Mohamed Fariz Nazeer

• Defined cloud architecture for Google Cloud Platform solutions.
• Develop architecture and guidance to deliver robust, highly scalable and cost-effective solutions.
• Documented system security authorization boundaries for cloud-based solutions.

• Increased operational efficiency by migrating application to Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for Kubernetes workloads

• Worked closely with software development and testing team to design and develop robust cloud architecture to meet requirements for availability, scalability and performance with SLA of 98.5%
• Increased uptime and scalability of multiple production workloads by rearchitecting and containerising Ruby on Rails applications into Docker containers
• Reduced over 50% cost of PostgreSQL Amazon RDS instances by optimising storage, upgrading database engine, migrating to newer instance type and purchasing Reserved Instances
• Reduced over 90% application errors on production by setting up distributed tracing and monitoring using Datadog, New Relic and Amazon CloudWatch; identified bottlenecks and suggested fixes to developers
• Built CI/CD pipelines to build, test and deploy multiple applications to production including serverless applications and Docker deployments
• Increased maintainability by migrating five corporate Wordpress websites hosted in DigitalOcean Droplets to Amazon Lightsail
• Reduced management overhead of maintaining domains and SSL certificates by migrated DNS service of seven production domains hosted on 3 different service providers into Amazon Route 53 and AWS Certification Manager with zero downtime
• Configured, installed and tuned Nginx and Passenger for performance under heavy load
• Conducted security audits, identified potential threats and implemented policies, access controls and guardrails such as bastion host, automated security fixes and granular IAM policies
• Conducted risk assessment and created organisational security policies and procedures in compliance with ISO 27001 standard

Blockchain and E-Commerce Ecosystem

• Architected secure, scalable, highly available application and infrastructure for several projects using services oriented architecture handling a user base of close to 1 million users
• Deployed and managed redundant and scalable production databases on cloud, including MongoDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL
• Setup and management of the entire infrastructure for blockchain and related services on Linux servers
• Built continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines for over 40 applications built on varying programming languages such as MEAN stack, React Native, Ruby on Rails, Go lang, etc
• Creation of custom code using Python and Bash to aide CI efforts
• Automation of Configuration Management for servers on cloud
• Developed Cloud Orchestration for applications using CloudFormation stacks
• Wrote and updated documentation to outline technical design of entire project

Member of Information Security Steering Committee

• Planning and Implementation of ISO/IEC 27001 (Information Security Management Systems) standards in cloud and on-premise systems
• Participated in the audits conducted by CyberSecurity Malaysia
• Got ISO 27001 Certification for Blockchain and Ecosystem
• Maintained consistent security to effectively implement best practices and protect IT assets

General Roles

• Setup and management of company email systems
• Setup and management of corporate websites built on Wordpress
• Guiding and advising developers on creation of scalable systems
• Writing efficient MongoDB and SQL queries for large and complex functions
• Code review of production applications with developers
• Setup and management of team management tools such as Jira and Slack to facilitate agile development
• Setup and maintenance of TestNet and MainNet Blockchain Nodes
• Building and setup of blockchain mining rigs

Zilzar

• Built, tested and deployed scalable and highly available E-Commerce web application
• Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks and developed solutions
• Managed ongoing development and bug fixes of website developed in ASP.NET
• Managed MS SQL Server databases and implemented new features and generate reports using stored procedures, scalar functions and triggers

Virtual Store Front

• Made recommendations and developed technical design for new application feature
• Oversaw implementation of application development in ASP.NET MVC

Zilzar Life

• Setup and design new front-end design for Wordpress website
• Implemented new features such as E-Commerce and Advertisement management system

Z-Tracker

• Designed and developed an intranet application for KPI tracking written in PHP

General Roles

• Managed and monitored all installed systems and infrastructure on AWS to ensure the highest level of availability
• Managed firewall, Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange servers in-house
• Trained members of IT team regarding system architecture, application development, network security and system testing.
  

• Setup and maintained company website developed on Wordpress

• Increased social media followers by 8 folds and won the parliamentary election
• Implemented social media strategy and execution, overseeing all social media channels to promote and increase support
• Leveraged technical resources to design and create campaign deliverables, including invitations, posters and marketing videos

New Zilzar B2B Platform

• Evaluated and conducted technical and functional research and analysis by studying industry trends and competitor products
• Coordinated with business heads to determine systems requirements
• Prepared detailed technical design specifications for the new Zilzar B2B website
• Liaised with offshore developers on project implementation

Zilzar B2B Systems

• Achieved 5 fold increase in productivity of Business Development team by leading the implementation of a major revamp of Zilzar B2B website admin panel
• Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for existing websites
• Developed and implemented scripts using Python and VB.Net to enhance extraction and cleanup of data

• Designed, developed and maintained company website

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