Shahzad Yazdi
About Shahzad Yazdi
Shahzad Yazdi is the Manager of DevOps Engineering at the NBA, with a background in cloud operations and systems engineering, and holds a degree in Accounting from George Mason University.
Current Role at NBA
Shahzad Yazdi is currently serving as the Manager of DevOps Engineering at the National Basketball Association (NBA) based in Secaucus, New Jersey, United States. He has been with the NBA since 2020. In this role, Shahzad is responsible for overseeing the DevOps engineering efforts, ensuring efficient deployment and operation of various software applications and services in the NBA's technology stack.
Previous Experience at Kaplan Test Prep
Shahzad Yazdi has an extensive background with Kaplan Test Prep in various engineering roles. He started as an Exchange Administrator (2010-2012), moved on to Senior Systems Engineer (2012-2020), and finally worked as a CloudOps Engineer (2017-2020). Over these years, Shahzad developed significant expertise in managing cloud operations, system engineering, and exchange administration in the Greater New York City Area.
Educational Background
Shahzad Yazdi studied at George Mason University - School of Business where he achieved a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He completed his studies in a span of two years from 2004 to 2006. His education laid the foundation for his technical and analytical skills, which he later applied extensively in his career in system engineering and cloud operations.
Certifications and Technical Skills
Shahzad Yazdi holds an AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification. His technical expertise includes hands-on experience with a variety of network protocols and services such as TCP/IP, SMTP, FTP, POP3, and HTTP. Shahzad is also skilled in server performance management using NetIQ, and has specialized in technologies like Exchange, Windows Server, Unix, Active Directory, IIS, LDAP, and Blackberry Server.
Programming and Project Management Skills
In addition to his engineering roles, Shahzad Yazdi possesses programming expertise in Visual Basic, Visual Basic.net, Visual C++, and Visual C#.net. He has also demonstrated strong project management capabilities, having worked with tools like Microsoft Access and FrontPage, and has served as an escalation point to Microsoft for tier 3 issues on systems such as Microsoft Exchange and Windows 2008.