Omar Shehab
Riyadh
Summary
Senior DevOps and Platform Engineer with 10+ years of experience - 4 years owning enterprise CI/CD platform design, DevSecOps governance, and infrastructure automation across multi-project portfolios, and 6 years delivering high-availability backend systems for financial exchanges and government platforms across Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Proven record of increasing deployment frequency 3×, reducing security defects by 50%, and scaling reliability practices across 500+ engineers. Brings an SRE-aligned mindset: reliability is an engineering problem, and automation is its solution.
Overview
5
5
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer
Thiqah Business Services Company
Riyadh, KSA
07.2023 - Current
- Architected and standardized CI/CD pipeline frameworks across 8+ enterprise programs using Azure DevOps - covering build, automated testing, SAST, and blue-green deployment - increasing deployment frequency 3× and cutting manual release effort by 75%.
- Designed and enforced organization-wide DevSecOps policies and automated security gates (SAST, dependency scanning, quality thresholds), reducing security defects escaping to production by 40% within 6 months.
- Deployed and governed SonarQube On-Prem for 12 development teams - installation, upgrade lifecycle, and rule-set governance - driving a 70% reduction in critical code-quality issues across the portfolio.
- Built a self-service automated ticketing system for access provisioning, repository creation, and operational requests, cutting average resolution time from 3 business days to under 2 hours.
- Spearheaded company-wide GitHub Copilot and AI Agent adoption for 200+ engineers: authored governance policies, access standards, and compliance guardrails for safe AI-assisted development on scale.
- Served as SDLC Architect across 8+ concurrent enterprise programs - standardizing toolchain selection, branching strategies, environment promotion workflows, and release governance.
- Managed Docker containerization and Kubernetes (AKS) orchestration for development and staging environments via Helm, reducing environment-related incidents by 60%.
Technical Team Lead - Backend Engineering
Lean Business Services
Riyadh, KSA
11.2020 - 07.2023
- Led backend engineering for SEHA (seha.sa) and Anat (anat.sa) - Saudi government digital platforms serving 500K+ registered users - across architecture, development, and production delivery.
- Designed resilient microservice architectures in .NET Core using Clean Architecture, CQRS, and DDD; integrated 15+ government APIs (Ministry of Health, national identity, insurance networks).
- Reduced post-release defect rate by 45% through structured code review processes and architectural enforcement gates.
- Sustained 95% on-time sprint delivery across a 32-month government program through direct stakeholder coordination.
Technical Team Lead - Backend Engineering
Tamkeen Technologies
Riyadh, KSA
11.2019 - 11.2020
- Led backend development and third-party system integration for Masar (masar.sa), KSA's national logistics and transportation tracking platform.
- Managed team task assignments, sprint planning, and delivery quality; maintained code standards and technical documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
- Led cross-functional teams to develop innovative technical solutions.
- Streamlined project workflows, enhancing team efficiency and delivery timelines.
Senior Solutions Developer
Link Development
Cairo, Egypt
11.2018 - 11.2019
- Developed and enhanced enterprise portal applications for CITC (cst.gov.sa), Saudi Arabia's communications and IT regulatory authority.
- Led backend system design reviews, resolved production performance bottlenecks, and engaged directly with client stakeholders on technical requirements.
- Developed APIs and integrations for seamless data exchange between systems.
- Conducted code reviews and provided mentorship to junior developers, improving code quality.
Senior Software Developer
Flairstech
Cairo, Egypt
07.2017 - 11.2018
- Designed and delivered backend services and RESTful APIs for Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (adx.ae) - a high-availability financial trading platform with zero downtime tolerance.
- Diagnosed and resolved complex concurrency and performance issues in production systems under strict SLA constraints.
- Led development of scalable software solutions, enhancing system performance and reliability.
- Mentored junior developers, fostering skill growth and improving team efficiency.
Senior Solutions Developer
Sky Distribution
Cairo, Egypt
08.2016 - 07.2017
- Executed implementation and customization of Microsoft Dynamics AX (X++) ERP modules, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Designed and implemented scalable software solutions to enhance operational efficiency.
- Led cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects on time and within budget.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt05-2016
Skills
- Azure DevOps
- Kubernetes (AKS)
- Docker
- Terraform
- GitOps & Multi-Stage CI/CD Pipelines
- GitHub Actions
- DevSecOps (SAST, Secrets Management, Quality Gates)
- SonarQube
- Observability & Monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
- SRE Practices (SLO/SLI, Incident Response, Runbooks)
- Microsoft Azure
- NET / ASPNET Core Microservices
Certification
- DevOps Foundation (DOFD), DevOps Institute, 05/2025
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), Microsoft, 08/2024
- Agile Foundation, ITIDA - SECC, 10/2018
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Microsoft, 01/2017
Languages
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
German
Professional Working
Timeline
Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer
Thiqah Business Services Company
07.2023 - Current
Technical Team Lead - Backend Engineering
Lean Business Services
11.2020 - 07.2023
Technical Team Lead - Backend Engineering
Tamkeen Technologies
11.2019 - 11.2020
Senior Solutions Developer
Link Development
11.2018 - 11.2019
Senior Software Developer
Flairstech
07.2017 - 11.2018
Senior Solutions Developer
Sky Distribution
08.2016 - 07.2017
Bachelor of Computer Science - Computer Science
Cairo University