Ahmed Nour, Central Computer Services Operation Manager

Ahmed Nour

Central Computer Services Operation Manager

Confidential Organization

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Master's degree, Information Security
Experience
24 years, 3 months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 3 months

Central Computer Services Operation Manager at Confidential Organization
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since October 2014

• Plan, Organize, Direct, Control and Coordinate the Implementations, procurement, maintenance and daily operations of IT Services within MCIT and other Parties related to it.
• Give the required IT consultation service for entities that belong to the organization .
• Analyse the requirements and needs of business and specifying the appropriate technology to fulfil these needs
• Formulating and directing IT plans and policies to meet the international standards and to achieve best performance
• Directing the selection and installation of IT resources and provision the required training.
• Directing IT Operations and setting priorities between system implementations, maintenance and operations .
• Reviews the IT systems Security and ensure that the main concepts of Integrity, Confidentiality, accountability and availability are applied.
• Directing IT implementation projects that MCIT is responsible of it
• Ensure that for a move toward the new Data Center technology trends (Virtualization/Cloud /Computing) and instrumental in developing and fostering the skills and abilities within the team to operate the Data Center to its’ optimum

Deputy Servers Operations Manager at Confidential Organization
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2011 to October 2014

•Accountable for the supervision and efficient delivery of services portfolios to MCIT clients
•Effective management of the technical teams involved in private cloud administration; maintenance and monitoring of hardware; administration and maintenance of applications and troubleshooting
•Liaises and works cooperatively with senior management to instigate and support cost-effective technology solutions for all facets of the Ministry
•Successfully controls all implementation projects that occur, both inside and outside of the Ministry
•Responsible for a move toward the new Data Center technology trends (Virtualization/Cloud Computing) and instrumental in developing and fostering the skills and abilities within the team to operate the Data Center to its’ optimum
•Diligently supervises all of the Technical Units within the Server Operations Department
•Methodically conducts operation reviews of the Units related to server operation departments
•Issues approvals of Deployment planes, making sure all requirements are delivered promptly
•Systematically reviews the H/W Support and Maintenance Contracts
•Cooperatively works within the team on IT Related RFP Evaluations within MCIT and Related Entities
•Organises and administers RFPs for MCIT technical projects, researching and proposing suitable solutions for RFP criteria

Technical Unit Manager at Confidential Organization
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2007 to January 2011

•Innovatively created, managed and took responsibility for the teams involved in the Infrastructure and Mail Operation Unit, encouraging cooperation and achieving successful outcomes
•Responsibly managed all strategy related implementation projects pertaining to the IT Units within departments in MCIT or with the Service Vendors
•Organised and scheduled the availability of the team to provide service
•Advised and supported within a second line capacity, various IT problems when they arose
•Actively involved in the supervision of IT Related Tenders for MCIT and Related Entities

System Administrator at Confidential Organization
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2004 to February 2007

•Proficiently administered, conducted troubleshooting and maintained the MCIT Domain as well as all related Domain systems at headquarters and remote sites
•Proficiently administered, conducted troubleshooting and maintained the MCIT Exchange Servers, taking action appropriately to maintain and ensure the availability of the system as well as all related systems i.e. Blackberry Servers
•Methodically administrated the Ministry Backup System as well as the Storage System and all of the related systems
•Acted as support, administrated and maintained Web Servers, hosted the MCIT websites along with various MCIT related projects
•Consistently managed, deployed and operated various MCIT related projects in other entities
•Accountable for the successful management of the MCIT Data Center, encompassing the monitoring of systems and any hardware replacement and maintenance
•Organised and coordinated a variety of IT related Tenders for MCIT projects

Help Desk Engineer at Confidential Organization
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2003 to April 2004

•Appointed to one of the major MCIT sites where the scope of work included the support and maintenance of 100 user machines. Also required to apply policies, take the necessary backup and deploy patches
•Relied upon to administer active directory tasks and conduct all trouble shooting upon request
•Diligently maintained the Anti-Virus server for the site
•Effectively lead and guided the technical team to perform all required tasks efficiently and in a timely manner

Help Desk Engineer at Helb for Chemicals co.
  • Egypt - Damietta
  • August 2002 to February 2003

*Support and maintenance for a 100 Clients in the Factory Compass in Damietta .
* Support the Factory Automated Labs Machines and there required servers,
* Support Active Directory Server.
* Operate the Backup for the MS Exchange of the Company.

HelpDesk Engineer at Shouman Co
  • Egypt
  • August 2001 to July 2002

Support And Maintenance of about 30 Clients and there desktop applications, plus managing the web site contents and out-sourcing company, the graphic designing department. prepare the company Posters and media print-outs and

Instructor at freelancer
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • January 2000 to August 2001

Used to Provide training in Network Fundamentals -System Administration in Training Centers . including lab preparation and manage the course contents for customized courses . and make a customized assessments for the students.

Education

Master's degree, Information Security
  • at Nile University
  • September 2014

Finish all Courses Working On Thesis And Defense

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Arab Academy For Science and Technology
  • September 1999

GPA 3.44 Excellent

Specialties & Skills

IT Management
IT Operations
Project Management
Microsoft Windows Environment
Redhat Linux OS
Team Leading
coaching and mentoring
Project Management
Time Management
Conflict management
Problem solving
work under pressure
communication and interpersonal skills
Cloud Computing
Data Center Managment
MS Windows Networking Environmnet
Web Portals Projects
Server Virtualization
VMware vSphere

Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Vmware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 6.5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2018
Valid Until:
January 2020
VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization 6 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2017
Valid Until:
May 2019
VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.2] (Training)
Training Institute:
VMware
Date Attended:
November 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Data Center Design Consultant (Training)
Training Institute:
Bicsi
Date Attended:
December 2015
Duration:
40 hours
VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization 5.5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2015
Registered Communications Distribution Designer (Training)
Training Institute:
BICSI
Date Attended:
September 2015
Duration:
40 hours
Dell Equallogic iscsi Storage Arrays (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2013
Valid Until:
August 2013
ITILv3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Valid Until:
July 2009
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2001
Valid Until:
April 2001
HP EVA Storage Systems (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2005
Valid Until:
November 2005
Internet Security Systems Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2006
Valid Until:
April 2006
Red hat Administration and Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2008
Valid Until:
March 2008
HP Data Center Design Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Valid Until:
January 2014
Communication , Presentation , Decision making , Negotiation Skills (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Valid Until:
January 2014
MCSE 2000 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2003
Valid Until:
June 2003
Dell PowerEdge Servers (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2013
Valid Until:
August 2013
Symantec Enterprise Vault (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2011
Valid Until:
April 2011
AIX Administration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2007
Valid Until:
September 2007
MCSE NT (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2000
Valid Until:
March 2000
CCNP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2001
Valid Until:
June 2001
HP Data Centers For Managers (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Valid Until:
January 2014
IBM V7000 Storage (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Valid Until:
January 2010
GIAC Security Essentials Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2009
Valid Until:
November 2009

Hobbies

  • Photography