Abdul Aziz Abdul Rehman, IT Manager

Abdul Aziz Abdul Rehman

IT Manager

SAASC (LA'ALA,KMGC,VENICE,ALL SUBGROUP)

Location
Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
Education
Bachelor's degree, BSc. IT
Experience
14 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 3 Months

IT Manager at SAASC (LA'ALA,KMGC,VENICE,ALL SUBGROUP)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2014 to December 2017

o Planning Executing IT operations in central office and branches of several subgroup of the company
o Assessing the existing network security and architecting tune-up parameters to meet today’s security requirements
o Optimizing network security to protect from latest threats and malware mechanisms.
o Deploying virtual servers and promote to production, Maintaining mail server and user mailboxes
o Provisioning Implementing Multi-Tiered storage and Data Protection in main office and branches
o Managing Cisco CU IP PBX systems, access control and T&A system
o Manging IT service cases to comply SLAs, Motivating technical team towards production and development

Project lead, Implementation Engineer at Al Nawasi Trad. CO.
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2005 to January 2014

o Designed deployed VMWare cluster, DRS, HA Virtualizing 22 critical servers along with Fujitsu storage in Kuwait National Guards
o Designed executed the VMware Cluster with 18 VMs in Rifai Glass Co.
o Designed deployed Microsoft Virtual Server 2012R2 15VMs Cluster with EMC VNX Storage and EMC Avamar in KISR
o Designed Deployed EMC and NetApp Storage in Ministry of Finance
o Designed deployed VMware Cluster, DRS 12 VMs Ministry of Education
o Deployed Infrastructure servers and Microsoft Virtual server 2012 R2 in Ministry of Interior
o Installed Maintained Matica Instant Issuance ATM Card system in Ahli United Bank, Burgan Bank and Commercial Bank of Kuwait
o Deployed VMware cluster with Fujitsu storage in KDD
o Implemented the NetApp Storage and Fujitsu servers in Markaz along with DR site and Remote replication
o Consolidated Datacentres with Virtualisation for diverse clients including KPC, M.N Al-Hajery & Sons Ltd, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of information, Ministry of Interior, Metal Centre, Kuwait University, American University of Kuwait, KNPC, KENTZ, Lufthansa cargo

IT Engineer at 4C Computer Communication Concept Co.
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2003 to March 2005

o Planning Installing Networks, switches, Routers, Servers, Communication Devices, to various clients
o Supervising the technical team for IT projects
o Manging the IT service cases, maintaining reports and archiving

Education

Bachelor's degree, BSc. IT
  • at Modern Institute of Engineering & Management
  • September 2003

BSc-IT from MIEM Mumbai

Specialties & Skills

Mac OS X
Firewalls
IT Security
SAN STORAGE NetApp
Microsoft Virtualisation
SAN STORAGE EMC VNX
Cloud AWS,Microsoft Azure
ANTI VIRUS MultiVendors
SERVERS FUJITSU,DELL,HP,IBM
FIREWALLS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Native Speaker
Tamil
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Lufthansa Engineer Assesment (Training)
Training Institute:
Fujitsu
Date Attended:
October 2005
Duration:
8 hours
Fujitsu Servers (Training)
Training Institute:
Fujitsu
Date Attended:
January 2006
Duration:
24 hours
Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook (Training)
Training Institute:
Fujitsu
Date Attended:
September 2012
Duration:
30 hours
Primergy Blade Installation Advanced Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Fujitsu
Date Attended:
March 2012
Duration:
18 hours
Primergy Blade Installation Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Fujitsu
Date Attended:
March 2012
Duration:
18 hours
Fujitsu Primergy Blade Virtual IO Manager (Training)
Training Institute:
Fujitsu
Date Attended:
March 2012
Duration:
18 hours
Microsoft Virtual Server (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2009
Technology Architect, Isilon Solutions Specialist (EMCTA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Technology Architect, VNX Solutions Specialist (EMCTA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013
SonicWALL Network Security Administration NS-102 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2014
EMC MirrorView & SAN Copy Configuration & Management (Training)
Training Institute:
EMC MirrorView & SAN Copy Configuration & Management
Date Attended:
January 2011
Duration:
14 hours
EMC AVAMAR certificate (Training)
Training Institute:
EMC AVAMAR Administration
Date Attended:
January 2012
Duration:
32 hours
ICMVS 5 (Training)
Training Institute:
VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V5.0]
Date Attended:
February 2012
Duration:
18 hours
MCTS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Symantec (Training)
Training Institute:
Symantec Technical Specialist
Date Attended:
February 2013
Duration:
12 hours
NetApp Data ON Tap Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
FastLane Dubai
Date Attended:
February 2006
Duration:
32 hours
VMWare (Training)
Training Institute:
Virtual Infrastructure Coure
Date Attended:
January 2006
Duration:
16 hours
Certified SonicWALL Security Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007
Certified Cisco Network Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2006
VMware Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010