Gul Zaman Ilyas Email & Phone Number

United Arab Emirates

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Working on different standards with higher management. Standards include but not limited to:NISTISO27001PCI DSSCISAWS Security Best Practices

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Working on different standards with higher management. Standards include but not limited to:NISTISO27001PCI DSSCISAWS Security Best Practices

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Accountabilities as Software Development Manager:• Developed and maintained product vision / inception, ensuring team alignment and goal achievement throughout SDLC.• Document features and release plan and product road map and act accordingly.• Work closely with Product Owner and Designers for prototypes and then finalize the screens after documenting user journey to get them ready for development.• Manage multiple teams to make sure timely and quality delivery.• Collaboration with stake holders, internal and external vendors for various acquisition and integrations.• Get AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Operations managed.• Making sure proper QA is being done.Impact on Product Development:Delivered MVP for Chobi project within the first 3 months.Conducted public beta for Chobi within 6 months.Added tons of new features within 9 months.Prepared for high availability and scalability 12 months and onward.Delivered MVP for Kulushae project within the first 3 months.Conducted public beta for Chobi within 4 months.Added tons of new features within 7 months.Prepared for pre-production deployment high availability and scalability within 8 months.

Implemented CIS Controls and PCI DSS Security Compliance.Ensured security integration throughout product development life cycle (SDLC).Making sure Production Cloud Infrastructure & Platform is secure.Close collaboration with Product Owner, Stakeholders & Vendors.Facilitated agile ceremonies and mentored team members on Agile/Scrum principles.Resolved impediments / conflicts and facilitated continuous improvement.Focused on increasing team performance and making sure on-time quality delivery.Handled change management, releases and security patches.Collaboration with Development Team, Infrastructure Team and Security Team to make sure security in all areas.Conducted several internal trainings to make sure awareness and compliance with policies / procedures

Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

• Working directly with senior leadership internally at different levels.• Working with range of tools like JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Visio and others as per requirement. • Product owner role as and when required making product roadmaps defining and prioritizing features, product and sprint backlog grooming.• Observing & Conducting Sprint Planning, Scrum / Stand-up, Sprint Review, Retrospective & guiding SCRUM Teams.• Coaching & mentoring development & ensuring the team adheres to defined processes.• Firm knowledge of SDLC• Change Management • Product & agile project Planning and management.• Business Process Management / Improvement Activities.• Project delivery management.• Release management and related activities.• UAT and Production Support.• Organizational Change Management.• Requirement Analysis.• Identifying & Clearing obstacles with teams.• Talent Hunt Activities as and when required.• Guiding Teams on Latest Trends & Technologies.• Defining and working with public cloud providers, tech stack finalization & more as required...

Pakistan

Worked on Sharims HRMS, Healthcare & CMS products as a Product Owner. Did wear multiple hats during my stay as and when required. Coached, trained and mentored team to adapt latest technologies and properly follow agile framework using SCRUM. Time to time had to play role of Product Manager for different products. Responsible for product research, defining features, prioritize, plan, implement, rollout and support.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Working directly with senior leadership internally & external stake holders at different levels.• Working with range of tools like MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Visio and others as per requirement. • Observing Daily Scrum / Stand-up & guiding SCRUM Teams through SCRUM of SCRUMS.• Coaching & Mentoring Development & DevOps Teams, Ensuring the team adheres to defined processes.• Extensive OTT (Over the Top) domain knowledge & following new trends to keep up to date.• Detailed understanding of Linear, Digital, 24/7 Playout, Live, VOD, A-VOD, T-VOD, S-VOD, Encoding, DRM, Music, Radio, E-Sports Events, Sports Events, Geo Blocking, SSL, Security, & Monitoring• Managed & delivered various projects ranging from Telecom/ISPs, Data-Centers/Server Rooms, Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Digital Ocean), Private Cloud Infrastructure, CDNs (Akamai, CloudFront, CloudFlare and some others), Office365, Google Apps.• DevSecOps, Infrastructure as a code, Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD• Overseeing Network Operations including Routers, Switches, Access Points, VPN, Network, CCTV, Biometric Systems, Printing, Networking, Security & Monitoring• Configuration and setup Live Stream Encoding in HLS with Elemental and Wowza • Firm knowledge of SDLC• Change Management • Project Planning.• Business Process Management / Improvement Activities.• Product owner role & support to project owners on different projects.• Project Delivery.• UAT and Production Support.• Organizational Change Management.• Requirement Analysis.• Identifying & Clearing obstacles with teams.• Talent Hunt Activities as and when required.• Guiding Teams on Latest Trends & Technologies.• Technical Writing, Documentation & Solution / Architecture Diagrams including below: 1- Project Proposal Document 2- Requirement Specification 3- Functional Specification 4- Product Manuals/ Help Guides 5- Solution / Arch Diagrams (High Level / Low Level) 6- Infra Diagrams (High Level / Low Level)

