Zain

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Xelent Solutions • Full time

Mar 2026 - Aug 2026 • 5 mos

• Deployed, configured, and managed Laravel-based web applications on AWS, utilizing EC2, RDS, Route 53, IAM, Application Load Balancer (ALB), CloudFront, and AWS Certificate Manager (ACM). • Configured and administered Linux-based server environments, particularly Amazon Linux, including Apache HTTP Server, PHP/PHP-FPM, MySQL/MariaDB, virtual hosts, DNS configuration, and web hosting environments. • Implemented and managed SSL/TLS certificates, HTTPS configurations, domain routing, and secure application access across production environments. • Monitored cloud infrastructure, investigated server and application issues, and performed troubleshooting and optimization to improve application availability, performance, and reliability. • Managed databases and application deployments, including database configuration, migrations, backups, and connectivity between Laravel applications and AWS infrastructure. • Used Git and GitHub for version control, source-code management, collaborative development, and deployment workflows. • Worked with CI/CD and automated deployment practices to streamline application releases and reduce manual deployment effort. • Diagnosed and resolved common infrastructure issues involving DNS, SSL, HTTP/HTTPS, Apache, PHP, database connectivity, AWS networking, and application-server communication.