Available for full-time roles

Ali Muhammad
Hafeez

Cloud & DevOps Engineer · London

I like the hard parts of the job — the 2am incident, the network that won't come up, the pipeline that keeps silently failing.

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About

I build things
that don't break.

CS student finishing at City, University of London — averaging a First (73%+) and available immediately. I've spent the last few years doing the actual work: cloud infrastructure at HMRC, building a startup MVP from scratch at ClickPitch, and an air-gapped chaos engineering lab for my dissertation.

I'm drawn to the unglamorous parts of the job. The 2am incident. The network that won't come up. The pipeline that keeps silently failing. That's where the real engineering happens.

Currently

Working on CS dissertation — air-gapped chaos platform
Studying AWS Solutions Architect (SAA-C03)
Reading The Phoenix Project
Open to Full-time cloud & DevOps roles · London
Projects

Things I've built.

Final Year Dissertation

Automated Chaos Resilience Platform

My dissertation project: a fully air-gapped chaos engineering platform running on physical Cisco hardware. No internet, no cloud dependencies — a self-hosted GitLab CI/CD pipeline running off-grid and a local Llama 3 8B model doing automated root cause analysis on OOB switch logs.

  • Built a live SRE control panel for fault injection and real-time network analytics
  • Llama 3 parses Layer 1/2 failures and generates RCA reports without any external API calls
Chaos Engineering GitLab CI/CD Llama 3 8B Cisco Switching Air-gapped Network SRE

Pulse

A peer-to-peer messaging app in Python built on Twisted and raw sockets — an exploration of low-level async networking without hiding behind a framework.

Python Twisted Sockets P2P

Kairo London

Built responsive UI components for a live e-commerce platform — working from Figma designs to production-ready React. Freelance contribution.

React Responsive UI E-Commerce
Experience

Where I've worked.

Associate Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

Dec 2024 – Sept 2025
  • Provisioned and managed scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, prioritising reliability, security, and continuous monitoring.
  • Supported and enhanced CI/CD pipelines using Git workflows to automate deployments and reduce manual errors.
  • Administered Linux and Windows servers, writing automation scripts to streamline routine maintenance.
  • Acted as key technical responder for incidents, implementing change requests within the ITIL v4 framework.
AWSAzureCI/CDLinuxITIL v4

Full-Stack Developer

ClickPitch

Mar 2024 – Sept 2024
  • Led end-to-end development of an MVP careers web application, translating founder requirements into a market-ready product.
  • Engineered a responsive front-end using React and Vite; built and managed the full back-end on Firebase including Firestore and Authentication.
ReactViteFirebaseFirestore

Computer Science Tutor

Private (1-on-1)

Oct 2023 – May 2024
  • Mentored an A-Level student in Python programming and algorithmic thinking, targeting specific areas of weakness.
  • Guided exam preparation through past papers, resulting in measurable improvement.
PythonAlgorithmsMentoring

IT Consultant & Contractor

1st Tuition

Apr 2026

Resolved a 3-month broken mailbox and restored full mail service. Configured web servers and aligned DNS records across three domain registrars (Network Solutions, GoDaddy, and a third provider). Available for ongoing support.

CCTV Fault Diagnosis & Network Cabling

Freelance

Apr 2026

Diagnosed a malfunctioning CCTV system — root cause was an outdated compute box, not the hard drive as suspected. Separately planned, installed, and verified structured cabling across a local environment.

Data Research & Entry Analyst

Cence Pay (UAE Client)

Oct 2024

Researched and structured card product data across UAE payment providers for a fintech comparison app — fees, limits, eligibility, and benefits.

Volunteer — Media & Content Creation

Community Organisation

Feb 2026 – Present

Creating social media content, graphics, and multimedia assets with a small team to drive community engagement.

Security Steward / Door Supervisor

Habib Security & A2Z Security

Feb 2023 – Jan 2024

Safety and security at large-scale events — up to 15,000 attendees. De-escalation, crowd management, team comms.

Skills

What I work with.

Cloud & DevOps
AWS EC2 AWS S3 AWS RDS Microsoft Azure CI/CD Pipelines Git Infrastructure as Code Chaos Engineering
Networking
TCP/IP Network Cabling OOB Management Layer 1/2 Troubleshooting Wireshark CCTV Diagnostics Incident Response
Programming
Python JavaScript Java React Vite HTML / CSS Firebase
Operating Systems
Linux (RedHat/CentOS) Ubuntu / Debian Kali Linux Windows Server macOS
Process
ITIL v4 Agile / Scrum Confluence Change Management
Education & Certifications

Background & credentials.

Education

BSc (Hons) Computer Science

City St George's, University of London

Sep 2022 – Present

All lectures completed — awaiting final results. Averaging First-Class (73%+).

Cloud Technology · Computer Networks · Data Structures & Algorithms · OOP Design

A-Levels

Walthamstow Academy Sixth Form

Sep 2020 – Jul 2022

Physics · Mathematics · Computer Science

Certifications

AZ

Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft · May 2026

KK

Fundamentals of DevOps

KodeKloud · Jun 2026

KK

12 Factor App

KodeKloud · May 2026

AWS

Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · Aug 2024

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Learning ITIL®

LinkedIn Learning · Sep 2024

Writing

Thoughts & write-ups.

All posts →
Contact

Open to work.
Let's talk.

Based in London. Available for full-time roles, contracts, and serious freelance work. Happy to relocate or go fully remote.

alimuhammadhafeez@gmail.com Connect on LinkedIn