ELDAR AYDAYEV

Mobile: +1-650-***-**** E-Mail: adm6sj@r.postjobfree.com Profile: lnkdin.me/p/eldar Web: www.aydahwa.com I have over 22 years of experience in the diverse areas of IT Management, Technical Support & Solution, Project Management and Networking in the Telecom, Banking and Oil&Gas industry. For the past 15 years, I have been working as an Infrastructure and Cloud Architect and have spent most of my time on the development and implementation of new cloud management software programs, management and maintenance of cloud platforms, and providing advice and recommendations to clients and coworkers. I gained valuable experience collaborating directly with client teams to design and develop solutions to complex problems or opportunities. In addition to sharpening my technical skills, I also gained important skills such as client engagement and team management. Some of my experiences will make me an asset for the feature projects include: Designed, implemented and supported an integration solution between applications to share data. I’ve been working very closely with Project Teams, Operational Architects to ensure the solution was compatible and a long- term fit for the company. The engineered solution to capture missing sales and achieved a 97% success rate. Consulted regularly with customers on project status and technical issues. Prepared detailed reports concerning project specifications and activities.

I’ve been successful in maintaining a focus on achieving bottom-line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology based on business solutions. Making techno-savvy administration with proven success in IT managing in Highly Reliable Organizations and effectively leveraging IT Solutions as a tool for achieving a high degree of process efficiency & resolving business issues. I’m really adept at driving projects (at the Business Group level), conducting business analysis to determine requirements, suggesting innovative solutions and facilitating its implementation at the customer's business enterprise scale. I have experience in managing overall procedures for executing projects involving the scope of work, design & IT Solution implementation, reserve mobilization, achievement within cost & time parameters. Also monitoring IT projects with respect to budgeted cost, demand forecasts, time overruns to ensure timely execution of projects. I do analyze business requirements and originating initiatives for the establishment of IT infrastructure. I make ensure the provision of technical consultancy to clients for various IT-related operations with maximum uptime and installing servers, storage systems, network services. Designing the BCP Strategy for customer's business and ensuring scheduled/unscheduled Backups as per Backup/Restore and DR strategies. Giving training to end-users in the post- implementation phase.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENT

• Accountable for evaluating, installing and maintaining of software installed on the central systems.

• Preparing procedures for testing and validating the system and subsystems.

• Establishing system-scripting software for application report procedures.

• Handling systems documentation (infrastructure, configuration, etc.).

• IT Infrastructure DevOps Management with CD/CI solutions (Dockers, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet)

• Organizing online management application for monitoring system capacity loading.

• Migration of IT Infrastructure to the Cloud Environment (Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, MS Azure)

• Strategizing, designing & developing and installing:

! IT projects for Corporate customers

! IT Infrastructure Architecture Design

! DNS Cluster Infrastructure System for 4G+/LTE Network

! Secure VPN access for IT Support Team to provide 24x7 Continue Service

! System Performance resource utilization optimization and monitoring

! IT Infrastructure Systems Security Hardening for Enterprise Environment

! NIDS/HIDS (Intrusion Detection System) for Business Critical Environment

! IT Solutions (Enterprise & OpenSource) for the Customer’s related Business Critical Projects

! WAF (Web Application Firewall) for Banking Critical System

! PCI-DSS, CIS, ISO/IEC 27001 compliance standards implementation.

! Data Protection for business critical environment: data in rest, data in transit CERTIFICATIONS

• Several certificates from Oracle / Sun Microsystems for Unix Infrastructure management

• Qatar QCERT - Banking and Information Security Assessment and Government data protection EDUCATION DETAILS

• Master Degree In Information and Computer Science from Azerbaijan Technical University in 2003

• Bachelor Degree In Information and Computer Science from Azerbaijan Technical University in 2001 LANGUAGES KNOWN

English: Fluent, Self-Assessed

Russian: Native, Self-Assessed

Turkish: Native, Self-Assessed

TECHNICAL FORTE

Hardware: Sun Fire E15k/E25k, Sun ENTERPRISE Mx000, Sun E350, E2500, Ultra Sparc 10, Fire v120/v210/v215/v240/v245/v440/280r/v480/v40z/Netra 120, T1000/T2000, T4-x Sun StorEdge 3310/3510FC/2450/A1000/D240/DAT72/DDS4, Tape Drives and Libraries SL500, Sun SPARC Enterprise M5000, IBM, HP, Compaq, Dell, Cisco, Allied Telesyn, Zyxel, Proxim, IBM RS/6000 Architecture: Intel, Alpha, Sparc, PaRISC, PowerPC, AMD, Intel Itanium, AMDx64 Languages: C (UNIX), Shell (UNIX), SQL, HTML, PHP, Perl, Python, JS

• Strategic Planning & Management

• IT Consultancy

• Cloud Infrastructure Management

• Project Management

• IT Operations Management

• Cyber Security

• System Support & Administration

• IT Solution Developing

• Case Management

ELDAR AYDAYEV Mobile: +1-650-***-**** E-Mail: adm6sj@r.postjobfree.com Web: www.aydahwa.com Database Systems: Oracle DB, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Sybase Operating Systems: LINUX, Oracle Solaris, HP-UX 11, MS Windows 20xx, Novell, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BeOS, QNX, AIX 5L Cloud Technologies: Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure Cloud tools: awscli, gcloud, azcli, terraform, python scripts. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aydahwa Enterprise FZ-LLE 08/2018 - present Position: Executive Director

Project: Datacenter Migration of Redknee Inc from Berlin, Bangalore, Wroclaw to Optiva Inc Cloud space in AWS and Google Cloud platform VPC.

