Sr. Solution Architect
SBG
Total years of experience :19 years, 3 Months
• Accomplish design and implementation of multiple projects with security solutions of multi-vendor technologies.
• Establish and evaluate the provided IT services to customer by reducing cost of used tools to 40%.
• Security assessment and enhancement for multiple customers.
• Network and security consulting for National Guard Hospitals project value of 280M SAR.
• Re-architected the network infrastructure and re-subnet the entire network with minimum impact on the services.
• Introduced change management policies and procedures for infrastructure changes reducing the number of unscheduled or unplanned outages by 75%.
• Reduced non-staff IT costs by 20% while maintaining key metrics through VMware virtualization, application rationalization, legacy system retirement, and SAN storage consolidation.
• Providing SaaS infrastructure to provide high-availability using Linux Cluster services and Global File System (GFS) along with Oracle Real Application Clustering (RAC) providing for 99.99% up time.
Being the Second member in the organization, setting up the overall IT systems & infrastructure, helping the holding company in Kuwait to setup business units and facilities is the major achievement in Riyadh, consultation assignments for other companies in the group (Kuwait & Egypt) was assigned to me to enhance IT systems and infrastructures.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Ensure that the systems are up and running and well maintained.
• Review the decisions of the management pertaining to technical details in
computer systems and networks.
• Prepare project details and company plans for future expansion.
• Evaluate and recommend hardware and software solutions, negotiate with
suppliers, manage the budgets.
• Lead software development to help the organization reach its objectives.
• Set annual targets related to IT operations and monitor the overall performance of the entire department.
• Communicate with the client for service level agreements.
• Design and implement IT policies with the consent of other board of Directors.
• Prepare an annual business plan for the IT department, by coordinating with
other departmental heads.
• Come up with innovative ideas and keep tabs of the latest technology.
• Checking daily backups, all system interfaces, Server hardware and logs.
• Supervision of IT supervisors and clerks.
• Assign IT Staff daily jobs and check lists, train them on all needed theoretical
and practical procedures, trouble shooting and support with in corporate standards.
• Claim suppliers for any Software/ Hardware conflicts.
• Follow up all claims that are being forwarded to IT Dept.
• Documenting, archiving all correspondence and trouble shooting, follow up suppliers’ visits and maintenance.
• Develop and adapt any ideas that bring IT services to higher level.
• Recovers any gaps that might face IT Dept.
• Assist existing/new properties when it is required, with approval of board of Directors.
• Network administrator and managing.
• Mange all our servers in AwalNet, data base management, exchange server.
• Configuration of Router and Switch, FortiGate managing, Support of MDF Engine and Client, Data Backup, Web Server, Mail Server.
• Support for connectivity between Tadawul and our company.
• Implemented VPN solutions using Cisco hardware.
• Provided support for the local area network and PC systems.
• Complex Problem Solving and troubleshooting all network problems.
• Design and implement network convergence.
• Improve current systems utilization & performance monitoring logs, methods, tools to collect right & accurate data; continually monitor all such data so collected and perform necessary systems.
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• Network administrator and managing.
• Mange all our servers in NOC, data base management, exchange server.
• Configuration of Router and Switch, FortiGate managing, Support of MDF Engine and Client, Data Backup, Web Server, Mail Server.
• Support for connectivity between Tadawul (Saudi Stock Market) and our company.
• Implemented VPN solutions using Cisco hardware.
• Provided support for the local area network and PC systems.
• Complex Problem Solving and troubleshooting all network problems.
• Design and implement network convergence.
• Improve current systems utilization & performance monitoring logs, methods, tools to collect right & accurate data; continually monitor all such data so collected and perform necessary systems.
• Implemented MPLS connection between company branches.
• Implemented VPN connection for all Watheeqa branches Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and UK.
• Full network design for Watheeqa Capital Company in Saudi Arabia and Implementation.
• Implements and VOIP for all Watheeqa branches.
• Network Teem leader.
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert – CCIE written
Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP
Training Courses Cisco network academy program CCNA. Date: Jun, 2001 Semesters (1&2) from CCNA program at Cisco Networking Academy. Semesters (3&4) from CCNA program at Cisco Networking Academy. Cisco Certified Network Associated CCNA. Date: Jun, 2004 Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP. Date: Nov, 2007 Thanks and appreciation from the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) success of the new system of Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert – CCIE written ITIL - Information Technology Infrastructure Library
Cisco network academy program CCNA. Date: Jun, 2001 Semesters (1&2) from CCNA program at Cisco Networking Academy. Semesters (3&4) from CCNA program at Cisco Networking Academy. Cisco Certified Network Associated CCNA.