RESUME
MOHAMMAD FARUK K
No **, Green park Avenue,
Karumbukadai, Coimbatore - 8
Mobile No: 944-***-****
********.*****@*******.***
CAREER OBJECTIVE
To pursue a job in challenging and healthy work environment where I can utilize my skills and knowledge efficiently for organizational growth
PRIMARY SKILLS
12+ years of experience in the field of IT Infrastructure Services
Knowledge in Incident, Change, Problem & Vendor Management
Expertise in administering and maintaining Microsoft based Networks
Experienced in handling 30+ member team for a Global IT helpdesk team
Experienced in implementing & troubleshooting VERITAS netback up & Clusters
Expertise in HP, Dell, IBM Blade server administration
Knowledge in maintaining SAN & NAS storages
Knowledge in Microsoft Clustering Services
Expertise in Active Directory, Exchange Server 2003
Expertise of DNS, DHCP and WINS
Extensive knowledge of troubleshooting System hardware and Software installations
Experience in Windows Software update Services, Patching and System updates
Experience in Windows, Citrix & VM ware administration
Experience in mailing software’s like Microsoft Outlook & Lotus Notes
Installation & Maintenance of Print servers, Clusters
Onsite experience (Canada) for a new transition at NTT data Halifax
Onsite experience (USA) for setting up Mission, Vision and Goals for Systems & Network team
Company : Mcwane Services Pvt Ltd
Designation : Manager – Global Systems Support & Global Helpdesk
Team : Global Helpdesk & Local IT & Systems/network team
Period : May 2015 to present
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Spearheaded in forming Systems & Network team for McWane IT (India) by setting the Vision & Mission and setting up the Goals for the new team
Played a key role in implementing ISO 9001:2008 certification of McWane India Pvt Ltd where I represented IT & Global Helpdesk
Played a key role in implementing the ERP software (Microsoft Dynamics AX) for Purchase & Payroll Operations
Spearheaded end to end implementation of New helpdesk tool (Service-Now) for the Global helpdesk team
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage the location IT which includes new Infrastructure setup, IT procurement, Vendor management & Helpdesk management
Responsible to Manage, Direct and Implement IT operations strategies and objectives to ensure the achievement of India goals supported by Information Technology and leverage the continuous improvement efforts across the McWane Inc.
Responsible for yearly IT budgeting and responsible for all the IT procurements (Servers, network devices, desktops and IT spares)
Provide structured leadership to the site IT Department
Provide strategic and tactical leadership, Strategic Thinking, Contributor to Business Needs
Drive IT metrics (helpdesk, downtime measurements, deliveries, etc.)
Departmental Budget Planning and Tracking
Project Management, Project Planning and plan organization/development
Adherence and upholding of corporate IT standards and policies
Manage the NOC (Network operations Center) team who monitors the network nodes for all the McWane Divisions
Conduct quarterly audits on IT Asset management, IT maintenance, network downtime & data backups
Manage the Help Desk staff including consultation on performance evaluations, promotions, hiring and disciplinary responsibilities
Maintain a central source of information enabling Help Desk staff and support technicians to recover outages with minimal disruption to expected service levels
Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly statistics, status reports, and graphical reporting aids are completed and continually modified to meet the needs of the department
Responsible for assuring users are provided efficient and timely first and second level support on a 7x24 basis
Provide support to Help Desk Director on administrative tasks and to Corporate IT engineers with regards to projects relative to the Desktop, Wide Area Network, Local Area Network and Telephony functions
Perform staff scheduling to ensure Help Desk coverage during normal business hours and on-call support as required by McWane users worldwide who are in different Time zones; Manage team time management and team metrics and mentor team members
Assigning ticket priority to the Helpdesk team and review ALL closed tickets for adherence to policy
Serve as the around-the-clock contact for all related support issues, providing advanced first level IT support
Perform duties in a cost-effective manner to avoid waste of resources without jeopardizing quality of care and service
Interface with users of Information Technology, employing a high degree of tact and diplomacy to promote a positive image of the department. Resolve problem situations in a professional manner. Accurately communicate pertinent information to create a work environment that lends itself to the best interests of departmental personnel and customer service
Accountable for meeting systems infrastructure or operational Service Level Agreements established by CTO Management skills are required to successfully perform the planning, directing, reporting and administrative responsibilities of this position
Meets with IT technicians, attends seminars and reads industry related publications to remain abreast of technology advances and aid in the MCS technology planning effort
Perform duties in a cost-effective manner to avoid waste of resources without jeopardizing quality of care and service
Company : Cognizant Technology solutions
Designation : Specialist (NSS-Network Systems & Services)
Project : IBOM (Infrastructure build out & ODC management)
Period : Oct 2011 to May 2015
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Spearheaded in setting up and build a IT infrastructure of 10000 seater facility in Cognizant Coimbatore (CCC SDB 2 Campus)
Spearheaded in forming ODC Management team across different locations throughout INDIA
Star engineer award for the first quarter of 2012
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
IBOM: My team is responsible for the implementation of new Infrastructure build outs and setting up Offshore Development Centers (ODC) throughout Cognizant in different regions
Provide solution to new infrastructure build outs (Network, Voice, Data)
Provide network design for complete new infrastructure build outs
Provide design solution for the new Data Centre, Switch room implementations
Advisory services for logical and Physical security controls for to meet new security requirements from customers based on the Compliance
Identify ODC type and help business team to come out with requirement document.
Ensure uniformity in security practices across geographies for the customer ODC’s.
Gather new ODC information, identify the type of ODC to be implemented
To provide cost solution on the network devices i.e. using Context firewall for ODCs
Provide design solution for Infra Server devices for completely Isolated and PCI complaint ODC
Provide overview of Technical Compliance of Network Devices & Servers
Ensure compliance checks on access management on Network Devices like (Firewall/Switches/Routers/Wireless Devices/IDS)
Manage & maintain Asset Management for every ODC’s throughout Cognizant India offices
Provide plans to close the gaps for the baseline requirement to GNS, EUCS and ECS Towers.
Company : NTT Data Corporation
Designation : Seniors System Administrator
Client : Morgan Stanley
Period : March 2009 to Sep 2011
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Best engineer award for the year 2009
Have been to NTT data Halifax for a new transition of Server health and cascaded the knowledge with the team
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Winops team provides L2 support for 7000+ windows in Morgan Stanley. Some of my roles are:
Administering 7000+ Windows 2003 multiple server based network around the globe
Build Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 Servers as per the requirement
Update all windows servers with latest Patches and hot fixes & updates
Troubleshooting Active Directory replication issues
Manage Active Directory users & groups
Manage User accounts, Shares and File Permissions
Install, configure & manage Print servers
Publish/Unpublish applications, load balancing on Citrix
Install and maintain various standard Software’s as per the Client requirements
Install/Upgrade latest Firmware’s, upgrades on the servers
Experience in HP, Dell & IBM Blade & Stand-alone Servers
Expertise in HP ILO, Dell DRAC & IBM Blade Centre Management
Trouble shoot Memory Dump and error codes on HP, IBM & Dell servers
Install/Configure Microsoft Operations Manager(MOM)
Manage & monitor Microsoft/VERITAS clusters
Add, Configure, Delete DFS Pointers
Company : HCL Comnet
Designation : Senior Analyst (Windows & Citrix)
Client : Goldman Sachs
Period : Dec 2007 to Mar 2009
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Remote support for users around the globe in various applications
Troubleshoot Server performance and slow logon issues
Providing support for Citrix/VM Servers
Create and Manager user accounts in Active Directory
Monitoring and supporting over 2000 VMware hosts using VMware infrastructure client
Creating Shared drive for users
Install/Configure software’s using Marimba Castanet Tuner
Providing support for all applications installed on Citrix & VMware environment
Work on remedy tickets as per the SLA’s
Software Packages installation and maintenance
Company : Care IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Designation : Customer support Engineer
Client : Wipro InfoTech & Bayer Crop Science India Ltd
Period : Nov 2005 –Dec 2007
JOB PROFILE
Provide desktop support for the clients
Managing and troubleshooting Network (LAN) related issues
Checking and updating of antivirus patches
Software Packages installation and maintenance
CISCO VoIP phones, installing, configuring and maintenance
Install and configure Virtual Private Network
Installation and trouble shooting SAP, MS outlook and Lotus Notes
Asset management and backup user data
Remote support for users in different application
Hardware maintenance and troubleshooting
Administering and monitoring user accounts, security management
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Degree : Bachelor of Computer Applications
College : Texcity Arts & Science College
University : Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING
ITIL Version 3 Certified
Microsoft Certified Professional
Cisco Certified network associate
Cisco firewall & VPN Training
Training on Symantec netback up 7.0
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 13-07-1984
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Married
Visa Status : Business Visa (US) valid up to 2026
Passport No : N3662050
Permanent address : 7/209B, Kilkundah Road, Manjoor,
The Nilgiris – 643219.
I hereby declare that the above furnished details are genuine to the best of my knowledge
Place:
Date: Mohammad Faruk K