STATUS: OPEN TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES

Naved Iqbal

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer, Engineering Lead

I design, automate, and secure enterprise-grade AWS infrastructure, from multi-account governance to FinOps cost control, keeping production workloads compliant and running at 99.9%+ uptime.

📍 Nagpur, Maharashtra, India ⏱ 8+ years AWS 🎓 AWS Certified Solutions Architect
infra-status.monitor
99.9%
Uptime SLA Maintained
40%
Redshift Memory Reduced
1,000+
Servers Managed
8yrs
AWS Experience
Last deploy: Persistent Systems · Nagpur ● all systems operational

What I focus on

01 / FOCUS

Cloud Infrastructure

Multi-account AWS environments designed for high availability, scalability, and production-grade reliability.

Security & Compliance

Least-privilege IAM, automated audits, and vulnerability remediation with Trend Micro Cloud One & Prisma Cloud.

IaC & Automation

Terraform and Python/Shell scripting to remove manual effort and keep deployments consistent and repeatable.

FinOps & Cost Control

Rightsizing, cost allocation tagging, and CUR analysis that turn cloud spend into a governed, predictable line item.

Experience log

02 / EXPERIENCE
MAR 2023 - PRESENT

Engineering Lead · Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Persistent Systems Limited, Nagpur, India
Enterprise IT services & software solutions
  • Design and manage enterprise AWS infrastructure across multi-account environments, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability in production-grade workloads.
  • Run AWS security and compliance assessments using Trend Micro Cloud One and Prisma Cloud, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities and enforcing policy-as-code guardrails.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational workflows with Terraform and Python/Shell scripting, reducing manual effort and improving deployment consistency.
  • Drive cloud cost optimization through rightsizing, scaling policies, and FinOps governance using AWS Cost Explorer and cost allocation tags.
  • Perform deep-dive log analysis and root cause investigation using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Datadog to maintain >99.9% uptime SLA.
AWSTerraformPython Trend Micro Cloud OnePrisma Cloud CloudWatchCloudTrail
DEC 2021 - MAR 2023

Senior Executive · AWS Cloud Engineer

InfoCepts Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Nagpur, India
Data & analytics solutions
  • Managed and optimized core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Redshift, Lambda, Athena) supporting data-driven analytics workloads.
  • Achieved a 40% reduction in server memory utilization through Python automation of AWS CUR file processing, directly improving Redshift performance and cost efficiency.
  • Built Python automation for proactive deletion of unused EBS volumes and AWS WorkSpaces, cutting cloud waste.
  • Provisioned AWS resources with Terraform, strengthening infrastructure-as-code and auditable deployments.
  • Authored 15+ knowledge base articles, reducing mean time to resolution for recurring issues.
EC2 / S3 / RDSRedshiftAthena TerraformPythonPrisma Cloud
JUN 2018 - NOV 2021

Cloud Operations Engineer

eGain Communication Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India
Digital customer engagement SaaS
  • Provided 24x7 support for enterprise SaaS applications hosted on AWS across 1,000+ servers, maintaining 99.9% uptime SLA.
  • Monitored system and application health with CloudWatch, Nagios, and Dynatrace; led incident response for outages and complex failures.
  • Performed automated patching, configuration management, and lifecycle operations for EC2 instances and Apache/IIS web servers.
  • Mentored junior support engineers and enforced standard operating procedures, improving team consistency.
EC2CloudWatchNagios DynatracePowerShellMS-SQL

Skills & toolchain

03 / SKILLS
Core AWS Services
EC2 S3 Lambda RDS DynamoDB Redshift VPC Route53 IAM CloudFormation Athena SQS / SNS / SES
Security & Compliance
Trend Micro Cloud One Prisma Cloud IAM Policies & Roles Least-Privilege Security AWS Security Hub AWS Config Automated Compliance Audits
FinOps & Cost Optimization
Cost Explorer AWS Budgets Cost Allocation Tagging Rightsizing Spot / Reserved Strategy CUR Analysis
IaC, Scripting & DevOps
Terraform Python Bash PowerShell Docker Git GitHub CI/CD
Monitoring & Observability
CloudWatch CloudTrail DataDog Nagios Dynatrace
Databases & Platforms
MS-SQL Server PostgreSQL Oracle SQLite MongoDB Linux Windows

Certifications & achievements

04 / RECOGNITION
Certifications
AWS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

AWS

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

Achievements

High Five: Individual Award

Persistent Systems · February 2026

Recognized for consistently delivering high-quality outcomes, independently managing end-to-end project delivery, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Promotion to Engineer II

eGain Communication · July 2021

Promoted for increased responsibility managing cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence.

Projects

05 / PROJECTS
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Client-side tool · JavaScript

Stock Market Risk Management Calculator

A position-sizing tool that helps traders manage risk before entering a trade. It takes capital, risk %, entry, target, and stop-loss, and returns buy quantity, potential profit/loss, and risk-reward ratio.

Education

06 / EDUCATION

B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, CGPA 7.63/10
2016

Diploma in Information Technology

Government Polytechnic, Amravati, 76.20%
2013
AVAILABLE FOR SENIOR CLOUD & DEVOPS ROLES

Let's build something reliable.

Open to senior AWS / cloud engineering roles in India and internationally. Reach out for consulting, full-time opportunities, or just to talk infrastructure.