Ali Yousefzadeh

Certifications: AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02) · Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) · Citrix Presentation Server · Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK).
Senior Linux System Administrator & DevOps / SRE Engineer (19+ years IT experience).
Managing and optimizing high-availability Linux servers and databases for CySEC/ASIC-regulated trading platforms at easyMarkets.
Enterprise Networking & Security: Cisco routing & switching, CCNA, Check Point firewalls, Akamai, F5 BIG-IP, Nginx tuning, VPN, OWASP.
Virtualization & Remote Access: VMware vSphere, Proxmox, Citrix Presentation Server / VDI, Docker, Kubernetes.
Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions.
Engineering Leadership: PMBoK project management, Agile/Scrum sprint leadership, CTO / IT Manager experience.
Modern AI & Applied AIOps: LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI SDK, PGVector, Qdrant, Ollama, vLLM.
Target Relocation: Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, and wider European Union (Eligible for EU Blue Card / employer-sponsored work permit).

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Summery of companies that I work

easyMarkets

Linux System Administrator

2021 – Present · FinTech & Regulated Forex Broker (CySEC/ASIC)
High-availability Linux, Ansible/Puppet, Terraform, F5 BIG-IP, Nginx, Zabbix/Grafana, AI/LLM tooling.

Nekso

DevOps Engineer

Taxi App (Toronto, Canada) · AWS EC2, S3, Lambda, Ansible

Carboy

CTO

car service network company

Carpino

CTO

transportation network company

Stratus

IT Manager

International Contracting Company

CERTIFICATIONS & ACCREDITATIONS

Ultimate AWS Certified Developer Associate (DVA-C02)

Verified Credential

Issuer: Amazon Web Services / Udemy (Instructor: Stephane Maarek) · Issued: August 10, 2025 · Length: 32.5 Total Hours · Certificate No: UC-380682ed-71a7-45a6-978e-bce020d0e3a9

Comprehensive mastery of AWS cloud architecture, serverless application development (AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway), containerization (Amazon ECS/ECR), CloudFormation, IAM security & access management, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon S3, EC2, CloudWatch monitoring, and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines.

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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Networking & Security

Issuer: Cisco Systems · Domain: Routing, Switching, VLANs, TCP/IP, Enterprise Network Architecture

Design, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of enterprise routed and switched networks. Deep hands-on experience with Cisco routers, switches, Cisco ASA firewalls, VLANs, subnetting, OSPF/BGP routing protocols, WAN topologies, and network security hardening.

Citrix Presentation Server

Virtualization & VDI

Issuer: Citrix · Domain: Application Virtualization, Server Farms, Remote Access

Enterprise application and desktop virtualization, central application publishing, server farm clustering, secure client access, session policies, thin-client deployment, and load balancing across multi-user environments.

Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)

Methodology & Leadership

Issuer: PMI Methodology · Domain: Agile, Scrum, Project Lifecycle & Technical Leadership

Structured project management lifecycle, stakeholder communication, sprint planning (Agile/Scrum), risk management, resource budgeting, and KPI-driven technical team management as CTO and ICT Manager.