Anwar Arshad - Cissp -Pmp-Crisc-Cobit-Ccnp-Jncia-Mcitp Email & Phone Number

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Leading the development and execution of IT strategy, aligning technology with business objectives to drive digital transformation and enhance operational efficiency. This includes capacity planning, optimizing resource allocation, and managing a robust IT infrastructure comprising 800+ nodes to support business growth.Oversees the implementation of information security policies and procedures, including Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), ensuring compliance with security standards to protect data integrity and availability. Expertise includes deploying IT infrastructure and ERP systems like Microsoft Dynamics and DFN Financial ERP, ensuring high availability InfarastructureManages virtualized environments and data centers, ensuring consistent performance and availability. Responsible for managing high-availability network infrastructure using technologies, implementing best practices to enhance network resilience.Accountable for negotiating SLAs, managing vendor contracts, and ensuring service delivery aligns with standards. Oversees operational activities, tactical projects, and strategic initiatives, aligning IT operations with broader business goals.Leads and mentors a team of IT professionals fostering a collaborative environment that promotes skill development. Develops and implements IT policies, procedures, and standards aligned with ISO 27001 and ISO 20000, maintaining a secure and efficient IT environment.Maintains business continuity and disaster recovery plans per ISO standards, conducting regular tests to ensure readiness. Provides security reporting to management highlighting risks and compliance with security policies. Responsibilities include risk assessments, implementing controls to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systemsLeads ERP implementations,seamless integration of systems like Microsoft Dynamics and DFN, aligning technology solutions with business needs.

1 - To Ensure that the underlining system & Network infrastructure of 800+ nodes and its associated technology operate efficiently and delivers a secure platform for Al Meezan to carry out its Business.2 - To ensure maintenance and implementation of information system security policies and procedures including requirements related with BCP and DRP.3 - Plan Design and manage the deployments of highly available IT infrastructure and associated ERP ,support services, including networks, Servers, Storages, Telecommunication, Security and System Applications.4 - Responsible for management of virtualized infrastructure environment and proactively perform operational management of the Data centre and computing environments.5- Manage highly available Fortinet, Juniper, Cisco and Microsoft infrastructure.6- Responsible to negotiate and manage SLA and vendor contracts and liaison with Meezan bank IT to ensure SLA related with infrastructure.7 - Oversee and prioritize associated day-to-day operational activities, tactical projects and strategic initiatives.8 - Responsible for management of team of systems, network and desktop Support.9 - Develop and implement policies, Procedure and Standards align with ISO 270001 and ISO 20000 10 –Maintain and update business continuity and Disaster Recovery plan as per ISO Standards 11 – Provide periodic reporting on information security issues to the Head of IT Division 12 – Conduct Risk assessment and implement appropriate control to ensure CIA.13 – Responsible for training of new staff with reference to information security and BCP.14 – Coordinate, develop and maintain standard operating procedure manual.15 – Ensure adoption of best practices in IT services management.

Pakistan

1 - To Ensure that the underlining system & Network infrastructure and its associated technology operate efficiently and delivers a secure platform for Al Meezan to carry out its Business.2 - To ensure maintenance and implementation of information system security policies and procedures including requirements related with BCP and DRP.3 - Plan Design and manage the deployments of highly available IT infrastructure and associated support services, including networks, Servers, Storages, Telecommunication, Security and System Applications.4 - Responsible for management of virtualized infrastructure environment and proactively perform operational management of the Data centre and computing environments.5- Manage highly available Juniper, Cisco and Microsoft infrastructure.6- Responsible to negotiate and manage SLA and vendor contracts and liaison with Meezan bank IT to ensure SLA related with infrastructure.7 - Oversee and prioritize associated day-to-day operational activities, tactical projects and strategic initiatives.8 - Responsible for management of team of systems, network and desktop Support.9 - Develop and implement policies, Procedure and Standards align with ISO 270001 and ISO 20000 10 –Maintain and update business continuity and Disaster Recovery plan as per ISO Standards 11 – Provide periodic reporting on information security issues to the Head of IT 12 – Conduct Risk assessment and implement appropriate control to ensure CIA.13 – Responsible for training of new staff with reference to information security and BCP.14 – Coordinate, develop and maintain standard operating procedure manual.15 – Ensure adoption of best practices in IT services management.

