M.Astafa Butt

DevOps Engineer with practical experience in AWS, GCP, Docker, CI/CD, and Kubernetes. Worked on production systems involving cloud infrastructure setup, migrations, pipelines, monitoring, and performance optimization.

Strong

Linux and Git background with AWS & Oracle certifications and hands-on project delivery.

Associate DevOps engineer - PrimeTk - Lahore

(2026-06)

• Deployed Meteor.js applications (DashPOS and DashPMS) across staging and UAT environments on AWS EC2, later migrating both applications to Hostinger VPS due to client cost concerns.
• Planned and implemented the production infrastructure for DashPOS and DashPMS using Amazon ECS, integrating Application Load Balancer (ALB), NAT Gateway, Auto Scaling Groups (ASG), and self-hosted MongoDB instances running on Hostinger VPS.
• Implemented GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows for all environments.
• Configured and managed self-hosted MongoDB containers on Hostinger VPS, maintaining separate database instances for staging, UAT, and production environments.
• Managed DNS records and domain mappings for multiple applications across staging, UAT, and production environments, ensuring reliable application accessibility.
• Wrote technical documentation, including AWS infrastructure audit reports, cloud cost analysis, and incident reports, according to client requirements.

DevOps Internship - RazeSteer - Lahore

(2025-09 - 2025-12)

Worked on multiple production projects implementing DevOps practices including containerization, CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, and migrations.

• Dockerized a PHP Laravel application (Hoopla), designed GitLab flow, built GitHub CI/CD pipelines, and successfully restored an AWS RDS instance after misconfiguration.
• Managed a Node.js application (MyBenefits) running on GKE Autopilot, migrated it to a standard GKE cluster for improved monitoring and control, and mapped production domains to the new cluster.
• Implemented GitHub Actions workflows for a Laravel application (Rocket-LMS), set up a new production server, performed regular database backups, and optimized performance using Cloudflare caching.
• Designed and deployed end-to-end infrastructure for Funneler, including S3 + CloudFront for frontend, ECS for backend containers, and CI/CD pipelines for dev and prod environments.
• Built complete GCP infrastructure for Phenix, provisioning VMs, Cloud SQL, GCS, Memorystore (Redis), and Keycloak, following scalable cloud architecture practices.

DevOps Bootcamp - RazeSteer - Lahore

(2025-06 - 2025-08)

• Completed an intensive DevOps bootcamp focused on Linux, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, networking, and cloud fundamentals.
• Performed Linux system administration tasks including user management, permissions, process monitoring, and basic shell scripting.
• Used Git for version control, managing repositories, branches, merges, and collaborative workflows.
• Designed and executed CI/CD pipelines, understanding automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Built and ran Docker containers, creating Dockerfiles and containerizing applications.
• Gained foundational experience with AWS and Oracle cloud and earned cloud certifications in both platforms.

BSCS - Computer Science - Superior University Lahore (2020-08 - 2024-07)