Hello! I’m Safoor Safdar, a seasoned Cloud Solution Architect and Site Reliability Engineer with a passion for transforming the way businesses leverage cloud technologies. With a background in Software Engineering and numerous certifications in cloud computing, I have carved a niche in architecting and optimizing cloud solutions that drive efficiency, reliability, and innovation.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional and Associate) with comprehensive skills in cloud infrastructure, including AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and Google Cloud. Proficient in migrating and setting up scalable, fault-tolerant cloud solutions from scratch or transitioning from on-premise environments.
- Successfully delivered multiple projects utilizing container services such as AWS EKS and ECS, along with extensive experience in AWS serverless technologies including Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, and AWS Amplify. Additionally, proficient in AWS analytics services like AWS Kinesis, AWS Glue, and AWS Glue ETL Spark jobs, demonstrating a broad range of cloud computing capabilities.
- Deep expertise in DevOps and SRE practices, managing Kubernetes-based microservices architecture across various platforms (EKS, OKE, GKE), and provisioning with Terraform & Terraform. Adept at CI/CD implementations using tools like TeamCity, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and DeployBot.
- Skilled in deploying and managing observability and monitoring systems using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, NewRelic, and Netdata across multiple cloud providers, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Proficient in programming with Python, PHP, and NodeJS, including automation using Boto3, and experienced in managing various AWS services such as RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, EC2, VPC, and more.
- Holds a BS in Software Engineering from the University of Management and Technology (UMT).
When I'm not architecting cloud solutions or automating infrastructure, I enjoy exploring new technologies, contributing to open-source projects, and sharing my knowledge through blogs and community engagements.
✨ I started a blog safoorsafdar.com to share my cloud engineer learning and experience, including AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Monitoring, Observability, and Process Automation.