Ali Zahid Malik

Phone: +974 33914904 alimalik20@hotmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ali-malik/17/47a/a1

UNIX Systems & Storage Administrator

A seasoned UNIX Systems & Storage Administrator whose qualifications include computer science
graduation with platform oriented certifications, training and detailed knowledge of Operating System
environment and their best practices. More than ten years of experience for managing mission critical
business applications architecture. Key areas of expertise are the Servers, Virtualization, Storage
Systems, disaster recovery, Infrastructure and operations...

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: Oracle Solaris, Redhat Linux, Oracle Linux, HP-UX, Windows
Solaris volume manager SVM, Veritas Volume Manager, LVM
HP Service Guard Cluster, VERITAS Cluster, SUN Cluster, VERITAS Netbackup
Storages: HP 3PAR V800, HP XP 20000, HP EVA, HDS 9990/9970, HP X9320 NAS, HP P2000 MSA,
Dell Compellent, IBM V7000 Storwize Unified System, Sun Storage, Brocade FC switches
Oracle SUN: Oracle Exadata X4-2, Sun SPARC Enterprise M series server, SUN Fire Series server
HP Systems: HP Superdome 2, HP C7000 chassis with Integrity blade BL860c, HP PA-Risc Servers
Unix Services: DNS (BIND), NTP, Sendmail, Apache HTTP/Tomcat & Weblogic, MySQL, php, Perl,
FTP, Samba, Webmin, LDAP etc
Internetworking concepts: HP virtual connect, Flex fabric, TCP/IP, IPv6, IPv4 etc
Software Management: HP BTO Software, Symantec Enterprise Vault Archiving Solution

Work Experience
Systems Administrator-UNIX Feb 2009 present
Qatar University, Doha, Qatar www.qu.edu.qa
Qatar University is the national institution of higher education in Qatar. It provides high quality graduate
programs that prepare competent graduates, destined to shape the future of Qatar.
- Primary contact for datacenter UNIX & Storage services, managing enterprise environment HP-UX
Oracle SUN, IBM, Dell servers & HP/ Dell enterprise storage & HP NAS devices. Implementing &
synchronizing disaster recovery site for services redundancy.

Administration and Management of HP 3PAR, HP XP20000, HP X9320 NAS, Dell Compellent

Storage devices, IBM V7000 Storwize Unified System, HP P2000 MSA G3 etc
Brocade fiber channel switches Administration & Management for storage connectivity

Configuration and administration of UNIX services, DNS implementation & management,

Sendmail, NTP, Apache HTTP/Tomcat, Weblogic, MySQL, php, samba etc
Managing HP ServiceGuard cluster test & production nodes
UNIX (Linux/Solaris/HP-UX) server administration for physical & virtual environment
Disaster recovery planning & implementation
Refining Symantec Net Backup policies
Systems monitoring through HP BTO software (HP Operation Manager Window, HP performance
Insight, HP Storage Essentials, HP Network Node Management) Administration & management
Maintaining institutes web services
Writing scripts to automate the systems administration & monitoring
Managing system procedures and documentation
Project Management for ongoing projects, main lead from university correspondences...

Projects Completed:

External DNS implementation with disaster recovery hosting

Migration of ERP services to Oracle EBS HP Superdome platform
Storage data migration from HP EVA to HP XP 20000 & HP 3PAR V800 Enterprise storages
Servers, Storages resource monitoring through HP BTO Software (HP OWM, PI, SE etc)

Senior Systems Engineer (March 2008 Jan 2009)

Mideast Data Systems, Systems Integration, Abu Dhabi, UAE http://www.mds-si.com/

Hardware implementation and analysis / troubleshooting

Operating system support (Solaris 9/10, Linux) / troubleshooting
System Administration and maintenance for SUN enterprise servers, which includes
installation, configuration, user management, File system management, OS upgrades,
security scripts.
Managing Solaris patches, Solaris packages and production and development
environment
Installation of M-series M5000, M4000, X-series servers X4600, X2200 etc
Sun Cluster, Veritias netbackup support & trouble shooting.
Managing, troubleshooting Sun storage arrays & support data migrations.
Technical Coordination with corporate customers and providing solutions.

Team Lead Oracle/Sun Technical (March 2005 Mar 2008)

Techaccess Pakistan Ltd

http://www.techaccesspak.com/

Hardware implementation and analysis / troubleshooting

Operating system support (Solaris 9/10, Linux) / troubleshooting

Systems administration and maintenance user management, File system management,

OS upgrades, security scripts etc
Installation of Sun E6900, 4900, 4800, v890, v880 enterprise servers.
Sun Cluster, Veritias netbackup support & trouble shooting.
Managing, troubleshooting HDS 9970, Sun storage arrays & support.
Technical Coordination with corporate customers and providing solutions.

International Projects
Warid Telecom, Congo, Africa OCT 2007 telecom setup for services hosting

Certifications
Sun System Network Administrator SSNA
Sun System Solaris 10 Administration-Upgrade
Sun System Solaris 9 Administration-Base & Advance

Trainings

IBM V7000 Unified Storage Administration

Training through IBM(Arrow ECS) at London, UK MAR 2015
Oracle Linux System administration
Training through Oracle SUN at Doha, Qatar JUN 2014

Symantec Enterprise Vault for Exchange Administration

Training through Symantec at Doha, Qatar May 2014

Oracle Exadata Machine Administration

Training from Oracle training center Reading, UK APR 2014

Project Management Professional

Training through PMP Qatar at Doha, Qatar Jan 2013

Redhat Linux Advance System Administration

Training through Redhat Education center London, UK Jun 2012

HP 3PAR Storage Administration

Training through HP at Doha, Qatar Mar 2012
Sun Cluster 3.2 Administration
Training from Oracle SUN Reading, UK AUG 2011

HP StorageWorks XP 2: Business Continuity and Availability

Training from HP at HP education services, Dubai, UAE 2010

Accelerated SAN Essentials

Training from HP at HP education services, Dubai, UAE 2009

Education

Bachelor in Computer Sciences

National college of business administration & Economics, (NCBA&E) Lahore, Pakistan
FSC (Pre-Engineering)
Govt College, Faisalabad, Pakistan