Taha Haider Syed

IT Manager at eDesign

• Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
• My current job since February 2015

- Linux / Windows Server Administration.
- Deployment of Servers on various configurations such as Dedicated, Virtual & Clustered.
- Web & Mail Hosting Solutions - (Google Apps, Microsoft 365, Helm, cPanel & SmarterMail).
- Virtualization on Hyper-V, Xen & VMware.
- Leading and Managing Network (Routers, Switch, VPN, TCP/IPs, Sub-netting).
- Leading & Managing Security Services ( Firewall, IPTables, CSF, Sucuri & Cloudflare ).
- Managing Data-Base Server ( SQL Server 2008 / 2012, MYSQL ).
- Leading various IT projects.
- Research and Development, for possible automated approaches for system administration tasks or per requirement.
- Identifying the approaches that leverages resources and provide economies of scale.
- Operations and IT Support.
- Performing regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions.
- Monitor & Perform backup operation.
- Tier III/other support per request from various Clients.
- Co-ordinating With Team of Developers in Projects.
- Investigate and troubleshoot issues.
- Repair and recover from hardware or software failures.


Major Projects :
- Jeddah Chamber of Commerce's Web Application Servers.
- Nesma's Linux Cluster Web Server.
- Tamimi Market's Web Server.
- Al Ammari Textile's Web Server
- Islamic Development Bank's Web Server.
- LiveStream Event Management of BrainFourm 2014

Assistant IT Manager at Creative Media - eDesign

• Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
• July 2013 to January 2015

- Responsible of Office’s Server & Network Management
- Administration and Maintenance of Windows Active Directory Services
- Configuring and troubleshooting Group Policy Objects.
-Administration and Maintenance of DNS, DHCP, IIS, FTP, VPN, SQL DB.
- Storage Management, Disaster Recovery, Maintenance & Testing.
- Assisting users to identify and correct hardware and software problems.
- Planning and undertaking scheduled maintenance upgrades.
- Responsible for checking the health of systems by continuous monitoring and checking using tools, reports and audit logs.
- Generating daily and monthly reports on system status, usage and performance.
- Creating and managing system security policies and components.
- Responsible for departmental software and hardware purchases.
- Managing switches and routers.
- IT support to office staff.

IT Engineer at Teamac-Arabia

• Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
• November 2012 to June 2013

Computer Engineer at Kaim Khani Builders and Developers

• Pakistan - Karachi
• July 2012 to October 2012

IT Support Engineer at Cheminternational

• Pakistan - Karachi
• November 2011 to May 2012