Saad Karim Leghari Leghari, Lead Enterprise Architect

Saad Karim Leghari Leghari

Lead Enterprise Architect

Infopool

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Lead Enterprise Architect at Infopool
  • United Kingdom - London
  • My current job since September 2016

• Translating project-specific needs into a cloud structure that will suit those needs and considering the project needs in terms of resource usage and scalability.
• Designing the cloud environment from a holistic point of view, ensuring it meets all of the company's requirements.
• Carrying out deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and management tasks within this implemented cloud structure.
• Overseeing cloud security.
• Completing the integration of new applications into the cloud environment.
• Reviewing and approving RFI, RFP and RFQ from vendors as well as negotiating development and support contracts.
• Changing existing SDLC practices (Solution delivery framework, change modify for new practice) across the firm to fit new agile ways of working.
Projects
1. Supply@ME - Develop Multi Cloud Environment between AWS & Azure
2. NATS - Provide Operations & Management of Azure based EdTech environment
3. Rotork - Provide Data Architecture for IoT based Rotork solutions
4. SPX - Develop Proof of Concept of IoT solution including ingestion of IoT data, storage, data processing and visual dashboards

J2C Quality Assurance & Design Analyst at Pwc - United Arab Emirates
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since May 2022

• Work with Emirates Water & Electric Company (EWEC), Ernst & Young and Injazat to analyze and assess best process/systems changes that meet the needs of the EWEC J2C requirements.
• Be able to effectively report out and provide status updates on projects to Sr
• Act as a team representative in cross functional project teams
• Troubleshoot and discuss technical solutions with appropriate Development teams
• Identify and analyze problems associated with the Product Release applications
• Document and improve functional processes to ensure quality of work and consistency
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and manage issue tracking, provide regular and meaningful feedback to management, and assess problem resolution for effectiveness
• Plan, execute, and oversee inspection and testing of product to confirm quality and conformance to specifications and deliverables
• Assist operations in tracking, documenting, and reporting quality levels as well as CSR, environmental, and health and safety goals/KPIs
• Analyze and investigate product complaints or reported quality issues to ensure resolution in accordance with company guidelines and external regulatory requirements
• Develop or update company procedures to ensure capture, investigation, and proper documentation of complaints
• Monitor risk-management procedures, and maintain problem logs for identifying and reporting issues to management and product development

Principal Solution Architect at Safaricom
  • Kenya - Nairobi
  • My current job since March 2022

• Define and manage a cloud operating model and roadmap in alignment with the Digital Insights blueprint and Tech 2025.
• Oversee and lead the design, modelling, and deployment of cloud architectures, standards, and frameworks.
• Scout new cloud technologies and vendors to enable innovation and identify technical enablers
• Manage cloud architecture and establish the capability to monitor new cloud technology developments and trends in the industry
• Build, recruit, retain, manage and develop a world-class cloud architecture team and organization
• Provide thought leadership on foundational cloud architecture best practices and disruptive technology trajectory and implications
• Establish a cloud center of excellence spanning both private and public cloud as well as able to offer guidance to Telco cloud.
• Oversee and Lead technical briefings, proof of concepts and architectural design sessions

AWS Infrastructure & Infosec Manager at Sandala
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2021 to November 2021

• Responsible for the planning, implementation, and growth of the AWS cloud infrastructure
• Build, release, and manage the configuration of all production systems
• Manage a continuous integration and deployment methodology for server-based technologies
• Work alongside architecture and engineering teams to design and implement any scalable software services
• Ensure necessary system security by using best in class cloud security solutions
Stay current with new technology options and vendor products, evaluating which ones would be a good fit for the company
• Implement continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines when necessary
• Recommend process and architecture improvements
• Troubleshoot the system and solve problems across all platform and application domains
• Oversee pre-production acceptance testing to ensure the high quality of a company’s services and product

Manager Network Strategy at PTCL
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2010 to May 2017

• Design and Implement Cloud solutions to different Enterprise Customer leveraging Public Cloud including Cloud Migration, Security and Audit.
• Provides Cloud security expertise in the analysis, assessment, development, and evaluation of security solutions and architectures to secure applications, operating systems, databases, and networks
• Translate security and technical requirements into business requirements, and communicate security risks to different audiences ranging from business leaders to engineers.
• Propose and/or design technical solutions, which include creating prototypes and proofs of concept while maintaining a security mindset
• Stay current on emerging security threats, vulnerabilities and controls.
• Evaluates new technologies against established requirements and validate the security of the technology.
• Create technical and managerial level reports and risk assessments for Cloud based applications and infrastructure
• Supports the monitoring and maintaining network security suite of tools.
• Lias on with Etisalat Group (Abu Dhabi) for business critical projects/migration strategies/RFQs
• Evaluation of Mega RFQs/RFPs to evaluate the vendors based on their Technical and Financial aspects
• Build Technical Financial Forecasting of 5 - 10 years based in line with company vision and new technical trends in industry.

Manager Network Design & Planning at Jazz Telecom
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2004 to February 2010

• Certification of new products and software release by conducting testing trails with vendor and share results/feedback with VimpelCom to update information database across all OpCo
• Prepare 5/10 Year Business Plans for Transport Network in light of Company Targets, Network expansions and new Trends.
• Lead HOD review meeting in order to track Transport Projects, Capitalization of Financial KPIs.
• Modernization of EOL equipment with state of art equipment.
• Prepare Cost effective and productive solutions for Corporate Customers.
• Ensure proper Network plans in order to mitigate Network impacts in case of Critical outages by introducing necessary redundancy level.
• Actively participate with VimpelCom at diff ongoing forums which are working for standardization of planning.

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Lahore School Of Economics
  • November 2012

Silver Medal

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at University Of Engineering And Technology
  • November 2004

Specialties & Skills

Windows Azure
Enterprise Architecture
Solution Architecture
Cloud Computing
Stakeholder Management
Architecture
Business Analyst
Cloud Solution
Communication
Problem Solving

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Languages

English
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Google Cloud Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Azure Security Engineer (Certificate)
AWS Architect Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
TOGAF 9.2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2021
Azure Architect Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
AWS Architect Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2021

Hobbies

  • Book Reading