ابراهيم الدسوقى المحسناوى, Solutions Architect

ابراهيم الدسوقى المحسناوى

Solutions Architect

Diyar United Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Diploma, Network Administrator
Experience
16 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 3 Months

Solutions Architect at Diyar United Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since December 2019

I’m managing Diyar branches in the Gulf (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar)
My General Role
My role to help the customers get up and running fast, minimize risk and deliver the business outcome from strategy to implementation to optimization. I bring experience to facilitate the customer’s evolution towards emerging technology solutions, sharpening their edge in today’s complex digital world, understand the business and technical requirements, contribute to the best architecture designs, and deploy the solutions using a methodological approach.
I’m a specialist passionate about VMware infrastructure, Data Center operations, Automation, Orchestration Management of Cloud, end-user computing, and network virtualization with a broad understanding of either storage and Hyper-converged systems.
My Typical Day at Work
• Interface Directly with Sales team to ensure the proposed enterprise cloud solution meets the customers’ requirements listed in RFPs
• Plan, design (High Level Conceptual design and Low-Level Design), build & deliver the VMware SDDC, Cloud infrastructure, and Networking solutions
• Conduct VMware consulting solutions in a timely and effective manner, either on individual engagements or in collaboration with a team on larger projects
• Interact and collaborate with customers by delivering workshops, knowledge transfers and hands-on implementation
• Display commercial awareness by identifying future services opportunity within a project or with the customer
• Provide technical input to the Services Business Leaders in the pre-sales stage of an opportunity by providing accurate effort estimation
• Ensure success of customer proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
• Mentor junior colleagues and assist them on their journey within VMware Services.
I design, implement and Configure all VMware Products below:
• vSphere 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
• vRealize Automation and Orchestrator 6.x, 7.x and 8.0
• vRealize Operations 6.x, 7.x and 8.0
• vRealize Business for Cloud 7.x
• vRealize Log Insight 4.x and 8.0
• vRealize Network Insight 4.x and 5.0
• vSAN 5.x and 6.x
• NSX for vSphere 6.x
• Horizon View 6.x and 7.x
• Horizon Mirage 5.x

Senior System Engineer at Diyar United Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 2018 to December 2019

I’m managing Diyar branches in the Gulf (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar)
My General Role
My role to help the customers get up and running fast, minimize risk and deliver the business outcome from strategy to implementation to optimization. I bring experience to facilitate the customer’s evolution towards emerging technology solutions, sharpening their edge in today’s complex digital world, understand the business and technical requirements, contribute to the best architecture designs, and deploy the solutions using a methodological approach.
I’m a specialist passionate about VMware infrastructure, Data Center operations, Automation, Orchestration Management of Cloud, end-user computing, and network virtualization with a broad understanding of either storage and Hyper-converged systems.
My Typical Day at Work
• Interface Directly with Sales team to ensure the proposed enterprise cloud solution meets the customers’ requirements listed in RFPs
• Plan, design (High Level Conceptual design and Low-Level Design), build & deliver the VMware SDDC, Cloud infrastructure, and Networking solutions
• Conduct VMware consulting solutions in a timely and effective manner, either on individual engagements or in collaboration with a team on larger projects
• Interact and collaborate with customers by delivering workshops, knowledge transfers and hands-on implementation
• Display commercial awareness by identifying future services opportunity within a project or with the customer
• Provide technical input to the Services Business Leaders in the pre-sales stage of an opportunity by providing accurate effort estimation
• Ensure success of customer proof-of-concepts (PoCs)
• Mentor junior colleagues and assist them on their journey within VMware Services.
I design, implement and Configure all VMware Products below:
• vSphere 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
• vRealize Automation and Orchestrator 6.x, 7.x and 8.0
• vRealize Operations 6.x, 7.x and 8.0
• vRealize Business for Cloud 7.x
• vRealize Log Insight 4.x and 8.0
• vRealize Network Insight 4.x and 5.0
• vSAN 5.x and 6.x
• NSX for vSphere 6.x
• Horizon View 6.x and 7.x
• Horizon Mirage 5.x

Data Center Engineer at Smart System
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2016 to March 2018

My primary role is VMware Specialist and Focus in SDDC, SDN and SDS
I'm doing Design, Implementation and Configuration to all VMware Products :
vSphere 4.x, 5.x, 6.0, 6.5 and vSOM
VMware vRealize Network Insight
VMware vSAN 5.x and 6.x
VMware NSX 6.x
VMware Airwatch
VMware Horizon View 6.x and 7.x
VMware Mirage 5.x

Second Role
Design, Implementation and Configuration "Hyper Converged Infrastructure " HCI products Like :
Nutanix Acropolis and Prism
Cisco Hyper Flex HX

And Backup solutions like:

Veeam Backup & Replication 6 .0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.x and Symantec NetBackup Appliance

System Engineer at Bcube
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2010 to August 2016

I am responsible for manage all IT devices in Villanova Egypt :
Villanova Egypt old name for Bube ltd

VMware :
ESX 4, ESXI 5.5, vSphere and Vcenter .

