Alam Ahmed — Cloud Engineer

Hemel Hempstead, UK · alamzaibahmad615@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/alam-ahmed-cloud-engineer · github.com/alam-cloud

Alam Ahmed

From NOC trenches to cloud architecture. I design and automate infrastructure across AWS and Azure using Terraform and Ansible, orchestrate with Docker and Kubernetes, and enforce security with Python, Bash, and Security as Code tools like OPA and Conftest.

Years Cloud Exp

Talks & Publications

Certifications

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alam@cloud-engineer:~

alam@cloud-engineer:~$ whoami

Cloud Engineer | AWS Community Builder | DevTools Advocate

alam@cloud-engineer:~$ cat current_role.txt

Managed Services Support Analyst @ boxxe (NOC)
AWS Community Builder - Dev-Tools (Feb 2026 - Present)

alam@cloud-engineer:~$ terraform plan -target=career

+ Seeking Junior Cloud / DevOps Engineer roles
+ Pursuing AZ-104 certification
+ Building secure, scalable platforms

alam@cloud-engineer:~$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces

Running: Terraform, Docker, K8s, Python, Bash
Pending: AZ-104, Next speaking gig

alam@cloud-engineer:~$

Career Uptime

— days

since Mar 2023 · zero critical failures

Tickets Resolved

P1–P4 · high CSAT @ Computors

Certifications

verified on Credly

Caffeine Level

— cups

today · status: OPTIMAL

Interview Status

OPERATIONAL

open to junior cloud / DevOps roles

Region

eu-west-2

Hemel Hempstead → London · remote OK

// gauges simulated for ambience — the career stats are real

Deployment History

Experience & Deployments

Infrastructure doesn't build itself. Here's my production history.

Managed Services Support Analyst (NOC) May 2024 - Present

boxxe — Hemel Hempstead

Frontline production incident response and critical infrastructure monitoring. Troubleshooting production systems, maintaining high availability, and ensuring SLA compliance across managed services.

Incident Response Monitoring SLA Management

AWS Community Builder — Dev-Tools Feb 2026 - Present

Amazon Web Services — London

Sharing knowledge on cloud security best practices through blog posts, talks, and open-source. Engaging with AWS product teams, collaborating with 4,000+ global builders, mentoring peers, and utilizing AWS credits to experiment with secure architectures.

AWS Community DevTools Security

Author & Technical Contributor Mar 2025 - Dec 2025

Envoy Proxy — Remote

Published Version 2 of the Envoy AI Gateway documentation (serving 10K+ users). Contributed features to the VS Code extension for Envoy Proxy. Collaborated with open-source communities to improve API gateway tooling.

Open Source Technical Writing API Gateway

First Line Network Engineer Mar 2023 - May 2024

Computors Ltd — UK

Resolved 1,400+ tickets (P1-P4) with high customer satisfaction. Configured and deployed 400+ devices remotely. Hands-on experience with FTTC, leased lines, managed switches, hosted desktops, firewalls, VoIP, and Microsoft 365.

Networking MSP Firewalls VoIP

Discovery Programme Participant Mar 2024

Zen Internet — Manchester

Week-long immersive experience with UK's largest B Corp broadband provider. Deep dive into FTTP, FTTC technologies, customer service excellence, and broadband troubleshooting.

FTTP FTTC ISP

Video Evidence

Featured Talks

Watch me present on cloud-native security, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices.

● AWS London WAUG

Terraforming the Well-Architected Way

AWS Head Office, London — 33 attendees

● Cloud Native London

eBPF: Revolutionizing Cloud-Native Security

London — 50 attendees

● Yorkshire DevOps

Security as Code with Terraform & OPA

Yorkshire — 35 attendees

Event Logs

Talks & Podcasts

Sharing knowledge with the community. Because building in public is how we level up.

