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Work History
Education
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Certification
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Ahmed Gawish

Riyadh

Summary

Experienced Senior Architect with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Virtualization(Vmware),linux administration, backup and Hyper-converged solutions

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Solutions Architect

DELLEMC
07.2022 - Current

• Working closely with customers, internal staff and other stakeholders to determine planning, implementation and integration of system-oriented projects.

• Controlling activities to maintain work standards, adhere to timelines and meet quality assurance targets.

• Developing and implementing process flow improvement and standardization projects.

• Planning and implementation of Dell VxRail HCI and VCF on VxRail Solutions solutions.

• Planning and implementation of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes solutions.

• Planning and implementation of Dell poweredge vSphere solutions.

• Planning and implementation of Dell Networking solutions.

• Leading Virtualization team in EMEA and SELL Regions.

• Providing guidance, leadership, technical consultation and creating training roadmaps to less experienced team members.

Senior Engineer, HCI Deploy Services

DellEMC
06.2021 - 07.2022

• Implementation of Dell VxRail HCI solutions.

• Implementation of Dell vSAN Ready Nodes solutions.

• Implementation of Dell poweredge vSphere solutions.

• Deploying VCF on VxRail Solutions.

Senior Recovery Engineer (SME) ,VxRail

DELLEMC
01.2020 - 06.2021

• Providing consultations and advices on complex technical questions related to the entire enterprise ecosystem.
• Participating in the creation and maintenance of knowledge database contents.
• Working closely with engineering, product management, and other key internal organizations to drive innovation and performance around product requirements, enhancements, process improvements and industry best practices In addition to their technical expertise, maintains direct linkage into other key internal organizations necessary for fast problem escalation and expedited resolution status.

Senior Analyst , VxRail

DELLEMC
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Providing Engineering Support for DellEmc , troubleshooting Hardware (Dell PowerEdge Servers , VMware Infrastructure (VMware vCenter, VMware ESXi,..etc), Administration and deployment issues
  • Write how-to, and other technical articles for internal and customer communities

Senior Analyst , Networker

DELLEMC
08.2018 - 01.2019
  • Responsible of performing problem determination, communicating plans for resolution, explaining developments and resolution implementation for NetWorker Backup and Recovery Software
  • Received multiple awards for the positive customer satisfaction surveys acquired
  • Mentoring and/or coaching less experienced TSEs working the EMEA shift from around the world and participate in an informal training for other TSEs
  • Planning on-boarding plans for new comers and fresh grads

Analyst , Enterprise Technical Services

DELLEMC
05.2016 - 07.2018
  • Acting as a remote customer advocate to champion specific customer needs in collaboration with field team and other teams at the same or different business units.

Education

IT Diploma - Systems Administration track

Information Technology Institute (ITI)
Alexandria, ALX
05.2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

Mansoura University
Al Mansurah, DK
06.2015

Skills

  • Self-motivated
  • Team Player 
  • Able to work under pressure
  • Presentation and communication skills

Certification

  • VMware Certified Implementation Expert- Data Center Virtualization 2023
  • VMware Advanced Professional-Data Center Deploy 2023
  • VMware Advanced Professional-Data Center Design 2022
  • VMware Certified Professional-Data Center Virtualization 2022
  • RedHat Certified System Administration (RHCSA)
  • VMware Specialist - vSAN 2020
  • VxRail Appliance 4.x Deployment and Implementation
  • Data Domain Systems Administrator, Certified Specialist
  • Information Storage Associate Version 3 (EMCISA)
  • Storage Administrator, Avamar Specialist Version 7.0 (EMCSA)
  • Storage Administrator, Storage Area Network (SAN) Specialist Version 6.0 (EMCSA)

Languages

  • Arabic : Native speaker
  • English: Professional working proficiency

References

  • References furnished upon request

Timeline

Senior Solutions Architect

DELLEMC
07.2022 - Current

Senior Engineer, HCI Deploy Services

DellEMC
06.2021 - 07.2022

Senior Recovery Engineer (SME) ,VxRail

DELLEMC
01.2020 - 06.2021

Senior Analyst , VxRail

DELLEMC
01.2019 - 01.2020

Senior Analyst , Networker

DELLEMC
08.2018 - 01.2019

Analyst , Enterprise Technical Services

DELLEMC
05.2016 - 07.2018

IT Diploma - Systems Administration track

Information Technology Institute (ITI)

Bachelor of Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

Mansoura University
Ahmed Gawish