Shaik Tharim Kharni Email: adyxaj@r.postjobfree.com

Senior IT Solutions Professional Mobile: 054*******\050*******

(Infrastructure, Network, Cybersecurity, ERP & Automations) GulfNet Solutions Company Limited

Ar-Rakha, Khobar

PROFILE SUMMARY

Result oriented IT Professional with almost 18 years of experience focusing on IT Infrastructure & Networking, Virtualization Technologies, Cybersecurity, Automations, Private & Public cloud technologies, ERP Consultant (SCM, Finance & HRM) & AI Technologies. Managed IT corporate standards compliance, IT asset management, project planning and management, budgeting, forecasting, and customer relationship management. Directed IT teams in designing, building, implementing, managing, supporting, and enhancing key technologies with compliances.

Experienced in managing & protecting enterprise information systems, network system & operational processes through information assurance.

Recognized for delivering leading edge technology solutions that consistent meet complex business requirements like (Infrastructure & networking latest technologies, Virtualization, Cyber Security solutions, All Windows Server Roles & Features, Exchange 365 email Server, Backup & Storage Solutions, POS solution, IT Security, Network & Hardware Monitoring solution, ERP solutions).

Combine technical expertise with strong business acumen and operational understanding; ensure all technical strategies and activities align with corporate goals.

Staying informed of cyber security developments and their impact on the client & responsible for executing processes within all activities within the security Incident response lifecycle. These activities include detection, triage, analysis, containment, recovery and reporting.

Expertly oversee large-scale IT projects, networks, cybersecurity, and infrastructures—from initial planning and development to implementation and enhancements

Experience in managing, configuration of Terminal server, Storage, Virtual servers, DNS Server, DHCP, SCCM, SCOM, Active Directory, Exchange Server, Linux mail server, ISA Server, fileserver, Office 365 & group policy management.

Initiated data and network disaster recovery plan to support business drivers, timeframes, and budgets.

Identified personnel gaps, restructured the IT team, established annual objectives, training plans, motivated the team by defining a growth path for each position, redefined the shift schedule to create forward momentum for project execution.

Managed full documentation of the existing IT systems, performed a root cause analysis of network & system reliability issues.

IT awareness training for employees on cloud technology, security, backups, IT polices & procedures & any new changes in IT culture.

IT polices & procedures updated yearly to meet maximum IT security & user awareness.

Follow the best ITIL practice to take the necessary endorsements for the benefits of the company. KEY SKILLS:

Business Strategy Information Security Management Automations IT Security, Monitoring & Response Services Infrastructure & networking IT Operation & Support Project Planning Analytical Problem Solving Project Management

Cyber Security IT Governance Security Architecture Firewall Management Windows Roles & Features Linux Virtualization Digital Transformation Storage & Backup Network Monitoring Wallix PAM VMWare SolarWinds ITSM Acronis Symantec McAFee ePO (Trellix) DLP VDI Sophos Fortinet Azure Cloud Nutanix Dell EMC Lenovo HP Aruba Cisco Abbyy UiPath Automation Anywhere AntWorks Sage Xe ERP Oracle GFI WhatsUp Gold ForcePoint SEIM Automation Disaster Recovery Clustering Technologies OT Security HCI KEY PROJECTS ACHIEVEMENTS:

May 2023: Implemented IT Centralized Solution at Aramco Fadhili Gas Plant. (HyperV Virtual Cluster for failover, Domain, Acronis, WSUS, SolarWinds, Trellix ePO & fiber Network) as per Aramco standard SAEP- 99.

Feb 2023: Implemented centralized private cloud virtual data center & network security for Northern University of Nursing with Nutanix HCI & Sophos security products.

April 2019 – Till date: Implemented Aramco Cybersecurity Compliance (CCC)certification over 50+ Aramco vendors & suppliers.

Aug 2022: Implemented networking monitoring solution for NITI-Aramco (WhatsUp Gold)

Sep 2022: Digital transformation solution for Al Futtaim partnered with Abbyy technologies.

Jan 2019Nutanix private cloud implemented for SGS Bahrain & migrated 50+ physical servers to virtual environment.

