Iman Ali

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ABOUT IMAN ALI

As a highly analytical professional, I have a proven track record of architecting and deploying IT/Azure cloud infrastructures to drive business process improvement and enhance the productivity of underperforming areas. In my current role, I have undertaken accountability of working with sizeable enterprise-managed client accounts to provide exceptional consultative collaborations, understanding the requirements of individual businesses and creating technically-focused updates, improvements and migrations using Office365, exchange hybrid, cloud-to-cloud and productivity-to-cloud expertise. I have steered medium-to large-scale projects from inception to completion through effective planning and cross-functional collaboration. Over the years, I migrated Microsoft Azure IaaS/AVD and Office365 from on-premise to cloud platform with a history of administering datacentres, building virtualised environment, SharePoint and deploying cloud-based security solutions. I have proven success implementing disaster recovery procedures to restore clients\' sensitive data after a ransomware attack. My professional background lies in enhancing IT infrastructure and building highly sustainable cloud architectures by implementing industry best practices. Key Highlights: Led end-to-end transition of infrastructure from on-premise to Azure cloud and Office 365. Built Microsoft architecture within Azure/Office365 and migrated each server and roles to Azure/Office365. Ensured smooth flow of business-critical functions by executing disaster recovery solution for a large Hyper-V environment. Established full failover site with replication. Deployed RDS 2016 to allow remote user access to graphical desktops and Windows applications across Finance firm. Identified and investigated advanced threats, compromised identities, and malicious insider actions across the organisation by implementing Azure Threat Protection (ATP). Provided expertise in Office365, Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Azure, driving robust security protocols utilising Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) and Azure Information Protection (AIP) policies for Office 365, Azure AD Identity Protection, Conditional Access (CA), Azure Information Protection, and Office365 Message Encryption. Built Hyper-V and configured HP hosts using direct access storage. Employers recognise me for my expertise in driving enterprise-wide innovation by recommending and deploying emerging technologies.