About

Chief Cloud Architect & Technical Lead with experience in designing, delivering, and operating secure, highly available, and cost-efficient cloud platforms for enterprise and regulated environments. Works across GCP, Alibaba Cloud, and OpenStack, with hands-on expertise in infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and Linux systems.

Focused on practical architecture, clear decision-making, and advanced troubleshooting, with a security-first approach. Designs platforms with embedded automation, operational readiness, and long-term maintainability, balancing risk, cost, and performance.

A collaborative technical leader who mentors engineers, partners effectively across teams, and communicates complex topics clearly. Known for building reliable, future-focused cloud platforms supported by strong documentation, sound governance, and consistent operations.

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Professional Skills
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
95%
Coding/Scripting (Bash, Python)
93%
Cloud Architecture (GCP, Alibaba, Azure)
91%
OpenShift/Kubernetes
90%
DevOps & CI/CD
89%
Linux Engineering (RHEL)
87%
Database Engineering (PostgreSQL, MySQL)
85%
IoT Architecture / Devices Configurations
83%
Observability & Monitoring
80%
Security & Compliance
75%
Work Experience

July 2022 - Present

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Chief Architect and Technical Lead | Cloud Professional Services Delivery

Leading cloud architecture and engineering initiatives across multiple sectors:

  • Designed and delivered end-to-end cloud platforms on GCP, Alibaba Cloud, and OpenStack for government, financial, healthcare, and enterprise sectors
  • Architected production-grade, highly available infrastructure: compute, database, storage, networking, security, observability, application routing
  • Implemented core GCP services: GCE, GKE, Cloud DNS, Cloud Storage, Filestore, Gateway API, Secret Manager, Cloud Armor, Cloud NAT
  • Delivered Alibaba Cloud solutions: ACK, ECS, ApsaraDB, DTS, OSS, load balancers, cloud-native infrastructure
  • Designed and deployed self-managed PostgreSQL 17 HA clusters with automated failover/failback, GCS-based backups
  • Led PT/VA‑driven security hardening activities, collaborating closely with cybersecurity teams to remediate findings, strengthen platform security posture.
  • Led zero-data-loss database migrations and two-way synchronization across cloud providers
  • Built fully automated environments using Terraform workspaces, reusable IaC modules, Bash scripting, and Ansible playbooks
  • Implemented comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and logging frameworks
  • Generated, signed, and installed TLS/SSL certificates using internal CA; configured HTTPS enforcement
  • Ensured secrets were stored and shared securely by using proper credential, certificate, and key management tools.
  • Hardened security posture: organization policies, IAM, firewalls, data diodes, encrypted communication payloads, MFA integrations
  • Authored HLD, LLD, and as-built documentation aligned to best practices and well architecture standards.
  • Provided technical leadership: guided engineers, assigned tasks, supported implementations, mentored junior team members

July 2019 - June 2022

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Technical Lead & Sr. Engineer | IoT Engineering

Led IoT engineering initiatives spanning cloud infrastructure, industrial IoT platforms, and device integration:

  • Configured and integrated IoT devices and sensors: TCP/UDP communication; analog/digital sensors; Bluetooth, ZigBee, LoRa
  • Unified firmware across all IoT tracking devices; embedded encrypted communication payloads directly into device firmware
  • Introduced MQTT protocol for fleet enablement; engineered ultra-accurate weight sensors, door sensors, fuel sensors, dashcams
  • Deployed and managed IoT testing environments: MQTT, Node-RED, NiFi, Elastic Stack, OpenVPN
  • Built data flows and parsers using JavaScript and Java
  • Created dashboards to test and monitor device behavior
  • Conducted comprehensive IoT cybersecurity compliance assessments

January 2018 - June 2019

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Operations Engineer | Fleet Control System
  • Maintained IoT devices: troubleshooting, configuration, installation guidance
  • Built device documentation, configuration, and firmware libraries
  • Supported field operations teams
  • Operated production IoT environment: Ubuntu, CentOS, Bash, Docker, Redis, NiFi, Kafka, ELK Stack, OpenStack

2017

Areen BMC
Project Manager & Technical Lead | Infant Safety Projects

Delivered IoT RFID-based safety solution for MCH-Makkah and Aya Hospital. Managed installation, configuration, administration, and operations.

2012 - 2016

Al Fahd KSA
Site Engineer / Technical Office Engineer | Construction Project

Electrical & Communication Networks Installations for Housing Construction Project. Built shop drawings, payments using Excel, Access, and AutoCAD. I led the field teams and coordinated with contractors.

2011

Edge Technology S.A.E
QC & System Engineer

Quality Control for embedded systems for street lighting systems project in Makkah Municipality.

2010

Namaa Securities Brokerage Co.
Network/System Administrator

Managed network infrastructure and system administration for securities brokerage operations.

2008

Tawasol Telecom
Pre-Sales Engineer

Pre-sales technical support and customer engagement for mobile applications solutions.

Certifications & Training
Red Hat Certifications
  • Red Hat Certified Architect — RHCA III (2024)
  • Red Hat Certified OpenShift Application Developer (2024)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift AI (2024)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers (2023)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Developing Automation with Ansible Automation Platform 2.0 (2022)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation (2022)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (2022)
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack (2021)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation (2020)
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (2020)
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (2019)
Kubernetes & Cloud
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator — CKA (2023)
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer — CKAD (2023)
  • Alibaba Cloud Professional — ACP (2023)
  • Alibaba Cloud Associate — ACA (2023)
  • GCP Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer (training, 2023)
  • GCP Professional Cloud Architect (training, 2023)
  • Azure DevOps Engineer (training, 2023)
  • Microsoft Azure Architect Design (training, 2022)
Architecture & IoT
  • TOGAF Enterprise Architecture (training, 2023)
  • Internet of Things Certified Architect (2023)
  • Masterclass on Internet of Things (2021)
Education

2003 - 2007

Bachelor's Degree
B.Sc. degree in Communication, Electronics & Computer Engineering

Helwan University: Cairo, Egypt

Major: Communication & Electronics Engineering

Graduation Project: UMTS Cell Planning — Excellent

References

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Address

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Email

contactme@abdulrahmansamy.com