Amir Moiz Gulamaliwala, Senior Cloud Consultant

Amir Moiz Gulamaliwala

Senior Cloud Consultant

Octalpha Business Solutions

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor In Commerce
Experience
18 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 11 Months

Senior Cloud Consultant at Octalpha Business Solutions
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since July 2014

• Reporting to the Group CEO on policies and procedures as well as yearly budgets
• Managing a team of 10 cloud engineers and adhering to SLAs and KPIs defined by my department
• Responsible for the running and maintenance for our Private/Public (Hybrid) Cloud hosted in Kuwait and Dubai Region
• Planning, Design and Implement for On-Premise and Cloud Infrastructure Services (Cloud Computing, Microsoft Services and VDI)
• Implementation a first of its kind in the country for Huawei VDI using FusionStorage Block Software in Ethiopia
• Playing a lead role in terms of managing and implementing VMware Migration projects for high values customers in Dubai
• Finalizing the solutions for customers (Pre-sales /Post-Sales)
• Responsible for Projects Pre-sales and Post Sales tasks (Cloud and On-Premise)
• Projects deployed across Kuwait, Dubai, Sudan and Ethiopia regions

IT Infrasturcture Manager at SAVECO Departmental Store
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2012 to June 2014

• Team Management & Guiding the team, motivating and support them to develop themselves
• Enhancing the IT Infrastructure with latest technology and Disaster Recovery
• In-depth product study before proposing, getting approval and deployment
• Budgeting for IT Infrastructure
• Managing Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP and E-Commerce Website Deployment
• Directly reporting to COO

IP Systems Specialist at Anaf Technology
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • November 2010 to September 2012

• Planning, Designing and Implementation of the Network Infrastructure
• Planning, Designing and Implementation of the Microsoft Services and other LV Products (IPTV, Digital Signage and CCTV).
• Providing On-Site and Off-Site support to clients for the signed SLAs
• Working on tender documents, shop drawings and preparing BOQ
• Worked on proposals, costing and quotation for clients and providing system status reports to the client
• Working in-line with Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operations Officer and reporting them directly

Network Administrator at Ajial National Educational Company - (Ajial Bilingual School)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • September 2009 to October 2010

• Planning, Designing, Deploying and Maintaining the Complete Network & Microsoft Infrastructure (Hyper-V) which is deployed over a Wide Area Network (WAN) which includes Ajial Educational Company (HQ), Ajial Bilingual School (Main Data Centre- Riggae), Indian Central School - Jleeb, Pakistani English School - Jleeb and Al-Safwa Ideal School - Jahra.
• Preparing Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Annual IT Infrastructure Reports.
• Leading the Team for 4 Technical Support Engineers.

IP Systems Specialist at Incube General Trading and Contracting Company
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • May 2005 to August 2009

• Outsourced to Ajial Bilingual School as a Systems Administrator (Aug 2005 - Jul 2008).
• Involved in Planning, Designing, Implementing and Managing the projects running over Microsoft Services and LV Systems (IPTV, Digital Signage and CCTV)

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor In Commerce
  • at Anwarul Uloom Degree College
  • April 2002

Specialties & Skills

Exchange Server
Hyper V
Microsoft Office
Huawei VDI and FusionSphere
Cloud-computing
Budgeting
Azure Active Directory
Microsoft SCOM Suite
LV Systems
Self-Motivated
Communication
Cloud Services
Datacenter
Cloud-based environments
SQL Cluster
Microsoft Exchange (Multitenant)
Office 365
Team liaison
Team leadership/management
Skype for Business
Team player
Time management
Client assessment and analysis
Strategic Objectives and KPIs
Controlling Cost
Intelligent Servers and Storage

Social Profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website
ammar.cloud

Languages

English
Expert
Gujarati
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2021
Valid Until:
November 2024
HCIP Cloud Computing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Valid Until:
June 2023
HCIA Cloud Computing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Valid Until:
June 2023
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2020
Valid Until:
December 2022
HCIE Written (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Valid Until:
June 2023
Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 R2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
TS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
PRO: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2012

Hobbies

  • Watching Movies
  • Driving
  • Cricket