Muhammad Umar

Full-Stack Developer · Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer

Summary

Full-Stack Developer with a strong foundation in infrastructure engineering, DevOps automation, and high-availability systems, now fully focused on building modern web applications. After years designing and operating complex infrastructure, I moved into full-stack development — a path I wanted since the beginning of my career — to build products end-to-end from the database and backend services to the UI and deployment pipelines.

Experience

Full-Stack Developer

Zoya Outfits

2024 – Present
Saudi Arabia

Building full-stack web applications, e-commerce platforms and multi-tenant systems using Next.js, TypeScript and Node.js.

  • Built a production-ready Next.js 15 e-commerce platform with OTP-based checkout, order management and localized payment integration.
  • Designed and implemented a multi-tenant POS backend using Node.js and Prisma with entities for products, tax groups, barcodes, parties, custom attributes and multi-location stores.
  • Created secure authentication flows using BetterAuth, sessions and OTP verification, including role-based access control.
  • Developed React interfaces using Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui focusing on usability, responsiveness and maintainable components.
  • Built Node.js services for data sync, sales ingestion, log processing and scheduled jobs integrated with SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
  • Maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, automating build, testing and deployment behind Cloudflare Tunnels with R2 storage.

Infrastructure & DevOps Engineer

NAFT Services Company

2023 – 2025
Saudi Arabia

Designing and managing infrastructure, networks and DevOps automation for retail and industrial environments.

  • Designed and deployed infrastructure for 400+ locations including networks, servers, CCTV and automation systems.
  • Built network topologies using Cisco, UniFi, Ruijie and Sophos with VLANs, routing and enterprise Wi-Fi with focus on relabilty for harsh environments.
  • Managed data centers, Windows Server environments, Hyper-V virtualization and storage with backup and DR strategies.
  • Implemented monitoring using LibreNMS with Redis caching, custom dashboards and alerting for 500+ devices.
  • Automated deployments and maintenance using PowerShell, Bash and Node.js, reducing manual effort and downtime.
  • Provided incident response and SLA-based support for mission-critical environments handling real transactions.

Senior System Administrator / Technical Support Engineer

Previous Infrastructure Roles (Summary)

2012 – 2022

Managed Windows, virtualization, firewalls and collaboration platforms for large user bases across multiple locations.

  • Managed Windows Server and virtualization environments.
  • Supported firewall, mail and collaboration platforms.
  • Laid the foundation for current focus on DevOps and full-stack development.

Skills

Full-Stack Development

Next.js (App Router, Server Actions, React 19) TypeScript Node.js Express Hono React Zustand TanStack Query Framer Motion (basic) Tailwind CSS shadcn/ui REST APIs Basic GraphQL BetterAuth/Auth.js JWT OTP flows E-commerce Admin dashboards Multi-tenant SaaS apps

Backend & Databases

API design Modular service architecture Prisma ORM PostgreSQL SQL Server MySQL Complex relational schemas JSON fields Data sync for 100+ remote devices Node.js microservices Background workers Redis caching Job schedulers Logging & monitoring

Infrastructure & DevOps

Docker Azure DevOps (YAML pipelines, multi-env CI/CD) Cloudflare Tunnels Cloudflare R2 Object Storage & CDN LibreNMS + Redis Windows Server Linux (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS) Network design (Cisco, UniFi, Ruijie, Mikrotik) Structured cabling CCTV Enterprise Wi-Fi PowerShell Bash Node.js automation CSP HSTS TLS hardening Zero-Trust patterns

Education

BS Information Technology

Virtual University of Pakistan

2015 – 2019

Certifications

MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams

Microsoft

2021

ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

EXIN

2016

Languages

English

Fluent (Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Arabic

Fluent (Reading, Speaking)

Urdu

Native