Imteyaz Ahmad

TOGAF 9.2|CISM|CISA|CHFI|CEH|MCSE|CCNP|ITIL-v3
PLOT -105, SANGAMA NAGAR, RING ROAD, NAGPUR-440013
imteyazahmad05@gmail.com/imteyazahmad05@yahoo.com Mobile/WhatsApp +91-8600038911/7208835363 Skype:
imteyazbabu

OBJECTIVE
To obtain a Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Management position where my skills and abilities can
be utilized to achieve the company's goals.

SUMMARY:
A detail-oriented, self-motivated professional with over 20 years of extensive experience in the information technology
industry. My emphasis has been in Data Center Operations, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery and Emergency
Management. Works well independently or as a strong team member on projects with various levels of complexity.
Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external customers. Accustomed to managing multiple
projects and priorities in fast-paced environments

Areas of expertise :
 Development and Maintenance of  Strong human relation skills to
Business Contingency/Disaster interface with management and staff at
Recovery Plans all levels.
 Evaluation and final approval of  Good working knowledge of all
information security procurement technologies.
 Business Impact Analysis  Program Management and Strategy
 Executive Presentations  Testing, Training, and Exercises
 After Action Reports Disaster  Business Recovery
Recovery
 Risk Management  Asset Management
 Compliance  Audits(22301/22313/22317)
 Regulatory Requirements  Internal and External Reviews
 Corrective Action  Catastrophic Response Strategies
 Enterprise Security Governance  Resilient Infrastructure Environment
 Information Security Incident
Response (ISIRT)

WORK EXPERIENCE
Indian Consultancy Services
Business Continuity/DR/Emergency Management Consultant
12/2020 to Present

* Reinforce the need for a Business Continuity program, resilience strategies and verify recovery objectives are sufficient
to recover the business as identified by the organizations requirements. Facilitate the Business Continuity Management
testing program. Work with business departments to understand test objectives, scope and assist in the execution of the
test
* Assess the business continuity implications of proposed technological or organizational changes. *Coordinate revisions
to existing business continuity plans or procedures through change control methods
* Drive visibility of existing business continuity programs through training, information sessions and exercises
* Mature existing corporate wide business continuity programs across multiple teams and discipline while maintaining
audit readiness.
* Drive emergency management responses using the ICS system structure.
* Implement or improve site emergency management procedures to ensure employee safety is a priority
* Design and administer recovery support and direct business resumption staff during a disaster in the implementation of
response and alternate operating strategies

Qatargas LLC on the payroll of ABATS LLC

Business Continuity/DR/Emergency Management Consultant
03/2018 to 11/2020

 Responsible for developing, maintaining and testing the business continuity program; ISO22301 implementation and
audits. Support the Organization to manage a crisis event as well as meet compliance requirements for BCP planning.
Provide Business Continuity Planning training to all employees having a need to understand the Business Continuity
Planning process.
 Responsible for establishing and overseeing annual testing of BCP strategies and plans including documenting
reporting and tracking test results
 Responsible for reporting and metrics to measure the state and effectiveness of the BCP program
 Responsible for the development documentation implementation and maintenance of the BCP program including
governance policies processes and standards
 Coordinates BCP disaster recovery (DR) testing and test issues follow-up, as lifecycle activities
 Participates in and manages business continuity planning projects and activities
 Contributes to BCP strategy by assisting in the review, development and administration of policies and procedures for
BCP, IT, and others as requested
 Contributes to the completion of third party service provider business continuity due diligence reviews

Bharti Airtel Enterprise Services Ltd.

DGM –Data Center & Disaster Recovery Services.
08/2008 to 04/2010
Safeguard critical support systems and information technology operations by identifying potential problem areas and
single points of failure that may result in interruptions of critical infrastructure systems. Develop and implement IT
Recovery Policies, Information Contingency Plans, and Disaster Procedures for critical IT business systems.

Serve as Risk Manager tracking and reporting milestones. Charged with the responsibility of developing plans and
procedures, conducting information security audits, identifying gaps, TTX exercises, identifying risk, single points of
failure, establish recovery time objective, and documenting and developing milestones per Inspector General, Information
Technology Infrastructure Audit- House of Representatives. Align team members and resources to evaluate overarching
Disaster Recovery capabilities.Changed business models to support risk mitigation andthe integration of processes and
policies.

