Syed Taqiullah Hussaini

21, Burroughs Drive Dartford Kent

DA1 5TW
Mobile Number: 07912933990
Email:[email protected]
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Profile
I am bright, ambitious and result-oriented IT professional and British citizen aspiring to make use of my
expertise skills as a Filed based System Engineer with 11+ years of experience and knowledge of Windows,
Linux, virtualization (VMware, Hyper V and Citrix Xen) and Networks. I am an effective, pro-active, self-
motivated and committed team player who enjoys making a full contribution to the teams success. I
particularly enjoy the opportunities and challenges that a high-pressure environment presents. I believe in
working Smarter. I have extensive experience in installation, administration and networking in various
environments. Thorough knowledge of Installation and Configuration of VMware VSphere Hypervisor
3.5,4.1,5.1 and 5.5. Extensive experience in Microsoft Server 2003, 2008 and 2012 Servers. Active
Directory Services; Active Directory Group Policy Objects (GPO); DHCP; and DNS. Experience and
knowledge of Virtualization and Cloud computing.

Operating Systems: Windows Vista; 7 & 8

Microsoft Servers: Windows Server 2003; Server 2008; Server 20012; Active Directory 2008
E-Mail Servers: Microsoft Exchange 2003; Ms. Exchange 2007, 2010, Google Apps, Message Labs,
office 365.
Other Operating Systems: Linux Redhat, Centos, Fedora & Apple Mac and Work Group Manager,
remote desktop Tool
PC Imaging: Microsoft Deployment Tool Kit (MDT), Windows Deployment Studio, Microsoft System
Center Manager(SSCM 2008 & 2012) Norton Ghost, Desktop Manager
Load Balancers: Kemp, Zen and F5 and ELB
Webservers: Apache & IIS
Backups: Microsoft System Centre Backup, Symantec Backup, Local backup And Veeam
backup
Monitoring tools: Nagios, Opmanager, Kiwi Syslog, Spiceworks, Nimsoft, RVTools, SCOM
Firewall/Proxy: Cisco ASA 5000 Firewall, Squid, Barracuda and LGFL Proxy
Hardware: Intel & AMD, HP ProLiants, IBM Servers, Dell PowerEdge ,Cisco UCS - Emulator
Virtualization: VMware 3.5, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5,6.0 Microsoft Server 2012 Hyper v, VMware Virtual
Center; VMotion; P2V,
Amazon Web servers, Ms. Azure
Networking: TCP/IP; Firewalls, Routers; Switches; Wireless routers and Modems
Storage: NAS/SANs HP,EMC, Dell & Qnap
Scripts/Languages: Batch, PHP
Database My SQL, Ms. SQL & Oracle
Ticketing System: Remedy, JIRA, Salesforce
Working Pattern: ITIL Standard and Satisfied the BSI audits and Compliance
VOIP & Sip: Asterisk, Elastix, Cisco Call manager, Avaya Aura.
Big Data Tools Kafka, Zookeepers, Kafka Monitor and Kafka Tools
AWS EC2,S3,Route53,IAM,ELB,VPC,Elastic IPs,Security Groups,Cloud Watch..

Education, Qualifications & Certifications

Master of Sciences in IT with Artificial Intelligence and Grid technology, eForensics Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering
Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology
Diploma in Telecommunication and Networking
Diploma in Information Technology
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) (2006) - MCP ID: 3595965
VMware Certificate Professional (2014)- VCP IP: VMW-00951696I-00140277
Constructions Skills Certification Scheme 2013 - CSCS:04876007
Server 2012 MCSA (2014) MCSA :CD1010766
Professional Experience
GlobalReach technologies (Contract) Oct 2015
Sep 2016
GlobalReach Technology is an award-winning captive portal, cloud-RADIUS / AAA wireless platform, Working
with Cisco, Aruba,
Google, BT and Virgin Media, our platform supports billions of authentications and concurrent users, using
hundreds of devices and
networks. Only GlobalReach supports the largest number of wireless operating systems and devices, and
provides secure connection
and roaming using the industrys top standards.

