Samie Ullah

About Me

A career across software, databases, enterprise infrastructure, cloud and platform engineering.

Professional Profile

Principal Cloud Architect with a hands-on engineering foundation.

I am a Principal Cloud Architect with 24+ years of IT experience. My career has progressed through software engineering, Oracle database administration, enterprise systems and infrastructure, technical leadership, cloud engineering, DevOps/SRE, Python development, and platform architecture.

Today I work primarily across AWS and Microsoft Azure, combining architecture with implementation across Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, cloud-native applications, security, networking and reliability.

My professional advantage is the ability to understand what sits underneath an architecture: databases, operating systems, infrastructure, networks, applications and the operational processes required to keep systems reliable.

Professional focus

  • Primary identityPrincipal Cloud Architect
  • CloudAWS 60% · Azure 40%
  • PlatformKubernetes & GitOps
  • EngineeringPython & backend systems
  • InfrastructureTerraform & automation
  • OperationsDevOps/SRE · HA · DR
Career Journey

From enterprise systems to cloud platforms.

2002–2004
Software Engineering & IT
GC University · Faisalabad
Technical software engineering and administrative responsibilities.
2004–2010
Oracle DBA / Apps DBA / System Administrator
Budget Rent a Car · Jeddah
Oracle versions spanning 8/8i through 19, Oracle E-Business Suite, Data Guard, RMAN, tuning, backup/recovery, HA, migrations and production operations across Linux/Solaris.
2010–2017
Assistant IT Manager → IT Manager
Budget Rent a Car · Jeddah
Hands-on technical engineering and architecture combined with leadership. Personal technical work included Oracle E-Business Suite, Solaris SPARC, private cloud, storage, backup, disaster recovery and Linux.
2018–2020
Manager — Operations
Huzaifa Technical Services LLC · Dubai
Approximately half technical and half business/operations responsibility, leading service delivery and technical execution.
2020–Present
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect / Principal Cloud Engineer
Xpertech Solutions Inc. · USA · Remote
Cloud architecture, Python/backend engineering, Kubernetes platforms, IaC, CI/CD, GitOps, security, reliability and production troubleshooting.
Current Engineering Mix

Hands-on by design.

Current work is approximately 20% architecture, 50% coding, 20% DevOps and 10% meetings.

01

Architecture

AWS/Azure cloud architecture, multi-region, HA/DR, networking and security.

02

Engineering

Python, Django, Flask, APIs, serverless, event-driven systems and microservices.

03

Platform

Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps and platform troubleshooting.

04

Automation

Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK and Ansible with reusable infrastructure modules.

05

Operations

CI/CD, observability, incident response, RCA, reliability and disaster recovery.

06

Leadership

Technical ownership, mentoring and translating business requirements into production architecture.