Munawar Shaikh

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Director Of Operations at Abacus Quality System Services @
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Houston, Texas, United States, United States
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About Munawar Shaikh

A performance-driven individual with 15 plus years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Consulting and Hands-on experience in delivering large and complex transformation programs to the next generation cloud-based platforms.Recognized for excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, and known as an effective problem solver with a strong understanding of Lean/Six Sigma. Agile / Scrum Project Management and ITIL principles. Currently pursuing CISSP certification.Extensive IT experience in various industries such as Energy Sector, EPC, Engineering & Construction, Education, Pharmaceutical, and Retail

Munawar Shaikh's Current Company Details
Abacus Quality System Services

Abacus Quality System Services

Director Of Operations at Abacus Quality System Services
Munawar Shaikh Work Experience Details
  • Abacus Quality System Services
    Director Of Operations
    Abacus Quality System Services Jul 2020 - Present
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Excited to join hands with AQSS and looking forward to building a robust IT Services Consulting practice at AQSS and hoping to have a longterm and productive relationship here with AQSS.
  • Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa And Convention Center
    Vulnerability Management Consultant
    Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa And Convention Center Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
    Galveston, Texas, United States
    • Performed data gathering by implementing AD Manager and Patch Manager tools and scanned the infrastructure to gain visibility into the environment.• Performed Risk Assessment and developed a risk treatment plan and the information security policies in conformance with the ISO 27001 framework.• Established a patch management process and created a mechanism of scheduled scans to reevaluate the environment after each patch deployment cycle and generated vulnerability reports and presented them to the management outlining vulnerabilities classified by their severity levels. • Developed an ITSM blueprint and proposed the implementation of an ITIL framework compliant suite that would include Incident Management, Asset Management, Change Management, etc. • Configured the AD (GPOs) security settings and worked with the stakeholders on its implementation.
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  • City Of Houston
    Senior Information Technology Consultant
    City Of Houston Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
    Houston, Tx
    Worked on all aspects of migrating/upgrading Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019 depending on application compatibility.Upgrading physical servers to heterogeneous virtual environments, P2V, Hyper-V, VMware, and cloud, Azure, and AWS.• Actively participated in migrating/upgrading Windows 2008 servers to the supported platforms. Performed P2V for Hyper-V and VMware environments.• Documented the Windows 2008 server upgrade procedure based on Microsoft's best practice.• Participated in project status meetings and sprints and updated the team on the accomplishments, pain points and lessons learned and collaborated with other engineers in formulating the solutions.• Worked closely with the project manager on prioritization of all the deliverables to keep them in alignment with the overall project strategy, budget, and timelines.• Managed the stakeholder expectations by anticipating and mitigating any delays scope creep. • Conducted status meetings to update stakeholders and to facilitate collaboration among resources.
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  • Transigma
    Program Manager Cyber Security & It Infrastructure Vulnerability Managament
    Transigma Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
    Norwalk Connecticut
    As the VM Program Manager at GE Capital (client), overseeing all aspects of infrastructure vulnerabilities assessment, management, and remediation. The environment includes Windows, NIX, and AWS assets.
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  • Dxc Technology
    Transformation And Access Management Consultant
    Dxc Technology Feb 2018 - Jan 2019
    Houston, Texas Area
    Collaboratively participated in the strategic direction for a global domain integration project. Oversaw all project management phases relating to post Active Directory migration issues, such as project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and controlling the project closure. • Worked closely with application owners to streamline the AD permissions for the migrated applications.• Participated in post server migration analysis and troubleshooting and worked with all stakeholders on successfully resolving any post-migration access/permissions or security-related issues. • Developed and designed GPO rules to push various security updates and group permissions based on Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) in compliance with the DXC written security policy • Developed automation solutions using Microsoft Flow and MS Approval cloud-based apps. • Acted as a liaison between HPE and DXC technical resources and aligned them as needed.
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  • Confidential
    It Infrastructure / Cloud Architect
    Confidential 2016 - 2017
    Garden City, New York
    Pharmaceutical Company. Lead a short-term project for this company and established their cloud presence saving the company upfront capital expenditure, a very crucial commodity for any startup• Performed IT Infrastructure needs analysis and evaluated several cloud and On-Prem options for the company and recommended Microsoft Azure IaaS solution• Setup on-premises Active Directory connectivity for seamless authentication experience with Single Sign-On through ADFS, ADFS Proxy, and IBM CIS solutions• Installed, configured, administered, monitored Azure, IAAS• Used Windows Azure portal to manage Virtual Network and Traffic ManagerMunawar Shaikh Resume Page 2 of 4• Created, managed, monitored VM using Windows Azure portal admin• Azure Network Configuration - Created resource groups using resource manager which allow to see cost/billing and monitoring information for resources within a resource group and manage access to those resources as a set for individual customer.• Worked with networking vendors in setting up client to site and site to site VPNs from On-premises data centers to Azure Data Centers, later upgrade VPNs with ExpressRoute• Setup Azure Active Directory and ADConnect for user profile synch up• Defined Disaster Recovery strategy and implemented the hybrid approach (Azure Site Recovery for all non DB workload and and SQL AlwayOn for database workloads)• Served as process owner under an Agile Scrum project implementation, leading session for sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective meetings
  • S K Engineering & Construction
    Information Technology Manager
    S K Engineering & Construction 2010 - 2016
    Houston, Texas Area
