IT Manager
Grand Midwest hotels
Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months
Managing the Network and Servers of five Grand Midwest Hotel Properties
Part of the team in two Hotel openings designing IT Infrastructure and Equipment.
Administration and management of network and data center infrastructure including
routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers.
Management of Layer2 and Layer3 Cisco Catalyst switches & Firewall
Managing the Content filter on the Sonic Firewall and gateway for all network nodes
and Implemented Contents Filtering for internet traffic.
Remote Support to the Respective Branches for the PMS and Operational Tasks
Windows Backup Server and Symantec Backup technologies used for Backup
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Online Software Subscription, Renewals and AMC management
Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
Bears overall responsibility for the compliance of all service O&M activities as per
agreed SLAs and based on corporate standards, policies, guidelines, and procedures.
Ansari security systems is a system integration company dealing in IP CCTV & Data Center
for Designing & Network Infrastructure, Security Devices, Access Control, Video wall, Storage
etc. Being a key resource, I have successfully completed the following projects:
Major Projects:
Successfully Completed IT Project in Ansari Group of Companies.
Developed and documented network diagrams and procedures.
Architected and Integrated back-end and network infrastructure with an emphasis on
scalability, availability, security, and manageability.
Worked on various scanning and sniffing tools like Ethereal and Wireshark. Monitored
the connectivity status of Servers, Network Devices, CCTV Camera’s, Routers, Switches,
Firewalls, SAN, NAS, etc.
Installed, Configured and Managed Firewall (SonicWALL/Draytek/Cisco ASA 5510 etc)
i.e. Configured Zones, NAT, ACLs, Static Routes, Inter-zone traffic routing, Logging,
Modular Policy Framework, QoS and IPSec Site-to-Site VPN Tunnel.
Oasis Centre (IP Cameras, Network Design, Server & Switches Configuration) Dubai,
UAE
Umm al Sheif Mall (IP Cameras Network Design & Server Configuration) Dubai, UAE
Centre Point, Al Asmakh Mall (IP Cameras, Network Design, Server & Switches
Configuration) Doha Qatar.
Hyatt Hotel (IP Cameras Network Design & Server Configuration) Dar e Salaam,
Tanzania
Park Hyatt Hotel (IP Cameras Network Design & Server Configuration) Zanzibar,
Tanzania
Desert Palm Hotel and Resort (IP Cameras Network Design & Server Configuration)
Dubai UAE
Kirby Building System (IP Cameras Network Design & Server Configuration) RAK, UAE
Ahmed Siddiqi & Sons Dubai, UAE (IP Cameras Network Design & Server Configuration
Digital Signage)
Providing support for IT hardware, software, and networks.
Experience on Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2.
Install, configure and troubleshoot servers, desktops and networking equipment.
Configure Cisco Switches (layer 2 and 3 switching).
Provide intranet VPN solution using Cisco 2621 and IPsec Tunnel.
Upgrade Cisco Routers, Switches and Firewall (PIX) IOS using TFTP.
Members of a team that designed and Tier one infrastructure.
Perform Troubleshooting end‐to‐end between the two sites.