Designing secure, scalable cloud environments — and automating everything in between.
Results-driven Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating Linux-based cloud environments. I specialize in building reliable, hardened production systems across AWS and DigitalOcean — from bare metal provisioning to full CI/CD pipelines.
- 🌐 Personal Website: mahaz.uk
- ✍️ Author of ITdock: A centralized hub for infrastructure documentation, automation scripts, and technical resources.
- 🏗 Current Focus: Cloud deployments, Odoo ERP optimization, and infrastructure security.
- 🛡 Security Standards: Server hardening aligned with ARAMCO compliance baselines.
- ⚡ Philosophy: Automate the boring stuff; harden the critical stuff.
| Cloud & Infrastructure | DevOps & Automation | Networking & Security |
|---|---|---|
| ☁️ AWS: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Route 53 | 🐳 Containers: Docker | 🔒 Hardening: ARAMCO Standards |
| 🌊 DigitalOcean Droplets & Spaces | 🔄 CI/CD: GitLab Self-hosted | 🌐 Net: VLANs, VPN, NAT, DHCP |
| 🐧 OS: Ubuntu Server, RHEL, CentOS | 📜 Scripting: Bash, Python | 🛡 AD: GPO, Access Control, WSUS |
| 💻 Virt: VMware, Hyper-V | ⚙️ IaC: Terraform (Fundamentals) | 🌍 CDN/DNS: Cloudflare, Route 53 |
| 🗄 DB: PostgreSQL | 🔁 Web Server: NGINX | 📞 VoIP/SIP Configuration |
Cloud Environments → AWS EC2 · VPC · Security Groups · S3 Backup Pipelines
Application Deployment → Odoo ERP · Docker Containers · Web & E-Commerce Platforms
Infrastructure Automation → Bash & Python scripts · GitLab CI/CD · Self-hosted tooling
Network Engineering → VLANs · VPN Tunnels · Firewall Rules · Static Routing
Security & Compliance → Server Hardening · ARAMCO Standards · Risk Assessments
- 🏅 RHCE — Red Hat Certified Engineer
- ☸️ Kubernetes Deployment — Udemy
- 🖥️ Windows Server 2019 Administration — Udemy
- ⚙️ Odoo ERP System Administration — Odoo Academy
- 🔐 Cyber Security Analyst — Cisco Networking Academy
