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DevOps & DevSecOps Engineer

Summary

Mahmoud Mohamed Said Ahmed

DevOps & DevSecOps Engineer.

  • Cairo, Egypt
  • Mobile: +201116060955
  • E-mail: mmsaeed509@gmail.com
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mahmoudmohamedsaid
  • GitHub: @mmsaeed509

DevOps & DevSecOps Engineer with expertise in Kubernetes, cloud-native infrastructure, and secure CI/CD pipelines. Experienced in architecting scalable platforms, implementing enterprise DevSecOps solutions (SAST, DAST, container security, supply chain protection), and managing Big Data and Azure Synapse Analytics workloads. Creator of Exodia OS and active open-source contributor, passionate about building resilient, secure, and automated systems.

Education

Bachelor of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Cairo University (Class of 2023)

2018 - 2023

Professional Experience

DevOps & DevSecOps Engineer - SCB Digital Factory

Jul 2025 - Present

DevSecOps / Kubernetes / Cloud-Native Platforms

  • Architected, implemented, and maintained a highly available K3s Kubernetes cluster to dynamically provision and auto-scale Azure DevOps self-hosted agent pools.
  • Implemented and maintained Azure Synapse Analytics solutions (Knoan and Doxter platforms) for enterprise-scale data warehousing, integration pipelines, and analytics workloads.
  • Designed and standardized enterprise-grade Azure DevOps CI/CD pipeline templates with mandatory environment approvals and service connection governance for secure multi-stage deployments to OpenShift.
  • Secured containerization lifecycle by building and maintaining zero-critical-vulnerability Docker images for production-grade Quarkus (Java) and Angular (TypeScript) applications.
  • Engineered and deployed a production-ready Big Data platform on OpenShift using Helm and integrating Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, MinIO (migrated to Nutanix), StarRocks, dbt-core, Jupyter, and LakeKeeper.
  • Established observability across OpenShift Kubernetes clusters using Prometheus and Grafana for proactive alerting and performance optimization.
  • Centralized enterprise logging via the EFK stack (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana) to improve incident response time and root-cause analysis efficiency.
  • Maintained a comprehensive DevSecOps framework across the CI/CD lifecycle with security controls and governance (Trivy, Gitleaks, Cosign, Fortify, Prisma Cloud, SonarQube), integrating SAST and DAST stages into Azure DevOps pipelines.

Skills

Tech Stack

  • Version Control & Linux: Git, Git LFS, GitHub, GitLab, Debian/Arch/RHEL-based.
  • Programming: C/C++, Java, Python, Bash, PowerShell.
  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker, podman, OpenShift, Kubernetes.
  • CI-CD & IaC: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Terraform, Helm, Ansible, vagrant.
  • Cloud: AWS.
  • Monitoring & Security: Grafana, Incident Response, Penetration Testing.

Projects

Exodia OS

Graduation Project (Excellent Grade)

  • Built an Arch-based Linux distribution tailored for cybersecurity and penetration testing.
  • Developed special editions including Home and Acer Predator with fan/RGB control.
  • Adopted by cybersecurity enthusiasts with 500+ pre-installed tools.

Link: https://exodia-os.github.io

CI/CD Pipeline for VProfile App

GitOps, Kubernetes, Jenkins (open source contribution)

  • Designed and deployed a multi-tier Java application with MySQL, Memcached, RabbitMQ, Tomcat, and Nginx.
  • Implemented GitHub Actions workflows for development and production.
  • Automated deployments on AWS EKS using Terraform + Helm.

Acer Predator Kernel Module

open source contribution

  • Reverse-engineered Windows PredatorSense app to build a Linux kernel module (C).
  • Control Keyboard RGB, Fan Speed and TURBO mode.

Link: https://github.com/JafarAkhondali/acer-predator-turbo-and-rgb-keyboard-linux-module

Linuwu-Sense

mmsaeed509/Linuwu-Sense Fork (open source contribution)

  • Reverse-engineered Windows PredatorSense app to build a Linux kernel module (C).
  • Control RGB, Fan Speed, Overclocking, TURBO mode, System Monitoring and Thermal Profiles.

Link: https://github.com/mmsaeed509/Linuwu-Sense

PredatorSense Linux

self-development (open-source app)

  • GUI App for mmsaeed509/Linuwu-Sense Fork.

Link: https://github.com/mmsaeed509/PredatorSense-Linux

Exodia OS Assistant

PyQt5 GUI App (self-development, open-source app)

  • Built modular system assistant application for Exodia OS.
  • Designed custom UI with non-rectangular windows, dynamic buttons, and system integration features.
  • Role Manager allows users to install, manage, and configure a role-based environment.

Ransomware

self-development (open-source Ransomware)

  • Basic implementation of ransomware using Python (server + client).
  • The server controls the client and is hosted on the attacker's machine.
  • The client connects to the server to encrypt/decrypt files.