Syed Hameedul Ashiq

Microsoft Certified Cloud Architect | IT Specialist

Dubai., UAE. | Email : ashiq_22@hotmail.com | Mobile : +971 58 853 4959

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 Highly skilled Azure Cloud Engineer with a proven track record of designing and implementing
secured, cost-effective cloud infrastructures with zero trust strategy environment.
 Configured and managed Azure security services including Entra ID, Azure Information
Protection, Azure DDoS protection, Security Center, Azure sentinel, Azure Firewall’s.
 Experienced in conducting security assessments, vulnerability scans, and collaborating with
development teams to implement secure coding practices.
 Proficient in designing the cloud infrastructures with least privilege, root policies, data encryption,
key vault, network security and regular audit - as its best practices.
 Implemented backup and disaster recovery strategies, to reduce the downtime and improving
business continuity.
 Developed and maintained Azure automation scripts, reducing deployment time and
increasing team productivity.
 Experience in the development of documentation, security policies, procedures & guidelines.
 Experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines for developers to automate the
delivery in different environment using Github Actions, Azure Pipelines and well understand
of Containerization tools like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

TECHNICAL DEGREE & CERTIFICATIONS

 Bachelor of Science — Computer Science
o Microsoft AZ 305- Azure Solutions Expert
o Microsoft AZ 104 -Azure Administrator
o IIS server Administrator
o CCNA

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Microsoft: o365, SharePoint 2016, Team, OneDrive, SharePoint, AD, Azure AD, AD Domain
Cloud Platform: Microsoft Azure, AWS
Web Servers: IIS, Apache, Ngnix,
Operating Systems: Windows 2012/2016, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, RHEL)
Virtualization: Microsoft Hyper V, VMware
E-Mail Clients: Microsoft office 2010, 2013, and 2016(Mac / Windows)
Backup Software: Acronis Backup, Veeam Backup Solutions
Antivirus Software: ESET, Kaspersky Email Security
Website technologies: HTML5, CSS3, JAVASCRIPT, REACTJS, NODEJS, PHP, API management
Databases Tools: MYSQL, MSSQL, ORACLE
Devops tools: Azure Devops, GITHUB, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Azure Consultant (Hybrid Role) Dec 2020 till Date
Innovation Technology, India
 Understand stakeholder’s business objectives and provide technical solutions for platform
 modernization.
 Provisioned, managed and monitored the client Azure components, such as compute,
network, storage, databases, APIM, VPN, NSG’s, and regional and global load balancers.
 Performed security assessments of Azure environments and provided recommendations to
improve the overall security posture of customers’ environments.
 On boarding Azure Sentinel to receive logs from data sources, detected previously undetected
threats, investigated threats with artificial intelligence and responded to incidents rapidly using
playbooks and KQL queries.
 Monitor and troubleshoot Azure services, analysing logs, alerts, and metrics to identify and
resolve issues.
 Implement and manage backups, disaster recovery, and high availability solutions in Azure.
 Collaborate with development teams to deploy and manage applications in Azure, ensuring
optimal performance and scalability.
 Implement and manage Azure security solutions, including Azure Security Center, Azure Key
Vault, and Azure Entra ID with zero trust strategy environment.
 Implement and manage Azure resource policies and governance to enforce compliance and
security standards.
 Automate administrative tasks using Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI or infrastructure-as-code tools
like Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates or Terraform.
 Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement cloud migration strategies
ensuring smooth transitions to Azure.
 Participate in agile development practices including sprint planning backlog grooming and design
reviews.

Senior IT WEB Specialist Jan 2017 – Mar 2020

M1dynaimcs Group, Dubai, UAE.
 Assisted Manager to implement organization IT infrastructure technical aspects.
 Deployed and administrated Exchange, O365, SharePoint administration and maintenance
 Deployed Windows Server 2008/2012 R2, Domain Controller, GPO, Active Directory, DHCP
Server, DNS Server, Print Server, Application Server and File Server.
 Experience in managing Physical & Virtualization Servers like Microsoft Hyper-V & VMware
 User and access management (Create User Account, Email Creation, password Policies,
user management, folder access, group policies, drive mapping, Mail box management,
delegation of rights, Setting up new computers etc.)
 L1&L2 Technical Support to End User Support & members via MRM Helpdesk
Management
 Configuring and Monitoring Data Backup as well as Virtual Machine Backup via ACRONIS
 Responsible for ongoing design & development of company intranet site using SharePoint 2016.
 Managing ongoing development & maintenance of group websites.
 Manage external agency and vendor relationships to drive large scale operations, hardware
and services
 Rich experience in creating websites & various custom web applications, SharePoint
intranet sites by integrating CRM

Digital Communication Controller August 2015 – November 2016

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), Dubai, UAE.
 Developed the authority website with appealing call-to-action layout using optimized graphical &
visualized responsive design for mobiles & tablets improved with rich content & videos
 Assisted mobile app development agency in validating testing schedules that address all
 browsers and devices are compactible, technical bug free, latency and scalable.
 Deployed, managed, updated, tracked, and maintained successful & results oriented PPC
campaigns with high conversion rates and optimal budget usage
 Overall Improvements for the online branding, awareness and web presences
 Improved over 150 successful responsive email campaigns & newsletters

Group IT Web Designer September 2006 – July 2015

JA Resorts & Hotels, Dubai, UAE.

 Designed and deployed, migrated VPS server to Azure platform where it included by auto scale,
firewall, Load balancing, file storage, database, and more.,
 Participate in planning and development of long-term strategic goals for systems and software in
conjunction with end-users and department managers.
 Responsible for creating group websites, web application, SharePoint based Intranet sites by
integrating to & from CRM.
 Generating contents/reports by querying multiple databases.
 Schedules hardware upgrades, maintenance, and all environmental changes (such as
uninterrupted power source upgrades) with the appropriate vendor as required.
 Installing, configuring, testing, maintaining and administering new and upgrade required
networks.
 Develop, document, and maintain policies and procedures for system administration.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 26-07-1980 Gender: Male

Nationality: Indian Driving License: UAE & India
Marital Status: Married Language: English, Arabic (Working)