IT Professional
IT Professional with **+ years of responsible work experience in technology, business operations, IT infrastructure and Data center management.
Profile Summary
Expertise in Server Management, LAN / WAN Administration, Enterprise Resource Planning, Data Integrity / Disaster Recovery Planning and ability to formulate innovative system designs for streamlining the overall efficiency with business continuity of IT services associated with a high technology oriented organization.
Principal consultant, multi-skilled IT Professional with good all-round supervisory and technical expertise, working with client technical management for design, Implement, upgrades, migrations and support of enterprise-level IT projects.
Expertise in technical strategic design, implementation, management of enterprise infrastructure applications & monitoring, data storage, Tape library Management, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Windows File server, MS Exchange, Virtualization, Disaster Recovery and IT Business Continuity.
Prepared Capacity Plan and forecast upgrades for Network Management, Data Center Infrastructure, including space design, telecom, cabling, power, cooling and safety.
Extensive experience in IT industry, including Server and network administration in various environments
Technology Details
Models / Versions
Hardware/ Infrastructure:
IBM x86/x64 bit processor,HP x86/x64 bit processor,HP 9000 / 800 unix Box (rp3440),
Operating System / Active Directory Services
Windows 8/8.1/10/2008/2012/2016,Centos7.x/Ubuntu 20.x/Debian 10/RedHat Linux 6.x / 7.x, Sun Solaris 9/10, HP UX 11iv2
SAN Storage
EMC DMX (800,1000), Clarion (CX400,CX500 & CX600), FreeNAS
Server Virtualization
Citrix Xen / KVM / Hyper-V / VMware Vsphere 6.x / VirtualBox
Application Software
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.4, Simcorp Dimension, SWIFT Payment System, Efront, TLM, CAMA, ERAM,FlexTrade, FinanceKit, Informatica
Middleware Systems
TIBCO, WebLogic10g, IBM MQ
Messaging software
MS Exchange 2007 /2010
Monitoring Software / Job Scheduler
BMC ProactiveNet, TrueSight, Nagios, Mange Engine, SCOM
BM Control-M, CA Autosys
Firewall /PBX
Sophos, SonicWall,FortiGate /3CX PBX system, AsRock
Other Tools
BMC Remedy, Microsoft Office Suite, Symantec NetBackup7.x /Backup exec 16.x, Veeam 10.x
Trend Micro, McAfee, Tosca (Testing), SIEM - Splunk, Kibana & ISM27001,Sophos MDM
Professional Experience Summary
Title & Company
Period
IT Specialist – AL HIBA Information Technology Systems L.L.C
April 2018 to Till Date
IT Infrastructure Analyst – ABC LLC (on Contract to ADIA)Abu Dhabi
October 2007 to March 2018
System support Engineer–AL MASRAF Bank, Abu Dhabi
June 2000 to October 2007
System Analyst –MES College of Engineering, Kerala INDIA
Nov 1995 to Nov 1999
Software Engineer– DATAFLEX Computer & communication, Kerala INDIA
April 1995 to Nov 1995
AL HIBA Information Technology Systems L.L.C from April 2018 to till Date
IT Specialist
Provide End User Support: Provide all kind of IT related site and Remote Support (Windows OS upgrade, Laptop, Printer, scanner, wireless and mobile devices)
Application installation, Support and troubleshooting of users (AD roles, Office365, Banking Applications etc. )
Proving 1st/2nd level system and network support.
Firewall,PBX support and administration
Track IT assets and document and changes in Asset database
Follow up with customers to ensure issue has been resolved.
Logs and track all request (incidents) using ticket tracking system (BMC Remedy).
Assist in spyware, virus removal, data backup and disaster recovery.
Develop user guidelines and documentation with policies and procedures.
Train end-users on software and hardware on-site, as required.
People management and IT project support.
Monitoring, incident and capacity management.
Network Design and Implementation.
Data center design and Infrastructure Management.
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (On Contract ) from October 2007 to 31st March 2018
IT Infrastructure Analyst
Responsible for the day-to-day IT activities, change management implementation of applicationin production servers, OS patch management, network monitoring, performance and capacity management of windows and Linux servers.
