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MARAKEZ Group IT Infrastructure AND Information Security Manager
MARAKEZ Holding Group
Mar'2016 - Jan'2020
● Managing complete operations activities involving process set up
● Resource management and planning
● Tasks allocation and targets definition to leader and team members and follow up to meet deadlines
● Managing service for multiple locations (Egypt & Italy).
● Design, plan and implement IT security, policies and processes to control and ensuring IT compliance.
● Design and plan data centres to meet business expansion plans and optimum performance.
● Planning IT infrastructure maintenance, installation, migration, server's configuration, Network
configuration, Security rules.
● Managing Local Domain and wide groups.
● Managing infrastructure technical teams through development phases.
● Managing the operation activities for Marakez group and the subsidiary companies (over 8 companies)
● Managing the implementation, operation, and maintenance of Marakez Systems "AD -DHCP - DNS - SCCM - File service - WSUS - MDT -Printer - Radius services- FTP - cloud services".
● Managing the implementation, operation, and maintenance of Marakez network and security " Core
Switches, Edge Switches, Load Balancers, Access Points, Controllers, Video surveillance, Firewalls, Internet
Connectivity, VPN, Access Doors, Vulnerabilities, call manager, VOIP ".
● Managing and setting up communication channels across the Organization structure.
● Managing End-to-End project activities right from ideation, conceptualization, project planning,
budgeting, securing approvals, preparing technical documents.
● Resource & task scheduling & coordinating team meetings to monitor projects progress.
● Conducting feasibility study for undertaking new business critical projects and finalizing documents.
● Planning of risks and contingency situations and risk mitigation to ensure project progress and completion
as per scheduled timelines cost and quality.
● Manage project deliverables, milestones, and ensuring quality measurements for "Network - Security -
Systems.
● Coordinating commercial negotiations including driving technical team and vendors to get the best-suited
solutions with best available prices.
● Developing the overall IT strategy, systems, processes and standard procedures for diversified sectors
within Marakez Holding Group.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & PROJECTS
● Mall Of Arabia infrastructure ● Italy FAS Holding infrastructure
● MARAKEZ HQ infrastructure ● Billy Beez branches infrastructure
● Mall Of Tanta infrastructure ● SAP backend architect
● FAS company infrastructure ● Sohkna residential and commercial infrastructure
● AEON residential triple Play infrastructure ● Data center Move
● Mall of Arabia Video Surveillance ● MARAKEZ Group VOIP
● Office 365 Mail Migration ● MARAKEZ Group Active Directory restructuring
● Network and security assessment ● Doors physical access
● Backup and restore system ● Upgrading MARAKEZ group storage
● Yardi Mall Management ● SAP Business one