Raafat Erakey

Senior Cloud Engineer/Operations Team Leader at Detecon Al Saudia Co. (Detasad)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Detecon Al Saudia Co. (Detasad)

Apr 2022 - Present -3 yrs, 2 months

Saudi Arabia

Job Details:Designed, deployed, and managed complex VMware vSphere environments, developed and maintained scalable, secure cloud infrastructures, automated cloud resource deployment using IaC tools, oversaw cloud environments, developed high availability and disaster recovery strategies, created and deployed scalable Kubernetes clusters, managed enterprise-grade backup solutions, and led teams to achieve operational excellence.

King Saud University (KSU)

Jan 2020 - Mar 2022 -2 yrs, 2 months

Saudi Arabia

Job Details:Administered VMware environments, created and implemented new virtualized data centers, performed capacity planning, installed and configured data center environments, managed storage for ESXi hosts, deployed virtual machine templates, configured HA and DRS clusters, developed Power-CLI scripts, and led VMware and storage teams.

Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs (MoMRA)

Oct 2016 - Jan 2020 -3 yrs, 3 months

Saudi Arabia

Job Details:Managed Linux server environments, administered VMware platforms, oversaw cloud environments, managed Cisco UCS servers, configured VCE Vblock systems, and provided operational support for various enterprise systems.

Qassim University (QU)

Jan 2013 - Oct 2016 -3 yrs, 9 months

Saudi Arabia

Job Details:Managed and secured Linux servers, designed and deployed private cloud infrastructure, administered virtualized environments, and managed enterprise storage systems.

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems & Technology
Zagazig University (ZU)
Jan 2003 22 yr 5 Months