Experience

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  Kaust (king abdullah university of science and technology)

  May 2010 - now

  Data center specialist

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEKING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (KAUST)SAUDI ARABIA (WWW.KAUST.EDU.SA) MAY 15, 2010 – Present Designation: Data Center AnalystJob responsibilities:Managing the business and scientific research data centers of KAUST with the data center team including the data center for the fastest supercomputer in Middle East, the cray xc40, “Shaheen”.Executing operations of critical data center facilities of (LEED Platinum Facility) including high density HPC and Supercomputing data center with 4000 sq. meters of raised floor area.Contributing to the data center process and policies improvement by providing creative inputs and initiatives.Providing procurement and vendor management support of required data center HPC server hardware.Assisting in training, supervision and coaching data center operations staff.Planning, designing and implementing HPC technical solutions in data center based on the customer’s requirements. Evaluating and recommending purchase of required equipment and other improvements for the data centers.Managing data center functions of the Disaster Recovery Site (DR Site) for KAUST.Assisting Data Center Lead in developing data center reports and highlighting findings and making recommendations.Interfacing as a liaison between other IT departments and the data center team for effective results.Responsible for Inventory & Asset Management for 2500+ servers & data center Infrastructure Equipment.Working with other IT teams on server consolidation/virtualization projects to increase data center efficiency.Managing and overseeing data center access control system.Managing the Data Center cleaning to ensure best environmental practices for high performance computing.Configuring cameras, PDUs and misc. sensors using APC Strxuxreware data center expert.Managing decommission and disposed off the assets. عرض أقل