Senior System Administrator
Al Watanyiah United Engineering & Contracting Co.LLC
Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months
•Design and build new datacenter for Head Office of Alwatanyiah.
•Installation of HP blade servers as per IT procedures and policies.
•Implemented application servers in Network load balancing mode to share the application load.
•Implemented Database servers in active passive cluster mode for high availability of application.
•Managing daily datacenter operations, servers including domain controller and Mdaemon mail server, backup devices, client handling etc.
•Handling Windows 2012, 2008 Std. Servers and Windows 2003 Ent. Ed. and HP 1/8 Ultrium 920 G2 Tape Autoloader, ISA 2006 server, WSUS server.
•Involved in planning and implementation of all actions required to deploy applications both
Technically and Functionally.
•Handling incident, Problem & Change Management processes.
•Preparation of SOPs, checklists, defining processes & reports.
•Maintained vendor contracts and managed procurement of IT service and equipment thus ensuring that company assets are maintained responsibly.
•Implementing and managing the Kaspersky antivirus server.
•Installing & Maintaining Wireless network within the facility
•Managing daily datacenter operations, servers including domain controller and exchange server 2007, backup devices, client handling etc.
•Handling Windows 2003 Ent. Ed. and Windows 2008 Std. Servers, HP 1/8 Ultrium 920 G2 Tape Autoloader, ISA 2006 server, WSUS server.
•Involved in planning and implementation of all actions required to deploy applications both
Technically and Functionally.
•Handling incident, Problem & Change Management processes.
•Planned, organized, directed, controlled and evaluated the operations of information systems and electronic data processing (EDP).
•Successfully Implemented the ERP for the organization including Finance, Assets, Procurement and Document Management.
•Implemented the Human Resource Management system (HRMS) for Staff and Workers.
•Preparation of SOPs, checklists, defining processes & reports.
•Maintained vendor contracts and managed procurement of IT service and equipment thus ensuring that company assets are maintained responsibly .
•Implementing and managing the Kaspersky antivirus server.
•Responsible for network scanning against venerability and apply patches.
•Installing & Maintaining Wireless network within the facility.
•Owned and implemented Infrastructure new setup for Gurgaon STPI successfully.
•Worked towards ISO27000, ISO27001, BS27999 and SAS70 certification and surveillance audits during FY08/FY09 and meeting the business driven timescales.
•Worked for one of the major project Go-live towards project time line, completed this from operations front without deviating any process and violations, also well before the time period,
•Core Team member for upgrade of Legato Networker 7.4.2 & 7.4.5 across all Accenture delivery centers in India.
•Implementation and Roll out of Websense 6.3 for all Towers in Delhi.
•Web Traffic monitoring, managing and reporting through WebSense server as per company policies
•Owned and implemented Infrastructure setup for Delhi SEZ. Successfully transitioned all core and project dedicated servers from incubation facility to Accenture permanent facility.
•Played major role in Datacenter Operations, IT Strategy Planning faced Internal / External Audits. Has under gone Surveillance Audit for ISO20001, ISO27001, SAS70, and Client, Global, External and Internal Audits.
•Core Team member for Implementation of Websense servers across India.
• 24/7 Real time technical assistance for over 700 Pc’s and 5 servers on various Microsoft Platforms, Antivirus Solutions & Internet Security.
• Designing, implementing, monitoring & troubleshooting of Windows 2K/2k3 Servers using HP ProLiant DL380 and DELL Power EDEG 1950, 2950 Series servers.
• Maintaining a computer network including configuration of Windows NT / 2000 Servers with Windows 9X / 2000prof / XP clients. Maintenance of the servers using Software Update Services (Downloading required patches, updates)
• Maintaining Server uptime to maximum level.
• An active and responsible member of the BirlaSoft team for achieving BS7799 industry standard certificate.
• Administering user accounts, access, security and connectivity.
• Creating Group policies at OU level, Analyzing policy settings, Applying Group policies and troubleshooting policies.
• Configuring Outlook, Outlook Express, Antivirus.
• Analyzing and optimizing system performance, generating reports and making the relevant documentation.
• Inspection of Hardware with diagnostic tools and Peripherals before installation & Preventive Maintenance of the systems at regular intervals. Network performance monitoring, optimization and capacity planning.