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Hassan DalmarFounder & CEO | Space Cloud

Eng. Hassan Dalmar is the Founder & CEO of Space Cloud and a passionate Cloud AI Engineer specializing in cloud computing, AI-driven automation, and scalable ML systems for businesses.

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Hassan Dalmar — Founder & CEO, Space Cloud

Eng. Hassan Dalmar

Founder & CEO | Space Cloud

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11+

Years in Cloud

32+

Enterprise Projects

450+

Workloads Migrated

99.99%

Avg. SLA Delivered

About

A Cloud AI Engineer who ships.

Bridging cloud infrastructure, DevOps and AI to deliver platforms that scale, stay secure, and run cheaper — for enterprises worldwide.

At a glance

A decade engineering planet-scale cloud platforms — fusing AWS, Azure, GCP and AI.

Years in Cloud
11+
Enterprise Projects
32+
Workloads Migrated
450+
Avg. SLA Delivered
99.99%
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer — Professional
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Hassan Dalmar is the Founder & CEO of Space Cloud and a passionate Cloud AI Engineer specializing in cloud computing, AI-driven automation, and scalable ML systems for businesses. With extensive experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructures across AWS, GCP and Azure, Hassan brings a unique blend of technical expertise, leadership and innovative problem-solving to every engagement.

His approach combines deep technical knowledge with a clear understanding of business needs — every solution is technically sound, economically efficient, and built to deliver real value to organizations and the people they serve.

Leadership & Entrepreneurship

Founder & CEO of Space Cloud.

Engineering the cloud & AI backbone for the next generation of African and global enterprises.

Mission

To democratize world-class cloud, DevOps and AI infrastructure for ambitious teams — making enterprise-grade engineering accessible, secure and economically sustainable.

Vision

A future where every business, regardless of geography, can deploy AI-powered, cloud-native platforms with the same velocity and reliability as the world's leading technology companies.

Cloud Engineering

Multi-cloud architecture, migrations and managed platforms across AWS, Azure and GCP.

AI Solutions

Production-grade LLM platforms, RAG pipelines, MLOps and AI-augmented operations.

DevOps & SRE

GitOps, Kubernetes, observability and reliability engineering for mission-critical workloads.

Digital Transformation

Helping enterprises modernize legacy stacks into secure, scalable cloud-native businesses.

2019

Space Cloud Founded

Launched a boutique cloud & AI engineering firm focused on enterprise impact.

2025

30+ Production Platforms

Shipped multi-cloud, Kubernetes and AI platforms for global clients.

2026

AI Ops Practice

Opened a dedicated AI Operations practice — LLM-augmented SRE and self-healing infrastructure.

Next

Regional AI Cloud Hub

Building a sovereign cloud & AI competence hub serving the Horn of Africa and beyond.

Cloud Expertise

Twelve pillars of modern cloud.

A deep, hands-on practice across the entire cloud-native stack — from the kernel to multi-cloud control planes.

#01

AWS Cloud Engineering

Designing well-architected workloads across EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudFront and the full serverless stack.

#02

Microsoft Azure

AKS, Azure Functions, App Service, Cosmos DB, Sentinel — enterprise migrations with governance baked in.

#03

Google Cloud Platform

GKE Autopilot, BigQuery, Dataflow and Vertex AI for analytics & ML at planetary scale.

#04

Kubernetes & Containers

Production-grade clusters with Istio, ArgoCD, Helm, autoscaling and zero-downtime deploys.

#05

DevOps & CI/CD

GitOps pipelines on GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Jenkins — from commit to production in minutes.

#06

Terraform & IaC

Reusable Terraform modules, OpenTofu and Pulumi for declarative, auditable infrastructure.

#07

Cloud Security

Zero Trust, IAM hardening, KMS, SCPs, GuardDuty, Defender for Cloud and continuous compliance.

#08

Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, OpenTelemetry — SLOs and error budgets that actually work.

#09

Linux Administration

Kernel-tuning, systemd, eBPF performance work and bullet-proof production Linux fleets.

#10

Networking

VPC design, Transit Gateway, BGP, SD-WAN, service mesh and global Anycast architectures.

