Riyasudeen Farook — IT Operations Manager, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Based in Riyadh, KSA 🇸🇦 Transferable Iqama SCE Approved

Strategic IT Leadership for
Vision 2030

Bridging the gap between technical engineering and business strategy. Building resilient Nutanix infrastructure, automating workflows, and securing enterprise assets.

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800+ Endpoints
Managed
99.9% Uptime
18+ Months
15hrs+ Weekly Time
Saved
100% NCA/NDMO
Compliance
SAR 10M+ IT Budget
Managed

Projects

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// expertise

Infrastructure
Nutanix AHV Windows Server SQL Cluster Veeam Docker Proxmox
Security
CrowdStrike Palo Alto Proofpoint Wazuh Nginx Zero-Trust
Automation
n8n Camunda BPM PowerShell Python Intune Autopilot
Observability
Zabbix OpenSearch Grafana Portainer Wazuh SIEM
AI & GenAI
Ollama Google Gemini OpenSearch RAG n8n AI Agents Zammad AI
Cloud & M365
Microsoft 365 Azure AD / Entra Exchange Online SharePoint Teams Admin

// about

Strategic Vision

Management philosophy built on Operational Excellence through Automation. By automating routine tasks, teams are empowered to focus on strategic initiatives that drive business value.

Based in Riyadh, deeply committed to aligning enterprise IT strategies with Saudi Vision 2030 — building compliant, scalable infrastructure for the Kingdom's growing digital economy.

Leadership Track

Extensive experience managing SAR 10M+ IT budgets and leading cross-functional teams — bridging complex engineering challenges and executive business goals.

IT Strategy & Governance Vendor Management Budgeting & ROI Team Building

// philosophy

I believe infrastructure should be invisible — when it's built correctly, nobody notices it. The measure of good ops work isn't the fires you dramatically put out; it's the fires that never start.

Automation isn't about replacing people. It's about removing the parts of the job that insult their intelligence — the repetitive, the mechanical, the zero-judgment tasks that burn out good engineers.

Security without usability is theater. Every control I implement has to pass the "would a normal person work around this?" test. If the answer is yes, the control is wrong, not the person.

AI in operations is most valuable at the edges — alert triage, log summarization, first-response drafting. Keep humans in the loop for judgment. Automate the retrieval; trust people with the decision.