Hello, I'm Khaled Massad, a Principal Cloud Solutions Architect with over 15 years of experience designing and managing cloud infrastructure, microservices, and automation across AWS, GCP, and VMware ecosystems. I specialize in translating business goals into scalable, secure cloud architectures and leading cross‑functional teams through complex migrations and deployments. My focus is on delivering high availability, cost-efficient solutions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with executives to align IT strategy with business outcomes. I thrive in challenging environments and enjoy continuous learning in cloud, DevOps, and microservices. I’m passionate about driving adoption of best practices, Well-Architected frameworks, and automation to improve performance and reliability, and I look for opportunities to contribute to ambitious projects and teams.

Khaled Massad

Hello, I'm Khaled Massad, a Principal Cloud Solutions Architect with over 15 years of experience designing and managing cloud infrastructure, microservices, and automation across AWS, GCP, and VMware ecosystems. I specialize in translating business goals into scalable, secure cloud architectures and leading cross‑functional teams through complex migrations and deployments. My focus is on delivering high availability, cost-efficient solutions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with executives to align IT strategy with business outcomes. I thrive in challenging environments and enjoy continuous learning in cloud, DevOps, and microservices. I’m passionate about driving adoption of best practices, Well-Architected frameworks, and automation to improve performance and reliability, and I look for opportunities to contribute to ambitious projects and teams.

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Hello, I’m Khaled Massad, a Principal Cloud Solutions Architect with over 15 years of experience designing and managing cloud infrastructure, microservices, and automation across AWS, GCP, and VMware ecosystems. I specialize in translating business goals into scalable, secure cloud architectures and leading cross‑functional teams through complex migrations and deployments. My focus is on delivering high availability, cost-efficient solutions while mentoring engineers and collaborating with executives to align IT strategy with business outcomes.

I thrive in challenging environments and enjoy continuous learning in cloud, DevOps, and microservices. I’m passionate about driving adoption of best practices, Well-Architected frameworks, and automation to improve performance and reliability, and I look for opportunities to contribute to ambitious projects and teams.

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Language

Arabic
Fluent
English
Fluent

Work Experience

Principal Cloud Solutions Architect II at Schrödinger GmbH
December 1, 2022 - November 6, 2025
Understand customer requirements and translate them into system/technical designs. Design and deploy Schrödinger’s applications on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP); articulate the benefits of cloud adoption to senior management. Provide technical leadership with architecture reviews focusing on Well-Architected pillars, performance, high availability, cost optimization, and security. Lead workshops, guide teams, and ensure successful migration of apps and services to the cloud. Define tasks, tickets, and timelines; monitor progress and mitigate risks; foster collaboration across architects, account managers, and engineering teams; mentor junior cloud architects.
Sr. Cloud Architect at Revolgy
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Delivered cloud infrastructure projects on time; designed holistic cloud environments aligning with client requirements. Automated provisioning and configuration of AWS/GCP resources using Terraform and GitLab CI. Migrated on-prem data centers to cloud; oversaw cloud security, cost control, and performance. Led client briefings, delegated tasks, tracked project performance, and produced comprehensive documentation. Guided multi-cloud strategies (AWS, GCP) across engagements.
Cloud DevOps Architect at Improbable
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Provide technical direction and support to DevOps teams; facilitate requirements scoping and design decisions for multi-cloud gaming infrastructure. Automate provisioning and configuration of Kubernetes clusters (AWS/Azure/GCP) using Ansible and Terraform within Jenkins pipelines; automate Swarm cluster deployment; manage EKS/GKE provisioning by Terraform; deploy payloads; implement monitoring with Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana; ensure reliability and security across cloud resources.
Cloud DevOps Architect at Zeuz GmbH
December 31, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Provided technical direction and support for multi-cloud game server hosting; automated provisioning and configuring Kubernetes and Swarm clusters across AWS/Azure/GCP and other providers; implemented CI/CD pipelines; managed resource provisioning (DNS, storage, networking, load balancers) with Terraform; established monitoring and alerting for infrastructure and containers.
Sr. Cloud/Microservices Architect at Aurea Software
August 31, 2019 - August 31, 2019
Provisioned and managed Kubernetes and Docker environments across large-scale deployments; implemented EKS/ECS provisioning with Terraform; built and maintained AWS resources (VPC, EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, AutoScaling, Route53) via Terraform; containerized apps and systems with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Ansible, kubelet, and docker tooling; supported datacenter migrations to AWS.
Enterprise and Cloud Solutions – ISP Team Leader at Zain
September 1, 2015 - September 1, 2015
Managed budgets (OPEX/CAPEX), led a team, and defined procedures, SLAs, and policies. Administered VMware/Hyper-V/KVM on blade servers; managed Infoblox DNS/DHCP; cPanel hosting; Zimbra mail; SMS and FreeRadius gateway; Linux/Redhat administration; EMC storage and backup systems.
Assets Management Database and Application Expert at InfoGraph
June 30, 2014 - June 30, 2014
Implemented and administered CityWorks assets management application and database; Oracle Database; Redhat clustering; Windows Server; SQL Server; provided domain expertise in asset management and database administration.
Sr. System and Database Admin at wi-tribe
April 1, 2014 - April 1, 2014
Oracle BRM/EBS administration; Redhat cluster administration and deployment; EMC storage management; EMC Networker backup administration; DNS/Email/Windows administration; wide range of enterprise infrastructure responsibilities including database and server administration.
Technical Support Engineer at SCS
December 31, 2006 - December 31, 2006
Handled technical support with hardware and software troubleshooting; network and system support; incident resolution and customer guidance.
Control & Monitoring Engineer at JEPCO
February 28, 2006 - February 28, 2006
UNIX Solaris-based control and monitoring; SCADA system operations; troubleshooting for control stations; broader IT/network trouble shooting and related responsibilities.
Enterprise and Cloud Solutions – ISP Team Leader at Zain
September 30, 2015 - September 30, 2015
Managed budgets, team leadership, procedures, SLAs, policies, support agreements, and systems administration (VMware/Hyper-V/KVM, Infoblox DNS/DHCP, cPanel, Zimbra, SMS gateway, FreeRadius).
Sr. System and Database Admin at wi-triBe
April 30, 2014 - April 30, 2014
Oracle BRM/EBS administration, Oracle DB (11g/10.2), Red Hat clustering, Red Hat storage administration, EMC storage and backups, Windows server administration, DNS, and related IT infrastructure responsibilities.
Technical Support Engineer at SCS – Jordan
December 31, 2006 - December 31, 2006
Technical network and system support, troubleshooting hardware/software, and related IT services.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Engineering at Jordan Applied Science University – Amman, Jordan
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2005
Bachelor of Computer Engineering at Jordan Applied Science University
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2005

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - November 6, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Gaming, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment