Built for the work others avoid.
Faiz Bashir — Founder & Principal Consultant. Every engagement delivered with senior-level attention from day one.
Ofnex Consulting Inc. — who we are.
Ofnex is a Canadian enterprise AI and cybersecurity consultancy. We work with mid-market organizations, regulated industries, and enterprises where security and compliance requirements aren't an afterthought — including environments that require Government of Canada security clearance to access.
Engagements are led by Faiz, a CISSP-certified cloud security architect with 15+ years in enterprise infrastructure and GoC Level II Security Clearance. For larger-scope engagements, Ofnex works with a vetted network of senior AI engineers, security specialists, and cloud architects across Canada — giving clients the depth of a larger firm without the overhead.
We are a Claude Partner Network approved firm and a Lenovo Premier Partner, and our engagements are led by an architect holding 9 Google Cloud Professional certifications — relationships and credentials that translate into better tools, faster implementation, and technical capability unavailable to general freelancers.
Security-first by default
Every engagement is designed for your compliance environment from day one. We understand PIPEDA, PHIPA, ITSG-33, and Protected B before we write a single line of code.
Government-ready
Active GoC Level II Security Clearance (valid to 2033) means federal departments can engage Ofnex immediately — without waiting months for clearance processing.
Boutique depth, enterprise reach
Led by a principal with Fortune 500 and GoC delivery experience, with a specialist network for complex engagements — senior attention without enterprise overhead.
Incorporated in Ontario, Canada · Serving clients across Canada, the United States, and internationally · Remote-first delivery with no geographic restriction on engagements.
Built from the data centre up.
I'm a cloud security architect who pivoted into AI automation after watching enterprise organizations spend fortunes on AI that wasn't built to survive their own security requirements.
Before Ofnex, I spent 15 years in the infrastructure trenches — migrating 740+ workloads to GCP, standing up cloud landing zones for Fortune 500 clients, and delivering security architecture for Government of Canada programs. I earned CCIE certification in two tracks (Data Center and Collaboration), CISSP, and 9 Google Cloud Professional certifications along the way.
Canadian businesses deserve AI built by someone who understands both the technology and the regulatory environment it has to operate in. Engagements are led personally, not handed to a junior team. For complex, multi-stream projects, I bring in a vetted network of senior specialists held to the same standard I hold myself to.
Security certifications
Networking certification
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Partnerships & AI certifications
Active and valid to 2033. Available for federal and regulated-industry engagements immediately — no clearance delays.
Security isn't a feature. It's the foundation.
I built my career inside regulated environments where a misconfiguration doesn't cause a support ticket — it causes an incident. That mindset is baked into every Ofnex engagement.
GoC Level II Security Clearance
Valid to 2033. PBMM-compliant architecture, ITSG-33 alignment, and GC Cloud Security Guardrails built in. Government and regulated-industry clients can engage immediately.
Zero Trust by default
Every deployment is designed against NIST SP 800-207 — VPC Service Controls, CMEK encryption, column-level data access, and full audit logging from day one.
Your data stays yours
An NDA is signed before any operational data is discussed. Data is deployed into your own GCP environment — never a shared platform, never used to train models.
Canadian compliance is home turf
PIPEDA, PHIPA, ITSG-33, PCI-DSS, OSFI guidelines — frameworks delivered against in production, not looked up when a client asks.
Are you a senior AI or security specialist?
Ofnex works with senior contractors and specialists for larger client engagements — cloud architects, AI engineers, security consultants, and compliance experts based in Canada.
GCP / cloud architecture (Professional level)
Claude, Vertex AI, or LLM deployment experience
Enterprise security (CISSP, CISM, CRISC)
Canadian compliance: PIPEDA, PHIPA, ITSG-33
GoC security clearance (an asset)
Let's find what's worth automating.
Tell me what your team spends time on that shouldn't require a human. I'll tell you what's automatable, what it would cost, and what it would save — before you commit to anything.