Experience

Seef Properties B.S.C.

• Bahrain
• Commercial Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manager - Head of IT

  • Oct 2021 - Present



Al Baraka Group (ABG)

• Bahrain
• Investment Banking
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Deputy Manager - Head of IT Infrastructure and Operations

  • Jan 2019 - Dec 2021

  Managing IT Infrastructure and operations and the team.Optimizing Agreements and minimizing operational costs.Providing system evaluation and infrastructure requirement for new systems as perbusiness requests.Co developing IT Policy of Al Baraka Banking Group (approved by the Group’s ITSteering Committee), providing input in Infrastructure and Operations area, as well asassisting Information Security Manager in other areas through my diverse experienceand specialization.Acting as a subject matter expert for implementing any new solution in theenvironment, as well as assisting Information Security Manager in identifying potentialsecurity vulnerabilities and mitigating the risk.Drafting Risk Assessment studies and risk registers rel ated to IT Infrastructure andOperations.Supporting IS Manager during Internal/External Vulnerability Assessment andPenetration Testing (VAPT), Internal/External Audits, Internal/External RiskAssessments, and Central 2 Bank of Bahrain (CBB) inspections, providing valuable andinsightful input, as well as necessary documentation to minimize audit points or justifythem and lower or accept the risk when necessary in coordination with Head of IT.

• Assistant Manager - Information Technology

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2019

  - Managing ABG Tower migration project from Technical and Project Management perspective.- Vendor Management i.e. performing technical and feasibility studies; evaluation and selection; negotiation and follow-up.- Providing consultancy and shared services for all ABG subsidiaries.- Managing operational activities of ABG Infrastructure.- Liaising with AIB (Al Baraka Islamic Bank - Bahrain) in all the matters related to the shared infrastructure as well as the services provided by ABG.- Providing technical insights and suggestions in regards to vendor and product selection, as well as minimizing the cost and increasing the ROI of the current and future environments.

• Head of Section - IT Infrastructure

  • Jul 2014 - Dec 2015

  Al Baraka Banking Group new HQ ICT project OCT 2014 – DEC 2015:- Supervising the installation of passive works in ABG HQ Bahrain Bay.- Supervising the building of ABG new Data center.- Supervising and contributing in new Core network, firewall and PABX.- Coordinating with subcontractors for any site requirement.- Providing the management with site report on weekly basis.- Contributing in the new network design.- Resolving all site issues related to ICT project.- Planning and migrating and the transition period for Al Baraka Islamic bank and Al Baraka Banking group systems and servers from the old Data Center to the new Data Center.- Planning and managing staff relocation from old HQ to the new HQ.- Planning and migrating all banking services from ASA firewall in old HQ to Palo Alto firewall in the new HQ.



Ithmaar Bank

• Bahrain
• Banking
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Officer

  • Dec 2013 - Jul 2014

  - ATM network monitoring.- Support for end users.- Support for Bank Production.- Support for eBanking System.- Windows Server maintenance and support.- Contributing in Security Information and Event Management Project.- Contributing in ISO27001 implementation.- Remediate Vulnerability Assessment findings.- Helpdesk system support and maintenance.- Troubleshooting ATM issues and related systems. - ATM network monitoring.- Support for end users.- Support for Bank Production.- Support for eBanking System.- Windows Server maintenance and support.- Contributing in Security Information and Event Management Project.- Contributing in ISO27001 implementation.- Remediate Vulnerability Assessment findings.- Helpdesk system support and maintenance.- Troubleshooting ATM issues and related systems.



Bahrain Defence Force

• Network Engineer

  • Dec 2010 - Dec 2013

  - Supervised a help desk software project "Numara Track-It 10.0" in End user support section.- Provide hardware/software support for more than 3000 users.- Provide hardware/software support for 350 Computers and workstations.- Provide three dedicated networks support and troubleshooting.- Windows server administrator.- Install, support and operate a military war simulation network game.- Designed a wireless network project.- Supervising projects of fiber infrastructure between BDF units.- Maintain the network.- Designing network topology.