Irfan Ahmad

IT Infrastructure Engineer | Windows Server & Office 365 | Cisco & Firewall Specialist | Cloud & Virtualization Professional

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

About

Experienced System & Network Engineer | IT Infrastructure & Security Expert With 10+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, networking, and, I specialize in designing, managing, and securing enterprise networks. My expertise spans Windows Server Administration, Microsoft Exchange, Cisco Networking, Firewall Security (Fortinet, SonicWall, Cyberoam), Virtualization (Hyper-V, VMware), and Cloud (Office 365, Azure). 🌟 What I Bring to the Table: βœ” IT Infrastructure Optimization – Designed and maintained secure, high-availability IT environments, reducing downtime by 40%. βœ” Network Security & Firewalls – Implemented firewall security policies & VPN solutions, enhancing data protection and cutting security risks by 30%. βœ” Cloud & Virtualization – Managed Microsoft Azure & Office 365 environments, ensuring seamless cloud migrations and business continuity. βœ” Microsoft Exchange & Active Directory Management – Administered Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2013 & Office 365, improving email security and operational efficiency. βœ” Disaster Recovery & Backup Solutions – Led Veeam & Symantec backup strategies, ensuring 99.9% uptime and fail-safe disaster recovery. πŸš€ Currently at BMW Group ME, I lead IT projects, ensuring enterprise security, network efficiency, and business continuity. Passionate about emerging technologies, I continuously upgrade my expertise in cloud security, automation, and advanced threat management. πŸ“’ Let’s Connect! I’m always open to networking with industry professionals and discussing the latest trends in IT security, cloud computing, and infrastructure advancements.

Experience

  • Information Technology Engineer at BMW Group
    Sep 2021 - Present Β· 4 yrs 11 mos

  • Information Technology Administrator at Laboratoires ThΓ©a
    Apr 2018 - Sep 2021 Β· 3 yrs 6 mos

    Responsibility: οƒ˜ Configure, maintain and upgrade corporate network οƒ˜ Maintaining Servers, Workstations and Networks. οƒ˜ Microsoft Server 2012R2, 2019 administration οƒ˜ Active Directory configuration, maintenance DHCP and DNS, FTP server configuration. οƒ˜ Configured Group Policy Objects to create a secure Windows Infrastructure. οƒ˜ VMware creating and managing virtual machines οƒ˜ Maintain, upgrade and implement improvements to the VMWare ESXi infrastructure οƒ˜ Office O365/ Exchange online - Administration- User Management οƒ˜ Firewall management (VPN, Web and application filter) οƒ˜ 70+ local and remote user management (outlook2013 and 2016, email, Printer Hardware support etc.) οƒ˜ Administrating Aruba Access point with controller. οƒ˜ Centralized AV management.

  • Senior System Engineer at RootIT Technology Solutions
    Jan 2016 - May 2018 Β· 2 yrs 5 mos

    RootIT is a technology solutions provider, focusing on delivering high quality technology solutions for different business sectors, with an innovative team of experienced engineers and group of Leaders technology partners. We design solutions weather for Networking infrastructure , Mobility , Cloud Networking , Data centers , virtualization , voice , and software solutions that will fit your business needs weather it is small business , large enterprise , public facing , retail , or even industrial. οƒ˜ Administrating and maintaining Servers, Workstations and Networks. Servers: Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2008 SBS, 2012, 2012 R2 installation, configuration and management. SQL server installation. οƒ˜ Work Stations: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 & 10, MAC OSX οƒ˜ Active Directory configuration, maintenance, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy management. οƒ˜ VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0,6.5 and vCenter server 6.0 οƒ˜ Exchange server Installation and maintainance of 2010 and 2013 (User management, Mailbox, Databases) οƒ˜ Configuration and managing of firewalls like Fortinet, Cyberoam & Sonicwall οƒ˜ Wireless controller Configuration and installation (Cisco and Aruba ) οƒ˜ Installing new hardware (Router, Switches, servers,printers, computer work stations etc) οƒ˜ PBX and PABX configuration and installation Avaya, Yealink, Grandstream, Cisco, Panasonic and NEC οƒ˜ Installation, configuration, Administration and maintenance of Network Switches. οƒ˜ Overseeing security of all systems, especially the internet and installing antivirus protection

  • System and network Engineer at Prompt Information Technology
    Feb 2013 - Mar 2015 Β· 2 yrs 2 mos

    Responsibility: β€’ Installing, configuring and administration of Firewalls i.e. Fortinet, Cyberoam, Sonic Wall, Draytek. > Web & App filtering, QOS, WAF, H.A., VPN, AD Integration, DHCP, Load balancing, Vlan. β€’ Installation, Administration and maintenance of Network Switches, Vlan, MAC Exclusion, POE Management, Etc. β€’ Installing, administrating and maintaining Servers, Workstations and Networks. Servers : Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2008 SBS, 2012 β€’ Install and Setup Hardware Servers and Configure RAID (0,1,5,10) β€’ installing, configuring Exchange server 2007, 2010 and 2013 β€’ Deployment of servers, switches, routers, Modems, printers and scanners & other hardware with complete project management and its resource planning. β€’ setting up user accounts, permissions and passwords. β€’ Install, maintain, or repair security systems i.e camera DVR and NVR. β€’ Configuring GSM gateways ( D'link , Matrix) β€’ Handling Cisco routers and switches: , 3600, 3500, 2900, 2600, β€’ Installing and configuring computer applications. β€’ Diagnosing and solving hardware/software faults. β€’ PBX (Panasonic) and IPPBX (D'link, Elastix, Avaya) installation, configuration , i.e extension inbound and outbound routes, etc.

  • System Administrator at Confidental Institute Pvt.Ltd
    Jun 2011 - May 2012 Β· 1 yr

    Responsibility: 1. Analyzing system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems. 2. Introducing and integrating new technologies into existing data center environments. 3. Performing routine audit of systems and software. 4. Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes. 5. Installing and configuring new hardware and software. 6. Adding, removing, or updating user account information, resetting passwords,etc. 7. Answering technical queries and assisting users. 8. Responsibility for security. 9. Responsibility for documenting the configuration of the system. 10.Troubleshooting any reported problems. 11.System performance tuning. 12.Ensuring that the network infrastructure is up and running. 13.Configuring, adding, and deleting file systems.