Firoz Paloji, Sr. IT Systems Engineer

Firoz Paloji

Sr. IT Systems Engineer

Saudi Naval Support Co.

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Technology
Experience
29 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :29 years, 1 Months

Sr. IT Systems Engineer at Saudi Naval Support Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since August 2017

Executive Synopsis:
- Enterprise Project management, spanning sectors like - i) national telecommunication, ii) Naval Forces security, iii) Engineer Procure & Construction (EPC) sector, iv) Automobile Servicing business and v) Gems & Jewellery industry.
- Provided supportive leadership that has empowered and inspired team employees
- Continuous industry technology education through certification and seminars.
- Industry latest experience in ERP/CMMS, E-commerce, Business mobile applications and Cloud Computing platforms.
- Administered business processes that, helped maintain industry competency
- Desirable Interpersonal skills that any company can leverage upon.

Accomplishments:
- Full digitization of “work order” process for the Saudi Broadcasting Authority (SBA). The success of the CMMS driven project inspired SBA to replicate the system in new sites.
- Administered corporate policies for - i) uniform hardware and software, ii) in-house user training and iii) troubleshooting procedures. Users exhibited 180 degree turnaround in confidence in the company support team.
- Enhanced company networking performance through latest network solutions. It helped reduce annual networking expenses by 36%.
- Increased automation of corporate internet banking. It eliminated manual excel file banking.

Key Responsibilities:
- Key account Project Management.
- Coordinate procurement processes.
- Technology road map planning for the company.
- Project tender bidding, vendor negotiations and SLA.
- Office security system, Data backup and disaster recovery.
- Vendor management, testing & evaluating new technology.

Senior IT Systems Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 1996 to July 2017

Accomplishments:
- Streamlined corporate IT usage policies. Reduced computer provisioning time for new recruits and during repairs.
- Put in place a Knowledge Management System (KMS). The tech support loved it due to timely information access and users saved their downtime.
- Designed and implemented LMS (Learning Management System) for the Saudi Navy Forces, a shift from paper based training to online learning.
- Developed In-house digital test management system; allowing quick student evaluation and report processing.
- Played key role in designing document management and archival systems. Helped automating office document workflow process.
- Designed a unique, in-house, document search engine.

Key Responsibilities:
- Corporate IT Project Management.
- IT operations of company clients - United States Military and Royal Saudi Naval Force.
- Leadership support for development teams.
- Conduct Kingdom wide technology case studies and feasibility report.
- Responsible for country wide enterprise asset management.

Assistant Engineer at CMC Limited
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 1995 to April 1996

- Managed Tata’s X.400 messaging services, for India's western region.
- Conducted research and development to improve X.400 software.
- Lead the software development team in developing an email software.
- Executed migration of banking applications from IBM Mainframe to IBM RISC system.
- Developed gateway software to interface X.400 email with internet SMTP systems.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Technology
  • at Mumbai University
  • April 1995

Bachelors in Computer Technology (B.S. Tech Degree) with specialization in Computer Networking and Database

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics
  • at Mumbai University
  • April 1992

Bachelors in Science (B.Sc) with specialization in Mathematics (college topper)

Diploma, Systems Analysis & Design; C, Dbase and COBOL programming
  • at National Institue of Information Technology
  • December 1991

18 months Post Graduate Honors Diploma course

Specialties & Skills

Client Communication
Proposal Drafting
Consulting
Applied Technology
ITIL change management
IIS - ASP, Apache - PHP, Java Programming and .NET programming
C, C++, C#, Foxpro, VB
MS SQL, Oracle, MySql amd MS Access
HTML, Joomla, Drupal, Domain registration
Cisco router, Nokia firewall, Sonicwall, Juniper
Network programming - FTP, Messaging systems
SAP, MS AX Dynamics 2009 & MS Sharepoint

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

(Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2011
(Certificate)
ITIL v3 - Release Control Validation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2010
Valid Until:
October 2010
ITIL v3 - Service Operations (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2010
Valid Until:
September 2010
ITIL V3 Foundation (Certificate)
Valid Until:
October 2009