• Developed and implemented IT strategies aligned with the company's business objectives in the trading and oil & gas sectors.• Fostered a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the IT department.• Oversaw the design, implementation, and maintenance of secure IT infrastructure to support trading activities and oil & gas operations.• Managed the selection, deployment, and optimization of enterprise software applications relevant to trading and oil & gas (e.g., trading platforms, data analytics tools, SCADA systems).• Ensured network security and data integrity through robust cybersecurity practices and compliance with industry regulations.• Championed the adoption of emerging technologies (e.g., cloud computing, IoT) to enhance efficiency and drive business value.• Minimized operational risks by proactively identifying and mitigating IT-related threats and vulnerabilities.• Managed IT budgets effectively to optimize resource allocation and ensure cost-effectiveness.

• Holding Product ownership for Core infrastructure services, Endpoint and Perimeter Security and Hyper converged infrastructure, Data Centre, Enterprise storage and backup service• Maintains a thorough working knowledge of and adheres to organization/project policies, regulations, and procedures.• Manages distributed branch operations across 36 different locations across PAN Pakistan • Analyzes information and technology needs from a strategic and operational perspective, determines requirements, resources and suggest recommendations.• Guarantees the availability, continuity and security of data and information

Holding Product ownership for Core infrastructure services, Endpoint and Perimeter security, Cloud services (IaaS and PaaS) and Hyper converged infrastructure, Data Centre, Enterprise storage and backup service• Maintains a thorough working knowledge of and adheres to organization/project policies, regulations, and procedures.• Design and develop infrastructure architecture for hosting business critical applications on AWS, GCP, Azure and on-prem for microservice and monolithic architecture based application and other services• Analyzes information and technology needs from a strategic and operational perspective, determines requirements, resources and suggest recommendations.• Preparing and presenting Business cases for Senior and Executive management• Reporting to Global Service Head and coordinate/work with regional/global IT Team to meet Global objectives.• Coordinate and work with Global InfoSec team for remediation of identified vulnerabilities.• Part of Change Advisory Board (CAB) and Major Incident Management (MIM).• Chairing Service operations calls and driving issues forward• Responsible for planning, managing, and operating IT Budget.• Prepares, maintains, and tests organizational technology including disaster recovery plans and procedures.• Ensure enforcement of Business continuity plan and its consistent maintenance. Plan and execute DR Drills and uphold appropriate documentation.• Ensure timely backups of all the critical Databases and applications and their secure transfer to off-site location. Monthly integrity check of these backups.• Vendor relationship including vendor evaluations, meetings, negotiations and technical discussions.• Procurement and disposal of all the hardware.• Ensures computer networks and end points are operational and secure. ~450 workstations and ~500 Servers hosted across different DCs.• Guarantees the availability, continuity and security of data and information

Consultant for ISMS, BCMS, DRP, ICT and QMSEnd-to-End deployment of information security management system (ISO 27001 and 27002).Business continuity management system (ISO 27031)Assist, perform and develop risk assessment, risk treatment plan, SOA.Perform IT audits and gap analysis.Develop and implement ISMS policies and procedures as per the requirement of the standard.Process re-engineering.Conduct training and awareness sessions on information security, quality management, etc.Develop business proposals for ISMS.

• Manage Server hosting for clients like Reckitt Benckiser (Pakistan & Nigeria), L’Oreal (ME & Lebanon), KESC, IIL and many more including requirement analysis, procurement, commissioning, setup (web-site deployment and database) with hosted server provider in US.• Manage and maintain PIC and CIS Server hardening benchmarks for OS, IIS and MS SQL.• Create and maintain security on the servers including IDS & IPS and firewall rules.• Setup remote Disaster Recovery site for all the hosted client’s applications including web applications, FTP and database.• Risk Assessment and Business Contingency Planning.• Manage periodic data backups on tapes, NAS, local drives. • Prepare and manage application server layout, technical documentation for all revamp and new projects. • Provide technical consultancy to all system, infrastructure and application associated problems. • Provide in-house support and consultancy to developers and technical team.• Responsible to make IT Policies and SOPs

• Design, install, upgrade and configure LAN/ WAN, hardware/ software and infrastructure. • Business process expert for SAP Basis.• Manage the administration of Regional connectivity between KSA-PAK.• Manage and deploy Network Security using (IPS, IDS, NAC, port security)• Direct and manage the deployment, maintenance and upgrade Windows Server 2008 with virtualization, MS Exchange, MS System center Configuration Manager (SCCM), MS Forefront Antivirus for Clients and Management Server, Windows update server (WSUS), and domain policies.• Managing helpdesk support team for troubleshooting includes virus updates, hardware fault, software issues, Printers, scanners, HHs, Wireless access points and provide support if needed.• Taking systems and user’s shared drives backup using NAT backup automated services• Manage deployment of network infrastructure in Branches.• Manage Yearly purchasing, replenishment and budgeting of IT assets.• Manage and track company IT assets through SCCM and assure timely maintenance.• Oversee all helpdesk activities.• Interact with internal users to resolve critical IT-related issues.• Responsible for managing the Microsoft products licensing under Microsoft Enterprise licensing and MVLS site.• Research, design and develop latest IT Technologies as per the requirements of the Company. • Responsible for developing IT policies and procedures.

• Provide technical support to Customers.• Design Disaster Recovery for all the Services i.e. DNS, LDAP, DHCP, MAIL.• Deployment of different applications.• Responsible for configuration of different servers.• Implemented different network monitoring and backup tools.• Responsible for managing hardware inventory.• Account creation of new hiring on LDAP, mail and different applications.• Writing SOPs for different procedures.