Ahmed Sabry, Senior System Administrator

Ahmed Sabry

Senior System Administrator

Dubai American Private School

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
8 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :8 years, 6 Months

Senior System Administrator at Dubai American Private School
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2016 to July 2017

 Managing, maintain 100 users with servers Domain Controller, firewall, Application, File server and Database
server.
 Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage,
etc.
 Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment
 Install and maintain network hardware and software, support LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet, and
intranet systems
 Analyze and isolate issues, Monitor networks to ensure security and availability to specific users.
 Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems
and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as
backups.
 Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to
the appropriate media
 Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, connection, printer and software issues

Senior System Administrator at Malt Technics LLC, IT Department
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2014 to March 2016

 Managing, maintain 50 users with five servers Domain Controller, firewall, Application, File server and Database
server.
 Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage,
etc.
 Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment
 Install and maintain network hardware and software, support LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet, and
intranet systems
 Analyze and isolate issues, Monitor networks to ensure security and availability to specific users.
 Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems
and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as
backups.
 Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to
the appropriate media
 Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, connection, printer and software issues
 Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
 Create, change, and delete user accounts per request.
 Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure / add
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 Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks.
Identify approaches that leverage our resources and provide economies of scale.
 Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures.
 Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning.
 Prepare requisitions, Sending Inquiries for computers items & printers and select the best brand with the best price.
 Perform on going performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU,
memory, and disk partitions as required.

Oracle Database Administrator at Alexandria Port Authority, Electronic Department
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • January 2013 to August 2014

Alexandria Port Authority, Electronic Department January 2013 - Present
Oracle Database Administrator
Roles
• Installation, configuration and upgrading of Oracle server software and related products. Designing Planning, scheduling and implementing backup strategies including using (expdp/impdp, Cold, hot backups, archives, RMAN)

• Proficiency in SQL and PL/SQL programming. Includes, creating database objects like creating tables, views, indexes, constraints, sequences, functions, procedures, packages, triggers, PL/SQL blocks, partitioned tables, etc.
• Fulfill DBA daily activities including user management (creating users, grant or revoke privileges, roles, quotas capacity planning etc.)
• Space management (table space, undo segment), monitoring (alert log, memory, disk I/O, CPU, database network connectivity)
• Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges

Projects at Alexandria Port Authority, Electronic Department
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • January 2013 to August 2014

Alexandria Port Authority, Electronic Department January 2013 - Aug 2014
Projects
• Participating in the development of new Port system. The new system responsible for manipulating the business processes of Alexandria port, which including Vessel movement system, licensing system, loading and discharging system, warehousing system, gates system and billing system. Development using .net technology and oracle database. In addition to the use of tools such as Visual studio.net, Sybase Power Designer, Microsoft Report Builder
• Preparing Oracle BI publisher report server over Linux (installation, configuration, security model, maintain and design the reports) to perform reporting tasks to senior management of Alexandria port. (2013)

Technical support at Alexandria Port Authority, Electronic Department
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • November 2009 to December 2012

Alexandria Port Authority, Electronic Department Nov 2009 - Dec 2012
Technical support
Performed application technical support (Smart Port Solution (SPS), the main application of Alexandria Port), including: • Staff training on the new tasks on the SPS application.

• Performed analysis tasks such as business process of Manifest cycle and determine what additional functionality Manifest cycle need.
• Performed testing tasks on new functionality of SPS application

Information Technology Support Specialist at Alexandria Company for Construction in Madinaty Project
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2008 to October 2009

Alexandria Company for Construction in Madinaty Project Oct 2008 - Oct 2009
Information Technology Support Specialist
• Configure applications, system software, hardware, and local peripherals, diagnose and resolve various equipment problems
• Administer servers and networking equipment
• Resolve connectivity between local systems and servers
• Resolve the hardware issue
• Diagnose and resolve day to day operations issues
• Manage departmental desktops
• Develop effective policies and procedures
• Implement backup and recovery policies procedures

Education

Diploma, Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University.
  • September 2018

Master's degree, Information Technology September 2012 — May 2015 (Expected) Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University. I have been finished 6 prerequisite courses and now preparing the thesis

High school or equivalent, Information Technology
  • at Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University.
  • September 2014

Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, 2013-2014 • Data Structures. • Network and Information Security. • Software Engineering • E-Commerce • Computer Simulation. • Database System

High school or equivalent, Information Technology
  • at New Horizons
  • December 2013

New Horizons, Alexandria, 2011-2013 • Oracle Database Administration 11g R2 (Workshop 1, Workshop 2). • Oracle Database SQL Certified Expert • Oracle Developer 11g (SQL-PL/SQL-Forms-Report) • Linux Red Hat 6 System Administration. • Introduction to C# Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

High school or equivalent, English
  • at AMIDEAST, 2007-2009
  • November 2009

• Upper Intermediate level of courses in the English language program, General English.

Bachelor's degree, Management Information System
  • at Arab Academy for Science and Technology
  • May 2008

B.Sc. of Business Administration September 2004 — May 2008 Major Management Information System Arab Academy for Science and Technology, College of Management and Technology Obtained the BSc. degree with GPA 2.91/4.0 Very good and Graduation project about Travel & Tourism Service Online Grade Excellence.

High school or equivalent, Management Information System
  • at Arab Academy for Science and Technology, College of Management and Technology
  • May 2008

Arab Academy for Science and Technology, College of Management and Technology 2004-2008 • Data Bases • Advanced Databases • Information Technology • Information System Design • Information System Analysis • Information System Management • Management Information System • Computer Application In Business • E-Commerce Technologies • New Trends (Operating Systems) • Networks And Communication • Intro To Computer Programming (Java) • Application In Computer Programming (Java II) • Decision Support Systems & Intelligent Systems. • Object-Oriented System and Design using UML. Technical Background • Familiar with C# Programming. • Familiar with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. • Familiar with Data modeling using Sybase PowerDesigner. • Familiar with Oracle Business Intelligence Suite. • Familiar with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Report Builder • Familiar with A+.

Specialties & Skills

Databases
Supportive
Oracle SQL
DATABASE
SECURITY
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TESTING
TRAINING
BILLING
CAPACITY PLANNING
Help Desk Support
System Administrator

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Scuba diving
  • Swimming