
Farouk Tarek Shahwan
Data Center & Virtualization Team Leader
Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
System Infrastructure Data Center EngineerFull Time
none
Jan 2017 - Present -8 yrs, 6 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:# Providing H\W installation, technical support, and maintenance for different brands of servers and storage systems : * Hardware : Install and configure the following Chassis HW from scratch : 1- HP Synergy 1200 2- HP C7000 Chassis 3- Dell M1000E Chassis 4- Cisco UCS Chassis 5- Huawei E9000 Chassis * Storage : Install, Configure and Administrate the following : 1- HPE 3PAR 8400. 2- Dell Unity 300, 500 . 3- HP EVA 4400 . 4- IBM V7000 . 5- Dell EMC-VNX 5600 # Virtualization * VMWare : Expert Experienced in Virtualization using : 1- Vsphere Vcenter 5.5, 6 & 6.5 & 6.7 Full processioned . 2- Deploy VMware NSX - T 2.4 data center. 3- vRealize Operation Manager & vRealize Log Insight. 4- Implement Virtual Desktop Solution VMware Horizon. * Microsoft: Good Experienced in Virtualization using : 1- MS Hyper-V 2012 R2. 2- MS Failover Cluster. 3- SCVMM System Center Virtual Machine Manager. # Job Description & Qualifications: •Provide consultation services for government sector to design and implement the IT infra-structure /Datacenters. •Provide technical support to the MCIT Information Center and Information Centers of governmental sector in accordance with the agreed protocols. •Providing H\W installation, technical support, and maintenance for different brands of servers and storage systems (IBM, HP, DELLEMC, Cisco, Huawei etc.…). •Have a strong background of SAN Storage, SAN Switches, Blade chassis, Blade servers, Rack mounted servers. •Administrate Blade Chassis of various vendor (IBM, HP, DELL, Cisco ...etc.). •Implement and administrate various brands of Storage systems (IBM, HP, DELL, EMC, etc...). •Inspection and testing of a particular H\W and compare it to another H\W and its suitability to the business requirements. •Taking ownership of problems and tracking to a successful conclusion. •Raising & maintaining incident tickets and problem records. •Analyzing the problems to spot trends and underlying issues. •Continuously reviewing performance against Service Level Agreements. •Testing and evaluating new technology. •Manage and track IT warehouse and request required items as per minimum stock level. •Communicate with Vendor for IT equipment’s (New, Replace...). •Producing documentation and reports to a high standard. •Generate technical reports to Managerial level to appropriate decisions making. •Design, Configure, and troubleshoot Complete high availability virtual Infrastructure using VMware products (vSphere, ESXi and vCenter Server), vSphere Versions 5.5 ,6.0 ,6.5 ,6.7. •Implement & Configure on VMware Products (VRealize Log insight, VRealize Operation Manager, Horizon View, VMware NSX-T, VMware VSAN). •Design, Configure, and troubleshoot Microsoft Virtualization Products (MS Hyper-V, SCVMM System Center Virtual Machine Manager). •Installing, Configuring & Troubleshooting Windows Servers (2008, 2012 & 2016) Roles & features (AD DS, DNS, DHCP...etc.). •Checking the success of daily operations on servers & Storage systems and resolving of daily issues. •Expert in using VMware VCenter & ESXI Features (vMotion, Storage vMotion, HA, DRS, SDRS, Standard and Distributed Switches, FT ..etc). •Basic & good Knowledge in Linux RHE, Ubunto and Centos for troubleshooting of the Customized ESXI & VCenter.
Access Transmission Planning EngineerFull Time
Mobinil
Jul 2014 - Dec 2016 -2 yrs, 5 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:• Microwave network engineering and planning for whole network; performing link budget calculations considering the link RSL, performance, availability, latency and jitter values are according to Mobinil transmission guidebook. • Performing frequency and interferences studies to assure best quality network and efficient utilization of the licensed frequency spectrum. • Responsible for transmission traffic calculation and route definition, also the creation of MUX-Plan and cross-connection. • Engineering selection of the proper solution based on Mobinil transmission KPIs, technical knowledge, considering the deployment team constrains and understanding the severity/capabilities of O&M team • Designing the IP Plan for the microwave network monitoring system • Initiating WOs based on transmission network needs to fulfill new 2G/3G sites requests, IUB/TRX upgrades requests, sites migration requests and new BSCs requests based on good knowledge in GSM & UTRAN architecture, optimization team requirements and network KPIs. • Ensure timely updates and closure of requests as per service level agreements • Initiating WOs based on operational disasters received • Provide professional technical support and troubleshooting for all operational/installation issues received • Ensure WOs closure and database updating. • Perform timely escalations. • Assure coherence between the access network and the backbone network. • Follow the directions needed for improving and optimizing the transmission network. • Familiar with various planning tool (Mentum Ellipse) and with dealing with multiple Vendors (ALU, NEC & Ericsson & Huawei ).
Education
BA in Communication and Electronics
Modern Academy for Engineering and Technology (MIS)Jan 2008 - Jan 2013 - 5 yr
High School - Thanaweya Amma
El-KobbaJan 2008
Activities
Trienee at Brilliance Technology
Student Activity
Nov 2012 - Jun 2013 -7 months
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Reporting
- Virtualization
- Vmware
- Data center
- Telecommunication
- vmware virtualization
- Hyper-V
- VMware Horizon Desktop VDI
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Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
Advanced
Training & Certifications
Embedded System
Brilliance Technology·2013Micro Controller Basics
NEW HORIZON·2012GSM and GPRS
JELECOM·2011Digital and Analog Level 1
Legend Technology·2010Human Resources
American University In Cariro·2009ICDL
Ministry Of Defense·2009