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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Maintain existing parallel filesystems and design & build Petabyte scale SDS storage systems.

Dubai - Uae

Responsibilities:1.Solution design of Object, Scale-Out & High-performance storage solutions.2.Benchmarking & compatibility testing on Seagate storage solution.3.Working with partners to ensure successful projects.4.Provide training to Partners & Customers of Seagate solutions.5.Customer liaising.6.Working with Product management to define & prioritize product features.

Dubai, Uae

Responsibilities:1. Solution design of Object, Scale-Out & High-performance storage solutions.2. Benchmarking & compatibility testing on Seagate storage solution.3. Working with partners to ensure successful projects.4. Provide training to Partners & Customers of Seagate solutions.5.Customer liaising.6. Working with Product management to define & prioritize product features.

Dubai

Team lead for Pre/Post sales in MEA.

Dubai, Uae

Responsibilities:1.Installation of DDN solutions.2.Maintain current install base of DDN storage & provided file systems (Quantum SNFS & IBM GPFS) in Middle East.3.Benchmarking & compatibility testing of software on DDN storage & provided file systems.4.Provide training to customers of DDN equipment & solutions.5.Assist presales engineers with solution designs & proof of concepts (POC).6.System documentation & design updates7.Customer liaising.

Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Responsibilities:1.Coordinate activities of onsite hardware & software teams in Saudi Aramco. 2.Installation, commissioning & repairs of all IBM SAN Storage, HPC clusters, HPC storage (DDN & LSI), Enterprise Tape Storage and POWER Systems at Saudi Aramco & KAUST.3.Supporting all IBM installations in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia.4.Assisted presales with solution design involving IBM Servers, Storage & networking.5.Document system designs & maintenance schedules of all systems.6.Quarterly review of system updates7.Customer liaising.

Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

Responsibilities:1.Planning & design of pilot Vmware project to virtualize critical systems.2.Integration of Vmware Consolidated backups into existing Symantec Backup Exec infrastructure. 3.Nationwide daily system backups with Backup Exec.4.Daily operation of all Intel based & IBM System I systems.5.Deployment of Windows & Antivirus updates.6.Server installation & commissioning.7.SAP basis functions on IBM System I systems.8.Sarbanes Oxley compliance of all systems.

Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

Working experience includes six years of desktop, laptop, servers & printer support. Installations of network equipment, servers, desktop & laptop roll-outs at customers e.g. Volkswagen, Continental Tyres and Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Holdings.Responsibilities:1.Fielding of customer calls.2.Manage five field technicians.3.Installation & support of Tivoli Storage Manager, Symantec Backup Exec & ArcServe.4.Pre-sales assistance to sales staff.5.Quality assurance of sales solutions & customer liaising.

Worked as a part time technician while completing my MCSE+I.

Port Elizabeth Area, South Africa

Working on production line automation projects for BMW, VW & Ford.

Diploma, Electronics Engineering

Senior Certificate, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Chess Team, Biathlon, Cross country