George Sebastian, Manager Information Technology

George Sebastian

Manager Information Technology

International Centre for Sport Security

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
16 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 8 Months

Manager Information Technology at International Centre for Sport Security
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since November 2011

The ICSS is a unique organisation which aims to become a global hub of expertise. As an international centre with its headquarters in Doha, Qatar, ICSS work with all those responsible for sport security, safety and integrity.

• Responsible for entire IT infrastructure and operations
• Project Management - Successfully completed various projects including
initial infrastructure setup of the organization, Office relocations, branch
office setup, cloud transformation etc.
• Business Solutions - Provide quick business. solutions to various business
units within the organization. Prepare IT budget for each year.
• Server & Network Administration - Administration of physical and
VMware virtual server environment. Maintain wired and wireless
network infrastructure, IP telephony.
• Cloud Platform - Office 365 administration, management of Microsoft
Azure and cloud-based MDM solutions.
• Messaging and collaboration - managing messaging and collaboration
platform including exchange server, Microsoft teams, skype for business
etc. Successfully completed various migration projects including
exchange to office 365 migration.
• Security Solutions - Administration of various security platforms cisco,
Symantec, Paloalto, RSA, Barracuda etc. Co-ordinate with consultants for
conducting vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.
• Business Continuity - Develop and implement business continuity and
disaster recovery procedure and conduct yearly tests. Management of
Veeam and Symantec backup solutions.
• Service desk - Management of service desk and ensure all requests are
closed within the SLA. Provide higher layer of support to helpdesk
technicians if required.
• Other responsibilities include Vendor management, product evaluation,
Software asset management.

System Engineer at Amba Research India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • July 2008 to July 2011

Amba Research (Now Copal Amba) is a leading provider of investment research support services to the global capital markets industry.

• Technical support for Deutsche Bank Project
• Managing Bluecoat Appliance (Proxy)
• Management of ADS, DHCP, GPOs and DNS Services
• Windows patch management
• Co-ordinating with product vendors for various HW/SW requirements
• McAfee EPO endpoint protection administration

System Engineer at SAP Labs India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2008 to July 2008

SAP Labs India is SAP's second largest Research & Development and Global Services & Support center in the world. Here I am responsible for supporting 300+ users for their IT related issues. And I take care of few test servers which is a part of the SAP domain. My other responsibilities include:


• Technical support for 300+ users at SAP Labs
• Support for virtual meeting room applications
• Troubleshooting VPN and other network connectivity issues
• Print management

System Engineer at Amba Research India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • April 2007 to November 2007

Amba Research (Now Copal Amba) is a leading provider of investment research support services to the global capital markets industry. There I was handling all IT related issues. My primary roles and responsibilities include:

• Troubleshooting Outlook and other office applications
• Support to remote users through telephone and web
• Software/hardware installation and troubleshooting
• IT Asset management

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Sir Chhotu Ram Institute of Engg and Tech
  • September 2006

Specialties & Skills

IT Infrastructure
Barracuda Web Application Firewall
Symantec Backup Exec
converged infrastructure
Cisco UCS
Cisco Networking
Windows Server
Veeam Backup
Nutanix
Technical Support
IT Operations
Cloud Computing
RSA Authentication manager
Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft 365
cloud computing
Office 365

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Languages

English
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

ITIL V4 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons Qatar
Date Attended:
June 2020
Certified NIA Policy Implementer (Certificate)
Nutanix Platform Professional (NPP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2017
Certified Ethical Hacker V9 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons Doha
Administering Windows Server 2012 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons Doha
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 (Training)
Training Institute:
New Horizons Doha
Windows Server 2012 Boot Camp (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft
Date Attended:
February 2013
Cisco UCS Power Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Fastlane
Date Attended:
December 2014
VMware Install Configure Manage (Training)
Training Institute:
G T Enterprises
Date Attended:
July 2012
Flexpod for VMware Design and Implementation (Training)
Training Institute:
Fastlane
Date Attended:
July 2013

Hobbies

  • Traveling, Driving, Photography