name: Mirza Talha Baig
location: Kerala, India
degree: B.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering
focus:
- AWS Cloud Architecture & Solutions Design
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
- Containerization & Orchestration (Docker → Kubernetes)
- CI/CD Pipelines & Automation
- Backend Systems & REST APIs
- Linux Administration & Observability
open_to:
- Cloud Engineering Internships
- DevOps Roles
- Backend Development Positions
- Open Source ContributionsLanguages
Cloud & Infrastructure
Backend & Databases
Frontend
SkyTracker Dashboard — Full-Stack Flight Cloud-Native Tracking & Analytics Platform
Production-style flight tracking platform with real-time analytics, containerized and deployed on AWS. → View Repo
Stack: React · Node.js · PostgreSQL · Docker · AWS EC2 · CloudWatch · GitHub Actions
What I built:
- Multi-service Dockerized architecture orchestrated with Docker Compose
- End-to-end CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions for automated deployments to EC2
- PostgreSQL backend storing 64,000+ flight snapshots with analytical queries
- CloudWatch dashboards and alerts for uptime monitoring
What I learned: End-to-end ownership of a production deployment — from containerization to observability to zero-intervention rolling updates.
FlightWatch — Full-Stack Cloud-Native AvGeek's Logging Platform
A production-grade web app where avgeeks can log and analyze aircraft sightings — real domain, real users, real AWS infrastructure. → View Repo
Stack: React + Vite · Node.js · Express · PostgreSQL · Docker · Terraform · AWS (EC2 · RDS · S3 · CloudFront · ECR · Route 53 · ACM) · GitHub Actions · Nginx · JWT
What I built:
- React/Vite frontend on S3, globally distributed via CloudFront with cache invalidation on every deploy
- Dockerized Express backend on EC2 behind Nginx with Let's Encrypt SSL on a custom domain
- PostgreSQL on RDS in a private subnet — reachable only from the backend EC2 via security group rules
- JWT authentication with bcryptjs password hashing on all protected routes
- Two independent GitHub Actions pipelines — push to
maintriggers build → ECR push → EC2 redeploy automatically - Full Terraform IaC: VPC, subnets, Route 53, CloudFront, RDS, EC2 — no manual console clicks
What I learned: What it actually means to run a production system — DNS, SSL provisioning, RDS SSL requirements, and debugging bcrypt failures across OS boundaries in Docker.
FlightWatch Ground Control — Internal Operations Console
Python-based command-line operations dashboard for monitoring the health, analytics, and activity of the FlightWatch platform in real time. → View Repo
Stack: Python · REST APIs · JWT · Node.js · Express · PostgreSQL · Docker · Nginx · AWS EC2 · Amazon RDS · Terraform · GitHub Actions
What I built:
- Production health monitoring and database connectivity verification against live infrastructure
- JWT-authenticated operator login with secure token-based API communication
- Live analytics dashboard covering aircraft, airline, and airport statistics
- System and network diagnostics for the operator environment
What I learned: How operational tooling complements user-facing products — building the visibility layer that makes running a production platform sustainable.
Flight Alert System — Serverless AWS Event-Driven Architecture
Fully serverless aircraft monitoring system that detects and alerts on specific flight activity — entirely infrastructure-as-code. → View Repo
Stack: AWS Lambda · DynamoDB · EventBridge · SNS · Terraform · IAM
What I built:
- Event-driven pipeline triggered every 5 minutes via EventBridge Scheduler
- DynamoDB state tracking with duplicate alert suppression
- SNS-based notification delivery for matching flight events
- Complete Terraform infrastructure — reproducible from
terraform apply - IAM least-privilege roles for every Lambda function
What I learned: Designing for idempotency and cost-efficiency in serverless systems; treating infrastructure as versioned code.
SkyTracker IoT — ESP32 Cloud-Connected Flight Tracker
Embedded device that fetches live aircraft telemetry from AWS and displays it on an OLED screen in real time. → View Repo
Stack: ESP32 (C++) · AWS Lambda · API Gateway · OLED Display
What I built:
- Device-to-cloud communication over HTTPS from an ESP32 microcontroller
- AWS Lambda + API Gateway endpoint serving live flight telemetry
- Real-time OLED visualization of aircraft position and altitude data
What I learned: The full IoT loop — hardware constraints and embedded C++ through to serverless APIs and latency tuning.
AWS Custom VPC — Networking Architecture from Scratch
Designed and deployed a complete AWS network environment — custom CIDR, public/private subnets, bastion host access. → View Repo
Stack: AWS VPC · Subnets · Route Tables · Security Groups · Internet Gateway · Bastion Host
What I built:
- Custom CIDR block with public and private subnet separation
- Routing design with Internet Gateway and route table associations
- Bastion host pattern for secure SSH access to private resources
- Security group rules enforcing least-privilege network access
What I learned: How AWS networking primitives compose into real architectures — and why getting routing right matters more than the topology diagram.
currently_learning:
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
- Kubernetes (CKA path)
- Advanced Terraform — modules & remote state
currently_building:
- Cloud-native applications on AWS
- More infrastructure automation projects
exploring:
- Observability (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Platform Engineering patterns
- Distributed systems design
