Mohammed Al-Attar, Cyber Security Engineer

Mohammed Al-Attar

Cyber Security Engineer

Ministry of Information

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer and Communication Engineering
Experience
19 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months

Cyber Security Engineer at Ministry of Information
  • Kuwait
  • My current job since June 2018

- Define, implement, and maintain organization’s security policies and procedures.
- Perform vulnerability testing, and security assessments.
- Managing infrastructure security systems (Active Directory and Fortinet Authenticator).
- Managing and monitoring network security devices including
- FortiGate Firewalls, Fortinet Analyzer, and Wireshark, and LanSweeper.
- Managing antivirus and endpoints security solutions.
- Monitor security threats and execute responses through
SIEM.

IT Deputy Manager at Bank Muscat
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • December 2014 to June 2017

• Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
• Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.
• Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back-up procedures and information security and control structures.
• Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.
• Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.
• Formulating infrastructure, systems software, network systems and programming and data center operations strategy to meet departmental goals, developing schedules, work plans and cost controls.
• Directing, assigning, coordinating, reviewing and evaluating the work of staff for maximum productivity.

Part Time Instructor at Higher Institute of Telecommunication and Navigation - PAAET
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2014 to January 2015

Teaching Computer

Senior Systems Analyst at National Bank of Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2014 to December 2014

• Managing Microsoft System Center Operation Manager (SCOM)
• Managing Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
• Managing Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
• Managing HP Operation Orchestration (HPOO) and HP Server Automation (HPSA)
Managing SharePoint

IT Systems Engineer at Burgan Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • July 2009 to June 2014

Burgan Bank - IT Support Engineer
•Managing Windows-based File Servers.
•Managing Active Directory servers.
•Managing windows-based DNS, DHCP, WINS servers.
•Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2012
•Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2012
•Managing Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).
•Managing Microsoft System Center Operation Manager (SCOM).
•Managing Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).
•Managing Hyper-V infrastructure.
•Managing test lab.
•Managing Microsoft WSUS server.
•Managing IT Service Management.
•Managing Policies, procedures, processes, and workflows.
•Managing BlackBerry Enterprise Server systems.
•Managing Mobile Device Management (MDM) - MobileIron.

IT Support Specialist at National Petroleum Services Compnay(NAPESCO)
  • Kuwait
  • March 2007 to July 2009

• Installing, Managing, and Maintaining Computers, and Peripherals.
• Maintaining Network Devices.
• Managing, Maintaining Servers (Active Directory, DNS, ISA, SMS, WSUS).
• Log Help Desk Calls.
• Maintaining Wireless Devices.
• Managing Servers Backup

Help Desk Agent at Mobile Telecommunication Company (MTC) - now ZAIN
  • Kuwait
  • September 2003 to March 2007

• Managing, and Maintaining Computers, and Peripherals.
• Managing, and Maintaining Network Devices.
• Coordinating with IT Third-Party Companies
• Managing Call Center Servers Backup

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer and Communication Engineering
  • at Ahlia University
  • January 2012

none

Diploma, Computer Science
  • at Business Studies College
  • June 2003

none

High school or equivalent, Scientific
  • at Anas Ibn Malik High School
  • June 2001

Percentage 60%

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Windows
Hyper V
Blackberry Enterprise Server
Mac OS X
Windows Server
Software and Hardware Troubleshooting
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Sever 2008
Mac OS X

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Kuwait Voluntary Work Center
  • Information Technology Team
  • September 2008
Kuwait Photography Center
  • Photography Trainer
  • January 2009
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Memeber
  • June 2011
Defensive Special Weapons and Tactics Team (D-SWAT)
  • Sharp Shooter
  • September 2010
Photographic Society of America
  • Photographer
  • March 2009
Royal Photographic Society
  • Photographer
  • June 2010
Professional Photographers of America
  • Photographer
  • June 2010
Manchester United Football Club
  • Member
  • August 2008

Hobbies

  • Technology
  • Tavel
  • Philosophy
  • History
  • Video Games
  • Science