Intro
I have 13+ years of working experience in the telecom sector; I am currently working as a Principal DevOps Engineer at Tkxel. I am also a professional Microsoft database trainer at EVS institute. I am a self-motivated agile software developer with 6+ years of experience in different stages of SDL. My domain knowledge is in Telecom, Education, Real Estate & E-commerce. My expertise is in business flow automation, creation of ETL processes, enterprise-level progressive web app development, and improving web UI & UX. I am a father of 2 and a raspberry pi project enthusiast.
__Core Competencies:__ Azure, T-SQL, C# .NET, SSIS, ASP.Net Core, Business flow automation, Web UI/UX
💼Professional Experience
💼Principal DevOps Engineer @ Tkxel
Oct 2023 – Ongoing (6 mo)
www.tkxel.com, Tkxel LLC, Lahore, Pakistan, South Asia
- Automated a self-built C# & powershell packager using GitHub Actions pipelines.
- Implemented a Linux sidecar container in Azure container instance (ACI)
- Tools & Technologies: GitHub Actions, Linux bash, Powershell, PostgreSQL, Docker
💼Senior DevOps Engineer @ Tkxel
Oct 2022 – Oct 2023 (1 yr 1 mo)
www.tkxel.com, Tkxel LLC, Lahore, Pakistan, South Asia
- Automated a self-built C# & powershell packager using GitHub Actions pipelines.
- Implemented a Linux sidecar container in Azure container instance (ACI)
- Tools & Technologies: GitHub Actions, Linux bash, Powershell, PostgreSQL, Docker
💼Expert DevOps Engineer @ Jazz
Aug 2018 – Sep 2022 (4.2 years)
www.jazz.com.pk, Jazz Telecom, Lahore, Pakistan, South Asia
- Roles: Expert DevOps Engineer (10 mos), Expert Development & databases (1yr 10mos), Specialist Development & database (1yr 5 mos).
- Implemented CI/CD in development workflows using Azure DevOps Server.
- Orchestrated data marts using ELT for customer experience management teams.
- Reduced technical debt by refactoring code over TFS & documenting process flows.
- Instrumented applications & devised reports to Monitor VMs Health.
- Handled USSD protocol integration with RESTful ASP.Net web API.
- Delivered Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) integration for tracing customers’ live location.
- Tools & Technologies: Azure DevOps, C# 10, T-SQL, VS 2022, MS SQL Server 2019
💼Senior Web Developer @ Mindbridge
May 2018 – Aug 2018 (4 months)
www.mindbridge.net, Ferotek, subsidiary of MindBridge, Lahore, Pakistan, South Asia
- Overhauled legacy PHP in-house CRM & incentive system to ASP.NET MVC.
- Integrated & aligned database of ZKTeco Turnstile software for login automation.
- Tools & Technologies: ZKTeco, C#, T-SQL, VS 2017, SSIS, MS SQL Server 2018
💼Executive Application Developer & Analyst @ Jazz
Jan 2011 – Mar 2017 (6.3 years)
www.jazz.com.pk. Jazz Telecom, Lahore, Pakistan, South Asia
- Worked in SAT team (2.5 yrs), CMSA team (2yrs), FCSD team (1yr) AMA team (10 mo)
- Fostered ASP.NET Web services and enabled quality assurance of deployed software.
- Reinforced job scheduling, remote server management & disk space maintenance.
- Shaped & Developed QA of in-house CRMs using .NET code libraries with OOP.
- Unified organizational process automation through desktop & web applications.
- Enhanced ETL operations using SSIS and scripts.
- Monitored & enforced telecom services & credit rating checks using SQL server
- Tools & Technologies: Web service (ASMX), C#, T-SQL, VS 2015, SSIS, MS SQL Server 2016
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🎓Education
🎓Master’s in computer science (MCS)
2015 – Ongoing
www.vu.edu.pk, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, PK
Concentrations: Object Oriented Programming, Software Development Life Cycle
2006 - 2010
www.hcc.edu.pk, Hailey College of Commerce, Lahore, PK
Concentrations: Finance, Accountancy, Commerce
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🎖️Certifications
- Microsoft Certified Azure Developer AZ-204 @ Microsoft
- Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate @ Hashicorp
- GitHub Certified Foundations & GitHub Actions @ GitHub
- Specialization in Software Design & Architecture @ University of Alberta - Coursera
- Project Management @ Lahore University of Management Sciences - LUMS
- Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator AZ-104 @ Microsoft
- Specialization in Python @ University of Michigan - Coursera
- Certified SQL Server Professional @ EVS Institute, Lahore
- Certified .NET Specialist @ EVS Institute, Lahore
- Training on Search Engine Optimization @ IT Heights, Lahore
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🏗️Projects
- Backend Voice of Customer web app - ASP.Net Core
- Restoration on Commitment API - RESTful API
- Service Home Delivery Web App - ASP.Net Core
- Digital Business Solution Services ETL - SSIS Packages
- Blocking & Restoration Through CSV - Core Console App
- Credit Monitoring Web App - ASP.Net MVC app
- Digital Fraud Complain API - WSDL API
- Nearest Jazz Locator API - SOAP API
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🏆Honors & Awards
- Quarterly Divisional Champion Q1 2022 – Issued by Jazz People & Organization
Jul 2022
- Top Performer 2019 – Issued by Jazz People & Organization
Jan 2019
- On Spot recognition – Issued by Jazz Director Customer Relationship Management
Dec 2015
- Quality Effective Behavior – Issued by Mobilink Vice President Customer Care
Aug 2013
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