Managing technical projects in Pakistan round the cycle (design, implementation and technical services)Focus Areas: Storage Area Networks / Information StorageVirtualization and Infrastructure ConsolidationBusiness Continuity, DR and Backup solutions

Responsible for assisting pre-sales in technical consultation, delivering solutions and help company meet SLAs. Domains:Storage Area Network (SAN)DR and Backup solutionsIT infrastructureCloud solutions

Responsible for planning/execution of new projects and system administration utilizing available technical support staff and resources. My position requires;• Planning, costing, scheduling, and execution of systems engineering projects.• Capacity planning for services. • Administration of more than 50 servers running various services.• Administration of enterprise storages (SAN/NAS).• Design and maintenance of internal network.• Implementation/Administration of Exchange Hosted Messaging collaboration (HMC) solution with Microsoft professionals.• Monitoring Network/System operations and daily check system security and machine performance.• Designed and implement VPN connectivity between Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad CyberNet’s Head office using Juniper NetScreen and Checkpoint Firewall.• Designed and implemented Cybernet webhosting solution “Cybersites” with webserver, mail server, DB sever, DNS, antivirus, antispam and firewall. Scaled the solution to 2,000 websites running various applications and 20,000 hosted mail accounts.• Providing recommendation to streamline System Administration process and replacement/upgrade of existing equipment.• Meetings and interacting regularly with management, clients and team members to constantly improve System Administration operations.• Coordination for periodic updates of information with clients, vendors, project leads, and Technical Business Analysts.• Preparation and documentation of SOPs.• Preparation of RFPs.• Preparation and implementation of Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) for critical services.• Involved in ITIL / ISO implementation project