Osama Melhem, Senior Engineer - IT

Osama Melhem

Senior Engineer - IT

Institute of Applied Technology

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems Engineering
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Senior Engineer - IT at Institute of Applied Technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • My current job since August 2010

Challenged to maintain IAT Main Datacenter environmental and monitoring equipment. Ensure its adherence to standards and alignment with Corporate and Business Process Excellence needs. Provide technology infrastructure services and Business solutions and responsible for IAT Enterprise CCTV and Public Address systems configuration, administration and support

- Manage and Support Al Ain Campuses IT Projects, resources and operational systems.

- Conduct IT Risk assessments of projects and process and provide recommendations and reports to Top Management.

- Evaluate existing IT needs of all departments, propose recommendations to maintain and improve the quality of service and also plan, coordinate, and implement improvements in service.

- Identify recurring problem areas, articulating trends for root cause analysis and providing information to problem. Ensure that assigned problems are defined and analysis in line with the Problem Management Process.

- Prepare data center assessment reports and presentations in line with IAT audience level of expertise.

- Ensure meeting the deployed architecture for infrastructure, servers, PCs and peripherals with service level requirements in terms of expected availability, capacity, continuity, security, performance and reliability.

- Responsible for User’s Technical Training, Help Desk Support, Network and Hardware Support and Troubleshooting.

- Review vendor product specifications and drawings for data center equipment on assigned projects.

- Ensure performing backup / recovery functions on scheduled basis and administration functions for hardware, operating and application systems are maintained and completed on consistent basis

Team Leader - Technical Support & TPA System administrator at The Islamic Insurance Co
  • Jordan - Amman
  • February 2007 to July 2010

Recruited to maintain standards in enterprise environment covering campus LAN, WLAN, Systems, End Users, and IT Security and any technology related matters. Responsible for TPA System and Oracle 10g Support and administration

- Supervised technical support team to perform daily technical support task. Identified, assessed and evaluated network and IT systems requirements

- Identified user needs, maintain integrity of the network, server deployment, security and responding to service outages and other problems

- Determined, priorities, schedules and plans necessary resources to ensure completion of any IT related projects on schedule and according to specification

- Established network specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements

- Maintained and monitored VPN connections between branches and main office to ensure the maximum secured access to company systems and applications

- Upgraded network by conferring with vendors; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements

- Liaised with system developers to make appropriate changes in the system to maximize the efficiency according to work demands and users requirements

- Ensured availability of data and processes to the end users resulting to a streamlined operation and business efficiency

- Maintained IT systems such as file servers, VPN, and intrusion detection systems. Support LANs, network segments, Internet

Project Engineer at BITs - Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2009 to July 2010

Hired to develop project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans; conferring with management

- Determined project specifications by studying product design, customer requirements, and performance standards; completing technical studies; preparing cost estimates.

- Responsible for Networking and cable structure solutions, professional services and annual maintenance contracts, Websites design and development, Hardware and software procurement, Mobile applications development, Web and Email Hosting, Projects technical documentation and E-Marketing

IT Technical Support Engineer at Middle East Hearing Association (MEHA)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 2007 to December 2008

Recruited to install and configure medical appliances and software. Responsible for customers IT Support and Training (Virtually & Practically) in implementing Health Care Software’s in Jordan and Middle east

- Coordinated with vendors and other computer support providers to ensure smooth running of IT systems. Handled Local Area Network (LAN) installation, configuration and troubleshooting

- Developed new system to manage customers’, patients’ records Using MS access 2007. Developed, designed and managed company website

Technical supports at TIIC
  • Jordan - Amman
  • February 2006 to June 2006

6 Month Training As Technical support

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems Engineering
  • at Al Balqa' Applied University
  • February 2007

• B.Sc. In Computer Systems Engineering (Al Balqa' Applied University) with average "3.15" (Very. Good) (Feb/2007)

High school or equivalent, Science Section
  • at General Secondary Education from MOE
  • October 2001

• General Secondary Education (Scientific section) with average "89.3" (Oct/2001)

Specialties & Skills

Troubleshooting
Team Management
IT Technical Support
IT Project Management
• People Management and Team building skills
• Web hosting and emails hosting administration
• CCTV systems installation, configuration and administration including cameras selection, NVR, DVR
• Windows Server 2003 – 2012 installation, configuration and administration (AD, DNS, DHCP, RRAS, II
• Familiar with Firewalls, ISA server 2004/2006 and Microsoft SQL Server
IT projects planning, implementation and management.
• High-level analytical and problem solving skills
• Mac OSX 10.7 – 10.11 technical Support.
• Windows XP – 10 technical support.
• Servers, workstations and Mac imaging/deployment using SCCM, Acronis and Deploy Studio.
• Virtualization using VMware ESXi 5.5, vSphere Essential Client
• Printer’s technical support.
• LAN, WAN and Wireless infrastructure administration, support and troubleshooting.
• Cisco IP Telephony management.
• IT Systems support, administration and troubleshooting.
• iPads and IOS technical support
• Cisco Switching and Routing.

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordain Engineer Associate
  • Engineer
  • February 2007

Training and Certifications

Successfully completed PMP Course (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
March 2016
Palo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE) - PAN-OS 6.1 Version (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Valid Until:
March 2020
Successfully completed MS Service-Desk administration course (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
September 2013
Successfully completed Office 365 preparations and administration course (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
September 2015
Successfully completed McAfee Web Gateway 7.3 Administration Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Intel Security
Date Attended:
December 2014
Successfully completed Install and Configure Windows Server 2012 Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
October 2013
Apple Support Professional Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
Valid Until:
November 2020
IC3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
Valid Until:
February 2013
Successfully completed Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0 course (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
June 2013
BULATs (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2012
Valid Until:
August 2012
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2010
Valid Until:
May 2010
Successfully Passed CCNP Switch exam (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco
Date Attended:
October 2011
Successfully completed CCNP Route Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco
Date Attended:
October 2012