Arsalan Mehmood
DevOps Engineer & Data Scientist
MS Data Science Candidate | Python & Infrastructure Specialist
About Me
DevOps Engineer with 2+ years of enterprise experience specializing in infrastructure automation, containerization, and open-source solutions. Currently pursuing MS in Data Science with focus on NLP and Large Language Models. Experienced in building scalable backend systems and data pipelines.
Research: Working on enhancing question-answering capabilities in Language Models through Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Open to collaborating on innovative projects in DevOps, Data Science, and Machine Learning.
Experience
Software Engineer
Bawaba LLC | August 2022 - Present
- Architected and maintained local infrastructure serving multiple enterprise applications using Docker Swarm
- Implemented and managed distributed storage solution using GlusterFS for high-availability data storage
- Deployed and maintained critical open-source services including GitLab, Authentik, Portainer, and Rocket Chat
- Optimized database performance for PostgreSQL and MongoDB deployments
- Managed Ubuntu and Proxmox servers ensuring 99.9% uptime
Education
Master of Science - MS, Data Science
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) | September 2023
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science
Virtual University of Pakistan | 2018 - 2022
Skills
Docker SwarmGlusterFSPostgreSQLMongoDBPythonDjangoFastAPIFlaskNLPMachine LearningData AnalysisCI/CDContainer OrchestrationServer Management