Mohammad I. Ossaimee

***** **** ***** ***, ****, MI, 48375 Cell: 551-***-**** Home :201-***-**** email: acz4o6@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Seeking to work as Systems Engineer/ Consultant/ Architect on virtualization, cloud and Infrastructure technologies including solution design, deployment, configuration, and management.

Worked as Senior Systems Engineer Lead and Consultant more than 15 years in field of infrastructure, virtualization and cloud computing.

I'm Permanent Resident in USA and eligible to work without any sponsorship

Professional Skills

Hands on experience with Data Center solutions (Servers, storage, virtualization, security, management and monitoring) for more than 15 years

Knowledge of Change Management, Incident Management and/or Configuration Management processes, ITIL.

Analyzes maintenance and monitoring systems output, implements modifications.

Strong customer service, communication, mentorship and leadership skills.

Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and the ability to quickly research new platforms and issues.

Very good knowledge in Storage technology.

Strong knowledge in networking protocols and technologies.

Implement, configure, and manage private/hybrid or public cloud environment

In depth Knowledge of x86 Server architectures (NUMA, HT), including rack and blade servers (IBM, HP, Cisco UCS, Dell, )

Hands on experience in Capacity assessment, server consolidation, and physical to virtual migration (P2V).

Good Knowledge in cloud computing (Public, Private, and Hybrid), cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) and public cloud providers (Windows Azure, vCloud Air, AWS).

Very Good knowledge in Security products like Symantec Endpoint Protection and Trend Micro Deep Security.

Good knowledge with hyper-converged systems (Evo Rail, Evo Rack and Nutanix)

Good knowledge in workstation monitoring solutions like Nexthink

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harman International - Novi, MI October 2015- Feb 2017

(Through Oxford International)

Infrastructure Consultant

Developed, installed and managed infrastructure upgrades, technology assessments.

Analyzed, and built standard configuration for enterprise data center

Participated in redesign management servers for virtual datacenter, and convinced management to go for virtual appliances instead of Windows version.

Installed and configured PSC appliances

Installed and configured VCSA 6.0, pointed them to their respective PSC appliances, and migrate settings from old vCenter server 5.5 on Windows Servers to new appliances

Configured and automated upgrade for current virtual data center to vSphere ESXi 6.0 using VUM

Performed systems management and tuning, including trend analysis for the virtual data center infrastructure.

Configured and Optimized Operation using vROPs ver 6.2 (vRealize Operation Manager), like configuration of dashboards, policies, alerts, and reports

Managed configuration for server management tools (HP and Cisco UCS,).

Installed, and configured vSAN, and vSAN storage policies.

Configured scripts using Vmware powerCLI and powershell to automate tasks for virtual datacenter.

Installed and configured vRealize Automation (vRA) to Automate and provision IaaS services (version 6.2, and version 7). That included building new tenant, defined end points, built blueprints, configured fabric groups, business groups, service catalog, and published entitlements.

Created and provided documentation and work guidance to operation team for the day-to-day monitoring of servers and other relevant devices.

Participated in Infrastructure projects for Harman International.

Participated in documentation activities related to system configuration, policies, and procedures, including the overall structure and standards for documentation.

Provided technical leadership and guidance to operation teams.

Saudi Business Machines Ltd (SBM) – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia August 2013 – August 2015

General Market and Services representative for IBM

Software Services Team Leader

Provided technical vision about vendors and their technologies, translated customer requirements to technical solutions and defined software that match business needs.

Built long-term business relationships and become a trusted advisor customer, across all lines of business.

Managed partnership with key vendors like VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, Symantec and Red Hat and meet their requirements for highest level for each vendor (Vmware Premier partnership, Microsoft Golden partnership, Platinum Redhat Partnership, Citrix Golden Partnership,)

Created, and presented technical solutions documents (HLD, Statement of Work, Test Acceptance Criteria). Managed the services proposal and work order process for customers

Built and configured Infrastructure projects on Windows and Linux (Red Hat and Suse).

Planned and Designed Virtual Environment / Sized the Resources based on Customer requirement using Vmware suite (vSphere ESXi, vCenter,). This included configuration of cluster, resource pools, DRS, SDRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, FT and vSAN. Used migration tools to migrate from physical to virtual (P2V migration).

Designed and implemented disaster recovery solution using SRM to protect and failover production virtual machines from main datacenter to DR site. This included define of protected groups, priorities of protected groups, failover process, replication method (vSphere replication or storage replication), RPO and RTO values.

Defined scope and executed Proofs of Concept (POCs). Participated in ongoing technology evaluation and workshops.

Lead technical project reviews to assess deliverables. Interfaced with management to report on project and program milestones

Defined storage requirements which includes storage type (SAN, NAS), replication, no of spindles, LUN sizing, masking, zoning, and connection type using either FC, FCoE, iSCSI.

Lead and managed Technical team for implementation services for virtualization and infrastructure projects, and helped project manager to define work packages in detail.

Collabra – Woodcliff Lake, NJ March 2013 to August 2013

Senior VMware Consultant- Data Center Services for Eisai Health Care Co.

Analyzed existing VMware virtual environment, gathering all information to upgrade it to latest version.

Planned, designed, and implemented system architecture and security (Software Security) using Symantec Endpoint Protection

Built and configured migration from vCenter 4.0 on 32 bit Windows server, to vCenter 5.0 on 64 bit Windows server

Configured and automated upgrade for current virtual data center to vSphere ESXi 5.0

Supported operation team in P2V activities

Initiated, supported and controlled evaluation projects to implement new technologies, architectures and solutions in the data center and ensure their enablement for standard operations.

