Usman Ghani, Senior System Engineer

Usman Ghani

Senior System Engineer

Computer Network Systems

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, IT
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Senior System Engineer at Computer Network Systems
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2020

Working with the presales team for RFPs, SoW, PoC/PoV and capacity planning for large-scale infrastructure solutions

Communicating with the customer and understanding their business IT needs and goals

Creating HLD, working closely with the solution architect to build a well-architected solution that meet the customer budget

Implementation/migration of greenfield/brownfield projects for on-prem and cloud resources such as Windows servers, Multi-cloud services (Azure/AWS/etc.)

Ensuring proper recording, documentation, customer training, closure, and Postsales support for the deployed solution

Consistently providing on-time delivery and exceeded customer’s performance expectations

Supporting Dubi Police, MOHAP, SANAD Aerospace Turbine, AlMaryah bank, AlMoghera, International Securities, etc.

Techonology Consultant at ICT International
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2017 to April 2020

Worked closely with stakeholders to determine planning, implementation, and integration of IT infrastructure projects

Developed and maintained operational, configuration, and testing SoPs to ensure the integrity and security

Planned and designed cloud infrastructure using the Well-Architected Framework

Integrated the marketplace Azure/AWS services to meet the customer’s business needs

Plan and maintain production systems capacity planning, change control, enhancement evaluation

Wrote and maintained custom PowerShell scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time

Created manuals and led training sessions to educate co-workers on new systems and technologies

Supported on-prem and cloud (Azure/AWS) resources for system, network and security devices like Fortigate, Meraki firewalls, WAF, CyberArk PAM, load balancers and Cisco switches and storage tyes(Block, Blob, iSCSI, CIFS/SMB) systems, AV,

Administered and given support for products and technology such as Hyper-V, SCCM 2012 - CB, MS Exchange, Active Directory, Public and Private CA, Azure, AWS, VMWare vSphere, Clustering, Data protection, Commvault, MS SQL, O365

IT Solutios Consultant at Sharda Technologies
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to February 2017

Contributed to requirements gathering and analysis for design and production of enterprise-level solutions of networking, data center, system, security, public and private cloud

Built and maintained network infrastructure consisting of Windows, Linux, virtual products, and Storage

Accountable for IT infrastructure that includes data center facility, Windows/Linux system, Cisco routers, switches, firewall, NAS, and HP 3PAR SAN storage for Sharda Tech

Comprehensively maintained the stability of
essential data backups on a daily basis

Performed RCA and provided resolutions for production issues including infrastructure rebuild,

Implementation and troubleshooting of multi-forest Server, Domain Services, MS Exchange, Lync Server, vCenter

Acted as an escalation point for support and troubleshooting advanced network/systems issues for several technologies such as Server 2016/2012R2 with AD, Exchange Server, Windows 8, and O365

System Lead at NETS
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2006 to July 2014

Collaborated with customers to determine needs and devise appropriate software and hardware solutions

Planned and implemented networking, storage and server changes to meet client budgets and needs

Led IT team in solutions designing and implementation for internal and external customer’s project of Data Centre, networking, Backup, and DR solutions including physical infrastructure (Room setup, Rack placement, equipment mounting, Cable termination, UPS, Cooling, PDU, Blade Systems, Access Control, CCTV)

Mounting, upgrading firmware, configuring storage RAID Level, iDRAC or ILO port configuration for management

Hands-on expertise and training of different IT vendors like Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012, RedHat Linux, AD DS, AD replication issues, AD Sites, Digital Certificates, SAN, Monitoring and logging, DHCP, DNS, Web (IIS)Server, File Server, DFS, MS TMG firewall, Clustering, NLB, Terminal/Remote Desktop Services, Hyper-V, VPN, RRAS, Backup, MS Exchange 2010/2013

Implemented and trained the engineers for VMWare vSphere, ESXi, VCenter, Intune, also Cisco Routers (OSPF, RIP, EIGRP and BGP, ACL, IP-SLA, PPPoE, Policy Map, FHRP, etc.) and L2 and L3 Switches (VLAN, SVI, DHCP, VTP, STP, MSTP, Link Aggregation, IOS upgrade, etc.).

Education

Bachelor's degree, IT
  • at AIOU University
  • February 2007

Information Technology

Specialties & Skills

Technical Presales
IT Infrastructure
Virtualization Technology
Cloud Computing
Solution Design
PowerShell/Bash scripting
M365 (Identity, Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, Intune MDM, Teams, Security)
Technical documentation (HLD, LLD, RCA, SoP)
Windows Server 2003 – 2019
AWS IaaS, PaaS, Monitoring, IAM, Security, Well-Architected Framework, and cost optimzation
Azure IaaS, PaaS, Monitoring, Identity Defender for Cloud, Firewall, Automation, and cost optimzatio
Log Analysis, and Auditing
IT Infrastructre Migrations

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

MCTS: Exchange Server 2010, Configuration (Certificate)
MCSA: Office 365 (Certificate)
MCSA: Windows Server 2016 (Certificate)
MCSE: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert 2003 (Certificate)
MCSE: Cloud platform and infrastructure (Certificate)
MS: Implementing Azure Infrastructure Solutions (Certificate)
ITIL Foundation v3 (Certificate)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – Security (Certificate)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – Routing and Switching (Certificate)
CCIE-R&S (Written) (Certificate)
VMware Certified Professional 6 – Network Virtualization (Certificate)
VMware Certified Professional 6 – Datacenter Virtualization (Certificate)
Google G-Suite Deployment Specialist (Certificate)
AWS: Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Certificate)
AWS: Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (Certificate)
Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (Certificate)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Architect – Associate (Certificate)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Architect – Professional (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Watching Movies