• Setting up High-Security standard of Cloud Environment according to PCI-DSS, ISO/27001, CIS benchmarks

• IT Infrastructure monitoring system based on Nagios tools with more customized settings for the dedicated Application environment.

• Using Terraform to configuring Cloud Infrastructure and keep versioning of changes.

• Centralized Authentication, Authorization and Accounting system with detailed system Logging

• Migration VMware Infrastructure to Amazon AWS Cloud Environment.

• Linux Docker Containers Support and DevOps Management

• CI/CD based on Jenkins, Ansible, Perl & Python Scripting

• Implementation of Remote Access System to customer’s DC over multiple VPN from Google Cloud Platform Accomplishment: Management and maintenance of Enterprise Customer’s Critical Business Systems. Responsibilities:

• UNIX/Linux Systems support & consultancy according to the implemented projects.

• Develop procedures to test and validate the system and business related applications.

• Develop system-scripting software for application report procedures.

• Maintain systems documentation (infrastructure, configuration, etc.).

• Configuring and Managing RHEL Linux 6.X, 7.X x86_64

• Cluster System Management – Oracle RAC Cluster

• Identify the overall system performance trends and problems.

• Identify applications for performance improvement and collaborate with developers and other systems staff to implement

• Recommend workload-balancing procedures.

• Help in establishing the client service level objectives

• Develop online management application for monitoring system capacity loading.

• Establish the performance and capacity thresholds for systems.

• Monitor system utilization and forecast capacity needs Redknee Solutions Inc. / Optiva Inc. 08/2017 - 01/2021 Position: Solution Integration Chief Architect

Project: Optiva Lab. Infrastructure UNIX/Linux System Support, Maintains, Clustering, Monitoring, High Availability.

• Setting up High-Security standard of Cloud Environment according to PCI-DSS, ISO/27001, CIS benchmarks

• IT Infrastructure monitoring system based on Nagios tools with more customized settings for the dedicated Application environment.

• Centralized Authentication, Authorization and Accounting system with detailed system Logging

• Migration VMware Infrastructure to Amazon AWS Cloud Environment.

• Linux Docker Containers Support and DevOps Management

• CI/CD based on Jenkins, Ansible, Perl & Python Scripting Accomplishment: Management and maintenance of Redknee Inc. Lab Customer’s Critical Business Systems. Responsibilities:

• UNIX/Linux Systems support & consultancy according to the implemented projects.

• Develop procedures to test and validate the system and business related applications.

• Develop system-scripting software for application report procedures.

• Maintain systems documentation (infrastructure, configuration, etc.).

• Configuring and Managing RHEL Linux 6.X, 7.X x86_64

• Cluster System Management – Oracle RAC Cluster

• Identify the overall system performance trends and problems.

• Identify applications for performance improvement and collaborate with developers and other systems staff to implement

• Help in establishing the client service level objectives

• Develop online management application for monitoring system capacity loading.

• Establish the performance and capacity thresholds for systems.

• Monitor system utilization and forecast capacity needs ELDAR AYDAYEV Mobile: +1-650-***-**** E-Mail: adm6sj@r.postjobfree.com Web: www.aydahwa.com Commercial Bank in Qatar, Doha/Qatar 09/2015 - 11/2018 Position: ICT Infrastructure Manager

Project: UNIX System - Security, Maintains, Clustering, Access Control, Monitoring, High Availability.

• Setting up High-Security standard of Banking Environment according to PCI-DSS, ISO/27001, CIS benchmarks

• IT Infrastructure monitoring system based on Nagios XI with more customized settings for the dedicated Application environment.

• Centralized Authentication, Authorization and Accounting system with detailed system Logging

• Symantec NetBackup Enterprise v7x

• Centralized System Task management and system status reporting with Puppet & Rundeck

• Migration Internet Banking System to Solaris 11.3 Clustered Environment.

