Ahmed Magdy, Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer / Manager

Ahmed Magdy

Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer / Manager

WBN Technologies

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
17 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months

Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer / Manager at WBN Technologies
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2016

- Provide in-depth engineering and administration knowledge in Windows Server 2008R2/2012 R2 and VMWare vSphere/ESXi 5.5/6.0 server virtualization technologies to include assisting with developing enterprise strategy for Windows Servers, VMware and Security

-Provide support to a Medium size VMWare and Windows Server 2008/R2 and 2012 R2 environment including new system delivery, change requests, proactive availability and performance monitoring, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and the resolution of system issues
Manager

-Utilization of software distribution and system management tools to complete assigned tasks and manage normal maintenance. Experience administering Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

- Develop, Design and Plan Office 365 Migration and Support Road map

- Evaluate New Cloud Service Offerings for compliance with established Security Standards
- Review the key metrics to identify Continuous Improvement opportunities of the IT infrastructure services

- Design, configure and maintain the enterprise Windows domain infrastructure and core services including but not limited to AD, DNS, DHCP, NTFS, SMTP, and IIS.

-Develop and implement scripts to monitor systems and automate maintenance tasks.

-Investigate and provide corrective action for Tier 3 incidents and provide training to T1/T2 technicians as required.

- Assists in directing the implementation and maintenance of enterprise infrastructure systems for their assigned domain(s) and/or platform(s) to ensure successful deployment and operation of new or upgraded systems

- Builds and maintains partnerships with IT business leaders to ensure technology solutions support integrated business strategies

Senior System Engineer-Team Leader at Infasme
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to September 2016

- Leading a Team of System Engineers and Help Desk to Manage Group Network Environment for developing and testing Purposes Including More than one Hundred Running On premise Servers and Fifty Cloud Servers.
- Servers administration on Windows 2008\2012\2016, Linux Red Hat, Debian
- Implementing, configuring and maintaining Windows Server 2008/2012R2 Active Directory. Windows Azure Active Directory.
- Configuring and implementing Office 365 Hybrid Deployment with Exchange 2013 on premise servers.
- Installing and configuring SharePoint on premise and office 365 online version
- Creating, configuring, migrating and cloning Virtual Machines with vSphere Client, vSphere web client and vCenter.
- Implement Microsoft System Center " Configuration manager, Virtual machine manager "
- Installing and configuring SQL clusters to enhance database high availability and performance designing and implementing a backup Disaster Recovery plan of datacenter with the help of VEEAM and Symantec NetBackup.

Selected Accomplishments:
• Implement a new Help Desk Ticket System to provide all requests from internal Departments and external clients with a multi-channel request Channel and SLA Applied
• Implement an Internal Wiki System " Media Wiki "to Document All problem resolution methods and include also tips and tricks for all group users

IT Manager at BestBuy Egypt Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2011 to August 2014

- Leading a Team of 6 System Engineers to Manage group IT infrastructure including Severs, Cloud Data center, , ERP, E-commerce Websites, Call Center
- Led the development team that created the web and mobile user interfaces for 2B Computer.
- Maintained and monitored the server room, the wireless network and other server infrastructure.
- Translated technical specifications into detailed product requirements.

Selected Accomplishments:
• Installing and Configure a leading Ecommerce Website “2Bcomputer.com “for Online Purchasing
• Implement an Internal Call Center Based on 3CX VoIP System and Avaya to serve Company Hotline
• Switch Accounting System from Quick Books to A Cloud ERP
• Implement HR Software to Help HR department for Monitor Employees Activities, KPIs
• Configure Open Source CRM to improve Sales Team and Marketing team Capabilities
• Configure Open Source CRM to improve Sales Team Capabilities

Senior System Engineer at 2B Computer Affiliate of BestBuy Egypt Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2008 to November 2011

• Developed and implemented complex Internet and Intranet applications on multiple platforms.
• Coordinated with systems partners to finalize designs and confirm requirements.
• Diagnosed and troubleshoot UNIX and Windows processing problems and applied solutions to increase company efficiency.
• Streamlined and enhanced the corporate accounting and operations system.
• Managing Exchange Mail Server 2010 and responsible for backup and data protection using Microsoft Technology and Third party applications for Backups

Senior System Engineer at NileWeb Hosting
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2007 to July 2008

• Provides Second Level Support and manage Web Servers Hosted in Data Centers in New York, California and Germany remotely.
• Responsible for Mail servers Microsoft Exchange, Mail Enable, Web server IIS / Apache through control panels like WHM, Panels and Helm.
• Solving clients issues by phone and by ticket system with 30 Min Response time.
• Solving security issues like Web attacks, SQL injections, malware, Shell Scripts.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Ain Shams Uni
  • September 2009

Business Administration

Specialties & Skills

Windows Server
SharePoint
VMware ESX
Hyper V
Active Directory
Windows and Linux Server administration
Microsoft System Center
Active Directory
vSphere Client, vSphere web client and vCenter
IIS / Apache
Cluster And High Availability
System upgrades / Patches
Symantec Backup Exec
Virtualization
Windows Azure
Microsoft Sharepoint
Office 365
Microsoft SQL Server

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

VMware Certified Associate “Data Center Virtualization (Certificate)
MCSA Windows Server 2012, MCSE: Private cloud “in progress “. (Certificate)
Microsoft Academy Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft Egypt
Microsoft Certified System Engineer (Certificate)
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST). (Certificate)
VMware Certified Associate “Cloud Technology (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Photography