Niksaan Bhoowabul, IT Specialist

Niksaan Bhoowabul

IT Specialist

Farah Leisure Parks Management LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, BSc (Hons) Information Technology
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

IT Specialist at Farah Leisure Parks Management LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since July 2013

(1) Active Directory - create and maintain user accounts
(2) Exchange server - create and maintain email accounts
(3) Juniper and Cisco switches - configure ports / VLAN
(4) Lync and Cisco Unified Communications Manager
(5) OMNI / BOS ticketing software
(6) Infogenesis (POS application), Universal Desktop and Eatec
(7) RMG networks Digital Signage
(8) Hardware and Software troubleshooting
(9) Backup - Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and 2012
(10) Liaise with vendors and suppliers
(11) Keep asset sheet/list up to date (hardware and software)
(12) Go-Kart SMS Timing application
(13) Gartner locker system and Access control
(14) CCTV - Milestone application
(15) MS Windows and MS Office

French IT Helpdesk Support at One.com
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2008 to June 2013

(1) Assist customers on all IT related issues and accounting/sales issues related to web hosting:
- Troubleshooting web site creation issues (HTML, PHP, ASP, MySQL, FTP, CMS).
- Troubleshooting e-mail issues on all mail programs (POP, IMAP and SMTP issues).
- Domain name registrations/transfers.
- Troubleshooting DNS issues.
- Refunds and accounting enquiries.
- Sales enquires.
(2) Awarded supporter of the month in July 2008 and August 2009.

Service Support Specialist for CISCO Systems Inc at Teleforma Mauritius LTD
  • Mauritius
  • September 2006 to January 2008

(1) Assisting customers to have their database up-to-date for them to be able to make correct use of the online service tools as and when needed.
(2) Updating the CISCO service database.
(3) Making sure that the accounts (companies or customers) are having the database correct so as to prevent under billing or over billing.
(4) Mediator between customers and technicians.
(5) Responsible for assisting customers to any change they wanted on their contract.
(6) Providing the right reports upon customer’s request.
(7) Responsible for training new hires in the Contract Management Team.
(8) Follow SOX rules on specific customer accounts.
(9) Responsible for identifying non-billed services for specific customer accounts.
(10) Tested and did quality assurance on the new customer service support tool that was going to be launched by CISCO.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BSc (Hons) Information Technology
  • at University of Mauritius
  • September 2006

BSc (Hons) Information Technology

Diploma, A-Level ( University of Cambridge), Science field
  • at Mahatma Gandhi Institute
  • November 2002

General Paper : B Mathematics : B Physics: D Geography : E

Diploma, O-Level (University of Cambridge), Science field
  • at Mahatma Gandhi Institute
  • November 2000

English Language : B Geography : B French : A Mathematics : B Additional Mathematics : B Physics : B Biology : C Chemistry : E

Specialties & Skills

Geography
Mathematics
Physics
Science
Windows OS - 95, 98, 2000, Millenium, XP, Vista
Visual Basic
Typing 50 wpm
Internet Applications
Software Testing
MS Office
E-mail clients
Customer Service

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

Service Desk Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Windows Server Administration Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
Service Desk Analyst (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999