Project Highlights:

 Directed activities within DR program including information security audits, establishing disaster recovery
process, development of continuity plans, recovery support, and critical systems recovery.
 Developed and updated Information Technology Contingency Plans providing overall management in DR
program capabilities regarding applications, infrastructure recovery, information security, crisis management, and
disaster recovery compliance/audit initiatives.
 Worked with senior leadership and House Compliance Committtee to provide response to Inspector General IT
Audit
  Developed policies and procedures for disaster recovery initiatives. Facilitated testing of procedures, wrote after
action reports, and updated plans based on corrective action findings.
 Updated Disaster Recovery Procedure& Plans. Implemented policy guidance for Emergency Notification.
 Coordinated and facilitated Disaster Recovery testing for business units/critical systems. Provided guidance and
wrote policy in support of standardization for System Recovery.
 Consulted and provided guidance to business units regarding vendors, service level agreements, contracts
regarding recovery, and blanket agreement.

MHD LLC, Oman

Sr. DRP/BCP/Security Consultant [2006 - 2008]

* Design and administer programs which include policies, standards, guidelines, training programs and a viable quality
assurance process for disaster recovery.
* Review and develop Business Interruption Plans and strategies to ensure the appropriate procedures are in place to
recover business data and minimize recovery risks.
* Responsible for ensuring the Business Interruption/Resumption plan adequately addresses the organization's
requirements and within established time frames.
* Monitor changes to the systems in production to ensure system integrity at the disaster recovery site.
* Provide onsite support during DR tests. Partner with technical and business users internally during the planning,
execution and post test phases. Prepare post test summary reports for senior management.
* Support continuity initiatives through the constant revision/updates of disaster recovery plans and initiatives.
* Utilize project management skills to plan, organize and direct the testing of emergency response, recovery support, and
business resumption procedures.
* Distribute and update emergency procedures to reflect changes in staff size, location, organization and home office
facilities.
* Coordinate and maintain electronic access to, hard copy and CD distribution of the Business Continuity plans and
procedures.
* Work with management to ensure that as new equipment, facilities, services and systems are installed that the disaster
recovery issues are addressed.
* Ability to plan, organize and direct the testing of emergency response, recovery support and business resumption
procedures.
* Protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the Business Continuity plans and procedures.

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES (AT&T) WORLD WIDE SERVICES MAY 2005-AUGUST 2006

Subject Matter Expert (Infrastructure)

 Consulting in the areas of networking with focus on security, quality of service, network management and
consolidation.
 Designing of LAN and WAN Networks according to the customer’s specific needs.
 Designing, developing, configuring, documenting and testing the base configuration of Cisco routers and Catalyst
Switches as per rule set and policy of clients and carrier for connectivity, security and deployment.
 Configuring CISCO devices i.e. routers, firewalls, switches, and content delivery products
 Deployment of Network Management System for various large Banks, Telecom & ISP companies.
 Providing support for installation, maintenance & administration of CISCO Routers based WAN Network.
 Providing network security by deploying Firewalls, anti-hacking and Intrusion detection system/software.
 Designing and implementing Campus Network using Cisco Catalyst switches and configuring appropriate
VLANS.
 Providing Pre-Sales technical support to the marketing team of the Company.
 Helping Technical lead to configure and deploy Network Monitoring and Management system.
TPIS SDN BHD. APRIL 2003-2005

Project Manager /Senior Consultant

 Planning and costing all phases of projects, then coordinating all associated activities and resources from feasibility to
implementation.
 Leading Network and system engineers for installing & configuring Routers, various Advanced Server and Network
Infrastructure.
 Measuring Performance and auditing each project, each individual in the team and over all company performance against
annual and long-term quality company objective.
 Planning, Developing and Writing Proposal and reply for Public and Government tender documents.
 Providing the best-fit solution that is aligned with the current and future needs of Customer Company at affordable price.
 Building Partnership with Vendors & Industry Leaders to supply highest quality solutions.
 Offering free network security audit, Offering Security awareness training to Banks, Industries and Government.
 Planning, Scheduling and providing various Onsite training to Government .and private organization.
 Providing most complete and comprehensive Network security solution to small to big industries and ministries from start to
finish.
 Participating in company governance, department/division and campus-related professional activities
SKJ GROUP, OCT 2000 –MARCH 2003

