Mohamed Mafaaz Mohamed Abdul Salam, IBM System Engineer

Mohamed Mafaaz Mohamed Abdul Salam

IBM System Engineer

IBM

Location
Sri Lanka - Kandy
Education
Bachelor's degree, BSc.(Hons) in Computer Systems and Networking
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

IBM System Engineer at IBM
  • Maldives
  • My current job since January 2017

As an POWER Systems Engineer i have remote technical support assistance to clients and IBM technical personnel on multiple products in the high volume through high availability product environments. I receive and record incident related information, and using a variety of tools, techniques and procedures, selects appropriate actions to resolve problems, and communicates the solution or action plan to the client or IBM service representative. I identify/recommend updates to knowledge based systems and maintenance packages. I also provide hardware or software technical support assistance to clients and IBM personnel in multi-vendor, multi-protocol networks/systems in the high availability product environment. I professional knowledge and problem determination/problem source identification skills to resolve problems involving hardware, microcode, operating system, application programs, and network issues.

- Attending POWER System (AIX, IBM, Linux) customer calls and resolve the issues in timely manner.
- Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting High Available, virtualization and other IBM Software (POWER HA, MIMIX, POWER VM, TSM Websphere)
- Attending mid-range and enterprise level Storage and Tape Library (V7k, IBM Flash, XIV, SVC, TS3200, DS4800) customer calls and resolve the issues in timely manner.
- Gathering preventive maintenance data and prepare reports accurately.
- Planing, managing and implement system installations and configuration.

Server Infrastructure Engineer at International Business Machine (IBM)
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 2
  • April 2014 to December 2016

 Design Configuration for the IT infrastructure network and supervise its
implementation, Network Planning’s for new sites, Network drawings.
 Identify business requirements and deliver cost-effective infrastructure solutions to
the organization.
 Network traffic monitoring from PRTG Network Monitoring, wire shark for the
Network Optimizations to avoid expensive outages, Address bottlenecks before
they cause problems and troubleshoot the LAN issues such as wireless LAN issues
and network access droppings using wire shark.
 Monitor systems and troubleshooting of, Cisco networks, Linux, Microsoft & VM
Severs, and send assessment reports from time to time to the seniors, firmware
upgrading.
 Update the knowledge on recent developments in IT Infrastructure and apply it to
company's network as per the organization's needs
 Configuring and maintaining the Network Monitoring Tools and platforms, Using
Opmanager to Infrastructure Network Monitoring for all devices for VMs Microsoft
Servers, ADs, DCs, Mail Exchange, VMs HPVs, Storages, Cisco switches, Routers
Wireless Access Points, WAN accelerator such as River Bed products and Cisco
Routers.
 Revise and modify systems to ensure security within network environment using the
software’s like Websense, Password manager.
 Experience with manage engines Opmanager, Device Expert, Service Desk and ITIL
standard working environment.

Network Administrator cum Course Coordinator at IBS Kandy Campus
  • Sri Lanka - Kandy
  • April 2010 to April 2013

As Coordinator

1. Management of the office environment and smooth flow of the institute processes
2, Administrating, controlling academic issues of the students and lecturers
3, Maintaining the operational activities on student enrollment, lecture scheduling and setting Examinations of the branch
4.Organize One-to-one counseling, leadership & motivational workshops
5.Monitor student progress and review sessions for improved performance

As Network Administrator

1.Maintenance of Network and the Infra-structure in the Campus.
2.Administration of Network Security, Hardware Maintenance and Recovery.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BSc.(Hons) in Computer Systems and Networking
  • at University of Greenwich
  • July 2014

1st class degree holder

Higher diploma, HND in ICT
  • at British College of Applied Studies Kandy
  • December 2013
High school or equivalent, Advanced Level
  • at Kingwood College
  • August 2008

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Office XP
Network Administration
Networking Concepts
Network Security
Network Technology
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert.
Creative Skills
Networking
Microsoft Office
system support

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Urdu
Beginner
Hindi
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • Reading about new technologies
  • Playing carom
    Won Inter campus (BCAS) Carom Champion Ship.
  • Playing Video Games