5 Servers and more than 14 VMs

Microsoft :
DC, ISA 2006, Terminal Services 2008, File Server, DNS, DHCP, and VPN

Cisco :
Router 2811, Switches Catalyst 3560 and ASA 5510 Firewall .

Veeam Backup and Replication and Bitdefender antivirus .

Tasks :
Reporting directly to Head of Infrastructure Systems Engineering team in Italy ( Bcube )
Plan and manage new components/services installation and managing
Contribute in managing queue by monitoring, validating, scheduling, troubleshooting and do tasks (incidents, changes, problems, releases, upgrades and Projects)
• Perform release management including software and hardware.
• Perform configuration management tasks and ensures at all time the systems inventory is populated with an up to date information reflection operational changes.
• Perform other tasks in line with systems services operation as suggested by management.

Senior Instructor at Egybyte
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2008 to May 2010

Instructor for :

• MCITP enterprise admin Track
• MCSE 20003 Track
• MCSA 2003 Track
• Exchange 2007
• SCCM & SCVMM
• ISA 2004 & ISA 2006
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

Instructor at New Horizons
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2008 to April 2010

Instructor for :

• MCITP Enterprise Admin Track
• MCSE 20003 Track
• MCSA 2003 Track
• Exchange 2007
• ISA 2004 & ISA 2006
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

Education

Diploma, Network Administrator
  • at IT Arab
  • May 2007

Microsoft Certified System Engineer MCSE 200) Database MCDBA

Bachelor's degree, Law
  • at B.Sc. Law
  • June 2006

B.Sc. Law

Specialties & Skills

VMware vR
VMware Airwatch
Vmware NSX
VMware Horizon
vSphere

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
German
Beginner

Training and Certifications

VCAP 7 CMA VMware Certified Advanced Professional 7 Cloud Managt and Automation Design (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2020
VCAP 2020 DTM VMware Certified Advanced Professional Desktop and Mobility Design (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
VCIX 2020 DCV VMware Certified Implementation Expert - Data Center Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
VCIX 6.5 DCV VMware Certified Implementation Expert - Data Center Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
VCAP 6.5 DCV VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6.5 Data Center Virtualization Design (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
VCP 2020 DTM VMware Certified Professional 7 Desktop and Mobility (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
VCIX 2019 NV VMware Certified Implementation Expert 6 Network Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019
VCAP 6 DCV VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 Data Center Virtualization Deployment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
VCP 7 DTM VMware Certified Professional 7 Desktop and Mobility (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2019
VCP NV 2019 VMware Certified Professional 2019 - Network Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019
vROPs 2017 VMware vRealize Operations 2017 Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019
VCP 6.5 DCV VMware Certified Professional 6.5 - Data Center Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2018
VCIX 6 NV VMware Certified Implementation Expert 6 Network Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017
VCAP 6 NV Deploy VMware Certified Advanced Professional 6 - Network Virtualization (Certificate)
Valid Until:
January 2017
VCP 6 DTM VMware Certified Professional 6 – Desktop and Mobility (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2017
VMware Certified Professional 6 – Cloud Management and Automation (VCP6-CMA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
VMware vExpert 2017 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2017
VMware vExpert 2017 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2017
VMware vExpert 2016 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2016
VMware vExpert 2015 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2015
Valid Until:
August 2016
VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization (VCP-NV) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCITP - Microsoft® Certified IT Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
MTA - Microsoft Technology Associate - Windows Server® Administration Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMware Certified Professional 6 - Network Virtualization (VCP6-NV) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCT - Microsoft Certified Trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCSE 2012 Private Cloud - Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Veeam Backup Academy Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMware Certified Associate - Cloud (VCA-Cloud) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL® v3 Foundation, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
Valid Until:
December 2017
VMware Certified Associate - Workforce Mobility (VCA-WM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCSE 2003 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Reading & Learning