#11

Hybrid & Multi-Cloud

Anthos, Azure Arc and AWS Outposts — one control plane across data centers and clouds.

#12

AI Ops & MLOps

GPU clusters, model serving, RAG pipelines and AI-augmented SRE for self-healing platforms.

Skills

Tools I use every single day.

Battle-tested across hundreds of production deployments.

AWS Cloud Engineering

Cloud · 95%

Microsoft Azure

Cloud · 92%

Google Cloud Platform

Cloud · 90%

Kubernetes

Containers · 94%

Docker

Containers · 96%

Terraform

IaC · 95%

DevOps / CI-CD

DevOps · 93%

Linux Administration

Systems · 96%

Cloud Security

Security · 90%

Monitoring & Observability

Ops · 91%

Infrastructure as Code

IaC · 95%

Networking

Systems · 90%

Hybrid Cloud

Cloud · 88%

Multi-Cloud Solutions

Cloud · 90%

AI / ML Platform Engineering

AI · 87%

Zero Trust Architecture

Security · 86%
Portfolio

32+ Enterprise Cloud Projects.

A curated showcase of real-world architectures shipped for fintech, healthcare, SaaS and government clients — each with its own architecture diagram, technology stack and measured business outcome.

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Deployment

#01

Unified deployment platform spanning AWS, Azure and GCP with a single Terraform control plane.

Technology Stack

TerraformAWSAzureGCPAtlantis
Results & Metrics

60% faster provisioning across 3 clouds

IngressIstioArgoCDService AService BService CPostgresKafkaRedisArchitecture · Kubernetes

Kubernetes Production Cluster

#02

Hardened multi-tenant EKS platform with Istio, ArgoCD and policy-as-code via Kyverno.

Technology Stack

EKSIstioArgoCDKyverno
Results & Metrics

99.99% uptime across 400+ services

Route 53CloudFrontWAFALBEKSRDSS3LambdaArchitecture · AWS

AWS Serverless Architecture

#03

Event-driven backend on Lambda, EventBridge, DynamoDB and Step Functions for a fintech.

Technology Stack

LambdaEventBridgeDynamoDBSAM
Results & Metrics

70% cost reduction vs. EC2 baseline

Front DoorEntra IDApp ServiceAKSFunctionsCosmos DBStorageArchitecture · Azure

Azure Enterprise Migration

#04

Lift-and-reshape of 220+ workloads from on-prem to Azure with landing zones and governance.

Technology Stack

Azure MigrateAKSBicepPolicy
Results & Metrics

9-month migration, zero outages

SourcesStreamingBatchLakehouseWarehouseBIMLAPIsArchitecture · Data

GCP Data Engineering Platform

#05

Petabyte-scale data lake with BigQuery, Dataflow and dbt for a media analytics company.

Technology Stack

BigQueryDataflowdbtLooker
Results & Metrics

10x faster analytics queries

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Terraform Automation Framework

#06

Reusable module library + Atlantis for self-service infrastructure across 40 engineering teams.

Technology Stack

TerraformAtlantisTFLint
Results & Metrics

Cut PR-to-prod from days to 20 minutes

UserIdP / SSOZero TrustMFAPolicyAppDataAuditArchitecture · Security

DevSecOps Pipeline

#07

Shift-left CI/CD with SAST, SCA, container scanning and signed SBOMs on every commit.

Technology Stack

GitHub ActionsTrivyCosignSnyk
Results & Metrics

Critical CVE MTTR reduced 12d → 6h

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Cloud Cost Optimization Platform

#08

FinOps tooling combining tagging, anomaly detection and reserved capacity planning.

Technology Stack

AWS CURAthenaGrafanaPython
Results & Metrics

$2.4M annual savings

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Cloud Monitoring System

#09

Unified observability stack with Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and Grafana across 3 clouds.

Technology Stack

PrometheusGrafanaLokiOTel
Results & Metrics

Single pane of glass for 1,200 services

Route 53CloudFrontWAFALBEKSRDSS3LambdaArchitecture · AWS

Disaster Recovery Solution

#10

Pilot-light multi-region DR for a healthcare SaaS with automated failover drills.

