Nadim-Daniel Ghaznavinghaznavi@gmail.com(289) 639-2052Hamilton, ON, CanadaCareer SummaryAccomplished professional with over 20 years of experience spanning system administration, cybersecurity, and Python development. Known for strong analytical skills, leadership, and the ability to architect reliable, high-performance systems. Adept at evolving legacy infrastructure into modern, automated, data-driven platforms. Currently focused on developing open-source tools for AI research and cryptocurrency operations. Employment HistoryGhaznavi Consulting
Founded a consulting practice dedicated to designing, developing, and publishing open-source Python projects. Current projects include the AI Snake Lab and Db4E, both hosted on GitHub Pages and published to PyPI.
AI Snake Lab — Reinforcement Learning Simulation EnvironmentOctober 2025 – Present A fully modular AI training environment for the classic Snake game, built with Python and PyTorch.
Tech Stack: Python, PyTorch, ZeroMQ, Textual, SQLite, asyncio, NumPy. Db4E — Cryptocurrency Deployment, Operation, and Analytics PlatformJanuary 2024 – Present A full-stack Monero XMR mining platform that unifies deployment, monitoring, and analytics.
Tech Stack: Python, Monero, P2Pool, XMRig, systemd, Textual, SQLite, asyncio, FastAPI, Uvicorn. Bank of Montreal – BMO
As a Senior Security Analyst, contributed to a team dedicated to detecting insider threats by scrutinizing geolocation data of bank staff and contractors, flagging irregularities, and implementing and upholding BMO’s encrypted e-mail attachment policies. Led the team in the manager’s absense, leveraging advanced technical skills, like Splunk queries and proprietary BMO tools to conduct thorough analysis. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce – CIBC
Promoted within a year to lead a top-tier IT operations team, maintaining critical revenue-generating applications like CIBC’s automated foreign exchange trading platform. Swiftly resolved issues impacting the bank’s income, earning recognition through multiple awards and enhancing service delivery through collaboration with the team. Keek
Contributed to enhancing and scaling Keek’s computing infrastructure. As part of on-call rotations, monitoring the application overnight and performing service restarts when necessary. Successfully set up and deployed more than 50 new servers from initial hardware configuration to operational readiness. Additionally, remotely established a new Keek site in the Miami data center, managing the entire process from bare metal setup to production deployment. Moneris Payment Solutions
Linux Team Manager at Moneris Payment Solutions, Canada’s leading payment processing provider, responsible for ensuring the continuous availablity of critical transaction processing servers, handling over 250 transactions per second. Led cross-functional teams, collaborating with vendors and colleagues to resolve production issues and devise innovate solutions. Spearheaded the establishment of new enterprise-grade IT services, processes and standards. Morgan Stanley
Ensured the functionality and accessibility of the programmer tools utilized by C and C++ developers worldwide. Supported developer tools and builds globally. Conducted testing on new tools and established a centralized Wiki-based documentation repository for company programmers. Gained experience in industry standards (PCI) and regularly worked with auditors to ensure compliance. Develped strong leadership that are transferable across industries. My former manager specifically sought me out for this position, demonstrating the value and trust he placed in my abilities and work ethic. Merril Lynch
Managed a compliance system mandated by NASDAQ for major institutions. Tracked trading activities down to the second. Maintained the functionality of the legacy Order Audit Trail System platform until a new replacement system was operational. Oversaw the nightly batch process, ensuring the timely electronic transfer of compliance records to NASDAQ. Morgan Stanley
Oversaw the research, documention, and assessed new software platforms within Business Intelligence. The team developed custom test harnesses for functional and stress testing. Created detailed technical reports evaluating IBM, Ipedo, Composite for Enterprise Information Integration, and the ASG Rochade Metadata Repository. Xpedite
Orchestrated the setup, construction, and operation of the computing infrastructure for the new Xpedite Toronto office. Supported the computing environment for a diverse set of users, including developers on Linux, sales personnel on Windows 2000 and 98, managers on dual boot systems, visiting Xpedite guests with their laptops, and a remote Indian development team. Transformed a prototype online banking solution running on 2 laptops into an enterprise system running on 13 servers. Sucessfully deployed the production system at the data center in Ashton, Virginia. Cadence Design Systems
Created a solution that provided a consistent user interface for Unix based desktops across 10 different operating systems including Solaris, Linux, HPUX, and AIX. Deployed this solution successfully across more than 20 sites. SiGe Semiconductor
Supported 120 emplyees across four offices, three in Ottawa, one in the UK, and one tailored to a lone chip designer in France. Provided desktop support, network troubleshooting, backups and managed a network link to a small R&D office at the Canadian National Research Council. Developed a solution for consistent worksation and simulation server rebuilds and used it to rebuild all of the workstations and servers, including those in the UK and France. Nortel Networks
Supported over a hundred proxy servers deployed globally near local Internet access points via phone, email and the Remedy ticketing system. Cebra / MERX
Supported all of the computing systems, infrastructure and networks including clustered web, database, file transfer servers and custom programs. Tracked all IT department work. Supported all company workstations including Development, Finance, Sales and Operations. Introduced formal change management processes. Designed and deployed an automated, custom monitoring solution significantly reduced on-call costs. Canada Revenue Agency
Hired as a Computer Systems (CS) 2 level analyst at the Ottawa data centre. Provided 3rd level support for the Electronic Commerce server platforms. Implemented new systems and contributed significantly to the architecture of multiple web to mainframe applications. Solely responsible for the systems architecture of the Solaris server platforms. Delivered technical and non-technical presentations to speak about these solutions. Promoted to CS 3. CADlink Technology Corporation
Established the company’s Internet presence including web, email and backend infrastructure services on Linux. Established Windows server standards and migrated these Internet services to the Windows server platform. Provided desktop and network support for the office. Recabled and upgraded the company network. Soft Skills
Education
Industry Awards
Security Clearance
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