Muhammad Shahid Iqbal iqbal, Datacenter Analyst

Muhammad Shahid Iqbal iqbal

Datacenter Analyst

kaust

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Diploma, Certified datacenter Socialist (CDCS)
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

Datacenter Analyst at kaust
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2010

Present
Designation: Datacenter Analyst

Job responsibilities:
• Managing the business and scientific research data centers of KAUST with the data center team including the data center for the fastest supercomputer in Middle East, the IBM Blue Gene/P, “Shaheen”.
• Executing operations of critical data center facilities of (LEED Platinum Facility) including high density HPC and Supercomputing data center with 4000 sq. meters of raised floor area.
• Contributing to the data center process and policies improvement by providing creative inputs and initiatives.
• Providing procurement and vendor management support of required data center HPC server hardware.
• Assisting in training, supervision and coaching data center operations staff.
• Planning, designing and implementing HPC technical solutions in data center based on the customer’s requirements.
• Evaluating and recommending purchase of required equipment and other improvements for the data centers.
• Managing data center functions of the Disaster Recovery Site (DR Site) for KAUST.
• Assisting Data Center Lead in developing data center reports and highlighting findings and making recommendations.
• Interfacing as a liaison between other IT departments and the data center team for effective results.
• Responsible for Inventory & Asset Management for 2500+ servers & data center Infrastructure Equipment.
• Working with other IT teams on server consolidation/virtualization projects to increase data center efficiency.
• Managing and overseeing data center access control system.
• Managing the Data Center cleaning to ensure best environmental practices for high performance computing.
• Configuring cameras, PDUs and misc. sensors using APC Strxuxreware data center expert.

Datacenter Support Engineer at Interactive Group of companies
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • May 2008 to March 2010

Job responsibilities included:
• Erecting and operations management of a Data Center with HVAC, Redundant UPS Arrays of 120 KVA each, Redundant Generator Power Supply of 250 KVA each, Dual Control Panel Fire suppression Systems, Double layer Biometric Security and 24/7 Online Monitoring Systems.
• Installation, Operation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting of all APC products range. Conduct Schedule/Unscheduled maintenance and emergency fault recovery of all APC components.
• Data Center Monitoring/Management software installation at client sites.
• To get familiarization and technical upper hand on coming APC technology.
• Successful Installation, start up and Commissioning of more than 25 Units of Model ACRP102 Precision Cooling, ACRC103 and ACRD502,
• Installation & Monitoring complete APC product line like
• Infrastructure, UPS, Power distribution, Racks and accessories, Cooling, Security and Environmental Monitoring, Surge Protection and Power Conditioning, Management Software,
• Trouble shooting & configuration ISX Manager.
• Installation of ISX Central / NetBotz.
• PDU Configuration(factory setting), T/TH Sensors, APC Switches, Redundant Switches, etc
• Configuration of SNMP cards.etc.

Education

Diploma, Certified datacenter Socialist (CDCS)
  • at EXIN
  • February 2014

Certified datacenter Socialist (CDCS)

Diploma, Certified datacenter professional (CDCP)
  • at EXIN
  • May 2013

Certified datacenter professional (CDCP)

Master's degree, IT+Management
  • at Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan, Pakistan
  • December 2007

The degree is a discipline of sciences which provided me the formal and in-depth knowledge of computer sciences from its foundation to the modern information technologies.

Bachelor's degree, Mathematics and computer Sceince
  • at Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Multan, Pakistan
  • December 2004

The degree is a combination of mathematics and double course computer sciences. The subjects and prestigious college has laid a strong base for my professional career with good logic, problem analysis and resolving abilities.

Specialties & Skills

Datacenter Engineer
Data Center Specialist
Datacenter analyst
Data Center
Datacentre
Expert in Managing APC infrastructure
Data center Access, Safety, and data center cleaning
Scientific Compute cluster instalation
 Data Center Operations Practices as per ITIL Standards
 Management of Data Center Access Control Systems, Fire Alarm, Smoke Detection & Fire Suppression S

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Network (Training)
Training Institute:
Corvit
Date Attended:
January 2010
Safety (Training)
Training Institute:
VESDA Training
Date Attended:
January 2012