SAHAD K PALOLI, IT infrastructure officer

SAHAD K PALOLI

IT infrastructure officer

UNITED CARTON INDUSTRIES CO

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Application
Experience
25 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 4 Months

IT infrastructure officer at UNITED CARTON INDUSTRIES CO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2010

I am currently taking care over all IT Infrastructure which is included below key areas.

Data Centre
VMware Virtual infrastructure
IBM Blade Center and IBM Storage
Cisco Networks - 6500 and Nexus 5000 High end Switches
Monitor and supervise all data center Equipment’s
Assist various departments in installations and removal of data center hardware as per requirement.
Document all power and space schematics and ensure accuracy in same.
Perform installation and ensure effective layout of all tools in cabling industry as per industry practices.
Monitor all data center assets for tracking information.
Oversaw capacity planning, perform power audits and ensure appropriate supply of power to all equipment’s.
Maintain access of data to data center and ensure appropriate filling of all column in access system.
Manage all malfunctioning tape equipment’s and perform preventative and corrective maintenance on equipment’s to reduce outages.
Monitor all issues and escalate issue to appropriate department to ensure effective resolution.
Supervise all equipment’s such as alarm system and firefighting tools.
Ensure compliance schedule for everyday operations.
Supervise preventive maintenance on monthly basis
Maintain standards of service levels at all times, ensure response with in time frame and manage all available services.

Sr. Network Administrator at UNITED CARTON INDUSTRIES CO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2006 to December 2009

Installation and configuration of Switches - Routers and other network equipment'.
Configuring VLAN, implementing HSRP -configuring Routing protocols like BGP -Eigrp etc., Configuring Ether channels,
Skill to configure BNT Switch for IBM Blade centers.
Designing and supporting DR Solution with technical scenario for Redundant service for Email-Web service etc.
Able to support Core-switch implementation.
Design Standard IP Schema.
Switch Operation-Switch Port Configuration-VLANs and Trunks-VLAN Trunking Protocol-Aggregating
Switch Links-Spanning-Tree Configuration-Multilayer Switching

Sr Systems Engineer at UNITED CARTON INDUSTRIES CO
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2001 to December 2005

Managing the day to day administration, support, maintenance and monitoring of the MS Exchange 2010 infrastructure.
Managing global configuration for Exchange.
Using their strong understanding of MS Exchange 2010 in an enterprise environment to perform backup and restore procedures, front end/back end setups, message flow and security.
Troubleshooting day to day Outlook issues; Administration of mailboxes and Users accounts.
Managing product lifecycles to maintain vendor support, maintenance contracts and software licensing compliance as well as needed updates/upgrades.
Developing and maintaining security standards relating to messaging systems and services.

Planning and executing growth and expansion
New site deployment
Hardware and software upgrades
Enhanced resilience
Provision additional storage
Create new accounts
Assign mailboxes to accounts.
Check application, system, event, AV, and spam logs
Manage and test backups
Check backup logs for execution
Periodical perform simulated restorations
Manage Exchange storage
Manage quotas
Move mailboxes

Assistant Trainer IT at India
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 1999 to December 2000

Assisting Students on the LAB for Technical trainings

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Application
  • at CALICUT UNIVERSITY
  • May 1999

B.Com with Computer Application subject.

Specialties & Skills

Storage Architecture
Servers
Storage
IT Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure Managment
Networks - Cisco Core 6500 / Nexus
Servers HP -IBM Blade Centre
VMware Infrastructure
Data Centre Management

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Systems
VCP - VMware Certified Professional (Certificate)
BCFA - Brocade Certified Fabric Administrator (Training)
Training Institute:
Brocade India
IBM V7000 / SVC Storage Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Iversion - Malasia
MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Certificate)
BCFP -Brocade Certified Fabric Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
Brocade India
CDCMP - Certified Data Centre Management Professional C-Net UK (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015
Valid Until:
December 2018

Hobbies

  • Reading the technology trends and keep update on