System Administrator & Project Engineer

Own cloud Web based file Server deployment using Apache, PHP & OS Centos6
Designed High Available Kafka Cluster using (Kafka Confluent) Zookeeper with 3Kafka Instance and
5zookeeper nodes.
Deployed Kafka Monitor and quantifind for kafka monitoring.
Document management system called Wiki deployed using Apache ,Php & OS Centos6
Deploy the backup system for the organization for secondary offsite backups with Data barracks
using Redhat5.0
Deploy the phone System called Asterisk on Ubuntu 14.4
Create the IPsec Tunnels for all the clients to secure the connection between Server and Application
using Openswan Redhat
Gray Log Server Deployment for Logs repository Application Gray log Os Centos 6 and web server
Nginx
Open stack Liberty and Kilo deployed for DEV /UAT Platform using Centos 6
Open stack Kilo Deployed in production for XLN telecom to host the instance called Vmeg (Wag
Application) OS Fedora 8
Deploy the Fail Over AD and DNS servers between the datacenters Windows 2012
Deploy Global Reach own 3Tier Application on Staging and Dev environment
Automate the script using the crontab to pull the config from the switches each day.
Email Migration to Google Apps.
Deploy Apple Mac Server to manage All the Mac Laptop and Integrated with Active Directory.
Deploy the SCCM 2012 server and publish the apps.
MDM (Mobile Devise Management Solution) Deployed to manage all the mobile devises for the
company (Server 2012 + Manage Engine MDM solution)
Deployed the Password repository application called Manage Engine password manager with
2servers with HA and Fail over
Deployed Google Apps Directory Sync (GADS and Integrate it with Active Directory for Replication)
Deploy the ADFS server and Integrated most of the applications with AD for user authentication.

Syntax Integration Manage Service Provider for (Contract )

Mar 2015 Aug 2015
Simon & Schuster UK is one of the leading general book publishing and Printing companies in the
UK. The group is based in London with sister companies in Australia, India, Canada and the
United States. Within the UK division.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Assist the Onsite Engineer in user migration from Win 2003 to 2012 Platform.
Migrate the App Servers from 2003 to Server 2012.
Migrate the VMs and Update the base hypervisor.
Offer BAU support on day to day issues.
Install Configure, Manage and Troubleshoot Printers (Xerox and Cannon)
Install and Configure the Print Servers and allocate permissions to users to use Printers.
Supporting users on Mac and Windows Platform for all the Printer Services.
SQL Server 2008 User management and security aspects for Database.
Back up and Restore of SQL Database and generate the reports from the Server.
Provide Day to day backup solution.
 Done the hardware upgrade for all the HP Server
Worked on VDIs and offer remote support.
Capacity planning for Cloud hosted servers.
Create the batch script to back up the data on AWS S3 Bucket.
Configure & Install Web applications on servers hosted AWS & Azure.
Configure the S3 on AWS for storage for Web files.
Manage & schedule upgrades the patches to cloud hosted servers.
Install Linux VMs. And configure NGNIX and install the Web application.
Patching the Windows and Linux Servers

Computer Share UK (Contract) Aug

2014 - Feb 2015
Implementation Specialist
Installing and configuring servers (Win Server 2008/2012) virtual server
Installing and configuring SQL server 2008 and 2012).
Deploy application using IIS7 Configure.
Restore and backup database.
Upgrade application database by applying the SQL scripts.
Installing 2 & 3 tier application using IIS, manage with load balancers.
Install and configure the SharePoint 2013 and deploy the in house application.
Maintain and Manage the stack of ~850 visual servers schedule the patches and monitor the alerts.
Monitor the SCOM alerts.
Projects
Install and Configure the virtual servers on VMware platform
Install SQL 2012 Server and SharePoint 2013.
Install 3Tier web application and integrated with SharePoint 2013.

