Senior IT Infrastructure Specialist
Arla Foods
Total years of experience :18 years, 3 Months
Responsibilities:
•Planned and design for Active Directory Domain migration from 2012 R2 to 2016 in Danya Foods Co. Ltd.
•(domain migration of a 800+ users in a multi-site environment) in project done in Sep 2017
•Configure SQL failover cluster with Always on high availability
•Planned and design for Active Directory Domain migration from 2008 R2 to 2012R2 in Danya Foods Co. Ltd.
•(domain migration of a 500+ users in a multi-site environment) in project done in Oct 2015.
•Planned and designed DHCP migration and minimize the downtime project done in Oct 2015.
•Installed & configured DHCP redundancy.
•New HP Blade Chassis Setup & configuration (HP Blade system BL c7000) with HP Blade BL460c Gen 9 Server
•Setup & configuration of HP Storage (HP 3 PAR StoreServ 8200 2N) & Library (HP StoreOnce2900).
•Designed and implemented VMware vSphere infrastructure such as Server virtualization.
•To connect and configure HP 3 PAR storage such as FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS.
•Installed and configured vCenter in both windows installation & VCSA and configured HA, vMotion, DRS, Host Cluster, Storage cluster.
•Moving Physical to Virtual environment (VMware6.0), still migration is going on as business needs or minimize the downtime prospects.
•Migration of all servers from old blade (IBM) to new Blade (HP) and also data migration from old storage to new storage.
•Designed and implemented SCCM 2012 R2.
•Deploy IT operation standards, processes and procedures (in guidance of ITIL).
•Execute enterprise operations vision to all system, technical, and application projects.
•Development and implement plans for capacity, availability and service continuity management.
•Managing IT procurement processes for IT equipment.
•Managing IT staff to provide functional and technical support.
•Worked with Hyper-V for testing ERP’s.
•Provide leadership to production systems and support personnel.
•Defining Hardware and Software standards for efficient management.
•Diagnosed and resolved technical issues effectively and in a timely manner.
•Monitor and keep daily the continuity of the HO and Site IT systems which includes servers, routers, modems, IP telephony system (3cx), Biometric systems, CCTV, printers, internet and their infrastructure and peripherals, air conditioning and environment monitoring system of data center
•Handle backup servers using Veeam Backup & replication suites 9.5.
•Perform Daily, Weekly, monthly and yearly Backups & Archival of files stored on network to assists with Disaster Recovery.
•Monitor replication between all Active Directory servers at Sites.
•Monitor and check the performance of servers. Troubleshoot server based problems with root cause analysis.
•Plan, design, analyze, suggest technology, configure & implement I.T systems for business solutions, software, unified communication & complex networks infrastructure that supports the enterprise goals & fulfill the business requirements. Install, configure, manage, secure, update, monitor, support, reliability & stability, fault tolerance, failover, redundancy, workload-optimized servers & services to minimize user time to value & ensure smooth operation in order to provide maximum performance and availability.
•Plan, allocate, deploy & monitor resources of Networks such as routers, switches, faults, security, Quality of Service, performance & bandwidth. Administration of Blade Servers, Domains, Email System, Citrix, ERP, Backups, Network Shares, Internet Access, System Updates, Access Controls, GPS, IP-Telephony & local web servers. Manage Service Desk & user’s administration & provide IT-Support for application & network resources
• Had a team of 03 working under my supervision performing specific tasks.
• Diagnose and resolve technical issues effectively and in a timely manner.
• Handled backup servers using Backup Exec.
• Evaluating and recommending new software and hardware.
• Installed and configured ISA 2006 and managing it.
• Planned and implemented Active Directory Domain migration from 2003 to 2008.
• Projects planned and implemented domain migration of a 120 + users.
• Responsible for managing entire Systems Administration
• Actively involved in the preparing and developing Weekly report pertaining to software-hardware and other Service expenses, etc. to be submitted to the General Manager
• Understanding and defining user requirement, designing and leading development / maintenance activities with an implementation plan.
• Assisting Operations Head in various planning and monitoring activities and providing support on the various IT initiatives
• Responsible to maintain & support of network, workstation, Hardware & Software.
• Responsible for Service level agreement (SLA) between the vendor and the company.
• Contact vendor for the purchase of license s/w, peripheral devices, network equipment and also evaluation of the quotation taken.
• Responsible for Vendor Management, Multi location handling / co-ordination / Technical Support / Remote support, Installation & Maintenance of new Computers hardware, Printers, Fax Machines & Photocopiers.
• Configuring server like web server, print server, network printer, faxing system, file server application server, OS, Security & user management in ADS.
• Worked as a System Administrator major job responsibilities include office support and network expansion planning. Have worked with MS Exchange Server 2003 and AD 2003.
• Well versed or Master in Outlook Configuration, User Mails and contacts management.
• Software, Hardware Trouble Shooting & System Support Coordination
• Configuring server like print server & file serve.
• Backup and restore Oracle and SQL Server database.
• Manage & trouble shooting PCs with win 2003/2000/Xp and Configuring Microsoft office 2007/2003/2000/Xp in an enterprise level.
• Responsible for providing System support / Helpdesk services for users.
• Responsible for the Installation & Maintenance of new Computers, hardware, Printers, Fax Machines & Photocopiers.
• Implemented computer systems programs software and provided users training.
• Trouble shooting of hardware/network (LAN, WAN) in windows Network environment.
• Respond to computer and network problem in a timely manner.
• Installing and configuring all type of antivirus.
• Ensured effective unit testing and integration testing
• The coding done was based on N-Tier architecture
• Actively participated in Business Layer Coding
ITIL training from Riyadh provided by danya Attending Kaizen management training in Jeddah from organized by Japan government
courses: Certification •VMware Certified Professional 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) VMware 6.0 •VMware foundation Certification (VCA6-DCV) VMware 6.0 •MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) Server 2003 •MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) ISA
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courses: official training of VMware 6 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV) from Mercury Solution Completed Computer Hardware Maintenance & Networking Technologies from 'Delhi'