Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
As an IT Expert with over 14 years of hands-on experience, I specialize in building resilient, secure, and scalable IT infrastructures across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. My journey has taken me from system administration to leading enterprise-scale transformations in data centers, cloud platforms, and cybersecurity operations. Core Strengths: · Cloud Platforms: Azure, OCI, GCP and AWS. · Email Systems: Exchange Online, Exchange and G- Suite. · Microsoft On-Prem Technologies: ADDS, ADFS, DNS, DHCP, NLB, Failover Cluster, WSUS, WDS, File Share, Print server, IIS, VPN and Direct Access. · Windows Server: (2003–2025). · Virtualization Technologies: Hyper-V, VMware and Nutanix. · HCI: Storage Space Direct, VxRail and Nutanix. · Antivirus: Microsoft Defender, TrendMicro and Kaspersky. · Servers: HPE and Dell. · Backup & Disaster Recovery (Veeam, Avamar and Scripting). · Storage: Dell EMC Data Domain and Exagrid. · Automation & scripting (PowerShell, CLI). · Manage Engine Products: Service Desk, AD Manager, AD Audit, Operation Manager. · Microsoft Security Products: Defender for Identity, O365, Cloud, Cloud Apps, Purview, Intune and Sentinel. · Leadership in IT service delivery, team building, and strategic planning. I’ve led teams managing 1000+ servers across 400+ sites, implemented secure backup strategies for critical workloads, and driven cloud adoption while maintaining compliance and business continuity. My certifications—including Azure Security Engineer, Nutanix Associate, and Oracle Multicloud Architect—reflect my commitment to staying ahead in a rapidly evolving tech landscape. Beyond the technical realm, I’m passionate about mentoring and knowledge sharing. As an instructor for multiple academies, I’ve helped thousands of professionals upskill in infrastructure, cloud, and cybersecurity. Let’s connect if you’re looking to collaborate on IT transformation, security architecture, or building high-performing tech teams.
- Designed and implemented resilient backup and disaster recovery strategies using Veeam Backup & Replication for a hybrid infrastructure—including VMware virtual machines, physical Windows/Linux servers, and critical databases (SQL Server, Oracle). - Managed application-aware backups with consistent snapshots and transaction log handling for Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases, ensuring minimal data loss and fast recovery. - Deployed and configured Veeam Agents to protect physical workloads, enabling image-based and file-level recovery on both Windows and Linux platforms. - Integrated Dell EMC Data Domain as the primary deduplicated and immutable backup repository, using DD Boost to reduce WAN traffic and accelerate performance. - Enforced cybersecurity resilience measures such as encrypted backup streams, immutability (Hardened Repositories and DD Retention Lock), and tiered storage in compliance with ISO 27001 and NCA ECC. - Conducted routine cyber recovery drills, including Instant VM Recovery, database-level restoration, and physical system disaster simulations to validate recovery objectives. - Implemented monitoring and anomaly detection using Veeam ONE and PowerShell automation for early threat detection and efficient resource tracking. - Collaborated with infrastructure and InfoSec teams to embed secure backup workflows into broader incident response and business continuity plans. - Created detailed documentation, operational guides, and compliance reports to support audit readiness and knowledge sharing.
