Joseph Nakhle – IT Cloud Portfolio

About Me

With over 6 years in the IT field orchestrating and securing cloud and on-prem infrastructure, I architect solutions in Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments. Skilled in automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python), containerization (Docker), and infrastructure-as-code. Passionate about DevSecOps, high-availability, and continuous monitoring.

Core Skills & Tools

🔵 Azure & GCP
⚙️ Proxmox, VMware ESXi
🐚 PowerShell, Bash, Python
🔐 IPsec VPN & pfSense
💾 Ceph RBD & ZFS
📊 Grafana & Prometheus
🛠️ Terraform & Ansible
📦 Docker & Kubernetes

Professional Experience

Managed Cloud Service Engineer & Team Lead, EXEO SAL

Dec 2022 – Present

Architected auto-scaling Azure & Proxmox infrastructures with IaC.
Automated backup and DR pipelines using Kopia, Borg, and RBD mirroring.
Developed Proxmox health-check suite; integrated alerts with Slack and email.
Secured environments: IPMI SMTP relays, FreeRADIUS MFA for OpenVPN.
Built multi-host SSH automation tools and custom health-check scripts.
Designed and managed site-to-site VPNs and IPsec tunnels.
Led vulnerability remediation for IIS environments.
Provided L2/L3 technical support for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Azure, resolving incidents involving email, access control, file sharing, and availability.

Project Manager & IT Lead, Antaki Group

Jan 2019 – Nov 2022

Managed the company’s IT infrastructure, from planning to delivery.
Led cross-functional teams, coordinated stakeholders, tracked milestones, and ensured timely project execution.
Ensured alignment between business objectives and technical deliverables across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Key Projects

Proxmox Monitor: Bash/Ansible-driven checks with Grafana dashboards.
IPMI Alert System: Postfix relay + Gmail API for remote hardware alarms.
SharePoint Automation: PnP PowerShell modules for bulk permissions & site settings.
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform modules for Azure networking & compute.

Education

MSc in Computer And Communication Engineering — American University of Science And Technology, 2019

BSc in Computer And Communication Engineering — American University of Science And Technology, 2009

Achievements & Community

💻 Member of the Oder of Engineers Lebabon.
🔒 Implemented a disaster recovery framework with Ceph RBD mirroring and scheduled failover tests, ensuring RTO under 10 minutes.
📈 Achieved 99.9% uptime SLA on Proxmox clusters over the past 6 months with proactive monitoring and automated remediation scripts.
🎤 Speaker at local tech meetups on Proxmox and cloud automation.
🏆 3rd place Lebanon on TryHackMe (learning & CTF challenges)

My TryHackMe Profile

Contact Me

📍 Beirut, Lebanon

📞 +961 70 723588

✉️ Email

🛠️ Linkedin