Systems Administrator with 10 years Experience

Possessing developed skills with 10 years experience that have been gained through establishing and developing full IT projects, networks and infrastructures from initial conception to completion.

Systems Administrator
May 2005 ¡V Till Now
Arabic Computer Systems Ltd., Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Client: Banque Saudi Fransi, Riyadh ¡V Saudi Arabia
IBM Lotus Domino R8/R7/R6 Administration
Administrate and Support Lotus Domino Infrastructure (Domino Directory, SMTP, POP3, Cluster, DOLS and DWA),Provide L2 technical support for Lotus Notes users,Maintains and administrate Symantec management servers,Ensure that all Symantec Antivirus definitions are up-to-date,Monitoring the Symantec reports pro-actively and take immediate action on virus infected systems,Audit entire network regularly for SAV client status and take necessary action to install clients,Prepare virus statistic reports in regular basis and sent to Systems Security Department,Organize and manage patch management using Microsoft SMS 2003 by testing and deploying critical security patches to servers and workstations including remote branches,Revise and deploy server hardening on new servers and existing servers,Ensure all the production servers are secured and comply with BSF policy,SMS 2003 Server administration and operation, Managing and Administrating Microsoft Active Directory, DNS and DHCP,IBM Websphere portal administration,Managing and Maintaining Microsoft Windows server 2003 environment,Installation, Monitoring and Maintenance of the production, UAT Servers and applications,Provide L2 support to users for any technical problems,Research & test new products and report to management.
Major Projects involved
Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.x migration,Lotus Domino server and Lotus Notes clients 8.5 upgrade,Lotus Domino DRC infrastructure implementation
Server replacement,Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 10.x upgrade
EMC Mail Extender for Domino implementation,Cipher Trust's IronMail upgrade

Systems Administrator
Feb 2000 ¡V Feb 2005
Dar Jana Group, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Responsible for the daily monitoring, operations, maintenance and trouble-shooting of the Network & Internet/Intranet Infrastructure of Dar Jana Group.

Technical Support Engineer
June 1998 ¡V Jan 2000
Digital Sound Creation, Buraidah - Saudi Arabia

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Washington American Global University, USA

IBM Certified Associate System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino R7
Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

Technical Skills
„X Platforms: Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, Red Hat Linux and Cisco IOS

„X Messaging: IBM Lotus Domino server and Lotus Notes R8/R7/R6, Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Exchange server 2003, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, EMC mail extender for Domino and Cipher Trust¡¦s IronMail.

„X Security: Symantec antivirus corporate edition 10.x, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11.x, Symantec mail security for Domino 7.5.6, Patch Management, Server Hardening, GFI Languard network security scanner, AdvenNet PatchQuest,

„X Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, NRPC, LDAP, WINS, VPN, PKI, Network Cabling

„X Microsoft Products: Active Directory, SMS 2003, IIS, WSUS, Microsoft Office, Visio Professional, Microsoft Project

„X Languages: Windows Administration Scripting (VB Script and WMI), HTML

„X Tools: GSX Monitor, LanSpy, Dameware, BMC Remedy, Altris console