Neaman Ahmed, DevOps Consultant

Neaman Ahmed

DevOps Consultant

Kalson FZE

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Higher diploma, PGD in Management Information Systems
Experience
16 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months

DevOps Consultant at Kalson FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2021

• Designed and implemented a fully automated CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time by 50% and increasing deployment frequency by 75%.
• Collaborated with development teams to implement infrastructure as code, resulting in a 30% reduction in infrastructure costs and a 20% increase in system reliability.
• Developed and maintained monitoring and alerting systems, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 40% and improving system availability by 25%.
• Upgraded Database using Blue Green Strategy.
• Implemented on-premises Deployment of Java App by AWS CodeDeploy
• Implemented on-Premises machine management by AWS SSM
• Implemented Compliance Audit and Security Jenkins + AWS CodeDeploy (keeping source code on company premises)
• Design and Implemented Multiregional Infrastructure using AWS CloudForamtion StackSet
• Automated AWS Site-to-Site VPN using Ansible (on-demand)
• Implemented databases Encryption Data-at-Rest and Data-in-Transit.
• Implemented (IAC) Multi-region multi account provision of infrastructure and App deployment using CloudForamtion.
• Implemented automated remediation using AWS Config, Trusted Advisor and AWS SSM for compliance.
• Implemented automated remediation for Stroage and performance issues using AWS EeventBridge, Lambda, SSM Manager SNS
• Design and Implemented Multiregional DR for Application and DB Tier.

Senior Oracle Database, Middleware Automaton Administrator at Nahdi Medical Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2014 to July 2021

• Implemented CICD Pipeline reduce new application deployments, update and reversal time from 30 minutes t 20 sec, eliminating downtime for deployments.
• Implemented EventBased automatic Log Management, remediation, and notification.
• Automating of Maintenance window according to Business operations.
• Automated Database Data Archiving periodically.
• Automated Database Data optimization workflows
• Integration of Oracle Cloud with on-premises ORASE, for analytics system.
• Implemented High Availability and Disaster Recovery.
• Implemented testing drills for High Availability and Disaster Recovery (Hybrid Cloud/OnPrem) AWS OCI
• Migrated WebLoigc application servers to VmWare Esxi
• Migrated and consolidate Oracle Databases to Oracle Exadata machines.

Senior Oracle Database Administrator at Emaratech
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2007 to October 2013

Design and Supported Db, MW and infrastructure, for Dubai General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Afairs. Projects: - Online visa processing - Online entry visa for application -EIDA back ofice Worked with development and QMG teams for deployments and application upgrades. System Integration with MOL (Ministry of Human Resources & Emiratization), Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security(icp.gov.ae), Dubai Polic, Smart Dubai and other Public sector entities, (Dubai & Federal Govt.) NQDI (Payment Gateway) Smart e-Gate System. Technologies used : Oracle RAC, Oracle Data Guard, Oracle Golden Gate, Oracle IDM,

Oracle Database Consultant at Emirates Bank
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2007 to October 2007

Worked in close collaboration with other teams for new system rollout and old system upgrading, monitored testing backup procedures and databases recovery scenario. Implemented security according to the guidelines by Security Department.
• Maintained databases (+DR) for supporting on-line brokerage application while connecting to other banks and financial entities systems. Deployed Oracle Grid 1 0g for the entire Oracle Environment, which included Oracle Databases, E-Business Suite, and Application Servers for monitoring, diagnosing, and troubleshooting concerns.

Oracle Database Consultant at Quest Software
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2007 to August 2007

Analysing for Service Level Agreement Requirements, Disaster Recovery Requirements, High Availability Requirements, Database Monitoring Data Growth (Tablespace Growth, Load Monitoring Transactions, Users, and System Performance), Database Replication, and Database Auditing & Security for QME customers and contriving solutions. Customer ranges from Public Sector to Private Sector. SharePlex, Quest Central, Spotlight Foglight, and Intrust Planning Designing Installation

Education

Higher diploma, PGD in Management Information Systems
  • at Premier College of Business Administration
  • February 1999
Master's degree, Management of Information Systems
  • at National College of Business Administration & Economics
  • July 1998
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Computer Sciences
  • at National Institute of Business Administration
  • January 1995

Specialties & Skills

Oracle Application Server
Oracle RAC
UNIX Shell Scripting
Oracle E Business Suite
CA Automic One Automation UC4
Databases Oracle 8,8i/9i/10g,11g ,12c,19c
Oracle GoldenGate, DataGaurd
AMAZON WEB SERVICES
INTEGRATION
MANAGEMENT
DISASTER RECOVERY
ORACLE CLOUD
ORACLE DATA GUARD
ORACLE RAC
PAYMENT GATEWAY
ANALYTICS
INFRASTRUCTURE
Shell Scripting
UNIX Solaris 7, 8, 9,10 Linux Red Hat Entreprise Linux / Oracle Entreprise Linux 6 , 7 ,8
Ansible Automation
AWS RDS
CI/CD Maven Jenkin
Middleware
Virtualization RedHat VmWare
AWS CloudFormation
Oracle Ebiz Suite,on Prem , Cloud

Social Profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website
neamanahmed.com/

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

IOUG
  • Member
  • March 2000
MEOUG
  • Member
  • April 2012
AWS UG Dubai
  • Speaker
  • September 2022

Training and Certifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2024
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2021
Valid Until:
September 2024
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2023
Red Hat Certified Engineer 8 Ansible 2.8 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021
Red Hat Certified System Administrator 8 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Administration I (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018

Hobbies

  • Automation , Music , RC Model Building , Reading , Exploring