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OMAR HAMADA

Riyadh,saudi arabia

Summary

Senior Cloud Architect with over 5 years of experience in designing and managing hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including Azure, GCP, OCI, and VMware. Expertise in leading architecture and migration projects with a focus on automation, cost efficiency, and performance optimization. Proficient in NSX-T, vCloud Director, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, and Microsoft enterprise services, enhancing security and compliance through advanced integrations. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to create secure and scalable infrastructure that drives business success.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Cloud Architect

General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA)
Riyadh
10.2024 - Current
  • Architected and led multi-cloud platforms on VMware vCloud Director, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, aligning network, security, identity, and DR patterns for high availability.
  • Established automation-first operations with Ansible Core for patching and configuration enforcement across Linux environments.
  • Delivered enterprise backup and disaster recovery with Commvault, defining policies, retention, and recovery runbooks for on-prem and cloud workloads.
  • Deployed Red Hat Satellite to centralize lifecycle, patch, and compliance management for RHEL fleets.
  • Administered Microsoft services (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Windows Server), hardening and optimizing core infrastructure.
  • Rolled out Grafana and Prometheus for unified observability, alerting, and SLO tracking.
  • Built and operated a production Kubernetes cluster to host a moderation application with robust monitoring and security guardrails.

Senior Specialist Cloud Engineer

Vodafone-Egypt
6th of October City
04.2024 - 10.2024
  • Owned L2 response for P1/P2 incidents across compute, storage, and network; isolated root causes and coordinated rapid recovery to restore service.
  • Authored runbooks and problem records; communicated RCA and corrective actions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Provisioned and configured storage arrays, SAN fabrics (zoning), and physical servers; validated performance, availability, and resilience.
  • Automated configuration enforcement and security hardening with Ansible; developed reusable roles and integrated LDAP for auth and SMTP for notifications.
  • Improved monitoring, escalation, and handoff workflows to reduce MTTR and prevent recurrence.
  • Supported customer change implementations and emergency changes with clear risk, rollback, and validation steps.

Cloud operation engineer

Vodafone-Egypt
6th of October City
05.2022 - 04.2024
  • Delivered L2/L3 support for VMware vCloud Director, NSX-V/NSX-T, and backup platforms, resolving complex tenant and network issues.
  • Migrated enterprise workloads from legacy stacks to vCloud Director using vCloud Availability (vCAV) and NSX-T, with structured cutover and validation plans.
  • Built physical data center foundations: OS installs, firmware upgrades, fiber cabling, SAN switch configuration, and zoning.
  • Deployed NSX-T with Tier-0/VRF design, routing, NAT, and distributed firewall policies; integrated with MPLS, L2VPN, and IPsec.
  • Maintained and enhanced Vodafone’s VHUB platform to ensure reliable integration with on-prem and public cloud services.
  • Upgraded ESXi, vCenter, NSX-V, vRealize Orchestrator, and vRealize Operations with minimal disruption.
  • Centralized logging via vRealize Log Insight with dashboards and queries to accelerate troubleshooting.
  • Standardized foundational services (SFTP for config backups, NTP, NFS, syslog) to strengthen operational consistency.
  • Automated Linux patching and hardening with Ansible to enforce compliance and remediate vulnerabilities.
  • Administered HP and Dell servers via iLO/iDRAC and Virtual Connect for lifecycle and performance management.
  • Integrated MDE, SIEM, FireEye, and FIM to improve detection, response, and audit readiness.

Education

Fundamental infrastructure training -

NTI - National Telecommunication Institute
6th of October City
08.2021

Bachelor of Engineering - Communications Department

Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology
Cairo
05.2019

Professional Diploma - Cloud Architecture

ITI - Information Technology Institute
6th of October City
04.2022

Skills

  • Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud
  • Virtualization technologies: VMware vSphere, NSX-T, VCenter, VCloud
  • Container orchestration: Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes
  • Infrastructure as code: Ansible, Terraform
  • Networking fundamentals: CCNA, VPNs
  • Security management: Firewall management
  • Scripting languages: Python, Bash scripting

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
A1
English
Upper Intermediate
B2

Certification

  • Google Cloud Certified: Professional Cloud Architect
  • Google Cloud Certified: Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Foundations Associate
  • VMware NSX 4.x Certified Professional
  • VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Timeline

Senior Cloud Architect

General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA)
10.2024 - Current

Senior Specialist Cloud Engineer

Vodafone-Egypt
04.2024 - 10.2024

Cloud operation engineer

Vodafone-Egypt
05.2022 - 04.2024

Fundamental infrastructure training -

NTI - National Telecommunication Institute

Bachelor of Engineering - Communications Department

Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology

Professional Diploma - Cloud Architecture

ITI - Information Technology Institute
OMAR HAMADA