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TAREK AL SIYADA

TAREK AL SIYADA

Abu Dhabi

Summary

Experienced IT Systems Manager with a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable, high-performance IT solutions. Expertise in cloud computing, virtualization, Systems infrastructure. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects on time and under budget. seeking a challenging position in IT Infrastructure Management field that would allow me to work in a team using my skills to implement solutions within projects

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President – Systems Administration

ALDAR PROPERTIES PJSC
Abu Dhabi, AZ
06.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for and leading overall management and administration functions of Systems infrastructure for organization with 400+ Servers and 2000+ Users.
  • Defines and prioritize department needs, Manage initiatives, and drive strategies
  • Utilize System performance reports to identify potential issues and develop potential solutions
  • Develops department budget, monitor and allocates resources, and researches and evaluate technological improvements
  • Additionally collaborate with senior leadership in various departments to ensure organizational goal are met
  • Develops major goals to support broad functional objectives
  • Approves policies developed within various departments
  • Created resources and materials to support team understanding and aid delivery of business aims
  • Managed high-value projects within cost, quality and timeframe targets through professional team coordination
  • Identified new and emerging technologies to support process improvements aligned with key department objectives
  • Established department targets and monitored progress towards KPIs, motivating and coaching teams to attainment
  • Evaluated departmental performance and developed improvements to key operations
  • Developed successful strategies and policies, meeting organizational needs and implementing improvements.

Asst. Vice President- Systems Administration

ALDAR PROPERTIES PJSC
07.2013 - 06.2022
  • Responsible for information technology Systems infrastructure and shared services, including:
  • On Premises Infrastructure: Data Centers, Disaster recovery, Physical & Virtual servers & Appliances , Storages, backup , Systems Security solutions, Email & File services , Archiving solutions
  • Cloud Infrastructure & Services: Azure (IaaS, PaaS) & O365 (SaaS)
  • Lead integration and merging of all infrastructure systems between SOROUH & ALDAR
  • Built & Manage Hybrid systems infrastructure running on VMware & Azure cloud
  • Managing over 400 Servers & 2000 Users
  • Consolidated & Managing ALDAR Data & Storages ensuring proper Backup ,Redundancy and High Availability
  • Built & Manage New Disaster Recovery Site with all replications and Failover of Critical Services
  • Built documentations of IT Systems processes & Procedures , Projects & Strategies.
  • Managing & administrating all Systems infrastructure including but not limited to following: All Microsoft Products: All Windows Servers OS, Active Directory, Exchange, O365 Admin Center, Azure, Defender , Advanced Threat Protection, SCCM , SQL, SharePoint ,O365 emails, Teams , One Drive for Business , Power Bi, Azure & Intune…etc VMWare: ESX Servers , vSphere , VCenter , Site recovery manager ,vSphere replication, Operation Manager & Update Manager
  • VEEAM : VEEAM One ( Monitoring & reporting) , VEEAM Backup & Replication
  • SAN, NAS & Backup Storages: EMC CX, VNX, Unity, XtremIO, power store &Data domain
  • Symantec & EMC Networker for Backup
  • EMC Sourceone for Email archiving
  • Kaspersky, Defender & Symantec Endpoint protection
  • Nutanix & Citrix for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
  • Other tools & Applications: SolarWinds, AD Manager Plus, Websense, Manage engine…etc Manage All SLAs, Agreements & Licenses for systems infrastructure
  • Design, plan , propose & evaluate all systems solutions
  • Responsible for Department RFPs & Technical evaluation.

IT Assistant Manager

SOROUH REAL ESTATE
10.2010 - 06.2013
  • Leading IT Infrastructure Projects
  • Managing IT Infrastructure Systems & Data Centers
  • Administrating All IT Infrastructure Services
  • Proposing and presenting solutions
  • Planning and designing solutions
  • Reporting & Documentation
  • Preparing IT Systems infrastructure requirements
  • Technical evaluations
  • Monitoring All systems infrastructure services
  • Preparing the annual budget for SOROUH Systems and the List of Systems improvements
  • Maintain the smooth operations of the office
  • Delegating tasks to the team
  • Support the IT Manager in identifying and resolving the problems on a timely manner so that the community can Continue to function as required
  • Supervise all daily and weekly IT procedures, report directly to IT Manager
  • Design; Implement Preventive Maintenance for all IT hardware & Software
  • Develop and adapt any ideas that bring IT services to higher level
  • Handling the responsibilities of senior systems Engineer in additional to the new roles such as: Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc
  • In accordance with standards and project/operational requirements
  • Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures
  • Contribute to and maintain system standards
  • Research and recommend innovative, and where possible automated approaches for system administration tasks
  • Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups
  • Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
  • Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up to the appropriate media, and media is recycled and sent off site as necessary
  • Repair and recover from hardware or software failures
  • Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis, and upgrade administrative tools and utilities
  • Configure / add new services as necessary
  • Maintain operational, configuration, or other procedures
  • Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
  • Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required
  • Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
  • Maintain data center environmental and monitoring equipment.

