Anaas Shwehdi

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Manchester, United Kingdom
+447568060959
anaas.shwehdi@gmail.com
AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty AWS Certified Security - Specialty AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate (Early Adopter) AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate AWS Certified SysOps – Associate AWS Certified Developer – Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified AI Practitioner (Early Adopter) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals Cisco Certified Network Associate (200-301 CCNA) Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician CCENT CompTIA A+ ce Certification ITIL ® 4 Foundation - IT Service Management Certification Microsoft Technology Associate: Networking Fundamentals (MTA) Microsoft Technology Associate: Security Fundamentals (MTA)

AWS Golden Jacket holder, AWS Ambassador & Principal AWS Engineer for Softcat Plc...12x AWS Certified. As a seasoned IT professional and a Principal AWS Engineer at Softcat, my experience spans over a decade in the tech industry, during which I have honed my skills in Networking, AWS, Windows/Linux Server administration, and virtualisation.

Holding both MSc and BSc degrees in Information Systems, I also bring the prestige of multiple certifications including those from AWS (12x Certified), Cisco, Microsoft, HashiCorp, CompTIA and ITIL to the table.

Certifications

AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty AWS Certified Security - Specialty AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate (Early Adopter) AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate AWS Certified SysOps – Associate AWS Certified Developer – Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified AI Practitioner (Early Adopter) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals Cisco Certified Network Associate (200-301 CCNA) Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician CCENT CompTIA A+ ce Certification ITIL ® 4 Foundation - IT Service Management Certification Microsoft Technology Associate: Networking Fundamentals (MTA) Microsoft Technology Associate: Security Fundamentals (MTA)

Experience

Principal AWS Engineer

Softcat Plc

AWS Golden Jacket holder, AWS Ambassador & Principal AWS Engineer for Softcat Plc (12x AWS Certified) - Softcat are one of the UK’s leading IT infrastructure providers and a FTSE 250 listed company.

  • AWS Golden Jacket holder
  • AWS Ambassador for Softcat Plc.
  • 12x AWS Certified
  • Proving bespoke consulting and professional services for our clients.
  • Manage Infrastructure as Code (IAC) with Terraform and GitHub Enterprise to ensure scalable and efficient configurations.
  • AWS DevOps - CI/CD pipeline, Github, Python Boto3, CloudFormation, Terraform, Automation & Scripting.
  • Designing and implementing the delivery of Partner Lead AWS Support and fully Managed AWS Support service for clients.
  • Architect and deploy AWS environments globally, utilizing a multi-account structure to meet complex business requirements.
  • AWS SysOps/Cloud Network Engineer - Direct Connect, VPC, EC2, Cloudwatch, S3, SG's, NACL's, ALB's, API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, S2S VPN, Remote VPN configuration, VPC Peering, Direct Connect, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect Gateway.
July 2023 - Present

Global Head of Infrastructure

ConnexAI

Global Head of the Infrastructure team that is responsible for keeping the network infrastructure highly available. Other responsibilities include:

  • 10x Direct Reports, a mixture of Infrastructure Engineers/DevOps Engineers and IT technicians
  • Built AWS estate on a global scale - multi account structure
  • Built and configured our HQ Office and global offices, all routing/switching and security
  • Overseeing the security for the company’s co-location data centre and AWS estate as well as the Head Office (UK), South Africa, Australia, USA and European offices and all the remote workers globally.
  • Management of a growing team to achieve the goals of the business.
  • Technical and Senior escalation point within the Infrastructure department.
  • AWS SysOps/Cloud Network Engineer - Direct Connect, VPC, EC2, Cloudwatch, S3, SG's, NACL's, ALB's, API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, S2S VPN, Remote VPN configuration, VPC Peering, Direct Connect, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect Gateway.
  • AWS DevOps - CI/CD pipeline, Gitlab, Jenkins, Cloudformation, Terraform, IAAS, Automation & Scripting
  • AWS Migrations end to end from physical to cloud, plan, test and migrate.
  • Site surveys with clients, scoping out and onboarding new clients.
  • Network Administration - Configuring S2S VPN's, and Cisco WAP’s/Routers/Switches.
  • Network Administration - Etherchannel, VLANs, VTP, NTP, BGP, OSPF, STP, RSTP, QOS, HSRP, EIGRP.
  • Firewall Administration Cisco ASA, NAT Rules, VPN Filtering, ACL's, S2S VPN tunnel configuration
  • Linux Server Administration - Ubuntu, Docker Containers, Red Hat
  • Data centre visits and infrastructure administration
  • Physical and Virtual Linux server builds/migrations and upgrades and maintenance.
  • VOIP/Telephony - SIP, WEBRTC, QOS, VoiceVLAN
May 2022 - July 2023

