Infrastructure Unix, Storage & Applications Administration Senior Manager & DR Project Manager at Jo
Jordan Ahli Bank
Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months
Senior Infrastructure specialized including (but not limited to) design, building IBM infrastructure including AIX, Middleware, Power System and Core Banking Architect, working in the Banking Sector in Jordan for more than 15+ years with the ability to fulfill projects end to end.
Infrastructure specialized including IBM AIX, MQ, WebSphere, Integration Bus, and operating Temenos (T24 TAFJ) software Architecture and Administration with the ability to design, build, tune, administrate and troubleshoot the environment also accurately analyze facts, formulate effective strategies for business, solve complex problems, and present innovative and customized solutions to unique demands and challenges. In addition, of possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the stakeholders, provide team mentoring and motivation, and deliver utmost customer service and satisfaction.
In addition manage and lead the Backup, UNIX, Storage, IBM ILMT, Middleware, and application administration teams and DR manager
•Participate within new IT projects
•Manage applications administration and technical components.
•Develop and maintain standards for application sizing and performance modeling.
•Define and maintain knowledge about systems relations and ensure that dependencies are understood and appropriately managed.
•Manage systems’ events and ensure that the appropriate procedures are defined and executed according to the process and policy requirements.
•Manage the implementation of Enterprise solution related to the unified infrastructure design
•Responsible for effective designing of installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure
•Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure
•Ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, and enabling staff
•Assist project teams with technical issues in the Initiation and Planning phases of our standard Project Management Methodology.
•Participation on projects is focused on smoothing the transition of projects from development staff to production staff by performing operations activities within the project life-cycle
•Ensure smooth implementation of disaster recovery solutions, including the design, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
•Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
•Support and supervise in apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities.
•Plan upgrade and system configuration that supports application infrastructure or operational needs
•Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
•Plan performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.
•Work closely with application development teams and vendors to tune and troubleshoot applications
•Manage Core Banking (Temenos/T24 TAFJ) administration and technical components.
•Manage, develop and maintain standards for Operating system (AIX and Linux) sizing and performance modeling.
•Manage, develop and maintain standards for application sizing and performance modeling including IBM WebSphere application servers and IBM MQ.
•Develop and maintain standards for infrastructure sizing and performance modeling including IBM power system servers and IBM storages.
•Define and maintain knowledge about systems relations and ensure that dependencies are understood and appropriately managed.
•Manage systems’ events and ensure that the appropriate procedures are defined and executed according to the process and policy requirements.
•Design and manage the implementation of Enterprise solution related to the unified infrastructure design
•Responsible for effective designing of installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure
•Participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure
•Ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, and enabling staff.
•Ensure smooth implementation of disaster recovery solutions, including the design, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
•Provide Tier III/other support per request from various constituencies. Investigate and troubleshoot issues
•Support repair and recover activities from hardware or software failures.
•Plan performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required.
•Work closely with application development teams and vendors to tune and troubleshoot applications
•Design and manage the implementation of Splunk enterprise solution monitoring to the monitor the core banking infrastructure design
•IBM Product Responsible and consultant.
•Provided extensive UNIX/AIX administrative support.
•Installing and configuring IBM PowerVM with all versions.
•Installing, managing, configuring and troubleshooting IBM System Mirror V 7.1.1, 7.1.2 and 7.1.3
•Providing supporting and solution to Temenos Technical project team.
•AIX 6x and 7x installation, cloning, up gradating, migration and troubleshooting.
•Responsible for managing and supporting over than 65 lpar machines.
•Lead data center migration in large and mid-range environment.
•Configured and migrated virtual machine from one host to other.
•Lead and work with security team to deploy and implement AIX technical controls and VA remediation to be in PCI.
•Plan, create and configure micro Partitioning and (LPAR, DLPAR).
•Plan and configure standard and Virtual I/O client LPAR using HMC.
•Knowledge and hand on experience on Advanced Power7 Virtualization.
•Planning and implementation of backup/recovery by using NIM server and TSM.
•Administrating and configuring IBM SAN storWize V7000 Storage Server.
•Installing, configuring, managing NIM server and installing, upgrading and backing up clients using NIM recourses.
•Implement automated MKSYSB by NIM scripts
•Experience of creating and writing shell scripts.
•Monitoring and manage the 24x7 operations to ensure highest stability, availability by using NMON.
