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Ammar Zaib

@ammarzaib

Manager IT at Software Productivity Strategists, advancing Azure and hybrid cloud operations after zero-downtime IKS migrations.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I'm open to remote work and relocation to the UAE, KSA, Qatar, Europe, or worldwide.

At Software Productivity Strategists (SPS), I lead cloud and infrastructure operations across Azure, IBM Cloud, and hybrid environments. I define architecture and delivery decisions while advancing infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and container adoption.

As Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer at SPS, I designed Azure-centric cloud and hybrid solutions and migrated workloads to Azure. I implemented Terraform, Bicep, and ARM deployments and built Azure DevOps and Git pipelines for repeatable releases.

I migrated core and client-facing applications to IKS with zero downtime. Across my work, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines accelerated deployments by 60%, while data center infrastructure achieved 99.99% uptime.

Earlier at SPS, I managed hybrid infrastructure and supported systems across Linux, Windows, cloud platforms, and networks. I also completed a BS Computer Science (IT) while working full-time, with a final project on Roman Urdu sentiment analysis using Python and NLTK.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Manager IT

Current

Software Productivity Strategists (SPS)

Apr 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Lead cloud and infrastructure operations across Azure, IBM Cloud and hybrid environments, owning architecture decisions and delivery. Drive IaC, CI/CD and container adoption, implement monitoring and alerting, and manage cloud spend, vendors and licensing.

Azure IBM Cloud Infrastructure as Code CI CD Containers Monitoring Alerting Cloud Cost Management Vendor Management Team Leadership

Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Software Productivity Strategists (SPS)

Apr 2024 - Apr 2025 (1 year)

Designed, deployed and optimized Azure-centric cloud and hybrid solutions, migrating workloads to Azure and implementing Terraform, Bicep and ARM for standardized deployments. Built CI/CD pipelines and ran containerized platforms on AKS and IKS with zero-downtime migrations.

Azure Terraform Bicep Arm Azure DevOps Git CI CD Kubernetes AKS IKS Docker Helm Nginx Ingress Controller Governance Cost Optimization Backup Disaster Recovery

IT Engineer Specialist – Remote Contract

Total Vision Care

Jun 2023 - Apr 2024 (10 months)

Provided L3 troubleshooting for a US enterprise across networking, identity, virtualization and security in Azure-integrated and on-premises environments. Managed backups, patching and firmware updates with Veeam, MSP360 and Acronis.

Azure Networking Identity Virtualization Security Veeam MSP360 Backup Acronis L3 Support Troubleshooting

IT Operations Lead

Software Productivity Strategists (SPS)

Mar 2021 - Jun 2023 (2 years 3 months)

Managed hybrid infrastructure (Linux, Windows, Azure, AWS, IBM Cloud) across multiple sites and remote teams. Drove adoption of automation, container orchestration and CI/CD pipelines.

Linux Windows Azure AWS IBM Cloud Automation Container Orchestration CI CD Team Management

System & Network Administrator

Software Productivity Strategists (SPS)

Feb 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year 1 month)

Maintained Windows and Linux servers at 99.9% uptime, managing VLANs, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers and Active Directory. Implemented virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware), Docker and disaster recovery solutions.

Windows Server Linux VLAN Firewalls VPN Load Balancers Active Directory Hyper V VMWare Docker Disaster Recovery

IT Support Engineer II

Software Productivity Strategists (SPS)

Dec 2017 - Feb 2020 (2 years 2 months)

Supported RHEL/CentOS and Windows servers, Active Directory, Hyper-V clusters and networks for local and US offices.

RHEL CentOS Windows Server Active Directory Hyper V Networking Support

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Virtual University of Pakistan

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Completed BS in Computer Science (IT) while working full-time. Final project involved a Roman Urdu sentiment analysis tool in Python/NLTK with 85% accuracy.