Summary


Senior Manager IT & Telecom Infrastructure


Quality Control & Assurance – System Testing & Maintenance – Operational Excellence


Vision, Strategy & Execution • High-Availability Infrastructure Build Out • Optimization & Management • Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity • Predictive Monitoring & Root Cause Analysis • Compliance Enforcement • Endpoint Protection • Mobile Device Management • System Configuration • Domain • DHCP • SQL • IIS • Web Application • OS • Group Policy • Troubleshoot • Network Health • Software Installation, Configuration, & Deployment • Data Protection • VM Ware • Active Directory • Virtual Machines • Backups, IT Infrastructure • DNS • MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Outlook


Projects

KANSAI PAINT NETWORK SECURITY
SIGMA REFRIGERATION
Outfitters Exchange Server 2013

Experience

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Sr. Systems Administrator
Kansai Paint Pakistan
Oct 2013 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan



Exercise hands-on approach and effective controls to design, install, and configure internal & client-facing servers, firewalls, & network devices while managing the systems installed.
Initiate hands-off environment through designing & implementation of configurations with complete reporting functions.
Steer efforts towards administering and supporting core Microsoft, VMWare, & Cisco technologies, development & implement project plans, perform risk assessments, & create contingency plans.
Render keen eye for details to define and document support procedures as well as best practices while providing after-hours support to help deal with infrastructure-related emergencies.
Maintain asset & inventory configuration documentation, evaluated firewalls, telecom equipment, & hardware.

Key Endeavors:

Recognized by senior management and received award for Long Service Completion of 5 years with excellence.
Built the team from ground up for technical support to remote locations; mentored and trained team members on existing technologies, perform special tasks assigned by the management, & interact with staff members at a technical level.
Implemented P2P radio link head office to save costs & migrated from Legacy Network to New Technologies like Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Dynamics AX r3 (Technical side), Open VPN, & IPSec.
Served as a resource in all efforts to implement Hybrid & Office 365 integration, F-Secure Anti-virus, open-source firewall for company’s premises services, & helped save big on costs.
Expertly handled printer management software to reduce paper costs while managing network & server monitoring.

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Senior Systems Administrator
Media Times Ltd
Nov 2010 - Oct 2013 | Lahore, Pakistan


Proved instrumental in administering Windows Server 2008 (DC, DNS, DHCP) Active Directory, and implementing MS ISA Server 2006 using network load balancing using Virtual IPs.
Key Endeavors:

Harnessed in-depth knowledge and technical skills complimentary for managing Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server 9.0 (daily backups), & deployed IT infrastructure using Dell & HP workstations and servers.
Expertly handled evolving challenges and network problems of LAN, WAN, assembled hardware, managed data warehouse and installed Network Printers, Print Server, & Access Point among others.
Played essential role for installing and Configured ESX Virtualization Servers, VMs, NMS (Network Monitoring Server), OS on client & server end, Apple MAC, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Server, WSUS, & GFI End Point Security Server.
Cross-trained for System Analyst role and fulfill the users’ needs, provided network as well as system support, created crucial backups, and assisted with critical data recovery including implementation of a thorough disaster recovery plan.

 

Education

New ports university, Karachi
Bachelors, Bachelors in Science, ‎
Computer Science
CGPA 3.0/4
2012

Skills

Expert Conservation Awareness
Expert Delievry Planning
Expert Deployments in Hybrid Mode
Expert DNS
Expert ERP Software Command
Beginner F5 Appliance
Intermediate FortiGate
Expert Handling Assignments
Expert Hardware Command
Expert IT Development
Expert IT Infrastructure Design
Expert IT Infrastructure Management
Expert IT Operations Management, Installation Of All Windows OS And Softwares, Apple MAC Installing
Expert IT Service Desk
Beginner ITIL Framework
Expert LDAP
Expert Microsoft Azure
Expert Microsoft Cloud & On-Premise Technologies
Expert Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
Expert MS CRM
Expert MS Dynamics
Expert Network admin skills
Expert Network Security
Expert Networks and Servers Security
Expert O365 to O365 migrations
Expert Office 365 DLP's
Expert On-Premise Exchange 2007/2010/2013/2016
Intermediate People Management
Expert Perl
Expert Postgres Databases
Expert Proxy Servers
Beginner Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Products
Expert RESTful APIs
Expert SAP B1
Expert Server Administration
Expert SIP
Intermediate SSL
Expert Statistics Command
Expert Strategy Formulation
Expert Strong Technical Background In Infrastructure
Expert System Audits
Expert VMware Certified Professional 6
Expert Vmware etc Network En
Expert WAN
Expert Warranty Quality Assurance Process
Intermediate Web Servers
Expert Windows
Expert Windows 10 Deployment
Expert Wireshark 
Expert work honstly

Languages

Expert Urdu
Expert English

Companies Followed

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