Tauseef Shaikh
Mumbai
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Snow, Consultant
SAM Tool
- Snow License Manager Tool, IBM ILMT Tool
- SAM Tool Implementation:, License Manager, Snow Inventory Server, Gateway Server, ILMT Tool
- Other Skills:, , and Software Vendor and Contract Management, Project Management, SAM Process Auditor
- Installation and configuration of Windows server 2008 R2, 2012 etc
- Active directory installation, ADC, configuration, backup & restore
- Creating & managing organizational units, sites, and group policies
- Managed domain users & computers
- Rebuilt domain, transfer/seizing roles and configure
- Apply security policies and audit policies by using group policy management
- Windows server patch management with the help of SCCM etc
- DHCP server configuration and management
- Installation, configuration & management of DNS server
- Certifications:
- Snow Certified Implementation Specialist-Software Asset Management
- PT201AS-2 Snow License Manager SPE Installation & New Customer Onboarding
- PT101AS-2 Snow Inventory Server Installation & Administration
- Snow Inventory Administrator Certificate Number C2324
- Microsoft Licensing Fundamentals
- Flex Net Manager Suite Operations
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (K4Z7YEVKQ1Q1QD95)
Deputy Technical Specialist
Hexaware Technologies Limited
05.2022 - Current
- 3 years of hands-on experience to implement the Snow License Manager, and IBM ILMT
- Deep knowledge of configuration, upgrade, and installation of Snow License Manager tool
- Responsible to manage monitoring/health check of Snow License Manager Tool
- Supporting for Extract Reports using Power BI / Snow Reporting
- Coordinate with Snow for issues/defects Competencies in priority order
- Good documentation and Technical Skills for Snow, App Portal, SQL, Power Shell Script
- Good Understanding of any Asset Management system
- Working as a Software Asset Management Technical Specialist for Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat, and Adobe
- Managing the software license optimization activity and cost-saving through the reconciliation process
- Handling the Team Size of 16 Peoples
- Good Understanding of SAM Lifecycle and Process
- Maintaining and Publishing the Effective License Position, Software License Compliance, and audit readiness for Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, Red Hat, Autodesk
- Supporting and Managing Various Volume License Agreements, Open Licenses Agreement, Contract Renewals, MS True ups for organizations level as a part of SAM Compliance and license Advisory
- Supporting as a technical person for the Cloud license requirement-Aws and Azure, Open Source, and Freeware software.
SAM Analyst
Silverleaf Solutions Pvt Ltd
08.2020 - 04.2022
- Working on multiple SAM Reviews, majorly from the perspective of Microsoft, Autodesk, Adobe, Trend Micro, and other Software Licensing
- Working towards optimizing the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software within client organizations and recommending processes necessary for the effective management of software assets
- Implement tools, processes, and procedures to automate the collection, storage, and reporting of key software data so that the products can be managed across the enterprise in an effective manner
- Assisting the client with the best procurement options/agreements and worked on identifying the license optimization
- Opportunities based on current usage, future demand and keeping up the compliance standards
- Involved in setting up methods of data collection, identifying the entitlements of the products in the customer ’s environment and deriving the actual deployment information based on data analysis of product specific outputs, scripts across various operating systems
- Perform QA activities for tools and content to ensure quality deliverable to client
- Actively involved in training newer resources on SAM Tools and bring them up to the required speed to execute the Software Licensing Review procedures independently
- Running all kind of scripts in client’s environment for gathering the data
- Explore opportunities of improvement in the current processes at the client location by analyzing the current requirements, proposing a solution, doing a feasibility check, and charting out the plan of action
Chemtrols InfoTech Pvt Ltd
05.2018 - 08.2020
- Snow Servers Implementation
- All Types of Agent deployments in Multiple OS with the help of SCCM, LANDesk etc
- All types of daily support to customer regarding technical issues and making sure that it gets resolved before EOD
- All types of Licenses uploading into Snow Tool and tracking the compliance or any types of reports as per the requirements of the clients
- Troubleshooting the Snow servers if any type of issue occurs or Snow SLM web portal gets down or in not working state etc
- Analyzing the Clients data and making sure that each asset gets covered and Inventoried into Snow so that Every Compliance report gets correct compliance status
- Checking the Health status of both the Snow Database servers
- Analyzing and making sure that All the Data is coming into the Snow SLM Web Portal perfectly on regular basis from Database
- Analyzing Monthly Snow Health Status Reports and Highlighting the corrections required which needs to be corrected on Priority or Additional things which we can add to the Management level regarding benefits of Tool
- Software Updates when Latest updates from Snow Releases
- Managing and playing a great role as a SR Technical Lead Engineer and managing all the above- mentioned multiple sites and providing all types of reports and support and analyzing the Monthly Health Status reports with Highlighting proper corrections or changes required as a technical Expert.
