Mustafa Awad

Senior System Administrator · Cloud & Identity Engineer

Mustafa.awad@outlook.com · LinkedIn · GitHub

Professional Experience

Senior System Administrator Jan 2026 — Present

Manaseer Information Technology

Recruited back to lead modern infrastructure transformations, aligning enterprise environments with Microsoft security baselines.
Architected and deployed hardened Linux (Ubuntu) environments for local AI workloads, running open-source LLMs with Ollama for internal business intelligence.

Microsoft 365 Identity Support Engineer Feb 2024 — Aug 2025

Microsoft

Engineered identity solutions in Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), authoring Zero-Trust Conditional Access rules, MFA, and SSO integrations for high-volume enterprise clients.
Configured and troubleshot federation protocols (SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect) and Entra Connect Pass-through Authentication.
Reduced privileged account attack vectors using Just-in-Time (JIT) access and Privileged Identity Management (PIM).

Senior System Administrator Mar 2018 — Feb 2024

Manaseer Information Technology

Managed 100+ virtualized workloads, Windows Server clusters, and enterprise storage arrays.
Administered Exchange Online, SharePoint, and Teams while strengthening perimeter security via FortiGate firewalls.

IT Manager & Network Specialist Roles 2008 — 2016

Al Ridwan Schools · Zarqa University Schools · Al Nahda Schools

Oversaw server upgrades, network infrastructure, campus-wide connectivity, and digital classroom rollouts.

Identity & Cloud: Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, PIM, SSO (SAML/OAuth), MFA, Azure AD Connect, Azure Backup.
Core Systems: Windows Server (2012–2022), Active Directory DS, Group Policy (GPO), DNS, DHCP, WSUS.
Virtualization: Hyper-V Clusters, VMware ESXi, Proxmox VE.
Security & Networking: FortiGate Firewalls, SSL-VPN, VLANs, Routing/Switching, IPS/IDS.
Linux & AI: Ubuntu Server, Ollama, open-source LLMs, PowerShell Automation.