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ABDULKADIR IDRIS USMAN

ABDULKADIR IDRIS USMAN

IT SYSTEM SPECIALIST
LUTON

Summary

Well-versed IT Support System Specialist with over ten (10) years experiences in crossed platform industries, Including telecommunications, health, and Industrial consultancy. Proficient at motivating staff to peak performance and utilize team approach to drive organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. Adept at formulating and implementing innovative ideas and techniques to ensure attainment of KPIs and continued progress. Exemplary communication and interpersonal skills; ensuring the ability to network skillfully and build mutually beneficial business relationships.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
1
1
Language

Work History

IT Support Specialist

IPT POWERTECH
Lagos, Nigeria
09.2019 - 09.2022
  • Developed and tested new product offerings prior to release to assist development team in bug identification.
  • Defined project management plans, budget, and scope to attain organizational milestones. Ensured the optimal availability of resources by coordinating and integrating functional and project units. Processed materials bills. Carried out project and product feasibility and viability study. Formulated business SOPs and report templates for project tracking and milestones reporting. Evaluated and mitigated risks using appropriate course of actions.
  • Successfully revamp Internet connectivity to achieve 100% turn around efficiency by activating a fiber optic connection at high-end and radio link at as backup.
  • Managed Digitization of Industrial HR document to the cloud with 0% loss of data.
  • Managed all guest / cluster houses across the country to always generate high-end internet connection without downtime.
  • Managed project spread of internet equipment, and Work tools including laptops and its accessories printers across multiple locations in Nigeria.
  • Prepared new computers and mobile devices according to internal policies on standardized software and security deployments.
  • Managed backup and recovery of data assets to safeguard system availability.

Senior IT Engineer (Projects)

Novo Health Africa
Lagos, Nigeria
02.2019 - 08.2019
NHA SHAREPOINT INTRANET
  • Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
  • Deployment and configuration of organization SharePoint intranet page.
  • Handling onsite and offsite hardware and software issues, assisting in the roll out of new applications and program updates needed for the SharePoint intranet.
  • Designing and itemizing of process flow of various department of the SharePoint intranet.
  • Building and embedding several subsites and pages of the several departments in the home page of the SharePoint Intranet page.
  • Building of the departmental pages and sub sites of the entire department in the organization.
  • Migration of SharePoint OneDrive folder of each department to synchronize with the SharePoint Intranet page.
  • Configuration of several organization App to synchronize with the SharePoint intranet departmental portal.
  • General Onsite support and daily maintenance of the SharePoint site and infrastructure.

NHA O365 MIGRATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

  • Migration of office mailboxes from blue host to O365 cloud platform.
  • Successfully backing up and retrieval of all official mailboxes.
  • Recovery of lost mailboxes and synchronizing with O365 General backing up official documents and folders to OneDrive to reduce data loss and direct retrieval from the cloud.
  • Creating several users, groups, and shared mailboxes on O365.
  • Administration and maintenance of O365 admin center.
  • Successfully backing and uploading all user .PST files.
NHA NETWORK AND BACKEND ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT
  • General network support, which includes of crimping of network cable and patching the latches.
  • Configuring of cisco routers, switches, and access point for efficient network connectivity.
  • Assigning IP addresses to network printers, systems, and peripherals.
  • Assigning several static IP addresses on the fort iGATE for network security and compliance.
  • Installation of Sophos antivirus on enterprise systems.

IT Projects, System, and Infrastructure Engineer

Computer Warehouse Group
Lagos, Nigeria
09.2012 - 01.2019

EMTS ITO PROJECTS (ETISALAT)

  • Handling onsite and offsite hardware and software issues, assisting in the roll out of new applications and program updates needed in the company.
  • Managing and troubleshooting all system software, hardware and network issues and ensuring quick resolution before SLA.
  • Recorded and maintained hardware and software inventories, site and/or server licensing, and user access and security.
  • General network support, which includes of crimping of network cable and patching the latches.
  • Configuring of cisco routers and switches for efficient network connectivity.
  • Assigning IP addresses to network printers, systems, and peripherals.
  • Testing new software prior to release to achieve expected quality standards.
  • Ensuring that the printing environment are managed and is devoid of weight, Supporting consumables, daily check for the availability of toners, fuser kits, image transfer kits.
  • Installation, configuration and troubleshooting SIM Registration applications like Extend Client, Unicap and Wincash applications.
  • Installation and troubleshooting of Microsoft server 2012 R2
  • Configuration of Microsoft SCCM work tool application.
  • Setup, configurations, and management of VOIP phones (AVAYA).
  • Support for ERP application and TABS (customer service application); Management and support of over 1500 units of SIM registration equipment (laptops, fingerprint scanners, cameras etc.) in Lagos Region.
  • Work as a team member with other technical staff, such as networking to ensure connectivity in retail shops/kiosks/regional offices/mobile point of sales (mpos buses)/mini shops.
  • Keeping track of Asset records for proper accountability.
  • Worked to book the laptops, printers and desktops that are almost out of warranty to either notify the manager of a need to get the warranty renewed or line them up to be replaced.
  • Held weekly meetings with the team including the manager to discuss how concurrent issues can be resolved.
  • Documenting problems, actions taken and the resolution in a ticket management system (HP Service Manager) and producing a status report/metrics as required by manager and stakeholders.

Education

AWS Cloud Computing - IT

E - Careers
London, ENG
12.2022 - 06.2023

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, HRT
09.2022 - Current

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

University Of Maiduguri
Maiduguri, Borno
09.2003 - 06.2010

Senior Secondary School. Certificate - Science

Airforce Comprehensive Secondary School
Ibadan, Oyo State
09.1996 - 05.2002

Primary School Certificate -

Airforce Primary School
Ikeja, Lagos
09.1990 - 07.1996

Skills

I T SKILLSundefined

Certification

IT Project Management Operational Excellence Continuous Process Improvement Risk Identification & Mitigation Budgeting & Forecasting

Timeline

AWS Cloud Computing - IT

E - Careers
12.2022 - 06.2023

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Hertfordshire
09.2022 - Current

IT Support Specialist

IPT POWERTECH
09.2019 - 09.2022

Senior IT Engineer (Projects)

Novo Health Africa
02.2019 - 08.2019

IT Projects, System, and Infrastructure Engineer

Computer Warehouse Group
09.2012 - 01.2019

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

University Of Maiduguri
09.2003 - 06.2010

Senior Secondary School. Certificate - Science

Airforce Comprehensive Secondary School
09.1996 - 05.2002

Primary School Certificate -

Airforce Primary School
09.1990 - 07.1996
IT Project Management Operational Excellence Continuous Process Improvement Risk Identification & Mitigation Budgeting & Forecasting
Change Management
IT Telecommunications Management Revenue Growth & Optimization High-level Decision-Making Financial Management
Data Analysis
ABDULKADIR IDRIS USMANIT SYSTEM SPECIALIST