Technology Stack

Route 53Aurora GlobalBackupLambda
Results & Metrics

RTO 8 min, RPO < 30 sec

Route 53CloudFrontWAFALBEKSRDSS3LambdaArchitecture · AWS

High Availability Architecture

#11

Active-active multi-AZ platform for a payments processor handling 50k TPS.

Technology Stack

ALBAuroraElastiCacheSQS
Results & Metrics

Zero SEV-1s in 18 months

IngressIstioArgoCDService AService BService CPostgresKafkaRedisArchitecture · Kubernetes

Container Orchestration Platform

#12

Internal developer platform on Crossplane + Backstage for self-service Kubernetes.

Technology Stack

CrossplaneBackstageArgoCD
Results & Metrics

Onboarding time cut by 85%

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Enterprise CI/CD Pipeline

#13

Mono-repo build system with remote caching, dynamic environments and progressive delivery.

Technology Stack

GitHub ActionsBazelArgo Rollouts
Results & Metrics

Deploy frequency 4×/week → 60×/day

UserIdP / SSOZero TrustMFAPolicyAppDataAuditArchitecture · Security

Secure Cloud Landing Zone

#14

AWS Control Tower + SCPs + central logging for a regulated multi-account environment.

Technology Stack

Control TowerSCPSecurity Hub
Results & Metrics

SOC 2 audit passed first attempt

Front DoorEntra IDApp ServiceAKSFunctionsCosmos DBStorageArchitecture · Azure

Hybrid Cloud Deployment

#15

Azure Arc-managed Kubernetes spanning on-prem data centers and 4 Azure regions.

Technology Stack

Azure ArcAKSDefender
Results & Metrics

Single policy plane across 12 sites

Route 53CloudFrontWAFALBEKSRDSS3LambdaArchitecture · AWS

Cloud Backup Platform

#16

Cross-account, cross-region immutable backups with Object Lock and ransomware recovery.

Technology Stack

AWS BackupS3 Object LockKMS
Results & Metrics

Recovered 14TB in a ransomware drill

UserIdP / SSOZero TrustMFAPolicyAppDataAuditArchitecture · Security

Zero Trust Security Architecture

#17

Identity-aware proxy, mTLS service mesh and continuous device posture verification.

Technology Stack

Cloudflare AccessIstioOkta
Results & Metrics

Eliminated flat-network lateral movement

IngressIstioArgoCDService AService BService CPostgresKafkaRedisArchitecture · Kubernetes

Microservices Infrastructure

#18

Service mesh + event bus platform for a 90-microservice e-commerce stack.

Technology Stack

IstioKafkaEnvoyJaeger
Results & Metrics

P99 latency cut 40%

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Cloud Migration Project

#19

Re-platforming legacy monoliths to containers with strangler-fig pattern and blue/green.

Technology Stack

EKSHelmArgoCD
Results & Metrics

12 monoliths replatformed in 6 months

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Infrastructure Automation Platform

#20

Self-service portal for provisioning compliant cloud resources via PR-driven workflows.

Technology Stack

BackstageTerraformOPA
Results & Metrics

Manual tickets down 92%

Route 53CloudFrontWAFALBEKSRDSS3LambdaArchitecture · AWS

Load Balancing Solution

#21

Global Anycast load balancing with health-aware routing and DDoS protection.

Technology Stack

Global AcceleratorCloudFrontShield
Results & Metrics

Sub-50ms latency worldwide

UserIdP / SSOZero TrustMFAPolicyAppDataAuditArchitecture · Security

Cloud Governance Framework

#22

Policy-as-code guardrails with OPA Gatekeeper, AWS Config and Azure Policy.

Technology Stack

OPAAWS ConfigAzure Policy
Results & Metrics

98% policy compliance, automated

Route 53CloudFrontWAFALBEKSRDSS3LambdaArchitecture · AWS

Enterprise Networking Architecture

#23

Hub-and-spoke design with Transit Gateway, AWS Network Firewall and PrivateLink.

