Experience

PRAL, FBR

• Pakistan
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 500 - 600 Employee

• • Jul 2010 - Present

  •Involved as team lead in the rollout of Active Directory & Anti–Virus services to 13 remote sites in Karachi.•Piloted a team of Hardware / Network engineers, provided leadership, guidance and training to Jr. Level engineers, Drafted and implemented hardware maintenance policies standards and procedures.•Performed problem isolation, diagnosis & resolution including root cause analysis for various network operational issues collaboratively with peers & vendor representatives in a timely & effective fashion.•Monitored and administered FBR CARE (www.paccs.com.pk) Data Network as part of a Network Operations Team.•Administrating and managing storage Infrastructures consisting IBM Fast T 600, SAN switches, IBM Total Storage Tape library, and Tivoli storage manager, windows clustering for fail over.• Administration of multiple LUN, RAID Levels and failover path with multiple zones• Involved in installation and configuration of VMware servers,• Installations and configurations of different brands of servers (Dell PowerEdge R710/ R810 & R940, HP Proliant DL580 G7). •Working on DS8000 and implement Metro/Global mirroring.•Installation and configuration of Vcenter 6 & 7creating VMs,add SAN drives in VMware, create zone in fiber switch and add the server in it, also establish windows 2008/2012 server clustering between virtual machines with SQL/2008./2016Worked with other team members in creating Physical and Virtual environment of PSW Project in our Datacenter. Worked on KHI Datacenter upgradation. Worked with team member in upgration/Migration of Virtual environment from Vcenter 6 to Vcenter 7 on New Dell R940 Servers. Configuration and installation of Commvault Backup Solution. Installation and Configuration of Veeam Backup and Replication. Show less

• • Aug 2007 - Jul 2010

  •Involved as team lead in the rollout of Active Directory & Anti–Virus services to 13 remote sites in Karachi.•Piloted a team of Hardware / Network engineers, provided leadership, guidance and training to Jr. Level engineers, Drafted and implemented hardware maintenance policies standards and procedures.•Performed problem isolation, diagnosis & resolution including root cause analysis for various network operational issues collaboratively with peers & vendor representatives in a timely & effective fashion.•Monitored and administered FBR CARE (www.paccs.com.pk) Data Network as part of a Network Operations Team.•Administrating and managing storage Infrastructures consisting IBM Fast T 600, SAN switches, IBM Total Storage Tape library, and Tivoli storage manager, windows clustering for fail over.• Administration of multiple LUN, RAID Levels and failover path with multiple zones• Involved in installation and configuration of VMware servers, Show less

• • Dec 2003 - Jul 2007

  •Configured monitored and administered Pakistan Customs Data Network as part of a Network Operations Team (NOC). This included installation of, Routers, Switches, Ethernet Bridges, ISDN lines & Internet services.. Involved in IBM AS400 system administration, including job querying, user creation & deletion, device creation, terminal & printer configuration.



Skynet Worldwide Express

• South Africa
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Network Administrator

  • Aug 2000 - Sep 2003

  Manage information technology and computer systems Plan, organize, control and evaluate IT and electronic data operations Manage IT staff by recruiting, training and coaching employees, communicating job expectations and appraising their performance Design, develop, implement and coordinate systems, policies and procedures Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems Act in alignment with user needs and system functionality to contribute to organizational policy Identify problematic areas and implement strategic solutions in time Audit systems and assess their outcomes Preserve assets, information security and control structures Handle annual budget and ensure cost effectiveness Show less



World Group of Companies

• Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

• Computer Engineer

  • Apr 1997 - Aug 1999

  Management of various services like DNS, Domain Controllers, Active Directory, and SQL database including creation of ODBC links for web based application programs, IIS, trusting between three Domains etc. Design, implementing and Managing LAN & WAN. • Handle the tasks of maintaining the quality system after certification like reviews, surveillance audits, etc. • Responsible for representing the company in third-party certification audits. Interface with third-party registrar and facilitate management reviews as per ISO requirements. • Handle the tasks of assisting in the development and implementation of all facets of ISO quality system requirements including Quality System Manual and the entire documentation system. Management of Antivirus server (Kaspersky, Symantec End Point and Avira etc.). Installation, configuration and troubleshoot of SQL server which includes creation, maintenance and administration of users and databases in SQL server and back up and restoration of databases. Show less