ZAHOOR RATHER, Active Directory Administrator

ZAHOOR RATHER

Active Directory Administrator

Tools and Solutions

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Informaiton Technology
Experience
26 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 11 Months

Active Directory Administrator at Tools and Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since February 2020

Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, File Server, Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS),
Windows Server Administration, Azure, Cloud Solutions, , Networking, Project Management, Design and
Deployments, Install and Configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Implement Storage
Solutions, Implement Hyper-V, Implement High Availability, Implement Domain Name System (DNS),
Implement Network Connectivity and Remote Access Solutions, Implement an Advanced Network
Infrastructure, Implement identity federation and access solutions.
➢ Microsoft PKI (CA).

Systems Administrator at Ebttikar Technology Company Ltd Project : National Bank of Kuwait
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2005 to December 2019

Project: National Bank Of Kuwait, KSA.
IBM AIX Server Administration.
Active Directory Infrastructure, Exchange Servers.
Implemented Windows Servers, Active Directory, Exchange services, Exchange DAG.
Implemented SQL Servers and Cashier Servers
Managing Bank's SARIE - SAMA Systems and other Core Servers.
Management and Administration of All the Windows and IBM AIX Servers.
Supporting Banking's Applications and Databases like Sybase, Informix DB, and SQL Servers.
Complete Management and Administration of Cashier Servers and Application.
Providing all the first /2nd level Technical support to the Bank I.T. Infrastructure.
End Point Security (Antivirus etc), Vulnerability Management, PCI-DSS, Patching, Data Protection Disaster Recovery.
VMWare/ESXi Node Deployments and Administration, Creating and deployed VM infrastructure.
User Support. And more....

Systems Administrator at SAMAMA Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • April 2004 to December 2005

Project : Al Fanateer Hospital ( Royal Commission Hospital), Al Fanateer, Jubail Industrial.
Windows Servers, AD, Exchange, AIX Server and HIMS ( Hospital Information Management System)
Technical Support. User Support, Domain/infrastructure Security.

Systems Analyst at Scietefic and Medical Equipement House,
  • Saudi Arabia - Besha
  • June 1997 to February 2004

Project: King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha Aseer Region.
ICL 6000 Systems Administration.
Adding and Configuring Printers to the System.
Maintaining Space, removing core files and temporary log files. Trouble Shooting with Terminals/Clients and Line Printers.
Configuring Ports for Terminals and Serial Printers Connected to the System.
Configuring Annex Servers
User Management.
Controlling System Security.
Creating and Managing file Systems.
Provide problem-solving services to network users.
Implement data, software and hardware security procedures
Perform routine system maintenance.
Backups & Disaster recovery.
Evaluate and install computer hardware, networking tools and operating system Software.
Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to co-ordinate access and use of computer networks.
Maintain, troubleshoot and administer the use of local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), mainframe networks and computer workstations and peripheral equipment.
Installed and tested Linux 8.0 and Windows 2000 professional-Dual Operating System.
Implementing and Administering a Microsoft® Windows® 2000/2003 Directory Services Infrastructure.
Installing, Configuring and Administering Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server.
Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® windows® 2000/XP Professional.
Installing, Configuring and Administering Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003.
Hands-on experience in setting up, Configuring, Troubleshooting of servers (Windows
NT/2000/2003)
Windows Server security management, backup/disaster prevention and recovery.
Managing domains, domain trusts, replication, maintenance.
Working extensively & Good Knowledge on Active directory services, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP.
Designing and Deploying File Servers, Print Servers, Terminal Servers.
Active Directory Backups, Disaster recovery.
Informix DB, Informix 4gl based application maintenance and updates and fine-tuning, etc.
User support and Training of the Hospital Staff.

Education

Master's degree, Informaiton Technology
  • at IIBMS
  • May 2012
Diploma, MCP, MCSE
  • at I.T.I
  • June 2002

Microsoft Certification: MCP,MCSE.

Bachelor's degree, Science
  • at University Of Kashmir, India
  • October 1995
Diploma, Computer Software Application,OS and languages
  • at Diploma
  • August 1994

Full-Time Vocational I.T.I Training Course in Computer Software, O.S., and Programming Languages like C++.

Specialties & Skills

VMware ESX
Windows Server
IBM Servers
Active Directory
Windows Server Administration, Sun solaris systems Administration,Networking
Sun solaris Systems Administration
Oracel DBA
IBM AIX SERVER
Microsoft Exchange Server Administration
Sophos Enterprise Console: Endpoint Protection
Commvault Data Protection
Leadership
VMWare ESXI 6.X
Windows OS Security and Patch Management
SQL SERVER
Informix Online DataBase Administration
Project Management
Microsoft Servers
Windows Server 2008
VMware ESX
System Administration
Windows Server
Vendor Management
Security
Service Delivery
Microsoft Technologies
Windows Azure

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Native Speaker
Urdu
Native Speaker

Memberships

IIUG
  • User and Technical
  • January 1998
LinkLdn
  • USe and Technical
  • December 2005
IT Tool box
  • User and Technical
  • December 2005
Saudi Counsel of Engineers
  • Member
  • December 2019

Training and Certifications

CIW Security Essentials (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
CIW Web Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2013
ITIL Foundation Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2012
Valid Until:
August 2012
Cobit Foundation Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2015
Microsoft Systems Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2003