Sajjad Ghani Abdul Ghani Zahid, Director IT Infra & Ops

Sajjad Ghani Abdul Ghani Zahid

Director IT Infra & Ops

Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB)

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Master's degree, IT
Experience
24 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 1 Months

Director IT Infra & Ops at Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since February 2011

Heading IT infrastructure and Operations of all Govt departments of Punjab Govt. including Systems, Network, Databases, Datacenters.,

Operations Management: Day to day service operations using best practices and frameworks (ITIL, MoF)to manage incident, problem, change, security, continuity, configuration and capacity management;
• Availability Management: Implement policies and processes to ensure systems and Data Center uptime, availability, reliability and maintainability in line with agreed SLA’s;
• Develop, implement, maintain and periodically test Data Center Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans;
• Continuous Improvement: Develop and implement plans to continuously improve operational efficiencies and effectiveness, quality assurance procedures documentation, tools and processes;
• Policies and procedures: Develop and implement detailed operational procedures required to run data center operations in the mission critical environment;
• Tracking and reporting: Develop and report on critical IT operations service metrics;
• Meetings and reviews: SLA meetings and reviews with staff and internal customers;
• Capacity Planning: Design and implement tactical plans to ensure DC capacity meets demands for current and future demand;
• Procurement: Prepare RFP’s, bid proposals, contracts, Statements of Work and other documentation for DC complex tasks and projects;
• R&D: Conduct research and make recommendations on products, services, protocols, and standards in support of all DC efforts;
• Recruitment: Supervise recruitment, development, retention and organization of Data Center engineers in accordance with IT budgetary objectives and corporate personnel policies;
• Coaching and training of Data Center staff.

Manager IT Infrastructure and Operations at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2008 to February 2011

Heading IT Infrastructure and Operations of PTCL nationwide for all IT infrastructure and IT support.

Asst. Project Manager / Sr. DBA at National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2000 to November 2007

Implementation, Managing NSRC site for all administrative and IT issues.

Education

Master's degree, IT
  • at Institute of Business Laureates
  • May 2000

Specialties & Skills

Infrastructure Planning
Data Center
Network Design
Infrastructure Projects
Mail Server
Strategic Planning & Budget Policies
Network & System Architect
Solutions Design, Troubleshooting, Risk Mitigation, Data Security
Technology Integration, Disaster Recovery/Continuity Planning
Project & Program Management
Datacenter Design, Implementation and Audit
Enterprise IT Infrastructure

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Certified Chief Information Security Officer CCISO (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2016
CTIA - Certified Tia-942 Internal Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
November 2017
MCITP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2000
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 1999
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999
Certified Datacentre Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
Valid Until:
May 2017
Certified TIA-942 Design Consultant (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
November 2017