Senior Systems Engineer
Data Serve
Total years of experience :12 years, 0 Months
September 2010 - Present
Senior Systems Engineer: Data Serve | Saudi Arabia
Job Responsibilities
o Responsible for maintaining IT infrastructure including server hardware, VMware environment, data storage,
switching and routing, backups, email, firewall, spam filtering, AV, VPN, mobile devices, network monitoring, and all Microsoft technologies.
o Deployment of VMware vSphere in multi Datacenter environment.
o Design and Implementation of VMware View.
o Build, configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical-to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012.
o Hands on experience in iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel protocols, Fiber Channel cabling, switching, and zoning.
o Performing routine audits of systems and software.
o Responsible for AD, Exchange 2010 Environment, TMG 2010, Forefront for Exchange and SQL.
o Analyzing system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems.
o Introducing and integrating new technologies into existing data center environments.
o Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes.
o Installing and configuring new hardware and software.
o Responsibility for documenting the configuration of the system.
o Troubleshooting any reported problems.
o System performance tuning.
o Proactively monitor systems for optimum performance and capacity constraints.
o Insuring that the network infrastructure is up and running.
o Establishing and maintain Test Environment and a lab for testing new technologies.
o Work directly with Tier 1 staff to resolve issues.
o Performed backup activities, tracked backup failures and monitored trends to determine root cause.
o Designing and Deploying Symantec Backup Exec and Backup System Recovery.
o Implementing and Managing VMware vCenter Servers.
o Troubleshot and resolved network security and performance issues.
o Installed servers and networking components and organized cabling within the datacenter.
o Implementing and installing storage system and manage it.
July 2007 - August 2010
Infrastructure Specialist | Global Brands
UC Team member in Global Brands that's considered the biggest solution provider in Egypt and the Premier Support Company Winner for Microsoft solutions.
Job Responsibilities
o Consultancy and both reactive and proactive support services for Microsoft (MS) products.
o Design a high reliable solution using the latest technology and a secure solution.
o Implement Complex solutions at customer sites.
o Responsible of my company's infrastructure services.
o Keep Customer satisfaction.
NAS Airline
o Planning and Designing Active Directory 2008 R2 cross forest migration and removing child domain from the forest to work under the parent domain.
o Complete Messaging Infrastructure design solution with High Availability including DAGs (Database
Availability Groups) in a disaster site.
Symantec Projects:
RIC - Rayadah Investment Company
o Implement and Configure Backup Exec 2010 and Backup Exec System Recovery 2010.
o Responsible for configure backup hardware & software to provide the ability to recover the images data as well as the data stored in the databases in case of disk failure or data corruption.
o Expansion the EMC storage.
NCDA - National Center For Documents & Archives
o Implement and configure Backup Exec 2010 for all the servers that includes critical database in case of disk
failure or data corruption.
VMware Projects:
MDA - Madina Development Authority
o Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis implementation with B200 M2 blades.
o Deployment of VMware vSphere ESXi 4.1 integrated with UCS.
o Deployment of VMware vSphere View 4.
o Upgrade ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.
o Migration of physical servers.
o Hands on migration Exchange Server and AD infrastructure.
Armed Forces Hospitals Administration in Taif Region
o Delivering server consolidations utilizing VMware ESXi 5 deployed on IBM Blades HX5.
o Hands on IBM Storage XIV System implementation and management.
o Migrate about 60 physical server to virtual P2V using VMware Converter.
o Hands on Migration Exchange Server 2007 to Exchange 2010.
Global Brands - Egypt
Infrastructure Specialists - Project Team
Wastani Petroleum Company
o Transitioning and redesigning the Exchange system 2007 using SSR - Standby Continuous Replication.
Hyundai Ghabour
o Transitioning and redesigning the Exchange system 2007 using CCR - Cluster Continuous Replication
In tours for Travelling
o Deploying Exchange Server 2007.
Systems Engineer - Outsource - Global Brands - Egypt
At Mac-Carpet, Edita, UGDC (United Gas Derivatives Company), GM (General Motors), ADIB (Abu Dhabi Islamic
Bank), Golden Pyramid Plaza (City Stars)
o Responsible of Domain Controllers administration for their sites.
o Responsible of Exchange servers.
o Following up backup procedures.
o Preparing Documentations for the environment.
o Establishing and maintain Test Environment and a lab for testing new technologies.
o Work directly with Tier 1 staff to resolve issues.
o Developing solutions that both teams can implement to prevent similar problems from reoccurring.
o Monitoring Backend servers (Domain controllers-Exchange servers-Anti Spam-Anti Virus-OCS servers- )
o System analysis & tuning.
o Performance optimization.
o System expansion support.
June 2006 - July 2007
System Administrator| Xerox Egypt
It is a world leading enterprise for business process and document management.
Job Responsibilities
o Provided support, diagnosed system problems, and managed system and data analysis.
o Setup Printers servers systems and related equipment at customer sites.
o Trouble shooting and System Support.
Projects Samples and Achievements
Data Serve - Saudi Arabia
Microsoft Projects:
Data Serve
o Upgrading the Active Directory Infrastructure from 2003 to 2008 & 2012.
o Upgrading the Messaging Infrastructure from Exchange 2007 to 2010 & 2013.
o Upgrading ISA Server from 2004 to 2006 with the new publishing rules and services.
o Configure Outlook Any Where and Active Sync for mobile.
o Move and maintain the old Black Berry Server to a new one.
Mac Carpet
o Upgrading the Active Directory Infrastructure from 2000 to 2003.
o Upgrading the Messaging Infrastructure from Exchange 2003 to 2007.
o Upgrading ISA Server from 2004 to 2006 with the new publishing rules and services.
o Configure Outlook Any Where and Active Sync for mobile.
Americana
o Deploying Exchange Server 2007
o Implementing Forefront For Exchange