Technology leader and solutions architect with 14 years of enterprise engineering experience across banking, insurance, and investment. Designs and delivers cloud-native platforms on Azure and AWS, leads cross-regional engineering teams, and drives enterprise-scale modernization programs.
Experience
2026 — Now
• Architected and built a full-featured AI financial analysis platform running entirely on local infrastructure using Ollama for local LLM inference, eliminating cloud dependency and ensuring data privacy.
• Designed and implemented RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines to provide context-aware financial insights from market data, news, and documents.
• Integrated MCP (Model Context Protocol) to orchestrate multi-tool AI agents capable of fetching live stock and crypto data, running analysis, and generating predictions.
• Built multimodal analysis capabilities to process financial charts, candlestick patterns, and visual market indicators alongside text-based data.
• Implemented EOD (End of Day) and end-of-week price prediction models for stocks and cryptocurrencies using historical data and AI inference.
• Developed a full conversational chat interface enabling natural language interaction with the platform for queries, analysis, and reports.
Key Technologies: Python, Ollama, RAG, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Local LLM, Multimodal AI, Vector Databases, REST APIs, Financial Data APIs
2022 — Now
Whippany, New Jersey, United States
▸ Architected and led technical delivery of MetLife Investment platforms across cloud and on-premises environments.
▸ Led and managed cross-regional team, owned technical governance and roadmap alignment at director level.
▸ Onboarded Kyligence Platform, retiring legacy Quartet Platform and saving $1M+ annually in licensing costs.
▸ Led legacy modernization of Derivatives applications, migrating from on-prem IaaS to cloud PaaS and integrating with SaaS vendors, eliminating on-prem hosting overhead.
▸ Delivered time-critical MURRX database migration (Sybase to Oracle) within 6 weeks - introduced Oracle automated SP conversion tool and used GitHub Copilot to build automated testing scripts for stored procedures and Java jobs, enabling on-time go-live and saving $1M+ in Sybase license renewal costs.
▸ Decommissioned HPC, HPC nodes, license server, and dedicated vendor infrastructure, achieving significant cost savings in licensing and AM support.
▸ Migrated WAS Traditional to WAS Liberty, reducing annual licensing cost from $358K to $56K, saving $300K+ per year.
▸ Onboarded Terraform Cloud, enabling teams to self-serve infrastructure provisioning via IaC, eliminating cloud team ticket dependency and accelerating delivery cycles.
▸ Integrated OpenAI LLM into audit processes, automating routine data validation and reporting tasks and reducing manual effort by 40%.
▸ Spearheaded AI-driven onboarding workflows using GitHub Copilot; developed training modules and inline code guidance to accelerate engineer ramp-up.
▸ Designed and implemented scalable, secure microservices on Kubernetes and serverless architectures on Azure.
▸ Collaborated with non-technical business partners to translate requirements into architecture solutions and future-state roadmaps.
Key Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, .NET, C#, Python, Azure (Synapse, Databricks, APIM, ADF, Functions), SSIS, SSRS, Power BI, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, TDD, Agile, ML, Visio.
2021 — 2022
Chicago, Illinois, United States
▸ Led teams across two major digital programs (Get-Support and Find-Care) delivering Spring Boot microservices and REST APIs within tight timelines.
▸ Implemented MuleSoft API Gateway with JWT/OAuth2 authentication for secure, scalable API management.
▸ Deployed applications on PCF (on-prem and Azure multi-region) with Concourse CI/CD pipelines; configured active-active and active-passive patterns for high availability.
▸ Built responsive UI components with React/HTML5/CSS3 integrated with backend microservices.
▸ Enforced TDD practices, code reviews, and clean code standards; improved code coverage and maintainability across teams.
▸ Gathered requirements from stakeholders and translated into user stories; facilitated Agile Scrum ceremonies.
Key Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, React, MuleSoft, PCF, Concourse, JWT, OAuth2, Log4j, JUnit, Gradle, HTML5, CSS3, TDD, Agile.
2020 — 2020
2020 — 2020
New York
• Delivered end-to-end full-stack features (React/Redux frontends + Spring Boot backends) for client projects, improving client satisfaction and time-to-market.
• Automated deployment workflows to AWS and containerized environments, reducing manual deployment effort and errors.
• Collaborated with clients to translate business requirements into technical designs and prioritized deliverables to meet deadlines.
• Improved test coverage and CI pipelines, reducing regression risk and accelerating release cadence.
• Provided technical support and troubleshooting for production incidents, contributing to faster resolution and improved SLAs.
• Coached junior developers on best practices for frontend/back-end integration and deployment patterns.
Key Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, React, Redux, AWS, Docker, Jenkins, Kafka, Hibernate, SQL.
2012 — 2020
Giza Governorate, Egypt
▸ Led a team of 5 engineers supporting 120 employees and 54,000+ e-banking clients across 36 branches.
▸ Built and administered full e-banking environment: Active Directory/LDAP, SMS engine/gateway, Lotus Domino mail, IIS reverse proxy, WAF (F5).
▸ Virtualized infrastructure using VMware, Hyper-V, and Oracle VirtualBox; implemented load-balanced active-active app servers.
▸ Managed app servers (WAS, JBoss, Tomcat, WebLogic) and SQL Server operations (backup, recovery, mirroring).
▸ Established DR environments; coordinated with Network and Security teams for hardening and vulnerability remediation.
▸ Managed SAS applications including Web Search, Sanction, AML, and FATCA systems.
▸ Automated daily operations and built monitoring scripts to notify teams of system status in real time.
Key Technologies: VMware, Hyper-V, SQL Server, IIS, Active Directory, WAS, JBoss, Tomcat, WebLogic, F5, Linux, Windows Server.
Education
Misr Higher Institute for Engineering and Technology
bachelor Degree Of Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering session.
2005 — 2010