Ahmed Farid, Senior Information Systems Analyst & Software Designer

Ahmed Farid

Senior Information Systems Analyst & Software Designer

Alexandria Fertilizers Co.

Location
Egypt - Alexandria
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronic Communication Engineering
Experience
18 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 8 Months

Senior Information Systems Analyst & Software Designer at Alexandria Fertilizers Co.
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • My current job since January 2015

Oracle EBS:

•Manage the upgrade of Oracle E-Business Suite from version 11.5.10.2 to version 12.1.3.
(Project Duration: 9 Months, Estimated Budget: 120, 000 EGP, Role: Project Manager).
•Organize users and key users training for all functional modules.
•Implementation of Oracle Human Capital Management, Self Service, Time and Labor and Learning Management.
(Project Duration: 12 Months, Estimated Budget: 60, 000 USD, Role: Team Leader).
•Provide Internal Training Sessions and Prepare Training Material (Documents, Videos, Presentations, etc.).
•Optimize current reports and create new reports to help middle management make the most out of the information in the system.

Infrastructure, Backup, and Monitoring:

•Planning and Performing Hardware Upgrade for SAN Storage and Blade Servers.
(Project Durations: 1 Month, 40, 000 USD, Roles: Team Leader).
•Monitor and update IT Inventory, enhance and supervise the ticketing system.
•Optimize, Schedule and Monitor Backups.

Information Security:

•Replacement of Internet Firewall with Next Generation Firewall (Infrastructure Upgrade Phase1).
(Project Duration: 3 Months, Estimated Budget: 6, 000 USD, Role: Project Manager).
•Monitor current systems/networks regularly and develop better security practices, review internal network traffic for anomalies and take corrective/preventive steps.
•Review current IT policies, and implement new ones.
•Provide security awareness sessions and newsletters for the end user.

Management Tasks:

•Preparing request for proposals and tenders.
•Evaluating new and emerging technologies.
•Planning future upgrades and expansion (On-going two years project).
•Enhancing IT Controls and Internal operation, and maintaining quality standards.
•Preparing reports, forms, SOPs.
•Estimating budgets.
•Demand, Deployment and Roll-out management.
•Training employees, attending meetings, doing presentations.

Acting as Senior Network and Systems Engineer at Alexandria Fertilizers Co.
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • My current job since January 2015

•Monitoring and maintenance for the Server Room infrastructure (Air-conditioning, Power connection/UPS, HVAC, etc.)
•Administration and upgrades of Servers/Storage Infrastructure (IBM x-Servers, Blade Servers, SAN Storage, etc.)
•Administrate Alexfert Network Infrastructure (Cables/Fiber Connections, Edge Switches, Core Switch, Routers, Firewalls, etc.)
•Monitor VMware ESX infrastructure (ESXi, Vsphere, Vcenter, and VMware workstation).
•Monitor and Optimize Software infrastructure (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, File Share, MS SQL Server, Cisco ACS, Sophos Enterprise AV, PRTG, Red hat Linux Servers, etc.)
•Basic administration of Oracle EBS server (Red Hat Linux, Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Backup, Cloning, etc.).
•Supervising IT Helpdesk staff, monitoring tickets, printing, E-Mail, Desktop infrastructures, and CCTV.

Information Systems Analyst & Software Designer at Alexandria Fertilizers Co.
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • March 2009 to December 2014

