OSAMA SIDDIQUI
[Infrastructure Architect]
> Mapping infrastructure constellations
> Connecting systems across the void
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osama@local:~$cat skills.json
ls /etc/firewall/
Networking & Firewalls
Fortinet
Cisco
Palo Alto
Juniper
Sophos
Ubiquiti
ls /opt/cloud/
Cloud & Virtualization
Azure
GCP
VMware
Proxmox
Hyper-V
Kubernetes
lshw --short
Servers & Hardware
Dell
HPE
Windows Server
Linux
Active Directory
Veeam
ls /opt/monitoring/
Monitoring & SIEM
Zabbix
Grafana
Prometheus
Splunk
Wazuh
Graylog
ls /usr/local/bin/
Automation & Scripting
Ansible
Terraform
Python
Bash
PowerShell
Git
dpkg --list
Apps & Databases
MS365
Nginx
PostgreSQL
Redis
Docker
Snipe-IT
osama@local:~$cat ~/blog/*.md
~/blog
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.
_ read_more~/blog
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.
_ read_more~/blog
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.
_ read_more~/blog
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.
_ read_moreosama@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...