OSAMA SIDDIQUI
[Infrastructure Architect]
> Connecting systems across the void
osama@local:~$ls /services/
ls /services/network/
Network & Security
Your network is down and nobody knows why. I find the problem, fix it, and make sure it stays fixed.
Network Troubleshooting
Firewall & VPN Setup
Security Audit
ls /services/cloud/
Cloud & Servers
M365 migrations, server deployments, and monitoring dashboards. Deployed right, documented properly.
Microsoft 365 Setup
Server & Cloud Deploy
Monitoring Setup
ls /services/consult/
Consulting & Design
Not sure what you need? Book a call. Or get proper network diagrams for the setup nobody ever documented.
IT Consultation
Network Design & Docs
osama@local:~$cat ~/blog/*.md
~/blog
osama@local:~/blog$ cat vercel-middleware-deployment-fix.md
Fix: Vercel 'We Encountered an Internal Error' — Middleware Region Issue
Your Next.js build passes locally but Vercel keeps failing with 'internal error'? It's middleware deploying to a broken region. Here's the one-line fix in vercel.json.
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osama@local:~/blog$ cat surviving-submarine-cable-cuts.md
Surviving Submarine Cable Cuts with SD-WAN SLA Design
Submarine cable cuts in the Red Sea pushed latency from 50ms to 300ms+ across six ISPs. Here's how I redesigned SLA checks in FortiGate SD-WAN to keep links stable and reliable.
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osama@local:~/blog$ cat building-automated-backup-scripts.md
Building Automated Backup Scripts for My Azure-to-Local Workflow
Bash scripts for automated backups of NGINX, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other services from Linux hosts to a remote server over SSH/SCP.
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osama@local:~/blog$ cat fortigate-removed-ssl-vpn.md
FortiGate Removed SSL VPN - How I Got Linux Clients Working with IPsec on Fedora 42
Fix FortiGate 7.4.8 SSL VPN removal. Step-by-step strongSwan IPsec (IKEv2) setup for Linux Fedora 42 and Ubuntu clients.
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osama@local:~/blog$ cat how-i-got-hooked-on-networking.md
How I Got Hooked on Networking and Why Security Starts Here
I was always fascinated by tech. I touched a computer for the first time when I was very young, and from then on, I had a habit: every week, I'd break something… and then spend hours figuring out how to fix it.
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osama@local:~$cat ~/connect.sh
./connect_linkedin.sh
osama@local:~$Professional Network
Detailed professional experience, certifications, and technical skills are maintained on LinkedIn.
curl -L linkedin.com/in/...
./view_code.sh
osama@local:~$Source Code & Repos
Explore my open-source contributions, automation scripts, and infrastructure-as-code repositories.
git clone github.com/maxdorx...