•Oracle E-Business suite 11.5 administration and user support (General Ledger, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Fixed Assets, Purchasing, Inventory, Payroll, Process Manufacturing).
(Project: Implementation of Oracle EBS, Duration: 2 Years, Budget: 500, 000 USD, Role: Developer).
•Introduction of new reports using XML Publisher/Oracle Developer.
•Working close to the end user to guarantee the alignment between the ERP System and the business.
•Provide user training as well as training material.
•Maintenance of AlexFert HR/Payroll custom built application (Integrated forms and reports).
•Using VMware Workstation and VMware ESX
(Project: Migration to VMware, Duration: 2 Months, Role: Assistant Project Manager).
•Management and execution of the new Finger Print Time Attendance Project in AlexFert including preparing and implementing a project plan, interfacing to Oracle ERP, and the alignment with Human Resources department.
(Project Duration: 3 Months, Duration: 3 Months, Budget: 20, 000 EGP, Role: Project Manager).
•Managing the implementation of LaserFiche Document Management System in AlexFert, as well as LaserFiche administration, user training, etc.
(Duration: 12 Months, Budget: 25, 000 USD, Role: Project Manager).
•Assistance with Server Hardware upgrade to IBM SAN Storage / IBM Blade Servers to implement virtualization with VMware.
(Project Duration: 3 Months, Budget: 45, 000 USD, Role: Assistant Project Manager).
•Requirements collection for Alexfert website and Coordination with the implementation outsourced team using a Content Management System.
(Project Duration: 3 Months, Budget: 12, 000 EGP, Role: Project Manager).
•Planning for implementation for Alexfert backup / DR Site.
(Project Duration: 1 Month, Budget: 3, 000 EGP, Role: Project Manager).
•Implementation, Deployment and Maintenance of Alexfert Local Intranet using Joomla CMS.

Information Management Specialist at Makro Cash & Carry Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2008 to March 2009

•Facilitate the alignment between business and IM/IT in the country.
•Support the local demand (portfolio) management.
•Ensure the decommissioning of local applications.
•Provide reliable input for the IM/IT budget planning.
•Demand Management.
•Incident & Problem Management.
•Deployment and Roll-out management.
•Service Level Management.

System Analyst / Developer at Environmental Quality International (EQI Egypt)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2005 to December 2008

• Basic Installation and Administration of Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere, Adaptive Server Enterprise, and MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008.
• Analysis, Design, Development and Maintenance of various systems (Basic Micro banking Modules for small, medium and large Microfinance Institutions/Banks: financial, loan tracking, savings systems…etc) using Power Builder, Java, or ASP.Net to develop the user interface.
• Installation, basic administration, and performance analysis and evaluation of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise on Linux platform (Fedora Core 3) as compared to Microsoft Windows Platform (Xp/Server2003).
(Project Duration: 5 Months, Budget: 12, 000 EGP, Role: Research and Development).
• Database replication (SQL Remote) on Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere and Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise.
• Development of Arabic, English and French Interfaces, as well as supplying necessary documentation, help and user Manuals.
(Project Duration: 3 Months, Budget: 6, 000 EGP, Role: Translator and Technical Writer).
• Development of web-based systems using J2EE based technologies (Apache Tomcat, Struts, Servlet, JSP, Project Duration: 9 Months, Budget: 4, 000 EGP, Role: Java Developer).
• Conduct user training for systems users as well as providing technical support.
• Extensive software testing, simulation, and bug verification.
• Assistance during first phase of the setup of two subsidiary microfinance institutions:
o The study of the various relations between the new institutions and their parent banks.
o Conducting a field mission to perform an assessment of the MIS requirements to sustain a decentralized credit scheme through the identified branches.
o Covered computing equipment and telecommunication facilities.
o Study of the adaptation and modifications to the existing loan tracking software to meet the new lending strategies resulting from the conducted market study.
• Study and implementation of the migration plan from Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 11.5 to Oracle 10g (Database Structure, Triggers, and Procedures migration).
• Development of web application using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (ASP.NET and .NET Datawindow) (Project Duration: 4 months, Budget: 7, 000 EGP, Role: Research and Development).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronic Communication Engineering
  • at Alexandria University
  • June 2005

Electrical and Electronic Communication Engineering

High school or equivalent, Thanaweya Amma
  • at College Saint Marc
  • June 2000

Thanaweya Amma, Maths Section.

Specialties & Skills

Oracle ERP
VMware Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure
Information Security
BUDGETING
COMPUTER HARDWARE
EBUSINESS
ESTIMATING
FIREWALLS
FUNCTIONAL
INFORMATION SECURITY
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

