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Eng. Mustafa Al-Qadi

Cloud Management Expert Orange Jordan Amman, Jordan

Building professional VMware troubleshooting references, instructor-led training courses, and enterprise architecture resources — bridging the gap between certification theory and production reality.

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16+
Years Experience
11+
Certifications
9+
Years Leadership
0
Training Courses
About Me
Professional Summary

Infrastructure & Platform Engineering Lead with 16+ years of experience — including 9 years of direct team leadership (recruitment, performance management, SLA ownership) and 5+ years architecting enterprise HCI, virtualization, and automation platforms.


Currently leading the IT Automation Platform at Orange Jordan, driving cross-functional delivery across VMware Cloud Foundation (vSAN HCI), Nutanix, and Kubernetes environments. Combines proven people leadership and vendor management with deep hands-on expertise in hyperconverged infrastructure, capacity planning, and infrastructure modernization.


B.Sc. Computer Engineering — Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

HCI Platform Lead

VMware VCF, vSAN, Nutanix — enterprise hyperconverged infrastructure

Automation Architect

AWX, Ansible, NetBox, Vault, Harbor, Gitea, Kubernetes, Prometheus

Enterprise Architect

TOGAF 10 Practitioner, COBIT 2019, architecture governance

Team Leader

9+ years leading engineering teams — recruitment, coaching, SLA ownership

Featured Projects
Knowledge Bases & Training
Professional resources for VMware infrastructure and enterprise architecture
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VMware Knowledge Base Portal

VMware Fix & Break
Knowledge Bases

Comprehensive troubleshooting reference for VMware products — vSAN (94 entries) and vSphere (80 entries) live, with NSX-T and VCF coming soon. Copy-ready esxcli commands, decision trees, cross-references, and recovery timelines.
174 KB Entries
15 Phases
4 Products
vSAN vSphere Tanzu NSX-T VCF
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VMware Upgrade Tool

Upgrade Path
Planner

Interactive full-stack upgrade sequencer for VMware infrastructure. Calculates correct product order, intermediate version hops, interoperability checks, pre-checks, known issues, visual timeline, and PDF export across vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, NSX, and VCF.
5 Products
88 Versions
120+ Paths
vCenter ESXi vSAN NSX VCF
Plan
20 COURSES
Professional Training Courses

Enterprise Architecture
& VMware VCF 9

Instructor-led training courses with interactive modules, mock exams, and Arabic content — covering TOGAF 10, COBIT 2019, IASA BTABoK, ITIL 4, VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (Introduction, Compute, Storage, Network, Architecture, ASAD, Automate & Operate, Build Manage & Secure), and Cloud Operations & Automation.
20 Courses
1725+ MCQs
230+ Modules
TOGAF COBIT BTABoK ITIL 4 VCF 9 Cloud Ops
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VMware VCF vSAN NSX-T vSphere Nutanix Kubernetes Ansible / AWX Python PowerShell TOGAF 10 GCP Docker Helm Harbor Tanzu / TKG HashiCorp Vault NetBox Gitea Prometheus Grafana COBIT 2019 SRM Commvault
Career Journey
Professional Experience
16+ years across infrastructure, cloud, and enterprise architecture

Cloud Management Expert & IT Automation Platform Lead

Feb 2021 — Present
Orange Jordan (JT Group) — Amman, Jordan
Leading the enterprise IT Automation Platform initiative — coordinating cross-functional delivery across infrastructure, networking, security, and application teams. Architecting VMware Cloud Foundation HCI environment across Dell PowerEdge hosts with vSAN, NSX-T Federation, Edge Clusters with BGP peering. Managing Nutanix HCI clusters, VMware Tanzu/TKG, and the full automation stack (AWX, NetBox, Vault, Harbor, Gitea, Kubernetes, Prometheus/Grafana).
VMware VCFvSANNSX-T NutanixKubernetesAWX GCPTanzu

Senior System Engineer

Mar 2019 — Feb 2021
Offtec — Amman, Jordan
Authored High-Level and Low-Level Designs for enterprise HCI, virtualization, and DR solutions. Delivered hyperconverged solutions on Nutanix, VMware vSphere, and Hyper-V with full lifecycle responsibility. Implemented backup and DR platforms using Commvault and Carbonite Double-Take.
NutanixVMwareHyper-V CommvaultHLD/LLDDR

Technical Team Leader

Sep 2010 — Mar 2019
General Computer and Electronics — Amman, Jordan
Led a technical support team with full ownership of recruitment, performance evaluation, mentoring, and career development over 9 years. Delivered end-to-end Microsoft infrastructure projects (AD, DNS, DHCP, Exchange, TMG). Led data center design and build engagements from scoping through production handover.
Team LeadershipActive DirectoryExchange Data CenterSLA Management
Core Expertise
Skills & Specializations
Deep technical knowledge across VMware infrastructure and enterprise architecture frameworks

VMware vSphere & ESXi

HA, DRS, vMotion, PSOD analysis, VMFS troubleshooting, certificate management

VMware vSAN & HCI

OSA/ESA, disk groups, network partitions, stretched clusters, Nutanix NCP/NCAP

NSX-T Networking

Edge Clusters, BGP, Segments, DFW, Load Balancers, NSX-T Federation

VMware Cloud Foundation

SDDC Manager, lifecycle management, workload domains, bring-up, vRealize Suite

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF ADM, capability mapping, architecture governance, COBIT design factors

Automation & Containers

Ansible/AWX, Python, PowerShell, Kubernetes (CKA), Harbor, Tanzu, Docker, Helm

Cloud & Hybrid

GCP (Compute, App Engine, Cloud Run, VPC, IAM), VMware Cloud Director, multi-cloud

DR & Backup

SRM, vSphere Replication, Commvault, Carbonite Double-Take, RPO/RTO compliance

Credentials
Certifications & Qualifications
11+ industry certifications across VMware, Kubernetes, Cloud, and Enterprise Architecture
T

TOGAF EA Practitioner

The Open Group

T

TOGAF EA Foundation

The Open Group

K

CKA — Certified Kubernetes Admin

CNCF / Linux Foundation

V

VMware Cloud Foundation Architect

VMware by Broadcom

V

VMware vSAN Specialist

VMware by Broadcom

N

Nutanix NCAP (Advanced Professional)

Nutanix

N

Nutanix NCP (Certified Professional)

Nutanix

G

GCP Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud

V

VCP — App Modernization 2021

VMware by Broadcom

V

VCP 6.5 — Data Center Virtualization

VMware by Broadcom

I

ITIL 4 Foundation

Axelos / PeopleCert

Get in Touch
Contact & Connect
Open for collaborations, consulting, and training opportunities
Email
alqadi.mustafa@outlook.com
LinkedIn
Mustafa Al-Qadi
GitHub
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Location
Amman, Jordan