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Syed Maad Jahangir

Cloud Infrastructure Architect | AWS | Terraform | ECS/Fargate | Cost Optimization (FinOps) | Platform Engineering

a: Berlin, Germany

e: smaadjahangir@gmail.com

w: http://www.smaadjahangir.com

i: http://linkedin.com/in/smaadjahangir

s: smaadjahangir

Technical Skills

Cloud

AWS: ECS, Fargate, RDS, Redshift, DMS, S3, CloudFront, VPC, EFS, Route53, IAM, Lambda, SES, Auto Scaling, ELB/ALB

Infrastructure

Terraform, Ansible, Atlantis, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Platform Engineering, Multi-account AWS Architecture, CI/CD

Containers

Docker, Amazon ECS, AWS Fargate, Kubernetes, Vagrant

Observability

Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, New Relic, Telegraf, Sensu, Graphite, CloudWatch, Monitoring & Alerting, Incident Response

Programming

Python, Bash, Ruby, YAML, JSON, HTML, PHP, Git, GitHub Actions

Data & Security

PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Amazon Redshift, Okta SSO, IAM, Encryption, SSH, SSL/TLS, Access Management

Operating Systems

Linux: Debian/Ubuntu, CentOS; Windows Server environments

Professional Experience

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud & Platform Engineering)

Tilta Fintech GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Financial Services

Apr 2022 - Present
  • Architected and operated AWS multi-account infrastructure for a production fintech platform handling critical financial workloads.
  • Drove cost optimization initiatives, reducing infrastructure and observability spend through improved resource utilization and monitoring strategy.
  • Designed and implemented infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and automated CI/CD pipelines to enable faster, safer deployments.
  • Built and scaled containerized services using Docker, Amazon ECS, and AWS Fargate to support high-availability backend systems.
  • Established end-to-end observability with Datadog, improving system visibility, alerting accuracy, and incident response.
  • Acted as a key contributor in platform engineering efforts, improving scalability, reliability, and developer productivity.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud & Platform Engineering)

Finiata, Berlin, Germany
Financial Services

Jun 2020 - Apr 2022
  • Took ownership of critical infrastructure projects with minimal handover, ensuring continuity and timely delivery of high-impact initiatives.
  • Led migration of a Rails-based backend application from Heroku to AWS ECS (Fargate), improving scalability, control, and operational efficiency.
  • Designed and enhanced infrastructure automation using Terraform, enabling consistent and reproducible environments.
  • Partnered with engineering teams to implement AWS-based solutions, including ECS features, scheduling, and deployment workflows, improving developer experience.
  • Built and maintained observability systems using Datadog and AWS Lambda/Python, enhancing monitoring coverage and incident response.
  • Strengthened infrastructure security and access control, including SSO integration with Okta across multiple services.
  • Designed and implemented environment-specific deployment strategies for staging and production.
  • Introduced Atlantis for Terraform automation with GitHub-based production deployment workflows.
  • Developed a Slack-based deployment system using AWS Lambda and GitHub Actions, enabling controlled and automated staging releases.
  • Implemented data replication pipelines from AWS RDS to Redshift using AWS DMS to support analytics and reporting use cases.
  • Built and streamlined onboarding and offboarding processes, improving operational efficiency and access management.
Infrastructure / Platform Engineer

HeyJobs, Berlin, Germany
Internet

Aug 2019 - May 2020
  • Assumed ownership of the infrastructure platform and DevOps function, driving stability, scalability, and operational excellence.
  • Introduced and enforced engineering processes and team structure, including Jira workflows and RCA practices, improving incident handling and delivery consistency.
  • Architected and implemented infrastructure supporting a complex internal application ecosystem on AWS.
  • Defined and tracked team KPIs and OKRs, aligning engineering efforts with business goals and improving performance visibility.
  • Developed and executed a long-term infrastructure roadmap, ensuring scalability and readiness for future growth.
  • Achieved approximately 40% reduction in infrastructure and observability costs through AWS optimization and Datadog tuning.
  • Built and maintained automation frameworks using Ansible across production, staging, and QA environments.
  • Designed and improved monitoring and observability using Datadog and AWS Lambda/Python, increasing visibility and reducing incident response time.
  • Managed and optimized AWS services, including ECS, RDS, and Redshift, to support reliable and scalable application workloads.
  • Implemented data pipelines from AWS RDS to Redshift via AWS DMS for analytics and reporting.
  • Provided cross-functional infrastructure support to internal teams and products, improving reliability and developer productivity.
  • Contributed to a strong engineering culture, reflected in a 92% internal team happiness score.
Software Engineering Manager

