Khaled Sayed Ali Saleh, IT Manager

Khaled Sayed Ali Saleh

IT Manager

Royal House Language School

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

IT Manager at Royal House Language School
  • Egypt
  • September 2021 to June 2023

Manage relationships with external IT vendors and service providers to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of services.
•Work closely with the school's leadership to identify IT needs and develop strategies to meet those needs.
•Manage a team of IT professionals, providing leadership, guidance, and support to ensure the team's success.
•Develop and implement IT policies and procedures in accordance with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
•Manage the school's IT systems, including hardware, software, and network infrastructure, to ensure optimal performance and availability.
•Administer, support, and configure MS Office 365 for staff.
•Manage server and storage capacity and provide utilization statistics to the team.
•Install and configure new software and hardware, including server networks, devices, and firewalls.
•Implement, support, troubleshoot, and migrate server virtualization environments on VMWare vSphere 6.x.
•Use security policies and tasks to configure protection parameters for groups of servers and workstations in Kaspersky Security Administrator.
•Monitor and analyze system performance and implement a preventive maintenance plan for critical IT equipment such as servers, backups, and switches to ensure continuous availability.
•Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures for information systems to regulate access to computer data files and prevent unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure of information.
•Administer and configure network servers (Windows server 2019 - Windows server 2012 r2 - windows server 2008 r2).
•Configure and manage servers, workstations, switches, and routers.
•Install, configure, and manage backup software (Veeam Backup & Replication - Acronis True Image - EaseUS® Todo Backup).

Head of Information Technology Department at EGC Group (i.e. Known as ICEMAN)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2018 to May 2021

Manage server and storage capacity and provide utilization statistics to the team.
• Administration of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP systems (user access).
• Backup and restore ERP systems and monitor performance.
• Responsible for the installation and configuration of new software and hardware, including server network, devices and firewalls.
• Implement, support, troubleshoot and migrate server virtualization environments on VMWare vSphere 6.x.
• Create the data store for storing VMs and data, deploy virtual machines, and use clones, snapshots, and templates.
• Hands-on experience with SCCM suite with software update deployment / OSD deployment.
• Kaspersky Security Administrator: Use security policies and tasks to configure protection parameters for groups of servers, workstations.
• Monitor, analyze system performance and implement a preventive maintenance plan for critical IT equipment such as servers, backups, switches, etc. to ensure continuous availability.
• Fortinet Farewell device setup, maintenance & controlling (Fortinet 60F -100D -110C -60C- FortiAnalyzer100C), also Sophos UTM & Sophos XG Firewall.
• Ensure replication with HQ site and DR site.
• Administer web users, hosting accounts, Cpanel.
• Planning, coordinating, and implementing network security measures for information systems to regulate access to computer data files and prevent unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure of information.
• Designing, configuring active directories structure for different sites.
• Handling and managing all the technical issues related to our ERP systems.
• Administrating and configuring network servers (Windows server 2019 - Windows server 2012 - windows server 2008 - windows server 2003).
• Configuring and managing servers, workstation, switches and routers for EGC new sites.
• Installing, configuring, and supporting an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) consisting of fifteen branches with VPN connections.
• Installing, configuring, and managing software backup (Veeam Backup & Replication - Acronis True Image - EaseUS® Todo Backup).
• CCTV security system design, setup, maintenance, monitoring as per compliance rules.

Senior System Administrator at GoldenpacK group
  • Egypt
  • December 2012 to April 2018

Plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures for information systems to regulate access to computer data files and prevent unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure of information using TMG Server and GPO.
•Design and configure Active Directory structure for different sites.
•Set up new user accounts and profiles and handle password issues.
•Ensure that maintenance and backup schedules are completed within the designated timeframe.
•Take responsibility for IT Department processes and interface with the office on any IT-related issues.
•Administer and configure network servers, including Windows 2012, Windows 2008, and Windows 2003.
•Configure and manage servers, workstations, switches, and routers for new sites in GoldenPack Group.
•Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN), consisting of two branches with VPN connections.
•Maintain network hardware and software, monitor the network to ensure availability to all system users, and utilize Cisco routers and switches.
•Provide technical assistance to computer system users, answering questions to resolve computer problems for clients in person, via telephone, or remotely.
•Research, recommend, and implement new technologies as they emerge.
•Collaborate with endpoint device management systems to distribute software, perform updates, patching, and virus protection.

System Administrator at GoldenpacK group
  • Egypt
  • November 2007 to November 2012

Manage and configure the Intranet, including Microsoft platform, Active Directory, ISA Server, DNS, and DHCP Server.
•Assign configurations for authentication and authorization of directory services.
•Maintain network facilities on individual machines, such as drivers and settings of personal computers, as well as printers.
•Maintain network servers, such as file servers, VPN gateways, and intrusion detection systems.
•Administer servers, desktop computers, printers, routers, switches, firewalls, phones, personal digital assistants, smartphones, software deployment, security updates, and patches.
•Configure applications, system software, hardware, and local peripherals; diagnose and resolve various equipment problems.
•Maintain or replace malfunctioning parts of PCs, electronic fresh scales, and POS peripherals to optimize equipment use and minimize maintenance costs.
•Work continuously on a task until completion (or referral to third parties, if appropriate).
•Prioritize and manage multiple open cases at once.

Technical Support Consultant at NetSpeed-Kiosks
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2007 to October 2007

Education

Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems
  • at The Higher Institute for Qualitative Studies.
  • June 2016

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Specialties & Skills

Virtualization Technology
Cisco Routers
Cisco Switches
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway
Windows Server Administration
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS (VPN)
AUTHORIZATION (COMPUTING)
CISCO ROUTERS
DATA FILES
FILE SERVERS
FIREWALL
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
INTRANET
PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (PCS) SYSTEMS

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Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

ITL Certified Trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
MCTS, Windows server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
MCITP- Server Administrator Windows Server 2008 R2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2012
VMware Certified Associate Cloud (VCA-Cloud) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
VMware Certified Associate Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
CCNA R&S (200-125) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2017
ISA Server 2004 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
ISA Server 2006 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
MCSE 2003 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
CCNA R&S (200-120) (Training)
Training Institute:
Nen Academy
TMG 2010 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
CCNA R&S (200-125) (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Kaspersky Security Center (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Sophos XG Firewall (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Sophos UTM (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Fortinet UTM (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
VMware ESXI 6.x (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
SCCM 2012 SP2 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Veeam Backup & Replication (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
MCITP 2008 r2 (Training)
Training Institute:
Nen Academy
MCSA 2012 r2 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
MCSE 2016 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Microsoft 365 Identity and Services (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Linux System Administration (Training)
Training Institute:
Still Study
Microsoft Azure Administrator (Training)
Training Institute:
Still Study

Hobbies

  • Hunting
  • Swimming
  • Learning