RIZWAN SIDDIQUI
Infrastructure Architect | Cloud Architect | Infrastructure Security | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft 365 | IT Operations
Sharjah,UAE
Summary
A highly competent senior IT professional with 15+ years’ of hands-on experience with large enterprise organization including Government sector in architecting/designing & implementing Systems Infrastructure solutions with both On-Prem and Cloud technologies, Datacenter, Project management and IT services management.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Prime Minister’s Office
Dubai
11.2018 - Current
- Responsible for Architecting/Designing and implementing IT Infrastructure services using latest technologies and as per business requirements and to improve User experience
- Responsible for Migrations/Upgrade of running technologies for optimal application performance and keep service Secure
- Responsible for Patch management of entire Infrastructure to remove vulnerabilities and keep services secure
- Maintain Systems protection by perform Vulnerability scanning & monitoring and security controls using tools like Tenable, Carbon Black EDR and App Control, Crowdstrike Falcon
- Responsible for Change Management Process for any Services upgrades and maintenance with proper implementation plan and rollback.
- Responsible for maintaining all Infrastructure Operational activities and providing L2 and L3 support and guideline and train Support staff.
- Investigated and addressed system issues to enhance usability and improve functionality.
- Contribute in Weekly planning and assessment meetings, CAB meetings, for effective completion of new deployments and ongoing activities
- Engage with vendors and product support to quickly resolve critical issues and maintain SLA.
- Service contracts and vendor management.
SENIOR TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
MDS Computers, MidisGroup Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE, UAE
06.2013 - 10.2018
- Designing, envisioning and scoping of Infrastructure Projects for various entities in both Govt and Private sector in alignment with their Business requirements
- Implementation strategy planning and solution delivery within agreed time frame
- Engage with Customer’s infrastructure team to assist in Change Management and completion of any prior task before activity
- Headed meetings with clients for requirement analysis and deliver solutions to clients based on business needs.
- Analyzed client business processes to propose optimal software applications for unique requirements.
- Presented business leaders with cost-benefit and return-on-investment estimations to drive project planning and execution.
- Recommended technology upgrades and complementary products to improve client security.
- Created technical responses to Requests for Quotes (RFQs) for customers
- Developed flowcharts and diagrams to describe and lay out logical operational steps.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Skills
Infrastructure Architecture
Technologies
Microsoft Azure | Microsoft 365 | Active Directory Federation Services | Microsoft Active Directory Exchange Server | System Center Configuration & Operations Manager | VMWare Microsoft Hyper-V | Nutanix | Carbon EDR and App Control | Crowdstrike Falcon | Solarwinds
Accomplishments
30+ Project Delivered including Migration of Exchange Server between versions 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and to Office 365 | Tenant Enablement and On-Prem to Microsoft Cloud Migration | Microsoft Tenant to Tenant Migrations | Implementation of SolarWinds Monitoring Solutions with Customized Monitors | Windows 7 to Windows 10 Upgrade transition of 7000 Devices using SCCM | Migration of Active Directory Services, GPO restructuring | Deployed System Center Configuration Manager solutions.
Certification
Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (70-533) Implementation
Additional Information
Team Player | Problem Solving | Good Listener | Flexible/Adaptable | Quick Learner | Documentation
Timeline
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT - Prime Minister’s Office
11.2018 - Current
SENIOR TECHNICAL CONSULTANT - MDS Computers, MidisGroup Abu Dhabi
06.2013 - 10.2018
Sir Syed University of Engineering And Technology - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (70-533) Implementation
MCSE: Core Solution for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
MCITP: Server Administrator
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