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Kareem Soliman

Head of IT

Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • IT ManagerFull Time

    Swiss Hospitals Management Company

    Aug 2022 - Present -2 yrs, 10 months

    Egypt

    • Job Details:- Develop and enforce internal IT policies, procedures, and KPIs for staff and equipment. - Recruit, mentor, and manage IT teams, including task delegation and performance oversight. - Provide strategic IT planning and budgeting guidance to senior leadership (CEO, Finance Director) to align technology with organizational goals. - Lead end-to-end IT infrastructure development, from low-voltage cabling and rack setup to full datacenter design and implementation. - Design and maintain the hospital’s Data Center, ensuring optimal layout, cooling, power, and monitoring. - Ensure high system availability, business continuity, and timely resolution of IT support requests. - Oversee IT procurement (laptops, PCs, printers, UPS, etc.), vendor contracts, and SLA management. Utilize asset management software (e.g., Snipe-IT) to track hardware inventory, maintenance schedules, and depreciation. - Deploy and manage physical/virtual servers (VMware ESXi), including domain control, file/print services, antivirus, SAP environments (DEV/QAS/PRD), and Wi-Fi management. - Configure and maintain FortiGate firewall, dual internet lines (load-balanced), and high-availability network infrastructure. - Manage core/distribution switches, structured cabling, and rack installations across multiple floors. - Serve as Project Manager for SAP ERP implementation (ECC, ISH, ISHMed, S/4HANA), ensuring UAT completion and on-time go-live. - Oversee third-party software integrations: o PACS system (radiology-SAP workflow) o Laboratory Management System (SAP/SMS/web portal integration) o E-Invoice, Q-System (queue management), Call Center, and POS systems - Implement centralized NAS backups (Veeam) and multi-layered backup strategies. - Implement and enforce robust cybersecurity measures, including endpoint protection (Bitdefender Cloud), network traffic filtering (FortiGate policies), and compliance with healthcare data security standards. - Administer CCTV systems NVR configuration, and coordination with the Security Manager.
  • Senior IT Systems SpecialistFull Time

    Leaders international College

    May 2015 - Jul 2022 -7 yrs, 2 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:- Prepares school’s information system strategy, objectives and budget in line with the company's vision to develop cost effective IT solutions. - Develop and maintain information technology policies and procedures manual to assure the standards relative to an overall strategy to an appropriate degree of standardization. (Assist in obtaining ISO 9001:2015) - Trained, supervised and evaluated staff, coached improvement management skills. - Passionate about people development, motivate team members to earn significant IT Certifications in Microsoft suite and more. - An excellent knowledge of Microsoft systems and products, including a comprehensive grounding in Microsoft Office 365, and Azure. - Manage the delivery and implementation of IT solutions (including ERP cloud based, Education platforms, website, email service) to meet the school business needs. - Develop Backup plan and procedures to ensure systems availability, security and disaster recovery. - Implement ManageEngine ticketing system to make sure all issues are monitored and resolved. - Install and manage Microsoft servers Domain Controller, DNS, DHCP, Fileserver, WSUS, WDS and Print Server. Virtual under VMWARE ESXi5.5. - Ensure highest level of security innovation and performance capabilities in virtualized and physical environments, deploying and setting policies for FortiGate Firewall rules setup, web security, web filter content, Also deploying of Bitdefender Gravity Zone. - Provide high speed Internet connection with WiMax solution with a backup 4G and ADSL using load balancer. - Planned long and short term plans of distribution and connectivity for Surveillance video cameras: 4 NVR’s, POE switches, 160 POE cameras indoors and outdoors. - Manage the school educational platforms for Academics, Teachers, and students : Renweb, Managebac, HMH Global Learning Platform (thinkcentral and Trunity.org), IXL, , Turnitin, Follett library system, NWEA MAP tests and more. - Train staff on annual bases for potential uses of existing technology.
  • Senior System Administrator / Tech Support team leaderFull Time

    OsoolESB

    Apr 2007 - Apr 2015 -8 yrs

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:- Provide management facilities, vendor contract negotiation and cost estimate. - Broad experience with implementing and troubleshooting VMware ESXi servers. - Successfully migrated physical servers to virtual servers using P2V converter. - Played a major role in the creation of the organization first in house Data Center. - Developed a migration plan for MS Exchange 2003 to 2007 assisted in performing mailbox moves. - Proficiency with MS Exchange 2007 Management Console, Power shell and OWA, implemented third party applications BlackBerry server and Forefront secure messaging services for exchange. - Enhanced the company security requirements protection from viruses/intrusions through Symantec Endpoint server and ISA 2006 with GFI web filter. - Implement a Backup plan using tape library and HP EVA backup systems. - Responsible for MS servers 2003/2008 implementation and troubleshooting running services. - Managing the tech. support team to serve 300+ user/customers with monthly work status report.
  • System AdministratorFull Time

    MY WAY Egypt

    Jul 2005 - Oct 2006 -1 yr, 3 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:- Joining between company’s branches (15 branches) Domain Controllers through VPN & RAS using WAN technology ISDN and ADSL. - Managing, troubleshooting and protecting MS Exchange Mail Server, through: (Anti spam, Antivirus, Attachment filtration and other tools). - Travel to the company sites and their affiliates to serve more than 20 servers and 200 Users. - Designed and implemented wireless network solution in the company. - SQL servers support for the software installation and servers replication. - Hardware server maintenance and assemble (HP, Dell, Intel, Comapq)
  • Education

    • College Diploma

      Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AAST)

      Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 - 2 yr

    • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

      Ain Shams University (ASU)

      Jan 1996 - Jan 2000 - 4 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      St. Fatima School

      Jan 1995 

    Skills

    • Windows Server
    • Senior System Administrator
    • Microsoft Exchange
    • Vmware
    • Virtualization
    • IT Team Leader

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Advanced

    Training & Certifications

    • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

      Arab academy for science and technology ·2017
    • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v9)

      Arab academy for science and technology ·2017
    • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Server 2012 Infrastructure

      Microsoft·2017
    • EC-Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSS)

      EC-Council·2016
    • Certified Secure Computer User . CSCUV2

      EC-Council ·2016
    • MCSA 2012

      Microsoft ·2016
    • MCSA 2008

      2010
    • (M6451) Planning, Deploying and Managing Microsoft (R) Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007

      Global Knowledge·2010
    • Windows SharePoint service 3.0 5060A (WSS)

      Global Knowledge·2009
    • Office SharePoint Service 5061A

      Global Knowledge·2009
    • (M5049) Managing Messaging Security MS Exchange 2007

      Global Knowledge·2008
    • (M5050) Recover Messaging & Database MS Exchange 2007

      Global Knowledge·2008
    • (M5047) Installing & Managing MS Exchange 2007

      Global Knowledge·2008
    • RH033 - Red Hat Linux Essentials (version: Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0)and Administration RH131

      Linux Plus Information Systems·2007
    • RH131 - Red Hat Linux System Administration (version: Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0)

      Linux Plus Information Systems·2007
    • MCSE 2000 - Windows2000,ISA2000 and Exchange2000 (304 hrs)

      Yat Education Center·2003
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