CLOUD • INFRASTRUCTURE • DEVOPS • SRE

Mohammad
Mustafa Khan

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer with 18+ years of experience across Azure, AWS, hybrid cloud, data centre operations, virtualization, DevOps and IT operations management.

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$ whoami
mohammad-mustafa-khan

$ focus
cloud • automation • reliability

$ experience
18+ years

$ uptime
99.9% @ 150 servers

$ impact
45% fewer security incidents

18+Years experience

99.9%Infrastructure uptime

150Servers supported

2,000+Endpoints covered

45%Security incident reduction

01 / ABOUT

Engineering reliable
enterprise infrastructure.

I bring a broad infrastructure background spanning cloud platforms, data centres, virtualization, networking, security, monitoring, backup/DR and IT service management.

My work combines operational governance with hands-on technical leadership: reviewing architectures, managing incidents and changes, improving security posture, planning DR, and coordinating teams and vendors across multi-site environments.

Current focus areas include Azure/AWS/Google Cloud, cloud automation, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Linux and site reliability engineering.

02 / EXPERIENCE

Career timeline

Jul 2025 — Present

Senior System Administrator

Preeminent Technology (MSP) · Hyderabad

Maintained 99.9% uptime across 150 physical and virtual servers supporting 2,000 users.
Provided technical supervision across cloud and on-premises client environments.
Reduced security incidents by 45% through centralized patch management covering 2,000+ endpoints.
Managed Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, Azure AD, provisioning and migrations.
Reviewed Azure, hybrid infrastructure, backup, DR and security architecture.

Jul 2018 — May 2025

IT Manager — Data Centre & Infrastructure Operations

PETROCON Engineers & Consultants · Hyderabad

Accountable for end-to-end IT infrastructure and data centre operations.
Led DC, DR, Cloud, Network & Security operations through internal teams and vendors.
Oversaw capacity planning, DR strategy, backup architecture and security controls.
Migrated enterprise email from GoDaddy POP3 to Microsoft 365 using IMAP migration.
Managed vendors, procurement, AMCs, licenses and ITIL-aligned processes.

May 2015 — Jan 2018

IT Infrastructure Manager

WARED Logistics · Jeddah, K.S.A

Provided strategic and operational governance for enterprise data centre infrastructure.
Supervised systems, network and security teams and led modernization initiatives.
Oversaw DR planning, monitoring frameworks and enterprise backup solutions.

Sep 2014 — May 2015

Senior System Engineer — Data Centre Operations

Dr. Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital · Jeddah

Managed mission-critical hospital data centre operations and high-availability controls.
Led virtualization and Active Directory redesign initiatives.

Aug 2010 — Sep 2014

System Engineer — Data Centre & Infrastructure

Jeraisy Computer & Comm. Services · Client: GACA, Jeddah

Supported large-scale data centre environments across 30+ airport locations.
Delivered private cloud and virtualization initiatives under government standards.

2007 — 2010

Earlier Roles

InterContinental Jeddah · iQuasar · Bank of America

Corporate IT Support Engineer, Systems Implementation Engineer and Associate Consultant roles across hospitality, banking and IT services.

03 / TECH STACK

Tools, platforms & expertise

☁ Cloud

Microsoft Azure · AWS · Google Cloud · VMware

⚙ DevOps & IaC

Jenkins · Ansible · Azure DevOps · GitLab · Terraform

🖥 Operating Systems

Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 · RHEL · Ubuntu · Debian · SLES

🌐 Network & Security

FortiGate · Sophos · WatchGuard · VLANs · Routing · VPNs · Load Balancing

💾 Data & Backup

Oracle · SQL Server · PostgreSQL · SAP HANA · MongoDB · Veeam · Veritas NetBackup · Backup Exec

📊 Monitoring & SOC

LogicMonitor · ManageEngine · Splunk · Dynatrace · Nagios · PRTG

🏢 Infrastructure

Fujitsu · HPE · Dell EMC · Cisco · IBM · Huawei · QNAP · Quantum

📋 ITSM & Governance

ITIL · Change & Asset Management · Compliance · Audits · ISO 27001 controls

04 / FOCUS AREAS

Where I create operational impact

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

Architecture review, operations and governance across Azure, AWS and hybrid environments.

Reliability & DR

High availability, capacity planning, backup architecture, DR strategy and recovery exercises.

Security Operations

Patch management, SIEM/monitoring, threat detection, security controls and compliance.

Automation & DevOps

Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, configuration management and cloud automation.

IT Operations

Incident, change, problem, asset and configuration management with SLA-focused governance.

Leadership

Technical reviews, mentoring, vendor coordination and cross-functional infrastructure leadership.

05 / EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Continuous learning

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Osmania University · Hyderabad · 2008

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Certification

Azure Administrator Associate

Currently pursuing

Azure DevOps Engineer Expert