• Administering anti-malware and antivirus solution provided includes policy making and implementation.• Remediation of identified vulnerabilities• Implement security controls on system infrastructure• Managing Active Directory infrastructure along with integration with several in-house applications.• Administering session monitoring and password & identity management of privilege accounts.• Day to Day monitoring and operational tasks of Data Center Servers and Appliances.• Responsible to manage Active Directory and its pertaining functions including assigning necessary permission to different departments on AD to perform their respective job, group polices implementations, DNS zones management, Certificate Authority operations.• Keeps Microsoft server’s up to date with latest security patches to prevent vulnerabilities and to guarantee smooth operations and services.• Administration of Sophos XG Firewall to provide restricted internet access to end users and applications.Designed few PowerShell scripts to automate tasks.• Design SOP's and Project reports as instructed by Head of the department.• Coordinate with diverse internal teams to meet projects prerequisites.• Coordinate with different vendors to meet organization requirements and Interact with the help desk and other teams to assist in investigating, recognize root cause, and provide tier 3 support when needed.

- Manage information technology and computer systems.‐ Managing Centralized infrastructure of 5 regional Offices from H‐O at Karachi.‐ Plan, organize, control and evaluate IT and electronic data operations.‐ Design, develop, implement and coordinate systems, policies and procedures.‐ Ensure security of data, network access and backup systems.‐ Identify problematic areas and implement strategic solutions in time.‐ Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.‐ Negotiating IT service contracts with partners and suppliers.‐ Delegation strategies and OU structure.‐ Responsible for Managing servers through virtualization on Hyper‐V & VMWare.‐ Implemented Disaster Recovery mechanism.‐ Act in alignment with user and system functionality in view of organizational policy.‐ Maintains organization's effectiveness and efficiency by defining, delivering, and supporting strategic plans for implementing information technologies.‐ Directs technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.‐ Completes projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.‐ Verifies application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented.‐ Preserves assets by implementing disaster recovery and back‐up procedures and information security and control structures.‐ Recommends information technology strategies, policies, and procedures by evaluating organization outcomes; identifying problems; evaluating trends; anticipating requirements.‐ Accomplishes financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective action.‐ Ensuring that all IT changes are managed so that they minimize downtime and risk of any inconvenience.‐ Currently working on Deployment of new operation ERP software.

Professional Summary:• Extensive experience in installation, administration and networking in various environments.• Thorough knowledge of Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows Server 2003; 2008; 2012 and 2012 R2.• Active Directory Services; Active Directory, DNS; ADC; Group Policy Objects (GPO); DHCP; DFS (File Server)• Maintaning Mail Server on Alt-n Mail Daemon / Exchange Server 2013.• Excellent command of running projects employing industry standard project management techniques.• Extensive documentation and training experience.Responsibilities: • Responsible for third-level support for all server related issues.• Responsible for various servers through virtualization on Hyper-V (Production) And VMware Workstation (Testing Purpose).• Prepared the environment for deployment of Windows Server 2012 R2.• Analyzed the hardware and software requirements of Active Directory.• Installed, configured, and provide troubleshooting for Server 2012 R2.• Migrated Windows Server 2012 R2 from test environment to the production environment.• Implemented and managed IP Addressing; configured TCP/IP addressing on a server.• Installed and configured an Active Directory Domain Controller.• Managed an Active Directory site; replication schedules,• Create and manage computer, user and group accounts in an Active Directory environment.• Designed, planned and implemented Group Policy, delegation strategies and OU structure.• Provided technical support for hardware/software configurations and applications.• Administered and supported local/LAN printers, LAN IDs.• Implemented security policy and virus protection.• Administered change management related to server upgrades and software installation.• Administered/provided troubleshooting for MS Office.• Administered / provided highly and redundant availability of data through DFS Server.