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MAHMOUD ANIS ARAFA

System Operations Manager at Boursa Kuwait

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Work Experience

  • System Operations ManagerFull Time

    Boursa Kuwait

    Apr 2016 - Present -9 yrs, 3 months

    Kuwait , Kuwait City

    • Job Details:•Develop IT Infrastructure strategy for consistent strategic direction and ensures IT Infrastructure services are provided to an international standard. •Acts as Project Manager; plans, coordinates, and conducts projects within area of responsibility, including monitoring scope, quality, budget, and schedule. •Installing and configuring systems and applications, including operating systems, databases, web servers, and other infrastructure components. •Installing patches and updates to operating systems and applications to ensure optimal performance. •Managing and design the use of virtualization technologies such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM. •Installing, configuring, securing, managing and monitoring VMware vSphere ESXi clusters, Microsoft Hyper-V clusters in multiple sites. •Manage Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, storage solutions, and networking components to ensure infrastructure is optimized and meets the organization’s requirements. •Monitor Azure infrastructure performance, diagnosing and troubleshooting issues and making necessary changes to optimize system performance. •Manages Active Directory and Azure Active Directory functions including account provisioning, services health monitoring using Office 365 console and actively responds based on system alerts and notifications. •Manages and supports Office 365 suite configurations including all related email services. •Provide after-hours support for Infrastructure related emergencies as well occasional weekend Maintenance. •Operate IT infrastructure solutions and manage, execute day to day operational activities in line with defined policies, processes and service level agreements. •Plan Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for the IT Infrastructure function by leads in the research and design of disaster recovery best practices. Executes disaster recovery plan for area of responsibility. •Create budget for IT Infrastructure in line with the budget on IT. •Create policies and procedures and ensure they are implemented across the organization’s infrastructure.
  • Senior Systems AdministratorFull Time

    Kuwait Stock Exchange

    Sep 2009 - Apr 2016 -6 yrs, 7 months

    Kuwait , Kuwait City

    • Job Details:•Responsible for managing overall IT Day to day operations to improve infrastructure costs, performance, and end user satisfaction. •Provide leadership in planning and managing computer operations and production support, systems and database administration and network operations. •Implement IT continuous improvement programs & Ensure system performance and SLAs are met •Upgraded and configured system software that supports GIS infrastructure applications or Asset Management applications. •Applied OS patches, upgrades regularly, improve administrative tools and utilities and run audits of system and software. •Developed process improvements and other enhancements that improve operational efficiency as well as ensure data security.
  • System AdministratorFull Time

    Qualitas Consulting & Training

    Sep 2008 - Sep 2009 -1 yr

    Kuwait , Kuwait City

    • Job Details:•Successfully performed preventive maintenance, software/hardware upgrades, patch maintenance, and firmware upgrades. •Directed the implementation and performance tuning of Windows 2003 Server and Microsoft Exchange 2003 environment. •Surveyed network usage and logged various points of access to focus on improving system performance and limiting downtime. •Assessed system problems with the network, software, or hardware components by running diagnostics, trying solutions, and upgrading devices when necessary while confirming that the network infrastructure is up and running. •Enhanced IT infrastructure with an emphasis on availability, reliability, scalability, security, data confidentiality, and system integrity.
  • Education

    • Master's Degree in Master of Science in Information Technology

      University Of Liverpool

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2014 - 3 yr

    • Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting

      Zagazig University (ZU)

      Jan 1992 - Jan 1999 - 7 yr

    Achievements

    •Coordinate technical resources to aligning implementations of organizational standards and industry best practices for capacity upgrade to Boursa Kuwait infrastructure for accommodate the Kuwait market inclusion in the MSCI index, Nov 2020 •Coordinate technical resources implementing industry best practices for upgrading Boursa Kuwait Data Center infrastructure project. Sep 2016 •Coordinate and managed technical resources implementation of Kuwait Stock Exchange Data Center infrastructure upgrading project. Sep 2009

    Skills

    • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
    • PMP
    • MCSE 2012
    • MCSE
    • MCSA 2012
    • MCSA
    • ITIL V3
    • operations manager
    • Infrastructure Management
    • Infrastructure Design
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    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • PMP

      Project Management Institute·2021
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