Mohd Faraz Harmis

About Mohd Faraz Harmis

Technology professional with 15+ years in cloud architecture, identity & access management, and site reliability engineering. Experienced in building secure, automated, and resilient platforms across Azure, Entra ID, and VMware.At Adobe, I delivered hybrid identity solutions (AD, Entra ID, SSO, MFA, FIDO2), architected Azure environments with high availability and compliance, and built observability frameworks using Prometheus, Zabbix, and Splunk.Skilled in automation (PowerShell, Ansible, SaltStack), cloud security, and high availability design, I focus on enabling organizations to scale securely while meeting reliability and compliance goals.

Experience

1. Senior System Engineer - Hosting & Cloud Engineering Platform

   Adobe

   Jan 2012 — Present · Noida, IN

   Identity & Access Management (IAM): Designed and managed hybrid identity solutions with Active Directory, Azure AD/Entra ID, and SSO. Implemented RBAC, group policies, MFA, FIDO2, and federation models, supporting zero-trust and compliance mandates.Cloud Architecture: Architected Azure environments with VNets, VPN/ExpressRoute, and workload migrations. Partnered with dev teams to deliver cloud-native services with HA, security, and cost efficiency. Automated infra provisioning using PowerShell, Ansible, SaltStack.Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): Built observability stacks with Prometheus, Zabbix, and Splunk, cutting MTTR and enabling proactive incident detection. Enhanced SLO compliance and introduced resilient deployment practices for Windows and Azure workloads.Automation & Efficiency: Created server lifecycle automation frameworks, compliance dashboards, and EDR integrations, reducing manual toil and audit gaps. Standardized builds and patching via SaltStack, Ansible, and PowerShell.High Availability: Delivered cluster migrations and resiliency solutions using Microsoft Clustering, VMware RDMs, and VERITAS Clusters for business-critical applications.Skills: IAM · Site Reliability Engineering · Active Directory · Vulnerability Management · Microsoft Azure · SaltStack · Ansible · PowerShell · Configuration Management · Observability

Education

• FRI Inter College

  10+2

  1995 — 2000

• Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University

  Bachelor of Science (BSc), Electronic

  2000 — 2003

• Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General