Platform
Docker Helm Kubernetes OpenShift Linux Terraform
Hi, I'm
Omar Alhajj
Platform engineer enabling safe, governed AI adoption at scale
I build the guardrails that let engineers in a regulated bank use AI safely — AI and MCP gateways, GitHub Copilot governance, and a centralized agent plugin marketplace — on top of the developer platform they ship with every day.
About
Software engineer with a B.Eng. from Aarhus University and 7+ years of experience in platform engineering and infrastructure modernization. Lately focused on agentic AI applications and enabling AI at scale for engineering teams.
I care most about the boundary between infrastructure and developer experience — reducing the friction between "it works" and "it's safe, governed, and easy for the next engineer to use."
Skills
AI
Microsoft Agent Framework LangChain Azure Foundry GitHub Copilot MCP agentgateway
Frontend
Angular TypeScript JavaScript HTML CSS
Backend
Java Kotlin Python Maven Gradle NPM
Other
GitHub Actions Jenkins Artifactory Git Bash PowerShell
Spoken languages
Danish English Arabic
Experience
Jan 2024 — Present
Senior Platform Engineer, Engineering PO
Bankdata
Contributing to AI enablement and platform engineering work across source control, CI/CD, and developer tooling. Part time product owner as well.
- Built an agentic AI application that migrates Jenkins pipelines to GitHub Actions, enabling an in-house migration of several thousand pipelines instead of costly external consulting.
- Set up AI and MCP gateways using agentgateway, with Entra ID token validation and claims-based policy via OPA and Envoy.
- Led the migration of thousands of repositories from Bitbucket to GitHub, including on-premises GitHub runners on OpenShift.
- Own GitHub Copilot and Artifactory for the organization: Copilot governance, inference-as-a-service, and a centralized agent plugin marketplace with built-in security scanning.
- Coordinated with external partners to drive POCs and introduce new AI and security scanning tools across the platform.
Nov 2019 — Dec 2023
Software Developer
Bankdata
Contributed to a production-critical Artifactory migration from legacy Windows Server infrastructure to a highly available OpenShift setup. Supported the transition from fully on-prem infrastructure to a hybrid private-cloud model and built self-service pipelines for engineering teams.
Feb 2018 — Jan 2019
Intern, Junior Developer
EG Silkeborg Data
Developed and maintained frontend features for an enterprise payroll platform using Angular, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.
Projects
COBOL Modernization Using Agentic AI
Collaborated with Microsoft and Bankdata engineers to design an agentic AI workflow for modernizing legacy COBOL into maintainable Java, with a focus on preserving business behavior while accelerating migration.
Read devblog AI Semantic Kernel Python OpenAI
Personal NAS and Homelab Setup
Built and maintained a personal NAS environment across custom hardware and Mac Mini systems for reliable storage, backup automation, and experimentation.
Linux Networking Storage Automation
iOS App Learning Track
Ongoing personal project focused on Swift and iOS frameworks, with emphasis on creating practical and user-friendly mobile experiences.
Swift iOS Mobile UX
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