Summary
Senior IT Professional Engineer, 13+ years of experience in
Datacenter Operations, Designs, Implementation, Virtualization, Migration, Optimization and Cloud Compute Solutions Architect. Supervise / Lead IT Team members, worked with ERP, ICT, POS, BMS, CRM Application Systems and Project Management. Hands-on experience in both Private Cloud (VMWare, Nutanix) and Public Cloud Technologies (Azure, AWS), Managed all stages of dynamic Web / Mobile Application development projects. Solid background in the Windows, Linux Server Administration. Worked with various sectors like the Telecommunication, Banking, IT Software Solutions, and Retail / Wholesale. Education
Bachelor of Engineer: Electronics and Communication - 2005 Anna University, - Chennai – INDIA.
Diploma in Computer Applications – SITECH - 2002
SATHAK Institute of Technology – INDIA.
Certifications
CO001 - Fresh Desk Product Expert Test for Admins – 2021
AZ-104 – Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate – 2020
SAA-C01 - AWS Certified Solutions Architect – 2019
70-410 - MCP - Windows Server (Install and Configure) – 2019
ACE - Accredited Configuration Engineer – Palo-Alto Networks -PAN-OS 7.0 Version – 2016.
C-Panel & WHM Proficiency - System Administrator – 2016.
CDCT - Certified Data Centre Technician – 2011
CDCD - Certified Data Centre Design - Online – 2011.
ITIL V3 Foundation - Certified in Information Technology Infrastructure Library – 2011.
Solaris 10 OS (310-200) – L1 - Sun Microsystems Certified System Administrator – 2008.
Mohamed Ansari
Contact
Mobile: +91 – 887*-******
Email: adueek@r.postjobfree.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maam
Address: Chennai, INDIA
Nationality: INDIAN
Date of Birth: 23rd August 1984
Passport Number: T2432486
Passport Valid Up to: 05th Feb 2029
Family Status: Married
International Driving License:
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and U.A.E
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Experience
ACS Group – Chennai, INDIA
(Freelancer - WFH)
[April 2021 to Till Date]
Cloud Destinations Private Limited
(Augusta Hitech Solutions) -
Coimbatore, India
[January 2020 to April 2021]
Majid Al-Futtaim (MAF Carrefour) –
Doha, QATAR
[September 2018 to February 2019]
Roles and Responsibilities
VMWare Administrator L3
Lead the IT system, network engineers and L1 NOC team.
Monitor timely team progress and system implementation.
Organize the project tasks, tickets, and change requests.
Manage all the installed cloud systems and infrastructure.
Manage the VMWare ESXI server host, HA Clusters, V-center, V-sphere and Nutanix Prism Central, Cluster prism elements.
Manage the Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu) application Servers and Windows 2016 / 2019 legacy member server, its AD, DC, GP, IIS, NPS radius, SMTP, and Splunk servers.
Handled EMC Symmetrix Storages, and AVAMAR backup tool,
DELL PowerEdge, VxRail, Nasuni File System and Sharing.
Regular windows server patch updates, schedule backups,
Manage internal, external Root CA and trusted certificates,
PowerShell script run automation and troubleshooting.
Worked on Okta, 1Password, Net box, Logic Monitor & Zabbix. Operations Manager - L1 Lead
Supervise the technical team and project management.
Manage and monitor the datacenter operations, NIFI server - Infor BIRST processing, customized reporting.
Monitor all system, networks using Nagios and escalations.
Ensure rapid response to problems and focus on workflows.
Monitor all the system inventory, and vendor management.
Manage the AZURE, AWS and GCP Cloud infrastructure.
Create, delete, migrate, cost optimize - (ram, disk resize), MFA, SSO, AD connect, backup, site recovery vaults and BCDR.
Manage the AZURE DevOps, TFS server for work release, repository, sprints, bugs / fixes, and prod deployments.
Setup branch policy, unit testing and code review / coverage.
Manage Google Suite as Gmail Admin, User Account / Group members, – (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Meet). Store IT Manager
Store In-Charge for all ICT Equipment and Datacenter IT Room,
Led IT team, regular routine activities and attend complaints.
Ensure the team follow IT policies, procedure, and document.
Manage the infrastructure with Standard Management.
Worked on Hyper-V Cloud VM’s, Storage, and Networks.
Manage the Windows Server, AD, User Accounts / Passwords, DC, DNS, GP, File Permissions, Quota and Print Server.
Evaluate existing systems, plan, and implement automation.
Regular backup / restore using Networker tool and monitor.
SMA POS application, scale, and loyalty application server. Page 3 of 4
Roles and Responsibities
Cloud Administrator
Worked on web-based cloud ERP application system hosting.
