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Youssif Ashmawy

IT Systems Engineer and Computer Science graduate specializing in cloud platforms, AI/ML systems, and automation. Passionate about building innovative solutions and transforming complex challenges into opportunities.

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Work Experience

Sep 2025 – Present

IT Systems Engineer

Kuberox Technologies

Deployed and configured Nutanix hyperconverged cloud Kubernetes and AI platforms, integrated Hugging Face models, and completed client environment setup, accelerating production readiness.

Built a dependency-aware Kubernetes migration orchestrator with FastAPI and NetworkX analyzing 30+ CRDs, improving migration success rate by 30% and enabling staged workload execution.

Conducted AI research and prompt engineered staged descriptive queries for Claude, optimizing responses and reducing token usage.

Designed a two-phase migration workflow with Velero to minimize downtime by 50%.

Nutanix Kubernetes FastAPI Hugging Face NetworkX Velero
May 2024 – Aug 2025

Cybersecurity Assistant

Hydro Ottawa

Automated GSD permission reports using Python, Node.js, Google APIs, and AWS, cutting manual effort by 75% and increasing data accuracy by 30%.

Built on-demand reporting and executive dashboards with Google Apps Script and Python, reducing report generation latency by 60%.

Developed automated retention workflows leveraging Iron Mountain API and mentored an intern, improving compliance readiness by 40%.

Python Node.js Google APIs AWS Google Apps Script Iron Mountain API

Education

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Bachelor of Computer Science Honours with High Distinction

Carleton University
Sep 2022 – Aug 2025

Graduated with High Distinction in Computer Science. Specialized in software engineering, AI/ML systems, and cybersecurity. Developed strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.

Projects

FancyGit

Intelligent CLI wrapper for Git that provides AI-generated explanations, dry-run previews, and interactive learning quizzes, simplifying Git for beginners. Implemented advanced commands consolidating multi-step operations into single safe actions.

Python Git Ollama CI/CD PyPI GitHub Actions

TactileNetModified

Expanded tactile dataset and integrated multimodal feedback using Transformers, boosting model robustness by 25%. Optimized training pipeline with PyTorch, PEFT, LoRA, and Bitsandbytes, improving generalization and inference quality by 20%.

Python PyTorch Transformers Diffusers PEFT LoRA

MiMi_Assistant

Built a privacy-first macOS assistant with offline wake word detection (80ms) and real-time gesture control for full system interaction. Distributed via Homebrew with CI/CD (GitHub Actions), automating tests, versioning, and deployment. Engineered a multi-threaded gesture pipeline, resolving concurrency issues and reducing latency for real-time performance.

Python OpenCV MediaPipe PyAudio NumPy PyAutoGUI GitHub Actions Homebrew

LeGraphTheory

Constructed NBA assist networks from PBP Stats API data, modeled as weighted graphs with NetworkX to analyze team structure. Computed graph metrics and visualized team dynamics, revealing patterns consistent with Braess' Paradox and star-player acquisition impacts.

Python NetworkX NetGraph Seaborn PBP Stats API

Certifications

Nutanix Certified Associate

Nutanix Certified Associate 6

Nutanix
Expires Feb 16, 2029
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Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure

Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Infrastructure 6

Nutanix
Expires Feb 16, 2029
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Nutanix Certified Professional - Artificial Intelligence

Nutanix Certified Professional - Artificial Intelligence 6

Nutanix
Expires Feb 27, 2029
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Nutanix Certified Professional - Cloud Native

Nutanix Certified Professional - Cloud Native 6

Nutanix
Expires Feb 16, 2029
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Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation

Nutanix Certified Professional - Multicloud Automation 6

Nutanix
Expires Feb 16, 2029
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Red Hat Certified System Administrator

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Red Hat
Expires Nov 24, 2028
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Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate V2

Coursera
Issued Jun 7, 2024 -- No expiration date
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Skills & Tools

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Languages

Python Java C C++ JavaScript SQL HTML CSS Scheme
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Cloud/DevOps

AWS Nutanix Docker Kubernetes Linux CI/CD Prometheus GitHub Actions Velero OpenStack
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Frameworks

React Node.js PyTest FastAPI
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Databases/Object Storage

PostgreSQL SQLite MongoDB ChromaDB MinIO S3 Bucket
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AI/ML

PyTorch Transformers Diffusers Scikit-Learn OpenCV RAG Claude MCP
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Developer Tools

Git Jupyter Notebook Postman Grafana NetworkX NetGraph Seaborn