Mohamed Adel - DevOps Engineer

Mohamed Adel Asar

Production DevOps Engineer

Designing and operating production cloud infrastructure using Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, GitOps, and secure DevOps practices. Specialized in k3s clusters, CI/CD automation, and enterprise-scale deployments.

Mohamed Adel - DevOps Engineer

Mohamed Adel

DevOps Engineer

About

I'm a production-focused DevOps engineer with demonstrated expertise in designing and operating cloud infrastructure for modern applications. My specialization includes Kubernetes cluster orchestration, AWS cloud services, CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions and Argo CD, secure secret management, and GitOps workflows. I've successfully deployed and managed complete production environments featuring containerized services, managed databases, monitoring systems, and secure access controls using industry best practices and zero-trust security principles.

Featured Experience

DevOps Engineer
Pass Technology
May 2025 - May 2026

Egypt · Remote

Worked on the DevOps and production deployment side of a full-stack technology platform

Key Achievements:

  • Deployed and operated backend on production k3s Kubernetes cluster hosted on AWS EC2
  • Configured production and staging Kubernetes environments using namespaces, Deployments, Services, Ingress, secrets, and image pull secrets
  • Integrated AWS RDS PostgreSQL with backend and supported safe database operations, schema validation, and production queries
  • Used AWS Secrets Manager with External Secrets Operator to manage application secrets securely inside Kubernetes
  • Built and pushed Docker images for backend, admin, and services using Docker and Docker Hub/ECR workflows
  • Implemented GitOps deployment flow using Argo CD, Kustomize overlays, and GitHub Actions for automatic immutable image deployments
  • Configured PreSync migration jobs in Argo CD to run database migrations before application deployment
  • Deployed FastAPI services on Kubernetes with Docker image build, secret configuration, ingress routing, and health checks
  • Configured Cloudflare Tunnel and ingress-nginx to expose services securely without directly exposing worker nodes
  • Managed public routing for production and staging domains, backend APIs, and operational tools
  • Deployed and secured Argo CD and Grafana behind Cloudflare Access with email-based OTP protection
  • Set up Prometheus and Grafana monitoring for k3s cluster and node-level metrics
  • Supported frontend hosting through AWS Amplify for production and staging environments
  • Troubleshooted production issues and prepared infrastructure handover documentation
Marketing Systems & Server Operations Specialist
Digital Wave
May 2024 - April 2025

Remote

Managed marketing systems infrastructure and VPS server operations

Key Achievements:

  • Supported and maintained mailing and marketing automation systems
  • Deployed and managed Linux VPS servers on Contabo infrastructure
  • Configured DNS, domain settings, and email infrastructure
  • Performed server troubleshooting and reliability engineering
  • Managed server updates, security patches, and performance optimization

Featured Case Study

Enterprise SaaS Production DevOps Case Study
Production deployment of a full-stack SaaS platform with Kubernetes, AWS, and GitOps
Sanitized

This case study demonstrates a complete, production-grade DevOps architecture for an enterprise SaaS platform. It showcases real-world infrastructure decisions, security implementations, deployment strategies, and operational practices. The system handles multiple environments (staging and production), automatic deployments, secure secret management, and comprehensive monitoring—all while maintaining zero-trust security principles.

Architecture Highlights:

k3s Kubernetes cluster on AWS EC2 for backend services
AWS RDS PostgreSQL with private networking
GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines with Docker builds
Argo CD GitOps for declarative deployments
AWS Amplify for frontend hosting
Cloudflare Tunnel + Access for secure routing
AWS
Kubernetes
k3s
Docker
GitOps
Argo CD
GitHub Actions
PostgreSQL
Cloudflare
Prometheus
Grafana

This is a sanitized production case study that does not expose private code, credentials, customer data, or confidential details. See detailed architecture diagrams below.

Architecture Deep Dive

Click on any diagram to view the full architecture details

Production Architecture

Production Architecture

Complete infrastructure design with Kubernetes cluster, AWS services, and security layers

CI/CD + GitOps Deployment Flow

CI/CD + GitOps Deployment Flow

Complete deployment pipeline from code to production using GitHub Actions and Argo CD

Monitoring & Secure Operations

Monitoring & Secure Operations

Production visibility with Prometheus, Grafana, and secure access controls

Technical Skills

Cloud Infrastructure
AWS EC2
AWS RDS
AWS S3
AWS Secrets Manager
AWS Amplify
AWS IAM
Kubernetes & Containers
Kubernetes
k3s
Docker
Helm
Kustomize
Namespaces
CI/CD & Deployment
GitHub Actions
Argo CD
GitOps
Docker Registry
Pre-deployment Migrations
Security & Access
Cloudflare Tunnel
Cloudflare Access
IAM Policies
Secret Management
TLS/SSL
SonarQube
Monitoring & Operations
Prometheus
Grafana
Ingress Controller
nginx
Linux
Troubleshooting

Core DevOps Principles

Infrastructure as Code

All infrastructure defined and versioned in Git

GitOps Workflows

Git as single source of truth for infrastructure and deployments

Container Orchestration

Production-grade Kubernetes cluster management and scaling

Secure Secret Management

Encrypted secrets with zero-trust access patterns

Automated Deployments

CI/CD pipelines enabling safe, repeatable releases

Production Monitoring

Real-time visibility into system health and performance

Zero-Trust Security

Multiple layers of authentication and network isolation

Database Reliability

Managed, backed-up, privately-networked data persistence

API Gateway Pattern

Secure ingress routing with centralized access control

Infrastructure Handover

Clear documentation for team continuity and scaling

Get In Touch

I'm open to discussing DevOps challenges, production infrastructure, and opportunities to build scalable systems.