Omar Albalouli

DevOps and Cloud Engineer @ Network International

👉 [email protected]

Professional Summary

Skills

Kubernetes
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Terraform
Linux
Python
Django
Microsoft Azure
DevSecOps
TeamCity
Bash
ELK
Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps
Prometheus
Grafana
Ansible
Argo CD
Networking
Communication
Problem-solving
Troubleshooting
Technical Support

Work History

🚧 Cloud Engineer | Network International

June 2024 - Present

  • Manage 10+ Kubernetes clusters across multiple infrastructures (Azure, AWS, OCI, on-premises), ensuring scalability and high availability.
  • Architect and deploy high-availability Kubernetes clusters on-premises using Ansible, Kubeadm, MetalLB, and Longhorn.
  • Design and implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform.
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, TeamCity, Python, and Bash scripting, ensuring efficient and consistent software delivery.
  • Integrate SAST and SCA tools such as Prisma Cloud, Veracode, and SonarQube into CI/CD pipelines to enforce application security and compliance.
  • Install and configure centralized logging and monitoring stacks such as ELK, Grafana, Prometheus.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams, to ensure alignment towards shared objectives.
  • Documenting maintenance procedures tailored for support teams to effectively manage and sustain the developed software.
🚧 DevOps Engineer | Aspire IT Services

March 2023 - June 2024

  • Deployed and managed AWS resources, including EC2 instances, and EKS clusters using terraform.
  • Deployed and managed containerized applications using EKS, helm.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeBuild.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams, to ensure alignment towards shared objectives.
  • Managed and automated the configuration and maintenance of Linux servers using AWS Systems Manager and Ansible, ensuring consistency across environments.
🚧 DevOps / Linux System Administrator | Electronic Health Solutions (EHS - Hakeem)

September 2022 - February 2023

  • Managed critical environments with zero downtime, ensuring continuous availability and reliability of services.
  • Managed on-premises Red Hat Linux servers, ensuring their optimal performance and security.
  • Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
  • Developed and maintained Ansible playbooks for automating the configuration and deployment.
  • Configured and managed monitoring tools such as Nagios, Prometheus, and Grafana.
  • Configured and managed high-available load balancers using HAProxy and Keepalived.

Certifications

Achievements

  • Discovered and reported CVE-2022-40208 in Moodle, where insufficient limitations in quiz web services allowed students to bypass sequential navigation during a quiz attempt, improving platform security by identifying and addressing potential exploits.