Muhammad Talha
(Job Seeker - Active)
Assistant Manager Data Center and IT Infrastructure | CDFOM® | ITIL 4 ® | Azure | MCSA
Karachi
Summary of Career
1. Certified Data Center and IT Infrastructure Professional with 5+ years of proven technical experience in a Data Center career span.
2. Diverse expertise in running day-to-day 24x7 Tier-III compliant - carrier neutral - Data Center Operations and Data Center Facility Management.
3. Well versed in Data Center Standards (TIA-942 and CDCP best practices) along with the hands-on experience in different Enterprise Backup & Replication solutions, server virtualization software's & techniques.
4. Posses skills Including System Implementation, Data Center Management, Enterprise & Mid-tier Storage Management, System Administration, Disaster Recovery Planning, Enterprise Network Infrastructure & Systems Management, Technical documentation, Physical security device operations, Business Continuity Plan & Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Virtualization & Consolidation
5. Participated and lead in different IT Projects related to Hardware, Network and Application Deployments.
6. Lead multiple IT projects and successful in building, migrating and optimizing data centers operational infrastructure, services, technologies, teams and Standard Operation Procedures to improve performance / PUE, minimizing risk and enabling competitive growth
7. Maintaining a global Backup & Recovery solution for the huge virtualization clustered environment computed 1000+ VMs with multiple remote sites
8. Strategized Planning for future enhancements in IT Infrastructure, IT equipment and vendor analysis, raising Purchase requisitions and providing technical recommendation to the IT procurement department.
9. Responsible fore administration of different Server Chassis, Power systems, Switches, Storage & Backup & Replication Software's
10. Creating, revising & implementing Standards Operating Procedures for Data center Operations.
Deployment of EMC Data Domain 6800 Virtual Tape Library (Hardware, Network and System Configuration), Integration with existing Storage Infrastructure and Core Banking Data Migration from Old to New Storage and testing.
Deployment of HP Super Dome SX3000 Chassis with BL920c blade servers & implementation of clustered virtualization environment
Code upgrade & deployment of new Veeam Backup and Replication Servers in existing infrastructure. EMC Data Domain 9300 Code and capacity upgrade
Planning & Implementation of DR DRILL, migration of complete IT Services from Primary to DR Site and successful operations testing
Designing & Installation of complete Building and Data Center Power infrastructure with 3 x 100 KVA Galaxy 5500 UPS systems, Isolation Transformer & Intelligent Distribution Unit system in MPPL Data Center
Installation & Testing of APC Cold Aisle Containment Solution with 20 integrated Racks & down discharge Air intake solution
Experience as Assistant Manager Data Center and IT Infrastructure
Habib Bank Limited
01 July 2017
To date
➡️ Data Center Operations and Facility Management:-
✔️ Managing Tier III Primary Data Centre & DR SITE to ensure high availability (exceeding 99.9% uptime) for company’s utilization.
✔️ Leading, motivating and managing a team of Data Center Officers in daily operations and their shifts roster management.
✔️ Supervising the provisioning of all DC services; including racking & stacking, hardware installation, power and network connectivity.
✔️ Provisioning and ensuring the proper functioning of power sources (AC/DC), Fire Suppression Systems, VESDA, UPS, Gensets, HVACs, Air Purifiers, Humidifiers, CRACs.
✔️ Responsible for capacity planning, inventory management, budget planning, CAPEX & OPEX.
✔️ Scheduling and supervising of all Datacenter team projects.
✔️ Strategized Planning for future enhancements in IT Infrastructure, IT equipment and vendor analysis.
✔️ Creating, revising & implementing Standards Operating Procedures for Datacenter Operations.
✔️ Creating & updating Professional Datacenter Layouts, Network Layouts and Electrical System Layouts in MS Visio & AutoCAD.
➡️ System Administration:-
✔️ Successfully rolled out global deployments of Enterprise Servers, Storage and Network Equipment’s.
✔️ Establish, configure, test and maintain operating systems, application software’s and system management tools.
✔️ Up-gradation of Patches & Firmware of Windows Server Environment, FC Switches, Chassis, Storage & Blade Servers.
✔️ Successfully deployed, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on Microsoft Azure.
✔️ Maintaining the usage of cloud services and implementing cost-saving strategies.
✔️ Verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server and network resources, reviewing system and application logs.
✔️ Administration of HP Super Dome SX3000, IBM Chassis including Blade HS22, HP Chassis C-7000 including Blade 460\620 & Lenovo Flex System.
➡️ Backup & Storage Administration:-
✔️ Managing a global Backup & Recovery solution for the virtualization clustered environment with multiple remote sites based on Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5, Veeam Enterprise Manager & Veeam ONE.
✔️ IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly Tivoli Storage Manager) Administration.
✔️ Administration of HBL Virtual Tape Library EMC Data Domain appliance DD6300, DD6800 & DD9300 installed in primary and DR sites of HBL
Experience as Shift Lead Data Center
Multinet Pakistan Limited
01 January 2017
30 June 2017
✔️ Data Center planning & designing (w.r.t. IT, Space, Power & Cooling infrastructure).
✔️ Leading and managing a team of DC NOC Shift Engineer’s in daily operations, system troubleshooting and network operations queries.
✔️ Planning, deployment, and optimization of customer IT infrastructure to meet TIA-942 Standards.
✔️ Monitoring, maintaining and troubleshooting of DC functions and Network Infrastructure using local and remote monitoring systems.
✔️ Level 1 & 2 to all Network and DC emergencies & operational queries.
✔️ Creating & updating Professional Data Center Layouts and Network Diagrams.
✔️ Planning & Proposing Data Center Co-Location strategies for Customers.
✔️ Responsible for analysis of cost, schedule, and performance of the projects.
✔️ Preparation of Data Center operational and project related technical documents.
✔️ Coaches, mentors, and motivates team members influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned tasks.
Experience as Network Engineer Data Center
Multinet Pakistan Limited
23 March 2015
31 December 2016
Responsible of all Facility & IT Infrastructure, including the data Center environment ensuring all customer server
environments are secure, operational and being maintained by 99.99% uptime.
✔️ Deployments, Management and Optimization of IT equipment’s.
✔️ Configure, test, and maintains LAN/WAN equipment and related services.
✔️ Windows Server 2016, 2012 and VMware Installation, configuration and troubleshooting.
✔️ Provisioning and ensuring the proper functioning of power sources (AC/DC), Fire Suppression Systems, VESDA, UPS, Gensets, HVACs, Air Purifiers, Humidifiers, CRACs.
✔️ Maintaining backups of Access Control Systems, CCTV recordings and Environmental control systems.
✔️ Provides customer services support to Information Technology staff and co-location clients.
✔️ Managed individual and group IT projects internal to the company and external for customer.
✔️ Ensuring that the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are being followed accordingly.
✔️ Creating RCA/RFO for any DC mishap.
✔️ Creating, revising & implementing Standards Operating Procedure.
Matric 01 December 2008
Computer ScienceIntermediate 01 December 2010
Pre-EngineeringBachelor 28 February 2015
B.E. Electronics Engineering