IT Senior Systems Engineer

SOROUH REAL ESTATE
09.2008 - 10.2010
  • Managing All IT Infrastructure Systems
  • Managing All IT Infrastructure Projects
  • Proposing, presenting, designing and planning all IT Infrastructure Solutions
  • Monitoring, Reporting and Documentation
  • Implementing, troubleshooting, and upgrading all Infrastructure systems
  • Respond to and carry out the IT support, DB team and technical solutions requests in a timely manner
  • Managing all infrastructure services and software including the following: VMware Infrastructure, NAS, Domain Controllers, Disaster recovery site, File/Print Servers, MS WSUS Windows Server updates service, Windows OS platform, MS System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Exchange servers (MB, HUB, CAS, Edge Roles), MS System Center Operation Manager 2007, Email Archiving (EMC SourceOne), MS System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Backup System (Symantec Backup EXEc), Black Berry, Client security (Symantec Endpoint protection), Trend Micro-Office Scan, System recovery (Symantec), Right Fax server, SMTP Gateway filtering (Symantec Message Lab), VEEAM, Mail security for Exchange (Symantec), AD Manager Plus, Forefront Web Filtering, Trend Micro Internet Web Security, SAN Storages, Trend Micro Messaging Security, Proxy Servers (ISA 2006, TMG 2010), SQL 2005 and 2008 R2 cluster environment
  • Managing the following Agreement and contracts: MS EA Agreement, MS Open Agreements, All SLA and support agreements with Vendors (Microsoft, VMware, Exchange, Email archiving, Symantec, EMC, servers, data center AMCs…etc)
  • Plays a key role in supporting, implementation, administration and maintenance of the IT security program and oversee the design and implementation of the preventive and corrective procedure used to monitor the IT security posture of the company
  • Provide IT support to internal company users and maintain the existing hardware, network and application system
  • Liaise with local service provider on network communication
  • Trouble shooting of servers and its peripherals in network environment
  • Provide a backup administrative and preferable experiment in using arc services
  • Perform Maintenance of assessment tools used by IT security
  • Work closely with operations and engineering teams to help design secure IT Infrastructure and insuring the best overall technical decisions are made
  • Plans, designs, requests, reports, budgets and technical evaluations for all SOROUH systems projects.

