Hello, I'm
Abdul Mohammed
7+ years keeping cloud infrastructure alive across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. SRE, IAM, and the automation that makes 3 AM uneventful.
Cloud Engineer & SRE Specialist
I'm a Cloud Engineer, SRE, and IAM specialist with 7+ years keeping infrastructure alive across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. Translation: I build the boring, bulletproof plumbing so your app doesn't fall over at 3 AM, and I'm the reason that one folder says "access denied."
I speak fluent Terraform, Kubernetes, and Okta, automate anything that dares to stay manual, and wire up Grafana, ELK, and Splunk so problems page me before they page you. AWS Solutions Architect, Azure, and Okta certified, in case you like receipts.
- 7+
- Years experience
- 5
- Certifications
- 320+
- Cloud accounts managed
- 4
- Cloud providers
Selected work
A few things I built, why they were on fire, and what changed after.
- 01
Enterprise healthcare · multi-account AWS + Azure
- Terraform
- AWS Org / SCPs
- Azure Landing Zones
- Okta SSO
Tamed 320+ cloud accounts before they tamed us
The mess: Account sprawl, snowflake setups, and a security team that found out about new environments after they shipped.
What I did: Stood up Terraform landing zones, guardrails (SCPs / Azure Policy), and Okta SSO so every new account is born compliant instead of getting bolted on later.
The result: Account onboarding went from a multi-week ticket queue to a same-day pull request, with drift caught before it reached prod.
- 02
Streaming / media · Kubernetes platform reliability
- Kubernetes (EKS/GKE)
- Grafana
- ELK
- Splunk
- Prometheus
Made 3 AM pages boring again
The mess: On-call was a coin flip: noisy alerts, no SLOs, and dashboards nobody trusted at 3 AM.
What I did: Defined SLOs, rebuilt observability on Grafana, ELK, and Splunk, and wired alerts to symptoms instead of every twitchy metric.
The result: Pages dropped to the ones that actually matter, and mean-time-to-'oh, that's it' fell hard once the dashboards told the truth.
- 03
Telecom · identity & access at scale
- Okta
- SailPoint
- IAM / RBAC
- Python automation
Locked the right doors, and only the right doors
The mess: Joiner-mover-leaver was manual, access reviews ate entire Fridays, and 'temporary' access had a way of becoming permanent.
What I did: Automated provisioning with Okta and SailPoint, codified roles, and put access reviews on rails so least-privilege survived contact with reality.
The result: Reviews that used to burn a day now run themselves, and orphaned access stopped quietly piling up.
What I do
DevOps Engineer
I automate everything so I can pretend I'm not working. CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and deployments that ship on Friday afternoon and somehow still survive the weekend.
Cloud Engineer
Fluent in AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI, plus the ancient art of explaining the bill to the CFO. I architect scalable cloud setups that stay up at 3 AM so you don't have to.
Backend Developer
I live on localhost:8000 and speak fluent API. I build the unglamorous engine room: clean logic, solid databases, and endpoints that quietly do their job while the frontend takes all the credit.
IAM Engineer
The reason you can't access that folder (you're welcome). I wrangle identity and access with Okta and SailPoint, locking things down tight enough to lock myself out, occasionally on purpose.
Skills
Cloud Architecture
DevOps & Cloud
Engineering
Programming
Tools & Platforms
Experience & Education
7+ years building reliable infrastructure, scaling cloud platforms, and securing enterprise systems.
Sr. Cloud Engineer
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Feb 2023 - Present · 3yr 5mo
California, USA
Project Description:
Complete end-to-end cloud infrastructure management across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) including hybrid on-prem networks.
Responsibilities:
- Architectural Design and Migration: Design secure, scalable cloud architectures and assist with cloud migration.
- Cloud-Based Identity and Access Management: Design and implement IAM solutions across cloud environments.
- Automation and Scripting: Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, and configuration management tools.
- Terraform and Infrastructure Management: Administer Terraform modules across multiple cloud providers. Manage over 180 AWS accounts, 40+ GCP projects, and 20+ Azure subscriptions.
- Third-Party API Integration: Develop and maintain automation workflows with Terraform Enterprise, GitHub, OKTA, AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI APIs.
