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Muhammad Ijaz K (known simply as Ijaz, or Ijaz AMD), Infrastructure DevOps engineer (CAD) at AMD in Hyderabad. I run the servers, licenses and automation that chip designers in San Jose, Atlanta and Ireland build on.

I keep silicon design running.

What Ilook after

100+
EDA licenses monitoredFlexLM, in the monitoring system I own
60+
Scheduled automation jobsCron: health checks, disk monitoring, cleanup
40+
EDA tools and IP packages installedSynopsys, Cadence, Arm and TSMC, on RHEL clusters
20+
Methodics ICM servers administeredAlongside Perforce and Git, for three sites
4+
Years in infrastructure DevOps at AMDSince September 2022

Work at AMD · Muhammad Ijaz Portfolio

EDA license optimization

I own and run the enterprise monitoring system for 100+ EDA licenses (FlexLM). It flags idle and repeated checkouts and notifies users to end inactive sessions, so capacity comes back and license spend falls. Around it I manage IBM Spectrum LSF compute workloads and NAS/NFS storage quotas.

FlexLMPythonIBM Spectrum LSFLinux RHEL

License monitor
SimulatorIn use
SynthesisIn use
Timing signoffIdle, flagged
Layout editorIn use
Idle checkout flagged. User notified to end the session.
Interactive preview. Click button to simulate automated seat reclamation.

Multi-site CAD infrastructure

I administer 20+ Methodics ICM servers alongside Perforce Helix Core and Git for silicon design teams in San Jose, Atlanta and Ireland, with fine-grained LDAP bindings and IP-release permissions. I also install, configure and maintain 40+ EDA packages and third-party IP libraries (Synopsys, Cadence, Arm, TSMC) on production RHEL design clusters.

Methodics ICMPerforce Helix CoreGitLDAP and IAM

Design data infrastructureSan Jose · Atlanta · Ireland
Methodics ICM20+ servers
Perforce Helix CoreAdministered
Git repositoriesAdministered
LDAP bindingsFine-grained
IP-release permissionsEnforced
Illustration of the scope, not a screenshot.

Query telemetry and dashboards

I built Dremio query-monitoring dashboards that give instant insight into query execution, and Jira ticket-tracking dashboards that 10–15 teams use to move faster. I also maintain the Dremio and dbt views behind chip verification metrics: timing, power and EMIR.

DremiodbtJira dashboardsPower BI

Dashboards and viewsDremio · dbt · Jira
Dremio query monitoringInstant query execution insight
Jira ticket trackingUsed by 10–15 teams
dbt verification viewsTiming · power · EMIR
Illustration of what I maintain, not live data.

Self-service tools and automation

I wrote 60+ cron-scheduled jobs for health checks, disk monitoring and cleanup, and set up Nagios disk-full alerting on the ICM servers plus Prometheus and Grafana dashboards. I built a self-service web app (FastAPI, React/Vite) for engineers to analyze query performance, with CVE assessments and secure secrets handling. Claude Code and MCP servers are part of my daily command-line work, under guardrails: read-only queries, CVE assessments, zero unreviewed write actions.

Python (FastAPI)React / ViteDockerNagiosPrometheus and GrafanaClaude Code and MCP

crontab 
# health checks (every 15 min)
*/15 * * * *  icm-health-check
# disk monitoring (hourly)
0 * * * *     icm-disk-check
# cleanup (daily at 2am)
0 2 * * *     cleanup-old-data
60+ automated cron jobs running across cluster nodes.
Filter tasks above to inspect schedule and execution purpose.

Four clocks, one infrastructure

  • San Jose, CaliforniaArchitecture & timing signoff Pacific time
  • Atlanta, GeorgiaEmulation & verification Eastern time
  • IrelandSilicon IP packages & libraries Irish time
  • Hyderabad, India (me)CAD infrastructure & 24/7 automation Indian time

The teams I support work across three sites while I work from Hyderabad. Health checks, disk alerts and cleanup run on schedules, so they keep going when a site is off the clock.

About Muhammad Ijaz (Ijaz at AMD)

I am Muhammad Ijaz K (known to colleagues and the semiconductor engineering community simply as Ijaz, Ijaz AMD, or Muhammad Ijaz AMD) · a CAD infrastructure, data and DevOps engineer with an MCA from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum (CET), and more than four years at AMD supporting silicon design teams across San Jose, Atlanta and Ireland. In semiconductor engineering, CAD represents the high-performance computing clusters, EDA licensing, version control, and data systems that chip designers work on every day. I also integrate AI coding workflows daily · Claude Code and MCP servers · bounded by clear operational guardrails.

Muhammad Ijaz K (Ijaz) · Infrastructure DevOps Engineer (CAD) at AMD
NameMuhammad Ijaz K (Ijaz)
RoleInfrastructure DevOps (CAD), AMD
CompanyAMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
Based inHyderabad, India
EducationMCA, CET Trivandrum
Emailijasgk@gmail.com
LinkedInin/muhammad-ijaz-k
GitHubgithub.com/ijasgk

Before AMD

Project Assistant / Project CoordinatorOct 2021 – Aug 2022 Local Self Government Department (LSGD), Government of Kerala. Managed on-premise servers and network maintenance, digital reporting for Central and State Government grants, and IT operations and executive reporting under the Secretary of LSGD. Handled official correspondence, records and multi-department coordination.
Assistant Professor in Computer ScienceJun 2020 – Oct 2021 Hi Tech Arts and Science College Vattoli, Kozhikode. Taught undergraduate systems programming, database structures and core computer science, ran C/C++, Linux and data-structures labs, and mentored student software projects.

Skills

Version control and CAD infrastructure Methodics ICM, Perforce (Helix Core), Git, IBM Spectrum LSF, FlexLM licensing, EDA tool installation, third-party IP (Synopsys, Cadence, Arm, TSMC), Linux (RHEL) server configuration
Data, telemetry and observability Dremio, dbt, Design Engineering Data Catalog (DEDC), Prometheus and Grafana, Nagios alerting, Power BI dashboards, Jira dashboards and automation, chip metrics (timing, power, EMIR)
Programming and automation Python (FastAPI), SQL, Bash, cron scheduling (60+ jobs), GitHub Actions, React / Vite, Docker
AI-assisted engineering Claude Code and Codex, MCP servers and CLI integration, AI Jira ticket management, reusable skills, plugins and custom extensions, persistent memory systems, operational AI guardrails
Access control, storage and security LDAP binding, IAM / ACL permission models, NAS / NFS storage quotas, CVE assessment, secure secrets handling, RHEL patching and migration planning

Education and certifications

Degrees

Master of Computer Applications (MCA)2018 – 2020 College of Engineering, Trivandrum (CET), Kerala. Computer Science and Engineering. A graduate foundation in computer applications, systems programming, distributed systems, operating systems and database engineering.
B.Sc. in Computer Science2015 – 2018 Hi Tech Arts and Science College Vattoli, Kerala. Computer science fundamentals, data structures and algorithms, object-oriented software design, Linux systems programming and database systems.

Certifications

Learning Nagios Nagios Enterprises / LinkedIn Learning. Host and infrastructure telemetry.
Power BI: Dashboards for Beginners Microsoft / LinkedIn Learning. Visual analytics and reporting.
Claude Code and Agentic Workflows Anthropic AI ecosystem. Agentic DevOps and operational guardrails.

Roles, infrastructure questions, collaboration: write to me.

Hyderabad, India