CV
Saif Shaikh
Highly proficient IT Manager/System Administrator since 2004.
Objective
To obtain a position in IT Operations, with a possibility of management
exposure.
Personal Details
Address: 32332 Nottingwood St, Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Phone: 248-***-****
E-mail: **********@*****.***
Date of Birth: July 1980
Marital Status: Married, one son
Education
B.E. Degree in Electronic Engineering (first class)
2003
Advance RedHat Administration 2008
Skills
Computer Skills
. Windows 2000/2003/2008 (5+ years Experience)
. UNIX/LINUX (4+ years Experience)
. Mac OS X Desktop/xServer (4+ years Experience)
. Citrix (3+ years Experience)
. Change Management Experience; Version control CV (4+ years Experience)
. System scripting skills include CMD/Vbscript, bash/ksh, perl (4+ years
Experience)
. Oracle 9i/10g/11g Administration (3+ years Experience)
. C/C++ (3+ years Experience)
. ASP.Net, C#, shell scripting in bash, ksh, vbscript.
. Networking Skills (TCP/IP, Cisco firewalls/routers, FX and Reuters,
Bloomberg, Citibank financial interface)
. Understanding of Business side of treasury management and high latency
trading system. (2+ years Experience)
. Following SAS-70 auditing guidelines when working with financial
systems.
. Software Change Control and documentation.
. Strong Project Management (strong customer facing skills) experience
within a consulting environment(3+ years Experience)
. End to end project delivery experience (3+ years Experience)
. Team management skill (3+ years Experience)
. Ability to manage large and small project teams experience with public
sector company and large corporate (5+ years Experience)
Professional Experience
Managed Services Technical Support Analyst London, UK Since 2008
WallStreet Systems ltd.
. System Administration of Windows 2003, RedHat, HP-UX, Citrix, for
hight latency systems.
. Manage third party services providers to meet client needs, planning
and implementation of projects.
. Compling with SAS70 industry standards, maintaining audit records and
drafting procedures to meet with contract agreements.
. Communicate with client around the world and supporting their end to
end system needs.
. Work in a team and have self iniciation on personal project and
assignment.
. Managing and adminstration oracle9i/10g and MSSQL 2005/2K database
performing RMAN backups and exports.
. Problem management, backups, environmental alert management and
software rollout.
. Managing software change controls and configuring, instaling new
application; rebuilding the database.
. Acting as a primary point of contact into WSS for named MS client
contacts.
. Performing DR prodegures and preparing for dooms day.
. Writing scripts in perl/SQL/cmd/vbscript for administration of the
systems.
. Project management experience implemeting application system for
client.
. Troubleshoot issue in OS and apply/maintaining patches for windows
linux and citrix.
. Train new staff and help deal with 1st and 2nd line application, OS
and database issues.
. AD planning and implementation for clients for onsite and manged AD
server. Writing GPO's to meet client specifications and security
requrments.
. Reguler report writing on system, alerts, changes and general activity
of team for client and management viewing.
Harlequin Solutions London, UK Aug. 2004 - Apr 2008
IT Manager
. Managing IT infrastructure, installation and planning; work as a
Database consultant and DBA for the clients with Server 2003/Linux
RedHat advising them on the best hardware and software configuration.
. Perform Backup and place disaster recovery for the database. Increase
the response time and increase the efficiency perform DBA roll for SQL
2000/2005 and Oracle 9i.
. Provide hands on helpdesk and delegating tasks for the applications
and resolve issues for the clients and be the 1st and 2nd line support
for the applications built in-house.
. Successfully developed and deployed multiple platform environments on
Windrows Network with Active Directory, Exchange, DNS, IIS 6.0, File
Server, Print Server, Microsoft SharePoint 2007(all the components),
VERITAS Backup Exec, 3Com/Cisco Networking, Sonicwall/Cisco Firewall,
Goldmine/Sage CRM, Pegasus Opera/Sage. Successfully installed and
administered the same.
. Installing Oracle 9i database and networking it to support
applications developer team to build Oracle 9i based applications.
. Responsible for increasing response time of the database by
restructuring the database and upgrading the server.
. Deployment of Blackberry Enterprise Server for Exchange, Symantec
Ghosting server for the network streamlining and management.
Purchasing of equipment and service for the companies to get the best
possible services from the best possible suppliers.
. Full life cycle experience of installing and configuration of
SharePoint 3.0. feathers worked and design on are Forms
Server(InfoPath 2007), Content Management, Document management server,
Picture management server, Communications between team, WiKi Web site
design and installed for small companies and large organizations with
cluster management feathers.
. Responsible for securing the company networks from viruses, spy ware,
implementing company internet and computer policies. Creating a
disaster recovery plan to recover the company infrastructure in case
of a disaster.
. Managing 1st line support and taking regular meetings to keep team
updated and increase performance and client satisfaction. Completing
appraisal for staff and setting targets for coming year.