DevOps Career Paths & Infrastructure Growth
Real-world career guidance from Muhammad Irfan Aslam — 10+ years managing enterprise infrastructure across Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the USA. Freelancing, remote teams, homelabs, and career transitions covered from direct experience.
Infrastructure & DevOps career guides
Guides written from 10+ years of real infrastructure work — not generic career advice. Covers freelancing as a DevOps engineer, managing remote infrastructure teams, building a production homelab, and navigating IT support careers in Saudi Arabia and the GCC region.
DevOps Freelance Career in Saudi Arabia: 2026 Guide
How to transition from corporate IT support to independent DevOps consulting — client acquisition, pricing strategy, and building recurring revenue.
Read article Team ManagementManaging Remote DevOps Teams on a Tight Budget
Practical strategies for building and managing remote DevOps teams with minimal tooling costs using open-source tools and documentation discipline.
Read article Homelab BuildProduction Homelab in Saudi Arabia: Engineer's Lessons
Complete playbook for building a production-grade homelab — Proxmox cluster, Ceph storage, monitoring strategy, and lessons from real deployments.
Read article Virtualization CareerWhat is VMware? Complete Guide to Virtualization
Everything an infrastructure engineer needs to understand about VMware — from the basics to career implications as the ecosystem shifts.
Read article Managed ServicesIT Support Excellence 2026: Managed Services Guide
How managed services work, what clients expect, and how infrastructure engineers can position themselves in the Saudi and GCC IT market.
Read article IT OutsourcingIT Support Outsourcing 2026: Practical Guide
Why Saudi businesses outsource IT support and how infrastructure engineers can build a sustainable consulting business around that demand.
Read articleCore technical skills that open career doors
Strong infrastructure careers are built on deep technical knowledge. These are the hands-on guides that differentiate senior engineers from the rest.
Ubuntu Server Administration — Complete Guide
200+ articles covering Ubuntu installation, security hardening, networking, storage, monitoring, and troubleshooting for production systems.
Explore guide Container SkillsDocker Complete Guide
Containers, Compose, images, networking, and production deployment patterns — the skills every DevOps role requires today.
Explore guide Web InfrastructureNginx on Ubuntu: Install, Configure, SSL, Reverse Proxy
Step-by-step Nginx setup covering virtual hosts, SSL with Let's Encrypt, and reverse proxy configuration for production web infrastructure.
Read article Server SecuritySSH Key-Based Authentication on Ubuntu Server
Eliminate password authentication from your servers — a foundational security step for every infrastructure engineer managing remote systems.
Read article Docker SetupInstall Docker on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — Step by Step
Production-ready Docker installation on Ubuntu 24.04 with post-install configuration, user permissions, and verification steps.
Read article Linux CommandsLinux Commands Reference — 100+ Practical Examples
Complete Linux command reference with real-world examples. The reference every infrastructure engineer keeps bookmarked.
Explore guideWork directly with Muhammad Irfan Aslam
Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer — available for Linux, DevOps, cloud, Docker, and infrastructure consulting for clients in the USA, Europe, and Saudi Arabia.
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