Shahzaib M

Linux Systems Engineer

fueled • Temps plein

Feb 2022 - Feb 2026 • 4 yrs

10up (Systems Engineer) With over 13 years of experience, I worked as a Linux Systems Engineer at 10up, supporting large-scale enterprise WordPress platforms. Managed cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, and production systems for high-traffic clients such as Nobel Prize Organization, Breaking Media, Beasley Media Group, and Starbucks. Responsible for infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, performance optimization, monitoring, and incident response. Fueled (DevOps / Systems Engineer) Worked as a DevOps / Systems Engineer at Fueled, supporting infrastructure for mobile and web applications used by global brands and startups. Managed Linux servers, AWS environments, containerized workloads, and deployment automation. Focused on system reliability, scalability, security hardening, and production support.

Head of Infrastructure

VODLIX VOD OTT • Temps plein

Jul 2015 - Feb 2022 • 6 yrs 7 mos

Led the infrastructure architecture and operations for a large-scale video streaming platform serving tens of thousands of concurrent users. Designed and deployed a private cloud environment using OpenStack backed by Ceph for scalable storage and compute resources. Successfully executed a zero-downtime migration from rented hosting to a co-located data center, significantly reducing infrastructure costs while maintaining service reliability. Planned and optimized hardware, networking, and storage infrastructure to support ~45,000 real-time users and peak traffic around 40 Gbps, with monthly bandwidth consumption exceeding 6–7 PB. Migrated production databases from MySQL clusters to PostgreSQL clusters without service disruption. Improved storage reliability and performance by migrating video storage nodes from Debian XFS to FreeBSD with ZFS. Diagnosed and mitigated large-scale DDoS attacks, including attacks exploiting Memcached amplification vulnerabilities. Optimized large-scale video delivery using Nginx streaming architecture and improved performance by redesigning thumbnail storage using the Haystack model.