Ofir Hamami

Core Strengths at a Glance

• Over 1,000 Linux servers managed across hybrid AWS and on-prem production environments
• 17 years of hands-on Linux experience across self-hosted and enterprise environments
• Physical-to-virtual server migrations with validation, benchmarking, and optimization
• Organization-wide DNS migration to NS1 with zero downtime
• Automation workflows built with Bash, Python, and Ansible
• Strong troubleshooting and proactive incident prevention capabilities
• AI-assisted operational workflows and local LLM integrations
• Experience working closely with international R&D, QA, SOC, and DevOps teams

Professional Summary

Senior Linux Infrastructure and Automation Engineer with over 8 years of enterprise experience managing large-scale production environments across hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure.

Working hands-on with Linux systems since the age of 13 across self-hosted, automation-focused, and enterprise environments. Strong background in infrastructure reliability, troubleshooting complex production issues, automation, DNS architecture, virtualization, and AI-assisted operational workflows.

Experienced managing AWS infrastructure including EC2 and S3 while supporting critical production services and high-availability environments.

Professional Experience

Linux DevOps and Automation Consultant - Scorpio Lab

Healthcare Start-Up · 2025 - Current

• Design and implement automation workflows for monitoring, infrastructure operations, and incident management
• Integrate AI-driven tooling and local LLM workflows into DevOps and operational pipelines
• Improve operational visibility and infrastructure response efficiency through automation
• Collaborate with engineering teams to streamline infrastructure management and deployment processes

Senior Linux System Administrator - Check Point Technologies

2021 - 2025

• Managed and maintained over 1,000 Linux production servers across hybrid AWS and on-prem enterprise environments
• Led physical-to-virtual migration projects including validation, benchmarking, infrastructure planning, and post-migration optimization
• Executed full DNS migration to NS1 with zero downtime across production environments
• Built automation workflows using Bash, Python, and Ansible to reduce manual operational workload and improve deployment consistency
• Managed AWS infrastructure services including EC2, S3, IAM, EBS, and networking components
• Identified and resolved infrastructure issues before escalation while maintaining high service availability
• Performed incident response, root-cause analysis, patch management, backup maintenance, and system reliability improvements
• Monitored enterprise infrastructure using Icinga and internal monitoring platforms
• Worked closely with international R&D, QA, and SOC teams on infrastructure upgrades and production security incidents

Linux System Administrator - Intercloud (SDCI Provider)

2018 - 2021

• Managed Linux-based cloud infrastructure environments focused on availability, stability, and operational performance
• Automated operational tasks and infrastructure procedures using Bash and Ansible
• Supported troubleshooting and incident handling for production virtual machines and hosted environments
• Collaborated with SOC teams to resolve infrastructure and security-related incidents

Personal Infrastructure and Technical Projects

• Managing self-hosted Linux environments and infrastructure since adolescence
• Hands-on experience with NixOS, declarative infrastructure, Podman, automation tooling, and Linux system optimization
• Building internal tooling and automation workflows using Bash, Python, Go, and Rust
• Strong interest in infrastructure reliability, AI-assisted operations, and low-level Linux troubleshooting

Skills

• OS & Platforms: Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, NixOS), Windows Server
• Cloud: AWS (Route 53, EC2, S3, Elastic, Bedrock, Guardrails, Vector Databases), Azure Entra ID
• Automation & Scripting: Bash, Python, Ansible, n8n
• Monitoring & Networking: Icinga, DNS, NS1, Cloudflare, VPN, TCP/IP
• Virtualization & CI/CD: VMware, Citrix, Git, GitHub Actions
• Security & Tools: GlobalSign, Sectigo, GoDaddy, Podman, JIRA, Salesforce
• AI & ML: Ollama, Local LLM orchestration, NLP workflows, Generative AI integrations, RAG

Education & Certifications

• AI Engineer Course (Current) - AI Architecture, NLP, LLMs, Generative AI, Local AI workflows, N8N, Machine Learning, and Data Modeling
• Hacking Define Expert - Advanced Python Programming
• Cyber Training Course - Network Management Certification

Additional Information

• Languages: English, Hebrew
• Military Service: Computing support services, Home Front Command Center

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