Kubernetes (EKS)

Expert, CKA certified

Terraform / IaC

Expert, 6+ years

CI/CD & GitOps

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD

Knowledge

Hands-on expertise spanning cloud infrastructure, container platforms, security, and observability tooling used to run high-traffic production systems.

  • AWS (EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, VPC)
  • Terraform, Terragrunt & CloudFormation
  • Docker, Helm Charts & Kustomize
  • Blue/Green & Canary Deployments
  • DevSecOps: SAST, DAST, Trivy, OWASP
  • Prometheus, Grafana & Datadog
  • ELK Stack & OpenSearch Logging
  • HashiCorp Vault & Secrets Manager
  • Multi-AZ HA & Disaster Recovery
  • Cost Optimization / FinOps
  • Linux Administration (RHEL/Ubuntu)
  • Incident Response & On-Call (PagerDuty)

Experience

8+ Years of DevOps Engineering Experience!

Architecting and automating cloud-native platforms for high-traffic production systems, from multi-account AWS infrastructure to GitOps CI/CD, DevSecOps, and full-stack observability.

Portonics Ltd

Senior DevOps Engineer

August 2021 - Present
Architected multi-account AWS infrastructure as code with Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, and Ansible, accelerating deployments by 60%. Led GitOps delivery (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, FluxCD) to Amazon EKS with blue/green and canary releases, embedded DevSecOps controls (SAST, DAST, Trivy, OWASP, PCI-DSS), and built end-to-end observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and ELK. Drove FinOps cost optimization, mentored engineers as L3 escalation lead and client SPOC.
Doodle Inc

DevOps Engineer

April 2018 - 2021
Orchestrated AWS production infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible, optimizing resource utilization by 25%. Modernized CI/CD and GitOps workflows with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Docker, increasing development velocity by 40%. Delivered a 46% reduction in AWS spend through cost optimization initiatives, and built observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and the EFK stack for faster MTTR.

Education

Education & Certifications

A Master's degree focused on network and information technology, backed by industry certifications across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Red Hat.

Griffith College

MS in Network and Information Technology

Jan 2025 - Apr 2026
Relevant coursework: Computer Networks, DBMS, Computer Security, Networking Fundamentals. Project: "Automated Governance and Error Prevention in IaC".
Eastern University

BSc in Computer Science Engineering

2017 - 2021
Major in Computer Science. Project: "Artificial Intelligence with Object Detection and Gender Classification".

Certifications

CKA, 5x AWS, and Azure certified, with additional Red Hat, networking, and security credentials.

  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
  • Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator (RHCVA)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  • Studying: AWS ML Engineer - Associate
  • Studying: HashiCorp Terraform Certification

Projects

Key client engagements delivering cloud-native platforms at scale

Selected DevOps and cloud infrastructure projects delivered as part of my role at Portonics Ltd, spanning telecom, ticketing, e-commerce, and mobile platforms.

Featured

Open source work and technical writing

A selection of GitHub repositories and Medium articles. TODO: replace the placeholder entries and profile URLs below with your real GitHub and Medium content.

Observability: Distributed_Tracing_with_x-ray_for_EKS_Fargete
Exporting traces to AWS X-Ray via the ADOT Collector running into FARGATE as a native sidecar.
IAC: Terragrunt-for-AWS-APP
Developing the Terragrunt for AWS microservice application.
View all repositories on GitHub
Observability: Distributed Tracing for PHP on EKS Fargate
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Read all articles on Medium

Contact

Let's Keep In Touch

Open to Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer opportunities in Ireland and the EU. Feel free to reach out via LinkedIn.

MD Akram Hossan Bappy
Limerick, Ireland
Stamp 1G - EU work authorized

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