Samir Mammadov

Find me on  http://www.linkedin.com/in/smammadov
[email protected]

Canton, CT   (617) 712-5649

Objective

IT professional with 17+ years of experience in IT management, architecture, consulting service.

Language: Russian – Native, Azeri – Native, Turkish – moderate

Strengths

17+ years of experience in IT 8+ years in IT Management

Extensive analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to achieve strategic objectives

Ability to efficiently handle multiple projects simultaneously

Goal oriented, dedicated professional, highly motivated, and decision-maker

Self-starter, highly adaptable, and able to learn new material quickly

Team player yet highly capable of performing independently and mentoring others

Extensive project management, team management and business continuity experience

Excellent organizational skills, prioritization and time management skills, detail-oriented

Superior quality assurance, total quality management, organization and presentation skills

Management Skills

Project Management

Detailed project plan development specifying project milestones, deliverables, budgeting, required tasks, timelines and contingency plans, developing work packages and delegating responsibilities to teams, coordination of project implementation and status meetings, quality management and post-mortems;

Personnel Management

Managing engineering and project teams on various technical, business analysis projects and day-to-day operations, conducting performance evaluations; managing goals and deliverables, overseeing interviewing and hiring processes;

Infrastructure Management

System architecture design and deployment, security, licensing and asset management, Active Directory and Messaging architecture, test environment design and test execution, network vulnerability assessment and penetration testing;

IT Services Management

Incident and change management, security policy development and implementation, software deployment planning and implementation, process improvement planning, vendor relationship management, budgeting;

Product Management

Performing market analysis and developing product and service offerings based on market conditions, company strategy, current trends and customer needs;

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: Windows platforms architecture including Windows Server2003/2008/2012/2012R2/2016,

Integrated Services: Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Terminal Services, RRAS, WSUS, IIS, ADFS, ADCS, System Center suit 2012/2012R2/2016, Symantec Endpoint Protection, FIM, MIM, Failover Cluster

Network: Strong knowledge of LAN and WAN technologies and network protocols;

MessagingCollaboration: Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013, SharePoint 2010/2013/2016

Database: SQL and Oracle 10g database support

Backup: Windows Backup, Microsoft Data protection Manager, Symantec Backup Exec, Arc Serve

Hardware: HP and Dell servers, PC and notebooks hardware maintenance;

PBX: Panasonic, Siemens and Nortel telephone switching equipment.

Virtualization: Hyper-V, VMware.

Education

Azerbaijan State  University                    Bachelor degree                                             1996-2000, Baku, Azerbaijan

HF422S, ITIL V3 Foundation for IT Service Management                                      August 2011

MCT/CTT + Train the Trainers                                                                                            May 2012, West Palm Beach, FL USA

1601-PMBS240S-Project Management Fundamentals                                                December 2012

Finance for non-Finance Managers (ADA jointly with PwC)                                  November 2013

Introduction, implementation, internal  audit in accordance with

international  standard ISO / IEC 20000-1:2011 By BSI                                            March 2014

Certification

EXIN ITIL V3 Foundation

MCT – Microsoft Certified Trainer 2012/2013/2014/2015/2016/2017

MCITP Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008

MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange 2010

MCSE Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Private Cloud

MCSA Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate on Windows Server 2008

MCP In Windows 2003 Server

MCTS Windows 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

MCTS Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration

MCTS Windows 7, Configuration

MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuration

MCTS: Windows Server 2008 R2,Server Virtualization

MCTS: Forefront Identity Manager 2010, Configuration

Microsoft Licensing Overview Assessment -Diploma

Experience

MCSE                                                                                                                                      07/2014-present

State of Connecticut Connecticut Criminal Justice Information System                                      Hartford, CT

·      Designing and managing Microsoft Infrastructure.

·      Designing and managing Microsoft System Center Infrastructure.

·      Designing and managing Identity Management solutions. Self-service password portals. User fully automated user enrolment solution.

·      Designing and managing backup strategy and solution.

Practice Manager – Management and Virtualization                                                                                   07/2014-present

LegaSystems Microsoft Gold Partner – Citrix Solutions Advisor – Dell Direct Partner                        Hartford, CT/ Somerville, MA

·      Managed Microsoft Consulting Practice in Management and Virtualization for midsize and large companies

·      Developed and implements Microsoft consulting project proposals, plans and implementations

·      Developed project budgeting, financial and technical assessments and manages project lifecycle

·      Designed/deployed Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, network infrastructure, virtualization, and data archiving solutions

·      Develop and implement training plans for engineer and customer as an MCT

·      Designs and deploys datacenter virtualization solutions based on Citrix and Microsoft private cloud architectures

ICT Manager                                                                                                                                                                  02/2009-07/2014

BinagadiOil Company                                                                                                                                                   Baku, Azerbaijan

·      Managed and supervised IT staff including personal development plans, goals and certifications

·      Developed and sustained IT project plans and project work packages for IT staff;

·      Developed, implemented and maintained procedures, policies and standards to sustain and improve operations;

·      Planned and implemented future technical solutions to address business needs and problems;

·      Prepared and managed IT capital and operation budgets, vendor relationships and licensing;

·      Develop and implement training plans and documentation for end users and business continuity;

·      Managed information systems infrastructure, storage, disaster recovery and network services

·      Managed complex Panasonic, Siemens and Lync 2010 infrastructure

Senior Infrastructure Engineer                                                                                                                              09/2007-02/2009

Absheron Operating Company                                                                                                                                   Baku, Azerbaijan

IT Expert                                                                                                                                                                           04/2006-09/2007

BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd.                                                                                                                           Baku, Azerbaijan

IS&T Engineer                                                                                                                                                               12/2004-04/2006

Bechtel International, Inc, Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project                                                                 Baku, Azerbaijan

IT Analyst                                                                                                                                                                         08/2003-12/2004

Seabak LLC Technical Services                                                                                                                                Baku, Azerbaijan

IT Advisor                                                                                                                                                                           03/2002-08/2003

The Lodging Company – Catering & Life Support Services                                                                           Baku, Azerbaijan

Infrastructure Engineer                                                                                                                                             07/2000-03/2002

Odlar Yurdu Ltd.                                                                                                                                                             Baku, Azerbaijan