    • Evaluated, selected and implementation Helpdesk ticketing system across multiple offices in Houston and in New Delhi India. • Worked with multiple vendors and saved the company about 30% in HW and SW purchase cost • Evaluated, selected and Implementation WebSense as the internet monitoring and content filtering system across both offices, Houston and New Delhi. • Spearheaded the implementation of the 1st virtual server farm with VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 platform with HA and fault tolerance.• Developed, tested and implemented a new remote access solution, IPsec VPN, for end users, using Cisco ASA 5510. • Engineered and implemented Citrix XenApp 6.5 server farm• Actively participated in development and testing of IT Disaster Recovery Plan, and made recommendations based on the test results• Spearheaded and managed Windows 7 deployment project. Closely monitored the progress and met all the milestones and completed the project within budget while meeting all the timelines• Managed Group Policies (GPO) and Active Directory objects and Exchange mailboxes and groups for local OU. • Designed and implemented the multitier backup and restore strategy using hybrid technologies including Microsoft Shadow Copy, Dell AppAssure and Symantec Backup Exec and defined backup policies and offsite tape rotation schedule • Managed personnel and performed performance evaluations, mentoring and recruitment for the IT department.• Managed departmental budget and capital expenditure, hardware & software refresh and license management • Oversaw all change management activities and communicated with all the stakeholders and was able to achieve above 99% up time, and 0% unscheduled outage due to on premises hardware failure.
  • Conocophillips
    It Infrastructure Manager
    Conocophillips 2006 - 2009
    Houston, Texas Area
    Successfully managed $15MM budget, a team of 18 direct reports as part of the Houston Infrastructure Leadership Team which consisted of about 7000 AD objects and approximately 5000 users • Oversaw hardware refresh project of 1500 desktops and laptops • Enforced DRM and SOX policies and achieved 100% departmental compliance • Spearheaded the entertainment media cleanup project and oversaw the deletion of 1.5 TB of possible copyrighted entertainment media files for Houston user volumes. • Performed personnel recruitment, mentoring, performance reviews and conflict resolution for the departmental employees and established a very friendly work environment resulting in improved productivity for the entire IT infrastructure support team• Managed outsourcing vendors and negotiated contracts with them for better rates and saved company about 20% in labor cost
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  • Conocophillips
    Datacenter & Disaster Recovery Services Manager
    Conocophillips 2003 - 2006
    Houston, Texas Area
    Managed a $1.2 MM budget and a team of 10 operators, employees and contractors, in 5 shifts for a 24/7 operation datacenter hosting over 500 servers consisting of Windows NT/2000/2003, AIX, UNIX, LINUX, Novell, VAX systems, and T-com equipment spanned at about 10,000 Sq. Ft of raised flooring and operated 24/7. • Managed 4 datacenters, one main datacenter consisting of about 10,000 Sq. Ft raised flooring, another one about 5,000 Sq. Ft raised flooring and two relatively smaller data centers at remote sites.• Partnered with site security, facilities management, and other vendors and conducted periodical power and cooling redundancy tests including the use of “what if” scenarios and performed gap analysis and made recommendation to the management based on the analysis results • Reduced energy consumption and carbon footprint by reorganizing the datacenter floor layout and making hot and cold isles with hot air return ducts in the ceiling • Proactively worked on optimizing and consolidating the datacenters and successfully decommissioned the two small remote site datacenters and worked in close coordination with other stakeholders on virtualizing, decommissioning and migrating physical servers to other datacenter to achieve this task • Directed the datacenter staff on all aspects of equipment monitoring and conducted daily staff meetings to review equipment status and proactively attacked any potential service issues. These efforts resulted in zero emergency outage due to equipment failure. • Developed Houston IT Disaster Recovery Plan and Quick Reference Guide. Coordinated with other IT groups and tested the disaster recovery plan. Updated the plan based on the exercise findings. • Oversaw quarterly diesel generator load test and approved the Method of Procedure (MOP) and signed off on the test results• Reconfigured datacenter layout and actively pursued hardware refresh which resulted in more efficient and 6% cost saving.
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  • Conocophillips
    Senior It Analyst, Global Windows Server Services
    Conocophillips 2000 - 2003
    Houston, Texas Area
    Acted as project coordinator for various projects including the GNSIP (Global Network Security Project), Server Life Cycle project, RIB Project (Part of Remote server management Project), NT4 Shutdown Project and SOX Compliance.• Participated in research, development and implementation of Virtual Servers in VMware and the blade technology environment. Built NT4, 2000 and 2003 Virtual Servers. Tested and implemented P2V (Physical to Virtual) tool for migrating physical servers into virtual servers.• Acted as a regional resource for the SAV9 project. Managed SAV9 deployments on 370 servers globally by using ECM and by delegating to other analysts and saw the project through completion. • Monitored backups and restored files and folders on servers using Legato Networker and on Compaq SAN using Veritas NetBackup.• Participated in Windows 2000 Active Directory implementation and managed several OUs including different server OUs.• Participated in patch management pushed via ECM as well as server policies pushed by GPO.• Re-engineered and documented Windows NT 4.0 servers build procedures.• Used Microsoft Cluster Administrator to monitor and maintain File and Print Clusters and provided load balancing. • Provided 24/7 NT/2000/2003 Server support globally for ConocoPhillips sites
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  • Ciber Global
    Systems Engineer (Consultant)
    Ciber Global 1998 - 2000
    Mclean, Va
    Serviced many clients as one of Ciber’s consultants. Performed all systems engineering tasks such as building Dell, HP and Compaq servers, installing Windows NT4 and 2000 OS as well as built desktops and installed OS and other applications and all other windows systems and network administration tasks.Client: American Association of Medical Colleges• Developed the baseline image for NT4 servers and documented the build procedures in conformity with the industry best practice standardizing the server builds saving the company time and money. Client: Marriott International• Packaged application software using SMS installer and PcUpdater and Picture Taker Plus and deployed applications internationally as well as trained the rollout personnel and client’s systems managers and supported the software deployments internationally resulting in smooth system upgrade.

