1. A-67, Block 13D/2 Gulshan,
Karachi, Pakistan
Asim Mirza
ADIT Presales & Product Manager
+92-3343364008
Asim_mirza1@live.com
http://lnkd.in/asimmirza
S Skype: asimmirza123
VISA
Pakistan Visa: - PR Visa
CAREER GOAL
To use my skills, experience and adaptability to obtain an IT Infrastructure Manager, position where I
can constantly challenge. My greatest strength is my ability to walk into a new environment and be
functional immediately. I am quick to learn and adapt to new situations, Configurations and
technologies. I have more than 16 years of work experience in IT field as well as I have completed
master's degree in Information Technology. Advanced analytical and problem solving skills to provide
support. Excellent Communication skills in English, Arabic & Hindi language.
SKILLS & STRENGTHS
Expert & Hands on Levels
Operating Systems
Windows 2008 , Windows 2012 R2 , RED HAT Linux, SUSE Linux, windows to Go
Virtualization & Cloud
VMWare, Hyper-V, Fortinet, Parallel, Dell, Sphere, Azure
Servers & Storage
HP Rack, HP Blades, HP Moon-shot, Dell Rack, Fujitsu, IBM EVA, HP 3PAR, Netapp, EMC
System Management
Microsoft System Centre Suite, BMC Remedy, HP IRS, Solar Winds
Antivirus
MacAfee, Microsoft Forefront, CA, Symantec, Firewall, Reverse Proxy
Voice and Data Solution
Avaya, Alcatel Lucent, Cisco, Huawei, Asterisk, Polycom, Aruba, HP, Dell
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology | 2002
Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan,
Intermediate of Pre-Engineering | 1997
Gulshan College, Karachi, Pakistan
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2. WORK EXPERIENCE
Presales & Product Manager | May 2010 – September 2016
Al Futtaim Technologies LLC, Dubai, U.A.E
Responsibilities
Design and implement short- and long-term strategic plans to make certain network capacity
meets existing and future requirements.
Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and associated training plans
for network resource administration and appropriate use.
Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component
inventory, life cycle management and related documentation.
Establish service level agreements with end users.
Plan, acquire, and coordinate installation of in-house and remote hardware and
software across the organization’s network.
Prepare RFPs, bid proposals, contracts, scope of work reports, and other documentation for
IT projects and associated efforts.
Negotiate with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services.
Manage and ensure optimal operation of all network hardware and equipment, including
Manage and ensure effectiveness of security solutions, including firewalls, anti-virus
solutions, and intrusion detection systems.
Lead Enterprise Architect Board to maintain as-IS Architecture, Identify Gap and Develop to Be Architecture
Develop and Maintain Availability, Capacity Plan and Capacity Modelling Manage staff, preparing work
schedules and assigning specific duties.
Perform Project Management roles for Infrastructure projects as needed, ensuring work is delivered on-time
Projects
Alcatel Lucent Voice and Data Solution | Aug 2012 till Sept 2016
Designing and Project management of Alcatel Lucent Enterprise Voice and Data Solution in Dubai Terminal 3
Emirates Airline Airport for 30,000 IP Extension and Data Network including Call Centre for 120 Agent and 12
Supervisor, Having Deploy Dell and HP Servers and Storages. Jabil Ali Sheikh Al Maktoum Airport IP Voice and
Data Project for 10,000 Extension having HP Data Switches and Router on Network including Aruba Wi-Fi.
Office 365 Business Suite Implementation | Nov 2015
Designing & Account Management Office 365 Enterprise E1 for 700 users. Design Corporate DLP Policy. Map
documents folders with 1 TB each users. Employees Mobile Devices Connected to One Drive. Configured Office
Online for remote Users. Design Online Lync Conference
Disaster Recovery Phase II | September 2014
I have Implemented DR Phase II which Comprises of SAP eservices, IP telephony, High Availability of our PHP we
site and SharePoint Farm using Double Take Technologies. Lots saving and enhanced functionality achieved using
Windows Hyper-V 2012 Replication technologies and HP vPAR to virtualize HP-UX.IP Telephony Gateway to
provide inbound & Outbound connectivity in event of disaster. Windows Azure Virtual Machine for Exchange 2013
DAG quorum Logs
Disaster Recovery for Main HQ Datacentre with SAP | March 2013
I Lead as Project Manager to prepared DR site 40 Km away from Current Datacentre with 6 Rack space separated
by Cage. Scope is cover limited Network and Security Components, Multiple Active Directory, E-mail Systems, E-
mail Archival, In-house Application, Reverse Proxy, Business critical Application “SAP” 8 Landscape with limited
Capacity and High Availability DHCP Model.
Dubai Golf Data Centre Upgrade as per TIA942 | January 2014
We migrate Exiting Two (2) Server Room to meet TIA942 standards. We introduced Raised floor, under plenum
provided separate Cable trays for Data and Power and dual power socket. Inline UPS for uninterrupted power
supply with isolator. CRAC AC for Control Airflow management with humidity control.