Feb 2017: IT Program Manager for Aramco WAED Center for Sage X3 and X3P ERP Project (Aramco WA’ED)

Oct 2017: IT Cyber Security Consultancy service for Ali Zaid Al Quraishi Group

Dec 2017: Setup new datacenter teir3 and fiber optics network for 2500+ users. (Al Muhaibid, Jeddah)

Jan 2016: Technical Project administrator for implementation of SAGE X3 ERP, Cloud technology & SAN Storage – Manufacturing, Finance, Procurement & Distribution (IFS, Saudi BL Group)

Dec 2015: Office365 Migration form Exchange server to O365 Cloud for 1000+ users (IFS, Saudi BL Group)

Mar 2013: Successfully migrated more than 6000 users to open-source Linux mail server from Microsoft exchange server (Albawardi Group Of Companies, Dammam)

Dec 2013: Successfully migrated more than 5000+ users from workstation to active directory (Albawardi Group Of Companies, Dammam)

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Working as Senior IT Solutions Professional (Cybersecurity, Infrastructure & Automation) GulfNet Solutions Company Limited Feb 2017 - Present

Worked as Infrastructure & Network Supervisor

Al Muhaidib Company June 2016 – Jan 2017

Worked as an IT Systems Administrator

International Food Services April 2015 – June 2016

Worked as an IT Administrator

Albawardi Group Dammam 2008 – April 2015

Worked as a System Admin

Andromeda Institute of Education March 2005 - March 2008 Bachelor's degree - Computers

Saint Philomena’s Degree College -Mysore University-Mysore INDIA Certifications:

Project Management certification

Automation Anywhere Master Certificate

UiPath Advance Robotics Process Automation Certification Sophos cyber security certified

ITIL V3 Foundation Certified

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

IPv6 Certified from Hurricane

JCHNE (Jetking Certified Hardware and Networking Engineer) Hyperline fiber Certified

Pursuing Information Systems Security Professional certification PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

March 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior IT Solutions Professional Feb 2017 – Present GulfNet Solutions Company Limited

JOB PROFILE

Benchmarked, analyzed, reported on, and made recommendations for the improvement and growth of the IT infrastructure and IT systems for clients & our group company.

Leading an IT project technical team consisting of multiple solutions includes cybersecurity, infrastructure & automations.

Communicated regularly with stakeholders regarding pertinent IT activities & development.

Communicated updates, service times and usage best practices throughout the company.

Confirmed effectiveness of solutions by interacting with user base and understanding their challenges

Developed and implemented all IT policies and procedures.

Established and managed budget comprising ongoing operations and upgrades to systems.

Kept up to date on industry developments and best practices.

Maintained quality of service by establishing and managing to organizational standards

Managed financial aspects of the IT Department, including purchasing, budgeting, and budget review.

Worked effectively with various stakeholders (executives, department heads, end users, vendors, or consultants) to define business and systems requirements.

JOB PROFILE

Managing & supporting a team to 40 delivering day to day IT operations to 21 projects sites and HO for around 2000 employees.

Migrated around 60+ physical servers to Dell EMC VXrail virtualization along with Dell EMC unity storage.

Implementing & Managing Microsoft Intune, cloud Azure servers, Office 365 cloud E3.

Managing Active Directory functionality for all IT Operations.

Migrated Hyper-V Upgrade from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012 R2

Migrated Hyper-V host with VMs from one location to another location

Experience on EMC data domain, VERITAS & acronics backups.

Managing exchange hybrid server integrated with Office 365 exchange online.

Delivering IT business demands to the company to meet their requirements. Infrastructure & Network Supervisor June 2016 – Feb 2017 Al Muhaidib Company, Jeddah

Jeddah - Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

Installation, configuration, maintenance and working on Complete Microsoft Hyper-V / VMware environment.

Responsible for Planning and Maintaining Windows 2008 - 2012,

Implementing and Administering Security in a Windows Server 2008 - 2012 Network, Designing Security for a Windows Server 2008 - 2012 Network.

