Ning ZHANG

Senior FinTech & Blockchain Engineer | DevOps, SRE, Data Science, AI Integration

Dubai, AE.

About

Highly accomplished FinTech and Blockchain Engineer with over 7 years of hands-on experience in designing, building, and operating scalable infrastructure across multi-cloud environments. Specializes in DevOps, SRE, and CI/CD automation, leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot to enhance efficiency by up to 40%. Proven leader in technical architecture, quality assurance, and project management, driving significant system improvements and operational excellence as a UAE Golden Visa Holder.

Work

M2 LIMITED

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DevOps Engineer

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Summary

Engineered and maintained CI/CD pipelines and observability platforms for a regulated exchange, integrating AI tools to significantly boost deployment efficiency.

Highlights

Built and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines and comprehensive observability platforms for a regulated financial exchange, ensuring high availability and compliance.

Spearheaded the integration of AI tools, including GitHub Copilot CLI, to automate workflow and YAML template generation, accelerating deployment times by over 30%.

Designed and implemented scalable cloud infrastructure architecture with Terraform, achieving 30-40% faster deployment compared to manual processes through advanced monitoring integration.

POPOO LIMITED

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Head of DevOps

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Summary

Led infrastructure automation and SRE practices for a Web3 social media app, significantly improving deployment speed and technical processes.

Highlights

Led infrastructure automation and SRE initiatives for a Web3 social media application (Pop Social), successfully restructuring and deploying product infrastructure from development to production within a 2-month aggressive timeline.

Developed and standardized technical infrastructure specifications and SOPs, enhancing team efficiency and accelerating technical processes by 30-50%.

Implemented comprehensive monitoring and QA infrastructure tailored for microservice-based products, ensuring system reliability and performance.

TIME RESEARCH (MIRANA TECH)

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Senior System Engineer

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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Summary

Designed and deployed alerting and monitoring solutions, enhancing data aggregation for blockchain market research and quant tooling.

Highlights

Designed and deployed advanced alerting and monitoring solutions utilizing Prometheus and Alertmanager, ensuring proactive issue detection for critical systems.

Implemented a centralized ELK-based log aggregation system, providing robust support for blockchain market research and quantitative tooling.

SHANGHAI SIXIE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

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Trading DevOps Engineer

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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Summary

Developed internal monitoring and risk control tools, building dashboards and automating data pipelines for A-share analytics.

Highlights

Developed proprietary internal monitoring and risk control tools, significantly enhancing operational oversight for high-frequency trading teams.

Engineered dynamic dashboards and screening systems using Python, Vue, ClickHouse, and MySQL to deliver critical real-time insights.

Automated blacklist generation and data pipeline maintenance for A-share analytics, improving data integrity and efficiency.

DATA CENTER, AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA

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DevOps Engineer

Shanghai, Shanghai, China

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Summary

Developed an internal DevOps platform and automation tools, significantly reducing manual system maintenance and boosting DBA efficiency.

Highlights

Developed and implemented an internal DevOps platform across ABCDC, reducing manual system maintenance efforts by 40-70%.

Led the design and development of a centralized Nginx Management System with ELK integration, achieving 100% automated monitoring and maintenance of Nginx instances.

Engineered a MySQL automation platform utilizing REST APIs and microservices, significantly boosting DBA efficiency by automating 80% of SQL executions.

INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL CURRENCY, PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA

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Technical Specialist (Secondment Transfer when in ABChina)

Beijing, Beijing, China

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Summary

Delivered middleware infrastructure and big data support for the E-CNY Consumption Voucher Pilot, leading mPaaS-based backend development.

Highlights

Delivered critical middleware infrastructure and big data support for the E-CNY Consumption Voucher Pilot, facilitating its deployment across major cities.

Led the development of the mPaaS-based backend platform, integrating Nginx, Spring, and CDH Hadoop to ensure robust and scalable operations.

