United Arab Emirates
I build and lead high-performance DevOps and SecOps organizations that transform technical infrastructure into a secure, scalable competitive advantage. With over 20 years of experience - from deep-tier Linux administration to scaling global IT service providers - I bridge the gap between technical execution and executive business objectives to drive stability at scale. In today’s remote-first landscape, I focus on engineering Technical and Operational Security that prioritizes velocity without compromising integrity. I thrive in high-stakes environments like Web3 and DeFi, where the cost of downtime is absolute. [CORE COMPETENCIES] - Building Technical Teams: Expert in architecting departments from scratch, including remote-first management, technical mentorship, and scaling teams from 0 to 20+ specialists. - Knowledge Sharing & Education: Former Academy Technical Trainer with a focus on building internal educational processes, onboarding, and "tailored" Linux training to decentralize expertise. - Operational Resilience: Establishing 24/7 on-call ecosystems, incident response frameworks, and disaster recovery procedures for platforms securing multi-billion dollar protocols. - Technical Hardening: Implementing Zero-Trust architectures, automated CI/CD security, and infrastructure protection for distributed data centers. [TRACK RECORD OF IMPACT] - Lido Finance: Leading DevSecOps strategy for the world's largest liquid staking protocol, ensuring maximum uptime and security. - Entrepreneurship: Founded and grew a global DevOps outsourcing firm, managing 24/7 operations for hundreds of servers across 100+ international clients. - Community Contribution: Active contributor to the Security Alliance (SEAL), defining frameworks that protect the future of financial technology. I am passionate about hardening the infrastructure of the future. Let’s connect if you are looking to build a resilient, security-first engineering culture.
Collaborating with industry leaders to develop and share SEAL Frameworks, setting the standard for Incident Response across the Web3 and DeFi ecosystems. - Contributing specialized expertise in operational security and 24/7 incident handling. - Hardening the broader industry by establishing open-source best practices and defensive protocols. - Bridging the gap between complex infrastructure security and real-time threat mitigation for decentralized protocols.
As strategic lead for DevSecOps, I am responsible for the technical integrity, security, and 24/7 availability of high-scale infrastructure. My role bridges the gap between rapid Web3 innovation and the rigorous security requirements of high-stakes, remote-first engineering. Key Contributions & Business Results: - On-Chain Governance Monitoring: Launched OnChain Mon, a mission-critical platform detecting anomalies in protocol and governance states. It tracks Aragon voting, Easy Track motions, and protocol modules to ensure the integrity of decentralized decision-making. - Departmental Architecture: Built DevOps and SecOps functions from scratch, establishing organizational structures and hiring specialized talent for a distributed, remote-first team. - Organizational Service Layer: Established a dedicated Support Team to handle company-wide technical requests. This centralized function ensures operational efficiency and allows engineering units to focus on core development. Infrastructure Hardening: Engineered multi-region infrastructure using Zero-Trust architectures and automated safeguards to secure the environment against evolving threats. - 24/7 Operational Resilience: Implemented a comprehensive Incident Response Framework and on-call ecosystem. Defined clear escalation paths and recovery procedures to ensure constant uptime. - Secure SDLC Integration: Integrated automated security scanning into CI/CD pipelines, enabling high-velocity deployments without compromising security posture. - Technical Risk Management: Designed and stress-tested disaster recovery protocols for distributed environments, ensuring data integrity under extreme conditions. Technical Focus Areas: - Security: Threat modeling, vulnerability management, and access control. - Operations: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), performance tuning, and high-availability scaling. - Leadership: Strategic roadmaps, mentorship, and stakeholder management.
Founded and scaled a global DevOps outsourcing firm from the ground up, growing the organization to a team of 20+ specialists providing 24/7 support for hundreds of servers across 100+ international clients. Key Lessons & Organizational Milestones: - Zero-to-One Scaling: Built the entire business infrastructure, including hiring pipelines, management structures, and internal development teams, learning how to balance rapid growth with operational stability. - Service Excellence at Scale: Developed standardized processes for account management and support engineering, ensuring consistent delivery across a diverse, high-volume client base. - Global Resource Management: Mastered the logistics of running a 24/7 operation, optimizing resource allocation for both client-facing infrastructure and internal in-house development. - Operational Resilience: Navigated the complexities of maintaining mission-critical uptime for multiple global clients, refining the art of incident management and cross-functional team coordination.
Collaborated as a senior technical lead to architect and automate AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring high performance and reliability for a distributed engineering team. - Cloud Infrastructure Engineering: Designed and configured mission-critical AWS infrastructure components to support scalable application delivery. - Configuration Management & Automation: Implemented and optimized server management using Chef and Puppet, reducing manual overhead and ensuring environment consistency. - CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Led the continuous improvement of the CI/CD infrastructure, streamlining the deployment process and increasing release velocity. - Environment Orchestration: Engineered and maintained specialized development and testing environments, providing team members with stable platforms for rapid iteration. - System Integrity & Performance: Managed full-stack troubleshooting and performance tuning for OS and database layers, maintaining the integrity of the operating environment. - Strategic Platform Launch: Executed the regional launch of the Cloud Foundry platform, including the development of custom technical fixes to meet EU-specific operational requirements. - Data Protection: Managed comprehensive backup administration and data restoration protocols to safeguard intellectual property and ensure business continuity
- Building and configuring distributed infrastructure in EU/US data centers - Optimizing servers’ performance, failover, and scale; - Configuring and support CI process, monitoring and backup; - Investigating and fixing complex infrastructure issues; - Performing backup administration, including backup and restore of the data; - Building and supporting small in-house CDN system (for content related projects) - Creating a simple anti-parsing solution (Nginx, embedded Lua) - Launching and mentoring for internal educational processes (onboarding, knowledge transfer, meetups, etc)