Systems, cloud and the software that runs on them
Muhammad Irfan Aslam is a Senior Systems & Cloud Engineer based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is a System Engineer at Alphaiota, where he designs and runs server infrastructure, backup and disaster-recovery, and security controls for enterprise systems.
Over more than nine years he has worked across Linux, hybrid cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), CI/CD and containers in telecom, government and enterprise environments. Alongside his full-time role he has delivered over 217 independent projects for clients worldwide, and he teaches practical Linux and DevOps at learnwithirfan.com.
Official names & profiles
Full name: Muhammad Irfan Aslam
Role: Senior Systems & Cloud Engineer
Based in: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Official website: irfanaslam.io
Contact: hello@irfanaslam.io
Experience
System Engineer — Alphaiota
Jul 2026 – present · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Server and system infrastructure design, physical and virtual server environments, backup and disaster recovery, storage, security controls and technical documentation.
System Engineer — Trackinst Co
Jan 2025 – Jun 2026 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
High-availability Linux infrastructure across AWS, Azure and on-premises, CI/CD pipelines, Docker workloads and security hardening.
Linux Systems Engineer — Government of Punjab
Nov 2019 – Dec 2024 · Lahore, Pakistan
Linux and Windows Server fleets for government applications, multi-cloud administration, CI/CD and Nagios monitoring.
System Engineer — Evamp & Saanga
May 2017 – May 2019 · Islamabad, Pakistan
Level 2 support for high-traffic telecom apps on RHEL, Docker adoption and high-availability architecture.
MPhil, Computer Science — National College of Business Administration & Economics, 2019–2022
BSc, Computer Engineering — Bahauddin Zakariya University, 2011–2015
CCNA · Red Hat Linux (RHCSA-trained)
Runs learnwithirfan.com (Linux & DevOps training); open-source work on GitHub.
Technical focus
Development
Business websites, custom web applications, APIs and integrations.
DevOps
CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and reliable deployment workflows.
Cloud & Systems
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Linux, security, monitoring and email systems.