Education

University of Birmingham

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Master of Science with Distinction Computer Science

Courses

Computer Systems

Building Useable Software

Data Structures, Algorithms, and Databases

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Software Workshop

Shandong University of Science and Technology

Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science and Technology

Awards

Student Representative, MSc Computer Science

University of Birmingham Dubai

Recognized for leadership and representation within the MSc Computer Science program.

Community Panelist

Google Dev Ecosystem Community Panel Summit

Participated in discussions with Google colleagues and volunteers worldwide, contributing to ecosystem development.

Tencent Cloud Plus Community Popular Author

Tencent Cloud Plus Community

Received the annual honor award for being a best author in the Tencent Cloud Plus community.

Third prize, Shandong Province Data Application (Qingdao) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

Shandong Province

Awarded for outstanding work on the 'Time-space Prediction of Urban Traffic Flow' problem.

Third Prize, Agricultural Bank of China Data Mining Competition ("Athena Cup")

Agricultural Bank of China

Recognized for exceptional performance in the 'Online Loan Default Prediction' problem.

Kaggle Days China Outstanding Performance Award

Kaggle

Awarded for outstanding performance during Kaggle Days China.

National 2nd Prize, Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling in China

Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling

Achieved national recognition for modeling 'The Impact of Community Opening on Road Traffic'.

Shandong University of Science and Technology "Xing Jian" Scholarship

Shandong University of Science and Technology

Awarded for academic excellence during the 2015-2016 academic year.

Publications

A table convenient for the operation and maintenance of the computer room

China Utility Model Patent

Co-authored a utility model patent for an innovative table design enhancing computer room operation and maintenance.

A portable light switch

China Utility Model Patent

Co-authored a utility model patent for a portable light switch design.

Languages

Mandarin

English

Certificates

Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) MySQL 8.0 Database Administrator and MySQL 8.0 Database Developer

Oracle

OceanBase Certificate Assistant - OBCA

OceanBase/Ant Group

System Integration Project Mgmt. Engineer Cert.

MIIT, China

Securities & Fund Practitioner Qualification Certificate

SAC & AMAC, China

CCF Certified Software Professional (CSP) - Top 16.7%

CCF, China

Mandarin Proficiency Test - Level II-A

National Language Commission, China

English Proficiency: CET-6 & CET-SET-6, Duolingo English Test: 105/160

Duolingo

Skills

Programming Languages

Python, Go, Java, Bash Shell, SQL, PHP, C/C++, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Markdown.

Frameworks & Libraries

Spring Boot, Vue.js, React.js.

DevOps & SRE

Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, Helm, CMDB, ArgoCD, Ansible, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker.

Monitoring & Observability

ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, PagerDuty, Zabbix, OpenTelemetry.

Databases

ClickHouse, MySQL, OceanBase, Redis, MongoDB.

QA & Testing

Web/App/Java Testing Automation, CI with testing, Black/white testing, Regression testing.

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Azure.

Server & Virtualization

Linux, Windows, Kubernetes, Docker, VMware ESXi, VirtualBox, Raspberry Pi.

Data Science

Tabular Data Analysis in Python & SPSS, Unstructured Data Analysis.

AI Tools

GitHub Copilot, Cursor, MCP, AI Agent.

Projects

Investment Monitoring & Risk Control System

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Summary

Developed automated blacklist generation and risk dashboards for trading decision support at Sixie Capital.

R&D on MySQL Management Platform at DevOps Platform

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Summary

Built a RESTful API-driven microservice system for database operations within ABChina's Data Center.

Nginx Management Platform

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Summary

Designed and developed a centralized Nginx orchestration and control system.

Log Centralization & Analysis System

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Summary

Delivered an enterprise-wide log collection and visualization framework based on ELK and Prometheus for ABChina.

DevOps Automation Platform

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Summary

Participated in the full-cycle R&D of an internal DevOps platform across the whole ABChina Group.

E-CNY Consumption Voucher Pilot Project

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Summary

Developed and operated the big data infrastructure and middleware systems for the official E-CNY Consumption Voucher Pilot.