Mohamed Faizal
IT Security & Infrastructure Engineer
Dubai,SH
Summary
Experienced Information Security Engineer with 10 years history of managing security of physical and cloud infrastructure. Adept at identifying security risks and improving security architecture designs. Proven to maintain efficiency in high-stress situations. Expertly oversee large-scale IT projects, networks, and infrastructures – from initial planning and development to implementation and enhancements.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
IT Infrastructure/Security Engineer
elseco limited (DIFC)
Dubai
09.2018 - Current
- Managing day to day activities of IT department accountable for Datacenter Management, Cloud Infrastructure, and Network Management & Desktop Support with complete accountability.
- IDS | IPS | DLP | DPI-SSL | UTM | VPN | Proxy Servers | Wireless Networks | RDP | Multi-Factor Authentication.
- Servers – Installation, configuration, performance tuning, sizing, scaling of services and architecture design.
- Overall Infrastructure network monitoring, Capacity and Configuration Management.
- Supporting SAP landscape, Servers, Dell iDrac, Dell Nutanix, Dell EMC Storage, VMware, SonicWALL Firewall, IP Telephony and Commvault/Veeam as backup.
- Responsibilities include managing vendors, manage IT incident requests, oversee internet services, train new employees, and manage daily infrastructure.
- Managed data center system upgrades, delivering better reliability and security for server hosting and enterprise applications.
- Planned and oversaw configuration changes for security infrastructure platforms.
- Performed risk analyses to identify appropriate security countermeasures.
- Developed plans to safeguard computer files against modification, destruction or disclosure.
- Encrypted data and erected firewalls to protect confidential information.
- Monitored computer virus reports to determine when to update virus protection systems.
- Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities.
- Performed risk and vulnerability assessments and provided results and recommendations to senior management.
Sr. IT System Specialist
ETA FMS – EMCO
Dubai
03.2015 - 09.2018
- Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
- Evaluate and design new virtual server infrastructure consisting of Hyper-V failover cluster environment residing on HP blades connected to SAN with over 25TB capacity.
- Monitored network activities to quickly detect and resolve operational and security issues.
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of network switches (Aruba, Cisco, Brocade), firewall (FortiGate/SonicWALL), Barracuda Web Application Firewall, Aruba access points, telephone systems (Avaya, Alcatel OXO).
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of Hyper-V failover cluster, Windows Server, Linux Server, Oracle 11g database server, MS SQL server, MySQL server.
- Installation, configuration and maintenance of Trend Micro security
- Monitoring and maintenance of backup servers (Arc Serve, CommVault).
- Office 365 implementation (New tenants, tenant to tenant migration)
- Lync, Yammer, Team and SharePoint implementation
- Ticketing tool implementation (Manage Engine, Jira Service desk)
- Exclaimer signature for Outlook and O365 online.
- Pivotal CRM implementation and Internal ERP application support.
- Planned and implemented effective disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
Sr. Network Engineer
Slash Support SEZ private limited, CSS Corp
07.2014 - 10.2014
- WAN, STP, DHCP, Firewall, NAT, Routing Protocols, TCP/IP
- Installing and administering Linux solutions, DHCP, NFS, Apache, Samba and monitoring tools.
System Analyst
Engineering Maintenance Company
Dubai
01.2009 - 04.2014
- Installation of Operating Systems and databases
- Implementation of Domain Controllers and support
- Create and maintain Active Directory setup
- Configuring the DNS & DHCP
- Raid configuration and System Backup
- Administration and Hardware upgrade support
- Preventive maintenance of Desktops and Servers
- Monitoring and maintain the LAN networks
- Asset management using Manage Engine and internal ERP system
- Prepare and maintain the documentation, keep track of the Backup reports etc
- Managing application and Oracle 10g database.
Education
Master of Computer Applications -
University of Madras
Chennai, India 06.2005 - 04.2008
Bachelor of Electronics Science -
University of Madras
Chennai, India 06.2002 - 04.2005
Skills
Security Implementation
Cloud Computing & Security
Project Management
Audit & Risk Management
Procurement Management
Asset Management
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
ISO 27001:2013
Information Security
Security Awarness Training
Additional Information
- License : Valid UAE driving license
- Nationality : Indian
Certification
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) - ISACA
Timeline
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) - ISACA
08-2021
IT Infrastructure/Security Engineer
elseco limited (DIFC)
09.2018 - Current
Sr. IT System Specialist
ETA FMS – EMCO
03.2015 - 09.2018
Sr. Network Engineer
Slash Support SEZ private limited, CSS Corp
07.2014 - 10.2014
System Analyst
Engineering Maintenance Company
01.2009 - 04.2014
Master of Computer Applications -
University of Madras
06.2005 - 04.2008
Bachelor of Electronics Science -
University of Madras
06.2002 - 04.2005