DevOps Lead

• Dec 2022 - Present

As a DevOps Lead at CoinMENA,I am responsible for overseeing and driving the implementation of efficient and reliable DevOps practices. Leveraging my expertise in AWS, Kubernetes EKS, and CICD tools such as Jenkins, I play a vital role in enhancing the platform's performance, scalability, and security. Key Responsibilities: 1) DevOps Leadership: Lead a team of talented DevOps engineers, guiding and mentoring them to ensure streamlined processes, efficient deployments, and high-quality deliverables. 2) Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, and maintain the cloud infrastructure on AWS, leveraging services like EC2, RDS, S3, and Lambda to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency. 3) Kubernetes Expertise: Manage and optimize the Kubernetes EKS cluster, ensuring smooth deployment, scaling, and monitoring of microservices, while adhering to best practices and industry standards. 4) Continuous Integration and Deployment: Establish and maintain a robust CICD pipeline using Jenkins, facilitating seamless integration, testing, and deployment of software updates, ensuring rapid and reliable releases. 5) Cybersecurity Practices: Implement and enforce rigorous cybersecurity practices to safeguard CoinMENA's systems and customer data. Continuously assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks, staying up to date with emerging threats and industry trends. 6) Incident Response and Troubleshooting: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promptly address and resolve system issues, minimizing downtime and ensuring a smooth user experience. 7) Process Optimization: Identify areas for process improvement, automation, and efficiency gains within the DevOps workflow, driving the adoption of best practices and tools. Show less

IT Systems Supervisor

• May 2022 - Present

In this role, I'm responsible for managing Open Source heterogeneous infrastructure and implementing the latest technologies including:  Managing Linux infrastructure • On-premise and virtualized • Cloud • Nutanix HCI  Linux infrastructure hardening for both performance and security including: * Tuning kernel filters and modules * Apply security patches for discovered vulnerabilities  Write Scripts to automate infra work including: • Bash Scripting • Ansible CM  Managing different Kubernetes distros including: • Kubernetes • Openshift • Nutanix Karbon  Deploy and Manage Cloud Native Applications including: • Istio and Linkerd for Service Mesh • Promethous and OpenTelemtry for Monitoring and Metrics • Longhorn for Block Storage • Jaeger and zipkin for distributed tracing • Jenkins for CI/CD pipeline • ELK stack for logging • Kasten K10 and Velero for Backup and disaster recovery  Transforming Legacy Infrastructure to IaC model. Show less

DevOps / SecOps Consultant

• Nov 2018 - Apr 2022

- Provide Open source technologies consultation and implementation including DevOps and SecOps topics. -Linux/Unix infrastructure consultations and implementation - Provide Open source technologies consultation and implementation including DevOps and SecOps topics. -Linux/Unix infrastructure consultations and implementation

Senior Linux \ Unix Infrastructure Engineer

• Jul 2017 - Oct 2018

Manage company infrastructure and implement latest technologies . technologies i've worked on in this role : 1- Linux \ Unix distros : ( Red Hat , Centos , Ubuntu , FreeBSD , IBM-AIX ) 2- DevOps Tools: ( Ansible , Chef , Puppet , Jenkins , Docker , Kubernates ,slack , Kitchen CI ) 3- Infrastructure services : ( Bind DNS , Zimbra mail , Zabbix , nagios , Tomcat , PFsense , DRBD , Pacemaker ) 4- Infrastructure Setup : ( Emerson cooling system , BMS , Bosch , HP , F5 , Foretinet ) Show less

Cyber Security Consultant

• Apr 2015 - Jun 2017

- Conduct threat and risk analysis and provides essential suggestions. - Design intruder detection and prevention systems to prevent network invasion - Develop, update, and implement security measures and controls. - Helping in performing research, testing, evaluation, and deployment of security procedures. - Design security training materials and organizes training sessions for the other departments. - Examine and evaluate security-related technologies. They resolve security issues and other data-related problems. - Monitoring network traffic and internet connectivity data and reports on risks. Show less

Linux Trainer

• Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

Deliver Linux Training Courses : 1- CompTIA Linux+ ( LPIC 1+2 ) 2- Red Hat System Administration 1 + 2 + 3 3- Customized Linux Courses Deliver Linux Training Courses : 1- CompTIA Linux+ ( LPIC 1+2 ) 2- Red Hat System Administration 1 + 2 + 3 3- Customized Linux Courses

Security and Linux trainer

• Apr 2012 - Jan 2014

Deliver Information Security and Linux Courses : 1- Linux + 2- Red Hat 3-Security + 4- Ethical Hacking Deliver Information Security and Linux Courses : 1- Linux + 2- Red Hat 3-Security + 4- Ethical Hacking

Freelance Security and linux trainer

• Apr 2010 - Feb 2012