About Me
PhD in Computer Science with a focus on Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing. Over 10 years of experience in software architecture, cloud infrastructure, and leading high-performance engineering teams. Passionate about solving complex technical challenges and mentoring the next generation of engineers.
With over a decade of experience in IT infrastructure, cloudOps, and automation, I specialize in designing, implementing, and maintaining high-performance computing environments. I have worked extensively with leading technologies, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, Terraform, Ansible, and VMware, to create efficient, secure, and scalable solutions for various industries.
My mission is to leverage my expertise in IT infrastructure and automation to help organizations streamline operations, improve security, and optimize performance.
Technical Skills
Automation & DevOps
Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, GitOps, Terraform
Cloud Platforms
AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Containerization & Orchestration
Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker
Virtualization
VMware, KVM, RedHat Enterprise Virtualization
Linux & UNIX Administration
RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris
Networking & Security
Security hardening, Load Balancing (HAProxy), Firewalls, VPNs
Database Administration
MySQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL Cluster
Monitoring & Performance Tuning
Zabbix, Nagios, Log Analysis
Scripting & Automation
Bash, Python
Web Servers & Infrastructure
Nginx, Apache, WebSphere
Experience
IT Operations and Automation Technical Team Lead
ACME SAICO - Integrated Engineering Systems (IES) • Sep 2022 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos
Cairo, Egypt · On-site
- Design, develop and deploy Technical Architecture for customers
- Develop and maintain configuration management solutions (Ansible, Puppet)
- Developing and implementing service improvements
- Research, recommend and adopt the right solution based on the use case
- Help tune performance and ensure high availability of infrastructure
- Design and develop infrastructure monitoring and reporting tools
- Onsite support for customers having critical infrastructures
- Developing scripts for log analysis and monitoring system performance
- vCenter/ESXi administration and management
- Performance tuning for services like MySQL, Nginx, and Apache
- Security hardening for Linux servers
- Setting up and configuring open source Zabbix solution for monitoring systems, services and network devices
- Developing Bash scripts that automates administration tasks
- Design for infrastructure including systems architecture and their availability
IT Infrastructure Consultant
UNIX | Linux | Ansible | Red Hat OpenShift • Dec 2017 - Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 9 mos
Cairo Governorate · Hybrid
- Onsite support for customers having critical infrastructures
- Developing scripts for log analysis and monitoring system performance
- vCenter/ESXi administration and management
- Performance tuning for services like MySQL, Nginx, and Apache
- Security hardening for Linux servers
- Analyzing and preventing attacks
- Creating, monitoring, and maintaining backup for our servers
- Providing technical support via tickets, phone, and e-mail
- Designing high-level solutions for integrating different systems from different vendors
- Developing Bash scripts that generate daily performance reports
- Carry out daily Linux/Unix system administration tasks for Linux/Unix machines
- Setting up and configuring open source Zabbix solution for monitoring systems, services and network devices
- Developing Bash scripts that automates some administration tasks
- Periodically making a health check for Linux/Unix systems
- Setting up and configuring open source load balancer (HAProxy) to load the balance between application servers
- Design and implement docker containers to setup applications needed to be portable and flexible
- Setting up and configuring phabricator on CentOS 7 to manage the projects in the company
- Implementing and configuring FreeIPA on CentOS 7 to act as domain controller and DNS server
- Implementing NTP Server and synchronize the time for all servers and clients in the network
- Setting up and configuring GitLab on CentOS 7
- Implementing and configuring KVM and Redhat Enterprise Virtualization
- Design for infrastructure including systems architecture and their availability
- Implementing and dealing with Container using Docker
- Implementing and configuring Kubernetes to manage containers
- Implementing and configuring Ansible to manage different Linux servers at the same time and automate the administration tasks
Senior Systems Engineer
UNIX | Linux | VMware vSphere • Sep 2015 - Nov 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos
Cairo, Egypt · Hybrid
- Carry out daily Linux/Unix system administration tasks for Linux/Unix machines
- Setting up and configuring open source Zabbix solution for monitoring systems, services and network devices
- Developing Bash scripts that automates some administration tasks
- Periodically making a health check for Linux/Unix systems
- Setting up and configuring open source load balancer (HAProxy) to load the balance between application servers
- Design and implement docker containers to setup applications needed to be portable and flexible
- Setting up and configuring phabricator on CentOS 7 to manage the projects in the company
- Implementing and configuring FreeIPA on CentOS 7 to act as domain controller and DNS server
- Implementing NTP Server and synchronize the time for all servers and clients in the network
- Setting up and configuring GitLab on CentOS 7
- Implementing and configuring KVM and Redhat Enterprise Virtualization
- Design for infrastructure including systems architecture and their availability
- Implementing and dealing with Container using Docker
- Implementing and configuring Kubernetes to manage containers
- Implementing and configuring Ansible to manage different Linux servers at the same time and automate the administration tasks
Certifications
AWS Educate Getting Started with Compute
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Issued Dec 2023
AWS Educate Getting Started with Storage
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Issued Dec 2023
IBM Certified System Administrator - MQ V9.0
IBM
Issued Dec 2023
IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V9.0
IBM
Issued Dec 2023
Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Certified Specialist
Oracle
Issued Dec 2023
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Cloud Operations Certified Associate
Oracle
Issued Dec 2023
Oracle cloud infrastructure Developer Associate
Oracle
Issued Dec 2023
Oracle cloud infrastructure foundations 2020 Associate
Oracle
Issued Dec 2023
Huawei Certified ICT Associate
Huawei
Issued Dec 2023
Cisco Certified Network Associate Academy
Cisco
Issued Dec 2023
Selected Publications
"Anomaly events classification and detection system in critical industrial internet of things infrastructure using machine learning algorithms"
Multimedia Tools and Applications · Mar 1, 2021
"An efficient machine learning model for malicious activities recognition in water‐based industrial internet of things"
Security and Privacy · Feb 2, 2021
"Anomaly Activities Detection System in Critical Water SCADA Infrastructure Using Machine Learning Techniques"
Dec 1, 2019
"An EnergyEfficient Consolidation of Virtual Machines in Cloud Data Centers"
Minoufia Journal of Electronic Engineering Research(MJEER) · Jan 2, 2017
"An efficient resource utilization technique for consolidation of virtual machines in cloud computing environments"
2016 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI)