محمد إبراهيم أبوالعلا, Senior Systems Engineer

محمد إبراهيم أبوالعلا

Senior Systems Engineer

MDS - STC project

البلد
المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
التعليم
دبلوم, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
الخبرات
20 years, 2 أشهر

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الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :20 years, 2 أشهر

Senior Systems Engineer في MDS - STC project
  • المملكة العربية السعودية
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ سبتمبر 2017

- Administering AD domain controllers Windows Server 2008/2012.

- Administering Exchange 2007/2010 servers (Mailbox, Hub, CAS & Edge).

- Active Directory
Creating & modifying AD sites, subnets, DHCP subnets & DNS records
Generating AD snapshots & querying information from snapshots
Checking SCOM alerts & Event logs for all DCs
Administering DNS, DHCP & group policies.
Monitoring Replication between AD domain controllers
Verifying Net logon, DNS, Replication & time synchronization

- SCOM
Creating & modifying subscriptions, subscribers & channels
Creating queries to search in SCOM ACS database
Checking for critical alerts in SCOM monitoring console
Verifying SMS & email flow availability
Creating groups in Authoring Mode
Creating & generating reports
Testing contingency plan

-Symanetc Patch Management
Monthly & urgent patch deployment
Software package delivery
Hardware & Software inventory

- Exchange
Verifying Databases mounting, Replication & Queues utilization
Checking SCOM alerts & Event logs for all Exchange servers
Connecting Disconnect mailboxes
Creating hub Transport rules
Configuring receiving connectors in SMTP relay servers
Restoring deleted specific emails
Administering SMTP Relay servers
Administering co-existence servers between on-premise & cloud servers

- SCCM
Monthly & urgent Deployment package
Software update group
Server devices collection
WSUS service
Deployment Monitoring Tool

- Enterprise Vault
Enabling/Disabling Archiving
Exporting archived emails to PST
Provisioning mailbox accounts
Forcing synchronization to certain mailbox
Generating EV reports
Testing contingency plan

- Hosting Controller & AD sync
Automating Provisioning of Users/Groups/Contacts
Configuring Exchange settings using HC console
Offering/Supporting self-service portal for end customers
Creating/Modifying mailboxes, DL & mail contacts.
Creating/Managing Mail Domains
Creating/Managing Mail Disclaimer/Outlook Anywhere/ActiveSync Policy
Creating/Assigning Mail policies.
Assigning Primary/Secondary roles to on-premise DCs
Ensuring consistency in Information/password synchronization between on- premise & Cloud Active Directory
Mapping objects from on-premise to Cloud AD

- Exclaimer Signature
Creating/modifying/applying signature templates
Creating/modifying/applying/testing signature policies
Deploying signature to remote users
Integrating with Active Directory
Forcing Signature Replication

- BMC Remedy (SLA considered) - Resolving incidents, standard changes, work orders & change requests.
- Generating Weekly, Monthly BMC Remedy requests performance reports
- Creating & Modifying shared folders, permissions, quota & file screen templates
- Resolving SCOM critical high priority alerts
- Reviewing Backup Operations especially for AD DCs & Exchange servers.
- Reviewing Exchange Databases & balancing them
- Active Directory Clean Up (Disable & Delete) Process (Users, contractors & workstations)
- Checking Servers logs for domain controllers, CAS servers & SCOM.
- Verifying that DCs Logs are regularly sent to SCOM ACS Server
- Generating snapshots from STC domains to query them by ADExplorer
- Moving new domain joined PCs to their respective OUs based on respective IP address range
- Updating windows security & high important patches using SCCM
- Querying SCOM ACS (Audit Collection Service) database to discover security actions such as removing user, adding member to group & disabling account.
- Using different 3rd party AD tools such as Lockout Status, ADRestore & Code Two Active Directory Photos.
- Resolving mailbox CLOUD issues at operational level
- Support for BlackBerry servers (checking connectivity, routing & DB connectivity)
- Administering Certification Authority Servers (Root, Policy & Issuing).

Senior Systems Engineer في AEC (SIS) - STC project
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • مايو 2013 إلى سبتمبر 2017

- Administering AD domain controllers Windows Server 2008/2012.

- Administering Exchange 2007/2010 servers (Mailbox, Hub, CAS & Edge).

- Active Directory
Creating & modifying AD sites, subnets, DHCP subnets & DNS records
Generating AD snapshots & querying information from snapshots
Checking SCOM alerts & Event logs for all DCs
Administering DNS, DHCP & group policies.
Monitoring Replication between AD domain controllers
Verifying Net logon, DNS, Replication & time synchronization

- SCOM
Creating & modifying subscriptions, subscribers & channels
Creating queries to search in SCOM ACS database
Checking for critical alerts in SCOM monitoring console
Verifying SMS & email flow availability
Creating groups in Authoring Mode
Creating & generating reports
Testing contingency plan

- Exchange
Verifying Databases mounting, Replication & Queues utilization
Checking SCOM alerts & Event logs for all Exchange servers
Connecting Disconnect mailboxes
Creating hub Transport rules
Configuring receiving connectors in SMTP relay servers
Restoring deleted specific emails
Administering SMTP Relay servers
Administering co-existence servers between on-premise & cloud servers

- SCCM
Monthly & urgent Deployment package
Software update group
Server devices collection
WSUS service
Deployment Monitoring Tool

- BlackBerry
Adding new users to BES service
Assigning email policy to users
Activating new devices
Checking DB connectivity
Testing contingency plan

- Enterprise Vault
Enabling/Disabling Archiving
Exporting archived emails to PST
Provisioning mailbox accounts
Forcing synchronization to certain mailbox
Generating EV reports
Testing contingency plan

