Alaa ben rhouma, IT Engineer

Alaa ben rhouma

IT Engineer

ST Microelectronics

Location
Tunisia - Tunis
Education
Master's degree, Telecommunication and Information Technology
Experience
10 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 7 Months

IT Engineer at ST Microelectronics
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • My current job since September 2017

******Support:
• Management and maintenance of all ST infra (Support L2)
• Preparing Bash, Powershell and Python scripts for automating daily actions.
• Analyze and meet the needs of users
• Prepare Root Cause Analysis docs for incidents
• Suggestion, improvement and optimization of current solutions
• Using Qualys Vulnerability Manager to locate and fix vulnerabilities.

******Projects

Secure zone Project
• New vSphere HA cluster with 4 ESXi and NetApp datastores for ST secure zone
• FT configuration for critical VMs
• Upgrade the vSphere cluster from 6.0 to 6.5
• Configuring disk mirroring with LVM for application VMs.
• Installing and configuring a NIS domain with Centrify agent authentication
• Deploying an Active directory solution with 2 DCs.
• PowerShell script preparation for automating Windows VM creation
• Automation of Linux VM creation by the Kick Start solution.

Zabbix Monitoring Project
• Installation and configuration of a Zabbix monitoring server
• Configuration of various checks (disk space, RAM / Swap, custom scripts) to monitor server performance
• Using APIs to create automation scripts for adding / removing / modifying Hosts in Zabbix
• Creating scripts that check alerts generated by Zabbix to initiate automatic remediation actions.
• Creating a KeyTab Server for token distribution for Zabbix authentication.

VSphere Project
• Study and Heath-Check of the main vSphere cluster for the decision to add a new host.
• Feasibility study of the migration of VNC physical servers to VMs (RAM and CPU study) --> Deploying a new Vsphere 6.5 Cluster to replace all VNC physical servers.
• vRealize Operations Manager test
• vSphere upgrade study from 6.0 to 6.5 --> Hardware not supported --> Decision to upgrade only vCenter to take advantage of new features like vCenter HA and vCenter Backup

IT Engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • June 2015 to September 2017

**** Project: STEG (Tunisien Company of Electricity and Gas)
• L2 Support for Client STEG
• Participation in the design of a new network for STEG including:
o Two HA servers with Veritas Cluster for the U2000 management application with a DB backup solution on an OceanStor 5300 storage array
o Routers + Switch + WDM

• Implementation of a Load Balancing solution of STEG web servers with Keepalived.
• Participated in the preparation of the HLD / LLD of the STEG project.
• Installation and commissioning of the U2000 management server and set up the first router on the new network
• Preparation of integration scripts for new routers / switches.
• Management of a team of technicians to ensure the integration of routers on the network.

**** Orange Tunisia Project
• L2 support for Orange Tunisia team.
• Implementation of a VSphere Cluster containing 2 ESXi in HA.
• Converting critical physical servers to Virtual Machines to ensure their HA and backup
• Enable Fault Tolerance on critical KPI calculation and network management VMs.
• Implementation of VDP as Backup solution.
• Set up a new TACACS server for routers authentication.

Network Engineer at Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • May 2014 to June 2015

Orange Tunisia Project:
• Troubleshooting and support level 2.
• Migration of the Orange Tunisia network routing protocol from OSPF to ISIS.
• Test and implementation of new technical solutions in the Orange network.
• Participated in network planning, design and engineering of the network architecture.
• Integration of new network infrastructures (routers and switches).
• Preparing BGP e IS-IS configuration scripts for new routers.
• Training new recruits on the Orange network architecture and installed Hardware.
• Preparation of technical documents for new solutions and acceptance documents for new Hardware (routers and switches).
• Coordination with Huawei R&D to resolve the critical problems of the Orange network.
• Participation in the capacity re-design project of the Orange network.
• Participation project expansion of the Orange network in the South zone by pre-aggregation layers of routers.
• Software upgrade of all routers in the Orange Tunisia network
• Implementation of Client-to-Site IPSEC VPN solution between Huawei Headquarters (Huawei Router) and Orange Headquarters (Juniper Firewall).
• Implementation of L2VPN and L3VPN solutions for B2B customers.

IT Engineer at AETech
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • September 2013 to May 2014

• Design and implementation of a new IT infrastructure for the client Tunis International Bank based on IBM Flex Systems, IBM Storwize V3700, RHEV virtualization Technology & IBM Tivoli Storage Manager.
• Design and implementation of a messaging solution with an HA Exchange Server 2013 for client SEGNERE.
• Design and implementation of an Active Directory domain solution in Windows Server 2012 for the client COMOCAP.
• Design and implementation of internet and VPN security solution using Cyberoam Firewall product for COMOCAP.
• Design and implement a security solution using IPTables _rewall and Squid Proxy For AETECH Company.
• Design and implementation of an HA virtualization solution with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and cluster technology

Education

Master's degree, Telecommunication and Information Technology
  • at High School of Communication (SUP'Com)
  • June 2013
Diploma, Math-Physics, Rank
  • at NABEUL Preparatory Engineering Institute
  • January 2010

2008-2010 Undergraduate, NABEUL Preparatory Engineering Institute, Major: Math-Physics, Rank: 109/2000

Bachelor's degree, Maths
  • at Bourguiba School Hammam El Ghezaz
  • January 2008

2001-2008 baccalauréat, Bourguiba School Hammam El Ghezaz, Major: Maths

Specialties & Skills

Windows Server
Scripting
vSphere
Virtualization Technology
Linux Server
Optix PTN 910, PTN 1900, PTN 3900
IP/MPLS Network
L2VPN, L3VPN
Routing Protocols, IS-IS, BGP, OSPF
Routers, NE40E series
WDM products OSN 6800 and OSN 1800

Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

CCNA (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • BasketBall
    I had been a member and a player in the SUP'Com Basketball team from 2010 to 2013.
  • Fishing
  • Maths & Physics
    I do maths & physics for fun