Senior Infrastructure and Cyber Security Architect
General Electric - United Arab Emirates
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :19 years, 9 أشهر
• Studying, Creating, designing, and developing a sophisticated control system Infrastructure and Cyber Security design and architecture specifications for the Computer systems and network infrastructures of the SCADA/EMS/DMS/MMS
Systems.
• Analysing and interpreting the control system infrastructure and Cyber Security architecture design to enhance the system security, make the system more efficient, and following the latest advanced design technologies and Cyber Security standards.
• Evaluating the system infrastructure design and networks for optimum performance and efficiency.
• Infrastructure design assessment and recommending enhancement and improvement to the network.
• Assisting and providing expert skills in the network problem troubleshooting and emergency network support, 2nd level on-call support for operational control centres.
• Experienced in Eterra products: Software integration, displays building, application configuration, troubleshooting, and testing. Leading infrastructure team for GE Grid Solutions regional data center &
Platform including factory setup for new and upgrade projects, installation and configuration of hardware such as servers, storage systems and workstations, software and third-party licenses, database applications, networks configuration, and Cyber Security requirements, testing and commissioning of these systems and network and administrating the systems.
• Leading regional Grid Solutions infrastructure activities for the MENAT region for the SCADA control systems, supporting and supervising the local engineers, and providing training periodically.
• Support operational system with traffic monitoring and analysis to troubleshoot problems in the network.
• Conducting Cyber Security Audits for MENAT clients. Support commercial and tendering teams for new tenders’ execution and
System design.
• Enhance regional customer’s relationship by providing advanced technical support and consultation.
Managing IT Infrastructure of Dubai and regional offices in GCC and Africa.
Responsible of delivery of enterprise applications, Financial Application (Oracle and Hyperion, PBCS).
Managing segregation of Networks for all locations as per the Legal/Compliance requirements.
Managing Internal IT Team and Outsourced Vendor for IT activities, Audit and Reporting within Dubai and across locations.
Administration/Managing of IT Network/Security Equipment’s to protect the confidentiality and integrity of the organization.
Strategic planning and inter organization meeting to deliver objectives and roadmap which can cater services to Business in a very cost effective way.
Recommending/Suggesting management for up-gradation of Network Equipment’s and Applications whenever and wherever applicable.
Reporting and Budgeting for Corporate Head.
Maintaining/Managing IT documents (Policies and Procedures) for IT Security and Internal Audits.
Applying and following IT Security rule-sets defined by HO for all the implementations and decommissioning of servers/applications.
Manage DR which is hosted in Etisalat Al-Ain Data centre.
Manage Corporate Head Office with Cisco IP telephony and AP Meraki for 900 Users.
Organising Inter offices meeting to define and deliver roadmap.
Ensure delivery of agreed SLA and high level of customer satisfaction, ensure better collaboration between various businesses and deliver team.
Continuously working towards KPI to achieve deliverables and ensure they are met or exceeded.
Oversee and streamlining of daily operations of the Business.
Management of IT projects by evaluating business needs in conjunction to budget and providing cost effective IT solutions.
Ensure all employees adhere to IT Policies and procedures in regard to Data Protection and protecting organizational assets.
Manage, lead or hire IT staff for IT operation, Ensure staff have right attitude and capability, resolve conflict issue within the Team
Recent Projects-- Complete the migration of Microsoft Hardware servers to Dell Converged System to improve the performance and drastically reduce the maintenance cost.
Complete Oracle Severs on ODA which also improves the performance and reduces the maintenance cost.
Migrate group MPLS lines to SDWAN Technology which save monthly occurrence cost.
Implement the Second layer Security across the Data canters to enhance the security of the servers.
Responsible for Data Network Management at 5 sites which entails the following:
Provide/Recommend/Engineer/Support technology solutions for small/medium businesses located in the Gulf Region.
