Muhammad Sohail Latif, Senior System Administrator

Muhammad Sohail Latif

Senior System Administrator

Kharafi Global Company

Location
Kuwait - Al Farawaniyah
Education
Master's degree, Computer Science
Experience
15 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 0 Months

Senior System Administrator at Kharafi Global Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2016 to January 2020

• Handling 11 of technical staff, arrange shift duties and responsibilities.
• Negotiating IT service contracts with partners and suppliers.
• Good experience to make IT budget according to new requirements.
• Able to identify cost-effective technical solutions that meet business needs.
• Developing and maintaining whole infrastructure and IT systems.
• Create and design new network setup in new places
• Evaluate and recommend purchases of IT related equipment and software
• Troubleshoot networks, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational difficulties.
• Craft and execute support strategies for core platforms with advance level technical team
• Managing and configuration VMware 5.5 infrastructure.
• Managing and configuring Active Directory on server 2008/2012 R2
• Managing and configuring Exchange 2013 and 2010, DNS, DHCP.
• Maintain exchange servers and check for problems related to in bound & out bound emails.
• Managing Microsoft Lync 2010 and Avaya IP Telephones.
• Maintain IBM V3700 SAN and Synology NAS storages
• Managing Veeam Backup for VMware.
• Deploying and managing Kaspersky Enterprise antivirus solution.
• Managing Micros POS and OCIMS Delivery System
• Monitoring daily network traffic and logging bandwidth utilization and preparing daily network performance reports.
• Coordinate service and maintenance of servers and peripherals, data services etc.
• Maintain licenses for Firewalls, other software. Renew domain names of the company from time to time
• Creating point to point VPN to connect remote sites.
• Install and configure Cisco switches according to requirement
• Implementing Group Policies.

IT systems engineer at Al- Nawasi General Trading & Contracting Company Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • December 2010 to December 2015

• Manage their IP based LAN and WAN network
• Managing and configuring Black berry Enterprise server 5.0.2 with phone devices
• Managing and configuring Hyper-V infrastructure.
• Managing and configuring Active Directory on server 2008/2012 R2
• Managing and configuring Exchange 2013 and 2010, DNS, DHCP.
• Maintain exchange servers and check for problems related to in bound & out bound emails.
• Maintain SAN/NAS storages
• Install and configure Cisco switches according to requirement
• Plan and implement network security, including building firewalls, applying backup plans, file system integrity, and adding and deleting users.
• Maintain licenses for Firewalls, other software. Renew domain names of the company from time to time
• Create and design new network setup in new places
• Creating and modifying VLANs according to requirements
• Troubleshoot networks, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational difficulties.
• Document network problems and resolutions for future reference
• Managing wireless access points and their security and verifying availability of wireless network across the company in the required areas by controller.
• Investigate user problems, identify their source, determine possible solutions, test and implement solutions.
• Deploying Symantec antivirus solution and handling daily infection report
• Coordinate service and maintenance of computer hardware and peripherals, printers, data services and etc.
• Provide regular and scheduled system maintenance i.e. daily, weekly, monthly and yearly.
• Ensure timely back-ups are performed, verified and stored appropriately.
• Writing proposals for solutions and making presentations and interacting positively with upper management.
• Managing Cisco Call manager express and deploying new phone
• Evaluate and/or recommend purchases of computers, network hardware, Peripheral equipment and software.
• Ensure proper backup of servers, storage and assuring of proper retrieval of files at any point of time.

System Engineer at Al-Watan News Paper and Publishing Company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • February 2005 to November 2010

• Managing their IP based network and Cisco core system
• Managing Apple talk network and providing Macintosh user access to windows servers.
• Managing HP Blade Servers and SAN storage and allocating storage to Blade servers. Configuring Raid Arrays and storage.
• Managing and planning disaster recovery and daily backup using HP Open View data protector, Symantec Backup Exec, Backup recovery and Tape library.
• Managing and configuring Active Directory on server 2003
• Managing and configuring Email, DNS, DHCP and web servers.
• Creating modifying VLANs and modifying memberships according to requirements
• Managing network Security through Cisco PIX, ASA and MS ISA server 2004.
• Defining Access-lists and managing access to resources and users’ restrictions
• Designing networks and troubleshooting Cisco and Microsoft environment.
• Managing wireless access points and their security and verifying availability of wireless network across the company in the required areas.
• Monitoring daily network traffic and logging bandwidth utilization and preparing daily network performance reports.
• Managing online Servers i.e. web server and Microsoft exchange server, I Mail Server and Citrix Servers.
• Deploying MacAfee EPO enterprise antivirus solution and handling daily infection reports and Symantec Corporate Edition
• Creating and managing Cisco VPN connections and providing secure connectivity to remote offices
• Providing support to users and solving network and PC and MAC G4, G5, Mac Pro problems.
• Installing and troubleshooting network and local printers.

Education

Master's degree, Computer Science
  • at NK-Fact
  • December 2002
Bachelor's degree, Computer Sciences
  • at Al-Khair University
  • September 1998

Specialties & Skills

Software Installation
Profiles
Network Design
Installation
Installation & implement of Server WIN 2000,2003,2008,2012,2016
Managing and configuring Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013, DNS, DHCP, DC
Configure CISCO switches and Routers
Creating and managing VPN connections and providing secure connectivity to remote offices
Create and design new network setup in new places

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2015
Microsoft Certified Solution Associate (MCSA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2015
• VMware Certified Professional (VCP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Valid Until:
December 2019