عبد الغفور G K

• Lead and design organization IT security roadmap, Military industry requirements and strategic business objectives. The roadmap covers the creation and management of IT security policies and controls, advanced cyber security, risk assessment, cyber threat analysis, emerging cyber-attacks threats & malwares protection, advanced persistent threats, computer-network forensics tools, data loss prevention, threat auditing tools, vulnerability & patch management and continuous monitoring tools.
• Lead, develop and manage IT operation team. More importantly, design and build IT service management which includes key functions and process such as Service Desk, Change management, availability and capacity management, IT project management, Assets management, etc.
• Responsible for creating and developing IT project strategies in alignment with organizational goals

• Successfully lead and coordinated migration of infrastructure from one domain and data center to another domain and data center.
• Lead and worked on core IT infrastructure and systems projects (design, deployment and administration of MS SQL for various applications, MS SCCM for OS deployment and patch management, Exchange 2013, Storage solutions, Backup solution, VMWare solutions, etc.)
• Installation, configuration and administration of Windchill Product Lifecycle Management system
• Provide technical leadership in the areas of systems administration (Windows/Linux), storage administration, server patch management and database administration
• Resolving high priority incident tickets, which has high probability of potential impacts on business as well as resolve helpdesk escalations.
• Perform system (physical and virtual servers, storages, system applications, web services, etc.) monitoring and analysis, performance tuning and troubleshooting issues, including proactive problem resolution and complex problem analysis as necessary, to maintain system performance to meet user demand.
• Reduce operational risks and improve availability of the server infrastructure by ensuring system access, monitoring, control, evaluation and documentation.
• Supervise technical staff including training and evaluation.

• Identify key improvement area, planning ERP upgrade, budget preparation and other related tasks.
• Provisioning & configuring new Virtual Machines according to the project requirements
• Provide support and troubleshooting for Concept 500 Facility Management application in both, application level and database level. Design, implement and modify Concept 500 workflows and reports as and when business requires it.
• Provide first line of support for Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 and CRM 4.0 on application and database levels. Design and build custom reports using Microsoft SSRS for GP 10.0
• Designing, installing & maintaining IT infrastructure, which involves Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, Exchange Server 2007, SQL Server 2008, Norton Backup Exec and PowerShell Scripting.
• Troubleshoot MS CRM & FSI Concept 500 applications, create video training materials for the users, create reports for ERP applications using Crystal Reports IX and create integration workflows between FSI Concept 500 and other ERP applications.
• Perform high level management of Cisco IP phone system and Cisco Unified Call Manager web application v6.0
• Management of WatchGuard Firebox X1250 & Fortigate firewalls as and when required.

• Administration of Windows Server 2000 / 2003.
• VMWare ESX 4.1 Administration & Support
• Designed, implemented and managing internal infrastructure consisting Active Directory, Exchange Server, DHCP, DNS, WSUS, Scripting with PowerShell, Antivirus and backup servers in the corporate network.
• Designed, coded and implemented intranet web applications.
• Developed reputation for commitment to continuous improvement of tech support and system management.

• Manage and be a part of a team of 6 developers for designing, developing and implementing banking solution using VB6 and SQLServer/Oracle as backend throughout Kerala and some places in Karnataka and Maharashtra.
• Introduced new way of coding using APIs in VB6, which could bring down the amount of coding required.
• Part of a team designing, developing and implementing trading software throughout Kerala, India.

• Responsible for IT support administration as well as coordination with various IT vendors.
• Designed and developed applications for automating sales and production administration work.
• Designed and developed software for estimating price and generating quotations based on different criteria, which thus can be tracked until approval.
• Designed and developed software for billing and delivery order tracking of produced goods.