Mr. Rana Waqas Ali

I have gained strong hands-on experience working across a wide range of cloud, DevOps, and system administration tasks. My practical exposure includes deploying and managing Azure Virtual Machines, configuring VNets, securing access via RDP/SSH, and hosting applications using IIS, Nginx, and Azure Web Apps with autoscaling. I have worked with Azure SQL Database, Storage Accounts, RBAC, Azure AD, and cost-optimization techniques such as budgets and tagging strategies.

On the Linux side, I have installed and administered CentOS servers on VirtualBox, performed system hardening, and used Nmap for network scanning and security analysis. I have also built and deployed end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Docker, GitHub Actions, and Azure VMs, including version rollback and automated deployments. Additionally, I developed a real-time Fleet Asset Tracker using WebSockets and mapping libraries, enhancing my skills in networking, live telemetry, and troubleshooting.

Through these projects, I have developed a strong foundation in cloud infrastructure, DevOps automation, identity & access management, networking, and practical cybersecurity—enabling me to contribute effectively to real-world cloud and IT environments.