Abdul Riyas, IT ServiceDesk Analyst

Abdul Riyas

IT ServiceDesk Analyst

National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Networking
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

IT ServiceDesk Analyst at National Bank of Abu Dhabi
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since September 2012

 Act as a single point of contact for phone calls and emails from staff regarding IT issues and queries.
 Receiving, logging and managing calls from internal staff via telephone and email.
 1st and 2nd line support - troubleshooting of IT related problems from in-house software to hardware, such as Blackberrys, Laptops, PCs and Printers.
 Troubleshoot basic network issues.
 Escalate unresolved calls to the infrastructure support team.
 Log all calls in the Service Desk Call Logging system (HPSM).
 Ensuring that staffing and skill levels are maintained throughout operational hours by managing shift staffing schedules, etc.
 Acting as an escalation point where difficult or controversial calls are received.
 Producing statistics and management reports.
 Representing the Service Desk at meetings.
 Arranging staff training and awareness sessions.
 Performing briefings to Service Desk staff on changes or deployments that may affect volumes at the Service Desk.
 Assisting Analysts in providing first line support when workloads are high, or where additional experience is required.
 Take ownership of user problems and follow up the status of problems on behalf of the user and communicate progress in a timely manner.
 To maintain a high degree of customer service for all support queries and adhere to all service management principles.
 Provide basic in-house training in MS Office applications used within the Association (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
 Publishing support documentation to assist staff with requests for information & provide staff training if required.
 Basic Active Directory knowledge. Creating user accounts, reset passwords, create groups etc.
 Blackberry account management and provision.
 To arrange for external technical support where problems cannot be resolved in house.

IT coordinator at Mutawa Marine Works Est.
  • Other
  • October 2009 to May 2011

 Bulk Administration Tool for IP Phones and IP Communicators
 Configuration of Cisco extension Mobility
 Configuration of Music On Hold (MOH) Resources
 Have hands on experience working with CISCO 7940, 7960, 7961, 7942, 7962 IP phones
 Have configured Voice Interfaces like FXS, FXO, ISDN T1/E1 PRI, T1/E1 CAS, ISDN BRI
 Configuration of Phone Button Template, Soft key Template
 Configuration of User Features such as Speed dial, Call forwarding, call hunt, call pickup, Call Park, etc.
 Cisco unity connection integration and configuration.
 Maintaining inventory of computers & related hardware and software and projectors available in the office and on ships/sites.
 Applying trouble shooting principles to maintain all computers, projectors and related hardware in good operating conditions in the office and on ship/sites.
 Trouble shooting and maintenance of Windows, Microsoft Office and other software related problems.
 Maintaining existing networking system between various PCs and between PCs & printers etc; and upgrading whenever needed.
 Maintaining data base of existing Email IDs, usernames & passwords for web mail access and establishing new ones whenever needed.
 Maintaining liaison with respective service providers for maintaining accounts, domain name and other IT matters.
 Regular updating & uploading of fresh information on company website.
 Data entry and retrieval.

Technical Support Engineer at e4e Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd Banglore
  • Other
  • June 2008 to May 2009

 Create and Modify Domain User Accounts, Groups, Computer objects and Organizational Units by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC Snap-in.
 Installations, configuration and administrations of Operating Systems like Windows 2003/2000 Servers and Windows 98/XP/2000Professional clients.
 Installation, manage and maintenance of Active directory (AD).
 Installation and configuration of RAID.
 Configuring User Account Properties. And granting Permissions.
 Manage and maintenance of shared folders.
 Configure and Maintain daily weekly backups and Restore.
 Good Understanding of Verities of backups
 Manage Symantec Anti Virus software.
 Good Understanding and experience of MS Office.
 Administration and support of Printer servers and LAN printers.
 PC Hardware supporting, Assembling, configuring desktops and Servers upgrading and Troubleshooting of peripherals and preventative maintenance.
 Internet and software application support.
 Network Configuration and implementation, adding more system to network.
 Installation Configuration and Maintenance of mail clients like MS Outlook and Outlook Express.
 Perform routine system audits, service pack installations, and upgrades.
 Documentation of call reports, asset list, monthly status report, and Helpdesk support.

System Engineer at Compunet Systems
  • Other
  • January 2007 to May 2008

 Create and Modify Domain User Accounts, Groups, Computer objects and Organizational Units by using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC Snap-in.
 Installations, configuration and administrations of Operating Systems like Windows 2003/2000 Servers and Windows 98/XP/2000Professional clients.
 Installation, manage and maintenance of Active directory (AD).
 Installation and configuration of RAID.
 Configuring User Account Properties. And granting Permissions.
 Manage and maintenance of shared folders.
 Configure and Maintain daily weekly backups and Restore.
 Good Understanding of Verities of backups
 Manage Symantec Anti Virus software.
 Good Understanding and experience of MS Office.
 Administration and support of Printer servers and LAN printers.
 PC Hardware supporting, Assembling, configuring desktops and Servers upgrading and Troubleshooting of peripherals and preventative maintenance.
 Internet and software application support.
 Network Configuration and implementation, adding more system to network.
 Installation Configuration and Maintenance of mail clients like MS Outlook and Outlook Express.
 Perform routine system audits, service pack installations, and upgrades.
 Documentation of call reports, asset list, monthly status report, and Helpdesk support.

Education

Master's degree, Networking
  • at Kaizen School of Business Management
  • September 2012
Bachelor's degree, Networking
  • at NTTF Technical Training Centre
  • May 2008

Specialties & Skills

Router Configuration
IP Phones
User Groups
Windows Networking
IP Phones
Domain Controllers
Active Directory

Languages

English
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