Ahmed Mohamed, Director of Infrastructure

Ahmed Mohamed

Director of Infrastructure

Avenue One

Location
United States - Florida - Tampa
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology And Computer Science
Experience
11 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months

Director of Infrastructure at Avenue One
  • United States - New York
  • May 2022 to December 2023

Technical Leadership skills across multiple teams to architect and
implement IT infrastructure for rapid startup growth from 5 to 200+
employees
Built high-availability IT systems, IT security and networks from
ground up, enabling 99.95% uptime as company scaled
Reduced infrastructure costs by 65% using open source and cloud
technologies with high automation
Achieved and maintained compliance frameworks such as NIST,
COBIT, and SOC2 standards
Established engineering best practices and processes for support
process, change management, access controls, and security
Managed a cloud-based directory systems of 1500+ users in Azure,
AWS, and Google Workspace
Managed IT budgets strategically balancing cost savings with ability to
support rapid growth

Infrastructure Engineer at Avenue One
  • United States - New York
  • April 2021 to June 2022

Owned full-lifecycle technical support for a volume of customers in a
SaaS product dependent role
Integrated proper authentication, access controls and encryption
across infrastructure following zero trust and least privilege models
Created technical documentation including manuals, wikis and
knowledge base articles for infrastructure teams
Resolved infrastructure incidents and fulfilled service requests
Knowledgeable about cybersecurity best practices including MFA,
intrusion prevention, and security awareness training
Identified and implemented infrastructure improvements through
close collaboration with engineering teams
Implemented security monitoring, logging and alerting capabilities to
enable rapid incident response

Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Knowbe4
  • United States - Florida
  • May 2018 to April 2021

Optimized SaaS performance and availability through instrumentation
Manage and maintain Google Suite Stack and related services with a
security first mindset
Lead IT infrastructure Team towards setting team objectives and
coordinating quarterly key results
Utilized Google Suite tools to streamline productivity across multiple
departments
Implemented custom API connections to automate solutions across
SaaS services
Manage a stream of incoming JIRA / Zendesk incidents and ensure
delivery of solutions within SLA
Spearheaded widespread customer issue resolution collaborating
cross-functionally with engineering, product, and customer success

IT Director at Universal Academy of Florida
  • United States - Florida
  • August 2014 to May 2018

Managed end-to-end IT infrastructure and technology implementation
for a K-12 Academy
Led project planning and resource allocation including staff and
vendor management
Implemented new technologies and processes while maintaining high
availability
Administered systems, applications, security and network
configurations
Managed Microsoft infrastructure including AD, Exchange Server,
DNS/DHCP
Designed IT processes and policies

Software Solutions Specialist at PharmaWorks
  • United States - Florida
  • September 2012 to August 2014

Programming custom forms and applications in VB, VBA and .NET
Cognex Vision inspection systems development, deployment, and
training
Supporting End-User with hardware and software related issues
Managing MS Exchange, Active Directory policy implementation &
organization
Maintaining domain protocols both onsite and offsite utilizing VPN
services
Management of servers and IP camera security system across two
locations
Helpdesk Support for a pharmaceutical packing manufacturing
company

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology And Computer Science
  • at University Of South Florida
  • May 2012

Specialties & Skills

Google API
Google Apps
Networking
Security Policies
Security Controls
Project Management
Teamwork

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Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

OKTA Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2022
Security + (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
CompTIA A+ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2019

Hobbies

  • Automation
    I enjoy streamlining a process and building a custom solution towards automating it. This does not only save time but it also reduces human error and increases confidence of the data automated.