Analyzed the results, develop and derive recommendations for the management based on the evaluations

Interfaced with technical & business staff, vendors, and all levels of management

Participated in Data Center Optimizations related to integration projects

Saudi Business Machines Ltd (SBM) – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia August 2006 – February 2013

General Market and Services representative for IBM, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Software Services Consultant

Handled site surveys in alignment with sales team. Act as technical resource for sales and prospects as they navigate their way through the sale cycle.

Developed and maintained technical documentation (design specs, architecture, configuration diagrams, Test Acceptance Criteria, and Implementation documents).

Conducted environmental evaluation, coordination activities, scheduling, and execution of migrating hosts to the virtualized environment

Planned and Designed Virtual Environment / Sized the Resources based on Customer requirement using Vmware suite (vSphere ESXi, vCenter,). This included configuration of cluster, resource pools, DRS, SDRS, vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, and vSAN. Used migration tools to migrate from physical to virtual (P2V migration).

Designed and implemented disaster recovery solution using SRM to protect and failover production virtual machines from main datacenter to DR site. This included define of protected groups, priorities of protected groups, failover process, replication method (vSphere replication or storage replication), RPO and RTO values.

Installed and configured Linux servers using Red Hat, and Suse. This include disk configuration, network settings like IP subnets, load balance, aliases, LDAP settings.

Planned and Executed of Upgrade path for vSphere Suite

Handled VMware virtualization project and support activities

Defined storage requirements in terms of LUN sizing, masking, and zoning, connection using either FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS.

Installed and configured Citrix MetaFrame Presentation server which include publishing applications through LAN or through web interface, creating policies for controlling access to published applications.

Installed and configured IT solution including Vmware, MS Windows Server (2008 R2, 2012) Active Directory domain controllers, Antivirus and Antispyware solutions.

Lead Technical team for implementation services for virtualization and infrastructure projects.

Managed partnership with key vendors like VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, Symantec and Red Hat and meet their requirements for highest level for each vendor (Vmware Premier partnership, Microsoft Golden partnership, Platinum Redhat Partnership, Citrix Golden Partnership

Ebttikar Technology Co. – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 2002 – February 2006

System Engineer

Installed and configured Cisco Switches and Routers

Installed and configured Microsoft products including Windows Servers, Active Directory, Exchange 2000/ 2003, SQL, ISA, WSUS monitored and tuned the system to achieve optimum level of performance. Operating system security hardening.

Installed and configured Citrix MetaFrame Presentation server which include publishing applications through LAN or through web interface, creating policies for controlling access to published applications.

Hands on experience in installing and configuring Linux servers using Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS.

Worked on customer site and daily personal contact and interaction with customer. Responsibilities may include availability during off hours (on-call) in support of unscheduled and critical network and system outages. Should be available for occasional travel in support of customer remote site projects and adaptable for cross training.

Interacted with other support groups, customer Facilities, and Change Management and other operational processes.

Alahly Real Estate Development Co. – Cairo, Egypt May 1999 to March2002

IT Manager

Provided direction for complete IT infrastructure of company to include email system, Database Servers and Applications, networks, and intranet, Internet.

Managed department budget to ensure goals are met, submit progress reports regarding support operations, establish technical priorities, standards and procedures, ensure sufficient system reliability and functionality, analyze products and recommend use of new products and services.

Analyzed business requirements to help determine appropriate infrastructure requirements. Provide day-to-day support of server environment.

Designed, and configured, robust systems that have proven to conquer issues of high availability and security is necessary.

Maintained and upgraded hardware and software, troubleshooting system errors and bugs, monitors and tunes the system to achieve optimum level of performance

Intercom Enterprises – Cairo Egypt June 1997 – October 1998

(IBM Business Partner)

System Engineer

Managed communications network; include network security, installing new applications, distributing software upgrades.

Worked on customer site and daily personal contact and interaction with customer. Responsibilities may include availability during off hours (on-call) in support of unscheduled and critical network outages. Should be available for occasional travel in support of customer remote site projects and adaptable for cross training.

Served a primary contact for reporting and repairing all network and internal infrastructure issues.

Tracked network trouble reports and accurate and comprehensive trending.

Provided assistance in network planning, engineering, architecture design and establishing and maintaining technical standards.

Provided engineering, planning, testing and implementation support for changes, upgrades, additions and modifications to the network infrastructure.

Identified, managed and resolved problems associated with the data network. Maintain vendor maintenance and contact data, technical documentation, and procedure documentation and network equipment inventory data

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATES, & TRAINING COURSES

Bachelor of Computer Engineering – Assuit University, Egypt 1989-1994

IT Certificates:

* VCAP-DCD 5.5 * VCP6-DCV * VCA- (Cloud & WM) * VTSP (NV “NSX” & MO)

* NPSE: Nutanix * RHCS * CCEA * CCA

* CompTIA Security + * MCSE Security * CCNA

TRAINING COURSES:

* PMP Exam Prep * Cloud computing Bootcamp * vSphere vSphere Design workshop

* vSphere ESX 4 Fast Track * Citrix Access Suite Build/Test workshop * Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Support

* Microsoft Operation Framework * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Administration *vRealize Orchestrator 6

* Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server * Citrix MetaFrame XP; Securing and Deploying Applications over the Web

* VMware (Capacity Planner & ESX V31) * Red Hat network Services and Security Administration

* Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, Enterprise Edition: Administration

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