QAMMAR ABBAS, Sr. Executive  Automation (DevOps Engineer)

QAMMAR ABBAS

Sr. Executive Automation (DevOps Engineer)

UFONE 4G | ETISALAT

Location
Qatar - Al Khawr
Education
Master's degree, Software Engineering
Experience
6 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :6 years, 5 Months

Sr. Executive Automation (DevOps Engineer) at UFONE 4G | ETISALAT
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • April 2021 to May 2023

Utilized Azure DevOps agent pools to distribute builds across nodes and trigger Azure DevOps pipelines to build artifacts. Additionally, leveraged Azure DevOps pipelines to deploy Terraform templates and create the infrastructure stack.

Conducted load testing on applications in QA and Pre-prod environments using Artifacts, Test Plans, and Release Pipelines within Azure DevOps.

Created and assigned custom EPICs, Dashboards, and reports to reduce user requests using Azure Boards.

Installed and configured Jenkins master and slave nodes, built CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test and validation of code changes in continuous manner and managed infrastructure as code to provision/ configure infrastructure using terraform / Ansible and Chef.

Responsible for taking the source code from development team and compiling using MSBuild, Maven.

Deployed Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster configured Azure CNI networking, Azure Internal standard Load balancer through Azure Resource Manager templates, and Azure DevOps YAML pipelines.

Worked on Docker containers to create Docker images for Windows .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, Legacy ASP.NET and Linux environments.

Experience working with container-based deployments using Docker, working with Docker images, Docker Hub, Docker files, Docker compose, Docker-registries and Kubernetes.

Utilized GIT, Github, Gitlab for source code management.

Implemented Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for microservices on Azure cloud, leveraging Azure App Services, and created Web Apps via Azure Portal to deploy web applications.

Configured, and Managed Monitoring Tools such as Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana for Resource
Monitoring/Network Monitoring/Applications Monitoring .

knowledge of the usage and architectural best practices of different AWS technologies, including RDS, Load Balancing, EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, and others.

Configured and deployed Azure Automation Scripts for a multitude of applications utilizing the Azure Compute, App Services, Blobs, Resource Groups, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, and ARM Services and utilities focusing on
Automation.

Hands on experience with Azure AD, DevOps, Cloud Migration, APP Services, SQL, VDI, Networking, Route Tables, Auto scaling, Analytics, Storage, Traffic Manager, Load Balancers, VPN, CDN.

Involved in setting up VPN Connections between individual servers and a Windows Azure virtual network using Azure point-to-site VPN Connectivity option and between the On-Prem Virtual Network and Azure Virtual Network
using site-to-site/Express Route VPN Connectivity.

Provided consistent environment using Kubernetes for deployment Scaling and Load Balancing to the application from development through production, easing the code development and deployment pipeline by implementing Docker Containerization.

Automate day-to-day activities and tasks by utilizing Shell, Bash scripts.

Established a process for effective release management by automating code deployment, configuration management, and monitoring.

Senior System Support Engineer at Carecloud
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • April 2021 to January 2022

Manage Helpdesks, Azure AD, Azure APPs, On Premises AD, 0365, MS Exchange Online, VMWare VCenter/ESXI, Hyper-V, Cloud Migrations, Azure Administrator, AWS Support, Level 2 DevOps Support.

Setup new Tenant, Domain, Hybrid AD Deployment.

Manage Helpdesk of (CareCloud, MTBC, MMC).

Manage Azure AD and On-Premises AD, and Cloud Migrations.

Implemented Azure Networking solutions including Virtual Networks, gateways for point-to-site and site-to-site VPN connectivity, Load Balancers and Application gateways.

Managed Microsoft Software as a Services such as Office 365, SharePoint, OneDrive, AD, Microsoft Exchange in Azure as well as On-premises.

Designed and provided best practices from managing OpenID Connect, 2FA/MFA, Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos.

Experience working with container-based deployments using Docker, working with Docker images, Docker Hub, Docker files, Docker compose, Docker-registries and Kubernetes.

Managed Azure storage accounts using blob storage, managed disks, and Azure File storage.

Managed the day-to-day administration and configurations of systems used to provide enterprise IAM (Identity and Access Management) and provisioning.

Understood client needs and objectives by conducting proactive customer and data analysis.

Configure and Manage backups using Veeam and Varitas.

Manage Kaspersky Security Center.

Configure and Manage VMWare VCenter / ESXI, Hyper-V.

Microsoft and Linux operating system and network troubleshooting as it relates to proprietary backup and restoration software.

Escalate unresolved issues to higher support levels while taking escalations from other engineers to resolve complex or unknown issues.

Properly documented accurate and detailed information regarding issues, troubleshooting steps, and resolutions or escalations.

Utilized service center ticketing system to initiate remote and onsite Level 2 Support.

Resident Engineer .NET Developer at InfoTech | Ufone
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • April 2020 to April 2021

Developed web applications with Angular as Front-end and .NET as backend technology.

Developed and maintained applications using WEB Forms, ASP.NET MVC and jQuery using Visual Studio Code as IDE.

Provided new and improved interface designs for enhancing user application experience.

Developed and maintained SOAP and RESTFUL web services for application consumption using C#.

Implemented WEB API services for CRUD operations with HTTP verbs GET, POST, PUT and DELETE by using Entity Framework Code.

Use Jenkins to Automate the Code Deployment .

Involved in designing database, creating tables, views, Stored Procedures and functions by using Microsoft SQL server 2014.

Maintained scheduled SQL Jobs running Microsoft SSIS packages and applications on MVC5 and WCF.

Prepared test plan and execution of test cases for unit testing.

Participated in all the release management activities and provided description of project, back out plans and implementation of enhancements in to real time environment.

Attended calls after hours for production support, analyzed issue in short span f time and fixed in order to provide best user experience.

Documented project related documents as per the standards to ensure in compliance with the Internal and External Audits.

Used GITLAB for source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking.

Followed Agile Scrum methodology bi-weekly on the project for daily scrums, Sprint Planning, Grooming, Code Reviews and Retrospective meetings actively.

System Support Officer at Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 2016 to December 2019

Configure and troubleshoot wireless access points, scanners, printers, and Monitoring software.

Work with different departments on all levels to maintain and troubleshoot steps for network and hardware issues.  Utilized service center ticketing system to initiate remote support.

Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, Solorwind NPM .

HMIS Application Support.

Manage VMWare VCenter/ESXI .

Manage Kaspersky Security Center .

Education

Master's degree, Software Engineering
  • at PMAS Arid Agriculture University
  • October 2020

Project : To-Do List with Director updates and progress Language : ASP.NET , Java , JavaScript , WEB API Database : MS-SQL

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Central University Of Punjab
  • June 2016

Bachelor in Computer Science

Specialties & Skills

Development
System Support
Automation
Cloud Computing
Microsoft Azure Administartor
Ansible
Azure DevOps
Kubernetes
Varitas
Cloud Computing
Technical Support
Kaspersky Security Center
Solarwind NPM
windows server
web development
system automation
windows azure
system administration
linux server

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Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Pushto
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner

Memberships

UFONE
  • Executive Business Automation
  • December 2021

Training and Certifications

AZ-400 DevOps Engineer Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2023
Valid Until:
April 2024
AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2023
Valid Until:
April 2024

Hobbies

  • Cricket
  • Web Surfing
  • Traveling