• Design & Build new Internet FrontEnd WAF & DDoS-enabled Web Server for Banking Public Service

• Migration Core Banking system into Encrypted communication environment (DB, Apps, Payment Systems, VPN, ..etc)

• Analysis, Design, Development and Testing of software applying best practices of Software Engineering at every phases of the development process

• Stay abreast of regulatory and policy developments affecting areas of responsibility and work collaboratively with our Corporate Diversity Team

• Document audit results and communicate issues to management, identifying opportunities for improvement in the design and effectiveness of key controls

• Coordinate the development, implementation, and monitoring of employee networking groups, diversity committees and councils

• Provide technical assistance, advice, coaching, and consultation to individuals and groups regarding cross-cultural conflicts and disputes

• Design and deliver cross-cultural, diversity and inclusion presentations, workshops, and learning modules

• Partner with Recruiting to monitor employment activities such as applicant flow, new hires, terminations, transfers, and promotions to identify potential areas of focus and other opportunities to promote diversity initiatives

• Provide business updates and manage business reporting for the Defined Contribution Consulting Program

• Work with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Operations and Technology to implement processes that help the firm manage risk

• Manage certain ongoing processes to ensure high quality output

• Help drive and manage the launch of new Defined Contribution Consulting program

• Initiate change by identifying and implementing process improvements designed to enhance the delivery of retirement plan products and services

• Act as primary contact for other business units within the firm on initiatives to establish greater consistency across lines of business Accomplishment: Management and maintenance of Banking Critical Business Systems. Responsibilities:

• UNIX Systems support & consultancy according to the implemented projects.

• Develop procedures to test and validate the system and business related applications.

• Develop system-scripting software for application report procedures.

• Configuring and Managing Oracle Solaris 11.3 SPARC64

• Cluster System Management – Oracle Sun Cluster 4.3

• Identify the overall system performance trends and problems.

• Identify applications for performance improvement and collaborate with developers and other systems staff to implement

• Recommend workload-balancing procedures.

• Help in establishing the client service level objectives

• Develop online management application for monitoring system capacity loading.

• Establish the performance and capacity thresholds for systems.

• Monitor system utilization and forecast capacity needs Halian International FZ-LLC, Dubai/ UAE 04/2010 – 09/2015 Position: Sr. IT Solution Consultant

Project: MTN Nigeria Communications Limited.

• MTN Infrastructure DNS Project Design and Implementation for xDSL/3G/4G LTE+ Network across Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Asaba. Brand new AydahwaDNS 2015 System has been specifically designed for MTN Nigeria Infrastructure with full-automated replication mechanism across Cluster nodes. Integrated remote Management and Monitoring System.

• Preparing Full Documentation Description

• Handover DNS project to MTN Engineer stuff over specialized on-site training

• ORACLE Sun Cluster 3.3, ZFS, Solaris 9 branded zones, StorageTek 2540 FC;

• ORACLE OpsCenter Management System (Jet Templates, Provisioning, Patching, Zone Management, LDOMS);

• Sun Live Upgrade from previous system version to the latest Solaris Release (10u9) with EIS DVD Patch bundle installation and kernel patching applying.

• Sun Management Center, Sun Java Enterprise System, Sun Cluster, Identity Manager, VERITAS Cluster, VERITAS NetBackup, ORACLE RAC, Sun Java System Application Server EE, Sun Java System Directory Server EE

• MTN Online Corporate Web Service Project Consultancy for Application Developing and Security Settings. The project has been based on Apache v2.x / MySQL / Perl / OpenSSL / Apache Tomcat + JDBC for Enterprise DB farm (Oracle RAC + MySQL)

• Customer specified monitoring system based on Nagios + SNMP traps

• MTN DNS Systems for ADSL Network across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. The new AydahwaDNS 2011 has been designed for MTN Nigeria Infrastructure. Integrated remote Management and Monitoring System. Accomplishment: Management and maintenance of SUN Systems and Storages. Responsibilities:

• UNIX Systems support / consultancy 24/7.

• Evaluation, installation and maintenance (fixes and upgrades) of any software installed on the central servers.

• Develop procedures to test and validate the maintenance (fixes and upgrades) of the system and subsystems.

• Diagnosis and problem solving with Sun Solve Top Level Support Service (Case management) ELDAR AYDAYEV Mobile: +1-650-***-**** E-Mail: adm6sj@r.postjobfree.com Web: www.aydahwa.com

• Establish technical standards (i.e. set up infrastructure remote sites, Sun EIS installation).

• Develop system-scripting software for application report procedures.

• Maintain systems documentation (infrastructure, configuration, etc.).

• Automated backup process of Databases servers with Solaris system tools

• Cluster System Management – Oracle RAC, VERITAS, Sun Cluster

• Identify the overall system performance trends and problems.

• Identify applications for performance improvement and collaborate with developers and other systems staff to implement

• Recommend workload-balancing procedures.

• Help in establishing the client service level objectives

• Develop online management application for monitoring system capacity loading.

• Establish the performance and capacity thresholds for systems.

• Monitor system utilization and forecast capacity needs.

• Centralized Network Based Backup by VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise Server for UNIX, Windows, Oracle DB, Exchange Messaging Server, NetApp, EMC Clarion SAN.

ELDAR AYDAYEV Mobile: +1-650-***-**** E-Mail: adm6sj@r.postjobfree.com Web: www.aydahwa.com

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