Managing IT Infrastructure includes overseeing the organization's computer systems, networks, servers, End Points, Cloud Computing, procurement and ensuring that these systems are reliable, secure, and properly maintained. Establishing and enforcing IT policies and procedures to ensure security, compliance, This includes policies related to data security, network usage/security, software licensing, Budget Management for IT department , which involves planning and allocating resources for hardware, software, maintenance, training, and other IT-related expenses. Responsible for justifying budget requests and ensuring cost-effectiveness. Implemented Technology Solutions and assessing the organization's technology needs and recommending appropriate solutions to improve efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness. Involve researching and evaluating new technologies, overseeing implementation projects, and ensuring smooth integration with existing systems. Ensuring Data Security and Compliance by protecting sensitive data and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. Implement appropriate security measures, such as firewalls, encryption, access controls and regularly assess and mitigate risks. Providing Technical Support to end-users, troubleshooting IT issues, and ensuring timely resolution of problems. Involve in establishing helpdesk procedures, training support staff, and maintaining service level agreements (SLAs). Keeping abreast of the latest developments in technology and IT best practices. Continuously evaluate emerging trends, assess their potential impact on the organization, and recommend relevant strategies or investments. Ensuring that the organization's IT infrastructure supports its business objectives effectively and securely. Leadership skills, and the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across different departments.

Managing Datacenter Center & Servers, Backups, Firewall, and Application integrity and deployments.

Manage & actively monitor the network infrastructure and applications to ensure they are available to the business.Planed RSA's cloud future by designing and migrate the infrastructure to the cloud.Design & maintain IT software and hardware standards throughout and ensure the ideal spend on IT is achieved through detailed cost analysis, negotiations and research.administration of networks,VPN, backups, administration of Windows Server 2008/12/16, Active Directory & Group Policy Management, SAN / NAS storage management, Hyper-V, network switch configuration, firewall configuration, network monitoring, server monitoring, backup software like Veeam backup and replication and Office 365 email administration.

-Responsible for Microsoft Clustering over du (Datacenter) secure channel.-Responsible for disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, database replication, high availability, and data monitoring, including administering, maintaining, analyzing, and implementing policies and procedures for ensuring database security and integrity-Responsible to perform Microsoft SQL Server and equivalent DBMS database and application server administration-Responsible to perform database and software lifecycle activities to ensure the highest level of system performance and availability and compliance with business requirements.

Senior Systems Administrator (Linux), 23 Feb 2015 - 17 OCT 2017 (Islamabad, Pakistan)Responsible for communication with Rackspace hosting for day to day issues.Responsible of managing Telemaxx VMs and Xenservers.Federated Identity Management & Single Sign On Certificate Management and deploymentXenServer (6.2 & 6.5) Opensource Visualization deployment and managementMYSQL instance Managements, Backup and RestorationMongoDB instance management, Backup and RestorationPHP Server Application integrity ManagementNginx Server Management HA-Proxy Management for MYSQL clusterDNS Server (bind9) and DHCP Server deployment and managementiPtables Assignments and Management , Linux Firewalls Worked on recent releases of Ubuntu 14.4-2, CentOS-7.0 and Debian -8 VM’s Deployment and Management.Linux hotfix and online code deployments

Exercise judgment in decision making in order to routinely deliver Fanatical support and Power administration.Proactively address potentially impacting server issues.Responsible for communication with Rackspace hosting for day to day issues.Responsible for Strategic planning. Responsible for Security planing & design.Responsible for solving a Microsoft Windows and SQL technical issues.Responsible for creating a backup and recovery plan.Responsible for Security Incident Reporting. Responsible for Security Incident Investigation.Responsible for Data & Web applications Integrity.White-Box Testing:----------------------------Design and ensure all necessary scenarios are covered in the designed automated tests to improve the efficiency of software testing processesAssist team members with unit test formulationWrites code according to agreed standards and using the standard template, within the project deadlineEnsures the correct use of iteration and control structures in the code, as per agreed standardsMaintains unit tests as required by the team for a particular set of software that requires testing, for regression and other testing purposesMaintains testing tools that have been authored internally for the purposes of testing softwareMaintains software test cases so that they are up to date and can be referenced as requiredEnsures that the functionality of the software corresponds to the specifications within the project schedule and agreed deadlineTests the developed software to ensure that it meets quality standards, within the project schedule and agreed deadlineReviews the Defect Tracking System reports on a regular basisEnters precise and understandable bug descriptions on the Defect Tracking System whenever these are identifiedEnsures that the correct priority is allocated to all bugs entered on the Defect Tracking System.