IT Systems Engineer

GENERAL AUTHORITY OF HEALTHSERVICES -AL RAHBA HOSPITAL
08.2005 - 08.2008
  • Managing the Hospital system Infrastructure (70+ servers and 1000+ users)
  • Administrating all Hospital infrastructure systems, servers and services including but not limited to: Domain controllers, Exchange cluster, Security systems, internet, Document control, backup, client security, SQL cluster, SAN storage, HIS, mail & Internet security, File & print system …etc)
  • Hospital Datacenter Administrator
  • Managing IT Systems and policies
  • Leading all IT infrastructure projects
  • Preparing the Plans, Designs, RFPs and reports for all projects
  • Preparing Annual Budget for Hospital IT Infrastructure
  • Technical evaluation
  • Proposing new solutions
  • Leading systems support team
  • Implemented the infrastructure for Hospital information system (Cerner)
  • Installation and upgrade of operating system & databases
  • Administration of the Organization Domain Controllers
  • Administration of the Organization Email servers
  • Administration of the Organization files & print servers
  • Administration of the Organization proxy servers
  • Administration of the Organization Applications and databases servers
  • Administration of the Organization Backup Servers
  • Administration of the Organization Anti Virus Servers
  • Administration of Many Other Servers
  • Respond to and carry out User Support request in a timely manner
  • Configuration & scheduling of database jobs
  • Monitor database and operating system error logs, event logs, DB alert & notifications and schedule job in daily basis
  • Report abnormalities immediately to the department supervisor
  • Perform other applicable tasks and duties
  • Overall system management and maintenance
  • Plan recommends and implements new software technologies
  • Monitor, debug, update and control software packages that interface with multiple application programs
  • Identify, develop and implement information security standards appropriate for every aspect of the organization
  • Ensure that the IT systems services are appropriately providing for each aspect of the organization
  • Provide technical support as necessary
  • Manage multiple linked databases to include security, data safety and integrity, disaster recovery, and development and implementation of bulk data import/export procedures
  • Plans and implements system security policy, to include firewalls, host and client access, file permissions, and user accounts
  • Conducts growth analysis and capacity planning, and develops capital and operating budget proposals
  • Provide on-call consulting advice and technical support to various users/client organizations regarding specific operational/ applications issues
  • Designs and develops advanced methods and procedures for collecting, organizing, interpreting, and classifying data for input and/or retrieval
  • Researches, evaluate purchases, installs, configures, and troubleshoots all hardware, peripherals, and equipment necessary to meet integrated systems objectives
  • Troubleshoots networks, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational problems
  • Maintain DNS, NFS, DHCP, WINS, Administrative tools, Active Directory, Computer Management, Terminal Services, Local Policy, services, Cluster Administrator, Event Viewer, Internet Services Manager and proprietary services for all staff and staff clients
  • Ensure secure operation of all servers and services through the use of security and encryption tools and through extensive staff training and documentation
  • Monitor system logs and activity on all servers
  • Manage, verify, and restore from backups
  • Replace defective hardware on clients and servers as necessary
  • Maintain integrity of staff accounts and data on the Organization file server
  • Perform recovery when possible
  • Perform maintenance on staff accounts
  • Add, remove, and modify accounts as necessary
  • Create and maintain mailing lists and aliases
  • Research new technologies and present recommendations and justifications on major hardware and software Purchases
  • Develop and test new servers and services, including writing scripts and patching existing source code
  • Attend and actively participate in weekly System Admin team meetings
  • Write project proposals, design documents and extensive documentation
  • Log and report via email all changes to system software and configurations
  • Participate in discussion on the System Administrator mailing list
  • Ensure that status is updated for all requests
  • Update equipment inventory for tracking purposes
  • Responsible for All Tenders, Preparing Technical Specifications, Technical Evaluation
  • Participate in different committees as IT represented
  • Projects: Rahba Hospital System Infrastructure Implementation (AD, Exchange Cluster, SQL, Client security, Mail security, Proxy, web filtering, file/print and other applications)
  • SAN Storage Implementation
  • Al Rahba Hospital Active Directory Migration
  • Al Rahba Hospital Email upgrade and migration (Exchange 2000 to 2003)
  • The Infant Protection System
  • Biomedical Asset plus System
  • Hospital system Maintenance Contract
  • Hospital CCTV System
  • Blue Coat Solution
  • Implementing VERITAS and LEGATO Backup Solution
  • Meditech Health Care information Technology System
  • MedicaPlus Health Care information Technology System
  • Cerner Health Care Information Technology System.

IT Systems Engineer

MDS COMPUTERS
03.2003 - 08.2005
  • Implemented Al RAHBA Hospital Systems Infrastructure
  • Managing and administrating all IT systems infrastructure services and projects for Al RAHBA Hospital
  • Handling & Managing all system Requests including SW & HW
  • Define the Systems requirements, prepare requests and evaluate proposals
  • Planning, designing and implementing the required solutions.

HIS Application Engineer

HEALTH INSIGHT
08.2002 - 02.2003
  • Implementing, Managing and supporting Hospital Management Solution
  • Leading the application support team
  • Planning, designing, customizing and reporting solutions
  • Provide Training
  • Handling the Office of Abu Dhabi as Project Manager
  • Handling the project for Dar Al Shifa Hospital in Kuwait City.

