Imran Aziz

A CISCO certified professional, IT graduate with 15+ years hands-on experience, including 5+ years UAE experience in IT Infrastructure Solutions Designing / Consultancy / Implementation / Administration / Project Management with skills in Microsoft Technologies (Windows Server, Exchange Server, Hyper-V), VMware ESXi Virtualization, HP/Dell Servers, HP Blade Systems, HP SAN Storage, Hardware / Software installation, support & troubleshooting etc. Expert in Day to Day Configuration / troubleshooting of Cisco Switches/Routers/firewalls AREAS OF EXPERTISE Hardware: • HP Proliant BladeSystems • HP Proliant DL / ML Series Servers • DELL Servers • HP SAN (FC/iSCSI) Storage (P2000 G3 & MSA 2040) • AVAYA IPO IP500 V2 IP Exchange • Dell SonicWall TZ 215 FireWall • Cisco Platforms including: Cisco 2960 LPS 48 POE, Cisco 3750 Switches , Cisco 2921-V/K9 Voice Routers. Software: • MS Hyper-V Virtualization (with HA/Failover clustering) • VMware ESXi Virtualization • VMware Workstations and VMware VSphere Technologies • MS Windows Server 2016,2012 R2 / 2012 / 2008 R2 • Active Directory Domain Services / DNS • MS Windows DHCP Services • MS Windows File Server / Distributed File System (DFS) Server • MS Exchange 2013 / 2010 / 2007 / 2003 Messaging system • Comrade, PACT ERP Administration • Backup Solutions ( Windows Server Backup / NTBackup) • High Availability (Server/Failover Clustering, Network Load balancing) • System / Network Performance monitoring & Reporting using different monitoring tools • AVAYA IP Office V9 Administration Certifications • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE- Voice) Written • Cisco Certified Network professional (CCNP)(R&S) • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)(R&S)