Firstcare UK Ltd (Contract) Jan

2014 - June 2014
Infrastructure Engineer (Senior Systems Administrator)
Responsible for third-level support for all server related issues.
Participated in complete system builds, upgrades, migrations, code deployments and patch
management.
Implemented security policy and virus protection.
Migration and Upgrade the Physical and virtual infrastructure.
Administered change management related to server upgrades and software installation.
Prepared and maintained documentation of technologies, standards and procedures.
Maintained and supported more than 65 servers for Intel & AMD Steady State.
Managing Servers upgrade the hardware in Data Centre.
Projects
Install and Configure the VMware Hypervisor and Upgrade the system from Esxi3.5 to ESXi 5.5
Install and Configure the ESXi 5.1 and Build and Configure the VMs.
Build the disaster recovery for the for Virtual infrastructure and deploy the Veeam for backup VMs
Migrate the Web Server 2003 VM to Server 2008 R2.
Install and Configure the Vcentre5.5.
Manage the 620 virtual server and physical infrastructure single handed.
Install and Create the Server to Deploy Win7 using WDS and MDT and integrate with SCCM 2008 to
publish Apps.
Install and Configure the Qnap Storage and Created Luns and Pointed across to all the Hosts.
Create the backup Scripts to automate the backup jobs.
Work on business continuity process for BSI audits.

Capita IT Services (London Borough Towerhamlet)

Sep 2011 - Jan 2014
BSF Mobile Engineer.
Member of a team of 6 remotely supporting 15 physical and 30 virtual servers running
 Windows 2003, 2008 & R2 providing services to 6 sites on two different location.
Administration and troubleshooting of Exchange 2007 And Exchange 2010.
Install, configure VMware ESXi, within vSphere 4.1 & 5 environments with Virtual Center manager.
Configuration of Smart phones On IP and Outlook express using IMAP & POP3.
Managing and maintaining, supporting Windows Server 2003 /2008R2 technical issues and errors.
Interaction with constant monitoring Team (Third Part Support Contractors) for server infrastructure in
order to provide proactive support and identification of improvements to maintain availability of
services.
Troubleshooting of technically diverse systems, isolation and resolution of problems and root cause
analysis.
Initiated an Ongoing Improvement programmer to provide assistance and feedback to the 1st line
Helpdesk, helping to improve their skills.
Experience in Support and Installation of E-commerce Application (Apache web server, MySQL, PHP).
Expert and Configure, support Online exams ECDL, AAT and Pearson VUE Exams.
Expert in Creating and assigning the groups policies using the Active Directory.
Installing and Trouble Shooting the Network, Printers, Scanners and Other Hardware Devices.
Expert in Creating the Ghost images and Installations.
Take part with the manager In Ongoing improvement for business practice, policy and procedures.
Web Hosting Using the IIS, FTP and Space Allocation.
Installation of Share point 3.0 and MOSS with MS SQL Engine.
Worked on installing the Wireless Networks (Routers, Print servers).
Provide Support on Mac Operating system (Installation and Configuration) Software Installation and Up
gradation.
Provide assistance in installation Linux operating systems and softwares.
Developed a reputation for strong technical leadership, becoming known as the primary Point of Contact
for my assigned works, Installation infrastructure.
Assisted the Network Operations Centre Coordinator to improve procedures so as to provide a greater
efficiency for the company and teams
Good understanding of ITIL principles.

London Borough of Bexley Aug

2009 - Aug 2011
Senior Support Technician

Combine Decision Insurance Service Ltd.

Nov 2005 - Aug 2009
IT Technician

Alitalia Airlines at Heathrow airport Sep

2005 - Nov 2005
Systems And LAN Administrator

Other Training
VMware VCP5 : 5e Limited London
CCNA - Cisco Training : Zoom technologies
Apple Mac Servers Building, Configure and Installation Apple Inc. Stockley Park UK
ITIL Basic and Foundation Training : Capita Internal Training.
Ticketing Software : Auto Desk, Sales Force, BMC Remedy : Capita Internal Training.