•Managing Cloud, Systems and Data Center teams. •Review CVs and make Interviews for new candidates for the Cloud, System and Data Center teams. •Building a highly efficient team, coaching and motivating them. •Prepare a yearly budget report for needed renewals and updates. •Set the budget for new branches opening and new projects/ applications implementation, in terms of upgrading licenses, servers, creating new users, and new E-mails and Antivirus program. •Responsible for the renewal of existing domains, systems license, and cloud solutions, and follow up all contracts with external vendors to grantee the ease of operations. •Administrating antivirus server (TrendMicro) with 5000+ nodes from servers and workstations to guarantee antivirus functionality on all machines. •Set and maintain IT policies for workstations, servers and users . •Monitor, troubleshoot, and establish business continuity for DNS, DHCP, IIS, on-prem Exchange, Office365, AD, Azure AD connect, Physical hosts, on prem VMs and Azure VMs. •Responsible for the Identity Providers like Active Directory and Azure AD, •Manage the SSO solutions like ADFS and Azure AD Connect. •Maintain the High Availability solutions like Failover Cluster and NLB. •Administrate the VM backup, DB backup, Office 365 Email backup, Exchange Email backup using Veeam. •Administrate collaboration and voice solutions like Skype for business, Teams and teams’ rooms. •Responsible for defender for identity, office 365, Endpoints and cloud apps. •Responsible for remote access solutions like VPN and Direct Access. •Managing 1000+ physical and virtual servers among 400 sites. •Administrate Office 365 +2500 accounts. •Administrate Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance. •Tuning and enhancing the performance of the Hyper-V. •Managing company’s external hosting like websites, domains, certificates, etc. •Responsible for review documenting of the systems configuration. •Escalate Incidents and issues to CIO, when necessary.
• Managing 200+ physical and virtual server among 30 sites. • Administrate Office 365 +500 accounts. • Manage Azure AD Connect. •Mange Hybrid Model local exchange and exchange online. • Manage Microsoft Exchange Server. • Administrate Dell VxRail Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance. • Administrating antivirus server (Kaspersky Security Center) with 800+ nodes from servers and workstations to guarantee antivirus functionality on all machines. • Administrate Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). • Run periodic patches updates from windows and Kaspersky to guarantee fixing all vulnerabilities and bugs of OS. • Plan a server upgrade and migration strategy. • Tuning and enhancing the performance of the Hyper-V, VMware ESXI vSphere and Vcenter • Monitor and maintain virtual machine installations. • Administrate Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). • Administrate Domain Name System (DNS). • Administrate ADDS sites and configure and manage replication. • Administrate and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs). • Monitor, troubleshoot, and establish business continuity for ADDS. • Administrate Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). • Administrate Managed Printed System which powered by Canon. • Managing company’s external hosting like websites, domains, certificates, etc. • Communicate with our external service providers like HPE, Microsoft, etc. • Responsible for review documenting of the systems configuration. • Escalate Incidents and issues to Infrastructure Manager, when necessary.
• Heading IS Support team. • Building a highly efficient team, coaching and motivating them. • Handling Ticketing System and monitoring related fields. • Vetting CVs and holding Interviews to new candidates at the IS Support Team. • Charged with 200+ physical and virtual servers between 30 sites. • Administering 300+ accounts at Office365 and its Azure AD Connect. • Accountable to Microsoft Exchange Server with 500+ accounts. • Attending to Dell VxRail Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance. • Dealing with antivirus server (Kaspersky Security Center) with 800+ nodes from servers and workstations to guarantee antivirus functionality of all machines. • Controlling Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). • Running periodic patches updates from windows and Kaspersky to guarantee fixing all vulnerabilities and bugs of OS. • Planning for a server upgrade and migration strategy. • Tuning and upturning the performance of the Hyper-V, VMware ESXI vSphere and VCenter environments. • Monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations. • Administrating Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). • In charge of Domain Name System (DNS). • Providing for ADDS sites and configuring replication. • Catering for Group Policy Objects (GPOs). • Monitoring, troubleshooting, and establishing business continuity for ADDS. • Operating Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). • Concerned with Managed Printed System powered by Canon. • Charged with company’s hosting from websites, domains, certificates, etc. • In touch with our external service providers like HPE, Microsoft, etc. • Responsible for the revision documentation of the systems configurations. • Referring incidents and issues to the CIO, if necessary.
