Taha Shahzad, IT Quality Administartor

Taha Shahzad

IT Quality Administartor

ARASCO

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer System Engineering
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

IT Quality Administartor at ARASCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since December 2014

A lead supporter in transformation of ARASCO IT Culture in providing governance & integrating IT section to maximize business values.

- Focusing on IT Operations, ITSM Excellence and COBIT 5, ITIL, ISO frameworks' best practices.
- Project Manager of Project RASSID (IT Operation & Services Monitoring).
- Project Manager of Project MRAM (Monitoring, Reporting & Audit Monitoring).
- Project Manager of Asset Management System.
- A Change Leader.
- Provide critical inputs to Director/Senior Manager - IT Operations & Services to apply best practices based on leading frameworks.
- Reviewed, Modified & Designed IT Operation/Services processes to establish functionality and effectiveness.
- Take the lead to ensure the developed and planned changes to be implemented.
- Documents results and observations after inspections and audits.
- Developed and ensured the quality of provided IT Services as processes and workflow.
- Designed KPIs & Cascade them to IT Department.
- Conducting regular review, audit and took process improvement initiatives.

IT Manager at ANSALDO STS - Princess Noura University Metro O&M
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2011 to November 2014

• Actively participated in startup of project and successfully offered IT services with in limited budget on first stage build.
• Designed Cisco Wireless Mesh network between seven buildings as quick IT Network deployment.
• Administering over 2000 network nodes and over 500 active users 24/7.
• Achieved high availability targets by redundancy, monitored system such as Cisco Works LMS and managed engine ops.
• Designed Tier 2 Datacenter with HP-Dell-IBM Servers, Storages and Cisco Networks devices.
• Drafted IT security polices and IT SOPs to minimize the vulnerabilities and smoothening IT processes.
• Implemented strong network security using Sonic wall and Cisco ASA.
• Nominated as Project Manager for several projects like Financial & HR ERP system implementation, 5km fiber optics ring topology network implementation, SAP MMIS Implementation.
• Lead IT department as Acting Manager in absence of IT Manager.
• Provided assistance to maintenance & operations department in telecom, network, and SCADA related queries.
• Helped in improving inter-departmental processes for more efficiency and accuracy by being as QMS committee member.
• Automated IT Service desk, IT Assets Inventory management and IT Purchase cycle.

IT Administrator at BDO International
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2010 to August 2011

≈ Proficiently upgraded existing IT setup
≈ Implemented IT policies & procedures provided by BDO Belgium
≈ Rolled out BDO Audit tools across all branches
≈ Imparted technical expertise in Accounts & HR ERP Software for clients
≈ Implemented VDI - Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure for 50 Users

System Support Engineer at Mars Office Product Co.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2009 to May 2010

≈ Started my career as Call Support Specialist and later promoted to System Support Engineer
≈ Providing Support to Clients for Wimax Installation, CCTV Project, VoIP Configurations
≈ Lead the team of Technicians at customer sites for Installation & Configurations
≈ Manage day to day activities and plan schedule for technicians
≈ Level 2 - Troubleshooting expert

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer System Engineering
  • at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
  • December 2009

Major: Network Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors & VLSI First Division – 2006 Batch

Specialties & Skills

System Administration
IT Solutions
Project Management
Network Systems
TETRA Network
Network Administration
IT Infrastructure Design
Wireless Networking
Fiber Optical Network
Virtualization
System Administration
Routing & Switching
Exchange Server
IT Security
Cisco Unified Communication
Cisco IOS
Microsoft Sever 2008 R2
IT Pre Sales
Change Management
Organizational
Customer focus
Listening
Intercultural
Follow-up
Network
Planning
Microsoft
Interpersonal
Project
Technical
Communication

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

COBIT (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Valid Until:
January 9999
Multiservice Network - Cisco - Alcatel Lucent (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
August 2012
SCADA Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
March 2012
Tetra Network Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2012
Valid Until:
July 2012
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007
Valid Until:
August 2007