Database and System Engineer

SHAIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY (SKMC) MANAGED BY INTERHEALTHCANADA LIMITED (ICL)
07.1999 - 08.2002
  • IT Support Engineer promoted to Database & Systems Engineer: IT Support job Responsibilities: Logging Users calls (Helpdesk) Computers & Printers Troubleshooting, installation
  • Install Software, Hardware and all Hospital IT equipment
  • Supporting and providing all kind of help and training to users
  • Dealing with a huge No
  • Of PCs, Printers & Users
  • Prepare reports & Documentations
  • Using different kind of Software (Track it, Norton Ghost & many others.) Promoted to Database & Systems Engineer in Database & Operating System Department
  • Data Base & System Engineer Responsibilities: Creation of database, tables, logs, rollbacks, transaction logs, views, stored procedures, and other database objects
  • Installation and upgrade of operating system & databases
  • Administration of SKMC emails servers
  • Administration of SKMC Web servers
  • Administration of SKMC files & print servers
  • Administration of SKMC proxy servers
  • Administration of SKMC databases
  • Respond to and carry out User Support request in a timely manner
  • Configuration & scheduling of database jobs
  • Monitor database and operating system error logs, event logs, database alert & notifications, and schedule job in Daily basis
  • Report abnormalities immediately to the department supervisor
  • Perform other applicable tasks and duties.

IT Support Engineer

LIWA EMIRATES EST. PART OF AL OTAIBAGROUP
07.1998 - 08.1999
  • Provided remote support to offsite users, ensuring minimal disruption during business travel or remote work scenarios.
  • Enhanced network security with regular vulnerability assessments and prompt patch installations.
  • Developed customized scripts to automate repetitive tasks resulting in increased efficiency within the IT department.
  • Contributed to cost savings by identifying opportunities for process improvements within the IT department.

Education

MASTER DEGREE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - Business Administration

University of Atlanta
Abu Dhabi, AZ
01.2012

BACHELOR DEGREE COMPUTER SCIENCE - Information Technology

Ajman University of Science And Technology
Ajman, AJ
07.1998

HIGH SCHOOL -

Al Manhal Canadian School
Abu Dhabi
07.1993

Skills

  • Cloud Computing
  • Virtualization
  • Project Management
  • Azure Administration
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Server installation
  • Technical analysis Infrastructure Planning
  • Verbal and Written Communication Leadership
  • IT Infrastructure Management Problem solving
  • Managing & Administrating IT Systems & Services
  • Proposing, Planning , Designing & implementing IT Solutions
  • Team-Player with communication skills
  • IT Strategy & Budget
  • Flexible, reliable and hard-worker
  • Manages projects effectively
  • Supportive
  • Meets deadlines
  • Accepts responsibility
  • Set Goals & meet them
  • Leads groups
  • Identifies problems and resources
  • Analyzes issues
  • Delegates' responsibility
  • Manage Conflicts
  • Takes charge
  • Presentations and proposals
  • Budgeting
  • Operations management
  • Customer Service

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified System Engineer since year 2000.
  • SQL Server Administration Certification.
  • CCNA since year 2001.

