Adil Siddiqui Email & Phone Number

Doha, Qa

Head Office, Doha, Qatar

In my role as a Systems & Infrastructure Security Engineer at WOQOD, I executed remediation strategies based on security insights, conducted assessments to identify vulnerabilities, and ensured robust security controls were in place. I managed Device Control, administered Active Directory policies, and oversaw Privileged Access Management to streamline user access controls and reduce unauthorized access risks.

Head Office, Karachi, Pakistan.

Head Office, Karachi, Pakistan

-SAN Administration (IBM V7000, IBM 9110, IBM 8870)-Proxy Firewall Administration (Sophos XG 450)-Backup Administration (Veritas NetBackup 8.1 & Veeam 9.5)-VMware Administration (VMware 6.5)-Microsoft Servers Administration Administration and optimization of virtual infrastructure of PROD and DR running on VMware 6.5 on IBM blade servers.  Installation and configuration of VM’s as per request and management of Windows server enviroment.  Ensure that the enterprise critical servers are replicating offsite via Veeam and are available to restore as per requirement.  Administration of IBM V7000 & 9100 SAN, implementation of storage allocation, deallocation, LUN sharing and zoning onFC switches. Management of Hardware includes IBM Flex system manager and X240M5 servers.  Administration and management of Veritas NetBackup 8.1.1, perform backups and restoration of critical banking applicationservers, file system and/or databases upon customer requests.  Administration and management of IBM TS 4300 & TS-3100 tape library infrastructure, perform drive cleaning and tapesreplacement.  Administration of Sophos XG firewall, configure policies as per need and ensure that internet services are up enterprise wide.  Management of MS Exchange and Active Directory, also perform day-to-day operations, manage IDs, groups, andgroup policies.

Mcb Tower, Karachi, Pakistan.

Head Office, Karachi, Pakistan

Acting as technical lead to identify and implement solutions to problems affecting IT services; Management of 60+ windows based terminal server (2003/2008/2012R2) running on hardware and virtual environment with centralized infrastructure on SAN.Install, configure, support, upgrade, troubleshoot, and remediate issues pertaining to Microsoft windows operating system.Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of virtual environments (VMware, Hyper-V) and hardware environment (HP Proliant/Blade G5, G6, G7, G8, G9 Hardware).Weekly Windows update deployment process to servers/desktops WSUS.Management of file servers, print servers and proxy servers.Manage active directory services, user accounts, OU, groups and policies.Manage NIB Datacenter more than 250 servers running multiple applications & database.Manage tape backup and restoration of critical data and server operating systems via Symantec backup execution, Veeam backup and Acronis true image.Maintains and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange server.Perform Tier II Technical Support to TS users all over Pakistan via phone, electronically or via remote session.Provide mentoring, guidance and professional development support to other tam members when needed.Supervise record of user ID creation, resign staff and transfer staff.

Main Office - The Forum

Diagnose and resolve technical hardware and software issues, also responsible for up gradation of hardware and software as required.Installation, configuration and security management of servers, desktops and laptops.Respond to requests for technical assistance in person, via phone, electronically.Ensure that the infrastructure of the LAN cabling & server is operational and accessible to users.Manage and monitor internet security/firewall to internet users distributed on the network.Perform regular backup of essential systems/critical data, also perform weekly full tape backup.Manage and monitor service contracts, hardware and licensed software to ensure accurate inventory records. Also procuring new hardware as and when required. Manage and update financial/products information on PGL’s website.Responsible for online CIB report generation and CIB monthly data submission to SBP.Management of user’s privileges in AD, LMS & PGLMS. Perform additional duties as assigned by management & other IT related duties as required.

Head Office, Karwchi, Pakistan.