Ahmed is a high-performing Cloud Architect and Senior DevOps Engineer with 16+ years of experience in software development, architecture, and design, with a focus on cloud and microservices solutions. He is proficient in Node.js, C#, JavaScript, XML, and NoSQL and has extensive experience building development frameworks and working with AWS Cloud solution architecture, various AWS services, microservices, Azure DevOps, SOA, and Linux. Ahmed holds multiple AWS certifications and is a Red Hat Certified Architect in Infrastructure and an AWS Community Builder, contributing to knowledge-sharing and networking among AWS enthusiasts.
Delivering CI/CD as part of an Agile team to improve performance by automating and streamlining operations and processes.
Helping build and improve infrastructure, application, and performance development and ensuring tight security including data encryption, security groups, and environmental scanning.
Ensuring high-quality deliverables and implementing DevOps and security best practices in fast-paced environments.
Designed and implemented the infrastructure for the different environments on Azure.
Implemented IaC using Azure ARM templates and Azure CLI and used Azure DevOps pipelines for infrastructure and the application.
Applied best practices to all Azure resources and implemented VNet subnets separation to isolate private resources and expose only the needed resources for public access.
Worked on an Investment KFH project, an integrated multi-user investment management system for administration of all financial investment products, investment transactions, corporate events, and portfolio management.
Used Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and C# for software development and Microsoft SQL Server for databases.
SMS API provides instant worldwide message delivery. Worked on implementing and maintaining a CEQUENS messaging gateway using Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, Visual Studio Code, C#, and Node.js for software development, Redis for caching, and ActiveMQ as a queue server. Served as L3 support for any issues reported by the support team and as a DevOps engineer using OpsWork, Beanstalk, CodeCommit, CodePipeline, and CloudFormation to automate the deployment of some gateway components.
Joined a digital transformation project for Saudi Telecom working with vendors to get the CI/CD stack and the container platform up and running based on STC's requirements. Supported, maintained, and administrated DevOps stack components consisting of OpenShift, Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, and Elasticsearch. Assisted the dev teams in joining this stack by providing training and guidelines. Created the needed pipelines to apply GitFlow to some applications.
CleanSlate is a national medical group providing integrated treatment for the chronic disease of addiction. Designed and implemented the infrastructure for the different environments on Azure. Implemented IaC using Azure ARM templates and Azure CLI. Used Azure DevOps pipelines for infrastructure and the application and applied best practices for all Azure resources.
Education
AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (Expired Aug 2024)
AWS
2021 - 2021
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (Expired Oct 2023)
AWS
2020 - 2020
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (Expired Nov 2023)
AWS
2017 - 2017
Bachelor's Degree, Production Engineering and Mechanical Design
