👋 Hi, I'm Walaa — DevOps Lead

🚀 About Me

I'm a DevOps Lead with over 6 years of experience in automating infrastructure, managing cloud platforms, and building scalable CI/CD pipelines. I’m passionate about optimizing systems and leading DevOps initiatives for businesses.

• 🔭 I’m currently working on a new project that is in progress, focused on optimizing DevOps workflows.
• 🌱 I’m constantly learning and improving my skills in cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, and automation.
• 💬 Ask me about AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Docker, Ansible, and more.
• 📫 Reach me at: walaafahad1993@gmail.com
• 📄 LinkedIn 🏢 Experience

💳 MISPay — Cloud & DevOps Engineering Lead

🔗 https://mispay.co

•	Led full migration of MISPay to GCP under limited network constraints
•	Designed and managed production-grade GKE infrastructure
•	Implemented secure networking (Gateway API, Cloud Armor, Cloud DNS)
•	Designed backup & DR strategy (3-2-1 model)
•	Ensured compliance with SAMA cybersecurity requirements
•	Implemented full observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

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🛒 Yamm.sa — Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer

🔗 https://yamm.sa

•	Built and managed complete infrastructure on OCI
•	Designed secure, scalable cloud architecture from scratch
•	Applied SAMA-aligned security controls
•	Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform & Ansible
•	Improved deployment reliability and monitoring

🛠️ Tech Stack

Databases:

• PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL

Programming Languages:

• Java, Python, C++

Scripting Languages:

• Bash, Lua

Proxies:

• HAProxy, Traefik, NGINX

Cloud Platforms:

• AWS, GCP, OCI, Huawei Cloud

CI/CD Tools:

• Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions

Containers:

• Docker, Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code:

• Terraform, Ansible

Monitoring/Logging:

• Prometheus, Grafana

🌐 Links

• LinkedIn
• Blog: Coming soon!