Summary
Abdul Karim is a seasoned Linux and UNIX systems engineer with over 20 years of hands-on experience and a decade of recent senior leadership in infrastructure and DevOps. Currently a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, he combines deep platform expertise—spanning Debian, Red Hat, Solaris, private and public cloud—with strong automation skills using Puppet, Ansible and scripting (Shell/Python). His background includes high-availability web and payment platforms at The Guardian, Sky and Worldpay, plus network and firewall administration, reflecting a pragmatic focus on security and resilience. Known for turning repeatable, manual ops into automated, auditable processes, he brings both the tactical skills of a sysadmin and the strategic perspective of an infrastructure leader based in London.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Upper Second, Computer Science, Upper Second, Computer Science at London Metropolitan University