Abdullah Al Maruf

Abdullah Al Maruf

Software Engineer II

ZEISS Medical Technology

Hey, I'm Maruf!

I like to tear down build stuff!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

Passionate Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience developing Kubernetes tools in Go and building cloud-native infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, Helm, and ArgoCD across AWS and Azure. Skilled in backend development with Java and algorithmic problem solving in C++. Led the KubeDB project at AppsCode and contributed to open-source tools.

Interests
  • Distributed Systems
  • Cloud-Native Development
  • Kubernetes
  • Open Source
  • Competitive Programming
Education
  • M.Sc in Computer Science, 2022

    Baylor University, USA

  • B.Sc in Computer Science & Engineering, 2017

    Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology

My Strengths!

There’s always room for improvement. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Team Work
Problem Solving
Optimist
Self Motivation
Communication
Self Learning

My Journey

 
 
 
 
 
ZEISS Medical Technology
Software Engineer II
Oct 2022 โ€“ Present Temple, Texas, USA
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to analyze and design high-level system architecture.
  • Migrated software and infrastructure from AWS ECS to Kubernetes on Azure AKS, achieving ~3x faster system performance.
  • Designed and implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform, Helm, and ArgoCD, with monitoring and alerting via Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Refactored backend services in Nodejs to seamlessly integrate with AWS and Azure resources, unifying the codebase for cloud-agnostic and scalable development.
  • Technology Used: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, TypeScript, NodeJS, Helm, Helmfile, ArgoCD, Linkerd, Cert-Manager, Prometheus, Grafana, Github Actions.
 
 
 
 
 
Baylor Cloudhubs Lab
Graduate Research Assistant
Jan 2021 โ€“ Aug 2022 Waco, Texas, USA
  • Conducted research in software engineering, focusing on microservice architecture, technical debt, and code analysis.
  • Published multiple papers in respected academic journals, covering topics such as microservice analysis, architecture evolution, code smells, technical debt, visualization techniques, and more.
  • Led or contributed significantly to several systematic mapping studies, including studies on microservice analysis, anti-patterns, and architecture evolution.
  • Utilized microservice telemetry data for dynamic system analysis, identifying architectural degradation and code smells.
  • Technology Used: Java, Spring Boot, Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, etc.
 
 
 
 
 
Red Hat Research
Intern Researcher
May 2021 โ€“ Jul 2021 Waco, Texas, USA
  • Led a small team of students to conduct research on technical debt.
  • Analyzed version-controlled codebase to find probable code debts.
  • Performed literature mapping study on technical debt and code smells.
  • Technology Used: Java, Spring Boot, Git.
 
 
 
 
 
Digital Healthcare Solutions
DevOps Engineer
Feb 2020 โ€“ Dec 2021 Dhaka

Formerly known as Telenor Health. Digital Healthcare Solutions is a social business that uses technology and creativity to make high quality health services and health financing accessible for all.

  • Designed and migrated scalable cloud infrastructure to Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and resilience.
  • Managed hybrid cloud infrastructure consisting of AWS and on-premises OpenStack, implementing automation pipelines for deployment and scaling.
  • Optimized CI/CD workflows using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and Docker, improving deployment consistency and reducing manual effort.
  • Improved service auto-scaling, reducing infrastructure costs by ~25%.
  • Implemented monitoring, logging, and alerting pipelines using Prometheus and Grafana, enhancing system reliability and observability.
  • Technology Used: AWS, Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker, Docker Compose, Traefik, Nginx, HAProxy, Prometheus, etc.
 
 
 
 
 
AppsCode Ltd.
Software Engineer
May 2017 โ€“ Jan 2020 Dhaka branch

AppsCode Ltd. is a subsidiary company of AppsCode Inc. USA. An Integrated platform for collaborative coding, testing & deploying containerized apps.

  • Developed Kubernetes controller tools in Go and Docker to extend Kubernetes functionality.
  • Designed and implemented KubeDB, a Kubernetes-native, cloud-agnostic database management tool built to operate consistently across GCP, AWS, and Azure Kubernetes clusters.
  • Led a 5-member team to build core KubeDB features, improving reliability and increasing returning users by ~200%.
  • Enhanced MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and PostgreSQL clustering support.
  • Conducted Bi-Weekly community meetings and provided community supports to users.
  • Contributed and worked with many open source projects including Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Kops, Prometheus, gRPC, Restic, wal-g, stash, etc.
  • Technology Used: Golang, Kubernetes, Docker, MongoDB,Elasticsearch, GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.
 
 
 
 
 
AppsCode. Ltd.
Intern
Jan 2016 โ€“ Feb 2016 Dhaka branch
  • 2 weeks long internship program.
  • Implemented an Email verification tool in Java.
  • Used Elasticsearch for data store purpose.

Technical Skills

GO Java C++ C TypeScript Python Terraform


Kubernetes Docker Docker Compose Ansible Helm ArgoCD


PostgreSQL MySQL MongoDB Elasticsearch Redis Rabbitmq Kafka


AWS Azure GCP DigitalOcean


SQL Bash Git Linux Spring Boot


Prometheus Grafana Ansible Jenkins Linkerd Istio Cert-Manager


Cloud Native Distributed Systems Microservices

Competitive Programming

Timeline

Story of my life! ๐Ÿ˜„

UAP NCPC 2015

Mar 2016

Got 20th position at NCPC-2015 at University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka.

Certification

SUB IUPC 2016

Feb 2016

Got 6th position at national level IUPC-2016 at State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka.

certification

ICPC 2015

Nov 2015

Got 18th position, 8th varsity rank and 1st divisional rank at ICPC-2015 Dhaka Site at NSU.

Certification

RUET NCPC 2015

Sep 2015

Got 13th position at NCPC-2015 [National Collegiate Programming Contest] at RUET.

More

USTC IUPC 2015

Mar 2015

Got 1st position at regional IUPC-2015 at USTC.


ICPC 2014

Dec 2014

Got 18th position, 7th varsity rank and 1st divisional rank at ICPC-2014 Dhaka Site at BUBT.

Certification

CUET IUPC 2014

Sep 2014

Got 2nd Runner Up position at regional IUPC-2014 at CUET IUPC.

certification

Daffodil NCPC 2014

Jun 2014

Daffodil NCPC-2014 was our first national level onsite contest. Honorable mention.

Certification

CUET IUPC 2013

Sep 2013

Our First ever onsite programing contest. We finished 5th.


Stage Performance

Jun 2012

My first ever stage performance.


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