• Review CVs and make Interviews for new candidates at the IT support and System teams. • Managing IT support and System teams. • Managing 300+ physical and virtual server among ten sites. • Administrating G-Suite accounts for more than 100 employees (Google Hosting). • Administrating antivirus server (Kaspersky Security Center) with 400+ nodes from servers and workstations to guarantee antivirus functionality on all machines. • Run periodic patches updates from windows and Kaspersky to guarantee fixing all vulnerabilities and bugs of OS. • Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any daily tasks. • Manage backup process and perform data recoveries as needed. • Plan a server upgrade and migration strategy. • Tuning and enhancing the performance of the Hyper-V environment. • Manage, monitor, and maintain virtual machine installations. • Install, configure and test all high availability and disaster recovery solutions. • Plan, create, and manage a failover cluster. • Configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster, and plan for an NLB implementation. • Administrate Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). • Administrate Domain Name System (DNS). • Administrate Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). • Manage objects in AD DS by using graphical tools and Windows PowerShell. • Manage AD DS in complex environments. • Administrate AD DS sites, and configure and manage replication. • Administrate and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs). • Manage user settings by using GPOs. • Monitor, troubleshoot, and establish business continuity for AD DS services. • Configure advanced auditing. • Optimize file services by configuring File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) and Distributed File System (DFS). • Managing company’s external hosting like websites, domains, certificates, etc. • Publish all testing and production websites using IIS. • Manage backup process and perform data recoveries as needed.
• Managing 100+ physical and virtual server among ten sites. • Administrating HP and Dell physical servers. • Configure RAID, update bios and firmware for the physical servers. • Installing virtual machines using Hyper-V. • Tuning and enhancing the performance of the Hyper-V environment. • Administrating antivirus server (Kaspersky Security Center) with 200+ nodes from servers and workstations to guarantee antivirus functionality on all machines. • Run periodic patches updates from windows and Kaspersky to guarantee fixing all vulnerabilities and bugs of OS. • Administrating G-Suite accounts for more than 100 Employees (Google Hosting). • Managing company’s external hosting from websites, domains, certificates, etc. • Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Active Directory Domain Controller, DNS, DHCP, File Server, Print Server, WSUS, WDS and IIS. • Publishing all testing and production websites using IIS. • Install, configure and test all high availability and disaster recovery solutions. • Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any daily tasks. • Manage backup process and perform data recoveries as needed. • Escalate Incidents and issues to the Head of IT Infrastructure, when necessary. • Responsible for documenting the systems configuration. • Managing IT support specialists team and Linux/Microsoft System Engineers at five branches. • Review CVs and make Interviews for the new candidates.
• Install, configure, maintain and troubleshoot Active Directory Domain Controller, DNS, DHCP, File Server, Print Server, WSUS, WDS, IIS and solving the related problems with it. • Installing and administrating virtual machines using virtualization technologies especially VMware and Hyper-V. • Installation, configuration and testing of high availability and disaster recovery solutions. • Configure and maintain RAID . • Administrating Switches, Access points, VPN and the ADSL service. • Carry out the scheduled activities . • Manage backup process and perform data recoveries as needed. • Supporting LANs, internet access, and intranet systems. • Administrating company’s external hosting (Website, Email accounts, etc.) • Carry out preventive maintenance for infrastructure servers and peripherals. • Monitoring all installed systems and infrastructure. • Ensuring that the network infrastructure is up and running. • Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. • Reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs. • Tuning and enhancing the performance of the VMware/Hyper-V environment. • Managing Kaspersky Administration Server with +200 nodes, scheduling updates, and full virus scan for the servers and workstations. • Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions using Kaspersky Security Center. • Manage Antivirus server to guarantee antivirus functionality on all machines. • Administrating and troubleshooting Unix/Linux systems. • Managing EDI Switch backups, reporting software and hardware issues to the outsource company we dealing with. • Write and maintain custom scripts to increase system efficiency and lower the human intervention time on any tasks. • Contact with service providers in case of any issue at any service we have. • Responsible for documenting the systems configuration.