IT Executive

 Keeping up-to-date of changes in technology and implementing new software /Hardware/networking products
into company.
 Trouble shooting and solving hardware, software and Network problems.
 Designing Active Directory forest and domain structures.
 Designing Organizational Unit Structure (OU’s) in Active Directory.
 Configuring and Implementing Group Policy Objects in Active Directory.
 Users ID creation, modification , certification and managements
 Maintaining the access rules to data and other IT resources.
 Planning, design, Implementation and optimization of Lotus Notes / Domino System.
 Troubleshoot Notes client installation issues , and notes mail migration issues( mail forwarding rules, message
counts, archived mail, customized migration docs, .pst files, address books, schedule plus, etc.) using ADT and
CMT Tools.
 Monitoring, customizing and configuring Lotus Notes and Domino Server.
 Backup and restore of mail boxes and databases.
 Migration, Implementation, Configuration and Administration of mail server from Lotus domino to Exchange
Server 2000/2003.
 Maintaining the security and confidentiality over the issuance and maintenance of authorized user IDs and
passwords.
 Monitoring the information security violations and taking corrective action to ensure security provided.
 Preparing and monitoring the information security awareness program for all employees, reviewing and
evaluating the information security policy and suggesting necessary changes to management.
 Testing the security architecture to evaluate the security strengths and to detect possible threats.
NetTech Solutions Aug1996-Aug2000

Systems Engineer

 Troubleshooting Hardware/Software Issues.

 Installing, configuring, testing, upgrading and administering Servers.
 Administration of Exchange 5.5.
 Implementation and administration of DNS, DHCP and WINS.
 Build Servers and Workstations including complete machines from empty boxes.
TECHNICAL SKILL:
OPERATING SYSTEM:
 Windows NT/2K/2k3, Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux,
DRP/BCP/BACKUP TOOLS:

 Barracuda Yosemite
 NovaBACKUP
 Symantec VERITAS Backup Executive
 Acronis,
 Doubletake
 Platespin Forge
 Emc Networker
SERVERS & STORAGE SOLUTIONS:
 Dell Power Edge Enterprise Servers (PE29XX, PE28XX, PE18XX, PE26XX, PE46XX, PE64XX, PE66XX, etc.
 Dell Power Vault Storage Products (PV210S, PV220S, PV7X5N NAS, NX500,NX1950 etc.)
 Dell Power Vault Tape Backup Products (ML6000, PV110T, PV122T, PV128T, PV132T, etc.)
 Dell-EMC SAN CX200, CX300, CX3-20, CX3-10, AX100, AX150

NETWORK MONITORING & MANAGEMENT:

 HP OpenView
 Cisco works, Cisco QPM, CISCO NAM,
 Dell OpenManage
 Solarwinds,
 OP Manager,
 GFI LAN Guard,
 NETPRO Change Auditor
LOAD BALANCER:

 Radware/Nortel Alteon
 F5
 Citrix
 Blue coat/Packeteer
 Barracuda
 VMWare,/VisioncoreEsxRanger/ EsxMigrator/XenSourceXenEnterprise
FIREWALL:

 Cisco ASA/ Pix,

 Radware
 MS ISA Server,
 Checkpoint NG,
 Fortinet,
 Sonicwall,
 Netscreen,
ROUTERS & SWITCHES:
 CISCO ROUTER 1800, 2600, 2800, 7200,7600 ETC.
 CISCO CATALYST CE500, 2900, 3500, 3700, 4500, 6500 ETC

SECURITY AUDITING TOOLS:Ecora Enterprise, Netpro Change Auditor, Retina, Nessus, nMap, ISS Scanner, AppDetective,
LANalyzer. SAINT, kismet, GFI LanGuard, Paros Proxy, Dsniff etc.

ANTIVIRUS:

 Sophos,
 Symantec Norton Anti Virus,
 Trend Micro, AVG, Avast, Panda Software etc.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
  MS PROJECT 2000/2003

EDUCATION:
 Master of Science (Information Technology)
 Bachelor of Science (Information Technology)
 Higher National Diploma in Computer science
CERTIFICATION

 Certified Information System Security Manager(CISM)

 Certified Ethical Hacker(CEH)v8
 Certified Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)v8
 Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
 Certified Information S system Security Professional (CISSP) Trained.
 Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3.
 Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE 2000)
 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
 Sun Solaris System Administration (I & II)
 Disaster Recovery Management (VERITAS & Acronis)
 High Availability Management (MS, VERITAS & SUN Clustering)