Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • DevOps & AWS Specialist

Mohammad Ali

DevOps Engineer & AWS Cloud Architect

Designing, deploying, and managing production-grade cloud infrastructure. Expert in Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform Infrastructure as Code, and automated CI/CD pipeline engineering across fintech, IoT, and healthcare domains.

alhaj.mhmd@gmail.com +60 11 5381 6737 LinkedIn
Faster Deployments
Reduced deployment time through GitHub Actions automation across production and staging
Cost Optimised
Reduced infra spending via AWS Aurora Serverless, Lightsail, & Docker staging
High Availability
Maintained production uptime for fintech platforms handling thousands of daily transactions

Certifications & Achievements

Professional Level
AWS Solutions Architect - Professional
Specialty Level
AWS Certified Security Specialty
Associate Level
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
Associate Level
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Infrastructure as Code
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
Foundational
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AI / Emerging Tech
AWS AI Practitioner
Pursuing
Kubernetes CKAD

Professional Development

Additional learning and development areas

Technical Architecture & Stack

Cloud & IaC

AWS EC2 EKS RDS Aurora S3 / VPC AWS Bedrock Terraform Cloudflare CloudFront Lightsail

Containers & Orchestration

Kubernetes AWS EKS Docker Zero-Downtime Deployments

CI/CD & Automation

GitHub Actions AWS CodePipeline Bash Scripting YAML

Observability & Security

Grafana Stack Sentry Cloud SonarQube AWS IAM AWS Security Hub WireGuard VPN

Networking

VPC Design Route 53 CCNA Knowledge DDoS Protection Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS)

Dev Stack

PHP / Laravel Vue.js / Nuxt Node.js / Express MySQL / Aurora

Professional Experience

DevOps Engineer & AWS Architect

Jul 2022 — Present

MTM Payment - Evo Tracker • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Architected end-to-end AWS infrastructure using Terraform IaC (VPC, EC2 Auto-Scaling, RDS Aurora Serverless, EKS).
  • Designed and maintained GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for production/staging, eliminating manual release errors.
  • Deployed and managed EKS (Kubernetes) clusters with zero-downtime rolling deployments.
  • Integrated AWS Bedrock to deliver an AI-powered customer service chatbot.
  • Designed a Smart Home IoT rental system on AWS with real-time device management across properties.
  • Built an E-Invoice system & Crypto/Tron-integrated payment platform processing thousands of daily MasterCard transactions.
  • Implemented Cloudflare CDN for frontend hosting and DDoS protection, accelerating page load speeds.
  • Established cost-optimised staging environments with AWS Lightsail and Docker, reducing infrastructure spend.
  • Led a cross-functional engineering team.

DevOps Engineer & Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2019 — May 2022

UMCHTech • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Provisioned AWS infrastructure including EC2 Auto Scaling, Route 53, RDS, and WireGuard VPN for private access.
  • Built a Grafana Cloud observability stack for server monitoring and managed Sentry Cloud for error tracking.
  • Integrated SonarQube for automated code-quality enforcement, reducing critical defects across projects.
  • Designed and developed RESTful backend APIs using Laravel/PHP and built responsive frontends using Vue.js/Nuxt.js.
  • Used Cloudflare DNS, CDN, and Workers/Pages to improve performance, availability, and delivery across client projects.
  • Led the development team and worked across database design, API architecture, frontend implementation, deployment, monitoring, and production support.

Software Engineer

Dec 2017 — Sep 2019

ArchitWeb • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Developed eCommerce and job portal web applications; integrated PayPal & Stripe gateways into a SaaS support platform.
  • Built custom PHP MVC applications with MySQL backends and managed sprint workflows in Jira.

Infrastructure Engineer, Servers Department

Nov 2008 — Aug 2017

Syrian Telecom (Tarassul ISP) • Syria

  • Managed LAN infrastructure, network equipment, and Linux hosting servers over a 9-year tenure.

Education

2012 — 2017

Master of Computer Science

Syrian Virtual University

2009 — 2011

Bachelor of Software Engineering

Syrian Virtual University

Languages

English Professional
Arabic Native
Mandarin Chinese Elementary (Pursuing HSK 3.2)