3. Avaya IP Telephony Migration of Legacy PABX | February 2016
Project is initiated to replace existing PABX with Latest Technology of IP Telephony. After long divesting Process of
technology and vender selection Avaya selected. Design is Hub and Spoke as we have 9 remote sits with survivability
option in event of disaster they can communicate to each other with HUB site. It will reduce OPEX and increase
Productivity with added value services such as E-mail to fax and Call centre in-house functionality. Also we be
proving Unified messaging.
Achievements
IT Operations Audit
Successful Audit Achieve consecutively for last three years without any non-conformity and which demonstrating
Strong Practice I place for IT Operation and other related Process.
Datacentre Power & Space Reduction
Introduced Hyper-Converged Infrastructure and reduce Number of Rack to much less and reduced power and
cooling requirements with Reduction in OPEX
Manager of Year Award
Awarded with Manager of Year Recognition across enterprise for outstanding Performance.
Product and Presales Manager | August 2006 – May 2010
Mindware FZ LLC, IT Distribution Co, Dubai Internet City, Dubai, U.A.E
Responsibilities
Propose and create system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to
provide direction to system programmer and development teams..
Interact and negotiate with vendors, Indirect Partners for ALE, Dell, Citrix, MacAfee,
Juniper, outsourcers, and contractors to secure system-related products and services.
Design and deploy new applications and enhancements to existing applications, software,
and operating systems.
Design and perform server and security audits, system backup procedures, and other
recovery processes in accordance with the company’s disaster recovery and business
continuity strategies.
Create and maintain documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping,
processes, and service records.
Create, plan and implement detailed deployment designs
Perform daily, weekly and Monthly Checklist to ensure Systems Availability and Capacity.
Apply software/infrastructure upgrade packages in the production environment.
Ownership of server deployment procedure and maintain OS Deployment imaging system and imaged.
Projects
MPLS Implementation as Second Network at Dubai International Airport – Feb 2006
Participating in MPLS Project with Role of Data Centre Team Lead. Responsible of Load balance (within Data centre and
Across Data Centre) , SSL Offloading , Connectivity of Data Centre Switches including SAN Switches for SAN Replication
, GSS as DNS Services for All Data centre internal and public Access , Power over IP based Multitenant
Solution of Enterprise E-mail Systems & Alcatel Lucent Enterprise IP and Data Solution.
Design as Technical Team Lead and Architect to design a solution for hosted E-mail, DNS and web hosting for
Multiple Tenant, Voice and Data Solution with Dubai Airport those will be isolated from Each other.
IP Based KVM and Power of IP – Jun 2007
Assign as Technical Team Lead and Architect to design to design IP based KVM to replace legacy KVM which
required local Access. Solution will provide Remote access to administrators of Servers, Sun Servers’ and
Network Device to their Console as they’re accessing Local to Devices.

4. Enterprise Management Solution – Feb 2008
Team Lead for Operation and responsible of Systems m, Application and Network integration to other
processes and Follow the ITIL standard for implementation.
Alcatel Lucent and HP Solution – June 2009 till May 2010
Design Solution for ALE and HP Voice and Data Solution for 1000 IP Users for IFFCO.
Achievements
Centralized Account Management
Provide IT service Desk Portal where they can Provision Account, Re-Provision and De-Provision to
ensure Security Compliance
New Datacentre Design
New Datacentre for Dubai Airport Design to align with Uptime tier 3 standards and Provision for Future
Capacity up to 5 years.
Hobbies
● I like to go fishing at the weekend.
● I enjoy being physically active, and spend a lot of time playing sports and team games such Cricket
and swimming, Football, Volleyball.
● Travelling and explore new places give me new knowledge about different culture and history
CERTIFICATIONS
 Cisco Certified Network Associate – CCNA Exam 640-802, Riyadh
 Cisco Certified System Engineer – CCNE , Riyadh
 Certified Presales Expert for DELL Storage and Servers Enterprise Solutions – Dubai
 Certified Sales Expert for Dell SMB & Enterprise Solutions – Dubai
 Certified HP Presales Expert for Storage and Servers SMB & Enterprise Solutions - Dubai
 Alcatel Certified Support Specialist – ACSE Omni PCX Enterprise R9.0 – Cairo – Egypt
 Alcatel – Lucent Certified Presales Engineer – AQPS VoIP Designer R8.x - Bahrain
 Alcatel-Lucent Certified Switch Specialist – ACSS Exam R6, , Riyadh
 Alcatel-Lucent Certified Field Engineer – ACFE – Cairo, Egypt
 Alcatel-Lucent Certified System Engineer – ACSE – Cairo, Egypt
 Aruba WLAN Level -I & Level-II Technical Training, Nov 2007 – Riyadh
 Avaya Certified Presales and Sales Engineer – 2014, Dubai - UAE
ATTRIBUTES
● A high standard of professionalism in my work
● The ability to remain calm and objective in all situations
● The ability to quickly identify and resolve client problems
● Able to work autonomously and in a team environment
● A good sense of humour and the willingness to be part of a team
REFERENCES
Available Upon Request
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