KHADEER MOHAMMED
Cloud Consultant (DevOps & Storage)
Mobile: +966-540295144
E-Mail: Khadeerjb@gmail.com
Certified Dell EMC Expert - Certified Storage & Cloud Architect with 16+ years experience
DevOps practices and tools - Environment automation, release automation & IaC
Profile Summary:
● Working as Cloud Consultant (DevOps & Infrastructure) with United Technology Group, assisting commercial &
enterprise consulting teams in English & Arabic speaking regions of Middleast.
● Have over 16+ years of IT experience, which includes consulting, designing, architect & automation of IT infra in
large scale enterprise environment.
● Acting as Subject matter expert for the Storage & Openstack integration (DevOps – Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
& Ansible)
● Conducted CXO level presentations, POC and ROI analyses, with thorough understanding of the competitive
market.
● Promoting cloud and IT infra, Offer Strategy and Road Map for a DC Transformation to Cloud rationalization,
design tools and implementation plans designed for maximum return at lowest possible cost.
CAREER SKETCH
Jan’16 - Till date
Cloud consultant- Storage & DevOps United Technology Group, KSA & UAE
My Key Deliverables:
o Visualizing and creating high-level models that can be used in architecture analysis (business,
applications, and data domains).
o Executed SDLC architecture & process: CI pipeline using Jenkins and ONTAP technologies
o Designed Netapp storage solutions with docker and kubernetes
o Setup persistent storage and network environments, leveraging an infrastructure-as-code approach
o Sizing & design plan with on-premises/off-premises infrastructure (Server, Storage & Network)under
cloud & devops environment
o Working knowledge and experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) capabilities such as EC2, S3,
Route 53, VPCs, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS WatchGuard and
Amazon EC2 Container Service
o Developed solution-level designs leveraging design patterns and best practices for the implementation
of SOA and complex integration projects.
o Contributing to the development of RFI, RFPs for the procurement of IT solutions.
o Worked on continuous deployment using Ansible (IaC)with awareness on tools like puppet & chef
o Infrastructure Team building and running the AWS services and features
o Conducted customer POC on converged infra solutions & Cloud integration
o Experience in implementing DevOps practices and DevOps-tools in areas like CI\CD, environment
automation, release automation, virtualization
o Experienced in using Jenkins, Github, AWS Code Pipeline
o Configuring Universal Repository Manager using JFrog Artifactory & Jenkin integration
Sep’14 –Dec’15
IT Solution Manager- Saudi Aramco, KSA Huawei, Saudi Arabia
My Key Deliverables:
o Responsible for IT Portfolio of Huawei Enterprise Business in named (Saudi Aramco, KFUPM) & unnamed
accounts
o Developing leads and potential opportunities in the key accounts
o Competitive product presentation on Storage, Server/Blade & converged infrastructure technology
o Designed virtual desktop infrastructure on cloud FusionCube platform
o Designed HPC solutions with in-line backup solutions
o Presenting & demonstrating Huawei Cloud solution which involves IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, openstack, SDS,
Hosting, Desktop Cloud [VDI]
o Experience in Huawei FusionCloud, a Cloud O/S built in Xen platform exclusively for Telcos and large
scale environments
o Driving, aligning and implementing marketing strategies
o Cross-functional team player with all levels of business clients, co-workers, system integrators and
solution partners
o Establishing relationship with CXO levels in interpreting technical to business jargons
o capture market share in a rapidly changing and complex IT customer environment
o Executed SAP HANA POC on Huawei scale-up Hardware platform
o Business development in SMB using the channel partners & relationship
Jan’12-Jun’14
Solution Architect Mannai Corporation, Qatar
My Key Deliverables:
Dec’06-Jan’12 Hewlett Packard, Bangalore, India
IT Solutions Consultant
Key Deliverables:
Since Dec 2006 to July 2008 been part of HP Solution Centre, later took charge of professional services to drive the Presales -
solution consulting &Enterprise cloud services
● Provided configuration support to channel partners, account managers and project managers. Handled technical
design plan with implementations on large to medium sized accounts.
Technical responsibilities:
o Designed and implemented hpBladeSystem matrix &CloudSystem matrix architecture
o HP storage & server sizing for virtualization infrastructure on converged platform
o Have designed virtualization of VMware vSphere with EVA 8400, 3 par StoreServ 10000 on cross brand
platform (HP-UNIX, & Windows 2003/2008)
o Designed and implemented highly available HP VirtualSystem Architecture (FlexFabric) for windows
&unix server farm
o Designed cloud ready environment using hyper-v, ESX on hp mission critical systems (hp C7000
bladesystem&proliant DL series).
o Designed & implemented Cloud saas network under VMware vcloud&hp BSM environment
o Deployed cloud maps & service catalogs as per business requirement.
o Mentored Implementation team, acted as SME for Storage configuration of EMC Clariion-CX4/Symmetrix
DMX-4, V-MAX, SRDF, hp EVA 8000/8400, hp 3 Par F-class, Hitachi (hp XP12000 & XP24000), Brocade
SAN director/silkworm & Cisco MDS Switches
o Implemented Enterprise Backup Solutions using hp ESL, HP Dataprotector , Netbackup& VDR(VMware
data recovery) with effective disaster recovery plan
o Handled turnkey project/ transition activities involving implementation teams, product Leads, architects,
build teams in planning activities related to new client proposals.
o Establish clear and effective links with other ITIL processes and process owners
Highlights:
⇒ Recognised for receiving
▪ hpeAward for being good team player, outstanding efforts & customer appreciation.
