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Muhammed Shariq.|

Strategic engineering leader with 15+ years in cloud-native platforms, infrastructure reliability, and DevSecOps. Proven expertise in managing production-grade Kubernetes deployments, scaling multi-region cloud platforms, and driving developer enablement.

I lead high-performing teams to achieve 99.99% uptime, reduce deployment time by 70%, and implement SOC 2 compliance. Passionate about building resilient, observable systems and mentoring the next generation of engineers.

Committed to reliability, automation, and continuous improvement.

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0.1. About me

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Hello, I'm a Cloud Platform Engineering Leader with 15+ years of experience in cloud-native architecture, reliability engineering, and DevSecOps. Based in Dubai, UAE, I specialize in designing and scaling Kubernetes clusters, driving SRE practices, and building high-performing engineering teams.

Throughout my career, I've architected production systems supporting 99.99% uptime, automated deployments across 75+ microservices, and led cross-functional teams up to 40 engineers. My expertise spans Azure, AWS, GCP, and modern infrastructure practices including Terraform, service meshes, and observability.

Currently at Humai FZCO, leading cloud platform and DevOps initiatives while enabling startup teams through automation and security best practices.

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Cloud & Infrastructure:

  • DockerDocker
  • KubernetesKubernetes
  • TerraformTerraform
  • AnsibleAnsible

Cloud Platforms:

  • AWSAWS
  • AzureAzure
  • GCPGCP
  • CloudflareCloudflare

Orchestration & Service Mesh:

  • HelmHelm
  • RancherRancher
  • LinkerdLinkerd

CI/CD & Version Control:

  • Azure DevOpsAzure DevOps
  • ArgoCDArgoCD
  • JenkinsJenkins
  • GitHubGitHub

Monitoring & Observability:

  • PrometheusPrometheus
  • GrafanaGrafana
  • ElasticsearchElasticsearch
  • LogstashLogstash

Languages & Databases:

  • PythonPython
  • JavaJava
  • MongoDBMongoDB
  • MySQLMySQL
  • RedisRedis

02. Where I have worked

  • Humai FZCO
    DevOps Manager
  • Codification LLC-FZ
    Associate Director
  • WSO2 Lanka
    Architect & Associate Director
  • WSO2 Lanka
    Senior Technical Lead – SRE
  • WSO2 Lanka
    Technical Lead / Senior Engineer

DevOps Manager

@ Humai FZCO

Nov 2025 - Present

Leading SOC 2 Type II compliance and platform engineering initiatives for a 7-person engineering team. Architecting cloud infrastructure on GCP with Infrastructure as Code and automated CI/CD pipelines.

  •  SOC 2 Compliance Leadership:
    Leading SOC 2 Type II program with Sprinto, implementing 100+ security controls across infrastructure, access management, and change workflows to enable enterprise readiness.
  •  IaC & Infrastructure Automation:
    Architected Terraform-based IaC foundation for GCP resources, reducing environment provisioning time by 80% and establishing version-controlled, reproducible infrastructure.
  •  CI/CD Pipeline Development:
    Built automated CI/CD pipelines and release workflows with embedded security gates and rollback capabilities, enabling controlled and reliable production deployments.
  •  Security Hardening:
    Integrated Cloudflare WAF and DDoS protection for GCP workloads, reducing attack surface and improving overall application security posture against modern threats.
  •  Team Enablement:
    Enabled full-stack, mobile, and AI engineering teams through platform engineering, DevOps automation, and security best practices training.

03. Key Technical Achievements

99.99% Uptime

99.99% Uptime at Scale

Improved platform reliability to 99.99% uptime for Choreo and Asgardeo through resilience design, automation, and observability practices across 75+ microservices on Kubernetes.

70% Time Reduction

DevOps Transformation

Automated deployments across 75+ microservices, reduced environment setup time by 70%, and enabled daily production releases through full CI/CD pipeline automation.

$90M Investment

Investor-Ready Architecture

Presented cloud platform architecture and strategy to Goldman Sachs, playing a key role in WSO2's $90M capital raise through demonstrating scalable, reliable infrastructure.

25% Cost Savings

Cloud Cost Optimization

Achieved 25% cloud cost savings through reserved instances, autoscaling strategies, right-sizing, and continuous optimization across multi-region deployments.

40+ Engineers Led

Team Leadership & Scaling

Built and led cross-functional teams up to 40 engineers, conducting 10+ strategic hires and 15+ performance appraisals while maintaining 100% team retention.

100+ Controls

Enterprise Security & Compliance

Implemented 100+ SOC 2 compliance controls, integrated ITSM practices with ServiceNow, and led cloud hardening efforts across infrastructure.

04. What's Next?

Let's get in touch

My inbox is always open and looking for new opportunities
Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I'll do my best to get back to you!

Based on Devon Gifford's portfolio · Inspired by Brittany Chiang