Karim Fahmy, Cloud Infrastructure Technology solutions professional

Karim Fahmy

Cloud Infrastructure Technology solutions professional

Microsoft

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
15 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 2 Months

Cloud Infrastructure Technology solutions professional at Microsoft
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since May 2016

Doing alot of POCs for Customers in MEA region and finding solutions to their environments through Microsoft powerful solutions starting from System Center Family along through Microsoft Azure .

ICT Infrastructure planning Sr.Architect at Etisalat Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2015 to May 2016

ICT Infrastructure planning Sr.Architect

IT Cloud Infrastructure Sr. System Specialist at Etisalat-
  • Egypt
  • June 2013 to February 2016

IT Cloud & B2B Infrastructure System Administrator

- installation/configuration, troubleshoot, and support of systems hardware and software B2B infrastructure

- meeting with vendors regarding new HW and SW technologies used in virtualization subject

- participate in Infrastructure Deployment for new B2B projects starting from HW and SW offering till production phase .

 Deploying & Managing cloud systems ( Hyper-v, VmWare ESXi .. ), HP Blade & Standalone, Huawei Rack server & Blade servers
systems, ILO 2, 3, 4 knowledge & IMana V5.88

 Working with Architecture fabric for infrastructure as a service (IAAS)
 negotiate, evaluate, and select solution providers & vendors
 communicating with the commercial department for new projects & the B2B development team.

IT Technical Support Senior Specialist at Etisalat
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2010 to August 2013

 First line of support for Etisalat employees, regarding technical problems. Role involves responding to employees through email, solving their problems and answering their inquiries.
 Participated in OS migration activity for the whole company from windows XP to Windows 7 through SCCM and USB .
 Handling VIP requests and mails (from Heads of Departments and Chiefs)

 Provide support for Microsoft products such as (Windows XP, windows 7, Office 2003 and Office 2007).

 Act as TECH SPOC (Technology Single Point of Contact) between Etisalat employees, stores and various teams in the technology department (2nd line of support).
 Handling IT SPOC function (acting as a Technology single point of contact for Global issues impacting Etisalat CC and Business side) under the umbrella of Crises Management process.

 Provide support for Etisalat Retail applications (SSS, DTS, CX billing system, Qnet, Telepin )
 Handling issues related to Etisalat Offshore CC applications .

 Follow standard Service Desk operating and quality procedures based on ITIL .


Activities beside :

- Tools created : IT Supportube - PID Tuning station  all done by SQL Server and MS Visual Studio

IT Support Center Engineer at Vodafone Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2009 to June 2010

 First line of support for Vodafone employees, regarding technical problems. Role involves responding to employees over phone, solving their problems and answering their inquiries.
 Respond to requests via mail.

 Handling VIP requests and calls (from Heads of Departments and Chiefs)

 Provide support for Microsoft products such as (Windows XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007).

 Act as TECH SPOC (Technology Single Point of Contact) between Vodafone employees, stores and various teams in the technology department (2nd line of support).
 Handling IT SPOC function (acting as a Technology single point of contact for Global issues impacting VF CC and Business side) under the umbrella of Crises Management process.
 Provide support for Vodafone specific applications (Etopup, VFCAsh, Extranet, Qnet, VMT )
 Handling issues related to VF Live! & MMS service acting as OpCo SPOC with GSP in VF Group (VT-IS).


Activities beside :

- Developed a Health monitoring tool for most of TSD services .
- was developing “Kirov Essential Tools” for the TSD team including new important tools which helps the work to go smoother and more efficient.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at El Shorouk Academy
  • July 2008
High school or equivalent, General Secondary
  • at Integrated Thebes Language school
  • July 2004

Specialties & Skills

Cloud Computing
Virtualization
Technical Presales
Windows Azure
IT Infrastructure
Virtualization & Cloud (VMWare,Hyper-V)
RFPs & RFQs whole process including offering
System Administration (Windows server 2008 , 2012 R2, 2016 )
Administration for HP Blade servers , Huawei & Rack Servers
ITIL V3
Implementation , Configuration & Deployment for services
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft System Center 2012 , 2016

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

ElShams Club
  • Taekwondo then football player
  • January 1992

Hobbies

  • art & designs
    freelancer graphic designer
  • Football
    played football for 2 seasons @ Shams club