Saad Dulaimi

IT professional with a strong foundation in infrastructure and data operations, focused on cloud-based automation and AI/ML technologies through hands-on certifications and self-directed projects.

Skilled in analyzing complex systems, supporting scalable solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Eager to contribute technical skills and a passion for continuous learning to support innovative technology initiatives in a collaborative environment.

Experience

Projects

DevOps Project - Automated Configuration Management on AWS using Terraform & Ansible Live on LinkedIn - Feb 18

• Implemented Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to provision AWS resources in a repeatable and version-controlled way.
• Used Ansible for configuration management to eliminate manual server setup and enforce consistent environments.
• Focused on automation, idempotency, and environment consistency to reduce configuration drift and operational risk.
• Demonstrated how DevOps teams replace manual processes with scalable, code-driven infrastructure automation.

DevOps Project – CI/CD Pipeline on AWS (GitHub Actions & ECS)

• Automated container build and deployment workflows using GitHub Actions, Docker, Amazon ECR, and Amazon ECS Fargate.
• Implemented secure image tagging and registry integration to enable consistent and repeatable deployments.
• Applied production-grade CI/CD best practices to support scalable, reliable, and zero-downtime application delivery.

DevOps Project – AWS Infrastructure Automation (Terraform)

• Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning using Terraform with remote state and state locking.
• Built modular Terraform configurations to support scalable and reusable deployments.
• Applied Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices to reduce configuration drift.

DevOps Project – Containerized Application Deployment on Amazon EKS

• Built and containerized a backend service using Docker and stored images in Amazon ECR.
• Deployed and managed workloads on Amazon EKS using Kubernetes Deployments and Services.
• Implemented application health checks to monitor service availability.

AWS Project – AI-Powered Chatbot Using Amazon Lex, Bedrock & RAG

• Built an AI-powered chatbot using Amazon Lex for conversational interactions.
• Integrated Amazon Bedrock to generate intelligent, context-aware responses.
• Stored and retrieved documents from Amazon S3 as a knowledge source.
• Implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture for accurate answers.
• Enabled the chatbot to respond to questions about company products, services, and technology.

AWS Project – 3-Tier, Multi-AZ HR Application (ALB, ECS, RDS)

• Deployed a 3-tier HR application using ALB, ECS Fargate, and Amazon RDS.
• Implemented frontend and backend services on ECS in private subnets.
• Provisioned a Multi-AZ PostgreSQL database for high availability.

AWS Project – Serverless Ride-Sharing Application (Wild Rydes)

• Built a serverless ride-sharing application using AWS Amplify, Lambda, and API Gateway.
• Implemented user authentication and authorization with Amazon Cognito and IAM.
• Stored and managed application data using Amazon DynamoDB in a fully serverless architecture.

Certifications

• AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• Terraform Associate Certification
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• ITIL Foundation
• CompTIA A+
• ICND 2
• ICND 1

Education

Skills

• ITSM: Implementing ITIL practices.
• Documentation: Creating IT guides.
• Onboarding: Streamlining hire processes.
• Agile Development & Scrum.
• Improvement: Optimizing IT workflows.