Technology Stack

Transit GatewayPrivateLinkNFW
Results & Metrics

Connected 60 VPCs, 8 regions

GitCI BuildTestsScanCDRegistryArtifactsStagingProductionArchitecture · DevOps

Monitoring & Logging Platform

#24

Petabyte-scale centralized logging with OpenSearch, Vector and tiered retention.

Technology Stack

OpenSearchVectorS3Athena
Results & Metrics

60% lower logging spend

UserIdP / SSOZero TrustMFAPolicyAppDataAuditArchitecture · Security

Identity & Access Management System

#25

Centralized SSO + JIT access with Okta, AWS IAM Identity Center and SailPoint.

Technology Stack

OktaIAM Identity CenterSailPoint
Results & Metrics

Standing privileges reduced 95%

IngressIstioArgoCDService AService BService CPostgresKafkaRedisArchitecture · Kubernetes

SaaS Deployment Platform

#26

Multi-tenant SaaS control plane with per-tenant namespaces and usage metering.

Technology Stack

EKSCrossplaneStripe
Results & Metrics

Onboarded 80 tenants in 6 months

Cloud LBGKECloud RunPub/SubSpannerBigQueryVertex AIArchitecture · GCP

Multi-Region Architecture

#27

Active-active GKE across 3 GCP regions with Spanner and global HTTPS load balancing.

Technology Stack

GKESpannerCloud LB
Results & Metrics

Geo-redundant, < 200ms global P95

UserIdP / SSOZero TrustMFAPolicyAppDataAuditArchitecture · Security

Cloud Compliance Solution

#28

Automated evidence collection for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA across all clouds.

Technology Stack

DrataAWS Audit ManagerVanta
Results & Metrics

Audit prep time cut 80%

SourcesStreamingBatchLakehouseWarehouseBIMLAPIsArchitecture · Data

Data Lake Platform

#29

Lakehouse architecture on S3 + Iceberg + Trino with role-based fine-grained access.

Technology Stack

IcebergTrinoGlueLake Formation
Results & Metrics

Unified 9 data silos into one lake

UserIdP / SSOZero TrustMFAPolicyAppDataAuditArchitecture · Security

Cloud Security Monitoring

#30

24/7 SOC pipeline with GuardDuty, Defender, Wiz and SOAR auto-remediation.

Technology Stack

GuardDutyWizTinesSplunk
Results & Metrics

Mean detection time under 4 minutes

IngressIstioArgoCDService AService BService CPostgresKafkaRedisArchitecture · Kubernetes

Enterprise Container Platform

#31

OpenShift + Tekton platform with golden paths, signed images and supply-chain attestations.

Technology Stack

OpenShiftTektonCosignSLSA
Results & Metrics

100% signed deploys, SLSA-3 certified

PromptRetrieverLLMToolsVector DBGuardrailsEvalAgentArchitecture · AI

AI-Powered Cloud Operations Platform

#32

LLM-augmented SRE assistant that triages alerts, drafts runbooks and proposes IaC fixes.

Technology Stack

GPT-4LangChainPrometheusPagerDuty
Results & Metrics

On-call toil reduced 55%

Trusted by leaders

What clients say.

A short list of leaders who trust Hassan with their cloud platforms.

"Hassan re-architected our entire platform across AWS and Azure without a single minute of downtime. He's the calmest engineer in a war room I've ever worked with."

SC

Sarah Chen

VP Engineering, FinStack

"The Kubernetes platform Hassan built scaled us from 5 to 400 services. The developer experience is second to none."

MR

Marcus Reilly

CTO, NorthLoop

"Hassan delivered a Zero Trust rollout most teams spend two years on — in four months, with measurable security posture improvement."

AO

Amelia Okafor

CISO, MediCore Health

Contact

Let's build something extraordinary.

Reply within 24 hours. Available worldwide, remote-first.

Email

xassandalmar@gmail.com

Phone

+252 63 4420483

Location

Jigjiga-Yar Rd, Waafi Mall Area.

Engagements

Available for senior cloud architecture, DevOps, AI platform engineering and advisory work via Space Cloud.

Accepting projects · 2026