
Mohamed Balizi
DevOps Engineer | 3+ Years Experience | AWS | Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD) | CI/CD | Terraform | DevSecOps
Salary / Daily rate
Agadir 80000, Morocco
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
About me
Intro
๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ข๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ with 3+ years of experience in building, automating, and optimizing ๐๐/๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, cloud infrastructure, and containerized applications. ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ (๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐) with strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code and automation. Hands-on experience with ๐๐ช๐ฆ, including EC2, S3, VPC, Route 53, and EKS, designing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures. Strong background in ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฝ๐ practices, including IAM management, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ using ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐น๐, and container/image ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด with tools such as Trivy, Syft, SonarQube, and Veracode. Currently working at ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ, where I design and optimize ๐๐/๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, manage ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐-based deployments, and improve the scalability, reliability, and performance of AWS-based infrastructure. Focused on improving deployment speed, system reliability, scalability, and security. ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ฉ: โ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ & ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โ Deploy and manage containerized applications in production using Kubernetes โ ๐๐/๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ โ Design and optimize automated pipelines using GitLab CI for fast and reliable releases โ ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ & ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ โ Build scalable AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC, EKS) using Terraform and Ansible โ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด & ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ โ Ensure high availability using Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and alerting โ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฝ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ โ Integrate security into pipelines using Vault, IAM policies, and container/image scanning tools ๐ฉ Letโs connect and talk about ๐๐ฒ๐๐ข๐ฝ๐, ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป!
Work experience
Cegedim Maroc
Apr 2023 - Present
3 years 7 months
Agadir 80000, Morocco
DevOps Engineer
Jul 2023 - Present
3 years 4 months
Agadir 80000, Morocco
โข Designed and maintained scalable cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, reducing manual provisioning time by over 60%. โข Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD, enabling faster and more reliable deployments across multiple environments. โข Deployed and managed containerized applications using Kubernetes, improving system scalability and high availability. โข Used Helm to manage Kubernetes deployments and simplify application configuration. โข Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, reducing incident response time by 40%. โข Strengthened platform security by integrating DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability scanning and secrets management. โข Integrated security tools Trivy and SonarQube into CI/CD pipelines. โข Managed container images and registries using Docker, streamlining development and deployment workflows. โข Collaborated with development teams to implement microservices architecture and improve release cycles. โข Maintained system reliability with proactive incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement processes. โข Implemented GitOps workflows using Argo CD for automated and version-controlled deployments.
DevOps Engineer
Apr 2023 - Jul 2023
4 months
On-site
Software Developer
YouCode Maroc
Nov 2021 - Jul 2023
1 year 9 months
Safi, Morocco
Web Developer
Cegedim Maroc
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
2 months
Agadir 80000, Morocco
Dรฉvelopper une application web de gestion du tรฉlรฉtravail.
Education
ENSET Mohammedia
LP Administration et Cybersรฉcuritรฉ des Systรจmes et Rรฉseaux Informatiques
2024 - 2025
1 year 1 month
Simplon Grand Ouest
Dรฉveloppement Web
2021 - 2023
1 year 5 months
Specialized Institute Of Applied Technology NTIC
Technicien Spรฉcialisรฉ en Dรฉveloppement Informatique
2019 - 2021
2 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Issued: Jan 2025
CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
Issued: Jul 2024