Umar Zaman
About Me
I'm a platform and DevSecOps engineer currently interning at TD Bank, where I work across cloud and container security and platform engineering. My focus is securing Kubernetes in production — admission control, policy enforcement, and compliance — for one of Canada's largest banks.
I'm also a Computer Science student at Sheridan College. I like working at the seam between platform engineering and security: DevSecOps, governance and compliance, and policy-as-code.
What I Do
- ▹Secure Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure in production
- ▹Enforce policy and admission control across clusters
- ▹Automate governance and compliance (policy / compliance as code)
- ▹Work at the intersection of platform engineering and security
Professional Experience
Cybersecurity Intern
TD Bank
Security Compliance & Operations Management, Global Security & Defence
Key Achievements:
- ▹Support cloud and Kubernetes security posture across the enterprise within TD's Global Security & Defence organization
- ▹Perform vulnerability detection and security policy validation on containerized workloads
- ▹Partner with platform engineering teams to keep secure-by-default guardrails enforced as the environment scales
Cloud & DevOps Engineer Intern
TD Bank
Containers, Platform & Cloud Engineering · Toronto, ON
Key Achievements:
- ▹Built a Python tool to verify correct rollout of a security DaemonSet across production Kubernetes clusters, replacing manual spot checks
- ▹Validated Wiz admission controller policies against production workloads to confirm enforcement before clusters went live
- ▹Contributed to KSPM and cloud compliance workflows, surfacing drift between intended and actual cluster security posture
- ▹Worked within the Platform & Cloud Engineering team's cluster configuration and delivery workflows
Cloud Engineer Intern
Learning Mode AI
Toronto, ON (Remote)
Key Achievements:
- ▹Led DevOps and SRE initiatives to modernize AWS infrastructure, architecting a Terraform-based staging environment for four microservices running on a single EC2 instance, improving environment consistency and reducing infrastructure costs by 40%
- ▹Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated Terraform validation and service deployments, automating most infrastructure provisioning tasks and reducing deployment time by 70%
- ▹Built centralized logging and alerting using AWS CloudWatch and Slack API, cutting troubleshooting time from hours to minutes and improving system visibility across all services
- ▹Reduced Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) of production incidents by 80% through proactive monitoring and real-time alerts integrated with CloudWatch metrics
- ▹Collaborated with a cross-functional developer team to standardize Infrastructure-as-Code practices, improving deployment reliability and scalability across environments that supported over 200 active users
Frontend Developer Intern
Prabbis Consulting
Halifax, NS (Remote)
Key Achievements:
- ▹Developed and deployed responsive frontend pages using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript, including secure authentication flows
- ▹Improved reusability and responsiveness across mobile, tablet, and desktop platforms
- ▹Collaborated with mentor and team using Jira within Agile sprints
Skills & Expertise
Cloud & Kubernetes
- ▹AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- ▹Kubernetes (AKS, GKE, K3s, Helm)
- ▹Containers (Docker)
- ▹Linux server administration (Debian, Ubuntu)
Security & Compliance
- ▹Wiz (CSPM & admission control)
- ▹Kubernetes policy enforcement & admission control
- ▹Cloud compliance & governance (GRC)
- ▹Policy-as-code / Compliance-as-code
IaC & Automation
- ▹Terraform
- ▹CI/CD Pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- ▹Git
- ▹Bash / Shell scripting
Programming
- ▹Python
- ▹Go
Monitoring & Observability
- ▹Splunk
- ▹Dynatrace
- ▹Wiz
Certifications
- ▹AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerCompleted
- ▹Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)In Progress
Workshops & Training
Projects
Get In Touch
I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or just having a chat about cloud infrastructure and DevOps.
Feel free to reach out through any of the channels below.
Schedule a Chat
Book a callGitHub
github.com/umar11bLocation
Toronto, ON, Canada
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