•Configuring and troubleshooting TCPIP network.
•Plan, Install, upgrade and configure IBM WebSphere V8 and V7
•Providing good tuning and troubleshooting for WebSphere.
•Plan, Install, upgrade and configure IBM WebSphere MQ and clustring
•Providing tuning and troubleshooting and creating all needed configuration for IBM WebSphere MQ.
•Plan, Install, upgrade and configure IBM WebSphere HTTP server and Certificates.
•AIX system Administrator - HUB (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco).
•Provide remote support and solution for many countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Algeria, and Morocco).
•AIX 5x and 6x installation, up gradation, migration and troubleshooting.
•Upgrading firmware of managed machines, devices and HMC.
•Working experience of managing, troubleshooting IBM P4, P5, P6 and P7 series hardware.
•Lead data center migration in large mid range environment.
•Experience in micro Partitioning and (LPAR, DLPAR).
•Experience of creating standard and Virtual I/O client LPAR using HMC.
•Knowledge and hand on experience on Advanced Power5, Power6 and Power7 Virtualization.
•Partitioning and management Virtual I/O servers and clients
•Planning and implementation of backup/recovery.
•Configuration IBM SAN Storage Server.
•Install, configure, manage, NIM server and installing clients using NIM recourses.
•Experience of creating and writing shell scripts.
•Monitor and manage the 24x7 operations to ensure highest stability, availability.
•Configuring and trouble shooting TCPIP network.
•Configure Manage and troubleshooting HACMP 5.4, 5.5, 6.1.
•Installing, Configure, Managing SAMBA server.
•Installing, Configure, Managing fast connect.
•Oracle DBA Skills.
•IBM - WebSphere Skills.
•Managing a team consist of 5 Engineers.
•Supporting clients upon completion of deployment.
•Undertake day to day management of ongoing projects.
•Handling technical queries regarding our products and services during meetings.
•Explaining the respective product through technical demonstration wherever necessary.
•Following the Team to finish work on time.
•Prepare a monthly report to technical Manager
•Broad Knowledge in IBM & Fujitsu Siemens Servers and POWER machines.
•Experienced in Microsoft Products for previously mentioned Desktops, Laptops and servers. This implies Windows Operating Systems starting from Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP and ending with Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows 2003. This also implies stable knowledge in DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Active Directory, Exchange servers and ISA technologies.
•Experienced in AIX 5L installations, Configuration, and troubleshooting.
•Experienced in AIX 6 installations, Configuration, and troubleshooting.
•Experienced in VMware Products Infrastructure3 and vSphere 4.
•Experienced in IBM System storage (DS4000, DS3000).
•Experienced in IBM Blade server (E, H, S).
•Project Management Professional (PMP).
•Strong knowledge in Hardware Architecture & requirements.
•Manage, configure, and support a LAN more of 200+ users.
•Install, upgrade, and maintain Windows Server 2000 and 2003 environments (Domain, DNS, DHCP, VPN, FTP, Terminal Services, etc.)
•Install, configure, and maintain wireless network.
•Install and configure ISA Server 2000 and upgrade to 2004.
•Install and manage Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
•Install and manage Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition (server and client).
•Install and manage Microsoft Project Server 2003.
•Support client computers (operating system and hardware)
•Install and configure SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
•Manage and Provide server support servers including (domain server, ISA server, Exchange server, file server, DNS server, DHCP server).
• Monitor system logs and activity on servers.
•Administrate, verify, and restore from Backup.
•Provide desktop support for all office workstation.
•Perform maintenance on staff accounts. Add, remove, and modify accounts as necessary update equipment inventory for tracking purposes.
• Managing license servers including and upgrading licenses.
• Managing and troubleshooting Symantec Appliance for anti spam anti viruses.
•Managing Symantec Anti-Virus Endpoint Edition (server and client).In many companies Microsoft Windows 2000 environment. Server and client's installation, configuration, and maintenance.
•In many companies Microsoft Windows 2003 environment. Server and client's installation, configuration, and maintenance.
•In many companies Microsoft ISA Server 2000 and ISA Server 2004. Installation, configuration, and maintenance.
•In many companies Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition. Installation and configuration.
•In many companies Microsoft Project Server 2003. Installation and configuration.
• In many companies Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Installation and configuration.
• In many companies Windows Fax server. Installation and configuration.
• In many companies Provide support for SAN storage.
•In many companies install and configure VMware