MOHAMMED NIZAMUDDIN
RIYADH
Summary
Dynamic IT professional with over 12 years of progressive experience across diverse domains, including Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, CloudOps, and IT infrastructure management. Expertise in designing, implementing, and migrating cloud-based solutions on AWS, GCP, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), with extensive experience transitioning on-premise Nutanix hybrid cloud environments to AWS and OCI. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and managing enterprise IT infrastructure while delivering robust, scalable, and secure solutions that align with organizational objectives. Skilled at bridging technical and managerial roles, fostering team development, and driving innovation to achieve operational excellence.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
17
17
Milestone Projects
Work History
Senior Systems Engineer (SRE | PaaS | CloudOps)
Geidea Technologies
12.2022 - Current
- Managed IT infrastructure projects to enhance system reliability and performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline IT operations and support business objectives.
- Led initiatives to upgrade hardware and software systems, reducing downtime significantly.
- Ensured optimal performance of critical systems by regularly updating and patching following SAMA and PCI regulations.
- Automated deployment processes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Led migration projects to transition legacy systems to cloud platforms, improving operational efficiency.
- Designed disaster recovery plans to minimize business impact in case of unexpected events or outages.
- Integrated monitoring tools for real-time visibility into system performance, enabling rapid response to potential issues.
- Developed custom scripts for automating manual tasks, increasing team productivity and minimizing errors.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines to streamline software deployment processes.
- Managed cloud infrastructure using AWS, enhancing scalability and reliability.
- Led incident response efforts to resolve critical issues, minimizing downtime impacts.
- Maintained version control systems like Git or SVN for seamless collaboration among developers and engineers during project lifecycles.
- Designed and implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes, improving resource utilization and management.
- Coordinated IT operations activities to deliver smooth flow of daily business needs.
- Conferred with Management to advise and plan for short-term and long-term IT system upgrade needs.
- Liaised with other departments to minimize network interruptions and possible downtimes.
Senior Systems Engineer (PaaS | Virtualization)
General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI)
11.2020 - 11.2022
IT Application and Infra Specialist
Ithraa Capital
03.2018 - 11.2020
IT Application Management Specialist
House of Retail LLC
03.2015 - 03.2018
Application Support Engineer
Landmark Arabia
03.2013 - 03.2015
IT Support Engineer
Wipro Technologies
05.2012 - 03.2013
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering
JNTU
Hyderabad, India03-2012
Skills
- Proficient in AWS, GCP, OCI, and Azure & Hybrid cloud migration expertise
- Optimization and scaling of SaaS and PaaS solutions
- Infrastructure automation: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation & Python and Bash scripts
- Experience with container management and orchestration tools And expertise in Jenkins and GitLab CI
- Proficient in monitoring tools: Splunk, Elastic Stack, Grafana
- Team leadership and mentoring
- Experience with virtualization solutions
- Proficient in ITIL practices and SAMA, PCI and cybersecurity frameworks and regulations
Accomplishments
- Actively involved in migration of infra from Nutanix to AWS Cloud (Outpost)
- Played important role in consolidation and centralization project in Geidea
- Implemented automation using ansible and terraform in Geidea.
- Implemented Elastic Search for monitoring in Geidea.
- Implemented NOTO, Optimus, Nessus and Softpos Containerization in Geidea
- Implemented Bitdefender Gravity-Zone for Linux OS in GOSI
- Implemented RedHat IPA at GOSI & PPA
- ArcESB mftp for business Users at GOSI
- Pacemaker for High-availability of infrastructure resources.
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) – Professional Architect 2023
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Terraform Administrator
- Splunk Certified Power User
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Certified Scrum Master (PSM1)
- ITIL v3 Certified
Timeline
Senior Systems Engineer (SRE | PaaS | CloudOps)
Geidea Technologies
12.2022 - Current
Senior Systems Engineer (PaaS | Virtualization)
General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI)
11.2020 - 11.2022
IT Application and Infra Specialist
Ithraa Capital
03.2018 - 11.2020
IT Application Management Specialist
House of Retail LLC
03.2015 - 03.2018
Application Support Engineer
Landmark Arabia
03.2013 - 03.2015
IT Support Engineer
Wipro Technologies
05.2012 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering
JNTU
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Successfully migrated mission-critical workloads from Nutanix hybrid cloud to AWS and OCI, reducing infrastructure costs by 55% while enhancing system reliability.
- Led SaaS and PaaS solution design and deployment initiatives, enabling scalable and secure services across fintech, finance, and government organizations.
- Implemented enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks, cutting deployment times by 70% and boosting release frequency.
- Designed and deployed centralized monitoring systems (Splunk, Elastic, Grafana), significantly reducing MTTR and improving system observability.
- Directed incident response operations and postmortems, establishing DR plans and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks.
- Orchestrated IT infrastructure consolidation and centralization projects to optimize resources and achieve operational excellence.
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