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Cloud DevOps EngineerFueled by AI Innovation

Building resilient, scalable cloud infrastructure with a passion for automating complexity and leveraging AI to drive efficiency.

About Me

Ahmed Tariq, Cloud and DevOps Engineer

Hello! I'm a dedicated and results-driven Cloud DevOps Engineer with a deep specialization in artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructure. My expertise lies in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure cloud environments that serve as the backbone for cutting-edge AI applications.

With a strong foundation in both software development and systems administration, I bridge the gap between development and operations, fostering a culture of collaboration and efficiency. I am passionate about Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and building CI/CD pipelines that accelerate development cycles while ensuring stability.

My goal is to empower development teams by providing them with the tools and platforms they need to innovate rapidly and reliably. I thrive on solving complex problems and am constantly exploring new technologies to push the boundaries of what's possible in the world of AI and cloud computing.

Services

Partnering with teams to design, build, and operate cloud platforms and intelligent applications that deliver business value from day one.

Cloud Application Development
Design and optimize cloud-native apps on AWS, Azure, and GCP with serverless, microservices, and containers to ship scalable, resilient products.
Cloud Engineering
Architect SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS solutions that modernize existing estates while balancing performance, security, and cost.
Cloud Cost Optimization
Audit workloads, right-size resources, and apply pricing levers so cloud investments deliver measurable ROI.
Cloud Security & Compliance
Layer security controls, monitoring, and governance to safeguard data and meet industry compliance standards.
Cloud Automation & DevOps
Build CI/CD pipelines, automate workflows, and apply DevOps practices that accelerate delivery without sacrificing reliability.
Infrastructure as Code
Provision environments with reusable templates that remove drift, cut manual effort, and keep every stage consistent.
Cloud Monitoring & Analytics
Instrument platforms with observability tooling to surface insights, resolve bottlenecks, and sustain excellent availability.
Custom Chatbot Development
Design and deliver custom AI chatbots (text & voice). Build architectures, integrate generative models, and ensure production reliability.
Generative AI Solutions
Deliver Gen AI strategies, analytics, and integrations that elevate experiences, automate content, and boost productivity.

Technical Skills

A snapshot of the tools and technologies I use to build and deploy modern applications.

Azure logo
Azure
AWS logo
AWS
Google Cloud logo
Google Cloud
DigitalOcean logo
DigitalOcean
Terraform logo
Terraform
ARM Templates logo
ARM Templates
Azure Bicep logo
Azure Bicep
CloudFormation logo
CloudFormation
AWS CDK logo
AWS CDK
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Windows Server

Architecture Case Studies

A curated selection of cloud foundations, migrations, AI platforms, MLOps, CI/CD, and data-platform delivery across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

Cloud Architecture

AWS Cross-Account Migration & Modernization

Amazon Web Services

A controlled migration blueprint for moving a web platform between AWS accounts while making infrastructure, data, certificate, DNS, compute, and cutover dependencies explicit.

  • AWS Migration
  • CloudFormation
  • AWS DMS
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Published Articles

Technical articles on cloud operations, Kubernetes, delivery pipelines and application security, published under my byline.

Techstrong IT

The PostgreSQL RLS Policy Existed, But The Table Owner Still Saw Every Row

I trace a tenant-isolation failure to the PostgreSQL role that owned the tables, and explain how to test row-level security with the application’s actual runtime identity.

  • PostgreSQL
  • Tenant isolation
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Cloud Native Now

Why One of Two Kubernetes Pods Missed a Secret That Already Existed

I examine why Kubernetes Secret synchronization left two pods with different process environments, and show how a deployment check verifies required variable names in every pod.

  • Kubernetes
  • Azure Key Vault
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DevOps.com

How I Consolidated Duplicate Delivery Pipelines With Parameters and Build Tags

I describe consolidating duplicate Azure DevOps delivery definitions with run parameters, build tags and stage conditions, including the routing checks that keep modules separate.

  • Azure DevOps
  • CI/CD
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Talks and Podcasts

Recorded conference talks and guest conversations about database delivery, cloud security, AI agents and DevOps.

Podcast · LogiCast AWS News

Season 5, Episode 33: Claude Opus 5.5, Tokenomics on AWS, and Sovereign Cloud Models

A guest discussion of AWS AI services, token costs, sovereign cloud controls and the effect of agent automation on engineering work.

  • AWS
  • AI governance
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Talk · Conf42 AI Agents

Don’t Give the Agent a Shell: Tool and Identity Boundaries for AI Agents in Cloud Operations

I discuss typed tools, separate read and execution identities, short-lived credentials and approval controls for AI agents that operate cloud infrastructure.

  • AI agents
  • Cloud security
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Get In Touch

Have a question, a project proposal, or just want to connect? Feel free to send me a message. I'm always open to discussing new opportunities and collaborations.