- Security, Compliance, and SSO Integration: Ensure security through best practices, access controls, encryption, and federated SSO with OKTA.
- Cost Optimization: Implement cost-saving strategies by analyzing resource utilization and rightsizing instances.
Tools:
AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Okta, Power BI.
Application Developer - Ads Integration
DirecTV
Dec 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1yr 2mo
California, USA
Project Description:
System integration for ads delivery and in-house application development to streamline testing processes and enhance operational efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- System Integration: Designed integration solutions to connect disparate systems.
- In-House Application Development: Developed custom applications to facilitate testing procedures.
- API Development: Created and maintained RESTful APIs for internal and external use.
- Testing and Debugging: Implemented comprehensive testing strategies including unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
- Collaboration: Worked with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
Tools:
GoLang, Python, Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Docker, Agile, ELK Stack, Grafana.
Application Developer
T-Mobile
Sep 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1yr 2mo
Bangalore, India
Project Description:
Re-engineer on-prem monolithic application to cloud, adopting high scalable infrastructure for existing applications.
Responsibilities:
- API Design and Development: Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native APIs using Python following RESTful principles.
- Microservices Architecture: Implement microservices-based architectures for cloud-native applications.
- Serverless Solutions: Develop serverless APIs using AWS Lambda with event-driven architectures.
- API Security: Implement authentication (OAuth, JWT) and encryption (HTTPS) with OKTA.
- Performance Optimization: Identify and address API performance bottlenecks.
Tools:
Oracle EBS, AWS, Lambda, Oracle DB, ServiceNow, Linux.
Application Security Engineer
Kaiser Permanente
Dec 2018 - Sep 2020 · 1yr 9mo
Hyderabad, India
Project Description:
Manage and support organization identity and access management workflow for 50+ hospitals and 25k affiliated hospital staff.
Responsibilities:
- Identity Lifecycle Management: Oversee identity lifecycle using Oracle Identity Manager (OIM).
- Federated SSO Solutions: Implement and manage federated SSO integrations with OKTA for Workday, ServiceNow, and AWS.
- Authentication and Integration: Collaborate with application teams to define authentication and certificate requirements.
- Cross-Organizational Identity Mapping: Develop ORG2ORG identity mapping for cross-organizational auth.
- On-Premises Identity Management: Monitor on-premises identity servers such as WebLogic.
Tools:
OKTA, Ping Identity, OIM, Weblogic Server, ServiceNow, MS Server.
Bachelor of Technology
VRSEC
Aug 2014 - May 2018 · Vijayawada, India
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. GPA: 8.1/10. Active member of IEEE and Coding Club. Organized annual hackathons and tech workshops.
Companies I've worked with
Companies: Kaiser Permanente, DirecTV, T-Mobile / Sprint, Sony Pictures, Cognizant.
Certifications & Awards
Certifications
Awards
Gold Medal in Mechatronics - Awarded at the India National Skills Competition 2017.
IBM GBS - Best Employee Award (1H 2021)
Standup material
Three jokes I actually tell and one quote I actually mean.
Why was the security consultant so calm? They had a lot of 'secure' assets.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs.
A software engineer gets genuinely excited about fixing a bug they introduced themselves.
Frequently asked
The questions recruiters and search engines keep asking.
Who is Abdul Mohammed?
Abdul Mohammed is a Cloud Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), and IAM specialist with 7+ years building secure, scalable infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. He is currently a Senior Cloud Engineer at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
What does Abdul Mohammed specialize in?
Multi-cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD and GitOps, observability (Grafana, ELK, Splunk), and identity & access management with Okta and SailPoint.
Which cloud platforms and tools does he work with?
AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI, using Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Docker, Ansible, Okta, SailPoint, and Python, Bash, and Go for automation.
What certifications does Abdul Mohammed hold?
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate), AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, and Okta Certified Professional and Developer.
Is Abdul Mohammed available for hire?
Yes. He is open to Cloud Engineering, SRE, and IAM roles, remote or in California, USA. The fastest way to reach him is the Hire me button or email; bring a hard infrastructure problem and he will bring the coffee.
How many years of experience does he have?
7+ years across cloud engineering, site reliability, application development, and security, at Sony Pictures, DirecTV, T-Mobile, and Kaiser Permanente.