● Podcast

LogiCast AWS News Podcast — S5E27

Logicata — Secrets Manager, GuardDuty AI, Trillion-Dollar Billing

Aug 2026 Link soon

● Speaker

Terraforming the Well-Architected Way

AWS London Well-Architected User Group — AWS Head Office (33 attendees)

Jul 2026 Watch →

● Speaker

Shifting Security Left — Building Secure CI/CD for Multi-Cloud

London DevOps Meetup

Mar 2026 Link soon

● Speaker

eBPF: Revolutionizing Cloud-Native Security

Cloud Native London — 50 attendees

Feb 2026 Watch →

● Speaker

Defending the Cloud-Native Frontier: Security as Code with Terraform & OPA

Yorkshire DevOps — 35 attendees

Oct 2025 Watch →

● Speaker

Elastic Observability — Automating Elastic with Terraform

Elastic London — 18 attendees

Sep 2025 Repo →

Published Intelligence

Writing on AWS Builder Center

Long-form articles on cloud security, IAM, eBPF, and developer velocity — published as an AWS Community Builder.

● Article

The Next Frontier in IAM: Manufacturing Identity Context

From "who are you" to "where are you coming from" — building verifiable network perimeters with AWS VPC endpoint condition keys

2026 Read →

● Article · ⭐ Spotlight Pick

The Unseen Pipeline: Engineering Developer Velocity with AWS DevTools in 2026

Featured in the AWS Community Builders Spotlight — how Kiro, AgentCore and Transform are reshaping developer experience

Jun 2026 Read →

● Article

The Zero-Trust Fortress: Architecting Impenetrable AWS Environments

Eliminating standing privileges with Resource Control Policies and ephemeral credentials — data perimeters and continuous compliance

Apr 2026 Read →

● Article

Automating Cloud Defense with IaC & eBPF on AWS

Combining eBPF-based security tools (Falco, Tetragon) with infrastructure as code for runtime threat detection

Apr 2026 Read →

● Article

Breaking into Cloud: My Journey as an Aspiring Platform Engineer

The career-switch playbook — from first-line networking to cloud engineering, and what actually worked

Jul 2025 Read →

Open Source

Projects & Repos LIVE · GITHUB API

Pulled fresh from github.com/alam-cloud every visit (older work lives on my legacy account, InfraPlatformer). What I'm building, breaking, and documenting.

Resource Utilization

Technical Stack

Tools and technologies I use to build secure, scalable infrastructure.

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform95%

Ansible80%

Open Policy Agent (OPA)85%

Cloud Platforms

AWS90%

Azure70%

Security as Code85%

Containers & Orchestration

Docker90%

Kubernetes80%

eBPF / Cilium / Falco75%

Automation & Scripting

Python85%

Bash90%

GitHub Actions / CI/CD80%

Reference Architecture

How I Build

The pattern I reach for: edge-cached, load-balanced, containerised, policy-checked, observable. Watch the packets flow.

Verified Artifacts

Certifications

52 verified badges on Credly. Here are the highlights most relevant to cloud engineering.

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Well-Architected Proficient

AWS — Mar 2024

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AWS Knowledge: Security Champion

AWS — Sep 2025

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AWS Knowledge: Amazon EKS

AWS — Apr 2025

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Fortinet Certified Associate Cybersecurity

Fortinet — Expires Jul 2027

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Fortinet Certified Fundamentals Cybersecurity

Fortinet — Expires Jul 2027

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Chainguard Container Crusader

Chainguard — Jun 2025

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LFS261: DevOps and SRE Fundamentals

The Linux Foundation — Aug 2025

🐧

LFS158: Introduction to Kubernetes

The Linux Foundation — Mar 2025

📈

Site Reliability Engineer Learning Path

Datadog — May 2026

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Cloud Security Engineer — Cloud SIEM

Datadog — May 2026

🐝

Discovery: Platform Engineer

Isovalent (Cilium) — Sep 2024

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LFD140: GitHub for Open Standards Development

The Linux Foundation — Jan 2026

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AZ-104 (In Progress)

Microsoft Azure Administrator — Currently pursuing

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Connection Endpoints

Let's Connect

If you're building secure, scalable platforms — let's talk.

Open to Junior Cloud / DevOps Engineer Roles

Currently based in Hemel Hempstead, England. Open to remote, hybrid, and London-area opportunities.

Status: Available for opportunities
Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK
Clearance: Open to work

✉

alamzaibahmad615@gmail.com

💼

linkedin.com/in/alam-ahmed-cloud-engineer

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GitHub

github.com/alam-cloud