Shafeeque Aslam Alikkal Shoukath

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ABOUT SHAFEEQUE ASLAM ALIKKAL SHOUKATH

Senior Platform Engineer with 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and operating cloud-native infrastructure at scale. Deep expertise in Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, observability, and operational excellence. Proven track record of managing enterprise infrastructure across on-premise and multi-cloud environments while driving organizational transformation through automation and modern DevOps practices.Cloud & Kubernetes Architecture/Design and Implementation:· Infrastructure as Code and Automation - Terraform, Crossplane, Golang, Python, Bash, Git. Infrastructure provisioning, automation, and GitOps practices.· Containers and Kubernetes Orchestration - Docker, Podman, Kubernetes cluster management, Helm, deployment strategies, cluster upgrades, and multi-cluster deployments.· Kubernetes Security - Network policies (Cilium), pod security (AppArmor, Seccomp), policy enforcement (OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno, RBAC), secret management, and encryption.· High Availability and Disaster Recovery - Multi-region failover, replication, backup/restore procedures, disaster recovery testing, RTO/RPO management, and SLA compliance· Observability and Monitoring - Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic Stack, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, alerting, SLI/SLO tracking, and comprehensive operational insights.· Kubernetes Operators - External DNS, External Secrets, Nginx Ingress, Traefik Ingress, Cert-Manager, CrossplaneSite Reliability Engineering and Platform Operations:· Service Level Excellence - SLA/SLI/SLO definition, governance, and compliance tracking with dashboards and alerts.· Operational Resilience - Led incident response and RCA culture to reduce MTTR; implemented formal change management for patches and releases; ensured disaster recovery, high availability, and backup/restore capabilities.· Operational Visibility - Design of observability platforms including metrics collection, dashboard creation, alert configuration and lifecycle management, and continuous monitoring of service health.· Release and Change Management - Impact analysis, formal change control procedures, stakeholder communication, coordinated deployment strategies with rollback capabilities for patches, upgrades, and feature releases.· Continuous Improvement - Process definition and automation of operational procedures, customer support and onboarding, and knowledge transfer to support scaling and operational excellence.