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

ConnexAI
  • AWS SysOps/Cloud Network Engineer - Direct Connect, VPC, EC2, Cloudwatch, S3, SG's, NACL's, ALB's, API Gateway, Cognito, Lambda, S2S VPN, Remote VPN configuration, VPC Peering, Direct Connect, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect Gateway.
  • AWS DevOps - CI/CD pipeline, Gitlab, Jenkins, Cloudformation, Terraform, IAAS, Automation & Scripting
  • AWS Migrations end to end from physical to cloud, plan, test and migrate.
  • Site surveys with clients, scoping out and onboarding new clients.
  • Network Administration - Configuring S2S VPN's, and Cisco WAP’s/Routers/Switches.
  • Network Administration - Etherchannel, VLANs, VTP, NTP, BGP, OSPF, STP, RSTP, QOS, HSRP, EIGRP.
  • Firewall Administration Cisco ASA, NAT Rules, VPN Filtering, ACL's, S2S VPN tunnel configuration
  • Linux Server Administration - Ubuntu, Docker Containers, Red Hat
  • Data centre visits and infrastructure administration
  • Physical and Virtual Linux server builds/migrations and upgrades and maintenance.
  • VOIP/Telephony - SIP, WEBRTC, QOS, VoiceVLAN
May 2021 - May 2022

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer

APS Group

I am a 3rd Line Technology Specialist supporting IT and network infrastructure for around 950 users across multiple sites in the UK, Europe, and America, duties include:

  • Network Administration including Cisco Meraki, SD-WAN, and Cisco WAP’s/Routers/Switches.
  • Firewall Administration Cisco ASA, NAT Rules, External & Internal Pentests
  • Linux Server Administration (RedHat & Ubuntu)
  • Virtualization: VMware, HyperV, Microsoft Azure
  • Apple IOS/Mac OS and integrating them into corporate environments (Jamf)
  • Cloud technologies, including AWS/Azure/Office365.
  • Windows server migrations and upgrades and maintenance.
  • Backup management Veeam
  • Office 365 Migration/Hybrid Exchange
  • SCCM Configuration and Deployment
  • Rebuild Citrix environment
  • Patch Management
November 2019 - May 2021

3rd Line Technical Support Engineer

Careuk
  • Being an escalation point for 1st and 2nd line engineers for incidents or problems
  • Configuring and deploying Cisco Routers + Catalyst Switches
  • Troubleshooting and Resolving Core Layer 2 + 3 Cisco infrastructure
  • Provide high-quality project work.
  • Virtualization: VMware, HyperV, Microsoft Azure
  • Regular UK wide travel to sites to provide user support and break fix
  • Proficient with SANs and NASs
  • Experience troubleshooting Data and VoIP PSTN/MPLS Circuits
  • High-level infrastructure Management HPE 3PAR and HP Integrated Lights-Out (ILO)
  • Weekly Backup management including monthly backup tape replacements at datacenter.
Novmber 2018 - November 2019


2nd Line Service Desk Analyst

Careuk
  • Experienced with Citrix Xenapp/Citrix director
  • Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 R2
  • Virtualization: VMware, HyperV, Microsoft Azure
  • Networking TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP
  • Experienced using and configuring RDP and VPN host and client software
  • High level infrastructure Management HPE 3PAR and HP Integrated Lights-Out (ILO)
  • Experienced with Windows Deployment (WDS, SSCM, GPO)
  • Proficient using all Microsoft OS/XP/Vista/7/8/10, Mac OS, Linux
  • Telephony Account Management and VoIP infrastructure (Avaya, CMS)
  • Experience troubleshooting Data and VoIP PSTN Circuits
  • Proficient with Security + AV monitoring (Kaspersky, Becrypt)
August 2017 - November 2018

