Information Technology Infrastructure Team Lead

• Mar 2018 - Present

• Plan, On-Board, Manage and Administer O365 E5 Solutions• Work with Partners to build, design and Implement Smart Campus and Office Solutions using IoT and AI• Collaborate with Technology partners in Green Field Implementations and DC Migrations• Evaluate, Plan and Upgrade of all IT Systems, Storage and Backup Infrastructure• Effective strategic IT planning and oversight of IT Security, Performance and Operations• Evaluate new technologies and incorporate them to the existing Infrastructure with minimal impact to the Business Applications• Serve as main point of contact for all IT Infrastructure Services and respond to dynamic needs of the organization• Perform Periodic Disaster Recovery Assessments, Tests for IT Systems and Applications• Closely work with Internal and External Auditors for successful IT Audits• Study business and application specific requirements, review organizational ICT infrastructure as well as design and implement the architecture to meet current and future demands• Management and co-ordination with Remote Leveraged Teams to quickly resolve critical issues• Technical Evaluation of RFP's related to green field implementations, upgrades and refresh projects• Performing and Reviewing VA and PT Reports • Periodic Review and update of all related IT Policies, Plans, Procedures and making sure they are accurate and updated• Closely work with twofour54 IT Management towards IT Systems, Applications Security and Compliance• Identifying Vulnerabilities and implementing comprehensive plan to secure IT Infrastructure• Monitoring IT Infrastructure to ensure compliance with Security Policies• Collaborating with Business Management and IT Management to improve security by Over Watching developments in IT Security Standards and Threats• Conduct User Awareness Training about Information Security Best Practices and the Impact of any Breach or Violation Show less

Senior System Administrator

• May 2010 - Feb 2018

• Identifying risks in the IT Infrastructure, Prioritizing and Addressing them• Performing day to day activities for ensuring the Health of Backup, Storage and Virtual Infrastructure • Capacity Planning for the Storage, Backup and Virtual Infrastructure based on current analysis and future requirements• Managing DELL, SUN Blade server enclosures and HP, SUN Fire Enterprise Rack mountable servers• Successfully Initiated, Planned, Implemented and delivered the Project of migrating all twofour54 Storage and Server Infrastructure to IBM Solution with minimal downtime• Managing and Administering EMC DMX-4 Storage Array through SMC and Solutions Enabler• Designed and Implemented Virtual Provisioning for DMX-4 Storage Array to optimize storage disk space utilization• Creating and expanding LUN’s, masking and mapping them to the servers or devices on EMC DMX-4 Storage Array and CX-4 120 Storage Array• Administering ADIC Scalar I2000 Enterprise Physical Tape Library• Managing EMC CLARiiON CX-4 Storage Array and IBM V-7000 Storage Arrays• Administering and managing Exchange-2010 Server Environment • Administering Active Directory, SCCM and WSUS for software updates, Patches and Asset Inventory• Managing & Administering EMC Networker Enterprise Backup Solution• Managing EMC Data Domain using DDBoost and VTL Configurations Show less

Systems Engineer

• Aug 2007 - May 2010

• Administration of Windows 2008 servers, Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2007 servers • Designing and Implementing VMware ESX servers for Production and test Environments • Analyzing and converting Physical servers to virtual Servers for Consolidation • Administering Virtual machines using VMWare Virtual Center 2.5 • Creating Virtual Machines using Templates and Clones • Updating patches and updates to ESX hosts and VM’s using VMware Update Manager • Designed and Implemented Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with VMware View Manager 4.0 for Aldar Academies (Group of Colleges and schools), a subsidiary of Aldar Properties PJSC • Administration of Microsoft systems including Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers, Active Directory, Microsoft SUS Server,SQL and IIS 6.0 in a heterogeneous environment • Managing Antivirus and Antispam on mail Servers • Supporting and Optimizing Microsoft Active Directory including group policy in a large Corporate environment • Administration of VERITAS Net Backup 6.0 server with Tape Libraries and Auto Loaders which includes creating policies, testing backup jobs and managing media • Working as an active member in BCP and DR planning project • Administration of EMC Clarrion CX-420 Storage Array Show less

Systems Engineer

• Aug 2003 - Jul 2007