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Syed Salman Ali, IT System Administrator

Syed Salman Ali

IT System Administrator

OSN

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
19 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 9 Months

IT System Administrator at OSN
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2013

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates, OSN, Dubai Media City, Dubai, UAE
Company Industry: Arts/Entertainment/and Media
Job Role: Technology/IT
March 2013 - Present

Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for Microsoft Infrastructure Upgrade, Active Directory upgrade, Exchange upgrade, deployment of VDI, Virtualization, Blackberry Server, Veeam for VMs backup, SCCM, SCVM, SCOM, Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp
• Performing activities on McAfee Web Gateway deployment for internet security, end point encryption for laptops by using bitlocker, Symantec enterprise vault for Email Achieving, managing the Virtualized Infrastructure VMWARe, HyperV and Cisco UCS platform, NetApp Storage Systems, HP Blades, HP Servers, etc.
• Overseeing and heading all the IT Projects ensuring timely accomplishments of the projects within the defined timeline
• Overseeing all operations and level 3 support for the servers and applications.
• Performed advanced troubleshooting of physical/virtual hardware (VMware ESX/ ESXi) and Coordinating with other teams to maintain 99.99% uptime.
• Managing Routers, Switches and Firewalls

Lead Infrastructure Consultant at ITCS (IT Consulting and Services)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2011 to February 2013

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Microsoft Software licensing
• Microsoft Training operations
• Responsible for pre-sales and presenting enterprise solutions to customers, design, project management and implementing Microsoft base solutions, • Citrix VDI, VMWare and Hyper-V

Team Lead I.T. Infrastructure at INBOX Business Technologies PVT LTD
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • April 2009 to June 2011

• Involved in overall projects management and technical management of IT for Pakistan Army
• Handled various projects on virtual desktop infrastructure, virtualization, thin client deployment, managing firewall and networks switches, deploy messaging system, disaster recovery site deployment, end point encryption, anti-virus management, multi domain environment, lead team of systems engineers and IT support specialist.
• Manage SharePoint and SQL DBs

Senior Platforms Engineer at mobilink,pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2004 to April 2009

• Managed IT Helpdesk Team, Microsoft Infrastructure SCCM, SCOM, ADDS, Exchange, Data Center, Servers & Storage

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Newports Institute Of Communications And Economics
  • June 2012

General understanding of hardware design/components of a computer. Specific knowledge of programming languages, operating systems, internet technology/protocol, software engineering principles, databases, data structures and algorithms, current software design principles

Diploma, Diploma in Business Administration & IT
  • at TCI
  • June 2004

Specialties & Skills

Routers
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Server Management
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Virtualization
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Active Directory
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Exchange Server
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SCOM, SCCM, DPM
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Exchange
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Firewalls & IPS
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Routers & Switches
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Virtualization
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Active Directory
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Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Citrix Certified Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2007
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
VMWare Certified Professional DCV (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Solution Expert Messaging (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2007
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Cisco Certified Network Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2008
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Office 365 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL ® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2007
Valid Until:
January 9999
McAfee Certified Web Gateway Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999