MD SHAHNEWAJ HOSSAIN
Cloud, Virtualization & Platform Engineering
SENIOR PLATFORM ENGINEER • 15+ YEARS Automate • Scale • Operate • Innovate

Md Shahnewaj Hossain

Virtualization & Cloud Platform Engineer — Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵

Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Platform Engineer with 15+ years of enterprise leadership architecting, automating, and scaling mission-critical hybrid cloud and virtualization platforms. Specializing in VMware vSphere/vSAN, VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi), Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Event-Driven Ansible (DO274), Terraform IaC, RHEL Satellite, Cisco UCS/Intersight, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace.

"Same Servers, Brighter Tomorrows" "Good Systems, Brighter People" "Discipline Creates Freedom"
VMware & HCI
vSphere • vSAN • UCS
Ansible AAP & IaC
EDA DO274 • Terraform
Azure & AWS Cloud
Hybrid Cloud • ASR • IAM
VMware NSX ALB
Avi Load Balancing • HA
RHEL, K8s & CI/CD
Satellite • Docker • GitHub
M365, GWS & DR
Active-Active-DR • SRM
Direct IM (Google Chat) LinkedIn Profile
SHAHNEWAJ // TOKYO, JAPAN
Md Shahnewaj Hossain
15+ Yrs
Experience
43+ Tools
Production Stack
19 Certs
Verified
01 / Technical Strength & Core Architecture Pillars

What I Architect, Automate & Scale

Six specialized domains built over 15+ years of enterprise data center, virtualization, hybrid cloud, load balancing, and platform automation leadership.

Click any pillar below to filter the Key Technologies Matrix →
98% Mastery

1. Virtualization, HCI & SDDC

End-to-end design, lifecycle management, capacity optimization, and software-defined data center administration across virtualized and hyper-converged compute clusters.

VMware vSphere (ESXi/vCenter/vROps) VMware vSAN VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer VMware SRM Cisco HyperFlex HCI Cisco UCS & Intersight
96% Mastery

2. Infrastructure Automation & IaC

Eliminating manual operational toil via enterprise automation platforms, self-healing event-driven rulebooks, declarative IaC provisioning, and custom scripting.

Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) Event-Driven Ansible (DO274) Ansible Tower Terraform IaC Python PowerShell & Bash
95% Mastery

3. Public & Hybrid Cloud Architecture

Architecting secure public and hybrid cloud landing zones, enterprise workload migrations, VNET/VPC topologies, Site Recovery (ASR), and hybrid identity governance.

Microsoft Azure (VMs, VNET, NSG) App Gateway & Site Recovery Azure AD / Entra ID AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM)
94% Mastery

4. Linux, Containers & GitOps CI/CD

Enterprise Linux lifecycle management via Red Hat Satellite, containerized workload orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker, and automated GitOps CI/CD delivery.

RHEL & Red Hat Satellite Ubuntu / CentOS / Solaris Kubernetes & Docker GitHub & Azure DevOps CI/CD
93% Mastery

5. Load Balancing, Traffic & SRE Observability

Software-defined application delivery, L4–L7 traffic engineering, multi-cloud load balancing, proactive telemetry, and high-availability incident engineering.

VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) Nginx HA Clustering vROps • SolarWinds • Zabbix • Nagios ServiceNow & Jira
92% Mastery

6. Enterprise Messaging, Identity & Security

Forest-tree Active Directory & DNSSEC governance, hybrid enterprise messaging across Microsoft 365, Exchange, and Google Workspace, and perimeter NGFW/email security.

Microsoft 365 & Exchange 2016/2019 Google Workspace Admin Active Directory Forest-Tree Cisco Firepower • DDEI • Barracuda
02 / Key Technologies Arsenal

Complete Production Technology Stack (43+ Verified Tools)

Featuring Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi), hybrid cloud, HCI, and enterprise security.

03 / Dedicated Engineering Case Studies & Projects Portal

Explore My Full Architecture Case Studies & Project Repository

Browse detailed enterprise implementations across Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) & Event-Driven Ansible (DO274), VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi), Active-Active-DR Multi-Site Data Centers, and Microsoft Azure Cloud Migrations—or add new projects anytime.

04 / On My Desk Bookshelf • Core Engineering Domains

Interactive Engineering Reference Shelf

Inspired by my Tokyo workspace desk — click any book spine to inspect how I apply each discipline in production.

