Saad Malik

About Saad Malik

I am a results-driven IT leader with 20+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale…

Experience

1. Lead Engineer

   AT&T

   Mar 2024 — Present · Plano, TX, US

   Lead and manage cross-functional technical programs comprised of interrelated projects, creating program structure and shared alignment to deliver critical business and engineering objectives.• Collaborate with business, engineering, and architecture teams to design, coordinate, and launch new capabilities, breaking down complex challenges into actionable plans to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.• Coordinate launch planning across multiple teams, synchronizing milestones into unified timelines that meet both business objectives and customer requirements.• Develop and execute scalable, cross-organization processes, metrics, and KPIs to enable the successful delivery of large-scale programs.• Drive cloud cost optimization by analyzing usage patterns, implementing rightsizing strategies, optimizing resource utilization, and negotiating with vendors to maximize ROI without impacting performance or scalability.• Partner with AT & T’s CTX organization and cross-functional teams to deliver on-premises cost optimization, identifying underutilized assets and consolidating workloads to achieve at least a 20% reduction in physical footprint.• Apply my Project Owner / Project Manager certification to ensure structured scope definition, governance, prioritization, and outcome-based delivery.• Proactively assess risks, develop mitigation plans, remove delivery bottlenecks, and collaborate with Product Management to balance technical considerations with business priorities.• Manage the intake queue by prioritizing and triaging incoming requests, ensuring proper categorization, assignment, and tracking to meet deadlines.• Act as SAFe Scrum Master to promote Agile collaboration, alignment, and delivery cadence across engineering teams.• Deliver executive-level insights and recommendations that align infrastructure and operational decisions with long-term business strategy and growth goals.

Education

• University Of Central Punjab

  Bachelors of Science, Computer Science

  1996 — 1999

• The Ohio State University

  B.S.E.C.E, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Skills

• Project Management
• Network Administration
• Ip
• Unix
• Cisco Technologies
• Leadership
• System Administration
• Business Analysis
• Itil
• Switches
• Sla
• Itil Certified
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• Troubleshooting
• Management
• Service Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Vendor Management
• Tcp/Ip
• Requirements Analysis
• Voip
• Data Center
• Visio
• Integration
• Testing
• Team Leadership
• Networking
• Metrics
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Requirements Management