IMTHIYAS MOHAMED THAIVALAPPIL

Cloud Architect , Technology Consultant at iHorizons Media and Information Systems

• Qatar - Doha
• My current job since May 2022

- Architecting Microsoft Azure and GCP solutions for customers
- Design end to end application and data security for Cloud solutions
- Technical Pre-Sales
- Architecting for various business applications like Sitecore, OpenText TeamSite, OpenText AppWorks, SharePoint, Web and mobile application backends etc considering the high-availability, BC-DR and security requirements of customers both on-premises as well as on cloud.

Head of Infrastructure at iHorizons Media and Information Systems

• Qatar - Doha
• October 2020 to April 2022

- Lead implementation and delivery of IT infrastructure components in customer projects
- Design and architect IT infrastructure for Content Management Systems, Business Process Automation systems, intranet and internet web portals and mobile applications.
- Working with sales - pre-sales teams in building proposals
- Assisting IT Operations Manager
- Managing IT Infrastructure for iHorizons which comprises of cloud services, remote data centers, various regional offices etc

Senior System Administrator at iHorizons Media and Information Systems

• Qatar - Doha
• December 2017 to September 2020

- Designing and planning server architectures as part of project proposals
- Configuring and managing Exchange Organizations, SharePoint Farms, Active Directory Forest, Server Farms for CMS platforms like Sitecore, Drupal etc for clients
- Assisting IT Infrastructure Manager
- Managing and maintaining IT Infrastructure for iHorizons which comprises of remote data centers, various regional offices etc
- Design, Plan, Implement and Manage various cloud services like Office 365, Dynamics 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, DevOps etc
- Managing and Administration of P1 servers/services for the company which includes Hyper-V, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, TFS/DevOps Server, ADDS, NAS devices
- Design and supervise company backup strategy using Veeam Backup and Replication
- Design, Deploy and Supervise VoIP solution based on Yeastar
- Managing Site-to-Site connectivity with customer data centers using Cisco ASA and Sophos XG UTM
- Providing L2/L3 support for customer projects

System Administrator at iHorizons Media and Information Systems

• Qatar - Doha
• June 2014 to November 2017

- Installing, configuring, and managing VMware vSphere infrastructure.
- Administering and managing Widows 2008 and 2012 Active Directory.
- Administration of Exchange organization based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
- Configuring and managing SharePoint 2010 web portal.
- Diagnose and remediate issues with Windows Server Infrastructure, and related roles and features
- Configuring and managing Backup and Recovery solution for various physical and virtual servers.
- Providing onsite support for solutions based on SharePoint, VMware etc. at customer premises.

Network Administrator at Mirus Technologies

• Qatar - Doha
• December 2012 to December 2013

IT Support, System Administrator at NetShells IT Solutions

• India
• April 2009 to September 2012