Zakaria Boualaid, Developer in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Zakaria Boualaid

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Bio

Zakaria is an experienced DevOps engineer with a diverse skill set and a creative drive for software and web application development. He is proficient at designing and using frameworks, writing code in various languages, and developing and implementing features. As a trilingual professional specializing in Docker and Kubernetes, Zakaria enjoys thinking outside the box and finding unique solutions.

Portfolio

Molar Solutions, Inc
Ansible, Docker, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)...
Swisscom
CI/CD Pipelines, Splunk, DevOps, Python, Go, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose...
Octo Technology Maroc
Kubernetes, Monitoring, Logging, Backups, Terraform, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose...

Experience

  • DevOps - 8 years
  • Kubernetes - 5 years
  • Python - 5 years
  • Azure - 4 years
  • Terraform - 4 years
  • Jenkins - 4 years
  • Svelte - 3 years
  • ChatGPT - 2 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Git, Flux, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines, Terraform, Monitoring, Logging, Puppet, Go

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on is a web application that provides solutions for companies to assess the skills of DevOps engineers they want to hire.

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer

2022 - 2024
Molar Solutions, Inc
  • Automated the deployment of the infrastructure to AWS using Pulumi.
  • Automated the deployment of the app to AWS using Pulumi and Buildkite.
  • Set up monitoring and logging tools for observability and ensuring good service-level objectives (SLOs).
Technologies: Ansible, Docker, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Fargate, Pulumi, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose, Amazon EC2, API Integration, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SecOps, Architecture, Stripe, Decentralized Systems, Amazon RDS, GitHub, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, DevOps, Containers, Continuous Integration (CI), PostgreSQL, New Relic

DevOps Engineer

2021 - 2023
Swisscom
  • Set up the CI/CD for all the running components of the telecom framework.
  • Managed the Splunk instance to offer observability across the Kubernetes clusters.
  • Gave a few keynotes talking about Go and hosting workshops to create various mini-projects from scratch, such as a load balancer, a CLI tool similar to Terraform.
Technologies: CI/CD Pipelines, Splunk, DevOps, Python, Go, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose, Amazon EC2, API Integration, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SecOps, Architecture, Stripe, Decentralized Systems, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, BitBucket Pipelines, Containers, Continuous Integration (CI), New Relic

DevOps Engineer

2021 - 2021
Octo Technology Maroc
  • Set up the infrastructure from scratch using Terraform.
  • Used Tekton CI/CD to set up the CI/CD process, enabling it natively on Kubernetes.
  • Set up automatic deployments with no downtime and with measurable SLOs.
Technologies: Kubernetes, Monitoring, Logging, Backups, Terraform, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose, API Integration, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SecOps, Architecture, Stripe, Decentralized Systems, Amazon RDS, GitHub, DevOps, Containers, Continuous Integration (CI), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

DevOps Engineer

2020 - 2021
Nimbleways
  • Managed a team of junior DevOps engineers across four different projects.
  • Migrated the infrastructure from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes.
  • Set up a GlusterFS replication infrastructure under Kubernetes.
  • Managed the CI/CD in GitLab with the on-demand deployment of new branches to allow developers to test their branch before merging it to the dev branch.
Technologies: CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Flux, GlusterFS, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, GitLab, Ansible, Grafana, Prometheus, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose, API Integration, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SecOps, Architecture, Stripe, Decentralized Systems, GitHub, DevOps, Containers

DevOps Engineer

2018 - 2020
Oracle
  • Migrated a whole CD/CD infrastructure from Docker Compose to Kubernetes.
  • Initialized and managed the Kubernetes clusters running the main applications and Jenkins Slave as Kubernetes pods.
  • Wrote Python and Go scripts that were essential in the CI/CD process.
Technologies: Docker, Flux, Kubernetes, Oracle Cloud, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Terraform, Helm, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose, API Integration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Architecture, GitHub, DevOps, Containers

Co-founder

2014 - 2017
Umbreo
  • Developed an app that offered DevOps as a service using various cloud providers with Puppet in the back end as the configuration management tool.
  • Built a command-line interface for the service, allowing users to use the command line to provide new instances without doing so through the interface.
  • Managed the infrastructure on AWS, set the development environment using Vagrant, and set CI/CD using Jenkins.
Technologies: CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, Ansible, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, Django, AWS DevOps, Docker Compose, Amazon EC2, API Integration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Architecture, GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, PostgreSQL

Experience

Umbreo

A web platform that allows users to run services on-premise or in the cloud. The aim is to offer DevOps as a service and make every tool and DevOps practice a piece of the puzzle that can be plugged into any system.

DevOps Skills Assessment App

A SvelteKit web app that specializes in assessing DevOps/SRE skills. It targets two audiences: companies looking to hire SREs or SREs looking to hone their skills. The app uses AI to analyze SRE submissions and generate comprehensive feedback.

Education

2011 - 2016

Master's Degree in Computer Science

SUPINFO International University - Casablanca, Morocco

Certifications

FEBRUARY 2025 - PRESENT

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft

AUGUST 2022 - PRESENT

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

HashiCorp

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Node.js, React, Stripe, Web3.js

Tools

Terraform, Jenkins, Docker Compose, GitHub, AWS IAM, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, GitLab CI/CD, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Git, Bitbucket, NGINX, ChatGPT, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), HashiCorp, HashiCorp Vault, Amazon ElastiCache, Logging, Puppet, Ansible, Splunk, Helm, Docker Swarm, GitLab, Grafana, AWS Fargate

Frameworks

Svelte, Flux, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Django

Paradigms

DevOps, Continuous Integration (CI), DevSecOps

Platforms

Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Mailgun, Azure, AWS Lambda, New Relic, Ubuntu, Linux, Amazon EC2, Shopify, Heroku, DigitalOcean, AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Storage

PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Oracle Cloud, GlusterFS, Elasticsearch, Redis, MySQL

Languages

Python, Bash, Go, Python 3

Other

AWS DevOps, Cloudflare, Email Delivery, DNS Configuration, System Administration, API Integration, Architecture, Amazon RDS, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Migration, GitHub Actions, Containers, AWS Cloud Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, Prometheus, DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SecOps, Decentralized Systems, HashiCorp Boundary, BitBucket Pipelines, Monitoring, Programming, Web Development, Backups, Ethereum Smart Contracts, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, SvelteKit, Pulumi, Amazon Braket, Quantum Computing

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