Adil Nehal

Cross Border E-commerce - Dubai Customs

eCommerce Chain is a blockchain network that provides a complete tamper-proof end-to-end traceable journey of e-commerce transactions, resulting in an Efficient and paperless process.

• Successfully deployed and manage ten Kubernetes clusters for partner organizations, optimizing their performance and ensuring reliability.
• Orchestrated deployments across diverse cloud environments, including Amazon Elastic Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes, showcasing proficiency in multi-cloud architecture.
• Spearheaded AWS infrastructure setup for partner clusters, configuring EC2 instances, EKS clusters, ELBs (ALB/NLB), EFS, RDS databases, Route53 DNS, IAM permissions, CloudWatch monitoring, SNS notifications, SQS queues, and robust security groups.
• Implemented Azure Kubernetes solutions, load balancers, Application Gateways, Azure VMs, Azure file share, Azure Flexible Postgres Server, and network security groups to seamlessly support partner requirements within the Azure ecosystem.
• Utilized Terraform as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate the provisioning of Kubernetes deployments, services, and secrets, ensuring consistency and efficiency across environments.
• Engaged closely with the development team to facilitate smooth deployment of releases, leveraging Jenkins and Git hooks for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices, thereby streamlining the development lifecycle and enhancing project agility.
• Continuously raise firewall port's opening request to Dubai Customs's security team for inbound and outbound communication.

SMILES - Loyalty Program - Etisalat Group

SMILES loyalty program backed by Etisalat group is a blockchain-based, peer-to-peer solution that implements day-to-day loyalty points conversion on the blockchain network, namely Hyperledger Fabric.

• Utilized Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to swiftly deploy Kubernetes resources including deployments, services, secrets, Ingress, and associated rules, ensuring streamlined operations.
• Continuously collaborated with the Etisalat Security team to guarantee secure deployments and establish robust accessibility protocols, reinforcing the program's resilience against potential threats.
• Successfully implemented Ingress SSL offloading to enforce HTTPS access for APIs and FrontEnds, enhancing security measures and ensuring encrypted data transmission.
• Partnered with the Etisalat Cloud and Infrastructure Team to execute the upgrade of Azure Kubernetes, ensuring the program remains up-to-date with the latest advancements and optimizations.
• Executed upgrades and patching of deployments and infrastructure with near-zero downtime, minimizing disruptions to services and maintaining operational continuity.
• Maintained a detailed site information document, meticulously recording every deployment and infrastructure component, ensuring transparency and facilitating efficient management.

Insurance Chain Platform - Qatar

A Qatar-based project where multiple insurance companies are made the blockchain consortium part of the transparent insurance business.

• Successfully installed and configured Kubernetes clusters on three organizations' Linux bare-metal Oracle and Red Hat machines using Ansible, ensuring seamless deployment and management.
• Managed logical volumes and mounted NFS points on Linux machines, optimizing storage resources for enhanced performance and scalability.
• Leveraged Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to deploy Kubernetes resources including deployments, services, secrets, Ingress, and associated rules, streamlining the deployment process and ensuring consistency.
• Implemented Ingress SSL offloading to enforce HTTPS access for APIs and FrontEnds, enhancing security measures and ensuring encrypted data transmission.
• Managed GitLab registries, including Docker image creation, ensuring smooth version control and efficient deployment processes.
• Successfully deployed Prometheus using Terraform on Kubernetes, enabling efficient monitoring and alerting capabilities for the entire infrastructure.
• Monitored disk read/write and CPU consumption on Kubernetes clusters, proactively identifying and addressing performance issues to maintain optimal cluster performance.

• Diverse Docker Image Creation: Produced numerous Docker images, showcasing versatility and expertise in containerization.
• On-Prem Kubernetes Microservices Deployment: Successfully deployed microservices on Kubernetes on-premises, ensuring efficient and scalable application delivery.
• Terraform Script Development: Crafted multiple Terraform scripts to provision Kubernetes resources, including deployments, secrets, services, and Ingress rules, streamlining infrastructure management and deployment processes.
• Highly Available Kubernetes Cluster Installation: Installed multiple highly available Kubernetes clusters on Red Hat distributions, guaranteeing reliability and resilience of on-premises infrastructure.
• AWS Infrastructure Deployment: Spearheaded the deployment of AWS infrastructure components, including EC2 instances, EKS clusters, ALB/NLB load balancers, RDS databases, EFS file systems, and ensured seamless network connectivity, optimizing cloud resources for performance and scalability.
• Blockchain Solution Development and Implementation: Developed and implemented blockchain solutions, demonstrating innovation and expertise in emerging technologies.
• Node.js API and React Frontend Development: Engineered Node.js APIs and React frontends, delivering robust and user-friendly web applications with modern technology stacks.
• GO Lang API Development: Developed high-performance GO language APIs, leveraging concurrency and efficiency for optimal application performance.
• Comprehensive GO Lang Unit Testing: Created unit test cases for over 100 GO language APIs, ensuring code quality, reliability, and resilience against potential issues.
• Integration of APIs with React Frontends: Seamlessly integrated GO and Node.js APIs with React frontends, providing a cohesive and responsive user experience across applications.
• Proficient SQL Postgres Query Writing: Authored SQL Postgres queries, optimizing data retrieval and manipulation for efficient database operations.