Tamer Khawaja, Data Center Operator

Tamer Khawaja

Data Center Operator

STC Solutions

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
Experience
15 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months

Data Center Operator at STC Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2016

- Creating floor plans after assessing customer collocation space, power, cooling/ventilation, humidity control, floor load capability, system placement and service clearances
- Computer room environment control
- Inspection maintenance routine activities for facilities and premise
- Customer and facility asset inventory
- Collocation customer's issue and coordination
- Follow up and escalation to management
- Work on queries / Questionnaire / RFPs / Contract reviews

NOC Team at STC Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2015 to January 2016

- Email and call corporate customers for all technical support issues follow-up.
- Permanent surveillance of network, systems, and security components monitored by the NOC
- Acknowledgement of alarms raised at the NOC and first level problem resolution following
- Remote eyes and hands and scheduled Level 1 tasks. NOC security attention - customer escort
- Trouble ticketing ownership: authenticate customer, open, update, own and close tickets.
- Statistics gathering, management reporting, on-demand reporting
- Assist in project implementation (Cabling, IP configurations, racking, etc.)
- Procedure feedback and initiation
- Work in 24x7 shift schedule. This includes after hours on-call support tools.
- Level 1 technical support on all IDC (Internet Data Center) products and solutions.
- Precise/written operations procedures and/or technical escalation to higher levels.
- Customer notifications when an incident occurs as per the applicable SLA

Technical Support Engineer at LSH Holding Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2015 to May 2015

- Supervise my region and all the retail stores within
- Schedule IT operations as well as timely attend to any disruptions
- Deploy general patches and fixes in Microsoft Dynamics AX Retail system
- Maintain VPN connectivity to HQ
- Run weekly check list on all store devices
- Reporting to Operation and IT management on rectifications

IT Services Support / Web Developer at Keys 2 Computer Programming
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2010 to March 2015

- Provide 1st and 2nd tier support to employees or clients who require assistance with their information technology resources.
- Install and configure computers and other common technology/devices for new and existing employees or clients.
- Utilize Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and Deployment Toolkit to image and prep computers for deployment.
- Provide support with the regular maintenance of monitoring, backup, and infrastructure systems.
- Have the ability to take on higher-level strategic projects when tactical projects stall. Areas can include network administration, systems administration, high-performance computing, information security, etc.
- Ability to write instructional documentation and convey highly technical ideas.
- Handle all RMA requests with vendors to ensure properly working IT equipment.
- Order IT equipment based on current supply and upcoming new hires.
- Provide input on meeting standards of performance.
- Other duties as assigned such as web development, resourcing and technical research.

Projects:

- Network designing and configuration of wireless access points for a client, at an office. After studying the design and infrastructure of the villa, amount of access points was determined and placed accordingly resulting in ease of access to the internet.
- Successfully installation and maintenance of Windows Server 2008 R2, with DNS, DHCP, Remote Desktop, Printer and File sharing services.
- Web design and development using all the basic rules of GUI/UX from scratch,
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http://www.keys2cp.com/demo/aabt

Technical Support at Compu Tech
  • Saudi Arabia
  • July 2009 to December 2009

Hardware Skills;

- Expertise hands on troubleshooting of computer hardware related problems such like UPS, SMPS and Printers.
- Computer assembling and maintenance.
- Installing and configuring the peripherals, components and drivers.
- Installing software and applications to user standards.
- Sound knowledge of digital and analog embedded computer hardware.
- Configuring and troubleshooting desktops, laptops and servers.
- Installed Hard disks, Floppy drives, CD Drives, Sound Blaster cards, CPU, Memory, Power supply unit, Network cards
- Installation Video graphics card, Hard disk controller card on PC systems.
- Troubleshooting of personal computers.
- Technical Support to customers concerning their computer problem.

IT Assistant at Al Menwal For IT and Security Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2009 to June 2009

Duties;

- Scheduling and attending meetings with customer managers.
- Customer facing skills. Providing assistance during installation on and off projects for RF, Finger print, Keypad intelligent door locks and time management access control devices.
- Carrying out day-to-day tasks including quotation building and market research.
- Installing new software and hardware, setting up user accounts, permissions and passwords, maintaining adequate security

Education

Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at Sikkim Manipal University DE
  • April 2013
High school or equivalent, Computer Science
  • at Pakistan International School
  • May 2008

Specialties & Skills

Network Systems
Windows Server
Access Control
Technical Assistance
Web Development
Finger Print Access Control & Time Attendance Systems
Routers & Switches
Audio & Visual Conferencing Systems
PHP Programming
Microsoft Server Administration
Javascript

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

EXIN EPI® Certified Data Center Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
SMME Dubai, Knowledge Village
Date Attended:
July 2018
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Server 2008 Administration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2013
Valid Until:
December 2013
Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA 640-802 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
Valid Until:
February 2010

Hobbies

  • Food
  • Science and Technology
  • Sports
    I run my own community page for Sports events on Facebook. It has a considerable amount of followers of news, updates and events from all over the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Health and Fitness