Regional Data Centre Manager
Oracle - Saudi Arabia
Total des années d'expérience :21 years, 6 Mois
Lead the region in supporting the data center environment.
In order to maximize the quality of delivery and reliability.
Key Responsibilities:
ü Providing leadership, the direction in the regional Data Centres
ü Establishing and development of teams to execute requirements.
ü Working with distributed teams and contributing to the success of his/her team and other related teams.
ü Coaching and mentoring managers and individual contributors across the organization.
ü Growing the team by recruiting and hiring top talent.
ü Delivering expansion projects on-time with high quality.
ü Collaborating and working effectively with best in class architects, engineers, product managers, QA and Documentation teams.
ü Implementing multi-functional projects and/or systems.
ü Defining and documenting and manage scope, expectations, implementation approach, deliverables, and acceptance testing criteria, whilst appropriately managing risk
ü Driving the delivery of improvements. Interacting across functional areas to ensure unit objectives are met.
ü Demonstrating a track record of an ability to influence thinking or gain acceptance of others in sensitive situations.
ü Define and implement alternative resourcing strategies to ensure full coverage
ü Negotiating and working with local vendors, and drive performance and expectations
ü Implement processes and best practices to conform to local laws, policies, and procedures.
ü Focus and prioritize appropriately on what is most important to Oracle.
Joined the organization as IT Network Manager, moved on upward career trajectories, to merit promotion to the position of Senior Manager, Datacenter Operations
Designation Chronology:
• January 2017 - Present: Senior Manager, Datacenter Operations
• August 2014 - January 2017: IT Network Manager
Achievements:
• Instrumental in building and managing the next generation Data Centre strategies to provide King Abdullah Port (KAP) users with stable environment for large volumes of servers, storage & network equipment.
• Facilitated efficiency improvements, process creation and improvement, and managing daily operational integrity.
Key Responsibilities:
• Developing and managing Data-Center strategies to provide effective and efficient information technology services.
• Ensuring Data-Centers are the foundation upon which KAP’s rapidly growing infrastructure efficiently operates and innovative services delivered.
• Establishing and implementing ‘best-practice’ standards as well as department policies and procedures.
• Developing annual budgets, as well as ongoing stewardship, to ensure appropriate utilization of resources.
• Administering Data Center Operations and Maintenance from planning to execution.
• Delivering a first-class procurement service, leading and managing large scale, complex procurement negotiations whilst managing the key vendor relationships across the IT procurement portfolio.
• Enforcing adherence to Safety, Quality & Environment standards.
• Creating and maintaining metrics on all aspects of our Data Centers and utilising those metrics to drive Continuous Improvement and positive changes.
• Assisting & managing relationships with external vendors & contractors.
• Leading various projects and programs as needed to drive long-term objectives for the Data Centers team and beyond.
Key Responsibilities:
• Designed OSP & ISP, implemented short and long-term strategic plans to make network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
• Reviewed building & ducting drawings for approval from IT perspective.
• Leveraging broad project excellence methodology whilst planning for Passive equipment (fiber optic), Active Equipment (core switch, Firewall, etc) and Wireless project (P2P, PMP, WiFi).
• Successfully delivered litany of projects including design and implementation of network and other key projects - PMS, GOS & ACS, and ERP system.
• Maintained complex, modern, high delivery LAN & WAN infrastructure.
• Coordinated with Service Provider for 17 circuits (DIA & IPVPN)
• Served as a Company Representative in meetings with Government Agencies and private sectors regarding IT.
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Achievements:
• Hand-selected as Project Engineer for numerous projects for Saudi Ministry of Defense (MOD).
• Provided ownership of problem through to final resolution of Telecommunication Service Orders for MOD-FON.
Key Responsibilities:
• Entrusted with planning for OSP (PVC, Cabling, Joints, handholds, and Manholes) and ISP (Systems, Cable Terminations) infrastructure.
• Leveraged extensive technical and leadership expertise to manage projects of various size and scope, identified future opportunities, improved processes and drove technical directions of programs.
• Upgraded MOD legacy telephone exchanges & associated infrastructure.
• Oversaw upgrading of Fiber Optic systems and associated infrastructure.
• Functioned as a technical expert across multiple project assignments- Copper and Fiber cabling and associated Communication infrastructure planning. Provided critical direction on projects consistent with achieving specific cost and schedule objectives.
• Aided in the evaluating projects proposals preparation of bid proposals, contracts, scope of work reports, and other documentation for IT projects.
• C4I, C3, EMDAD project and high-speed network project
Achievements:
• Monitored the RSAF Intranet network (LAN) in King Abdullah Airbase to ensure best performance and availability.
• Superintended a team of 12 technicians, provided technical direction and guidance to staff in the operation, maintenance, support and administration of the network and associated infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
• Help Desk supervision, leading a dynamic team delivering a fast, frictionless, world-class service. Oversaw work order distributing and remote assistance with following up until final delivery.
• Installed and tested network infrastructures, including running fibre optic cables, Switches and DSL.
• Configured and tested switches such as user access & network security.
• Co-partnered with other teams on shared projects e.g. MPLS, ATM and WAN projects.
• C4I, C3 and high-speed network project
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Information Technology and Computing
Associate Degree