Mustafa Ismail  Jambughodawala, Senior Information Technology  Administrator

Mustafa Ismail Jambughodawala

Senior Information Technology Administrator

Option One International

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
21 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 0 Months

Senior Information Technology Administrator at Option One International
  • Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
  • My current job since January 2012

 Utilize extensive technical skills to deploy and administer Microsoft Windows operating environment and email system to increase corporate productivity.
 Effectively administer the file and print sharing solution to enhance organizational efficiency.
 Proficiently maintain endpoint security, achieving zero incidents to date.
 Skillfully administer firewall for network security and anti-spam efforts, with less than 3% false positive emails.
 Administer the enterprise backup solution and storage with offsite disaster recovery solution to ensure a reliable system in the event of an emergency.
 Provide day-to-day oversight of IT infrastructure, network security and outsourced vendor relationships.
 Collaborate with management team to identify strategic IT initiatives and facilitate the adoption of technology-based solutions.
 Manage internal help desk support team and implement new web support portal to streamline the IT support process; develop internal IT assets tracking database, IT operation guidelines, disaster recovery plan.
 Lead the efforts to define, analyze and implement technical and functional improvements.
 Establish the scope of projects, business and technology analysis, development and testing requirements throughout system development lifecycle.

Enterprise Server/Client Support Engineer at Al-Alamiah Technology Group-KNPC Project
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • July 2007 to January 2012

 Provided exceptional customer service while serving on various teams on the KNPC Outsource Project.
 Utilized extensive technical skills to administer file and print sharing for more than 8, 000 end users.
 Deployed software and monitored the system for more than 6, 000 users to increase end-user productivity.
 Updated and maintained user email metadata to ensure technical needs were exceeded.
 Effectively migrated user data to upgraded system to increase end-user efficiency.
 Installed and configured datacenter server infrastructure, maintaining the system to ensure maximum system uptime.
 Effectively led the on-site support and remote support team to provide exceptional customer service while delivering a dependable server system.
 Skillfully managed user accounts, share folder and printers, and configured parameters to increase system stability.
 Troubleshot workstations and notebooks, and led a team of 30 engineers in the PC and notebook replacement project.
 Prepared daily plan for replacement tasks to ensure efficient and rapid replacements with minimal impact on users.
 Created master image of user system to efficiently deploy the system to more than 6, 000 enterprise clients.
 Installed and tested various applications used by each department to ensure the applications could be integrated into the system safely and effectively.
 Monitored and drove accountability for IT projects and services, including delivery, performance and functionality.
 Developed technical solutions by assembling staff, vendor and service resources to evaluate, design, test, install and maintain hardware, applications and software.
 Streamlined the requirements gathering processes to support the development of newly enhanced features and functions.

Network Support Engineer at Linktech
  • Kuwait
  • July 2005 to July 2007

 Utilized extensive networking skills to maintain and troubleshoot corporate client’s local area network, ensuring maximum system uptime.
 Provided LAN administration, including adding and deleting users, performing regular backups, occasional restorations from tape and maintaining LAN security, to deliver a dependable system with minimal downtime.
 Supplied preliminary troubleshooting for integrated business systems, point-of-sale product at client sites.
 Determined computer-related needs for entire corporation’s clients to ensure all technical needs were exceeded.
 Planned for disaster recovery and tested the disaster recovery plan to ensure a reliable system could be reinstated in the event of an emergency.
 Guided clients and users on tough technical problems, demonstrating service scalability, application enhanced performance, 24x7 availability and exceptional support.
 Responsible for hands-on server administration, hardware acquisition, installation, capacity planning and troubleshooting network related issues in a 24x7 support environment.
 Implemented, maintained, and oversaw all aspects of the information technology systems and solutions.

Network Support Engineer at Kuwait Municipality
  • Kuwait
  • May 2003 to July 2005

 Utilized extensive networking skills to install and configure hubs, switches and routers.
 Provided exceptional customer service while delivering support for client issues related to hardware, software and network problems.
 Skillfully configured the operating system for more than 1, 000 clients in remote sites for various services and software, and configured network printers and LAN to increase end-user productivity.
 Suggested high-level recommendations on upcoming technology needs and priorities.
 Maintained accurate and timely data on current and past technology operations.
 Supervised technological purchases while sustaining annual IT budget
 Worked collaboratively with senior management on IT strategies to provide a premium level of service to customers.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at Bhartiy Siksha Parisad
  • July 2004
Diploma, Advance Diploma in Computer Hardware and Networking
  • at Jetking
  • September 2000

Specialties & Skills

Disaster Recovery
Capacity Planning
Endpoint Security
Microsoft Servers
IT Service Management
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), Autodesk Engineering,
Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010
Microsoft Windows 2003/2008/2012 Server and Workstation OS, Linux OS, VMware
IBM System X Server, HP Proliant Server, Dell Server
Integration of distributed networks (VPN bridges, VPN gateways, MPLS), IP WAN addressing and route p
Symantec, ESET and other leading antivirus and protection products
Information Technology Service Management-ITIL
Cisco IOS Routing and Switching, DFS, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP
BMC Helpdesk

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Native Speaker
Arabic
Intermediate
Gujarati
Expert

Memberships

Toastmasters International
  • VP Membership
  • March 2014

Training and Certifications

ITIL V3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2016
Cisco Certified Network Associate (Routing and Switching) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Cisco Certified Advanced Wireless LAN for Field Engineers (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Microsoft Certified IT Professional Enterprise Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2009
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010

Hobbies

  • Science
  • Jogging
  • Public Speaking
    Won Best Speaker-Evaluator award
  • Reading