Muhammad Zishan Zafar, IT Support Analyst

Muhammad Zishan Zafar

IT Support Analyst

Jadarah United

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jubail
Education
Master's degree, MSc- Network Security
Experience
13 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 8 Months

IT Support Analyst at Jadarah United
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • My current job since February 2015

Provide technical solutions to commercial organizations for variety of IT infrastructures including surveillance systems, conference call systems, wifi infrastructures, current IT infrastructure improvements.

- Interacting with and developing strong relationships with technical contacts and IT vendors.
- Provides IT Infrastructure services vision according to company’s requirements and expectations.
- Searching for the right vendor and preparing quotations.
- Managed technical Platform implementations and integration with clients and Team.
- Delivered Presentations to improve technical infrastructure in client’s premises.
- Managed Pre and Post-sale customer support and solutions.

Operational Projects Supervised includes Technical & Managerial Abilities

- Service Level Agreement (SLA) support of CCTV, CATV and Wifi for 5 branches of Four Seasons Hotel Jubail.
- Design & Deployment of WiFi Infrastructure for BAISAN Hotel, AlJubail using D-Link DAP-2360 with Cloud Management Server.
- Design & Deployment of LAN & WAN Infrastructure for Nassar-H-Alhajri, AlJubail Industrial Area 2 using D-Link and UBNT devices.
- Site Survey, Design & Deployment of LAN, Wi-Fi, Surveillance System and DataCenter Infrastructure from Raw to Catering for BestPrint Printing company using HP, HikVision, D-Link and Cisco Devices.
- Design and Deployment of AAA Radius Server for Radmah Hotel, AlJubail. KSA.

ITS Technology Specialist/Infrastructure at Glasgow Caledonian University
  • United Kingdom - Glasgow
  • March 2012 to June 2014

- Responsible to report Director IT - (GCU).
- Responsible to deal with vendors for new IT infrastructure deployment (hardware & software).
- Answer employees and students inquiries regarding hardware & network access issues.
- Performing & ensuring proper installation of cables, operating systems or an appropriate software.
- Maintain records of everyday problems and remedial actions taken for solutions.
- Refer major IT problems or defective IT products to vendors or Technicians for services as Printers, WiFi Access Points, PCs.
- Promoted to ITS Technology Specialist and Trained 4 IT Support Specialist from Raw to Catering.
- Migrated 900+ Dell Workstations from Windows XP to Windows 7.
- Added HP Blade System Infrastructure as a requirement for Library catalogue database.
- Responsible to deal with vendors for new IT infrastructure deployment (hardware & software).
- Dealing with vendors, Designed 2 IT Labs with all of the infrastructure needs & requirements from beginning to end.
- Analyzed and suggested changes to current IT infrastructure.
- Vendor management under company rules & regulations in order to obtain cost optimization.
- Wireless Infrastructure deployment (Aruba) for all GCU Campuses using WAN accelerator.
- Auditing: Designed an Operational Manual which was having all detail of LAN, WAN, HW, SW, Routers, Switches, AP and Firewalls along with asset numbers. It helped me for controlling, filtering and mapping my day to day operation in an excellent way.
- Integration from previous to upgraded server versions.

Network Support Engineer at Jaguar Textile Industries
  • Pakistan - Faisalabad
  • August 2008 to July 2010

I was responsible to provide :

* First Level Support (software, hardware and networks).
* Day to day admin and monitoring of network use.
* Resolving issues of Ms Office, Windows, Outlook, Internet, Printers, Network etc.
* Managing problems from identification of the root causes through the major incidents to the provision of quality solutions and service recovery / delivery.
* To perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required and other duties as assigned.
* Installing new software and hardware (servers, printers, computer workstations).
* Overseeing security of all systems, especially the internet, and installing antivirus protection.
* Fixing network faults and technical support for people using the network.
* Making sure all IT meets industry standards. Minimising the impact of problems on the availability of services.

Promoted as Asst. Network Administrator after 6 months and responsible for:

* Maintaining Proxy Server, DNS Server, E-mail Server.
* Active Directory: Creating user accounts, resetting passwords, assigning permissions.
* Giving feedback to customers and senior management on networks, handover and demonstration of the new software releases and necessary hardware changes.
* Planning future improvements, suggesting IT solutions to business problems.
* To troubleshoot system and network problems with appropriate support from internal team/external contractors.
* Perform routine audits of systems and software.

Education

Master's degree, MSc- Network Security
  • at Glasgow Caledonian University England
  • June 2012

studied CCNP Security Modules.

Bachelor's degree, BSCS (Hons.)- Networks
  • at G.C. University Faisalabad (GCUF).
  • November 2008

Information Technology, Network Fundamentals, Wireless Network Solutions, Operating Systems, Security Modules.

Specialties & Skills

PC Networking
IT Technical Support
Vendor Management
IT Project Management
Leadership
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
ANTI VIRUS
CISCO ROUTERS
NETWORK SUPPORT
NETWORKING
OPERATING SYSTEMS
REPORTS
TROUBLESHOOTING
Virtualization
Team Lead
Network Administration
Project Management

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

IEEE
  • IEEE-Gold Member
  • October 2007

Training and Certifications

IEEE - Team Lead of the year 2008 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Leadership Training (Training)
Training Institute:
GCUSA - Glasgow Caledonian University
Date Attended:
February 2011

Hobbies

  • Traveling, Cricket.