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IT professional with over 20 years’ experience in international organization spanning across ICT projects design, implementation, resource management and control. Currently working in an international IGO and seeking for challenging opportunities |
 Contact RITA OKECHUKWU
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Area of Expertise: |
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Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Professional Experience: |
• Member of team in the development of the Medium Term Plan (MTP 2015 – 2017) and Key performance index (KPI) for the Section
• Developing the annual work programme and related budget for the Unit and ensuring the proper implementation of the stated activities within scope, cost, and time.
• Supporting Management in formulating and reviewing IT and data center strategic objectives & plans, health and safety, incident and disaster recovery procedures.
• Leading a strong team in the analysis, specification, design, implementation, and maintenance of an efficient, effective, scalable and sustainable data center infrastructure comprising of over 500 physical and virtualized servers, highly available and multi-tiered Storage Area Network (SAN/NAS), and archival system; provisioning adequate capacities of space, power, cooling, network, and environmental protection (access security, CCTV, smoke detection & fire suppression) and their associated inventory and contract management.
• As part of continual service improvement, applying due care in the auditing of the IT support infrastructure; and review of information system development & life cycle based on ISO/IEC 27001 standard.
• Providing technical expertise in the planning and definition of requirements for new IT systems and hosting of cloud-based services including MS Office 365 Exchange, perform feasibility and performance studies, and benchmarking.
• Oversees the design and implementation of IT Hardware and software solutions for both the headquarter and the National Data Centres (NDC)
• Implementing effective Customer and Supplier relationship management
• Coordinating IT processes, incident and change management based on standards (ITIL, PRINCE2, COBIT, ASHRAE, etc).
• Supervising performance of subordinates, ensure team-building, and offering support through provision of training, coaching and/or mentoring.
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Education: |
1. MBA
2. MSc. In Engineering, Information Systems Management (in view, Dec. 2016)
3. Post Graduate Diploma, Computer Science and Engineering
4. B.Sc. Industrial Physics
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Major successful Projects undertaken: As a project manager, I have successfully managed and delivered the following
• CTBTO cloud computing – lead the team in identifying and negotiating with accredited cloud service providers for sustainable and secure platform (PaaS) for hosting and distributing the Commission’s data and products.
• Tiered, modular, and scalable Storage Area Network (SAN) running on Director fabric ($3 Million)
• Implementation of LAN-less Backup, archiving solutions and enhancements ($2 Million)
• Enhancement of the storage infrastructure (($2.5 Million))
• Data center infrastructure improvements according to standards and best practices. These include
o On-going consolidation and virtualization of servers to optimize space, energy and server utilization
o Upgrade of physical access security with integrated biometric system
o Improvement of the data center security surveillance system to high-definition, IP-based with infra-red, remote monitoring and storage capabilities.
o Upgrade of the electrical power supply system to modular and scalable 2N+1
o CTBTO data center technical and energy audit
o Production of Statement of Applicability (SOA)
• Actively supported in the implementation of ITIL-based Incident Management System
• Senior member of coordination team for the UNESCO-NUC educational collaboration on ‘Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa’ (VIHEAF)
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Available for: |
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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