Hey! I'm Waleed 
Currently a cloud engineer at Sustainment, keeping our AWS and Kubernetes platform running smoothly.
I'm into Kubernetes, GitOps, AI agents, and infrastructure nobody has to think about. Outside work I build side projects, usually something to do with fashion or running. Let's chat!
Computer Science grad from Texas State University, May 2025.
Experience
Cloud EngineerI look after the AWS and Kubernetes platform behind Sustainment's product: how it scales, what it costs, and how code gets to production. I also build the infrastructure around our AI agents, from the pipelines that feed them work to monitoring how they behave in production.
AWS Cloud EngineerI looked after the AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure behind live Unity games, keeping it scaling with player traffic. I made shipping code safer and faster with GitOps and automated CI pipelines, and led our server migration to Red Hat.
AWS Cloud Engineer InternMy first real taste of cloud infrastructure: deploying to Kubernetes, writing Terraform alongside senior engineers, and documenting it so the next person had an easier start.
Projects
Breaks a Postgres cluster four ways and times the recovery. Moving one pod cut node-loss recovery from 6 minutes to 54 seconds.
A local Kubernetes dev loop where code edits land in the running pod in about a second, with no image rebuild.
An AI agent on Amazon Bedrock that watches AWS spend and recommends where to cut it.
A Kubernetes platform that breaks itself on purpose with chaos experiments, then recovers on its own.
A Next.js store shipped the DevOps way: Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins pipelines, and full monitoring.
One CloudFormation template that spins up a 3-node Kubernetes cluster on EC2 for learning.
Side projects
A Shopify clothing store with custom-built product pages and checkout.
A website for a running club, with event scheduling and member management.
Suggests outfits from photos using TensorFlow. Shelved for now because the AI costs added up.
Helps healthcare staff sort denied insurance claims and draft the appeal messages.
Education
B.Sc. Computer ScienceGPA 3.8. Texas State Achievement Scholarship, Dean's List (Fall 2021, Fall 2022), and Best Stylist at the Texas State FMA fashion show.