- Administering, Design and implementation, Routing Protocols RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and different hardware platform of routers 7600, 7200, 3800, 2800 etc. and its components. Switching L2/L3 and different platforms of switches CISCO 6500, 3500 and 2900 Series. Firewalls, VPN, Internet Proxy, E-mail filtering.- Wireless technologies: MikroTik HotSpot Gateway providing of public network access for clients using wireless or wired network connections. Authentication of clients using local client database, or RADIUS server , Accounting using local database, or RADIUS server, Walled-garden system (accessing some web pages without authorization). Field installation Point-to-Point, SECTOR Controllers, CPE's & Microwaves devices.- Emerging Markets Communications, Inc. & Skyvision are provider hybrid global satellite and terrestrial communications: Administrating & Manage Backhaul networks/ links from teleports to POP sites, Resources & Capacity Planning, Link Budget Analysis, Video Encoding & Encryption Systems, Deploy value added services like Video (IPTV, VoD, Streaming), VoIP. Develop Interception Plans for Law Enforcement Agencies. Product development of Satellite Terminals/ Modems, Frequency planning & coordination, Licensing management.- Responsible for Optical fiber cable splice, testing and termination .This include both type of splicing technique (Fusion, Mechanical) Experienced with OTDR equipment to perform the proper cable testing.

\Administering & designing On with AD, DNS 2003/2008 Implementation and Deployment. System administration; high-level design and specification. Administering & designing on with Terminal and VPN services implementation, Virtualization Technologies such as VMware, Citrix and Hyper-V, System Center 2007 Products like SCOM, SCE and SCCM, Working Knowledge of DHCP, DNS, and Wins, HTTP, NNTP. Installation, configuration and maintenance, Clustering, Load Balancing. LAN/WAN implement and support for Microsoft TCP/IP, HUBS, Switches, Hardware Layer design. Administering & designing on Experience with Firewalls. (Astaro gateway, Checkpoint, SonicWall) Large scale implementation and maintenance for VPN, IPSEC, Digital Signatures, Packet Filtering, Kerberos. Antivirus & Filtering Solution, Microsoft Forefront Server , Administering & designing on Exchange 2007 Anti-Spam/Anti-Phising, Connection Filtering, SMTP Filtering, Content Filtering, Outlook Smart screen Filter (JMF), (ISA) Server 2006 is the integrated edge security gateway, Integration with ADS Group Policy, SharePoint integrates multiple scan engines, Centralized reporting, notifications and alerts. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Linux: Sys Admin skills with a very good understanding of the Linux Operating System and all of its services, Shell scripting to automate tasks as needed. Email server maintenance, configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting (sendmail, postfix, exim, Qmail, spam assassin, ClamAV, etc) . Web server configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting (LAMP, tomcat, lighttpd, Cconfiguration and troubleshooting (ftp, dns, dhcp, Nagios, cacti, system hardening vpn, smb/nfs, etc). Storage Area Network (SAN) and Consolidation. Created and presented a business case justification, budgeted, procured and implemented a Storage Area Networks (SAN), Virtualization technologies (VMware/Microsoft Virtual Server 2005) as well as server, site and service consolidation. Improved fault tolerance.

DISASTER RECOVERY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY:Planned and tested the implementation of Business Continuity plans and Disaster Recovery.Implemented highly available systems, MSCS clusters, SANs, tape backup and implemented datamigration plans over multiple sites to ensure both Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and RecoveryTime Objectives (RTO) could be met.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (including Data Transformation Services) / 2005 (including SQLServer Integration Services),Table design, index design, hardware requirements, SQL Server programming, and securitybest practices.Wrote custom post replication scripts to enable transactional replication to be posted tooffline tables with a post replication script modifying the replication triggers and adding allrelevant indexes to the database.The quality of all database code created by developers, and of the integrity of the data.Provide ad-hoc reports for referral figures as an interim solution pending population of thecube for reporting purposes.Monitoring the performance of the existing production database and seeking performanceimprovements & tuning of the adverts system together with specific slow performing queries.(required response time sub 2 seconds for main queries although adverts system had lowerthreshold)Ensuring appropriate security procedures are in place.Backup and recovery to LTO tape, the disk-to-disk, and the virtual tape methodologies.Implement and test standby log shipping failover and failback of corporate internet securitydatabase including full documentation for both semi automatic (via DTS packages) andmanual fail over in the event of problems with the monitor server. Convert a number ofdatabases from SQL Server.CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA)2600 Series Router ConfigurationRouter Configuration through TelnetConfiguration of protocols likeRouting Information Protocol (RIP)Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)