Yasser Ali, IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER

Yasser Ali

IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER

HUBAIL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Information System
Experience
19 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 11 Months

IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER at HUBAIL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since January 2012

• Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to make certain network capacity meets existing and future requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans for network resource administration and appropriate use.
• Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory, life cycle management and related documentation.
• Establish service level agreements with end users.
• Provides “ownership” of problem thru final resolution.
• Plan, acquire, and coordinate installation of in-house and remote hardware and software across the organization’s network.
• Conduct research and make recommendations on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.
• Prepare RFPs, bid proposals, contracts, scope of work reports, and other documentation for IT
projects and associated efforts.
• Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making implementation decisions.
• Negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.
• Assess, approve, and administer all equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.
• Manage and ensure effectiveness of servers, including e-mail, print, and backup servers, and their associated operating systems and software. Responsible for on-site and off-site data centers.
• Manage and ensure optimal operation of all network hardware and equipment, including routers, switches, hubs, UPSs, and so on.
• Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus solutions,
and intrusion detection systems.
• Establish and maintain regular written and in-person communications with the organizations executives, decision-makers, stakeholders, department heads, and end users regarding pertinent network activities.
• Manage operational costs; conduct near- and long-term financial forecasts for expanded functionality/user base.
• Test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports; develop
strategies for maintaining network infrastructure.
• Test server performance and provide network performance statistics and reports; develop strategies for maintaining server infrastructure.
• Oversee the administration of user accounts, permissions, and access rights in AD.
• Direct and administrate a contingent of network analysts and technicians, and where necessary, conduct performance reviews and corrective action.
• Provide guidance to junior members of the team.

SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER at Arte Casa LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2007 to December 2012

Arte Casa network consists of 5 remote sites with more than 80 users from the main office and 5 servers. The two Main Remote sites have each a File/Print server and an application Server.
The sites are connected to Main Office using Leased Lines of 40 Mbps each through Vigor2820 series
And Cisco Routers.
Mixed environment consisting of Wireless connections and E1, All Routers, PIX 515E firewalls and
Switches in Arte Casa environment are Cisco devices.

• Working at ARTE CASA Company since November 2008 up till now.
• Built a network for a company site. This site includes Cisco switch, faceplates, Cisco router and VPN connection.
• Solving network problems concerning cables, printers, connecting computers to the network and make users able to access their mails and share folders.
• Backup domain controller with local LAN in the Central office.
• Server’s maintenance such as installing hardware components and monitoring server’s performance and check the events logs for the servers and solve it.
• Installing, implementing Administering active directory such creating Domains, users, contacts, groups and maintain Active Directory such as moving, defragging, compacting it's database and taking backup for this database .
• Using k9webprotection for web filtering to filter sites.
• Responsible for network infrastructure.
• Installing, configuring mailboxes, connectors and set policies for mailboxes.
• Using Ms Security Analyzer for updating servers security
• Sharing Managers in business continuity plan for taking suitable decisions in designing the networks infrastructures for the company.
• Participating in many tenders at Arte Casa.
• Using batch files in solving problems such as changing passwords and IP addresses for remote and local machines like Dame Ware NT Utilities and Log me in.
Services Overview:
- Hardware Infrastructure:
o IBM Server Systems
o IBM Storage Solutions
o Data Centers
- Network Solutions:
o Structure Cabling
o LAN/WAN
o Call Center Solutions
- Software
o Stores Electronics Systems (SES)
o Tape Backup Solutions
o Security threat management and monitoring Solutions
o Infrastructure Solutions
- Services
o Installation & Support
o ( Hyper-V &VMware)
o TMG
o Exchang
o Software Implementation

System Engineer at Badr El Din Petroleum Company
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2004 to October 2006

Bapetco network consists of 7 remote sites with more than 1800 users. The main office network consists of 15 plans, and 13 servers. The two Main Remote sites have each a File/Print server and an application Server. The sites are connected to Main Office using Leased Lines of 2Mbps each through Cisco Routers.
Mixed environment consisting of Wireless connections and E1, All Routers, PIX 515E firewalls and
Switches in Bapetco environment are Cisco devices.
-Working at BADR EL DIN Petroleum Company (BAPETCO) since September 2000 up November 2008.
-Built a network for a company site. This site includes Cisco switch, faceplates, and Cisco router model 1750 and flexes rate modem that is connected with 128k line capacity.
-Solving network problems concerning cables, printers, connecting computers to the network and make users able to access their mails and share folders.
-Server’s maintenance such as installing hardware components and monitoring server’s performance and check the events logs for the servers and solve it.
-Good experience in assembling computers
-Participating with the team in installing more than 1000 computers and make these computers accessible to the network.
-windows NT4 to Windows 2000 on all the company's servers and from Win 2000 to Win 2003.
-Installing, implementing Administering active directory such creating Domains, users, contacts, groups, GPO and monitoring replication process and maintain Active Directory such as moving, defragging, compacting it's database and taking backup for this database .
-Using Iprism for web filtering to filter sites.
-Using VERITAS backup exec and VERITAS Net Backup for taking backup with IBM tape library.
-Responsible for network infrastructure.
-Installing, configuring and Administering MS Exchange2003 such as

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Information System
  • at Bachelor of Computer Science & Information System,
  • October 2000

Excellent

Specialties & Skills

Hyper V
IBM Servers
Mac OS X Server
Responsible for network infrastructure
Solving network problems
IBM System X
windows Azure

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ITIL V4 (Training)
Training Institute:
ITIL
Date Attended:
November 2019
Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012
Valid Until:
February 2018
Certificate of Completion(Designing of Office 365 Infrastructure) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
December 2018
Office Guides Introduction to Office 365 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Valid Until:
November 2018
Designing of Office 365 Infrastructure (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2012
Valid Until:
September 2020
VMWARE VSPHERE 5 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
Valid Until:
February 2017
Cyberoam Certified Network & Security Professional-CCNSP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
Valid Until:
January 2019
MCITP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
Valid Until:
January 2016
IBM Certified Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
Valid Until:
February 2013

Hobbies

  • Internet Browsing
  • Music
  • Traveling
  • Reading