Munawar Shaikh Skills

Targeted Selection Consulting Patch Management Help Desk Support Windows Server Pmo Sccm Cooling Water Restore 360 Feedback Infrastructure P2v Vendors Windows Community Reduced Costs Computing Cost Novell Aging Change Control System Upgrades Mentoring Return On Investment Windows Azure San Driving Business Administration Windows Sharepoint Services Network Security Data Center Management Windows 7 Procurement Management Design Outsourcing Security Contractors Large Scale Deployments Desktop Computers Change Agent Rib Data Backup Redundant Premises It Service Management Group Policy Data Storage Enterprise Content Management Alerts Hosting Friendly Lean Manufacturing Accounting Sharepoint Linux Workflow Human Resources Systems Engineering Uptime Data Center Delegation Migrating Ibm Aix Mop Emc Networker Networking Customer Satisfaction System Consumption Business Services Cell Data Recovery Team Management Layout Tests Cleaning Reports Strategy Virtual Environment Mclean Fault Tolerance Medicine Testing Risk Management Server Management Total Cost Of Ownership Policy Disaster Recovery Supervisory Paging Enterprise Software Virtual Materials Management Compaq Esxi Decommissioning Financial Monitoring Vpn Documentation Mobile Computing Project Management American Research Pmp Conflict Resolution System Monitoring Reporting Drm Capital Microsoft Shutdown Lessons Learned Vmware Vmware Vsphere Analysis Hardware Print It Infrastructure Operations Gap Analysis Power Commodities Hostile Environments Houston Yahoo C Backup Exec New Delhi Virtual Servers Dns Controllers Virtual Server Operating Systems Floors Schedules Technology Evangelism Infrastructure Management Folders System Administration Advertising Energy Conversation Consolidating Dell Computers Symantec Ccna Aligning Entertainment Network Administration Timelines It Leadership Technical Support Project Planning Microsoft Certified Professional Forest Project Sarbanes Oxley Act Contractual Agreements Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People Facilities Management Tape Vendor Relationship Management Vax Unix Short Term Laptops Servers Business Performance Management Cloud Computing Websense Blade Technology Server Support Layer 2 Media Utility Technical Solutions Netbackup Six Sigma Storage Management Restoring Labor Issues International Ticketing Business Units Other Applications Rotation Personnel Management Google Groups Itil Hev Start Ups Refresh Reduce Costs Colleges Computer Security Records Management Vendor Management Consolidate Software Performance Reviews Windows Nt Compliance Virtualization Software Standards Content Filtering Level 3 Support India Pharmaceutics Matrices Interest Rates Application Support Manpower Commerce Deployed Carbon Budgets Staff Development Flooring Citrix Xenapp Cost Management Meetings Disaster Deployments Architecture Farms Recruiting Coordinated Databases

Munawar Shaikh Education Details

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Munawar Shaikh works for Abacus Quality System Services

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Munawar Shaikh's current role is Director Of Operations at Abacus Quality System Services.

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Munawar Shaikh attended Sm Commerce College, University Of Maryland Baltimore County, Queensborough Community College.

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Munawar Shaikh has skills like Targeted Selection, Consulting, Patch Management, Help Desk Support, Windows Server, Pmo, Sccm, Cooling Water, Restore, 360 Feedback, Infrastructure, P2v.

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