Zahra'a Knass
Artificial Intelligence Engineer, Web Developer
About me
A conscientious, fast learner offering the ability to assess an organization’s needs and create a
complementary, robust web presence.
- Bechara El Khoury Street.
Beirut, Lebanon,-
Beirut (Lebanon) ,-
Beirut
Syrian
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Languages
Experienced in all 5 stages of the web development process including: information gathering,
planning, design, development, testing and delivery and maintenance.
English
Proficient with a wide array of scripting languages and multimedia web tools.
Arabic
Developing high-complexity, large-scale and performant web applications in PHP, building
upon the open-source Magento and Oro eCommerce platforms.
Working As part of an Agile SCRUM team led by a Project Manager, they will collaborate with
Digital Designers, Front End Engineers, and Devops Engineers to deliver technical solutions
that provide value to our clients.
Education
Bachelor of Information Technology Engineering-Artificial Intelligence Department /
Damascus University Damascus-Syria
French
Turkish
Japanese
Korean
From September 2008 to July 2014
Scientific Baccalaureat / Al-Awael School Damascus-Syria
From January 2007 to January 2008
Work experience
Interests
Yoga
Reading
Artificial Intelligence Engineer / Axis Media Beirut,Lebanon
From August 2017 to October 2019
Managing information technology and computer systems.
Planning, organizing, controlling and evaluating IT and electronic data operations.
Managing IT staff by recruiting, training and coaching employees, communicating job
expectations and appraising their performance.
Designing, developing, implementing and coordinate systems, policies, and procedures.
Ensure security of data, network access, and backup systems.
Acting in alignment with user needs and system functionality to contribute to organizational
policy.
Identifying problematic areas and implementing strategic solutions in time.
Auditing systems and assess their outcomes.
Preserving assets, information security and control structures. Handling annual budget and
ensure cost-effectiveness.
Active involvement with Marketing, and Applications Engineering for debugging and
customer problem solvingMaintain state-of-the-art technical expertise in artificial
intelligence, machine learning, and software programming.
Generate intellectual property A genuine passion for engineering high-quality solutions
relevant formal education, including BSCS or MSCS in AI/MLIdentify and help bring into the
practice talented individuals both internally and externally plan and execute complex and
challenging technical projects drive the client stakeholder engagement plan to scope the
overarching opportunity.
Proposing and implementing cloud architectures, deploying high-complexity, large-scale and
performant web applications built by Aligent; creating and maintaining developer
environments; and supporting staff through general system administration.
Building and extending solutions for Linux using shell-scripting, PHP, Ruby, Puppet, Chef,
and Ansible; targeting public clouds such as AWS and local environments running in Docker,
and VirtualBox.
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Work experience
Web Applications Developer / FreeLance Damascus & Beirut
Since January 2009
-Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for existing
web applications.
- Built application platform foundation to support migration from client-server product lines
to enterprise architectures and services.
Web Applications Developer / Accumed Damascus-Syria
From May 2015 to August 2017
Built modern applications with JAVA, Spring,JSF,PrimeFaces, SQL
Server,PHP, Magento,Laravel.Developed microservices and Web Services (incl.
REST/SOAP/WSDL/XML/SOA).Continuously integrated and deployed developed software.
Updated the continuous integration/deployment scripts as necessary to improve continuous
integration practices.Consulted with Product Manager to identify minimal viable product and
decomposed feature set into small scoped user stories.Developed and implemented complex
Web applications on multiple platforms. Built application platform foundation to support
migration from client-server product lines to enterprise architectures and services. Designed
a strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects. Developed
work-flow charts and diagrams to ensure production team compliance with client deadlines.
Applications Developer / Mabco Damascus-Syria
From January 2014 to January 2015
Developed work-flow charts and diagrams to ensure production team compliance with client
deadlines.
Designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform.
Unit-testing code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability.Bug
fixing and improving application performance.
Skills
Platforms:
Magento, Oro, Laravel, Symfony, Zend,JSF,PrimeFaces,WordPress.
Programming languages:
Expert in Php,Java ,XML,WSDL,C++/C#,RubyOnrails,Python.
Web technologies:
HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
Database severs:
MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle.
Web design tools:
Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady,Corel Draw.
Web Servers:
JBoss, Weblogic, Tomcat, Apache WebServer.
Operating Systems:
Windows (all versions), Linux (Ubuntu).
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