Sr. Manager It Infrastructure
CurrentTelenor Microfinance Bank Limited is jointly owned by Telenor Group, the leading telecommunications company across Scandinavia & Asia, and Ant Financial a company of Alibaba Group. Telenor Microfinance Bank created history in 2009 when it launched Easypaisa, it operates as a branchless banking service. Digital banking has a mission to provide instant access to convenient digital financial services that benefit the people of Pakistan. Presently, my key contributions to the substantial success of Easypaisa services and branchless banking:• Lead and mentor the Data Center team, providing guidance, coaching, and professional development opportunities. Promote a collaborative and innovative work environment to foster a strong team.• Oversee the design, deployment, and maintenance of the company's converged IT infrastructure. • Plan, and execute IT projects from initiation to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time and within the available resources.• Provisioning, administration, and monitoring of Virtualize Platform. • Ensure Production uptime monitor issues & outages and participation in 24*7 on-call support.• Manage resources and coordinate with stakeholders to achieve project objectives.• Evaluate and select vendors to ensure quality services and cost-effectiveness.• Develop and manage the IT budget, allocating resources effectively to meet business needs. Identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising on service quality.Implement and maintain robust security measures to safeguard sensitive information and protect against cyber threats.• Collaborate with internal teams to understand their technology requirements and provide effective IT solutions.• ESXI deployment, VCenter upgrades, managing workload and VMotion functionalities. Working with Kubernetes, Containers and Dockers.• Use the ticketing system for all Incidents, Changes and configuration management. • compliance with regulations, policies, procedures, IT Audits and data privacy.