Wassel Sallem

-​ Lead technical decisions shaping project architecture and cloud strategy -​ Implement Blue/Green deployment strategies for ECS applications, minimizing downtime. -​ Perform regular IAM, S3, and network audits -​ Reduce Docker image sizes, implement multi-stage builds -​ Develop a secure SFTP + API Gateway + Lambda architecture eliminating public key dependencies, enabling password-based authentication for S3 access -​ Configure IAM roles, policies, and permissions to enforce security best practices ​- Optimize resource allocation for ECS deployments, reducing CPU and memory waste ​- Create a Lambda function to reduce the number of tasks in the ECS cluster during non-working hours and weekends as part of a FinOps strategy ​- Manage secrets securely using Vault, ensuring safe access control for sensitive data ​- Participate in on-call rotation, troubleshoot high-priority incidents ​- Assist collaborators with AWS certifications and skill development - Maintain Confluence pages, internal wikis for onboarding new team members ​- Review and approve Terraform merge requests - Mentor and guide a team of 5 cross-functional collaborators

- Develop and customize Terraform modules to streamline AWS infrastructure provisioning for specific needs - Manage containerized workloads using ECS -​ Build multi-stage CI/CD pipelines for both infrastructure and application deployments, reducing deployment time -​ Provision Amazon RDS instances with Bastion Host and Secret Manager integration -​ Implement a CloudFront component to deploy an S3 website with a dynamic endpoint, enabling efficient content delivery and reduced latency -​ Automate DynamoDB exports to S3 with Lambda functions -​ Configure Transit Gateway for secure inter-account communication -​ Configure domains and emails on Amazon SNS for notification and communication purposes -​ Monitor infrastructure health with CloudWatch, ensuring optimal performance and proactive issue resolution