Muhammad Arsalan Anwar, Principal DevOps Engineer

Muhammad Arsalan Anwar

Principal DevOps Engineer

Creative Chaos

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Principal DevOps Engineer at Creative Chaos
  • Pakistan
  • My current job since July 2017

Leading team of DevOps engineers in 24x7 NOC operations.
● Contributing in strategic project-planning process of new organisation's new
endeavours.

Senior DevOps Engineer at Creative Chaos
  • Pakistan
  • July 2014 to June 2017

Build Custom stacks for Ruby, PHP and Java based applications to their optimal
performance with best security measure.
● Managed multiple Cloud and Virtualization solutions like GCP, AWS, Microsoft Hyper-V,
Rackspace Cloud, Linode Cloud and Proxmox VE.
● Configuration management using Ansible
● Development and administration of Docker Containers and automation using Dockerfile
and Docker Compose.
● Continuous delivery & integration using Jenkins.
● Integrate different Caching Layer like Redis, Memcached etc.
● Automate and manage On/Off site backups (server configuration, web-content &
database).
● Manage Zabbix Monitoring Server to monitor Servers performance and System Services.
● Bash scripts to automate tasks on servers.
● Maintain and manage various services running in Linux system such as Apache, Nginx,
MySQL, Mongo, Rails, Postfix, etc.
● Created operational readiness documentation for support.

IT Manager at A.A Associates
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2014 to July 2014

This position is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the
organization's information and technology needs, including the implementation and
integration of system and technology initiatives necessary to achieve organizational goals.

Technical Support Engineer at Server4Sale
  • Pakistan
  • June 2013 to January 2014

● Troubleshooting, maintenance and remote monitoring of the Server operating System
(Linux)
● Provide server support and handle customer complaints all over the World via email and
live chat support.
● Servers Management Apache Web Server, NGINX Web Server, MySQL Database Server,
BIND (DNS Server), FTP Server, Remote and local Backup configuration
● Adjust Packet Filtering Rules, Bandwidth Management, Security Updates, maintain Linux
firewall (IPTABLES) as per client requirement,
● Manage client hosting and management of their servers through CPanel and WHM

Network Support Engineer at GFK Etilize
  • Pakistan
  • May 2011 to May 2013

Managing, monitoring, securing and troubleshooting heterogeneous network of 400+
clients and staging machines.
● Installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of Linux servers of different
flavors and Windows.
● Deploying new releases and patches of internal software into servers.
● Works with vendors to resolve hardware operating system issues; researches and tests
possible solutions and implements solutions.

Network Support Officer at ITIM Systems
  • Pakistan
  • May 2009 to January 2011

Responsible to manage Network infrastructure and departmental resources in all aspects.
● Select, test, install, maintain and upgrade Network Operating Systems.
● Look after the scheduled tasks and all activities related to network department.
● Responsible for all backups, their validations, restoration, recovery tests and procedures.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at Virtual University of Pakistan
  • January 2008

- Information Technology

Specialties & Skills

Database
Web Servers
Dockers
Google Cloud Platform
AUTOMATE
Kubernetes
AUTOMATION
APACHE WEBSERVER
COMPUTER HARDWARE
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
SERVERS

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (Training)
Training Institute:
AWS
Certified Ethical Hacker - CEH Certification (Training)
Training Institute:
EC-Council
Date Attended:
January 2018
LPIC-1: System Administrator (Training)
Training Institute:
Linux Professional Institute
Date Attended:
February 2017