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Hello, I'mAnmar Witwit.

Senior DevOps & Systems Administrator — Enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, VPS architecture, and cybersecurity

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Years building
10+
Based in
Baghdad, Iraq
About

A short story.

Senior DevOps & Systems Administrator with 10+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, VPS architecture, and cybersecurity across Iraq and the United States.

Specialized in designing, securing, and automating production-grade systems across cloud and on-prem environments, with strong expertise in Linux administration, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure hardening, and network security.

Proven track record of building high-availability systems, optimizing performance, and reducing operational overhead through automation.

Experience

Where I've worked.

A timeline of teams I've helped build, ship and scale.

  1. Apr 2025 — Present
    1 yr 4 mos · OnSite

    Supervisor & DevOps Infrastructure Lead · Golden Castle LLC

    Baghdad, Iraq

    Lead infrastructure operations, system security, and deployment automation for critical business environments.

    • Architected and secured production-grade Linux and Windows environments supporting critical operations.
    • Designed and optimized CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment failures by about 40% and improving release efficiency.
    • Implemented infrastructure hardening and vulnerability patch management to reduce system attack surface.
    • Automated server provisioning and configuration with scripting and Ansible, reducing manual setup time by about 60%.
    • Engineered Fortinet firewall configurations, secured DNS and SSL with Cloudflare, and monitored network traffic to reduce downtime risk.
    • Led infrastructure operations and teams to maintain high availability and 24/7 stability.
    LinuxWindows ServerGitHub ActionsAnsibleCloudflareFortinetFirewall Policies
  2. Jul 2023 — Apr 2025
    1 yr 10 mos · Remote

    DevOps & Systems Engineer · Self-Employed

    Remote

    Delivered secure, scalable VPS and systems engineering solutions for client production workloads.

    • Designed and deployed secure Linux VPS environments for production workloads.
    • Built and optimized hosting architectures using Nginx, Gunicorn, and reverse proxy configurations.
    • Implemented firewall rules, intrusion prevention mechanisms, and automation using Bash, Python, and Ansible.
    • Delivered infrastructure solutions tailored to client requirements with strong scalability and security focus.
    LinuxAnsibleBashPythonNginxGunicornFirewall Policies
  3. Mar 2015 — Jul 2023
    8 yrs 5 mos · OnSite

    IT Engineer III · Green Wave Electronics

    United States

    Managed enterprise infrastructure, AWS services, and secure networking for backend and business systems.

    • Deployed and managed AWS infrastructure including EC2, S3, and RDS for backend systems.
    • Engineered secure enterprise networks using Cisco routers and switches.
    • Automated provisioning processes to reduce deployment time and minimize manual errors.
    • Resolved infrastructure and security incidents to improve system stability and reliability.
    • Maintained and secured enterprise infrastructure to ensure stable operations.
    LinuxWindows ServerPowerShellAWSCiscoNetwork Security
Selected work

Things I've made.

Shipped products, side projects and experiments — each one a study in trade-offs.

Completed · Featured

Secure VPS Infrastructure

Production-grade hardened Linux environments with secure networking, SSL, firewall rules, and attack mitigation.

LinuxCloudflareNginxFirewall PoliciesVPN
Completed · Featured

CI/CD Automation System

Deployment pipelines that reduced manual errors, improved release consistency, and enabled faster delivery.

GitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsAnsibleBashDocker
Skills

The craft.

Tools and techniques I reach for, organised by where they live in the stack.

Infrastructure & Systems

  • Linux administration
    10 yrs
  • Windows Server
    10 yrs
  • Production environment support
    10 yrs

DevOps & Automation

  • CI/CD pipelines
    8 yrs
  • Ansible
    5 yrs
  • Bash / PowerShell / Python automation
    8 yrs
  • Docker
    5 yrs

Cloud & Networking

  • AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC)
    8 yrs
  • Azure VM & VPS architecture
    6 yrs
  • Cloudflare DNS / SSL / security
    5 yrs
  • Cisco & Fortinet networking
    8 yrs

Security & Reliability

  • Infrastructure hardening
    8 yrs
  • Threat mitigation & intrusion prevention
    8 yrs
  • Patch management
    8 yrs
  • Disaster recovery & backups
    8 yrs
Education

Foundations.

Sep 1997 — Jun 2002

Bachelor of Science

Baghdad, Iraq
Computer Science
Certifications

Verified.

Cisco CCNA - Switching & Routing

Cisco
Issued Jan 2016 · Expires Dec 2019
Languages

How I speak.

Arabic
Native
English
Fluent
Contact

Say hello.

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