About Me
Yousuf Khan
Cloud & Systems Architect
Dallas, TX | hello@yousufkhanpro.com
Summary
Cloud and Systems Architect with 15+ years of experience in designing, automating, and securing infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Proven ability to lead cloud transformation, architect secure and compliant platforms, and deliver high-availability solutions in regulated industries. Strong in DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and platform monitoring. Holder of multiple top-tier cloud and infrastructure certifications.
Certifications
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
- Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator
- GCP Certified Associate Cloud Engineer
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- IBM Certified DB2 DBA 10.1 LUW
Technical Skills
Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, RDS, VPC), Azure (VM, VNet, Load Balancer, Azure SQL, Redis, VPN), GCP
IaC & Automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Ansible, Jenkins, Packer
DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git, Bitbucket, CodePipeline, GitHub Actions
Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Kinesis, Athena, Glue, CloudTrail
Security & Governance: IAM, Azure AD, SSO, SCPs, Control Tower, WAF, Network Firewall
Languages & Tools: Bash, Python, YAML, JSON, Git, Confluence, JIRA
Professional Experience
Senior Integration & Solutions Architect
- Architected a SOC-compliant SaaS platform on AWS using EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, IAM, and CloudFormation.
- Designed centralized SIEM using OpenSearch, Lambda, and Kinesis with real-time dashboards for security monitoring.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployments using Terraform, Ansible, and CodePipeline.
- Built custom CloudWatch dashboards and alarms to monitor performance and availability, maintaining 99.95% SLA.
- Led modernization of core banking infrastructure on Azure with VMSS, Azure SQL, Redis, and VPN.
- Integrated VMs with Azure AD and AWS Directory Services for secure identity management.
- Implemented proactive alerting and auto-remediation for high-availability systems.
Professional Systems Administrator – Lead
- Designed secure Linux/UNIX-based enterprise platforms using IBM DB2, Red Hat, and WebLogic.
- Built containerized environments with Docker and Kubernetes for internal service deployment.
- Automated patching and deployments using Chef, Jenkins, and custom bash scripts.
- Participated in disaster recovery drills and multi-region failover testing.
Infrastructure Administrator / Architect
- Managed 200+ RHEL servers hosting IBM InfoSphere and DB2 across virtualized vBlock environments.
- Transitioned legacy applications from AIX to Linux.
- Developed bash automation for DataStage migration, service monitoring, and system compliance checks.
Education
M.S. Electrical Engineering – Teaneck, NJ, USA
B.E. Electrical Engineering – India