Muhammad Umer Awais

Muhammad Umer Awais  Phone number: (-  Email address:- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-umer-awais/  Home: Peshawar (Pakistan) ABOUT ME Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and CNCF tools like Prometheus, ArgoCD, and Helm. Proven track record in cloud migrations, AWS Well-Architected reviews, containerized deployments, and multi-account AWS environments. Skilled in designing scalable, secure, and automated cloud solutions, optimizing performance, reducing costs, and enhancing operational visibility. Passionate about DevOps, cloud security, and continuous learning, currently pursuing AWS Developer Associate & Networking Specialty certifications, alongside training in CNCF projects and GCP Cloud Foundations. WORK EXPERIENCE Cloud engineer Atomic Computing [ 01/01/2024 – Current ] • Optimized AWS EKS clusters using ArgoCD, Helm, YAML, and built CI/CD pipelines with CodeDeploy, GitHub Actions, CodeBuild. • Led AWS cloud migrations, cutting latency, costs, and deployment times by 25%. • Built monitoring dashboards with CloudWatch, QuickSight, Grafana, Prometheus, Cockpit. • Deployed 12+ AWS Control Tower Landing Zones, improving multi-account management, security (SSO), and cost analysis. • Executed 12+ Lift-and-Shift migrations, re-platforming databases to RDS. • Secured $60K+ in AWS credits, including $25K in migration credits via WAFR. • Achieved AWS Advanced Tier Partner status by driving MRR/ARR growth, 4 AWS certifications, and customer success stories. • Contributed to AWS Service Delivery Competencies for Control Tower, Well-Architected, DMS, QuickSight, AWS Transfer Family, and Systems Manager. • Led technical discovery sessions, designing AWS solutions. • Resolved technical issues and optimized AWS operations with clients & stakeholders. • Mentored junior engineers on AWS services, WAFR, client interactions, and certifications. • Continuous upskilling: AWS Cloud Practitioner, Solutions Architect Associate, SysOps Administrator, Security Specialty, Terraform Associate. Pursuing AWS Developer Associate, Networking Specialty, DevOps Engineer Professional, plus Docker, Kubernetes, GCP Cloud Foundations, and CNCF projects. • Keynote Speaker at AWS Community Day Lahore, presenting on AWS Control Tower Landing Zone. Associate Cloud Engineer Atomic Computing [ 01/12/2022 – 01/01/2024 ] City: Remote | Country: Pakistan • Acquiring AWS professional training to engineer cloud services. • Working with transnational team to actualize cloud solutions. • Worked/Collaborated successfully on 5+ Production projects including infrastructure Lift & Shift Migrations, Database Migrations, Automations, & Landing Zone deployments. Software Tester Afiniti [ 01/08/2020 – 01/09/2020 ] City: Remote | Country: Pakistan • Tested a customer care software extensively for bugs & crashes as per the provided scenarios. • Employed Black-Box Testing for the aforementioned testing. • Worked in a team of 40+ testers and managers, escalating the gathered results articulately using Excel sheets. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Bachelor of Science - Computer Science CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences [ 01/10/2019 – 01/10/2023 ] City: Peshawar | Country: Pakistan | Website: http://www.cecos.edu.pk/ Containers & Kubernetes Essentials IBM [ 14/03/2025 ] Website: https://www.credly.com/badges/4f6d99ad-fb-a77d9ccf8d99/linked_in_profile Docker Essentials: A Developer Introduction IBM [ 02/03/2025 ] Website: https://www.credly.com/badges/642d-c-bf14-bd02c260587f/linked_in_profile AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate Amazon Web Services [ 19/02/2025 – 19/02/2028 ] Website: https://www.credly.com/badges/8aeca0e-b-9f00-9d1c20958a41/linked_in_profile AWS Certified Security – Specialty Amazon Web Services [ 30/12/2023 – 30/12/2026 ] Website: https://www.credly.com/badges/76513d2c-6b8a-4b56-b10e-e1578ee51d09/linked_in_profile AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Amazon Web Services [ 14/03/2023 – 14/03/2026 ] Website: https://www.credly.com/badges/5f91fa26-f3d6-457b-97f9-fc9fe1a6e05d/linked_in_profile AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Amazon Web Services [ 30/12/2022 – 19/02/2028 ] Website: https://www.credly.com/badges/10fc8e32-ccef-4435-8b55-e2dc4fad2f54/linked_in_profile HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) HashiCorp [ 08/09/2023 – Current ] Website: https://www.credly.com/badges/add4b280-e7ce-4c2e-8543-5a30594deb72/linked_in_profile EF Set English Certificate (C2 Proficient) EF Set [ 30/11/2024 – Current ] Website: https://cert.efset.org/en/DrvSfh LANGUAGE SKILLS Mother tongue(s): Urdu Other language(s): English German LISTENING C2 READING C2 WRITING C2 LISTENING A1 READING A1 WRITING A1 SPOKEN PRODUCTION C1 SPOKEN INTERACTION C1 SPOKEN PRODUCTION A1 SPOKEN INTERACTION A1 VOLUNTEERING [ 01/12/2019 – 01/03/2022 ] CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences Teaching Assistant • Coordinated, organized and helped students in lab implementations for 4 semesters. • Debugged and configured development environments in lab, for different technologies. • Arranged online/offline instructive lessons with average of 8 to 10 students.