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DevOps Engineer with over two years of experience specializing in automation for scalable infrastructure at Misk Foundation; led the design of an automated DevOps infrastructure achieving a 100% deployment success rate while boosting system reliability by 90%. Recognized with the Misk Values Award for mentoring three interns and enhancing operational workflows through Ansible scripting that reduced manual intervention time by 85%.

Professional Experience
Misk Foundation, Sr. DevOps & Automation Specialist
  • •Led the design and implementation of an automated DevOps infrastructure using Azure DevOps, achieving a 100% deployment success rate.
  • •Collaborated with the team to integrate Autoscaling on Oracle OCI, enhancing infrastructure scalability and boosting system reliability and performance by 90% during peak traffic.
    • Nov 2022 – presentRiyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • •Developed scripts leveraging Ansible aimed at enhancing operational workflows; decreased average manual intervention times per task from two hours down to just thirty minutes while maintaining compliance standards effortlessly.
  • •Developed and deployed Docker containers for a WordPress site using Docker Swarm with Traefik load balancing, achieving a 30% improvement in website performance.
  • •Standardized and reconfigured infrastructure versions and configurations, achieving a 40% increase in compliance with security controls.
  • •Introduced K6 load testing tools to Misk infrastructure, enhancing load testing capabilities and supporting performance optimization efforts.
  • •Mentored and guided 3 interns, providing technical training and career advice, resulting in a successful and informative internship experience for each.
  • •Executed the migration of Misk Foundation's critical servers to CIS Level 2 Compliance on Red Hat OS, resulting in a 90% increase in security compliance and improving application performance by 30%.
    • Education
    B.Sc. in Computer Science, Taif University
    Sep 2017 – Jun 2022
    Faris AL-Otaibi
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    Languages
    English

    B2 (EnglishScore)

    Certificates
    STEP — 91 / 100|ITIL® v4 — Axelos|Microsoft Azure Fundamentals — Microsoft
    Skills
    PHP
    MySQL
    Oracle OCI
    Linux
    Azure DevOps
    Ansible
    Terraform
    Docker
    Cloudflare
    Grafana (Loki & LogQL)
    Shell Scripting (Bash)
    ELK Stack
    MongoDB
    CI/CD
    OpenShift
    Courses
    Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), KodeKloud
    Mar 2025
    Grafana Loki, KodeKloud
    Aug 2024
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 4.0, FranklinCovey
    May 2024
    The 5 Choices to Extraordinary Productivity®, FranklinCovey
    Jan 2024
    Kubernetes for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-on Tutorial, KodeKloud
    Jan 2024
    Software Development: Better Requirements Gathering Skills, Udemy
    Mar 2023
    Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure Virtual Experience, Microsoft
    Aug 2022
    Linux Redhat Certified Administrator (RHCSA 8), Udemy
    May 2022
    APIs in PHP: from Basic to Advanced, Udemy
    Jan 2022
    AWS Cloud Technical Essentials, AWS
    Jan 2022
    Git from Basics to Advanced: Practical Guide for Developers, Udemy
    Feb 2021
    PHP Unit Testing with PHPUnit, Udemy
    Nov 2020
    Projects
    DevSecOps Integration
    Apr 2025 – present
    CarbonBlack EDR Rollout to Misk Foundation
    Mar 2025 – present
    Misk Events System Infrastructure
    Feb 2025 – present
    Misk Hub Redis and S3 Object Storage Integration
    Jan 2025 – present
    Migration of Misk Infrastructure to Red Hat OS
    Jan 2025 – present
    Faris AL-Otaibi
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    Misk Global Forum V-Platform Infrastructure
  • •Enhanced platform infrastructure by integrating CDN caching and optimizing MySQL configurations, resulting in a 60% improvement in loading speeds while maintaining support for over 10,000 concurrent users.
    • Sep 2024 – Nov 2024
    Server & Application Configuration Standardization
  • •Led a project to standardize configurations across 20 servers and 25 applications, achieving 95% alignment across environments, reducing deployment time by 40%, and enhancing security by 25%.
    • Sep 2024 – Oct 2024
    Infrastructure Automation, Ansible Adaptation
  • •Deployed Ansible automation alongside a comprehensive security playbook, resulting in enhanced infrastructure management efficiency, yielding an operational time savings of 30 hours monthly across the IT team.
    • Jan 2024 – Oct 2024
    DevOps Implementation, Azure DevOps
  • •Planned, designed, and implemented DevOps process using Azure DevOps, tested across environments, and achieved a 100% success rate in deploying the new infrastructure on all Misk websites.
    • Jul 2024 – Oct 2024
    Awards
    Misk Values Award, Misk Foundation
  • •The Misk Values Award is given to employees who exemplify the core values of the Misk Foundation.
    • Jan 2024
    Faris AL-Otaibi
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