Hussein Fadhel Ahmed Al-Ali

Hussein Fadhel Ahmed Al-Ali

Control & Automation Engineer · HS-IIoT

Basra, Iraq

I build automation and industrial IoT that works in the field, from sensor to cloud, even in hazardous areas.

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About

Hussein is a control and automation engineer from Basra who joins field experience with software. He started on field instruments, control valves and DCS at the refineries and the electricity distribution company, then moved on to building SCADA and industrial IoT solutions that connect the sensor to the cloud. He closes the gap between operational technology (OT) and IT, and specialises in hazardous-area equipment (ATEX/IECEx), PLC programming and alarm management. He has more than three years of hands-on experience and twelve published projects, the HS-IIoT platform among them.

Expertise

  • SCADA and HMI design
  • PLC programming (IEC 61131-3)
  • PID control
  • Alarm management (ISA-18.2)
  • Hazardous-area equipment (ATEX/IECEx)
  • Industrial IoT and edge devices
  • Node-RED and Docker

Experience

  1. Ex Solutions Specialist

    Jan 2026 – present

    Ex Devices Showroom · Basra

    Oversees the engineering of specifying and supplying explosion-protected equipment for the industrial and oil sectors.

  2. Technical Automation Engineer

    Jul 2025 – present

    Arab Studio · Basra

    Maintains Linux server environments and manages networking and workflow automation.

  3. IIoT Solutions Architect, co-founder

    May 2024 – Jul 2025

    Siraj Al-Maarifa · Basra

    Built systems connecting field sensors to central monitoring.

  4. Field Engineer Trainee

    2023 – 2024

    South Refineries & South Electricity Distribution · Basra

    Worked on field instruments and control valves, loop checks and DCS monitoring.

  5. Core Organizer

    Ongoing

    Google Developer Group Basra (GDG Basra) · Basra

    Leads technical initiatives, hackathons and workshops for the regional developer community.

Education

  1. B.Eng. Control & Automation Technology Engineering

    2021 – 2025

    Southern Technical University

    Ranked second in his class, with a graduation project on field telemetry and predictive maintenance.

Certificates

  • Grow With AIGDG Basra & Zain · 2024
  • PythonSololearn · 2024
  • C++Sololearn · 2024
  • Introduction to the Internet of Things – IoT Value ChainMahara Tech · 2022
  • Web Road Map (20 hours)GDSC Iraq & WeBe · 2022

The rest of the team

Abdulameer Luay Jawad

Abdulameer Luay Jawad

Control & Automation Engineer

Basra, Iraq

I work where IT meets OT: instrumentation and control, SCADA and HMI, and PLCs.

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