Key Responsibility
Administration of Active Directory /LDAP, user administration, printer administration, share management and process management of Windows & Linux Server
Administration support & workload rotation experience on VMware infrastructure (vSphere 5.5).
BMC ProactiveNet / TrueSight - Administration, support, monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance and involved in testing (UAT) and integration with other applications (Remedy, ControlM etc)
BMC ControlM Administrator, Job Creation, scheduling and maintenance.
Application support & monitoring of Business applications like Simcorp Dimension, SWIFT payment system, eFront (Real Estate),Financekit (Fixed Income), TLM (Reconciliation),CAMA (corporate Actions), Flextrade (Trading App), E-Business Suite 12.2.4,Informatica,Tibco, IBM MQ, WebLogic 10g, etc.
Implementation of changes in Application and OS on Production environment (Simcorp,swift,TLM,FinanceKit,Efront,TLM,CAMA,FlexTrade,E-Business Suite 12.2.4 etc)
Administration support & monitoring of weekly & monthly backup using NetBackup 7.x,Veeam 10.x
Shutdown & Restart of Application services during weekly/monthly maintenance.
Involved in Application project (RA etc)
Prepare checklists and processes related to IT helpdesk operation. Analyze workload, including traffic and utilization trends.
Co-ordination, Testing of DR Site and Managing the Data Center (Power, Rackspace, cabling, cooling etc).
System Support Engineer-AL MASRAF, Abu Dhabi june 2000 to October 2007
Responsible for the installation, maintenance, compatibility, integration and support of all end user’s hardware, software and networks, provide technical and general micro system support to all company personnel.
Key Responsibilities
Administration support of HPUnix 11i v2, SCO OpenServer 5.x,UnixWare7.1.3,Windows XP/2000/2003.
Administration support of Core Banking Application (Phoenix )& Swift.
ATM Support and Switch Administration of PowerCard( Running Daily Batches, Procedures for Parameter Settings,Card Creation,PIN Mailer Generation, Monitoring of ATM,HSM & HOST Securities, Testing of the patches & House Keeping)
Database Support of Sybase 12.x (Phoenix) & Oracle 9i (HPS)
Performance and capacity monitoring of UNIX and Windows Server.
Unix Shell Script Programming, Report Printing, Backup & Recovery procedures.
Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Software & Hardware.
Providing User Support to various Departments and Branches.
System Analyst – MES College of Engineering, INDIAfrom November 1995 to November 1999
Responsible for the installation, maintenance, compatibility, integration and support of all end user’s hardware, software and networks, provide technical and general micro system support to all company personnel.
Key Responsibilities
System Administration of Windows NT 4.0, Novell NetWare 4.x, SCO Open Server 5.x
Administration of Exchange Server 5.5, MS Proxy 2.0, WinGate Proxy 2.0.
Database Administration of MS SQL Server 6.5.
Backup and Recovery Procedures and Unix Shell Script Programming.
Installation, Configuration, and Troubleshooting of Software (Windows 95/98, MS Office and other Applications),Hardware(PC, Printers, Scanneretc) and Networks in the Campus.
Network Design and Implementation of Inter-Department Networks (LAN / WAN)
Software Engineer– DATAFLEX Computer & CommunicationfromApril 1995 to November 1995
Involved in software development, Training, technical Support of the systems
Key Responsibilities
System Analysis, Design & Implementation
Software Design, Installation & Trouble Shooting.
Statistical Analysis & Graphical Presentation of Work Contribution of a Specific Project.
Responsible for troubleshooting all end user problems, operating systems, software application, messaging systems, hardware, structured cabling, network printers, hubs, switches, and remote (dial-up) access.
Educational Qualification
Degree
Awarded By
B.Sc (Computer Science)
Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India.
M.C.A (Master of Computer Applications)
Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India.
Technical Qualification
Title
Awarded By
ISMS27001
IRCA (Course completed)
Sun Solaris 9 System Admin Training
Sun Micro systems Ltd.
HP Unix 11i v2
HP India Ltd
Storage Administration
EMC
Personal details
Date of Birth : 31st May 1971
Language Known : English, Malayalam,Tamil & Hindi
Marital Status : Married
Driving License : Valid U.A.E LMV License
Passport No : L1411472 issued at Abu Dhabi.
Visa Status : Employment visa, Valid till 2022