Saudi Arabia

• IT Projects Planning, Management & Roll-outs• Make sure all IT Services running smoothly• Team Building Activities using Agile Methods• Servers Monitoring, Administration• New Installations, Migrations & Upgrades• Technical Web development & Reporting from Team. (Internal Portals, Websites)• Administration and support of HD Team• Management of Development Processes

Saudi Arabia

• IT Projects Planning, Management & Rollouts • Make sure all IT Services running smoothly • Team Building & Management Activities • Worked with Savola Group for Tier Level 3 Datacenter Establishment • Manage 4 Datacenters & Server Rooms in 3 different locations • Experience of Establishing Datacenters / Ops & Maintenance / Consolidation / De-Commissioning • Servers Monitoring, Administration (40+ Servers in 5 Locations (Savola Plastics, Savola Packaging Systems Jeddah & Riyadh, Al-Sharq Plastics, New Marina Plast)) • New Installations, Migrations & Upgrades • Technical Web development & Reporting from Team. (Internal Portals, Websites) • Administration and support of Local & Remote HD Teams & IT Personal

Saudi Arabia

• IT Infrastructure Projects Management and Rollout for Plastic Sector• Work as a team member in Savola Group Technology Upgrade/Implementation Projects• Servers Monitoring, Administration, New Installations and Migrations (25+ Servers in 3 Locations (Savola Packaging, Al-Sharq Plastics, New Marina Plast))• Technical Web development. (Internal Portals, Websites)• Responsible to make sure & implement SPD IT work procedures in SPD all sites to improve services & coordination.• Helping in Implementation of new Technologies and Updates.• Administration and support of HD Team• Coordination in Oracle ERP Upgrade and Rollout

Saudi Arabia

• Supervision of IT related projects (New cabling, Installation of Wireless Access Points, Switches, Routers, Seamless Migration from old subnet to new subnet & IP range, Technology Upgrades, Migrations...) • Technical Web Development• Incharge of Helpdesk Department• Helping in Implementation of new Technologies and Updates• Migration of users and computers form workgroup environment to Active directory.• Migration from windows Server 2000 to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise• Migration from Exchange Server 2000 to Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise• Administration of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise• Network Print Server Management• Symantec Corporate Server 10 and Clients Management• Installing and configuring Windows Server Update Services• Maintenance of Routers, Firewalls and other network hardware.• Network Maintenance (Network Computers, Users, Printers) & Troubleshooting.• Configuring VLANs on Cisco & 3Com Switches • Coordination with different departments and solve IT related problems• Coordination with Outside Companies/Vendors.

Saudi Arabia

• Supervision of IT related projects (New cabling, Installation of Wireless Access Points, Switches, Routers, Seamless Migration from old subnet to new subnet & IP range, Technology Upgrades, Migrations...) • Technical Web Development• Helping in Implementation of new Technologies and Updates• Migration of users and computers from workgroup environment to Active directory with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Exchange Server 2003• Installing and configuring Windows Server Update Services• Network Maintenance (Network Computers, Users, Printers) & Troubleshooting.• Maintenance of Routers, Firewalls and other network hardware.• Coordination with different departments and solve IT related problems• Coordination with Outside Companies/Vendors.• QA of In-house PowerPoint presentation channel and updating as necessary• QA, updating Hotel Information website for Interactive TV System

Lahore, Pakistan

Oversee the Application Development throughout SDLC Worked on Standardization & DocumentationContinuous Improvement to Extend BusinessDesign and Development of business applications Research and Development Quality Assurance Build Engineer (Package and Deployment Wizard, Install Shield Developer)

Lahore, Pakistan

Design and Development of business applications Research and Development Quality Assurance Build Engineer (Package and Deployment Wizard, Install Shield Developer 7)

Mit, Information Technology, 3.01 Cgpa Out Of 4

Mcs, Information Technology, 2.72 Cgpa Out Of 4

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Business/Commerce, General