Muhammad Faisal Malik
: Barki Road, Lahore, Pakistan.
: Faisal.maalik@hotmail.com
: +92 323 7237623
Summary
Experienced IT Infrastructure professional with focus on infrastructure design, planning,
implementation, support, service delivery, Datacenter, storage and systems infrastructure.
Career Highlights
 Experience in Microsoft Plateform, Linux.
 Experience in Microsoft Window Azure
(RemoteApp,Cloud Services)
 Databases (MS SQL 2008,2012)
 Virtulization (Vmware, MS Hyper
V,XenApp)
 Research and Deployment of critical
aspects of large scale Applications.
 Experienced in troubleshooting of multitiered, multi-application environments .
 Deployment Variety of X86 ,Sparc and
Virtual Platforms.
 Experienced in hardware
troubleshooting (Entry-Level/Mid Range
and High-end Servers & Workstations)
 Project Management
Professional Experience
Company:
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Position:
FutureNow (Pvt) Limited.
http://www.fnint.com
Network & Infrastructure Engineer
Currently working on a USA based project and managing offshore datacenters and operations
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Installation and configuration of MS SQL 2008/2012 R2
Managing maintenance plan and Troubleshooting of MS SQL Servers, 2005, 2008, 2012.
Implementation of ESET Antivirus (ESET Remote Administration Server).
Responsible for management of all data center and branch servers.
Migration of servers and services hosted in different vCenters.
Responsible for installing, configuring and managing VMware
 ESXi 4.5 , 5.0,vCenter Server
 LUNs and Storage vMotion
 Site Recovery Manager
DRS
 VMware Update Manager
 Clustering of storage
 Clustering of ESXi Hosts
 Citrix and XenApp Server
Manage Active Directory sites, Users and groups, DNS, DHCP, File servers, on W2k2008 R2.
Managing and troubleshooting Network of Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008 R2 and
Server 2003 on 1200+ nodes domain.
Manage Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 with high availability and sites resiliency.
Managing PF Sense and Cyberoam Firewall.
Manage Citrix Provisioning Servers and Vdisks replication.
Assist to manage Citrix Xenapp 6.1 Farm and publish application, sessions for remote users.
Manage Websense triton server and proxy for internet provisioning for all sites.
Manage ESET ERA server to reduce vulnerability and threats in organization.
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Manage Symantec Endpoint Manger with 150 server’s nodes.
Plan backups and restoration mechanisms.
Managing Veeam Backup & Replication and Symantec Backup Exec Server to backup
production VMs and data.
Install and configure Application and databases servers.
Databases migration and upgradations.
Coordinate with developer to deploy web and application servers
Assist to Manage Dell Equal Logic SAN & Dell DR4100 for VMware Datacenters.
Assist to Manage EMC SANs for VMware Datacenters
Proactively analysis and monitoring of virtualized IT infrastructure services, servers,
hardware, in Solarwinds, vFogLight, Riverbird, LEM.
Manage & monitor the Infrastructure Alerts and diagnose, troubleshoot and remediate.
In case of any concern in IT services and hardware escalate the issue to vendors.
Daily IT infrastructure Health report to Senior Director of IT.
Installing, configuring and managing File Servers, Print Servers, Windows Software
Update Servers and Application Servers
Responsible for installing, configuring and managing MS Exchange Server 2007/ 2010,
Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Security.
Responsible for managing Sites and Services, WSUS, Failover Groups, GPOs
Responsible for installing, configuring and managing Remote Desktop Servers in Thin
client environment and publishing MS APPs
Responsible for installing, configuring and managing Microsoft System Center Operation
Manager 2007 and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
Configuration and implementation of HA Active and Passive mode.
Develop, manage and trained experienced and certified Technical Team.
Hardening of Applications.
Functioning as a primary technical resource.
Highy experienced in implementing Win2k solution with Remote Application Centre (RAC).
Worked on RemoteApp in Window Azure.
Experience in Deployment of Cloud Server.
Deployment Azure Virtual machines.
Managing the availability of Virtual Machines.
Achievements and Projects
 Upgrade Solarwinds Versions in production environment;
 Servers &Application
 Database Performance
Monitor(SAM)
Analyzer(DPA)
 Network and Performance
 Logs and Event
Monitor (NPM)
Manager(LEM)
 Virtualiztion Manager
 Diversification of communication.
 Migration of Vcenter 5.1 database.
 Upgradation of Active Directory 2003 to 2008 R2.
 Upgradation of Exchange 2003 to Exchange Server 2010 SP1.
 Plan and deploy ESET ERA server for Endpoint security for 700 server’s nodes.
 Deploy and demonstrate the new application. Riverbed, LEM, Vfoglight, Alert central.
 Plan to upgrade Domain controller from 2008 to 2012 R2.
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Deployment of Alert central to manage infra alerts.
Deploy many Production Database and Application servers
Company:
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Inbox Business Technologies
http://www.inboxbiz.com
http://www.ici.com.pk
Resident Engineer.
Worked in ICI Pakistan Limited on behalf of Inbox Business Technologies.
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Services and Servers Administration.
Manage Windows Server 2003, 2008 Ethernet network with Windows XP, 7.
Manage Domain controller Users Accounts, Permissions and group policy.
Configuration and maintenance of DHCP and DNS server.
Operate master consoles of solarwinds in order to monitor all infrastructure.
Assist in the organization and inventory of all hardware and software resources.
Manage MS Hyper-V and its vms backups in MS DPM.
Responsible for Mailbox creation and other task in MS Exchange 2007.
Maintenance of ISA server and WSUS server reporting.
Installation and configuration of SAP
Manage McAfee ePO antivirus servers for 200 nodes.
Manage Blackberry BES Server users, Activations and Responsible to provide BB support.
Make sure daily backup of file server and recovery plan in MS DPM Server.
Manage File Server with 200 users and data security.
Completion of all types of Help Desk calls related to LAN, Operating System, and Hardware.
Provided technical network and system support to approximately 300 users and technical
Supporting a large number of users across several sites.
Provide Akzonobel VPN Configuration and Support.
Arrange audio & video conferences and administration of RMX and Polycom video
conferencing equipment for multisided video conferencing & WebEx
Professional Trainings / Certifications
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VCA-DCV (VMware Certified Associate) (Certified)
MCITP (Microsoft certified IT Professional) Training
VCP 5.0 (VMware certified Professional) Training
Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 Workshop, Training
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Administrator) Training
JNCIA-ER (Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate)
Datacenter Planning and deployment workshop
Education
Graduation
Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
Referances: Available on Request.