Healthkeepers
  • Athlete
  • June 2017

Training and Certifications

ITIL Foundation V3 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
August 2017
Presentation Skills, Advanced Management Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Professional Development Foundation / Dale Carnegie Egypt
Date Attended:
December 2017
Leadership and Strategic Planning, Advanced Management Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Professional Development Foundation / Leadership Foundation
Date Attended:
November 2017
Introduction to Project Management, Advanced Management Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Professional Development Foundation / RITI Egypt
Date Attended:
November 2017
Corporate Finance Workshop, Advanced Management Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Professional Development Foundation / RITI Egypt
Date Attended:
November 2017
Dale Carnegie Seminar, Advanced Management Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Professional Development Foundation / Dale Carnegie Egypt
Date Attended:
November 2017
Sophos Central Endpoint (Training)
Training Institute:
DRS Middle-East & Africa
Date Attended:
January 2018
Sophos XG Firewall (Training)
Training Institute:
DRS Middle-East & Africa
Date Attended:
January 2018
Sophos XG Firewall (Training)
Training Institute:
DRS Middle-East & Africa
Date Attended:
January 2018
EC-Council, Certified Network Defender, certificate No ECC61453426257 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2017
EC-Council, Certified Security Specialist, certificate No 110260 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2016
EC-Council, Certified Secure Computer User, Certificate No 110275 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2016
Operating Systems Security (Training)
Training Institute:
Arab Academy for Science and Technology
Date Attended:
January 2016
Network Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Arab Academy for Science and Technology
Date Attended:
September 2015
Linux Professional Institute (LPI 101) (Training)
Training Institute:
Gateway
Date Attended:
April 2005
CCNA 4.0 (Training)
Training Institute:
Gateway
Date Attended:
July 2004
Configuring, Managing & Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Servers (6419) (Training)
Training Institute:
ITE Egypt
Date Attended:
October 2010
Certified Ethical Hacker v7 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
January 2014
Linux for Oracle DBAs (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
May 2015
Cryptography I, Stanford University (Training)
Training Institute:
Coursera
Date Attended:
June 2015
Internet History, Technology, & Security, University of Michigan (Training)
Training Institute:
Coursera
Date Attended:
September 2015
R12.x Extend Oracle Applications: Building OA Framework Applications (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
April 2015
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2, 70-410 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
March 2017
CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
January 2018
Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions-70-533 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
February 2018
Fundamentals of the Java Programming Language (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
January 2013
Java Programming Language (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
February 2013
Introduction to MySQL Database (JAVA) (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
March 2013
Java – Enterprise Connectivity (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
March 2013
Introduction to Android Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
January 2015
Web Component Development with Servlets & JSPs (Java EE 6) (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
May 2013
Java 8, Introduction to Hibernate (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
June 2015
Java 8, Building Web Application Using Spring MVC (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
May 2015
Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems: Part 1, University of Maryland (Training)
Training Institute:
Coursera
Date Attended:
July 2015
Oracle 10g, OCP, Oracle Reports 10g (Training)
Training Institute:
Information System Institute, Military of defense
Date Attended:
December 2008
Oracle 10g, OCP, Oracle Forms Developer 10g (Training)
Training Institute:
Information System Institute, Military of defense
Date Attended:
October 2008
Oracle 10g, OCP, Oracle PL-SQL (Training)
Training Institute:
Information System Institute, Military of defense
Date Attended:
June 2006
Oracle 10g, OCP, Oracle SQL (Training)
Training Institute:
Information System Institute, Military of defense
Date Attended:
June 2006
R12 Oracle Asset Management Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
May 2010
R12 Oracle Cash Management Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
May 2010
R12 Oracle Receivables Management Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
April 2010
R12 Oracle Payables Management Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
January 2010
R12 Oracle General Ledger Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
December 2009
R12 Oracle E-Business Suite Essentials for Implementers (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
November 2009
Introduction to Financial Oracle (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons
Date Attended:
October 2009
R12.x Oracle HRMS Learning Management Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Crystal Consulting
Date Attended:
September 2017
R12.x Oracle HRMS Self Service Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Crystal Consulting
Date Attended:
November 2017
R12.x Oracle HRMS People Management Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Crystal Consulting
Date Attended:
July 2014
R12.x Oracle HRMS Work Structures Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Crystal Consulting
Date Attended:
June 2014
R12.x Oracle Time and Labor (Training)
Training Institute:
Crystal Consulting
Date Attended:
February 2016

Hobbies

  • Cross Fit
  • Running
  • Video Editing
  • Spanish Guitar
  • Free Diving
  • Scuba Diving
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