1. Managing Raaziq Group state of the art IT network in 9 branches of Pakistan and offices in Afghanistan and Dubai.

2. Formulating and implementing information technology strategy and processes that facilitates and enhances internal communications, reporting and high productivity.

3. Develop the IT plan for organization & formulate an IT budget in the line with Business objective and insure the plan is achieved within budgetary limits.

4. Draw appropriate IT Policies & Procedures that conform to the requirements of the origination and implement the same.

5. Identify appropriate resources for the IT department, ensure adequate training inputs provided, monitor and staff performance and provide periodic feedback.

6. Manage and Monitor all IT implementation projects, including Servers, Software, Hardware and Networking infrastructure.

7. Implement any open source NMS to monitor network activities to hone network performance and connectivity.

8. Seek inputs and feedback from users and identify new infrastructure requirements to support business, cost-effectively.

9. Seek, review and analyze proposals from vendors, consultants & suppliers, select the most appropriate partners and negotiate with them to obtain the best possible deal, commercially and technically.

10. Monitor vendor execution of contractual obligations and periodically renew maintenance contracts with vendors.

11. Monitor the management of a help desk to provide service to internal user for resolution of hardware, software and network issues.

12. Plan and monitor the implementation of data security and contingency measures ensuring that security levels are preserved and that data is adequately.

13. Transform company network on virtual private cloud using SUN Fire Servers, NetApp storage, CIF Share, Sun Ray 2 Thin Clients, Solaris, Esxi VM ware and MS Hyper-V. Keep the cloud up and running with continuous update, maintenance of resources.

14. Monitor and Manage State of the art data center equipped with raise floor, FM 200 fire detection/suppression system, dual internet connectivity, redundant cooling, redundant power source and RFID access control system.

15. Updates management for Cisco Catalyst 4500 series cores, 2921 router, ASA 5500 firewall with IPS, 2960 access layer switches, 1242AG Wireless Access Point, Barracuda Link Balancer 330 and spam firewall 300 models.

16. Monitor and Manage Power room equipped with Emerson network power 20 KVA and 10 KVA online UPS maintenance.

17. Manage company’s nationwide mobile and landline communication network and reduce annual four million expensive.

18. Streamline company nationwide IT equipment procurement process.

19. Administration and maintenance of Windows Server 2003/2008, Domain Controller, Active Directory Services, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, IIS and SQL Server.

20. Manage the maintenance of hardware/software including IBM xSeries servers, network photocopiers/printers & Panasonic TDA series PBX.

21. Liaison with IT vendors on all system support issues.

22. Administration of user privileges.

23. Network monitoring and management using different network utilities like MDaemon, Solar winds etc.

24. Local and remote client/server management using terminal services, RDP, remote admin, team viewer etc.

25. Perform R&D on Microsoft, Oracle, Linux and other Servers/Tools.

26. MS Exchange server 2007 configuration and troubleshooting.

27. MS ISA server 2006 configuration as proxy and firewall, access lists, server publishing, content filtering.

28. Roaming profile setup for centralize user data management.

29. Symantec, NOD32 corporate edition NT virus deployment and management.

30. System state, Exchange, SQL and user data backup on CIF shares, USB external disks using NT backup utility.

31. Perform web and application server vulnerability scanning and take required preventive security measures.

32. Provide system performance analysis and improvement recommendations.

33. Involved in technical issues of network security and follow processes, procedures and documentation.

34. Responsible for assessing, reporting and auditing the remediation of IT security vulnerabilities for IT managed systems and applications used/developed in the company.

35. Nationwide deployment of biometric/RFID time attendance system.