Aliu Ishola, WAHAB
Information Technology Services Specialist
Baltimore, MD 21215
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EXPERIENCE
Information Technology Services Specialist
U.S. Sedan Service Worldwide · USA. October 2021 - Present
● Recorded requests, incidents, and status information using ServiceNow, ensuring that all relevant data was captured accurately and efficiently.
● Proactively maintained communication with callers through analysis and resolution processes, particularly in difficult customer situations, providing a high level of customer service
● Supported implementing and deploying internal business systems and solutions, contributing to the successful launch and adoption of new technologies and tools.
● Provided daily remote support using Bomgar and Microsoft Teams, leveraging these tools to troubleshoot technical issues and provide timely solutions.
● Maintained and configured user accounts with Active Directory, EAI, RSA Secure ID, and Cisco Anyconnect, ensuring that user access was up-to-date and compliant with security policies.
● Installed and uninstalled software remotely using the Invanti management software system, streamlining the software management process and reducing manual effort.
● Collaborated with other IT teams, including infrastructure, security, and application support teams, to resolve complex technical issues and support business initiatives.
Infrastructure Specialist
Oxdit Technologies · Calgary, Canada. August 2018 - October 2021
● Acted as a single interface for the Delivery Teams interacting with the Customer/the Service Delivery Manager for infrastructure.
● Implemented relevant policies and standards, including compliance against security policies.
● Installed and customized Linux servers.
● Administrated and monitored the diverse IT system landscapes.
● Planned and performed necessary maintenance work on the IT system landscapes.
● Worked on Ticket support for 2nd level support.
CORE SKILLS
● IT Service Management
● Customer Relationship
Management (CRM)
● Customer Support and
Services
● Conflict Resolution
● Interpersonal Skills
● Project Management
● Planning, Budgeting and
Forecasting
● IT Strategy
● Risk and Compliance
● Business Process
Improvement
● Portfolio Management
● Program Management
● Vendor Management
● Change Management
● ServiceNow
● Ticketing Support
● Customer Research
● On-Call Support
● Stakeholder Mapping
● Continuous Process
Improvement
SOFT SKILLS
● Good Communication
● Problem-Solver
● Teamwork
● Consistency
● Attentive and Focused
LANGUAGES
● English
● Yoruba
● German (Business Level)
● Acted as a safeguard for the operational tasks to be successfully managed along the contract lifecycle.
● Attended service reviews and undertook the appropriate actions.
● Supported (the creation and validation of solutions) for limited up-selling within the dedicated scope.
● Gained an understanding of the customer organization, contract content, business context and priorities.
● Acted as 1st level of escalation for tower-specific technical teams for all services in scope.
● Evaluated and managed internal customers’ requests.
● Drove and ensured completion of Service Acceptance, technical validation and handover processes for a new scope. Information Technology System Support
Pebbles Digital · Lagos, Nigeria. May 2016 - August 2018
● Managed and administration of our virtualization environment
(VMware), high-performance cluster (grid engine) and networks
(VPN, firewall, customer connections, Wi-Fi)
● Supported and administrated our Linux servers
● Designed and implemented customized solutions for complex use cases
● Supported the service desk as part of the 2nd level support.
● Provided architecture and configured secure VPCs in AWS, including peering of VPC networks
● Analyzed and resolved conflicts related to the merging of source code for GIT.
● Designed, developed, automated, deployed, scaled and managed both private and public cloud environments
● Optimized and developed IT systems & suggested improvements
● Researched and evaluated new technology solutions
● Configured Application Life Cycle Management (ALM) tools like JIRA and Confluence to track the progress of the project
● Created and maintained fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Jenkins to reduce human error and speed up production processes by 40%
EDUCATION
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria.
B.Sc. Labor and Industrial Relations