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Imran Zarouali

Building Resilient Systems & Modern Cloud Solutions

DevOps & Systems Engineer specializing in self-hosted infrastructure architecture, automation pipelines, Linux systems administration, and custom full-stack solutions.

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OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x86_64

Host: OVH VPS 4CPU 8RAM

Kernel: Linux 6.8.0-generic

Uptime: 99.99% stable

Shell: bash 5.2.21

Services: Postfix, Dovecot, Nginx, Node.js, MySQL

DevOps: Docker, Git, CI/CD, Ansible, Bash

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My Technical Journey

Solving complex infrastructure challenges with simple, secure, and automated solutions.

I am a passionate systems developer and infrastructure engineer with a strong focus on secure self-hosting, server architecture, and virtualization. From configuring secure corporate-grade mail servers to architecting automated deployment pipelines, my goal is to ensure high availability, redundancy, and efficiency.

My expertise bridges the gap between systems administration and development. I enjoy writing clean, high-performance web applications using Node.js/Express, Dockerizing microservices, and orchestrating them on Linux clusters.

Core Competencies

Linux Admin
Mail Security (SPF/DKIM/DMARC)
Node.js & Express
MySQL / MariaDB
Nginx & Reverse Proxies
Docker & Containers
Bash & Python Scripting
Let's Encrypt / TLS

Featured Projects

Self-Hosted Webmail Platform

A secure custom mail client overlay for iRedMail mail servers. Built with Node.js, Express, and MySQL, offering 2FA, virtual user management, audit logging, and an Outlook-style 3-pane responsive webmail UI.

Node.js IMAP/SMTP iRedMail MySQL

Automated Server Backup Suite

A shell-based backup orchestration daemon that manages automated database dumps (MySQL/PostgreSQL), encrypts and compresses mail directories, rotates archives, and synchronizes backups to offsite remote storage.

Bash Rsync GnuPG Cron

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Experience & Education

2024 - Present

Freelance DevOps & Systems Engineer

Remote / Self-Employed

Architecting self-hosted mail servers, deploying containerized microservices, configuring high-availability Nginx reverse proxies, and securing networks using Let's Encrypt certificates, firewall rules, and custom intrusion detection scripts.

2022 - 2024

Systems Administrator

Infrastructure Operations

Managed CentOS/Debian virtualized servers under Proxmox. Developed custom automation scripts using Bash/Python to streamline backups, user provisioning, system security audits, and service status reporting.

2019 - 2022

B.Sc. in Computer Science & Networking

Technical University

Focused on network engineering, routing protocols, Linux administration, database management (MySQL/PostgreSQL), and web application development architectures.

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Whether you need a custom mail server architecture, a secure Node.js application, or a scalable DevOps pipeline, I'm here to help.