▪ Appreciation Award from hp for the successful service improvement plan in
customer environment.
▪ Instrumental in implementing the automation tools on Enterprise servers & Storage arrays.
▪ Handled transition of Telecom (O2)& Medical (Kaiser) clients and completed successful
▪ Successfully completed Cloud project of Wynyard(UK) &Bangalore(India)
May’05-Dec’06 Sun Microsystems, Bangalore
Technical Support Engineer – UNIX & Storage
Key Deliverables:
● Provided solutions to all Enterprise Customers on virtualization of Storage, Servers, SAN/NAS
● Maintain smooth daily operational activity and supervision
● Assisted presales teams in responding to customer RFP
● Prepared operational document(SOPs and SMTDS)
● Implementation of Standard Operation Procedures in compliance
● Resource planning and daily management of team's morale and performance
● Managing Service Level Agreements (SLA) and service delivery
● Document customer prospect, contact activity and customer configuration information in CRM
● Handling Technical escalations
o Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Solaris 8/9/10 OS.
o Configuration and troubleshooting of Sun Servers (Sparc, Midrange & Enterprise servers).
o Patch management & release management
o Volume management using VERITAS volume manager & SVM
o Build & Implementation of Midrange SF 6800/4800 & High end E10k servers
o Backup management using VERITAS Netbackup.
o Sun Storage: Enterprise Storage implementation of SE3xxx, 6xxx series
Highlights:
⇒ Recognised for receiving
▪ Appreciation award from Sun Microsystems-Australia MD for all the excellent support provided
to the client HutchinsonAustralia.
Jun’04-May’05 Hewlett-Packard, on behalf of EMERIO Sdn Bhd,
Malaysia
Technical Consultant – UNIX & Storage
Key Deliverables:
● Volume management (hp LVM)
● Incident management & problem management
● Backup management (Data protector & NBU)
● Maintaining periodic changes in configuration files
● Monitoring network connectivity and Enterprise Virtual Array (HP EVA HSV110) disk accessibility
● Remote hardware management: HP superdome servers16-way, 32-way cabinet
● Basic administration of SAP basis, Oracle DBA
● Technical mentor to the team
Highlights:
⇒ Recognised for receiving
▪ Top system Engineer award from EMERIO based at Hewlett-Packard, Malaysia.
Apr’02-Jun’04 Wipro Info Tech, Hyderabad
Senior Customer Support Engineer
Key Deliverables:
● Administering Sun Hardware (Sparc, Midrange & Enterprise servers)
● File system management
● Backup management using NBU
● Patch & package management
● Disk management & Volume management using Sun StorEdge 3310
Technology Certifications
● IT service management: ITIL foundation v.3 Certified
● Cloud:
Dell EMC Certified Cloud Architect – virtualized infrastructure specialist
Dell EMC Certified Cloud Architect – IT-as-a-service Expert
● Storage:
HP Certified StorageWorks EVA Implementation engineer
Netapp Certified Implementation engineer – SAN & Virtualization -VMware
Dell EMC certified Technology Architect – VNX Storage solution specialist
Dell EMC certified Expert- Cloud Architect – IT_as_a_service
● Sales
HPE Sales Certified – SMB Solutions and Services
Dell EMC Isilon Certificated Sales Associate
VMware Technical sales professional
VEEAM Technical Sales Professional
● Unix: Sun Certified Systems Administrator 9
● Networking: Cisco Certified Network Associate
● Windows: Microsoft Certified Professional
● Proficient on DevOps tools & technology: Git, Jenkins, CI/CD, Ansible, Docker, Nagios & AWS WatchGuard
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ATTENDED
● Completed DevOps Solution Architect training from Trishana Technologies, Bangalore, India
● Cisco Storage Networking Solutions from EMC, Bangalore.
● EMC VNX Unified Storage deployment and management, Qatar
● EMC VMAX 10k pre-sales training in live solution centre, Vienna, Austria
● Completed VMware vCloud Director Essentials &vCenter Chargeback Essentials, Qatar
● Completed Cisco CIA – Cisco Intelligent automation from Cisco, Qatar
● Completed Cisco E-Courseware Virtual Experience Infrastructure
● HP OV DATA PROTECTOR I (U1610S) from HP EducationCenter, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
● Sun Fire Workgroup server Maintenance & Administration (SM 258) from Sun Microsystems, Bangalore.
● Sun Grid Engine Advanced Administration (IES 337) from Sun Microsystems, Bangalore.
● Netra Ct Hardware System Maintenance & Troubleshooting (SM-04/SM-05) from Sun Microsystems, Bangalore.
● Completed SGRT (Sun Global Resolution Troubleshooting: Troubleshooting techniques to solve complex
issues/problems) from Sun Microsystems
● Completed VCP 5 training from EMC Education, Qatar
SCHOLASTIC
● Engineering in Electrical & Electronics from Madina Engineering College, affiliated to Jawaharlal Technological
University, Hyderabad, India.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 6th December 1979
Languages known English (Fluent), Urdu, Hindi, Malay(Basic), Arabic (Basic)
