Salim Chehab
DevOps / Platform Engineer.
I am a Devops / platform engineer with 10+ years of industry experience. I build secure infrastructure on-premise or in the cloud. I automate everything.
Skills
DevOps Engineering
Support developers with shipping features and fixing bugs and pipeline deployments.
Security & Compliance
Designing and developing security and compliance features for the infrastructure. Aiding in obtaining information security certifications such as ISO 27001.
Database & Storage
DB HA (high availability) setup and optimizations including backups and recovery scenarios.
Networking
Network setup and troubleshooting for the infrastructure components such as frontend, backend, databases, loadbalancers, etc.
IaC Automation and Orchestration
Infrastructure automation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code principles and best-practices.
Observability (Monitoring and Logging)
Implementation of monitoring and logging solutions for large-scale infrastructure.
Serverless
Expansion of serverless deployments and microservices architecture.
Containers & Kubernetes
Containerization and orchestration of the different applications.
Tech Stack
Cloud Providers
Infrastructure Management
CI/CD
Networking and Firewalls
Development & Tools
Databases
Monitoring and Logging
Projects
Stulz Digital Solutions GmbH
Cloud / Systems Architect
Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, VPN, pfSense, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, GitLab Runner, ISMS, Golang, Prometheus, Grafana, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, Cognito, OIDC, Harbor, MinIO, Postgres, Redis, Keycloak, Ceph, Proxmox, CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Flux CD, Hetzner, IONOS, Sonatype Nexus Repository, Entra ID, Dex IdP, Pulumi
- Introduce workshops on IaC, GitOps, DevSecOps topics and best practices
- Infrastructure setup and automation
- Network design for Firewall rules, gateways, VPN setup, and IPSec tunnels
- Address security vulnerabilities and support in ISMS topics
- Design and develop Kubernetes-based cloud infrastructure for high-availability and scalability
Telefonica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
DevOps Cloud Engineer
Terragrunt, Terraform, AWS Landing Zone and Vending Machine, Python, CloudWatch metrics, CloudFormation, Packer, IAM, lambda, AWS Step Functions, Hub Spoke Architecture, AWS Network Firewall, Transit Gateway
- Consultation on the constructed highly available and scalable systems in the cloud
- Central pipeline design and implementation support
- Landing zones and vending machine setup and maintenance
Siemens AG / Innomotics GmbH
DevOps / Infrastructure Architect
Ansible, Terraform, AWS, Azure, GitLab Custom Executor, ISO, Datadog, Kubernetes, Helm, CSI, CNI, Linux, Windows Server, Kong API, RDS, API Gateway, IAM, Terragrunt, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch, ECS, EKS, Auth0, Artifactory, Hashicorp Vault, Kafa, Strimzi, Rancher, ArgoCD, Kaniko, SonarQube, AWS CDK
- Concept creation and implementation of infrastructure pipelines
- Infrastructure maintenance and automation
- Support for ISO 27001 certification processes
- GitLab custom executor serverless implementation on AWS ECS Fargate
- Central AWS EKS cluster management and compliance monitoring
Daimler AG
DevOps Cloud Engineer
Ansible Tower, Azure, Azure DevOps, Dynatrace, OpenShift 4.5, ServiceNow, Tekton, JFrog Artifactory, Elastic Search, Kibana
- RedHat OpenShift consulting and central cluster creation
- Infrastructure setup on OpenStack and Azure using Terraform
- CI/CD pipelines implementations using Azure DevOps with self-hosted agents
Werum IT Solutions GmbH
DevOps Platform Engineer
Ansible, AWS, OpenStack, Consul, Docker Swarm / Compose, Kubernetes, HashiCorp Vault, Consul, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Python, PAS-X Build, Bash, PowerShell, Podman, SaltStack, Windows Server, Terragrunt
- Central secret and certificate management implementation using HashiCorp Vault and Consul
- GitLab CI deployments setup for staging and productions environments
- Infrastructure creation process automation using Terraform on OpenStack and AWS
Join GmbH
Azure DevOps Cloud Consultant
Terraform, Azure, Docker, Bash, Kubernetes, Ansible, Azure AD, Atlantis Terraform PR Automation, Azure DevOps, Nginx, Graph DB Neo4j, Grafana, Helm
- Design of the central Kubernetes cluster on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Containerized application deployments using Helm
- Configuration of Kubernetes administration (Kubernetes RBAC)
- Ensuring data persistence and high availability for relevant storage containers
EOS Holding GmbH
OpenShift DevOps Engineer
Ansible AWX, OpenShift 3.11, Python, Bash, Prometheus, Grafana, Graylog, Docker, Hadoop, Apache Spark
- Automation of OpenShift setup with Ansible
- Scaling of Machine Learning (ML) models on OpenShift
- Infrastructure provisioning on vSphere VMware using Ansible
- Setup of monitoring and logging solutions using Graylog and Grafana
TUI InfoTech GmbH
AWS DevOps Engineer
Ansible AWX, AWS, Bash, Bamboo, Prometheus, Grafana, Kubernetes, Golang, Helm, Datadog, Elastic APM, ECS, CloudFormation, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, MSK, S3 buckets, Lambda functions, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Network Access Control Lists, and Elastic File System (EFS)
- Cloud migration of applications and microservices to AWS
- Design and implementation of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Setup of the Kubernetes cluster on Amazon EKS
- Setup and continuous deployment of monitoring tools
ING-DiBa AG
OpenShift Consultant
Ansible Tower, Bash, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenShift, Python, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Kustomize
- Implementation of the local OpenShift environment.
- Upgrade of OpenShift from version 3.9 to 3.11
- Continuous deployments using Ansible Tower
- Performance measurements on Kubernetes and OpenShift APIs
Hermes Germany GmbH
DevOps Platform Engineer
Ansible Molecule, Terraform, OTC, OpenShift, Bash, Prometheus, Grafana, Jenkins, Docker, Splunk, ServiceNow, VMware, SMB, NFS, S3, Sonatype Nexus Repository
- Migration of applications to OTC (Open Telekom Cloud)
- CI/CD using Jenkins and Bitbucket
- Deployment of a Splunk cluster for logging (Master and Forwarders setup).
- Infrastructure provisioning on OTC using OpenStack APIs (Python OpenStack module)
- Setup and automation of monitoring tools ( ELK cluster, Grafana, and Prometheus)
IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH
DevOps Engineer (Systems Performance)
Ansible, AWS, Bash, Docker, Python, MongoDB, ScyllaDB, YCSB (Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark), fio - Flexible I/O tester, FlameGraph (Stack trace visualizer), sar (System Activity Report). Z Mainframe, Linux on z Systems, KVM / Virsh
- Design and concepts for optimizing the software portfolio on mainframes ( IBM Z Mainframes)
- Prototype implementation of new solutions with a focus on analytics, Cloud, and Linux.
- Load testing and performance benchmarking for applications on mainframes: MongoDB, MariaDB, Cassandra, Docker, Spark, TensorFlow, and Nginx