Click any volume to inspect →
05 / Verified Career Progression (Nov 2011 – Present)

15+ Years of Enterprise Infrastructure & Cloud Leadership

Current Role • Tokyo, Japan Global Markets Technology

Virtualization and Cloud Platform Engineer

Nomura — Tokyo, Japan

November 2022 – Present
Enterprise Cloud & Virtualization Engineering
Virtualization, Load Balancing & Compute: Deliver and administer enterprise platforms using VMware vCenter, vROps, ESXi, vSAN, VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi), Red Hat Satellite, RHEL, Cisco UCS, Cisco Blades, Cisco Intersight, and HP Servers.
Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure Automation: Deploy and manage scalable services in Microsoft Azure & AWS; drive automation using Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), Event-Driven Ansible (DO274), Ansible Tower, Terraform IaC, PowerShell, Python, and Shell.
Containers & Modern CI/CD Delivery: Collaborate with engineering teams via GitHub, support containerized environments on Docker & Kubernetes, and integrate automated CI/CD delivery pipelines.
SRE Reliability & Lifecycle Ownership: Engage across the full service lifecycle, author standard operating runbooks, optimize resource/cost efficiency, and provide L2/L3 global platform incident engineering.
Executive IT Leadership • Dhaka, Bangladesh 3 Executive Roles

Deputy Operative Director / Additional Director / Sr. Deputy Director of IT

Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC.

June 2021 – October 2022 (1 yr 5 mos)
Data Center, Cloud & Enterprise Infrastructure
• Active-Active-DR Datacenter Architecture: Led planning, design, and solution finalization across DC, NDC, and DR sites using Cisco HyperFlex, VMware, SRM, NetApp Storage, Dell EMC, and VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer.
• Microsoft Azure & Enterprise Messaging: Oversaw Azure VMs, Storage, VNET, Backups, Site Recovery, Security Center, NSG, IAM, and Azure AD alongside MS Exchange (2016 & 2019), EOP, Microsoft 365, and Trend Micro DDEI.
• Oracle Enterprise Systems & Middleware: Administered Oracle LDOM Virtualization, Oracle T & X series servers, and FS1-2 storage (Oracle EBS) plus Apache-Tomcat & Nginx HA load-balanced clusters.
• Core Network & Multi-OS Security: Managed Windows Server (2012–2022), Linux/Unix (CentOS, Solaris, Ubuntu), Active Directory, centralized DNS, and core networks (Cisco Nexus, Firepower, MikroTik).
9 Years 8 Months • 4 Progressive Roles

System Administrator → Asst. System Admin → System Engineer → Network Engineer

Transcom Limited — Gulshan-2, Dhaka, Bangladesh

November 2011 – June 2021
SysAdmin (2018–21) • Asst. SysAdmin (2015–17) • SysEng (2012–14) • NetEng (2011–12)
• Azure Public Cloud & RPO/RTO Backup: Managed Transcom's Microsoft Azure infrastructure (VMs, VNET, NSG, Storage, Backups, IAM, AD Domain Services) and enterprise VM/physical/MS SQL database disaster recovery.
• Cisco HyperFlex All-Flash Data Center: Directed operations across Cisco 4-Node M5 All-Flash HCI, Fabric Interconnect, UCS Manager, Nexus 9300, Firepower 2130 (FMC/FTD), ISR 4451, VMware vSphere 6.7, HP C7000, and NetApp FAS 3220/2240.
• Hybrid Mail & Forest-Tree Active Directory: Administered Google Workspace, Barracuda ESG, Red Hat, CommuniGate Pro, Qmail, Zentyal, and Transcom Group's forest-tree Active Directory Root DC & CDC.
• Telecom, Broadcast & Observability: Built Asterisk/Elastix IP-PABX systems, ABC Radio's "Listeners Voice Recording Solution", QlikView BI infrastructure, and proactive monitoring with SolarWinds, Nagios, and Zabbix.
06 / Verified Licenses, Certifications & Academic Degrees

19 Professional Certifications & Computer Science Degrees

Showing all 19 verified credentials

Master of Science (M.Sc.) • 2019 – 2020

Computer Science and Engineering

Jahangirnagar University — Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M.Sc. CSE
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) • 2007 – 2011

Computer Science and Engineering

Stamford University Bangladesh — Dhaka (HSC: Noapara College • SSC: Noapara Model School)

B.Sc. CSE
07 / Direct Instant Messaging & Collaboration the-eternal.space • Tokyo, Japan

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