Hi, I'm Muhammad Salman

Senior Infrastructure Consultant

Munich, Germany 6x AWS Certified

6x AWS Certified professional specializing in Platform Engineering, Cloud Native architectures, and building scalable infrastructure for Generative AI. With over 4 years of experience, I automate complex, multi-account AWS environments using Terraform and Kubernetes to deliver resilient, enterprise-grade cloud solutions.

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Experience

April 2022 - Present
Thoughtworks
Senior Infrastructure Consultant

Lead infrastructure consultant orchestrating enterprise-scale cloud transformations for major automotive clients including Porsche AG, MBition, and Mercedes-Benz. Architected robust CI/CD pipelines, automated AWS provisioning using Terraform, and engineered scalable 'Fleeting Runners' and containerized environments. Spearheaded the deployment of generative AI chat capabilities and internal developer platforms, significantly improving operational efficiency and security posture.

Jun 2021 - Nov 2022
receeve GmbH
DevOps Engineer

Led the provisioning of Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation and managed continuous deployment pipelines across Dev, QA, and Prod environments. Enforced robust cloud security by maintaining IAM permissions and auditing AWS resources for cost optimization. Directed the containerization strategy using Docker on AWS ECS Fargate, ensuring continuous security patching and vulnerability testing.

Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
Orbem
DevOps Engineer

Spearheaded modular Infrastructure as Code provisioning using Terraform alongside GitLab CI/CD pipelines. Configured secure GKE clusters on GCP for staging environments and managed Kubernetes deployments using Helmfile. Oversaw the resolution of on-premises IT infrastructure and complex deployment challenges.

Jan 2021 - Jun 2021
Zameen.com
DevOps Engineer

Architected comprehensive logging and monitoring dashboards utilizing AWS CloudWatch for server and application metrics. Deployed highly-available ECS services using on-demand CloudFormation stacks and Fargate. Managed large-scale distributed systems in production, focusing on debugging, failure handling, and advanced performance tuning.

Jul 2019 - Dec 2020
NorthBay Solutions
Software Engineer

Provisioned secure Infrastructure as Code via Terraform Cloud and CloudFormation nested stacks while optimizing CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, Octopus Deploy, and AWS CodePipeline. Led complex 'lift and shift' cloud migrations to AWS and developed serverless microservices using AWS SAM. Championed containerization workflows with Docker and ECR, and ensured high availability through AWS AutoScaling and Route53.

Jan 2019 - Jun 2019
AI & Multidisciplinary Research Lab
Full Stack Developer

Developed 'CodeFreak', an interactive programming competition platform. Engineered a secure code compilation server with isolated Docker containers, a robust ASP.NET Core RESTful backend, and an Angular 6 user interface with real-time Chat via SignalR.

Aug 2018 - Jan 2019
AUTOMATA THE PLATFORM
Blockchain and Application Developer

Built 'Keyless', a permissionless decentralized peer-to-peer biometric authentication network. Developed an Ethereum Wallet and smart contracts (ERC-20), enabling a self-sovereign key management ecosystem without traditional private keys.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering

University of the Punjab (PUCIT)

Oct 2015 - Jun 2019
Grade: 3.74

Intermediate, Pre-Engineering

Punjab Group of Colleges

Sep 2012 - Sep 2014
Grade: A+

Matriculation, Computer Science

The Educators

Jan 2010 - Dec 2012
Grade: A+

Projects

Apr 2025 - Present

Mercedes-Benz AG - OTR

Engineered infrastructure for AI/Chatbot capabilities using Model Context Protocol (MCP) skills and Platypus. Configured Kubernetes CSI drivers for persistent storage and secured DocumentDB access via in-database gateways.

KubernetesAWSAI Integration
Jul 2023 - Jan 2025

MBition - SWF Gitlab CI Runners

Designed a 'Fleeting Runner' architecture for GitLab CI/CD to optimize build times. Automated Base AMI processes using Packer and Terraform to dynamically scale self-hosted runners based on pipeline demand.

TerraformPackerAWS EC2
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

Porsche AG - Cloud Infrastructure

Standardized cloud infrastructure through reusable automation and developed AWS base infrastructure tools. Implemented automated IAM role management, observability, and shared secrets management across development teams.

AWSTerraformGitHub Actions
Mar 2021 - Apr 2021

DealerMeter

Built a personalized market data terminal processing vendor data via S3, Lambda, and Glue into Parquet format. Visualized performance and inventory data using Apache Superset querying Athena directly.

AWS LambdaAWS GlueAthena
Dec 2019 - Dec 2020

Vector Solutions

Provided AWS DevOps Architecture to migrate a RackSpace Production Environment to AWS. Lifted and shifted file and SFTP servers using AWS FSx and AWS Transfer for SFTP. Baked custom Windows AMIs using Sysprep and implemented CI/CD via Octopus Deploy.

AWS FSxAWS Transfer for SFTPSysprep AMIsOctopus Deploy
Sep 2019 - Dec 2019

Amway

Maintained data pipelines integrating with on-premises Oracle databases. Configured AWS Elastic Beanstalk multi-container Docker environments and managed microservices via ECS Fargate and Minikube. Implemented CI/CD using Jenkins and CircleCI.

Elastic BeanstalkECS FargateJenkinsOracle
Jul 2019 - Sep 2019

NorthBay Labs

Developed a collection of CloudFormation Custom Resources. Engineered the ELK Stack architecture for log visualization via Kibana. Installed Grafana via Terraform and instituted Linux shell scripting for automated log management.

ELK StackGrafanaAWS SAMLinux Shell Scripting
Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

CodeFreak Programming Platform

Developed a programming competition platform with embedded code editor and isolated Docker containers for code compilation.

Angular 6ASP.NET CoreDocker
Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

Keyless Decentralized Network

Built an Ethereum DApp and wallet with biometric authentication, creating a decentralized peer-to-peer network without private keys.

EthereumSmart ContractsBiometrics

Certifications & Badges

AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerFoundational

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified AI PractitionerFoundational

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Developer – AssociateAssociate

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAssociate

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalProfessional

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – ProfessionalProfessional

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)Associate

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)

HashiCorp

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)Associate

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

HashiCorp

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