Haroon Khan, System & Network Administrator

Haroon Khan

System & Network Administrator

Al-Fares Group of Companies

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Bachelor's degree, BCS (Computer Science)
Experience
17 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 8 Months

System & Network Administrator at Al-Fares Group of Companies
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since January 2010

Present Duties and Responsibilities:
• Managing group of 5 members, assigning them tasks to handle the situations on daily basis.
• Working on the SLAs with the IT vendors of the company.
• Creating Supplier Orders for purchase of the IT equipment & supplies from numerous vendors.
• Dealing with the Key Account Managers as per the arising situations.
• Managing all the hosting and the webmail accounts of my company, including renewals etc.
• Handling ERP (JD Edwards) issues on daily basis and escalating to the concerned consultants.
• Managing confidential files and information of the IT Department
• Install & Troubleshoot Windows Server & solving company’s intranet & server related problems,
• Management & configuration of Network services such as ADS (AD DS), DHCP & DNS,
• Install Administer and Troubleshoot Microsoft® Exchange 2003 & 2010
• Configuring Exchange Client using heterogeneous MS-Outlook version
• Proactively maintaining & Monitoring the network connectivity & performance.
• Moving users from one machine to another with their Profiles and Data,
• Dealing with Users, Groups OUs, & Security Permissions as per the organization’s requirements
• Installing and Troubleshooting Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, Dealing with different Access Rules as per the organization’s requirements
• Monitoring and Management of Terminal Servers and Remote Desktop Connections
• Installation, Administration and Management of KasperSky Antivirus Server Administration Kit
• Managing and working with routine database Backups and restoration processes
• Good knowledge of Using, managing and monitoring Citrix Meta frame 4.0 Server,
• Desktop Support to users including Software, Hardware, Applications and e-mail support
• IT Help Desk “Manage Engine Service Desk” for daily user complaints & the resolutions.
• Providing Remote support to the remote branches across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Managing and troubleshooting the Dynamic DNS clients and CCTV cameras
• Any other responsibilities assigned by employer.

IT Administrator/Officer at Ummah Welfare Trust (UK Reg. No. 1000851)
  • Pakistan
  • February 2008 to January 2010

Responsibilities Included:

• Monitor network connectivity and the internet link and its performance.
• Configure, administer and maintain Windows Server 2003 Active
Directory User Accounts etc
• MS ISA Server, DNS, DHCP and Exchange servers.
• Providing management and troubleshooting on DSL modems, VPN,
Access Points and Routers,
• Managing Antivirus issues like licensing, update, configuration etc,
• Providing IT Help Desk Assistance and IT problem solution to users,
• Configuration/creation of MS Exchange e-mail accounts Using Outlook,
• Creating weekly and monthly Backups and submitting monthly report to
the HO in UK
• Procurement and management of all the IT equipment,
• Maintenance & Troubleshooting of the Local Area Network (LAN),
• Hardware & Software Troubleshooting
• Correspondence with the Head Office in UK regarding IT related issues.

Computer / Network Assistant (Partly Computer Trainer in Pak Army as a civilian) at Pakistan Army HRDC 1 Corps Mangla Cantt.
  • Pakistan
  • April 2007 to February 2008

Data Processing Cell (DPC) Network links monitoring
Providing Troubleshooting to the users of POP3 and Outlook remotely
Hauling newly arrived stocks of the IT Equipments to other departments and cantonments from DPC
Monitoring of the Antivirus Server issues
Providing IT Support to users of the Headquarters 1 Corps
Taking part in Interviewing IT personnel
Dealing routine office matters of the IT Department
Installation and Troubleshooting of all kinds of hardware / software
Suggest various ideas in Upgrading PCs (hardware/software)
Creating Timely Backups
Purchase of the IT equipments

Lecturer in Computer Science & Lab In Charge of both Boys and Girls Sections at Jinah Islamia College Peshawr
  • Pakistan - Peshawar
  • September 2006 to April 2007

Teaching Computer Science as a subject to B.Sc. and F. Sc. Students
In-charge of the Two Computer Labs of the college
Purchase of IT equipments for the Computer Labs
Hardware, software and Network troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree, BCS (Computer Science)
  • at University of Peshawar, Peshawar Pakistan
  • March 2007

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) with CGPA of 3.6/4(80% marks obtained) I have completed my 1

Specialties & Skills

System Administration
Network Administration
Technical Support
CCNA (Routing & Switching
MCITP Enterprise Administrator (Windows Server)
MS Office
Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center Specialist
English, Urdu and Pashto Drafting and Proof reading
Microsoft Office
Antivirus
Domain Policies
Operating Systems
Windows Server
Senior Help Desk Engineer
CCNP Routing & Switching
Web Hosting Management
system administration
windows 7
outlook
windows server 2008
computer hardware troubleshooting

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Pushto
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Server Virtualizaion with Windows Server Hyper V and System Centre Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCTS, MCSA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
September 2012
CCNA (Routing and Switching) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2013
Valid Until:
September 2016

Hobbies

  • Interested in Swimming
  • interested in driving