Installing, configuring, Maintaining & Troubleshooting AD 2012 R2 – 2008

Installing, configuring and maintaining SCCM Servers 2012 R2, SCOM Servers 2012 R2, TMG 2010 Servers, BlueCoat Proxy, SharePoint Servers 2010 and TMG 2010 Forward Proxy Server.

Designing, Implementation & Maintenance for Skype for Business 2015

Maintaining and configuring Citrix NetScaler (LB) & XenApp Servers

Installing, configuring & designing HP Storage, EMC VNX 5500, 5800 storages.

Installing Hands on experience in iSCSI, NFS, and Fiber Channel protocols, Fiber Channel cabling, switching and zoning.

IT Systems Administrator April 2015 – June 2016

International Food Services Co. Ltd, Saudi BL Group. JOB PROFILE

Project administrator for ERP implementation (SAGE & LSRETAIL NAV), Virtualization & SAN Storage

Managing and supporting hardware and software operations required for all IT projects till end users.

Administrating & Installing Active Directory, Group policy, Office 365, one drive, Exchange Server, DNS, SharePoint, SCCM, SCOM, Application server, Antivirus server and Symantec backup exec 2012 (Veritas).

Managing and administrating VMware servers, DRS, VSphere, HA, VCenter, HyperV, Clustering.

Providing day to day supports to IT support team and end users in all forms.

Daily tasks included working with Citrix end users and working with application teams to install, improve or deploy updates to their applications installed in Citrix.

Created and implemented disaster recovery plans and procedures for Data Center (Symantec Veritas Solution)

Evaluated and selected appropriate antivirus and intrusion detection software for email and NT network to ensure complete and continuous coverage with no security breaches.(McAfee ePo)

Communicated regularly with senior management and both technical and non-technical personnel to build effective cross functional teams and ensure accuracy, consistency, problem solving and on time project completion Implemented free backup solution for all end users with VEEAM backup solution with NAS storage.

Monitoring firewall to ensure maximum security for the network and internet(Cyberoam & SonicWALL)

Internet rules to provide maximum productivity to the company as per policy created

Implemented all policies – IT Policies & procedures, Backup Polices, DR Polices, Internet Policies

Expertise in creating business & operations flowcharts to understand the implementation for any projects. IT Administrator March 2008 – April 2015

Promoted to IT administrator role to lead a 10-member IT team in configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining VMWare, Windows, Linux & Network infrastructure for a mid-sized group of companies. Provide ongoing management, performance-tuning and Tier 3 Data center support for approximately 50 Linux and 500 Windows systems.

Responsible for Planning and Maintaining Windows 2003 & 2008, Implementing and Administering Security in a Windows Server 2003 & 2008 Network, designing Security for a Windows Server 2003 Network, San Storage Server, Exchange Server 2003 & 2007, ISA Server 2006 & 2008, Configuring and implementing Symantec Console

Server and on Clients, McAfee E-Policy Orchestrator Server, Installing MS SQL 2000 or 2005 Server, Installing & Configuring WSUS. Installed and configured VMware Vsphere. Configure and deploy VMs and templates. Completed Physical to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) and Virtual-to-Physical (V2P) migration of Windows NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012 as well as Linux servers from VMware, Hyper-V, Xen and legacy hardware SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR March 2005 - March 2008

Andromeda Institute of Education -Mysore INDIA

Ensure system connectivity of all servers, shared software and other applications

Read technical manuals, confer with users, or conduct computer diagnostics to investigate and resolve problems.

Refer major hardware or software problems or defective products to vendors or technicians for service.

Answer user inquiries regarding computer software or hardware operation to resolve problems.

Develop training materials and procedures, or train users in the proper use of hardware or software

All kind of basic troubleshooting, like connectivity problem, printers, software, hardware.

Documenting all solved problems for future references. PERSONAL DOSSIER

Gender: Male

Nationality: India

Visa Status: Residency Work Visa (Transferable)

Marital Status: Married

Number of Dependents: 2

Driving License Issued from: Saudi Arabia

Albawardi Group Of Companies

- Dammam Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

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