Desiging, Installation, performance monitoring and troubleshooting of Routers(2800), Switches(3500, 2900) & firewalls (ASA5500)of different vendors \[HP Blade servers, (HP DL380 and HP ML350)\], CISCO routers(2800), Catalyst Switches 2950 / 3750 Series and firewalls Cisco 5500 series.
Responsible for providing Network diagram using Visio, Word etc.
Designed, implemented and supported solutions for Microsoft Windows 2008, Exchange Server 2007.
Providing desktop support for 200 users at Head Office and network support over 5 sites.
Managing, troubleshooting, and configuring Telephone Server System (AVAYA, Interactive Intelligence).
Maligning the Brokers, customer services and operation Telephone Recording System(Audio Log).
Planning & execution of corrective and preventive actions to resolve network problems.
Managing Vmware application such as Vsphere, ESXi, server and workstation.
Developing relationship with clients in proposing optimized network solutions using best of practice and emergent technologies.
Managing the daily and Monthly Backup system using HP data Protector and DPM.
Implement Cisco Firewall IPS(ASA AIP SMM-5520) using ASA5520 series.
Managing the Blackberry berry manager with no. of users 75.
Managed the process within Network Operations to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities.
Conduct any fine tuning of the system as required such as setting up devices for SNMP trapping, configuring Syslog to capture device messages, and setting system to send alerts (via email or other means) based on certain events/thresholds.
Assist service desk on rotational basis in resolving issues.
Managed ERP package for Brokerage and Investment financial System.
Managing the Market (DFM, ADSM and DIFX)
Alameen Financial Brokerage(Algurair Group), Oud Metha, DubaiU.A.E. Sept’05 to Sep’06
Planned, designed and implement the Al amen Brokerage System Network.
Managing the installation, configuration & maintenance of Servers (Exchange Server 2003, Proxy ISA 2004, Domain Controller, Voice recording Server and Trading Application Servers
supporting users Workstations, Networking Equipments, Routers, Firewall & Switches,
Computer Hardware Devices and Software, ensuring maximum uptime
Identifying, developing and negotiating with vendors for timely procurement of systems & equipments in technical adherence to project requirements
Installing and configuring Trading application, Horizon, and Equator.
Supporting E-trade and Brokers application.
Worked as a network Administrator for InfoNet Systems Jebel Ali dubai and . I have gain experience in following areas.
Routers : Cisco Routers, 1700, 2600, 2800
Switches : Cisco Catalyst 1900, 2900, 3500, 4500 series
Network Management : Cisco Config Maker, Visio.
Network Monitoring : NetWatch, Observer.
Routing Protocols : Frame Relay, ISDN, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF
Switching : VLAN Management
Security : Norton Anti-Virus Server, McAfee Antivirus Antivirus, Access
List Implementation, Group Policies.
Firewall : PIX
SECURITY SOLUTIONS: Check Point firewall-I/VPN-I, Cisco Pix Firewalls, IPolicy
Microsoft Windows
Keep 24*7 mission for all Servers up and running.
Installing Windows 2000 Domain Controller, creating and adding members to a group
Administering Active Directory user and computer accounts
Upgrading a Windows NT Domain(PDC) to Windows 2000 Domain, 2003 .Allotting disk quotas, administering Disks with Basic & Dynamic volumes.
Backup and Restoring data from tape.
Backup and Restore of entire Partition and Hard disks with disk image by using different software.
Installing and configuring Terminal Services, Remote desktop and client services for NetWare.
Installing and configuring Internet Information Services.
Administrating and setting user and group accounts
Securing Systems and Networks with latest patches through Windows updates.
Auditing and Monitoring Network Resources.
Implementing & Configuring DHCP server for automatically assigning IP address to DHCP Clients.
Exchange Server 2K/2K3
Installing configuring and Troubleshooting of Exchange Server, Exchange Protocol NNTP, SMTP, and POP3 etc.
This program has given more depth to my technical knowledge, skills and has given me an understanding of business related issues.