SHAHIN ANSARI

703-389-5679

shahin.ansari@mail.com

Fairfax, VA

SUMMARY

Highly skilled Cloud Computing Professional with extensive experience in design, testing, implementation, and operation of cloud systems. 

SKILLS

• IT (15+)
• AWS Certified
• Programming Languages: Python, Java, YAML, JavaScript, C, C#, HTML, CSS
• Tools: IDEs (ADB, Eclipse, Android Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans), Containers (Docker, Kubernetes), Build Tools (Maven, Gradle), Cloud Platforms (Microsoft Azure, AWS – terraform, AWS-CDK, Pulumi)
• Operating Systems: LINUX, UNIX (Sun Solaris 10 and 11), Windows 10
• Project Management: Agile Development, Project Life Cycle Management, Requirements gathering, management, and submission.
• Software Development: 
  1. Architect, design, and implement software solutions that are scalable, secure, high quality and highly performant on time and within budget. 
  2. Write clean, maintainable code and adhere to best practices and coding standards.
  3. Conduct code reviews to ensure code quality, consistency, and adherence to best practices.
  4. Implement automated testing and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to maintain software reliability. 
  5. Conducted code review activities in effort to identify and resolve complex software issues and performance bottlenecks. 
  6. Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions to prevent recurrence. 
  7. Evaluate industry trends, emerging technologies, and industry best practices, in Agile Development and AWS, DevOps, and DevSecOps, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Leadership: Mentor Junior Engineers and improved their knowledge and skill set for the tasks within organization.
• Cloud Computing: Cloud Architect, Design and deploy cloud-based solutions using AWS services, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and DynamoDB CloudFront, Elastic Load balancer, Route 53, Athena, Fire Hose, SQS, SNS, and other services. Leverage AWS tools and services to enhance application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Technologies: Kafka, Microservices, Identity Access (IAM) solution. 
• Security – NIST risk management framework, 800-53, Enterprise Compliance auditing and documentation, FedRAMP, FISMA. 
• Miscellaneous – data modeling, visualization, metric dashboards, GDPR, CCPA, data security mandates such as 800-53.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cloud System Engineer

Infosecure, Centreville, VA                                                                                            May 2015 - Current

• Implement various cloud components leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks, tools, and languages such as AWS CDK, AWS Systems Manager SSM, Aurora Postgres and Oracle, Redshift, RDS, DynamoDB, Terraform, Python Pulumi library, Java, and more. Sample code available for review. 
• Robust knowledge of cloud automation tools, and processes for storage, compute and databases. 
• Also proficient with software development and CICD tools such as Ansible Playbooks, Chef cookbook, Jenkins, and GitLab runners.
• Implement AWS Cloud formation with various components like S3, ec2 instances, cloud front, Route 53, RDS, AWS Aurora, AWS Amplify, IAM, Dynamo DB, Athena, AWS Storage and archiving solutions such as Snow flake and Snow Ball, and more.
• Lead various service migration projects successfully and within budget.
• Build proof of concept cloud solutions within AWS.
• Improve service delivery within AWS cloud for services such as web portals, and Remote Desktop solutions, and AAA.

SAMPLE PROJECTS

1. Project 1 Title: AWS scripts and implementations using S3 CLI, Terraform, Pulumi, Maven, Groovy, Linux scripting, Java, Ruby on Rails, Python, and more. Implemented Bucket Policy, Access Lists, CORS policy, SS3-S3, SS3-KMS, SSE-C, e-tags using terraform, metadata, prefixes and more.
2. Project 2 Title: Java project employing multidimensional trees to optimize computational efforts.
3. Project 3 Title: Java project utilizing Union Find data structure for node connectivity.
4. Project 4 Title: Java project applying A* algorithm for solving NP-hard problems.
5. Project 5 Title: Java project on Image Processing algorithms for axis-aligned points.
6. Project 6 Title: .NET demo in C# with ASP.NET, jQuery, Bootstrap, HTML, and CSS.

Senior Systems Security Lead

Spear Inc, McLean, VA                                                                                    Nov 2014 – May 2015

• Successfully implemented Imperva Web Application Firewall, achieving 20% cost savings and high customer satisfaction.
• Conducted security evaluations using OWASP and commercial tools (Avalanche, Breaking Point).
• Integrated security solutions with enterprise monitoring and management systems.

Information Systems Engineer Lead

MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA                                                                Jul 2010 – Nov 2014

• Led enterprise security audits and assessments using NIST 800-53 controls.
• Evaluated and enhanced security postures of data centers and IT environments.
• Designed and implemented secure LANs using Juniper and Cisco technologies.
• Managed web server and content management solutions on AWS for HHS.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified AWS Solutions Architect Associate

• Master of Science in Telecommunications, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

• Bachelor of Science in Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA