Welcome to My DevOps & Cybersecurity Journey
Welcome! Hi there! I’m Shahzeb, and welcome to my portfolio website where I’ll be sharing my journey in DevOps engineering and cybersecurity. What You’ll Find Here I’ll be posting about: Dev...
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Shaz's DevOps & Security Journey
DevOps Engineer | Cybersecurity Enthusiast | Cloud Architect
Building secure infrastructure through continuous learning and sharing knowledge
Tech Stack & Expertise
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Kubernetes
- Docker
Security & DevOps
- Vulnerability Scanning
- Secrets Management
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code
- Threat Detection
Tools & Technologies
- Terraform
- Python
- Bash
- Monitoring
- Automation
Current Focus
Professional
- DevOps Engineer at Seqera Labs
- Building secure CI/CD pipelines with Trivy integration
- Automating secrets management with ESO
- Multi-cloud infrastructure automation
Learning & Growth
- MSc Cybersecurity at University of York
- TCM Practical Junior Penetration Tester certification
- Advanced HackTheBox challenges
- Cloud security architecture patterns
My DevOps Journey
May 2025 - Present
DevOps Engineer
Seqera Labs
Building secure CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning, automating secrets management with ESO, and implementing infrastructure as code with embedded security baselines.
Kubernetes Terraform CI/CD Security
2024 - 2025
Cloud Support Engineer
Seqera Labs
Provided technical support for cloud infrastructure, troubleshooting complex deployment issues, and optimizing system performance across multi-cloud environments.
AWS Azure GCP Troubleshooting
2023 - 2024
IT Administrator
Cloudbeds
Managed enterprise IT infrastructure, implemented automation solutions, and maintained 99.9% system uptime while reducing support ticket volumes by 40%.
System Administration Automation Infrastructure
2022 - 2023
Infrastructure Technology Helpdesk Administrator
TractionOnDemand
Specialized in infrastructure support, network troubleshooting, and user technical assistance while building foundational DevOps skills.
Infrastructure Networking Technical Support
2021 - 2022
Application Support Analyst & Service Desk Analyst
Impellam Group
Started my tech journey in application support and service desk roles, developing problem-solving skills and technical foundation.
Application Support Service Desk Problem Solving
Expected August 2026
MSc Computer Science with Cybersecurity
University of York
Advanced studies in cybersecurity, focusing on threat detection, security architecture, and defensive strategies.
Cybersecurity Threat Analysis Security Architecture
Latest Insights
Terraform Modules: How I Built Reusable Azure and GCP Building Blocks
Terraform Modules: Azure and GCP, My Way
Oct 08, 2025
GitHub Actions Security Hardening — What I Actually Use
GitHub Actions Security Hardening — What I Actually Use
Oct 07, 2025
Hack The Box: TwoMillion (Easy) — My Experience
Hack The Box: TwoMillion (Easy) I picked up TwoMillion after a long week because I wanted something that felt fun, fast, and a little nostalgic. It’s one of those HTB boxes that rewards curiosity ...
Terraform Modules: How I Built Reusable Azure and GCP Building Blocks
Terraform Modules: Azure and GCP, My Way I spent some time last week refactoring IaC into proper Terraform modules for both Azure and GCP. The goal was simple: make it easy to stamp out secure, ta...
GitHub Actions Security Hardening — What I Actually Use
GitHub Actions Security Hardening — What I Actually Use I tightened my pipelines without slowing anyone down. This is the short list that stuck for me across personal projects and DevOps work. Wh...
My Journey Building an EKS Cluster: The Struggles, Breakthroughs, and Lessons Learned
My Journey Building an EKS Cluster: The Struggles and Breakthroughs When I decided to build a complete EKS cluster from scratch, I had no idea what I was getting into. Sure, I’d worked with Docker...
Hack The Box: Cap (Easy) — My Experience
Hack The Box: Cap (Easy) I worked on Cap last month when I wanted something simple and focused. It was a good reminder that basic enumeration and reading the UI carefully often beats overthinking....
My Journey to DevOps
Where my Journey Began My first ever job was working in McDonald’s as a crew member. Working there made me realize the importance of finding a path to success and the value of hard work. However, w...
ECR Permissions in AWS
I recently encountered a situation where I had a team member facing an issue pushing an image to ECR (Elastic Container Registry) in AWS. After some investigation, I noticed that permissions for pu...
Setting up Amazon CloudWatch in EKS
Introduction Recently I was provided a ticket to troubleshoot why our CloudWatch pods were crash-looping. After investigating the issue, I noticed that the deployment was outdated and had not been...