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Ahmed Mehar

Carteret,NJ

Summary

A dynamic Linux/Cloud Engineer with a proven track record, I excel in deploying Linux based and secure, cost-optimized cloud solutions across Azure and AWS. Leveraging skills in automation (Ansible/AWX, Terraform) and cloud architecture, I've significantly enhanced application deployment processes. My collaborative approach and documentation prowess ensure seamless team integration. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Cloud Engineer

ThreatModeler
Jersey City, NJ
03.2023 - 09.2024
  • Designed, architected, and deployed the Azure application using IAC both in the Azure Portal and Azure Marketplace.
  • Utilize ARM templates to deploy resources in the Azure environment, such as VNet, subnets, virtual machines, storage accounts, SQL databases, public and private IP addresses, application gateways, etc.
  • Configured Json Application on Centos7 using Ngnix webserver and Generalized the VM to create Azure commute Gallery images and .VHD file to build vm's from that image
  • Deployed SQL server and import database from .bacpac file using sql pacakge and setted up Connection string between Database and Applciation
  • Automated setting up the connection string, importing the database from the .bacpac file, installing utilities, and starting the application using a Bash script for application deployment automation.
  • Worked on Azure Partner Center to publish the Virtual Machine offer and Azure Managed Application offer on the Azure Marketplace using ARM templates MainTemplate and CreatUiDefinition.Json files
  • Deployed Service Catalog Managed Application in Azure Portal using Arm templates and Powershell for Users to deploy Applcatoin on the go
  • Provided Optimized Solution in Azure Cloud for deploying a Secure Web Applciation
  • Worked on AWS to Optimize Cost using AWS Compute Optimizer, and AWS Cloudwatch and reserved instasnces to reduce cost
  • Worked on Migrating AWS workshops from one region to another region
  • Worked on intergarting SSO with Okta for Azure and AWS login authentication from the command line
  • Created Documentation which Customers used to deploy newly purchased Applcation, Included Step by Step details, images and Resources utilization
  • Hepled Developers to understand about Azure resourses and ARM template resource types to succesfully added new resources for Azure in the Security Application
  • Genrate SSL cert using OpenSSL and converting in to .pfx for Application Gateway https listener

Cloud Engineer

String and Key
Brooklyn, NY
06.2021 - 06.2022
  • Experience in building Docker images using Docker files and container-based Deployments on Kubernetes
  • Strong CICD experience using Circleci for end - to-end build Automation and Deployments
  • Troubleshooted Application build and deployment failures by working with Appdev and Infrastructure teams as part of the delivery process
  • Created New Relic Alert policies, setup Alert conditions along with the notification channels
  • Designed and built New-relic monitoring Dashboards for Web, Backend, Frontend and Infrastructure teams to provide a holistic view of the application for business canticle entities within the enterprise
  • Experienced with Cloud automation technologies Terraform and experienced in using Terraform for building, changing, and managing cloud infrastructure
  • Documented Infrastructure Architecture, New Relic Monitoring, Kubernetes, Base and instance level deployments via Terraform to the Confluence
  • Managed S3 buckets Lifecycle policies to move the data stored objects to different storages from time to time
  • Managed deployments in EKS managed Kubernetes, setup multi nodes cluster and deployed containerized applications
  • Added a logic in Circleci config to Test Backend seed migration before the new Deploymnets
  • Added the Logic in Circleci for sending slack notifications after the Failure/Success of a deployment
  • Researched for Integration of Hashicorp Vault in my environment
  • Decommissioned the old New Relic account and JfrogArtifactory by canceling the subscription through AWS Console

