HUSSAM ALAHMADI
Riyadh
Summary
Cloud Operations Director with 10+ years of experience leading digital transformation, driving cloud adoption, and optimizing service delivery. Expert in cloud-first strategies, cost reduction, and building high-performing DevOps teams.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud & DevOps Director
SPL
04.2024 - Current
- Executed a strategic migration of 730+ workloads to Azure, unlocking a 30% reduction in operational expenditure and improving cost predictability.
- Built and led high-performance cloud and DevOps teams to deliver against business-critical timelines, budgets, and SLAs.
- Defined and owned the cloud roadmap in alignment with corporate growth objectives, enabling scalable and resilient digital infrastructure.
- Streamlined software delivery through CI/CD automation, accelerating product release cycles and supporting faster go-to-market execution.
- Reduced cloud TCO by 20% through rightsizing, vendor negotiations, and proactive usage management.
- Acted as a key stakeholder across IT, security, and business units to ensure cloud strategy supported risk posture, compliance, and business continuity.
- Implemented enterprise-grade availability and disaster recovery to safeguard revenue-generating systems and customer-facing services.
- Enabled organizational agility by aligning cloud engineering capabilities with evolving business priorities and market demands.
DEVOPS MANAGER
STC
04.2022 - 04.2024
- Participating in Agile or Scrum methodologies, and working with cross-functional teams.
- Leading and managing a team of DevOps engineers, providing technical guidance, and setting goals and objectives for the team.
- Performed regular backups of databases according to established policies and procedures.
- Designing, deploying, and managing Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
- Configuring and managing Kubernetes monitoring and logging using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
- Automating software build, deployment, and release processes to improve efficiency and reduce errors.
- Designing and implementing monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify issues and prevent downtime.
- Implementing and maintaining a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline.
- Managing cloud infrastructure and services like AWS, GCP.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
THIQAH Business Services
04.2021 - 04.2022
SENIOR INTEGRATION DEVELOPER
THIQAH Business Services
04.2020 - 04.2021
INTEGRATION DEVELOPER
Ministry Of Hajj and Umrah
12.2015 - 04.2020
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
King Abdul-Aziz University
06.2015
Skills
- Strategic Cloud Architecture and Optimization
- Efficient DevSecOps and Agile Implementation
- Leadership in Multi-Cloud and Kubernetes Initiatives
- Technical Leadership and Team Development
- Building and Transformation Systems and Cloud Solutions
- Strategic Planning and Operational Execution
Area Of Expertise
- Strategic Cloud Architecture and Optimization
- Efficient DevSecOps and Agile Implementation
- Leadership in Multi-Cloud and Kubernetes Initiatives
- Technical Leadership and Team Development
- Building and Transformation Systems and Cloud Solutions
- Strategic Planning and Operational Execution
Certification
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Foundation
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Professional Scrum Master I
- Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate
- API Designer- API Academy
- API Security Architect - API Academy
- API Development on Google Apigee API Platform
Timeline
Cloud & DevOps Director
SPL
04.2024 - Current
DEVOPS MANAGER
STC
04.2022 - 04.2024
DEVOPS ENGINEER
THIQAH Business Services
04.2021 - 04.2022
SENIOR INTEGRATION DEVELOPER
THIQAH Business Services
04.2020 - 04.2021
INTEGRATION DEVELOPER
Ministry Of Hajj and Umrah
12.2015 - 04.2020
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) - SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
King Abdul-Aziz University
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