Waseem Ahmed, Senior Systems Administrator

Waseem Ahmed

Senior Systems Administrator

Bahamdan Holding Group

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business And Computer Studies
Experience
23 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 9 Months

Senior Systems Administrator at Bahamdan Holding Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since September 2007

• Manage Azure Active Directory, Cloud resources, Office365 Applications, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Security Center, Endpoint Protection, Microsoft Intune, Azure Active Directory Identity and Access Management with Multifactor security and Geographic Conditional Based Polices. Azure AD Sync with on-premises environment
• Migrate Physical and Virtual Windows Servers from on premises infrastructure to Azure Cloud
• Setup and configured Exchange Server 2013, 2016, implement Exchange DR Site, DAG Clustering with Active/Passive, Enterprise Vault Server for email archive system,
• PowerShell for AD and Exchange, Setup Exchange policies for users mailboxes, Journaling Mailbox, Configure Exchange Edge Server Role on DMZ network as a SMTP Gateway and setup Spam filtering rules, configure Hybrid setup with Exchange Online,
• Manage and troubleshoot Exchange database, messaging filtering and error log tracking, setup and Renew Exchange SSL certificates.
• Implementation, Administration Windows Server 2012R2, 2016, 2019, Domain Controller, AD, DNS, WINS, DHCP, DFS, File Print, MBAM Bit locker and Radius server, IIS, Certificate Authority, Group Policy, having good experience on cross-forest migration for users account with trust relationship.
• Manage and support, SCOM, SCCM (MS System Configuration Manager) with WSUS in enterprise environment for patch management and software deployments
• Manage and Implement VMware vSphere 8.0 infrastructure, Install Multiple Hosts, keep all production VM Machines with High Availability (HA), V-motion technology. Perform vCenter maintenance to include upgrades/updates, efficient cleanups. backup procedures and recovery processes
• Manage and Configure EMC/DELL/IBM SAN storage, setup LUN's to connect all the VSphere hosts with multipath as per the requirements along with planning future storage need, Establish VM cross migration scenarios such as P2P, V2V and P2Vs.
• Configure Apex One Enterprise TrendMicro, Endpoint Security, DLP and Threat Protection
• Manage Amazon AWS S3 Cloud Portal and Proofpoint Enterprise Security Portal
• Configure, Manage Solar Winds APM/NTA Server for monitoring Application and Networks traffic.
• Planning and Manage backup and restore procedures with Veeam and Veritas NetBackup, Backup EXEC software with Dell Power Vault (Tape Library) and Quantum Disk library.
• Design & implement XenDesktop 7.6 and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Setup Dell Wyse Thin VDI Client devices, manage the Citrix farm, published application.
• Troubleshooting and resolve issues on Windows Server Active Directory and Exchange infrastructure.
• Managed and maintained server hardware and software systems, including deploying, configuring, create comprehensive system documentation, network diagrams, and system configurations.
• Implemented and maintained network security measures, including configuring firewalls, Riverbed Steelhead, VPNs, and access controls.
• Monitoring system performance and capacity, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impacted users, providing exceptional technical support to end-users.

System Administrator at AkramK Bader & Partner Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • January 2004 to August 2007

•ManageandConfiguretheMicrosoftEnterpriseServer, MicrosoftExchangeServerandISAServer
•MaintaintheMicrosoftActiveDirectoryUserPrivilegesandpolicyrightsandAntivirusServer
•PerformroutineauditsforserversandapplyingOSupdates, patchesandconfigurationchanges
•Responsibleforsoftwareupgradespatchesandsecurityissuesandnewprojectimplementation.
•ManageallNetworkprintersInstallationandMaintenanceusingVBscriptandADGPO.
•TroubleshootingHardware/SoftwareandNetworkProblem.
•DesigningandimplementingITsolution.

Systems Support Officer at InternationalPorts Services Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2000 to December 2003

•Install/ConfigureMSExchangewithintegrationofMicrosoftPop3SoftwareforInternalandExternalemailsaswellasMicrosoftProxyforInternetusepurpose.
•MaintainsystemsecurityintheWindowsNT4.0, /2000andMSExchangeserverandCarryoutuseraccountpermissionrightsandMaintainsUserprofilesandscriptthroughdepartmentwise.
•ManageandSetupCompaqProLiantserverswithMSWindowsNTandSCOUnixWareoperatingsystemusingTCP/IPandNetBEUIprotocolsViaLANandWAN.
•AdministrationofMSSQLServer7.0databaseandmakingreportsforEndUserswithhelpofCrystalReportSoftware.
•Administratorof(ERP)ICAMsystem“IntegratedComputerAidedMaintenance”, whichisusedinalltheIPS’subsidiariesisusedintheEngineeringDepartmentexclusivelyforthemaintenanceofterminalequipment, inventorycontrol, aswellasintheProcurement&FinanceDepartment.
•File/PrintServerandworkstationperformancemonitoringrepairandconfiguration
•MaintainNetworkvirusinoculationstrategiesandResponsibleforsoftwareupgrades
•DesignedNetworkInfrastructureandEthernetLANMaintenanceandTroubleshooting.
•ConfiguredCiscoSwitches, HubsandMediaConversionsandMonitoringNetworktrafficperformance.
•Technicallyproficientintroubleshooting, repair, andinstallationofcomputersandrelatedperipheralequipmentandtroubleshootingconnectivityissueforlocalandremoteuserandUpdatesserversandworkstations
•MemberinISO9002AccreditationProject.Organizeawarenessseminars, WorkingGroupregularmeetingsandcarryoutSteeringCommitteedecisionsinordertoensurequalityserviceandcustomerssatisfactionasperISOstandards.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business And Computer Studies
  • at Karachi University
  • January 1996
Diploma, Computer Science and programming
  • at Petroman Training Institute
  • January 1994

Specialties & Skills

Software Packages
Science
Finance
Network Performance
Procurement
ETHERNET
INFRASTRUCTURE
INTEGRATION
MVS (OS)
IN-PLANE SWITCHING (IPS)
WORKSTATIONS
INOCULATION
UNIXWARE
PROCUREMENT
computer hardware troubleshooting
system administration
SQL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE)
networking
storage
SAN storage
Exchange
Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
Azure Active Directory
Disaster Recovery
Virtualization
Office 365

Languages

Urdu
Expert
English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

EMC-Information Storage and Management v2 Certificate (Certificate)
Citrix XenDesktop 5 Administration v5.0 (Certificate)
Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server (Certificate)
VCP (Certificate)
MCSE (Certificate)