Rodney Saldanha, Sr. Engineer Systems

Rodney Saldanha

Sr. Engineer Systems

Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge)

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Diploma, Computer Architecture and Hardware
Experience
27 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 0 Months

Sr. Engineer Systems at Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge)
  • My current job since April 2002

April 9
th
, 2002 to Date: Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge) - Sr. Engineer - Systems

Sr. Engineer - Systems, responsible for Windows Domain running on flavors of Windows Network Operating
Systems (NOS) such as NT4/2000/2003/2008R2/2012R2 in Enterprise mode and Windows clients such as
NT4/W2K/XP/7 Ent/8.1 Ent/10 Ent providing First line of support to servers and Third line of support to
clients.

Enterprise wide successful implementation of Microsoft based Office Automation technologies Such as
Exchange, SCCM, SCOM, Virtualization, SCVMM along with Enterprise Backup Solutions such as Veritas
NetBackup & Backup Exec.

Enterprise level Storage Support for (Xp20000, VNX 5400, 5800, 5900 in Abu Dhabi & Eva 8000, VNX 5900
in Ruwais) in terms of overall management, day to day monitoring & support, expansion of storage as and
when required, planning for projects and subsequent space allocations.

MENA based Data Center’s management & operation including Procurement, Implementation, expansion,
Audit, Reporting & certification

Sr. Engineer - Systems at Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • October 2000 to April 2002

April 9
th
, 2002 to Date: Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge) - Sr. Engineer - Systems

Sr. Engineer - Systems, responsible for Windows Domain running on flavors of Windows Network Operating
Systems (NOS) such as NT4/2000/2003/2008R2/2012R2 in Enterprise mode and Windows clients such as
NT4/W2K/XP/7 Ent/8.1 Ent/10 Ent providing First line of support to servers and Third line of support to
clients.

Enterprise wide successful implementation of Microsoft based Office Automation technologies Such as
Exchange, SCCM, SCOM, Virtualization, SCVMM along with Enterprise Backup Solutions such as Veritas
NetBackup & Backup Exec.

Enterprise level Storage Support for (Xp20000, VNX 5400, 5800, 5900 in Abu Dhabi & Eva 8000, VNX 5900
in Ruwais) in terms of overall management, day to day monitoring & support, expansion of storage as and
when required, planning for projects and subsequent space allocations.

MENA based Data Center’s management & operation including Procurement, Implementation, expansion,
Audit, Reporting & certification

System Specialist at Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. (Borouge)
  • October 2000 to April 2002
Engineer at Emirates Computers Establishment - Systems/Network
  • April 1997 to April 2002
Network Support Engineer at ADNOC-Processing Directorate (PDHQ)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • May 1997 to October 2000
  • to

level Storage Support for (Xp20000, VNX 5400, 5800, 5900 in Abu Dhabi & Eva 8000, VNX 5900
in Ruwais) in terms of overall management, day to day monitoring & support, expansion of storage as and
when required, planning for projects and subsequent space allocations.
MENA based Data Center’s management & operation including Procurement, Implementation, expansion,
Audit, Reporting & certification
2
Major Projects
* Borouge Head Office (HO) & Ruwais Plant - NetBackup 7.7 implementation 2016
Project Role : Project Technical Lead
Project Team : Borouge Application team requiring backup service, Project Manager and
vendor team
Project Scope : Implement NetBackup 7.7 based Enterprise Solution for three Borouge sites
namely Borouge HO, Ruwais & Borouge HO with D2D2T & Optimized
Duplication using Veritas Appliances 3230 & 3330.
* Borouge Marketing New Head Office (HO) - at Abu Dhabi World Trade Center
Project Role : Core Project Team Member
Project Team :Borouge IT Infrastructure Team, Vendor team,
Project Scope :1)Implement 16 Rack Data Center with CCU, Water, Fire & smoke detection System,
with Cold isle containment pods & Austin Hughes rack security system with other

Project Manager at Borouge
  • United Arab Emirates
  • to

* Migration of Server Farm - at

at Borouge HO
  • to

* Leading the Data center Upgradation in Shaikh Khalifa Energy Complex
* Member of Borouge Innovation Center implementation team in Abu Dhabi in terms of IT Infrastructure &
Citrix based VDI Solution.
* Borouge HO & Ruwais - Deployment Cisco UCS Blade Infrastructure along with data migration.
* Project team member for the Borouge Singapore Office shifting from Alexandra Techno Park to One
George Street responsible for Servers and availability of services.

at Borouge HO
  • to

Exchange 2013 organization consists 2 DAGS each one in HO (spread across to
DR site in Dubai/WTC) & SG HO (spread across to SG DR site) with load balancing
facilitated by F5.
3
Other Projects

Education

Diploma, Computer Architecture and Hardware
  • at NRAMP
  • July 1994

Specialties & Skills

Data Center
Active Directory
AUTOMATION
BUDGETING
Microsoft Exchange
Virtualization
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2012
NETWORK SUPPORT
Storage
Servers

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

 ITIL® version 3 Intermediate : Operational Support and Analysis EXIN (Training)
Training Institute:
ITIL OSA
 ITIL® version 3 Foundation (Training)
Training Institute:
EXIN