Profile of Abishek Gautam
Abishek Gautam

Cloud

Engineer

Kathmandu, Nepal

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About

AWS-certified Cloud & DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure on AWS. Passionate about automation, cost efficiency, and delivering robust DevOps workflows in fast-paced environments.

Experience

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    Cloud Engineer @ Max International

    NP - On-site

    Summary:

    • Designing, automating, and managing scalable AWS cloud infrastructure across production and staging environments.

    Responsibilities:

    • Design, implement, and manage scalable AWS cloud infrastructure including EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, and IAM across production and staging environments.
    • Automate deployment, monitoring, and backup operations using Bash and PowerShell scripts, reducing manual effort by over 60%.
    • Develop and maintain automated backup pipelines syncing local Windows environments to Amazon S3, ensuring data integrity and recovery readiness.
    • Monitor and optimize EBS volumes, S3 storage, and AWS costs using CloudWatch dashboards and alarms maintaining utilization thresholds and alerting on anomalies.
    • Enforce cloud security best practices including IAM least-privilege policies, encryption at rest/in-transit, and network security group hardening.
    • Collaborate with development teams to streamline deployments and improve infrastructure reliability through automation.
    • AWS
    • EC2
    • S3
    • IAM
    • CloudWatch
    • Bash
    • PowerShell
    • Security Hardening
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    Cloud Security Apprentice @ Code Rush

    NP - On-site

    Summary:

    • Built expertise in network security, cloud infrastructure security, and defensive cybersecurity principles.

    Responsibilities:

    • Built expertise in network security, cloud infrastructure security, and defensive cybersecurity principles.
    • Performed vulnerability assessments and penetration testing exercises to identify and evaluate security weaknesses.
    • Investigated simulated security incidents, analyzed attack vectors, and supported incident response activities.
    • Assisted in implementing security controls, policies, and procedures aligned with cybersecurity best practices.
    • Gained hands-on experience with cyber ranges and security labs, strengthening skills in threat analysis and ethical hacking.
    • Network Security
    • Penetration Testing
    • Incident Response
    • Cloud Security
    • Ethical Hacking
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    DevOps Intern @ RARA LABS

    NP - On-site

    Summary:

    • Containerized applications and configured CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment consistency and speed.

    Responsibilities:

    • Containerized multiple applications using Docker and Docker Compose, improving deployment consistency across environments.
    • Configured and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Drone CI and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment cycle time.
    • Managed Linux servers and automated container health monitoring using shell scripts.
    • Collaborated with the engineering team on infrastructure improvements and performed routine security and performance reviews.
    • Docker
    • Docker Compose
    • Drone CI
    • GitHub Actions
    • Linux
    • Shell Scripting

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Skills

  • Advanced AWS
  • Intermediate GCP
  • Intermediate Kubernetes
  • Advanced Terraform
  • Intermediate AWS CloudFormation
  • Intermediate Jenkins
  • Intermediate Ansible
  • Intermediate Sonarqube
  • Intermediate Trivy
  • Advanced GitHub Actions
  • Intermediate Drone CI
  • Intermediate AWS CodePipeline
  • Advanced Docker
  • Advanced Docker Compose
  • Advanced Linux
  • Advanced Bash
  • Advanced YAML
  • Advanced Networking
  • Intermediate Reverse Proxy
  • Intermediate TLS/SSL
  • Intermediate Python
  • Advanced CloudWatch
  • Intermediate Datadog
  • Intermediate Prometheus
  • Intermediate Grafana
  • Advanced Git
  • Advanced GitHub