Syed Farhan Ali Sabri
CLOUD ARCHITECT

Complex systems.
Clear solutions.

I’m Syed Farhan Ali Sabri. I turn complex infrastructure into reliable, automated platforms—helping teams migrate, build, and operate with confidence.

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◎ Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Working across clouds
ARCHITECTURE, CONNECTED.● SYSTEM THINKING
AWS Azure Google Cloud Oracle Cloud Nutanix BUILD · AUTOMATE · OPERATE
01 / THE PLATFORM PERSPECTIVEDESIGNED FOR RELIABILITY ↗
Good infrastructure.
Better possibilities.
10+Years in infrastructure & DevOps
100+VMs migrated to Google Cloud
60%Less provisioning time with IaC
5Cloud & infrastructure platforms
01 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PLATFORMS

Hands-on engineer.
Big-picture thinker.

The best architecture is the one your team can confidently run.

My work connects cloud strategy with the details that make it succeed: repeatable infrastructure, dependable releases, tested recovery, and clear handovers.

From Linux administration and networking to enterprise cloud architecture, I’ve built my career around solving real operational problems. Today, I help organizations across Saudi Arabia modernize their platforms and strengthen the teams behind them.

Architecture to implementationTeam enablementPractical automation
02 / SELECTED WORK

Built for the
real world.

Enterprise delivery, from the first design
to the final production handover.

ON-PREMISES → GOOGLE CLOUD
Nutanix
Enterprise workloads⟶Google Cloud
Production ready
LINUX + WINDOWS100+ VIRTUAL MACHINES
01 / ENTERPRISE MIGRATION

A new home for business-critical workloads.

Led the migration of 100+ Linux and Windows VMs from Nutanix to Google Cloud using OpenText, coordinating infrastructure, application, and vendor teams through production cutover.

GCPNutanixOpenText
Inside the project +

Validated destination VMs, configured replication jobs, and resolved kernel mismatches, Windows failover issues, storage quotas, and networking blockers. Completed post-migration validation and knowledge transfer to the operations team.

02 / KUBERNETES RESILIENCE

Recovery that goes beyond a backup.

Implemented Veeam Kasten K10 on Oracle Kubernetes Engine, configuring protection policies and validating namespace and application restores across multiple environments.

OCI / OKEKasten K10Disaster recovery
Inside the project +

Worked through CSI snapshot configuration, object storage access, ingress authentication, TLS, and multi-cluster connectivity. Used restore drills to validate recovery workflows.

03 / DELIVERY ENGINEERING

Safer releases. Less manual work.

Modernized delivery with Azure DevOps and Jenkins: pipelines as code, quality gates, approval workflows, and environment-specific configuration.

Azure DevOpsJenkinsCI/CD
Inside the project +

Designed pipelines for QA, staging, and production; introduced pull-request validation and controlled access to pipeline secrets. Supported container delivery and repository governance.

04 / PLATFORM ENGINEERING

Kubernetes, built on enterprise foundations.

Deployed and operated Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, connecting infrastructure provisioning with container platforms and application lifecycle management.

NKPAHVGitOps
Inside the project +

Worked on control-plane and worker topology, infrastructure integration, platform prerequisites, and operational troubleshooting. Supported teams with architecture and implementation documentation.

05 / INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE

Repeatable environments, faster.

Standardized development, staging, and production provisioning with Terraform, reducing environment provisioning time by approximately 60%.

TerraformMulti-cloudAutomation
Inside the project +

Replaced manual provisioning steps with reusable infrastructure definitions, helping teams keep environments consistent and changes reviewable.

06 / REAL ESTATE / AWS

Cloud infrastructure for a real estate platform.

Designed AWS infrastructure for a web and mobile application with .NET Core, Python, and Java backend APIs. Automated infrastructure and application delivery with CloudFormation and Azure DevOps.

AWS ECSCloudFormationAzure DevOpsAPI Gateway
Inside the project +

Created CloudFormation templates for AWS infrastructure and connected API Gateway to ECS through VPC links and Network Load Balancers. Configured Azure CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and frontend and backend releases. The environment included RDS, ElastiCache, SNS, SES, SQS, Lambda, and S3.

07 / IOT / CONTAINER MIGRATION

Moving asset tracking services onto Kubernetes.

Supported an IoT asset tracking platform across development and production, migrating services from EC2 to EKS and delivery pipelines from Jenkins to GitLab CI.

AWS EKSGitLab CIJenkinsServerless
Inside the project +

Managed AWS infrastructure for Node, Python, and Java services with an Angular frontend. Configured service pipelines and scheduled EC2 start and stop automation using Lambda and the Serverless Framework. The platform used RDS, S3, ElastiCache, Elasticsearch, and SNS.

08 / HEALTHCARE IOT / AZURE

Automated infrastructure for connected medical devices.

Supported an IoT web and mobile application for medical and surgical devices, updating Terraform infrastructure definitions and automating provisioning through Azure Pipelines.

Azure AKSTerraformAzure PipelinesIoT Hub
Inside the project +

Modified Terraform templates to provision the required Azure resources and configured CI/CD for infrastructure creation. The environment included AKS, App Service, Key Vault, Storage Accounts, IoT Hub, and Device Provisioning Service.

09 / HEALTHCARE / CLOUD MIGRATION

A healthcare platform, migrated from AWS to Azure.

Migrated web and mobile application environments from AWS to Azure, mapping services to Azure PaaS offerings and moving development, QA, and production in sequence.

