Zaid Quaisar

Zaid Quaisar has over 14 years of professional experience in IT. Zaid began their career in 2006 as a Systems & Network Engineer at Software Pundits Inc. In 2007, they joined CSC as a Systems Analyst. Zaid then moved to Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a Sr. Analyst in 2009. In 2010, they joined Progress Software as a Principal System Engineer, and in 2015 they became a VMWare Architect at Avon. In 2016, they joined Ellie Mae as a Senior System Engineer, and in 2021 they became the Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Skylo Technologies, where they are responsible for end-to-end design, architecture, and management of on-prem and GCP Infrastructure, as well as leading SRE activities to reduce operational costs and minimize RTO & RPO.

Zaid Quaisar completed their B. Tech in Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services from Savitribai Phule Pune University in 2006. Zaid also holds certifications from Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Red Hat, and VMware. These include MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration (2009), MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration (2009), MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration (2009), MCSA1: Messaging on Windows Server 2003 (2007), MCSA1: Windows Server 2003 (2007), MCSE1: Windows Server 2003 (2007), MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional (2007), AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA) (2019), Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack (2015), and VMware Certified Professional 6 - Cloud Management and Automation (VCP6-CMA), VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV), VMware Certified Professional 6 - Desktop and Mobility (VCP6-DTM), and VMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV).