Amr Emad Aldin
Verified Expert in Engineering
Site Reliability Engineer and Developer
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Toptal member since July 15, 2025
Amr is a cloud site reliability engineer with over seven years of IT experience and currently consults at VMware. He specializes in VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere, vSAN, NSX, and Aria, with strong skills in operating systems, networking, storage, and cloud technologies. Previously, he was a level 3 senior support engineer at Dell, focusing on RecoverPoint and VxRail. Certified in VMware, AWS, and Red Hat, Amr is known for problem-solving, collaboration, and delivering scalable solutions.
Portfolio
Experience
- VMware - 7 years
- VMware ESXi - 7 years
- VMware vCenter - 7 years
- RecoverPoint For VMs - 7 years
- VMware vSphere - 7 years
- Dell VxRail - 7 years
- VMware vRealize Automation - 4 years
- VMware vRealize Orchestrator - 4 years
Preferred Environment
VMware, Linux
The most amazing...
...achievement has been working on VMware's largest VCF deployment and creating published knowledge base workarounds for critical vulnerabilities.
Work Experience
Site Reliability Engineer
VMware
- Contributed to the largest VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) deployment and supported the migration from legacy platforms to modern infrastructure.
- Assisted in developing the VCFcheck script to perform comprehensive prechecks of the VCF environment and validate upgrade readiness.
- Spearheaded a pod of three engineers by leading onboarding and training, overseeing task execution, and providing hands-on support as needed.
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Dell EMC
- Promoted from level 1 to senior level 3 engineer within three years, reflecting strong performance, rapid growth, and technical expertise.
- Guided onboarding and training for new hires and actively participated in hiring by conducting interviews to expand the engineering team.
- Served as a member of the subject matter expert (SME) and recovery teams, handling highly escalated severity 1 cases.
- Developed workarounds for critical bugs and vulnerabilities, including Log4Shell, with solutions published as public knowledge base articles.
Experience
VCF Deployment
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering
Ain Shams University - Cairo, Egypt
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
VMware Certified Implementation Expert – Data Center Virtualization 2023
VMware
VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Design 2023
VMware
VMware Certified Implementation Expert – Data Center Virtualization 2023
VMware
Specialist – Implementation Engineer, VxRail Version 2.0
Dell Technologies
Specialist – Cloud Architect, Cloud Infrastructure Version 3.0
Dell Technologies
Dell Cloud Infrastructure Design 2023
Dell Technologies
Dell VxRail Deploy 2023
Dell Technologies
Specialist – Systems Administrator, VxRail Version 2.0
Dell Technologies
Associate – Cloud Infrastructure and Services Version 4.0
Dell Technologies
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS
VMware Certified Specialist – Cloud Foundation 2023
VMware
VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization 2022
VMware
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
Red Hat
ITIL® 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
AXELOS Global Best Practice
VMware Specialist – vSAN 2021
VMware
Specialist – Systems Administrator, RecoverPoint Version 2.0
Dell Technologies
Specialist – Implementation Engineer, RecoverPoint Version 2.0
Dell Technologies
VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundations
VMware
VMware Certified Professional – Data Center Virtualization 2019
VMware
Associate – Information Storage and Management Version 3.0
Dell Technologies
Skills
Tools
VMware, VMware vSphere, VMware vRealize Orchestrator, VMware vSphere HA, Dell EMC
Platforms
Linux, Windows, Ubuntu, Azure, AWS IoT, Red Hat Linux
Languages
Python, Bash
Paradigms
DevOps
Industry Expertise
Telecommunications
Storage
EMC DataDomain, MySQL
Other
VMware ESXi, VMware vCenter, VMware vRealize Automation, VSAN Technology, VMware VMotion, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell VxRail, RecoverPoint For VMs, Virtualization, Cloud, VCF, Implementation, System Administration, Linux System Administration, Networking, Migration, Cloud Monitoring, Monitoring, Data Migration, User Permissions, Networks, Electronics, Infrastructure, SAN Brocade, AWS Certified Solution Architect, RHEL, ITIL 4, Backup & Recovery, Windows System Administration
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