Ali Karamali, DevOps / Cloud Engineer

01 Network → Cloud

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DevOps / Cloud Engineer

AliKaramali

Designing, automating and operating reliable infrastructure from network to cloud.

Selected projects

FocusPrivate cloud · Automation · Reliability

ExperienceInfrastructure since 2021

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02 — Infrastructure philosophyEnd-to-end systems

Designing, automating and operating reliable infrastructure from network to cloud.

Infrastructure experience since 2021, from enterprise networking and systems administration to production OpenStack private cloud, automation, observability, and high availability.

  1. 01NetworkRoute & segment
  2. 02SystemsOperate & harden
  3. 03AutomationCodify & deliver
  4. 04CloudScale & recover

Technical expertise

04 — career pipeline

Experience

Three stages across network operations, enterprise systems, and private-cloud platforms — production infrastructure with measurable reliability impact.

0106 / 2025 → Now

DevOps and Cloud Engineer

Taba Telecommunication Development.coTehran

Designing and operating multi-node private cloud platforms with OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation for secure, scalable compute, storage, and networking.

Selected achievements

  • Designed and architected a multi-node OpenStack private cloud for secure, scalable compute, storage, and networking.
  • Built and managed distributed Ceph clusters (RBD, CephFS, RGW) for production block, file, and S3-compatible storage.
  • Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible for provisioning and lifecycle management.
  • Engineered HA with HAProxy, Keepalived, and clustering for zero-downtime critical services.

+8 more contributions

  • OpenStack
  • Ceph
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • GitLab CI
0206 / 2022 → 06 / 2025

Senior System and Network Administrator

High Technology Development FundTehran

Operated enterprise Windows/Linux environments, Active Directory, monitoring, and networking for hundreds of users across multi-domain infrastructure.

Selected achievements

  • Managed 30+ Windows and Linux servers supporting 500+ users with 99.8% uptime and 60% fewer security vulnerabilities via automated patching.
  • Implemented Prometheus/Grafana across 50+ servers, cutting incident detection time by 40% and raising uptime from 95% to 99.5%.
  • Provided expert support for multi-domain Active Directory, including DC and RODC upgrades.
  • Managed VMware ESXi + vCenter upgrades with minimized downtime.

+10 more contributions

  • Linux
  • Windows Server
  • Active Directory
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • VMware
0306 / 2021 → 06 / 2022

Junior Network Administrator and NOC

Roham CooperationTehran

Deployed and secured enterprise switching infrastructure while supporting large-scale user environments in a network operations center.

Selected achievements

  • Configured and deployed 25+ Cisco switches with spanning-tree, reducing network latency by 30%.
  • Implemented VLAN segmentation, ACLs, port security, and firewall rules with the network team.
  • Troubleshot technical issues for 1,000+ users with timely support.
  • Monitored network, web, bandwidth, and VoIP systems for early bottleneck detection.

+9 more contributions

  • Cisco
  • VLAN
  • STP
  • ACL
  • Firewall
  • NOC Monitoring

Project ledger

04Featured builds

Systems delivered,
not just technologies listed.

Selected infrastructure projects extracted from production responsibilities and measurable outcomes across cloud, systems, and networking roles.

01Private CloudIn operation

Multi-Node OpenStack Private Cloud

A production private-cloud foundation delivering multi-tenant compute, storage, identity, networking, recovery, and self-service operations.

  • Multi-node
  • Multi-tenant
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02StorageIn operation

Distributed Ceph Storage Platform

Distributed storage for production private-cloud workloads across block, shared-file, and S3-compatible object access patterns.

  • 3 storage modes
  • Production
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03IaC & CI/CDIn operation

Cloud Delivery Automation

A repeatable infrastructure delivery path covering provisioning, configuration, build, test, deployment, and lifecycle management.

  • Build
  • Test
  • Deploy
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06ObservabilityIn operation

Infrastructure Observability Program

Unified health, capacity, and alerting signals across enterprise servers, OpenStack services, and Ceph storage.

  • 50+ servers
  • 40% faster detection
  • 99.5% uptime
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Ali Karamali | DevOps & Cloud Engineer | OpenStack