Khalid Mahmood

Khalid mahmood

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Infrastructure Analyst at Currie & Brown

  • Education

    • City of london college london

      1993 - 1994
      Higher national diploma management information systems
    • City of london college

      1992 - 1993
      Diploma management of information systems
    • University of east london

      1995 - 1997
      Msc business information systems

      MSc Business Information System

    • University of the punjab, lahore

      1985 - 1988
      Bachelor's degree mathematics and physics
  • Experience

    • King's college hospital nhs foundation trust

      Jul 1995 - Dec 1995
      Pc support analyst

      In this role, I undertook installations for a range of third-party software. By responding quickly and effectively to troubleshooting requests, I minimised downtime for users. My work included fault diagnoses and PC repairs.

    • Research international

      Mar 1996 - Jul 1999

      In this role, I had chief managerial responsibility for technical projects in supporting around 500 users at second and third line level. By managing strategic relationships with business units within the firm, I delivered improved cross-unit coordination and the achievement of strategic goals.My work on the installation, configuration, and administration of tools such as Windows NT Server/Workstation, Novell, Ms-Exchange Server, Oracle and Lotus Notes led to optimised processes for clients. By conducting the installation of disaster recovery systems such as ArcServe, ArcserveIT, and BackupExec, I demonstrated outstanding technical skills and supported clients’ risk management processes. Show less

      • PROJECT SYSTEM ENGINEER

        Mar 1998 - Jul 1999
      • TEAM LEADER AND IT SUPPORT ANALYST

        Mar 1996 - Feb 1998
    • City of london college

      Aug 1999 - Oct 1999
      Project analyst

      As a project analyst, I reviewed, planned, and executed a number of upgrade projects. These involved tools such as Windows NT Servers, Workstations, Exchange Servers, and Oracle Servers. My superior technical skills allowed these upgrades and subsequent configurations to be undertaken within schedule. My technical support and timely responses to queries enabled users to adopt the new technology more quickly with minimum interruption to the organisation’s work flow.

    • Elan networks

      Nov 1999 - May 2003
      System consultant

      In this role, I led as the project manager for many deployment projects, which included Windows NT/Active Directory, MS-Exchange, GroupWise, and Microsoft email. My expert administration of installation projects enabled clients to experience a seamless transition into new systems. By correctly installing and configuring firewalls, VPNs, and networks, I provided key clients exemplary service.I demonstrated technical expertise in the installation and configuration of tools such as Windows NT, Exchange, ArcServe, Faxination Server, Clear Swift, and MIMEsweeper. I delivered disruption-free upgrades by overseeing the migration to NT and Microsoft Exchange from programmes such as GroupWise and Novell. Show less

    • Vso

      May 2003 - Aug 2015

      In my multifaceted role as an IT infrastructure analyst, I managed the active directory upgrade project, which encompassed the installation of the Windows 2012 Server and read-only domain controllers in specified offices. As part of this project, I also oversaw the decommissioning of Windows 2003 Domain Controllers.My role has also involved the migration of a few of the organisation’s websites to Amazon Web Services. I have acted as the technical lead on the migration of more than 2000 mailboxes to Office 365, the administering of the deployment of new generation firewalls, and autonomy worksite upgrades. By collaborating on upgrades to our VMware virtual environments and the maintenance of global infrastructure and security systems, I drove a range of service improvements and efficiencies for clients.I have also been responsible for non-technical duties such as the management of external suppliers and supporting and supervising federation and country office IT administrators. Show less As the Wide Area Network manager, I demonstrated technical and project management expertise by acting as the lead on the implementation of a centralised split WiFi for staff members. In this same role, I participated on a project involving the installation of VMware View in one of the organisation’s federation offices. I played a major role in project managing an upgrade to Windows 2003 Active Directory and email migration to Exchange 2003. This project was large in scale as it involved 50 offices in 40 different countries. I also directed the migration to data to Worksite from SharePoint, the virtualisation of the organisation’s data centre, and the installation of POSTINI and Scaansafe Web Security. Show less

      • INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYST

        Apr 2011 - Aug 2015
      • Wide Area Network Manager

        May 2003 - Apr 2011
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified ethical hacker

      Ec-council global services
      Oct 2014