AWS → AzureApp ServiceMySQLJenkins
Inside the project +

Created Azure infrastructure equivalent to the existing AWS services, backed up and restored the required databases, and configured Jenkins deployment pipelines for each new environment. The application used Node and Angular, with managed database and Redis services.

10 / EDUCATION / AWS

An education platform across four environments.

Built AWS infrastructure for development, QA, staging, and production, deploying a Node backend on ECS and an Angular frontend through S3 and CloudFront.

AWS ECSS3CloudFrontJenkins
Inside the project +

Configured Jenkins pipelines for deployment automation across all environments. The infrastructure included EC2, ElastiCache, RDS, ECS, ECR, CloudFront, and S3 to support the web and mobile application.

11 / BIG DATA / HYBRID CLOUD

Analytics products across public and private clouds.

Deployed big data analytics products on AWS and VMware private cloud using existing automation scripts and Docker images.

AWSVMwareKafkaDC/OS
Inside the project +

Provisioned virtual machines and deployed products through preconfigured scripts. Tested data ingestion features and scenarios against established procedures, and used existing Jenkins pipelines to create build artifacts. The stack included Splunk, HDFS, Kafka, OpenLDAP, Neo4j, Mesosphere DC/OS, and Marathon.

12 / DATA SCIENCE / AWS MARKETPLACE

From application releases to Marketplace delivery.

Automated releases for a Python data science application and CMS with Jenkins, monitored application components, and packaged the application for AWS Marketplace.

JenkinsCloudFormationDocker SwarmAWS Marketplace
Inside the project +

Designed a CloudFormation template with two AMIs and published the complete application on AWS Marketplace. The environment included Python, R, PostgreSQL on RDS, Docker Swarm, EC2, and ElastiCache.

13 / DOCUMENT COLLABORATION / AZURE

Infrastructure for online document collaboration.

Deployed a .NET Core document collaboration application on Azure VMs with Azure SQL, Azure AD authentication, and Box API integration.

Azure VMsAzure SQLAzure ADJenkins
Inside the project +

Configured Azure Application Gateway with the virtual machine as its backend pool and automated application releases using Jenkins pipelines. Supported the infrastructure for an online document compliance and collaboration system.

14 / DATA ANALYTICS / INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE

Repeatable environments for a data analytics platform.

Designed CloudFormation templates for development and QA environments supporting multiple web applications managed through Chef on AWS.

CloudFormationChefHadoopAWS
Inside the project +

Participated in project planning and defined infrastructure for EC2, Chef Server, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and Elastic Load Balancers. The platform included Ruby applications, Hadoop, and a Kiji cluster.

15 / BANKING / OBSERVABILITY

Visibility into application health and cloud security.

Configured Azure Application Insights and Azure Security Center for a banking application, covering application performance, resource security assessments, and threshold-based alerts.

Application InsightsAzure Security CenterJava / TomcatSQL Server
Inside the project +

Set up exception and dependency tracing, including SQL queries, for a Java web application. Configured security assessments and recommendations for Azure VMs and other subscription resources, and created alerts for selected monitoring thresholds.

03 / HOW I HELP

From cloud strategy
to everyday reliability.

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Cloud architecture & migration

Multi-cloud design, landing zones, hybrid infrastructure, workload migration, and practical modernization roadmaps.

AWS · Azure · GCP · OCI · Nutanix
⌘

DevOps & platform engineering

Infrastructure as Code, container platforms, CI/CD, and repeatable workflows that help engineering teams deliver.

Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker · Helm
◎

Reliability, security & recovery

Observability, backup and recovery, IAM, secrets management, cloud hardening, and operational readiness.

Prometheus · Grafana · Kasten · Vault
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Consulting & team enablement

Technical discovery, solution scoping, architecture documentation, mentoring, and knowledge transfer.

Discovery · Delivery · Documentation · Handover
04 / THE JOURNEY

Built on
experience.

Infrastructure roots.
A cloud-native perspective.

JUN 2024 — PRESENT

Senior DevOps Engineer

Defined Solutions · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Enterprise cloud consultancy, migrations, Kubernetes platforms, and CI/CD modernization for the KSA market.

DEC 2023 — JUN 2024

DevOps Consultant

Fathom.io · Saudi Arabia

Google Cloud migration, scalable delivery pipelines, Kubernetes release strategies, and client team enablement.

2020 — 2023

Staff / Senior DevOps Engineer

10Pearls · Pakistan

Pipeline standardization, infrastructure automation, container platforms, observability, and engineering mentorship.

2011 — 2019

Infrastructure & Systems Engineering

Various organizations · Pakistan

Linux administration, networking, VMware and Citrix virtualization, and the foundations of automation.

05 / CONTINUOUS LEARNING

Knowledge with
credentials to match.

Cloud, Kubernetes, and automation.
A commitment to learning across platforms.

Credentials listed from my professional résumé and shared certification history. Current validity and verification details are available on request.

ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONBSc in TelecommunicationIqra University, Pakistan
06 / BEYOND THE DELIVERY

Build. Share.
Keep exploring.

Making technical knowledge more useful,
inside and outside the project.

COMMUNITY

KSA Cloud & DevOps

Bringing cloud practitioners together to share developments, practical lessons, and ideas relevant to the Saudi technology community.

WRITING

Lessons from the field

Sharing perspectives on cloud, DevOps, AI-assisted operations, and the engineering concepts behind the tools.

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