Available for infrastructure & DevOps roles

Naeem Raza

DevOps Engineer/Linux System Administrator

I keep Linux infrastructure stable, secure, and production-ready. Building reliable cloud and on-premise systems for web apps, ERP platforms, and business-critical services.

Contact meGitHubLinkedIn
  • Islamabad, Pakistan
  • +92 331 666 4661
  • itsnaeemraza@gmail.com
5+
Years experience
60%
Faster deployments
5
AWS certifications
24/7
Production uptime focus
01About

Summary

DevOps Engineer with 5+ years in Linux infrastructure, now specializing in AI-augmented operations — deploying local LLMs, building AI-powered automation workflows, and integrating AI tooling into production DevOps pipelines. My work focuses on building reliable infrastructure for web applications, ERP systems, and business-critical services across production, staging, and internal environments.

Focus areas

Linux administration, DevOps, AWS, Docker & Kubernetes, CI/CD, monitoring, backups, security, and AI-augmented automation.

Publication

An Active Queue Management to Assist Time-critical Applications in Rural Area Networks using Deep Learning

02Skills

Tech stack & tooling

AI & Automation

  • Ollama
  • OpenWebUI
  • n8n
  • LLM API integration (Claude/GPT)
  • Claude CLI
  • Prompt engineering

Cloud — AWS

  • EC2
  • S3
  • VPC & Subnets
  • IAM
  • Route 53
  • CloudWatch
  • ELB/ALB
  • Lambda
  • ECS Fargate

Google Cloud

  • Compute Engine
  • Cloud Storage

Containers & Orchestration

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Kubernetes
  • ECS Fargate

IaC & Config Management

  • Terraform
  • Ansible

CI/CD

  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins

Monitoring & Observability

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • NetData
  • CloudWatch
  • Nagios

Databases

  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB

Web & App Servers

  • Nginx
  • Apache
  • Gunicorn
  • PM2

Virtualization

  • Proxmox
  • VMware
  • Hyper-V

Security & Networking

  • UFW
  • iptables
  • SSL/TLS
  • Certbot
  • OpenVPN
  • SSH hardening
  • DNS
  • Load Balancers
  • MikroTik

Self-Hosted Dev Services

  • Forgejo
  • Gitolite
  • Passbolt
  • Git
  • BackupPC
  • Samba
03Experience

Where I've worked

  1. DevOps Engineer @ Face44

    Aug 2024 – Present
    • Provision and manage AWS infrastructure — EC2, S3, VPC with public/private subnets, IAM policies, Route 53 DNS, Application Load Balancers, Lambda, and ECS Fargate — alongside Google Compute Engine and Cloud Storage.
    • Cut deployment time by 60% by building CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions and Jenkins, improving release reliability across production and staging.
    • Containerize Node.js, PHP, and Python applications with Docker for consistent environments from development through production.
    • Serve Python apps with Gunicorn behind Nginx and manage Node.js processes with PM2 for uptime monitoring and load balancing.
    • Monitor production infrastructure with CloudWatch, NetData, Prometheus, and Grafana, alerting on resource saturation and service health.
    • Enforce security controls with UFW, iptables, SSH hardening, and automated TLS certificate renewal via Certbot.

  2. Linux System Administrator @ Zeropoint

    Mar 2023 – Present

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    • Install, configure, and maintain Linux servers hosting web applications, ERP platforms, and internal business systems.
    • Deploy and manage PHP, Node.js, and ERP applications with SSL and domain configuration on Linux infrastructure.
    • Manage virtualization infrastructure on Proxmox, provisioning and maintaining VMs across production environments.
    • Deploy and administer self-hosted developer services — Forgejo and Gitolite for Git hosting and Passbolt for team credential management.
    • Own backup and disaster recovery using BackupPC and scripted policies with tested restore workflows.
    • Configure OpenVPN, Samba shares, load balancers, routers, switches, and VoIP; provide Level 3 technical support.

  3. Assistant System Administrator @ National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

    Feb 2021 – Feb 2023

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    • Installed and configured Hadoop and Kubernetes clusters on Ubuntu and CentOS for research workloads.
    • Administered Windows Server 2012 R2 (Active Directory, File Share, WDS) and built VMs on Hyper-V.
    • Managed LAN/WAN infrastructure and ensured network connectivity across teaching labs.
    • Configured monitoring tools including Nagios and Cacti.

  4. IT Administrator @ LOGICON

    Aug 2020 – Feb 2021

    Lahore, Pakistan

    • Provided technical support for printers, scanners, and network devices, and managed workstation setup and IT provisioning.
    • Supported Apple devices including MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads.

  5. Internship Trainee @ Tristar Technologies

    Feb 2020 – Apr 2020

    Lahore, Pakistan

    • Installed Linux operating systems (CentOS, Ubuntu) and configured Cacti monitoring and DMA Radius Manager.
    • Configured MikroTik RouterOS for network routing and management.

  6. Internship Trainee @ NUST — School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

    Jun 2019 – Sep 2019

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    • Installed and configured Linux and Windows operating systems, and administered Windows Server (WDS, AD, DNS, DHCP).
    • Configured wired/wireless networks, VPN and proxy services, and OpenStack cloud on Linux.
    • Worked with VMware virtualization and deployed monitoring tools (Cacti, Nagios).
04Projects

Selected work

Self-Hosted AI Stack

Deployed a self-hosted AI stack on Linux with Ollama, OpenWebUI, and n8n. Built automated workflows for server health reporting and alert-to-action pipelines.

  • Ollama
  • OpenWebUI
  • n8n
  • Linux

Infrastructure Automation

Provisioned AWS EC2 infrastructure with Terraform and configured Nginx web servers using automated deployment scripts and Docker containers.

  • Terraform
  • AWS EC2
  • Nginx
  • Docker

CI/CD Pipeline Automation

Built GitHub Actions pipelines automating application build, test, and deployment to AWS.

  • GitHub Actions
  • AWS
  • CI/CD
05Credentials

Education & certifications

Education

Bachelor of Information Technology

Lahore Garrison University

Sep 2016 – Sep 2020

Certifications
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect
  • AWS Educate — Introduction to Cloud 101
  • DevOps Master
  • Ubuntu Linux Administration: Essential Commands
Honors & awards
  • Huawei ICT Competition — participant
  • Certificates of Appreciation, NUST — IC-WEES International Conference
  • Certificates of Appreciation, NUST — SNS & ASAB Convocation