Open to the right fully remote DevOps role·Based in Lahore, Pakistan · working US/EU hours
Took a real-time multiplayer backend from crashing at ~80 players to holding 400+ on GKE, took a regulated US lending platform's Kubernetes API and databases off the public internet, and closed the public admin paths on a healthcare AWS estate under SOC 2 Type 1 and HIPAA obligations — and I read the application code underneath.
I’m Talha — a DevOps engineer who came up as a software engineer first. I work across Kubernetes, GKE, KEDA autoscaling, Dockerized services, GitLab and GitHub CI/CD, observability, incident response, and hardened Linux deployments.
Based in Lahore, Pakistan · working US/EU hours. Open to the right fully remote DevOps role.
~80 → 400+
Concurrent players inside one synchronised live event
A host-led game failed exactly when the room joined. I found that more collaboration pods increased broadcast overhead, split the API from sockets, sized fewer larger pods from load tests, and scaled the frontend before the lobby moved into play.
Client details stay private. I can share the architecture, the constraints, and the reasoning.
“I'd confidently recommend Talha to any team looking for a reliable, autonomous DevOps or Platform Engineer.”
“I would trust Talha with an ambiguous production issue and expect him to return not just with a fix, but with a clear understanding of the root cause.”
Kubernetes
GKE
Docker
Terraform
Pulumi
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
Cloudflare
Datadog
Prometheus
Linux
Next.js
TypeScriptDesigned and published a reference AWS EKS platform using Terraform and GitOps. Eliminated static cloud credentials using IRSA and automated secret delivery with External Secrets Operator, enabling fully declarative infrastructure and application delivery.
No users, no traffic — built to demonstrate the architecture.
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How I automated mobile QA by running Appium tests on BrowserStack, generating reports, emailing results, and uploading artifacts back to GitLab.
How I built a GitLab pipeline that decides whether a React Native change needs a full Expo native build or can safely ship as an OTA update.
A practical explanation of how Podman differs from Docker, why rootless containers matter, and how to run a simple app with Podman.
I also take a small number of fixed-scope reviews for early-stage teams — a written read on what breaks first under load, ranked by blast radius. The sample report is public and ungated.
Formal education and published undergraduate research.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Awarded for top-tier undergraduate research execution and demonstration.
Peer-reviewed research paper detailing optimization strategies for complex academic scheduling constraints using evolutionary algorithms.
Selected for a fully-sponsored industry tour showcasing modern healthcare cloud infrastructure.
If you are hiring for production infrastructure, send the role — email is fastest, and the résumé is one click. If you are not hiring but your deploy path, CI/CD, or AI-built app needs a serious review, the consulting pages have the scope and the pricing.
Remote setup: EOR or B2B contractor — both are straightforward from Pakistan, and I can be onboarded either way. (Direct local employment is the one route that doesn't work from here.)
Or book a 30-minute call →© 2026 TALHA IMTIAZ