1st Line Service Desk Analyst

Amicus
  • Experienced in 1st & 2nd Line technical support
  • Experienced using Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2
  • Experienced replacing and fixing hardware: Laptops, Desktops, Phones, Tablets
  • Experienced in installing and maintaining Print Servers
  • Experienced supporting all Office suites 2003/2007/2010/2013/365
  • Experienced supporting Skype for business and Lync
  • Proficient with Microsoft SharePoint
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Manage Incidents and Requests for multiple organisations
April 2016 - August 2017

Technical Sales Advisor

Novatech Ltd
  • Assisted customers by offering technical and compatibility support
  • PC and Laptop repairs both hardware and software
  • Provided technical advice for full custom PC and server builds
  • Advised clients on networking infrastructures, hardware and software
  • Business to business solution recommendations
  • Backup and Restore (RAID, NAS, CLOUD, SERVER)
  • User training on Windows 7/Office 2010/Smartphone
September 2012 - June 2015

Education

University of Portsmouth

Master of Science (MSc), Information Systems
  • Information Systems Management – Management of diverse range of IT
  • Web programming- HTML 5, JavaScript, and CSS
  • Database development and design- designing databases to suite specific needs
  • Business Intelligence- Big data, Cloud IT, Social CRM, Data warehouse, Data mining
  • Interaction In Computer Systems
  • Information Systems Development
  • Final Year Project- The Transition between IPv4 and IPv6.

Grade: 1st Class

2016 - 2017

University of Portsmouth

Bachelor of Science (BSc) Business Information Systems
  • Advanced Systems Analysis and Design – feasibility studies, analysis, user specification
  • Information Systems Management – Management of a diverse range of IT
  • Project Management for Information Technology
  • Social and legal aspects of computing – e-commerce, e-democracy, DPA and FOIA
  • Web foundations- Software Development life cycles, foundations of the Web
  • Computer and Network Management – Development of PC’s and Network architectures
  • Final Year Project- Can Social Media help start-up businesses succeed?

Grade: 1st Class

2013 - 2016


City of Portsmouth College

ICT Apprentice Level 3
  • Apprentice with Novatech Ltd – Technical Sales advisor
  • ComptiA+ essentials
  • ComptiA+ practical applications
  • Microsoft MTA Security Fundamentals
  • Microsoft MTA Networking Fundamentals
  • Regular management and use of Active Directory
  • Level 3 in ICT Systems and Principles
  • Level 3 Diploma in ICT Professional Competence
  • Advanced level 3 Apprenticeship in IT Software Web & Telecoms Professionals
  • ICT key skills level 3 – confident and familiar with all aspects of Microsoft Office

Grade: 1st Class

2011 - 2012

Personal Projects

AWS Cloud Resume Challenge (This online CV/Resume)


As a super AWS enthusiast, I've created my own professional CV and hosted it as a static website using Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 ☁️ 🚀

During this process, I set up a full CI/CD pipeline that pushes code directly to S3 when I merge the code to GitHub.

👨‍💻 This website is stored in AWS S3 and utilises a CloudFront distribution to serve the website globally.

The domain name for the website was acquired AWS Route53. The SSL certificate for it was obtained from Amazon Certificate Manager and the custom domain was configured in Route53

Terraform used to create and deploy the S3 bucket, CloudFront distribution and the policies that go along with it.

Programming Languages & Tools used in this project:

Publications

My Journey to the AWS Golden Jacket

Softcat Plc · April, 2025

Anaas Shwehdi, Principal AWS Engineer at Softcat has earned his AWS Golden Jacket, a prestigious accolade held by less than 100 people worldwide, and only 10 in Europe.


Expanding your Domain Controller infrastructure with AWS EC2

Softcat Plc · March, 2025

Expanding your domain controller infrastructure can seem daunting, but with AWS EC2, it's an opportunity to optimise scalability, security, and performance.


Moving Enterprise Apps to AWS - VDI

Softcat Plc · September, 2024

How can your organisation leverage AWS to its full potential while maintaining the benefits of your Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment?


Can Social Media help start-up businesses succeed? A Critical Study of Start-up Businesses in Portsmouth.

LUISS University Press · Oct 1, 2017

Presented at the ITAIS 2016: XIII Conference in Verona (Italy) on the Saturday 8th October 2016 as part of my Bsc end of year project. This was then later published by LUISS University Press.