Accomplishments

  • My Achievements with ALDAR:
  • Aldar Group & Entities Infrastructure integration.
  • Aldar Group & Entities Hybrid Infrastructure strategy.
  • Aldar Group & Entities AD trust relationship and Cross tenant synchronization
  • Azure DC Cloud Migration
  • O365 Migration
  • Aldar SOROUH Infrastructure Merging & Integration.
  • Aldar New Infrastructure Implementation.
  • Aldar Disaster Recovery Implementation.
  • Migration of all Aldar Service from INJAZAT to Aldar HQ.
  • Systems Implementations: ( Storages , Backup , End Point protection, File/Email Archiving solutions, Virtualization, Monitoring and reporting tools, Disaster recovery replication, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure , Security solution, Azure IaaS & PaaS , M365 E5 with all components
  • Exchange 2016 design & Implementation.
  • AD, Exchange & file server Migrations.
  • P to V & V to V servers Migration.
  • My Achievements with SOROUH:
  • SOROUH New Data Center Project.
  • Domain and IT Infrastructures design.
  • Implemented SOROUH Disaster Recovery site using SAN to SAN online replication solution and VMware infrastructure.
  • Implementation for SOROUH Main datacenter.(VMware ,ERP,SQL Cluster, Active directory , DNS , File, Print, Backup, Proxy, E-Fax, SAN, Exchange, Email archiving, AV, SMS, WSUS, SCCM, SCOM, Hyper-V, OCS, Access Control , CCTV, GIS, Print Management , Document Control and others).
  • Servers and Infrastructure Implementation for SOROUH Al GHADEER
  • Infrastructure implementation for SOROUH Egypt Office.
  • Exchange 2007 design, Implementation and migration.
  • Email Archiving Solution implementation (EMC Source One).
  • Implementation of EMC Clariion CX4-120 & EMC VNX 5300.
  • Implementation EMC Navishpere and Unisphere upgrades.
  • Implemented new Virtual Infrastructure platform in Production using VMware and migrated the Physical
  • Servers to Virtual.
  • Implemented All Microsoft Tools ( WSUS, SCOM, SCCM 2007 R2, ISA , TMG , ForeFront Web Filtering).
  • Implemented Right/Fax System.
  • Implemented the Access Control System & CCTV.
  • Implemented Virtual testing environment. (Hyper-V platform).
  • Implemented Trend Micro Products IWSS. Office Scan Server.
  • Implemented Symantec End Point Protection and Mail Security for Exchange. Implemented Symantec Backup EXEC and System recovery.
  • Completed Restructuring SOROUH File Server and access permissions.
  • Managing & administrating all SOROUH Systems assuring the minimum downtime as per KPI.
  • Awards with ALDAR:
  • IT Integration success story.
  • ISO 27001 Certification.
  • Aldar Certificate of Appreciation for Achieved beyond Expectations on 2022&2023.
  • Awards with SOROUH:
  • CIO Top 20 Award for 2009.
  • CT Achievement Award 2010.
  • CIO Top 20 Award for 2010 – IT Disaster Recovery Solution
  • SOROUH Certificate of Appreciation for Achieved beyond Expectations.
  • Achieved beyond expectation on 2009, 2010 & 2011 appraisals.
  • Awards with Al Rahba Hospital:
  • Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA)

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 11/30/1975
  • Nationality: Syrian
  • Driving License: Own UAE Driving License.

References

References available upon request.

Hobbies and Interests

  • New IT Technologies.
  • IT Workshops and Exhibitions.
  • Reading.
  • Browsing different Technology & Tools.
  • Sports.
  • Mobiles & Gadgets.

Awards

Awards with ALDAR:

· IT Integration success story.

. ISO 27001

. Achieved beyond expectation on 2021, 2022 & 2023 appraisals.

Awards with SOROUH:

· CIO Top 20 Award for 2009.

· CT Achievement Award 2010.

· CIO Top 20 Award for 2010 – IT Disaster Recovery Solution

· SOROUH Certificate of Appreciation for Achieved beyond Expectations.

· Achieved beyond expectation on 2009, 2010 & 2011 appraisals.

Awards with Al Rahba Hospital:

Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA)

Languages

Arabic
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteHybrid

Important To Me

Work-life balanceTeam Building / Company RetreatsHealthcare benefitsCareer advancement

Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Software

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Azure

VMware

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft SCCM

Microsoft Active Directory

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Intune

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Copilot

Dell EMC SAN

Kaspersky

Symantec

Veritas

AD Manager Plus

Manage Engine

EMC Sourceone

EMC Networker

Interests

Sports

Reading

Technologies

Gadgets

Timeline

Vice President – Systems Administration

ALDAR PROPERTIES PJSC
06.2022 - Current

Asst. Vice President- Systems Administration

ALDAR PROPERTIES PJSC
07.2013 - 06.2022

IT Assistant Manager

SOROUH REAL ESTATE
10.2010 - 06.2013

IT Senior Systems Engineer

SOROUH REAL ESTATE
09.2008 - 10.2010

IT Systems Engineer

GENERAL AUTHORITY OF HEALTHSERVICES -AL RAHBA HOSPITAL
08.2005 - 08.2008

IT Systems Engineer

MDS COMPUTERS
03.2003 - 08.2005

HIS Application Engineer

HEALTH INSIGHT
08.2002 - 02.2003

Database and System Engineer

SHAIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY (SKMC) MANAGED BY INTERHEALTHCANADA LIMITED (ICL)
07.1999 - 08.2002

IT Support Engineer

LIWA EMIRATES EST. PART OF AL OTAIBAGROUP
07.1998 - 08.1999

MASTER DEGREE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - Business Administration

University of Atlanta

BACHELOR DEGREE COMPUTER SCIENCE - Information Technology

Ajman University of Science And Technology

HIGH SCHOOL -

Al Manhal Canadian School

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