Ahmad Abdul Al, Technical Program Manager

Ahmad Abdul Al

Technical Program Manager

Securealm SAL Offshore

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering
Experience
14 years, 8 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 8 months

Technical Program Manager at Securealm SAL Offshore
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since July 2016

• Led a cross functional team of 4, launching a VPN service to market, within 6 months of planning, execution and rollout
• Designed VPN technical solution architecture incorporating automation, minimizing node provisioning to 3 minutes
• Overhauled DNS service authentication, integrating Kafka realtime pipelines with globally distributed proxy nodes
• Hired and mentored SysOps and Development teams contributing to a range of security and web services
• Adopted Agile practices, developing Scrum software development workflows, and implementing Kanban IT Ops
• Scoping projects and setting deliverables, managing release planning, product and technical roadmaps and backlogs
• Managing local and remote teams throughout the development lifecycle of backend, web, and client applications
• Driving technical operations project portfolio including planning, design, implementation, governance, tools, and metrics
• Managing systems architecture, implementation, regulatory compliance, and optimization
Implementing and driving adoption of existing and new frameworks, tools, and best practices
• Developing project documentation, process maps, and tracking reports, providing detailed status of each project
• Handling planning and execution of A/B testing, offers, user experience, checkout flow, and conversion optimization

Senior Systems Engineer at Splendor Telecom
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2011 to June 2016

• Managed a VMware infrastructure of multiple ESXi hosts and SAN Arrays, supporting 250+ virtual machines
• Developed policies to ensure consistent resource provisioning, uptime, regulatory compliance and data protection
• Integrated and managed cloud infrastructure resources on GCE, AWS EC2 and S3, Azure, and Rackspace
• Worked in adherence with Agile methodologies ensuring continuous integration of web services
• Designed and implemented a highly available Puppet/Forman automation stack across public and private clouds
• Developed scripts ensuring automated patching, backup, monitoring, and provisioning of infrastructure resources
• Conducted risk assessment audits, utilizing certified scanners and pentesting tools (Nexpose, OpenVAS, Metasploit)
• Developed remediation and risk mitigation plans for continuous compliance enforcement
• Planned, designed, and optimized highly available MySQL cluster systems supporting billing, web, and VoIP applications • Designed and managed highly available scalable web clusters hosting private applications and secure public services
• Developed and integrated VoIP infrastructure components including SIP gateways, routers, soft switches, and SBC
• Deployed and managed monitoring and reporting tools (Zabbix, Cacti, Nagios, ELK stack)

Technical Support Engineer at Cedarcom S.A.L.
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 2009 to September 2011

• Assisted in the planning, testing, configuration, and network analysis for current and prospective clients • Configured and maintained LAN/WAN infrastructures (Cisco routers and switches, modems, and servers) • Provided 1st and 2nd level support for corporate clients
• Provided detailed documentation of all technical issues

Education

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering
  • at Beirut Arab University
  • June 2009

Specialties & Skills

Networking, BGP, Routing, Load Balancing, VPN, Caching, IPTables
Scripting, Bash, PHP, Python, Ruby
Automation, Puppet, Foreman, Satellite
Code Management, Subversion, Mercurial, Git
Network Services, OpenLDAP, Kerberos, Postfix, Samba, SNMP
Web, Apache, Nginx, Tomcat, Zend Server, HAproxy, MySQL
Platforms, ESXi, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows Server
Virtualization, VMware, KVM
VoIP, Kamailio, Asterisk, reTurn, Elastix, Genband SBC
Agile Development, Jira, Confluence

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Combination SBC and GenView RSM Fundamentals, Operations & Maintenance (Training)
Training Institute:
Genband
Date Attended:
April 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Installing and Configuring VMware Infrastructure (Training)
Training Institute:
Formatech
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
30 hours
Internship (Training)
Training Institute:
Tele Liban
Date Attended:
July 2008

Hobbies

  • Blogging
  • Contemporary Art
  • Digital Marketing