Manage AWS, Azure Cloud, accounts, Payment Subscription.
Create EC2 Instances, Volumes, Snapshots, Load Balancer, S3, Security Groups, Route53, EBS, Code Commit, LAMBDA, ELB, SNS, VPC, IAM, cloud watch, alarms, cost explore and billing.
Manage and monitor the VM’s insight, CPU, memory, disks IO.
Integrate API, configure DB, Storage, and Network Interfaces.
Create, install & configure the Linux server, troubleshooting Apache / nginx servers and resolving MYSQL start-up issues,
Setup jobs trigger in Jenkins CI/CD pipeline for deployments.
Implement Zabbix for system and networks monitoring. System Administrator
Manage the VMWare ESXI host, Windows, and Linux servers.
Create, install the virtual machine, configure DB and support.
Worked on ESXI patching, upgrade, and VM tools upgrade.
Apply patches and packages, upgrades, performance tuning,
Monitor the process / memory and disk management.
Handled MS-exchange mail server, and Office365 admin,
Configure antivirus, Wi-Fi routers, access points, LAN / WAN routers, switches, VLAN, firewalls and VPN.
Datacenter Operator
Perform Routine Jobs EOD-SOD (End & Start of the Day) for the Core Banking System and Batch file processing.
Regular data uploads, customer files, SI and VISA file upload.
Monitor ATM / CDM application systems and escalations.
Monitor alerts (Error, Warning, Critical) and data protection.
Escalate to respective teams and physical site visit support.
Running SQL scripts, bill run query and payment transaction,
Taking regular data backups (LTO IBM tapes) and restoration. Datacenter Operation Engineer
Monitor the IT NOC in 24X7 Production environment.
Manage the Core telecom Datacentre - OSS / BSS platforms.
Monitor all the Alerts - System, network, Data chain process,
Logging an Incident, Problem, find root cause and escalation.
Supervise physical equipment installation of server racks, switch, router, cabling datacentre and design documentation.
Manage remote site access control, escorts, regular visit,
DC physical health check –Racks, Rows, CCU, and fire alarms.
Manage the Scheduled backups, ADIC tape library, Fire Safe.
Sending tape to off-site one month retention period. Experience
Smart Management IT Solutions
Doha, QATAR
[August 2017 to April 2018]
ALMUSBAH Telecom Company
(Super Connection) - Jeddah, K.S.A
[March 2015 to February 2017]
DICETEK L.L.C (Dubai Bank migrated
to Emirates National Bank of Dubai)
Dubai, U.A.E
[March 2012 to February 2013]
Gulf Business Machines
(Du Telecom) - Dubai, U.A.E
[September 2009 to January 2012]
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Experience
Maples ESM Technology Pvt Ltd
(TATA Teleservices – TCS)
Hyderabad, INDIA
[March 2006 to October 2008]
Languages
English – Full Fluent Professional
Arabic – Limited Working
Tamil – Native or Bilingual
Hindi, Urdu – Professional Working
Urdu – Professional Working
Hobbies
• Browsing
• Sketching Photography
• Creative Design
Roles and Responsibilities
System Administrator – Level1
Linux and UNIX Server administration (RHEL, Solaris, HP-Unix)
Manage User Accounts/Passwords, su root user, chmod change, create directories, file, vi edit, ls, mv, cp, top, netstat
Creating users, groups, directories, files permissions (read, write, execute), change ownership, and disk free space check.
Performance tuning, check process running, and kill jobs,
Schedule date, time in the backend crontab jobs.
Install, configure Linux server, boot multimode and jump start.
Create, Extend, Mount the raw physical disk, volumes, format, Logical disk allocation and remove disks.
Manage the server patches and packages update / upgrade. Technical Skills
• AWS, Azure, GCP, VMWare, Nutanix AHV and Hyper-V.
• Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019 Standard.
• Linux Server (Ubuntu, CentOS) and UNIX (Solaris).
• Databases – SQL, MS-SQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
• Network Monitoring – Nagios, Zabbix and Logic Monitor.
• Helpdesk Ticketing – JIRA, Freshdesk and Spiceworks.
• DevOps, Jenkins, GIT, TFS Server and SonarQube Testing.
• Odoo ERP, WordPress CMS, e-Commerce, POS,
• Google Suite, Workspace – Docs, Sheet, Drive, Calendar.
• MS Office – Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, Office365. Skills Highlights
• Innovative, Self-Focused, Strong decision maker
• Team Coordination, Complex problem solver
• Project management
• Good Communication
Declaration
I hereby declare that all the information furnished above is true of my knowledge and belief.
Dated: Mohamed Ansari
Location: Signature