Abdul Shaikh: Executive Profile
Abdul Shaikh: Executive Profile
Abdul Shaikh: Executive Profile
Executive Profile
Projects
Organization: Dimension Data India Pvt. Ltd.
Designation: Service Delivery Manager
• Managed & migration of Physical branch server to virtual server of State Bank
Group for 25000 branches in centralized virtual cloud environment.
• Managed branch virtual server of Windows 2008 to Windows 2012 of State Bank
Group for 25000 branches in centralized virtual cloud environment.
• Implemented, installed, configured and maintained VCE vBlock 540 which
included components like Panduit engineered rack, Cisco Chassis, UCS blade
servers, & Nexus switches, EMC XtremIO SAN storage, EMC Isilon, NAS storage,
EMC Avamar Backup with Data Domain, EMC RecoverPoint for VM, EMC
PowerPath, VMware vSphere, VMware NSX, VMware Horizon View, VMware
vRealize Operations Manager, VMware Log Insight, vRealize Orchestrator and
Automation
Organization: Dimension Data India Pvt. Ltd.
Designation: Operations Manager - Network Security
• Implemented Office 365. & Migration of 400k portfolio user from Lotus Domino
to Office 365; applied Cisco ESA IronPort in SBI Group's {SBI Life, SBI General, SBI
Mutual Fund, SBI DFHI, SBI Cards, SBI Capital, SBI Funds}
• Implementation of McAfee Web Gateway & Bluecoat Proxy Migration to
Checkpoint URL Filtering blade
• Implementation of Checkpoint R77.20/R77, FortiGate Firewall & Radware
Linkproof Load Balancer in SBI Network & Applications
• SBI {Rabale, Navi Mumbai} Data Centre Migration & Implementation
Accomplishments
• Organised a large-scale client project as a result of skill set and education and
completed the project two weeks ahead of schedule
• Monitored and assessed issues that arose with clients, ensuring immediate
resolution which promoted stronger relationships and resulted in more lucrative
projects
• Designed IT support strategy that clearly defined workflow between external
clients, application teams, and infrastructure team
• Implemented Certifications, injected IT architectural governance strategy into full
project lifecycle through well-defined, engagement points for infrastructure team,
guidance, facilitation, contribution, impact, assessments, and alignment reviews.