Azhar Siddiqui, System Administrator

Azhar Siddiqui

System Administrator

Injazat Data Systems

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

System Administrator at Injazat Data Systems
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since January 2009

Analyze, evaluate and integrate complex system designs.
Prepare and execute systems maintenance plans to proactively manage reliability and service expectations.
Executes Troubleshooting methodology and root-cause analysis to resolve complex and advanced level problems.
Minimize system downtime and maintain / enhance system functionality.
Virtualization using VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V.
Manage Windows Infrastructure (2012/2008).
Handle Active Directory, DNS and DHCP related operations.
Implementation, configure and provide operational Support for Exchange 2013, 2010.
Manage Office Communication System (Skype for Business and Lync)
Managing standalone or clustered File and Print Servers.
Provide Blackberry operational support.
Handle Backups using various solutions (i.e. Symantec Backup Exec, Networker and Microsoft DPM).
Apply ITIL framework, closed Problem records within defined timeline threshold to minimize impact on client / outage.
Comply with all requirements communicated in a SLA and provide a level of support that meets or exceed expectations.
Process workflow in line of SLA's and ITIL Change Management.

System Administrator at Airwaves Media Pvt Ltd (TV One & News One)
  • Pakistan
  • January 2007 to December 2008

Making sure that the operation of mission-critical machines always online & a replica is always available to provide backup.
Managing & monitoring Windows Servers & their relevant services (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, IIS, Exchange and ISA).
Ensuring maximum availability of remote stations (sites) to the central office.
Assuring the connectivity of clients is connecting to FTP remotely.
Implementing policies to avoid security threats related OS Antivirus, SMTP.
Providing regular backup of data for local and remote systems that is being received.
Running test and development environment by using VMWare GSX, MS Virtual Server.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Hamdard University
  • December 2006
High school or equivalent, Pre-Engineering
  • at Board of Intermidiate Education
  • April 1999

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Technologies
VMware Infrastructure
System Administration
Wintel Server Administration
Exchange 2010
Backup Solutions
Virtualization
Exchange 2013

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
January 2014
Exchange 2013 - IGNITE (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft MEA
Date Attended:
April 2013
Cisco UCS Power Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco - Dubai
Date Attended:
April 2013
Windows Server 2012 (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
March 2013
VMware vSphere 5.0 (Training)
Training Institute:
VMWare - Dubai
Date Attended:
November 2012
Windows 2008 Server (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
November 2009
CCNA Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Times Tech IT Institute
Date Attended:
February 2003
Windows 2008 Server (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
August 2009
MCSE Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Times Tech IT Institute
Date Attended:
September 2002
Microsoft Forefront Identity Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft MEA
Date Attended:
December 2011

Hobbies

  • Technology Research