Linux System Engineer/IT Infrastructure Engineer

FRESH DIRECT
04.2020 - 11.2020
  • Company Overview: NY
  • Performed Monitoring throughout the environment via Solarwinds by creating SAM Templates for Processes/Ports and set up Alerts for them
  • Integrated Multiple UniTrends units with V-Center to run incremental/full backups for VM security and redundency
  • Worked on backup failure issues and then opened cases with UniTrends support to resolved the issues
  • Migrated 3rd party Application Configurations from Puppet code to Ansible by creating multiple Ansible Roles
  • Provisioned servers for different enviroments such as ; Dev, QA1, QA2 and Production using Foreman and Vm templates
  • Applied Java and C++ patches for 3rd party Application on weekly and monthly basis During Downtime for Bug fixes and better performance
  • Utilized Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to deploy multiple Microservices using Git Ansible and Jfrog Artifactory
  • Implemented AWS resources includes EC2, VPC ,EBS, Cloud Watch, Autoscalling, IAM, S3, Route53, ELB
  • Worked on deployment automation of the MicroServices to pull images from the jfrog Artifactory and deploy to Kubernetes cluster using Ansible on EC2 instances
  • Installed and configured New-Relic infra and java agents on various servers
  • Generated, updated and managed SSL certificates for a number of Applications
  • Updated Rhel Servers from Version 7.3 to 7.8 using Ansible/AWX
  • Installed Desktop Central Agent on 500+ servers for system management
  • Attended incident Bridges for Troubleshooting Application related issues and resolved them
  • Provided 24/7 on call rotation support for OS Stability and Application Performance
  • Performed Monthly Restarts for Multiple 3rd party Applications
  • Communicated with Different teams to accomplish tasks and provide Level3/4 support
  • Participated In Normal And Expedited Late Night change controls for Low Bussiness Impact
  • Documented steps for troubleshooting and Configuring purposes
  • Setup CronJobs for Archiving old Log files to maintain space
  • NY

Linux System Engineer

L'Oréal
02.2018 - 01.2020
  • Company Overview: NJ
  • Installed, Configured and Upgraded RHEL 6.x, 7.x Operating Systems
  • Updated vSphere version from 5.5 to 6.0 using VMware Update Manager
  • Added more resources to VIRTUAL MACHINES(VM) like Memory, Disks, CPU, and increased the Swap
  • Managed large scale environment with 2500+ servers including Developing, Testing, and Production etc
  • Monitored and Maintained mission critical servers, Analyzed, troubleshooted and resolved system OS, Software and Performance issues
  • Worked with Ansible for Orchestration, Automation, App deployment, and Configuration management
  • Automated the processes using scripting language (BASH) and maintainined the Scripts
  • Performed live kernel patching on RHEL 7 using RED HAT SATELLITE
  • Configured and Managed NFS, DNS, NIS, SUDO, SSH, LDAP on RHEL Servers
  • Executed and administrated CRON jobs
  • Created different file systems such as Ext3, Ext4, and XFS, then worked on and fixed file systems errors
  • Worked closely with the developers and testing team to check the performance of the newly build systems and resolved the issues
  • Partitioned 100+ hard drives using FDISK and held responsible for anything related to Logical Volume Manager (Creating New File system and /or Extending the file system)
  • Coded the bash scripts to automate daily tasks e.g
  • User management, services, modified configuration files and gathered system information
  • Facilitated different storage containers then created RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 6, 10) to achieve redundancy and performance
  • Worked on virtual and physical Linux hosts and involved in day to day administrative activities such as maintaining user accounts, password management, providing advance file permissions to specific users, etc
  • Examined monthly RED HAT servers patching and installed packages through RHN (RED HAT SATELLITE)
  • Performed monitoring on servers using conventional tools such as SAR, IOSTAT, VMSTAT AND MPSTAT
  • Monitored systems; central processing unit, memory, IDE/SCSI disks, RAID, and network parameters using the tool NAGIOS monitoring system
  • Setup and Maintained NFS Server and Client
  • Containerized applications using Docker for quick deployment of testing environment
  • Pulled Docker images, run containers and monitored the docker deamon processes
  • Granted security and Configured user access and limits using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Created EC2 instances with various AMI's and Configured Applications on the instances
  • Setup new server (EC2) instances/services in AWS configured security groups, and set up Elastic IP's
  • Experienced in creating and attaching Volumes from AWS storage to the EC2 instances
  • Deployed new Linux servers using AWS native AMIs and customized AMIs
  • Customized after creating AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) polices for various AWS resources to have required accessibility to required resources
  • Created and managed Elastic Block Storage (EBS) and S3 buckets
  • Provisioned highly available and scalable EC2 instances, ELB and Auto Scaling
  • Configured and maintained Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
  • Created S3 buckets and managed policies / utilized S3 Glacier for storage and backup on AWS
  • NJ

