Professional Experience

I am pleased to share my extensive nine-year journey in the field of Information Technology, during which I had the privilege of working with five diverse and dynamic companies. My professional voyage has been characterized by growth, learning, and a commitment to excellence in the ever-evolving world of IT.

From the outset, I embarked on this career with a passion for technology and a hunger for knowledge. Over the years, I have honed my skills and expertise in various facets of IT, making significant contributions to each organization I've had the privilege of being a part of.

 

OQ Trading
Dubai International Financial Centre

IT Analyst | 
September 2022 - Present

I am currently working as an IT Analyst for OQ Trading.

Geidea Payment LLC
Dubai World Trade Centre

IT Consultant |
September 2021 - September 2022

- Manage the newly opened UAE office and responsible for managing all IT operations for UAE branch. We started around 15 employees and successfully onboarded more than 60 users and planning to have around 100 users before end of 2022.
- Liaise with vendors/contractors to build the IT infrastructure in our office at One Central Building. From supervising the planning of cabling project to installing/configure servers, network switches and HA Fortinet firewalls.
- Managing Google Business Suite (Google Workspace) for the DXB staff
- Coordinate with over 30 IT professionals (from different IT department) at Geidea HQ in KSA and Egypt.
- Travel to KSA and Egypt to lead with upgrades of network architecture and infrastructure
- Manage GSuite, Jira, Trello, Microsoft 365 Enterprise Apps and Slack Admin

House of Comms
Dubai Motor City

IT Engineer |
September 2018 - September 2021

- Solely responsible for the Agency's IT operations, security, and infrastructure
- Server Management - virtualization from Synology and QNAP systems and managing all its virtual machines.
- Managing company's Microsoft 365 account including Share Point access, email management, security and compliance
- Administer Microsoft Intune for MDM (Mobile Device Management)
- Installing and configuring of network peripherals such as Firewalls, routers, switches, WAPs, and Avaya phone system.
- Monitoring system/network performance to ensure everything runs smoothly and securely.
- Perform regular system and file backup operations and implement appropriate processes for data protection and
disaster recovery.
- Conducting IT and Cybersecurity inductions for new staff
- Preparing onboarding process: Setting up new user's accounts, company laptop, creating email and Share Point access,
assigning licenses and software tools.
- Preparing offboarding process: revoke system access includes disabling email and removing file access, removing of
biometric/door access, change file ownership, forwarding of emails, recover company equipment, terminate VPN access,
and removing of software licenses.
- Working with wide variety of vendors and Operating systems such as MacOS, Windows and Linux.
- System and network upgrades and security patches

BlackHorse IT FZCO
Dubai Business Bay

IT Support Engineer |
September 2017 - September 2018

I work as a field IT Support Engineer - working for 13 clients under my care.

My role is focused on communicating and coordinating with my team about outstanding/pending tickets that needs more attention or escalation to vendor.
- Configure and installation of Avaya VOIP phones
- Troubleshoot computer related issues to all my clients from onsite support, email or even phone support
- Server management – virtualization, data, installation and support (VMware ESXI, Hyper-V) – HP ProLiant & Dell PowerEdge
• hardware – lookout for RAID alarms, monitor hardware errors, maintain a clean server room, clean the server from dust from time to time.
• software – verify backups are working, check application updates, rollout security updates, update OS, change passwords periodically.

 

UnlimITed Support LLC
Dubai Internet City

IT Desktop Support |
September 2014 - September 2017

My first job as an IT Desktop Support - In my 3 years working for Unlimited Support LLC, most of my time are working for cabling projects.

From running cables to terminating CAT5/6 UTP cables to technical support of over 200 users in Bluewaters island (Ain Dubai) to a field Engineer in my 3 years at UnlimITed Support LLC (travelling to all places in Dubai. Sharjah and Abu Dhabi to give IT support services)

Cyrus the IT Guy

Information Technology Consultant

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