Karachi

Information and network Security - FA15High Perofrmance Cloud Computing - SP15

Karachi

1.Meeting with clients to determine requirements.2.Working with clients to define the scope of a project.3.Planning timescales and the resources needed.4.Clarifying a client's system specifications, understanding their work practices and the nature of their business.5.Travelling to customer sites.6.Liaising with staff at all levels of a client organization.7.Defining software, hardware and network requirements. 8.Analyzing IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT.9.Developing agreed solutions and implementing new systems.10.Presenting solutions in written or oral reports.11.Helping clients with change-management activities.12.Project managing the design and implementation of preferred solutions.13.Designing, testing, installing and monitoring new systems.14.Organizing training for users and other consultants.

1- Lead manager the Infrastructure more than 1000 nodes , SAP ERP and Services Teams.Providing leadership role, coaching and managing teams of Network, Systems and IT services professionals. 2- IT service Management align with ISO 20000 ,IT Infrastructure – Planning, Designing & Deployment, Network & Systems Management,Virtual envirement,Information Security ,Data leak Prevention systems under ISO 27001:2005 3- Expertise in ITIL and COBIT Implementation specially Incident, Problem, Event, Service Desk, Change, SLM, Contract, Vendor, Continuity, Demand, Capacity and Security Management with special focus on requirements gathering, drafting, authoring, translations, editing, delivery of processes.4- Involve in planning, designing, deployment and management of IT Infrastructure.like Exchange,Active directory,communication links,Network devices including Firewall,routers,Switches,Backups,Fileservers,Antivirus, Spam Controllers,Private Cloud,Data Leak Prevetion Suite etc5- Planning, developing and implementing the ICT budget, obtaining competitive prices from suppliers, where appropriate, to ensure cost effectiveness.6-IT Continuity and DR Site management, aligned with the IT Continuity plan.

Karachi

Project Manger /Consultant Job Responsibilities1.Meeting with clients to determine requirements.2.Working with clients to define the scope of a project.3.Planning timescales and the resources needed.4.Clarifying a client's system specifications, understanding their work practices and the nature of their business.5.Travelling to customer sites.6.Liaising with staff at all levels of a client organization.7.Defining software, hardware and network requirements. 8.Analyzing IT requirements within companies and giving independent and objective advice on the use of IT.9.Developing agreed solutions and implementing new systems.10.Presenting solutions in written or oral reports.11.Helping clients with change-management activities.12.Project managing the design and implementation of preferred solutions.13.Designing, testing, installing and monitoring new systems.14.Organizing training for users and other consultants.

Karachi

1.Maintain online connectivity of the branches spread all over the Pakistan and online terminals of the clients through out the Pakistan using state of art technologies like SAN ,Fiber, Wireless, copper.2.Manage IBM Total Storage SAN Solution .3.Planning, developing and implementing the ICT budget, obtaining competitive prices from suppliers, where appropriate, to ensure cost effectiveness.4.Scheduling upgrades and security backups of hardware and software systems.5.Detail Knowledge of OSI reference Model .6.Ensuring the smooth running of all LAN, WAN systems, including anti-virus software, print services and email provision.7.Installing, configuring & administrating Windows 2008 Client Server environment 8.Installing & configuring Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain Services.9.Configuring & implementing domain user & group accounts, Group Policies, site replication, trusting, and all Active Directory operations. 10.Managing and Maintaining NOC room11.CISCO Routers 3800, 2600 & 1800 series12.CISCO Switches 3550, 3560 & 2960 series.13.Cisco PIX ,ASA Firewall .14.Cisco Security Agent .15.Linksys, Link gigabit & Zexel Layer 3 Switches. VIPER, FUJITECH & DELL Power Edge 2650 blade & tower Xeon Servers.16.Maintaining IP Addressing and Subnets & TCP/IP troubleshooting.17.Configuring & implementing VLANs & Inter VLAN routing.18.Configuring & implementing Access Lists.19.Configuring & implementing Network Address Translation (NAT).20.Configuring & maintaining ASA firewall.21.Configuring & maintaining Wireless Router & Access Points.22.Configuring & implementing Wireless LAN infrastructure.23.Configuring & implementing Virtual Private Network (VPN).24.configuring & administrating Proxy server (ISA 2006 Server).25.Configuring & administrating Mail server (Exchange 2003 Server).26.Installing, configuring & administrating Office Communicator Server 2007.

Karachi

IT Technician : 1.Maintain Lan Environment with 75 node and connectivity with internet and printer services.2.The Information Technician is responsible for installing and maintaining computer hardware, software and networks.3.Maintain and update website resources4.Troubleshoot all technology issues5.Maintain log and/or list of required repairs and maintenance6.Make recommendations about purchase of technology resources•7.Research current and potential resources and services

M.S, Networks

Masters in Networks and Telecommunication

B.S, Computer Science

B.S in Computer Sceince