ESW Capital, Austin, United States
Venture Capital & Private Equity

Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
  • Led day-to-day team operations, weekly planning, and quarterly goal-setting.
  • Defined, optimized, and implemented processes and best practices to continuously improve team output.
  • Maintained and improved KPIs, operational trends, and Net Promoter Score follow-up processes.
  • Analyzed recurring requests and worked on automation opportunities to improve efficiency.
  • Improved FTAR and implemented monitoring automation to reduce time between request and implementation.
  • Continued evolving the monitoring stack to support a broad product portfolio more effectively.
Chief Architect

ESW Capital, Austin, United States
Venture Capital & Private Equity

Mar 2017 - Jan 2018
  • Designed and implemented a new centralized monitoring stack for a broad portfolio of products.
  • Supported legacy monitoring systems while leading the transition to improved observability platforms.
  • Led a team of engineers in delivering the defined roadmap.
  • Worked with Zabbix and Grafana to provide teams with operational insights.
  • Built a solution to collect AWS CloudWatch metrics into Zabbix.
  • Developed a sophisticated database monitoring solution supporting MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle.
DevOps Engineer

ESW Capital, Austin, United States
Venture Capital & Private Equity

Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
  • Worked on deploying a new monitoring stack across products under the ESW umbrella.
  • Implemented a monitoring stack using Prometheus, Telegraf, and Grafana.
  • Worked on log monitoring using the ELK stack with Filebeat.
  • Analyzed custom product requirements and provided implementation-focused solutions.
  • Built Ansible playbooks to automate monitoring stack deployment.
DevOps Engineer

Cloudways, Mosta, Malta
Managed service and PaaS provider

Jun 2014 - Sep 2016
  • Collaborated with the team on system automation using Puppet and Ansible.
  • Administered more than 5,000 servers across multiple cloud providers.
  • Developed Ansible playbooks to automate tasks on the Cloudways platform.
  • Set up monitoring for the Cloudways platform and console using Sensu and Graphite.
  • Created Ruby scripts for Sensu checks and Graphite integrations.
  • Used Git for version control and Bash for operational automation.
  • Researched Docker and its applicability to the Cloudways platform.
Senior Linux System Administrator

Cloudways, Mosta, Malta
Managed service and PaaS provider

May 2012 - May 2014
  • Installed, configured, and administered Linux servers and services including Apache, Nginx, HAProxy, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, Shorewall, Varnish, and Postfix.
  • Deployed and maintained customer services on AWS, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean, Linode, CloudSigma, and ElasticHosts.
  • Worked with AWS services including EC2, Auto Scaling, VPC, ELB, RDS, Route53, CloudFront, S3, and EFS.
  • Configured and monitored service availability using Zabbix.
  • Set up and maintained OpenVPN and L2TP/IPSec solutions.
  • Managed backups with Rsnapshot and Duplicity and supported migrations and troubleshooting for open source applications such as Magento, WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla.
Junior Network Engineer

eWorld Private Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Internet and Hosting Service Provider

Aug 2008 - Dec 2009
  • Maintained and monitored mail, web, DNS, and network infrastructure services.
  • Took measures to improve network availability and documented infrastructure changes and configurations.
  • Managed IP address allocation and monitoring and backup routines for NOC devices, configurations, and logs.
  • Supported technical staff training and vendor coordination.

Education

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

University

Preston Institute of Management, Science and Technology

GPA

3.5 / 4.0

Jan 2008 - Aug 2011