MOHAMED ALI BOUKARI – Tech Lead, Full-Stack Engineer & DevOps Expert

- Analysis & System Design

• Led in-depth client requirement analysis and produced clear, scalable technical specifications.

• Collaborated closely with UX/UI teams to design functional mockups aligned with business goals.

• Architected modular and scalable systems based on microservices, interconnected through APIs and asynchronous message queues.

• Ensured maintainability and extensibility through clean architecture and separation of concerns.

- System Administration & Deployment

• Administered Linux (Ubuntu) servers with secure, scalable, and production-ready configurations.

• Designed and maintained multi-environment setups (development, staging, production).

• Managed domains, DNS, SSL, WAF, CDN, and professional email infrastructure via Cloudflare.

• Deployed containerized applications using Docker (PHP, Nginx, MySQL, Redis).

• Implemented Docker Swarm clustering to achieve high availability and horizontal scalability.

• Configured cron jobs and Supervisor to ensure reliability of background jobs and queues.

Tools: Linux (Ubuntu), Git, Apache2/Nginx, Docker, Docker Swarm, MySQL, Cloudflare, Firewall.

- Project Management & DevOps

• Established Agile workflows using Jira and GitFlow for structured development cycles.

• Built robust CI/CD pipelines with Bitbucket Pipelines, Webhooks, and Laravel Envoy enabling automated deployments and fast rollbacks.

• Coordinated stakeholders, managed sprints, user stories, and quality assurance processes.

• Implemented monitoring and observability tooling:

  • Laravel Horizon for queue monitoring

  • Redis for caching, sessions, and job queues

  • Laravel Pulse for real-time performance metrics

  • PM2 for Node.js process management

  • Kafka for large-scale asynchronous event processing

Tools: Git, GitFlow, Bitbucket, Pipelines, Envoy, Jira, Redis, Horizon, Kafka, Pulse, PM2.

- Scraping & Automation

• Designed and deployed a web scraping and automation solution for Hyundai to collect leads, commercial offers, and purchase orders.

• Automated data synchronization with e-commerce platforms via REST APIs.

• Deployed and monitored scraping and automation jobs using PM2 and Nginx to ensure reliability and uptime.

Tools: Node.js, Express.js, Puppeteer, MongoDB, Swagger, REST APIs, PM2, Ubuntu, Nginx.

- Application Development & Integration

• Developed a KPI monitoring platform integrated with a multi-database ERP system.
  Stack: PHP, Symfony 6, MySQL, SQL Server, Bootstrap 5.

• Built a data transformation pipeline (XML → ERP) leveraging queues and background jobs.
  Stack: Laravel 9, Redis + Horizon, Laravel Excel, FTP.

• Designed and implemented an Application Gateway for ERP ↔ Athoris SOAP API integration.
  Stack: Laravel 9, Inertia.js, Vue.js 3, TypeScript, Swagger.

• Integrated Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication using Laravel Socialite.

• Optimized database performance using Laravel Query Builder and Laravel Data.

• Built internal dashboards with Livewire 3 and Filament 4 for real-time ERP/KPI monitoring, CRUD operations, and dynamic data visualization.

- Client Needs Analysis & Technical Solutions

• Analyzed client requirements and proposed tailored technical solutions.

• Created an e-commerce website (Prestashop) connected to SAP Business One, ensuring database consistency and integrating both systems via webservices.

• Guaranteed smooth site operation, trained in-house developers, and maintained a second e-commerce site (FrançoisPinton).

• Tools: PHP, Prestashop, Symfony, OOP, MySQL, UML, Webservices, SAP, jQuery, Linux.

- Technical Specifications & Database Integration

• Designed and drafted detailed technical specifications.

• Prepared SAP database queries to communicate with the site’s webservices.

• Set up pre-production and production servers.

• Tools: Linux, Debian, Git, cPanel, WHM.

- Project Management & DevOps

• Oversaw the project lifecycle from conception to delivery, coordinating contributors and managing the team while meeting quality and deadline requirements.

• Implemented project management and DevOps tools to ensure team alignment:

  • Git, GitFlow, Bitbucket, Webhooks, Jira, Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).

- Database & Architecture Optimization

• Resolved database inconsistencies by modifying the website’s database architecture.

• Tools: MySQL, SQL.

- Webservices & Data Migration

• Created webservices for migrating test data from SAP to the website database.

- Frontend Integration & Theming

• Developed a custom Prestashop theme in collaboration with integrators and designers, ensuring flawless implementation and functionality.

• Tools: PHP, Prestashop, Symfony, Bootstrap 4, jQuery.

- Prestashop Module Development

• Built custom Prestashop modules to meet business needs:

  • Sub-variations, Favorites, Alerts, Cart & Order Classifier, and other tailored features.

• Tools: PHP, Prestashop, Symfony, OOP, UML, MySQL, Bitbucket.

- SaaS & Platform Development

• Built an online appointment booking platform for teleconsultation.

  • Tools: PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Git.

• Developed patient features for an e-health website (Eyeneed.fr):

  • Tools: Java, Play Framework, OOP, JPA, jQuery, Bootstrap 4, MySQL.

• Integrated payment systems into Eyeneed (Stripe with Java & PHP, plus JavaScript).

- Migration & Infrastructure

• Migrated websites and applications to new servers.

• Prepared deployment environments with Linux, Debian, Git, Docker, Docker Compose, Pipelines, VPN.

• Contributed to the redesign of an e-health platform with Java (Spring Boot) and React.js.

- SEO Optimization

• Improved SEO performance of e-commerce sites (KNCO, FrançoisPinton).