Jr Linux System Administrator

Boeing
07.2016 - 01.2018
  • Company Overview: Chicago
  • Provisioned configured, and deployed CentOS/RHEL systems 6+
  • Assessed tickets through BMC REMEDY of daily operations and resolved them in a priority order
  • Configured local Yum Repository for within network use of various environments such as PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, UAT etc
  • Troubleshooted server sluggishness using commands: TOP, FREE, VMSTAT, IFTOP
  • Experienced in installing and configuring services such as NFS, NIS, AUTOFS, DHCP, DNS, NTP
  • Implemented Samba server to manage file transfers efficiently within UAT environments
  • Patched servers using package management utilities such as YUM and RPM
  • Performed kernel tuning using the SYSCTL command to change kernel parameters on the fly as well as to make them boot-persistent
  • Handled user authentication by utilizing password less access for SSH
  • Maintained different RAID levels with knowledge of various advantages, disadvantages, and requirements of each level (MIRRORING, STRIPING, PARITY)
  • Assisted different teams when unboxing new servers by RACKING, STACKING and WIRING
  • Administered knowledge of the fundamentals of Bash scripting
  • Developed scripts to automate daily tasks
  • Investigated with NIC team to manage load balancing and fault tolerance of network interfaces on a daily basis
  • Installed ESXI 5.5 & 6.0 & 6.5 on Dell and HP bare-metal servers as well as virtual servers
  • Utilized the SCP and RSYNC commands to safely copy files between machines
  • Configured LVM for better file-system management and storage provisioning
  • Used utilities like GDISK and FDISK for partitioning
  • Made entries in FSTABto permanently mount filesystems
  • Enforced sniffing tools such as TCPDUMP and Wireshark to monitor and analyze network traffic to assist in network troubleshooting
  • Monitored system activity information for different time frames using SAR command
  • Installed and configured servers (DHCP, TFTP, FTP) needed for over the network installation of virtual machines using PXE boot
  • Documented troubleshooting guidelines, root cause analysis sheets, and strategies for improvement of various tasks for more efficient performance overall
  • Overlooked the environment for changes in policies and upgrades, then implemented those changes through patching of relevant servers
  • Researched and recommended innovative approaches for automating system administration tasks
  • Chicago

Linux Systems Operator

IBM Global
03.2015 - 06.2016
  • Company Overview: NY
  • Identified, diagnosed, and resolved issues with workstations, laptops, end-user software/hardware across a variety of platforms including Windows/Linux
  • Generated reports detailing common problems and error trends and documented all issues
  • Configured and managed backup & restore procedures
  • Tracked open tickets, monitored progress, escalated when necessary, followed up and closed items when problems were resolved
  • Attended to onsite problems such as; network connections, PC diagnostic issues, printer problems, PC set up and configurations, addressing customer concerns regarding services and/or needs
  • Installed and configured wireless networking equipment, network software, including security or firewall software, ensuring integration with existing network systems
  • Set up equipment for customer use, executed proper installation of cables, operating systems, and appropriate software
  • Troubleshot, upgraded and repaired PCs/laptops
  • NY

Education

one year of college -

Royal Group of College
Punjab, Pakistan
01.2013

High School Diploma -

Federal Science College
Punjab, Pakistan
01.2011

Skills

  • Automation (Ansible/AWX, Terraform, ARM Templates)
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
  • Containerization (Dockers, Kubernetes)
  • Monitoring Tools (NewRelic, Solarwinds, Nagios)
  • Scripting (Bash, Powershell)
  • CICD (Jenkins, CircleCI)
  • Break/Fix
  • Provisioning/Decommissioning
  • Patching
  • Migrations
  • Documentation

Certification

  • RHCSA, pending
  • AWS, pending

Timeline

Cloud Engineer

ThreatModeler
03.2023 - 09.2024

Cloud Engineer

String and Key
06.2021 - 06.2022

Linux System Engineer/IT Infrastructure Engineer

FRESH DIRECT
04.2020 - 11.2020

Linux System Engineer

L'Oréal
02.2018 - 01.2020

Jr Linux System Administrator

Boeing
07.2016 - 01.2018

Linux Systems Operator

IBM Global
03.2015 - 06.2016

one year of college -

Royal Group of College

High School Diploma -

Federal Science College

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