I build cloud platforms.

For more than two decades, I’ve been designing, building and operating enterprise infrastructure. My work has evolved from Linux systems administration and virtualization to large-scale cloud platforms serving enterprise and government customers.

Today, my focus is cloud infrastructure—helping organizations design platforms that are reliable, scalable, secure and operationally sustainable.

Rather than chasing the latest technology, I enjoy solving practical engineering problems that balance technical excellence with business requirements.

What I Do

I work across the complete lifecycle of cloud infrastructure.

  • Cloud platform architecture
  • Cloud deployment and operations
  • Infrastructure design
  • Hardware evaluation and sizing
  • Capacity planning
  • Performance engineering
  • Platform reliability
  • Linux & OpenStack
  • Security and compliance
  • Operations strategy

Experience

I’ve spent more than 23 years in IT. Out of this 15 years in Cloud.

For the last decade, I’ve been involved in the design, deployment and operation of STC Cloud, contributing across architecture, engineering and production operations.

My responsibilities have included:

  • Designing cloud infrastructure from business requirements
  • Selecting compute, storage and networking hardware
  • Planning platform capacity and growth
  • Leading production cloud operations
  • Improving availability and operational efficiency
  • Working with engineering, cybersecurity and commercial teams
  • Supporting compliance and audit initiatives

Earlier in my career, I worked extensively with Linux infrastructure, virtualization, enterprise networking and datacenter operations—experience that continues to shape my approach to cloud engineering today.

A Few Things I’m Proud Of

  • Contributed to one of Saudi Arabia’s earliest large-scale public cloud platforms.
  • Designed infrastructure that balances performance, reliability and cost.
  • Built operational processes that improve platform stability.
  • Worked across architecture, deployment and production—not just one phase of the lifecycle.
  • Helped engineering teams grow through mentoring and technical leadership.

Technology

Cloud Platforms

OpenStack • Public Cloud • Private Cloud • Cloud Architecture • Cloud Operations

Infrastructure

Linux • KVM • Networking • Storage • Virtualization

Engineering

Infrastructure Design • Capacity Planning • Performance Engineering

Operations

Incident Management • Customer Success • Reliability Engineering • Security • Compliance • Cost Optimization

Certifications

  • TOGAF
  • Mirantis Certified OpenStack Professional
  • CompTIA Security+
  • ITIL 4 Foundation
  • ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner

Beyond Work

I enjoy writing about Linux, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and enterprise architecture.

This website is where I document practical solutions, lessons learned and engineering experiences gained from building and operating production infrastructure over the past two decades.

If an article helps someone solve a problem a little faster than I did, then it has served its purpose.