ALI ALHOQAIL
Riyadh
Summary
Accomplished IT professional with a robust background in networks, IT infrastructure, and cloud computing, specialising in Google Cloud solutions. Demonstrates strong leadership and project management skills, effectively guiding teams to achieve strategic objectives. Expertise in virtualization and storage solutions (SAN & NAS) ensures optimal system performance and reliability. Committed to leveraging technical proficiency and teamwork to drive innovation and enhance organisational efficiency.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
System Engineer – Virtualization
Saudi Business Machines (SBM)
Riyadh
2025.03 - 2026.06
- Provision a new VM from a targeted template, resize CPU & memory & storage, Power on/off VMs, snapshot management, troubleshooting VMs' outage, maintain VM templates and OS customization specs, update operational Runbooks, perform vMotion and storage vMotion, monitor Resources utilization, configure and maintain datastores, apply ESXi patches, maintain environment documentation, comply with change management procedures and internal policies and audits, work with different teams across the organization (Storage, Backup, DB, Network, Security)
- Managed lifecycle of virtualization services enhancements from requirements gathering to implementation and operational support, ensuring seamless transitions and adherence to timelines.
- Evaluated customer and operational needs to recommend improvements, resulting in increased service reliability and operational efficiency.
- Identified and documented opportunities for enhancing infrastructure services and products, leading to improved alignment with organisational goals.
GDP Infrastructure Assistant Manager
Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB)
Riyadh
2022.10 - 2023.02
- Handling day to day tasks on a variety of systems: DataDomains, ECS, PowerStore, Unity, Vmax, Cisco SAN SWs, NetApp Appliances.
- Storage allocations & reclamations on Vmax, Unity, PowerStore.
- Creating & removing zones on Cisco MDS SAN switches.
- Failing over & failing back activity for different services (SAN & NAS).
- Managing CIFS & NFS shares from A to Z (NetApp).
- Handling projects: HW expansion, new systems installation &configuration, HW & Data migrations, OS Code Upgrade.
- Troubleshooting multiple issues & incidents with different teams and vendors.
- Generated monthly capacity management and planning reports to inform strategic decisions.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to gather, analyse, and assess requirements for new digital banking products and services, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Contributed to the development of product roadmaps, features prioritisation, and process improvement.
- Supported product and project initiatives by evaluating customer needs, defining product requirements, and assisting in solution design and implementation, enhancing user satisfaction.
Education
BACHELOR - Computer Engineering
King Saud University
RiyadhSkills
- Networks
- IT Infrastructure Background
- Virtualization
- Storage (SAN & NAS)
- Cloud Computing (Google)
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Teamwork
- Troubleshooting
Certification
- CCNP Security 350-701
- CCNA 200-301
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- Introduction to Data Engineering by IBM
- RDBMS by IBM
- Hands-on Introduction to Linux commands and Shell Scripting by IBM
- Engineering Accreditation from Saudi Council of Engineers
- VMware vSphere Foundation Administrator
LANGUAGE
Arabic
English
PROJECTS
Visually Impaired Guidance System (Third Eye) Graduation project, Graduation Development Program at SAB (GDP) Swift CC is basically an idea for a product where we are trying to leverage the online merchant channels to introduce and cross-sell more of the SAB products to the customers, all this will be powered by Open Banking Technology.
Timeline
System Engineer – Virtualization
Saudi Business Machines (SBM)
2025.03 - 2026.06
GDP Infrastructure Assistant Manager
Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB)
2022.10 - 2023.02
BACHELOR - Computer Engineering
King Saud University