- Hosting Controller & AD sync
Automating Provisioning of Users/Groups/Contacts
Configuring Exchange settings using HC console
Offering/Supporting self-service portal for end customers
Creating/Modifying mailboxes, DL & mail contacts.
Creating/Managing Mail Domains
Creating/Managing Mail Disclaimer/Outlook Anywhere/ActiveSync Policy
Creating/Assigning Mail policies.
Assigning Primary/Secondary roles to on-premise DCs
Ensuring consistency in Information/password synchronization between on- premise & Cloud Active Directory
Mapping objects from on-premise to Cloud AD

- Exclaimer Signature
Creating/modifying/applying signature templates
Creating/modifying/applying/testing signature policies
Deploying signature to remote users
Integrating with Active Directory
Forcing Signature Replication

- Operations Management Suite
Integrating SCOM with OMS
Connecting direct clients to OMS
Customizing Dashboards
Forwarding logs using OMS logs Analytics Forwarder
OMS integration with Power BI

- BMC Remedy (SLA considered) - Resolving incidents, standard changes, work orders & change requests.
- Generating Weekly, Monthly BMC Remedy requests performance reports
- Creating & Modifying shared folders, permissions, quota & file screen templates
- Resolving SCOM critical high priority alerts
- Reviewing Backup Operations especially for AD DCs & Exchange servers.
- Reviewing Exchange Databases & balancing them
- Active Directory Clean Up (Disable & Delete) Process (Users, contractors & workstations)
- Checking Servers logs for domain controllers, CAS servers & SCOM.
- Verifying that DCs Logs are regularly sent to SCOM ACS Server
- Generating snapshots from STC domains to query them by ADExplorer
- Moving new domain joined PCs to their respective OUs based on respective IP address range
- Updating windows security & high important patches using SCCM
- Querying SCOM ACS (Audit Collection Service) database to discover security actions such as removing user, adding member to group & disabling account.
- Using different 3rd party AD tools such as Lockout Status, ADRestore & Code Two Active Directory Photos.
- Resolving mailbox CLOUD issues at operational level
- Support for BlackBerry servers (checking connectivity, routing & DB connectivity)
- Administering Certification Authority Servers (Root, Policy & Issuing).

Systems Engineer في Ebttikar - Ministry Of Health Project
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • يناير 2011 إلى سبتمبر 2012

Administration of Active Directory, Windows server 2008, Exchange 2010, ISA 2006, TMG 2010, OCS 2007 R2, Lync 2010, FCS, WSUS, Hyper-V, PKI, RMS & SCOM servers.

Activating ITIL knowledge by creating a service catalogue & RACI chart for Operation Dept.

BlueCoat Proxy, McAfee Web Gateway & Websense.

Systems Administrator في Al Khaleej for Computers - Ministry Of Health Project
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • أبريل 2007 إلى ديسمبر 2010

Administration of Active Directory, Windows server 2003-2008, ISA 2006, OCS 2007 R2, FCS, WSUS, Hyper-V, PKI & RMS servers.

BlueCoat Proxy & Websense.

Systems & Network Administrator في Direct Programs Est.
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • ديسمبر 2005 إلى ديسمبر 2006

- Network Planning, Designing & Support
- Support for Servers & Clients.
- Monitoring, tuning & improving the system performance.
- Performing day-to-day tasks like system monitoring, reviewing system logs & verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
- Installing client software, granting & maintaining access rights.
- Backing up data and provides support for the enterprise management system.
- Evaluating new HW & SW to meet business needs.

Systems & Network Administrator في Al Kafi International Group
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • مايو 2003 إلى نوفمبر 2005

- Building Active Directory domain controllers & ISA server at the HO.
- Support for servers & Clients in the HO site & around 200 clients at 10 sites.
- Network Planning, Designing & Support at HO & 10 sites in Riyadh.
- Monitoring, tuning & improving the system performance.
- Performing daily tasks like system monitoring, reviewing system logs & verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups.
- Installing client software, granting & maintaining access rights.
- Backing up data and provides support for the enterprise management system.
- Evaluating new HW & SW to meet business requirements.

الخلفية التعليمية

دبلوم, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
  • في Egyptian Engineers Association (KSA)
  • مارس 2011

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

دبلوم, Solaris 10, Veritas Volume Manager & Veritas Netbackup
  • في Wilshire, Hyderabad
  • يوليو 2010
دبلوم, CCNA & CCNP
  • في Telecommunications National Institute
  • سبتمبر 2002

CCNA CCNP

دبلوم, System Engineering
  • في League Technology
  • أغسطس 2001

MCP Passed 5 exams in my way to be MCSE & MCDBA

بكالوريوس, Computer Science
  • في Computers & Information Faculty
  • مايو 2000

Computer Science

Specialties & Skills

Bluecoat
Exchange Server
Active Directory
ISA Server
HTML Coding
Microsoft Office software & the Internet- Expert

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس
العربية
اللغة الأم
الفرنسية
مبتدئ
التركية
مبتدئ

العضويات

Egyptian Engineers Association In Saudi Arabia (EEA -SA)
  • Member
  • November 2005
RSUG (Riyadh SharePoint Users Group)
  • Member
  • October 2009
Saudi MCP Group
  • Member
  • November 2010
Microsoft Egypt IT Pro Community (HERO)
  • Member
  • March 2010

التدريب و الشهادات

Unix Administration (تدريب)
معهد التدريب:
Wilshire - HyderAbad - India
تاريخ الدورة:
May 2010

الهوايات

  • swimming
  • Reading