Mohammed Rahhal

Mohammed Rahhal

System Engineer & DevOps|

📍 Zürich, Switzerland

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Roles & collaboration

System Engineer, DevOps and Kubernetes Specialist

Full-time roles.

Sec.01 // Identity

About Me

I run my own mail server, password manager, music streaming, storage and Git — the whole stack, some on Cloudflare and some on hardware sitting in my flat. Not because it is easier. Because I got tired of renting my own data from companies that could change the terms tomorrow. Born in Bethlehem, based in Zürich. I work in Python, C++ and Rust, and I have spent the last few years learning the difference between running someone else’s infrastructure and running your own. The second teaches you more, mostly at 3am.

Skills

Sec.02 // Independence

What I replaced

I got tired of renting my own data. One service at a time, I moved off the platforms and rebuilt each one on hardware I own, running on Kubernetes I maintain myself.

  • Gmail my own mail server + aliasing
  • Spotify my own music streaming
  • Google Drive my own encrypted storage
  • WhatsApp my own messaging + voice/video
  • 1Password my own password manager
  • GitHub self-hosted Forgejo
  • LinkedIn deleted, after 500 applications

This site, the mail server and the password manager run on Cloudflare under my own account; the rest run on my own hardware. I wrote every one of them. Nobody can discontinue them, change the terms, or start mining them — and when something breaks at 3am, it is mine to fix. Read how and why →

And the commits went with them

Read live from git.mocipher.com — my own Forgejo, not GitHub.

Sec.03 // Service record

History

Sec.04 // Credentials

Certifications

Sec.05 // Operations

Projects

All projects — sharable list →

Sec.06 // Field reports

Latest Posts

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Sec.07 // Secure channel

Get in Touch

Recruiters and hiring managers: I am based in Switzerland, work as a System Engineer across DevOps, Kubernetes and self-hosted infrastructure, and respond fastest to roles that match the headline above. Share the requisition, team size, and stack — I will reply with fit and timing.

Everyone else: collaborations, tooling ideas, or a friendly hello are welcome too.

Permit "B", married to a Swiss citizen. Available as soon as possible. Zürich, Switzerland.

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