Associate Consultant
Piramal Glass Pvt Ltd
04.2017 - 05.2018
- Manage software, Assets in SAM, Ensure Contracts are created for all items in the Asset management portal, maintain a clean repository for respective items, perform inventory Management, Understand the utilization, and trigger action for additional procurement, Vendor Management to gather requirements, managing vendors, tracking purchase orders, and providing support WITHIN the guidelines of Cognizant standards and norms
- Role & Responsibilities:
- Maintain the asset management database containing all the information necessary for the lifecycle of an IT asset
- Resolve discrepancies identified in the asset management database
- Reconciliation of discovered assets that are not tracked in the asset management database
- Reconcile disposal vendor reports with the asset management database
- Reconcile shipping orders against information in purchase orders for tracked assets
- Manage the validation of the asset management database records by performing a scheduled task to QA the data for asset record and develop and implement Asset Management processes for Software license management processes (inventory, usage, and procurement reconciliation)
- Analyze client contracts, Purchase agreement (Microsoft Select or EA, Software Assurance, Adobe TLP, etc.), Entitlement Data to identify the Product use rights & Licensing model or metric (Device, User, Processor, Core, PVU, etc.) to establish areas of risk and Software License Compliance Position for the clients
- Having Experience in License recycling & re-harvesting
- Interact directly with clients and other internal and external sources to obtain relevant data and documents in required forms and consistent with project objectives and deadlines
- Utilize Data analysis tools and techniques like MS Access, MS Excel
- Process, Audit & Innovation:
- Active participation in Innovation and assisting the team members in being involved in Innovation
- Attending the process-related Audits and reporting back to the Manager with input
- Provide input to Manager wherever process enhancement is possible.
Sr desktop engineer
UPL India Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 04.2017
- Worked with UPL Limited Collaborated with Network and System Administrator to ensure efficient operation of the desktop computing environment
- Worked and handled Server 2008/2012, Exchange server 2010/2013
- Have hands on practice on server 2008/2012 i.e., Creating new users, groups, group policies
- Have hands on practice on Exchange server 2010/2013 i.e., Creating new mailboxes, adding in respective groups, mail flow setting, mailbox size and restrictions, distribution groups etc
- Also worked on MS Outlook 2010 issues related to Blackberry, iPhones, NOKIA mails
- Network printer, Software’s like AutoCAD 2011, MS office 2010, etc
- Worked on file server to give user rights to respective folders
- Have knowledge of networking i.e., basic router configuration, LAN networking etc., DHCP server i.e., IP address binding, reservations, creating new scope etc
- Well familiar with Outlook 2010, 2013
- OS- Windows XP Professional Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows
- Windows 10 and Apple Mac OS
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus 12.0 Installation and configuration required necessary attributes to feed the tool
- Data collection and transcription of data in a spreadsheet and arriving in a unique set of data by comparing delta data
- Reporting inappropriate/Unapproved/Unauthorized Software/License & ensuring it is being removed
- Working on Scanning, compliance, and Entitlement as a Scan Chaser, SW Compliance Analyst and Acquisition
- Analyst
- Day to day interact with Focal and DP.
SR Desktop Engineer
IBM India Pvt Ltd, Head Office
07.2015 - 07.2016
- Have hands on practice on server 2008/2012 i.e., Creating new users, groups, group policies etc
- Have hands on practice on Lotus Notes
- Creating new mailboxes, adding in respective groups, mail flow setting, mailbox size and restrictions, distribution groups etc
- Also worked on Lotus Notes issues related to Blackberry, iPhones, NOKIA mails
- Network printer, Software’s, installations, etc
- Worked on file server to give user rights to respective folders
- Have knowledge of networking i.e., basic router configuration, LAN networking etc., DHCP server i.e., IP address binding, reservations, creating new scope etc
- Well familiar with
- OS- Windows XP Professional Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Apple Mac OS
- Symantec Endpoint Protection Antivirus 12.0 Installation and configuration (Server and Client)
- (MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet…)
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Certification
Certifications:
Snow Certified Implementation Specialist-Software Asset Management
PT201AS-2 Snow License Manager SPE Installation & New Customer Onboarding
PT101AS-2 Snow Inventory Server Installation & Administration
Snow Inventory Administrator Certificate Number C2324
Microsoft Licensing Fundamentals
FlexNet Manager Suite Operations
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (K4Z7YEVKQ1Q1QD95)
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Urdu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Deputy Technical Specialist
Hexaware Technologies Limited
05.2022 - Current
SAM Analyst
Silverleaf Solutions Pvt Ltd
08.2020 - 04.2022
Chemtrols InfoTech Pvt Ltd
05.2018 - 08.2020
Associate Consultant
Piramal Glass Pvt Ltd
04.2017 - 05.2018
Sr desktop engineer
UPL India Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 04.2017
SR Desktop Engineer
IBM India Pvt Ltd, Head Office
07.2015 - 07.2016
Snow, Consultant
SAM Tool
Bachelor of Science -
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