Hassan Waqar أحمد

• Manage and administer a hybrid datacenter environment consisting of HP/Dell servers and Dell EMC SCv3000 SAN storage, ensuring 99.9% uptime for critical billing operations.
• Architect and maintain VMware vSphere 7 environment, leveraging advanced features including vMotion, High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), and Fault Tolerance (FT).
• Deployed and secured self-hosted Ubuntu Linux Rocket chat and CentOS Passbolt servers to ensure end-to-end encryption and compliance with HIPAA regulations for sensitive patient data.
• Administer Microsoft 365 tenant, managing user identities, MFA, Conditional Access, Intune device policies, and Microsoft Endpoint Manager. Resolved complex mail flow issues, DLP policies, and retention strategies.
• Implemented Microsoft Purview Information Protection (Label Policies) to restrict access to sensitive financial and medical data.
• Manage Veeam Backup & Replication for virtual machines, file-level backups, and Office 365 (mailboxes, SharePoint sites). Configured cloud sync to Amazon S3 buckets for immutable, off-site backups.
• Proactively monitored client environments using RMM tools, reducing client downtime by over 30% through rapid ticket resolution and proactive patching.
• Deployed automated OS and application patching schedules via RMM, reducing security vulnerabilities by 40%.

• Monitors all enterprise Windows and Linux Servers and proactively intervenes to solve problems before they impact users (ex. checks error logs, firmware upgradtion, monitors virtualization infrastructure).
• Administration of Dell 1000E Blade Servers.
• Manages all system & Databases/system data back-up and restore protocol.
• Configuration and Management of Veritas Netbackup 8.0 and Veeam 9.0 Solutions.
• Managing Servers and Data Storage from VMware vCenter platform.
• Responsible and management of EMC VMAX 10K, EMC VNX 5200, DELL EQLogic and HP MSA P2000 their space Management, Host connectivity, Configuration and troubleshooting.

PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Deployment of Microsoft SCCM.
• Deployment of Microsoft Sharepoint 2013.
• Installation of WOWZA Streaming Engine.
• Installtion of Sputnik Media Server.
• Implementation of Manage Engine Products ( AD Audit Plus, Exchange Reporter Plus and Event Log).

• Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure specified software packages such as operating
Systems, business applications and other office tools, and handle relevant troubleshooting.
• Management of Active Directory user accounts and access controls.
• Managing Linux based Oracle Printing DB problems.
• Installation and Configuration of Mikrotik Proxy Server for Internet access.
• Administering Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
• Configure HP Proliant 380 G8 Servers for PACS & and Oracle Test Server.
• Planning and deployment of VMware & ESXi platform for critical services ( Proxy, ADC & PDC).
• Providing IT applications support (Oracle, Forms Run Time, Lispro & ATI) to all internal users of
hospital in a timely and efficient manner.
• Manage and ensure high quality of Support service will be provided to 500+ End Users.

BSS Engineer (At Telenor Vega Swap Project) Jun 2012 - Jul 2012
Startek International Limited - Karachi, Pakistan.
• Supervision of 4 teams and completed RF Survey of 41 sites in 1 month.
• Responsible for verification and submission of Radio Access Network (RAN) reports to ZTE.
• Estimate and provide information of GSM Antenna heights, configuration and division of Sectors, tower
/ pole location will also be marked on a rough sketch of the building (rooftop) or ground sites. Record
Latitude, Longitude, Elevation and building height.
• Conduct physical survey of the hop to identify any field obstructions and verify the LOS path profile.
• Moderate knowledge of Siemens BTS 240XL and BTS 240.
• Moderate knowledge of Microwave Links of Siemens SRAL XD and NEC.