Nginx-Driven DevOps Engineer in Kubernetes

Mahmoud Osama Soliman

DevOps engineer

Personal information:

Phone number: +201*********

Mail: ********************@*****.***

LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/mahmoud-osama-soliman-266678238/

GitHub: https://github.com/MahmoudOsamaMohmed

Address: Maadi, Cairo

Date of Birth: 02/09/2001

Martial statue: Single.

Military status: completed.

Experience:

Barq Systems — DevOps internship (September 2025: Present)

Selected as one of 4 top participants from Barq Academy’s DevOps training program

Built and configured an NGINX gateway to efficiently proxy application traffic and implement load balancing across multiple backend servers, including failover configuration with a dedicated backup server.

Enabled advanced caching mechanisms to optimize performance and reduce latency for frequently accessed content.

Integrated authentication and access control within NGINX to securely serve protected application routes.

Installed and configured NGINX Instance Manager to centrally manage and monitor multiple NGINX instances across the infrastructure.

Deployed and connected NGINX Agents on all servers to ensure consistent configuration management and performance tracking.

Implemented NGINX App Protect WAF (Web Application Firewall) to enhance application security and mitigate OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

Containerized NGINX setup using Docker, testing and validating all configurations both in traditional and containerized environments.

Integrated NGINX with Kubernetes, enabling seamless ingress management, scalability, and observability across the cluster.

Deployed Azure DevOps Server on-premises with HA MySQL, ensuring reliability and scalability.

Managed Windows Server environments, including domain controllers, Active Directory, and certificate authority setup.

Integrated self-hosted agents across Linux, Windows, Docker, and Kubernetes for seamless CI/CD workflows.

Built CI/CD pipelines to automate Nginx config updates via NIM API and Kubernetes resource management via K8s API.

Migrated a Node.js app to Helm chart, enabling Kubernetes-native deployment and orchestration.

Barq Academy — DevOps Training (august-2025)

Application Hosting & Infrastructure

Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm, implementing Istio Ingress Gateway for intelligent traffic routing and secure communication between microservices.

Implemented end-to-end TLS encryption to secure all application communications within the cluster.

Observability & Monitoring

Built a comprehensive observability stack using Prometheus and Grafana to monitor both cluster health and application-level metrics.

Configured custom dashboards and alerts in Grafana for proactive issue detection and performance tracking.

CI/CD & Automation

Designed and implemented a CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps for continuous integration.

Automated build, test, and deployment workflows to improve delivery speed and reliability. Docker-Based Deployment

Developed and deployed containerized applications using Docker Compose, integrating both the application and database layers.

Configured NGINX as a reverse proxy and SSL terminator to secure application access over HTTPS (port 443) with valid certificates.

Configuration Management & Deployment Automation

Automated deployment processes using Ansible, including installation of Docker, transferring Dockerfiles, building containers, and setting up NGINX routing.

Ensured consistent, repeatable environment provisioning and application deployment across multiple servers.

Education:

Bachelor in Computer Science

Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Helwan University, Egypt. Grade: Good.

Graduation Year: May 2023

Projects:

Graduation Project – AI-Based Residential Unit Pricing Faculty of Computers and Artificial Intelligence, Helwan University

- Built and deployed an AI model to predict residential unit prices.

- Integrated model workflow with reproducible scripts and documentation. Skills

Technical Skills:

CI/CD Pipelines (Azure DevOps)

Containerization & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Infrastructure Automation (Ansible)

Monitoring & Logging (Prometheus, Grafana)

Linux & Shell Scripting

Personal Skills:

Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Team working and leadership.

Problem solving skills.

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