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Saad Zahid

@saadzahid

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Motivated DevOps Engineer with expertise in Linux and automation.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that offers opportunities for growth, collaboration, and innovation in a dynamic environment.

I am a motivated and skilled Linux System Administrator with over 2 years of hands-on experience in server administration, infrastructure automation, and monitoring across production environments. My proven track record includes deploying high availability systems, automating daily operational tasks, and ensuring system security and uptime. I am actively seeking a transition to a DevOps Engineer role, with a growing focus on cloud platforms, container orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines.

At Contour Software, I successfully migrated and upgraded the Zabbix monitoring system, integrated Linux servers with Active Directory, and migrated Confluence to Atlassian Cloud while preserving content integrity. My experience at Ibex involved monitoring system performance, implementing network configurations, and managing firewall rules. I also automated weekly patching through Ansible and collaborated with cross-functional teams to install and configure hypervisors.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Linux System Administrator

Current

ContourSoftware

May 2024 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Successfully migrated and upgraded the Zabbix monitoring system from CentOS 7 (Zabbix-5.0) to Ubuntu 22.04 (Zabbix- 7.0 LTS), covering over 100 agents without incurring any monitoring downtime. Integrated Linux servers with Active Directory, ensuring secure authentication and access control across infrastructure. Successfully migrated the Confluence (5.14) from on-premises to Atlassian Cloud, pres

Zabbix CentOS Ubuntu Active Directory Confluence Apache Cloudflare New Relic Ansible

Linux Administrator

Ibex

Sep 2023 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Monitored system performance and resource utilization using various tools. Implemented Network configuration/file sharing services: NTP, DNS, DHCP, SFTP, NFS, SAMBA, SSH. Installed and configured Web/DB servers with high availability and implemented load balancing and security best practices in APACHE, NGINX, MYSQL, PostgreSQL etc.