Kanan Mammadov
Head of IT Infrastructure & Operations Department @ Simbrella — trusted fintech solutions for Banks, MNOs & Mobile Wallets
About
Engineering Manager with 10+ years of experience in mission-critical systems, IT infrastructure, and operations management. Began career at one of the top three banks in Azerbaijan, followed by four years at the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Advanced to senior roles at Simbrella, leading IT Infrastructure & Operations with global exposure in banking and telecommunications. Skilled in managing infrastructure, service operations, and system reliability. Experienced in leading cross-functional engineering teams. Strong track record in automation, disaster recovery, incident management, and managing Information Security Management Systems in line with ISO 27001.
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Azerbaijan
Telecommunications
Cybersecurity, IT Operations, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Server Administration, Active Directory, System Administration, Troubleshooting, Windows Server, Windows, VMware ESX, VMware, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Servers, Kaspersky Security Center, Domain Name System (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Powershell, Nutanix
Experience
Head of IT Infrastructure & Operations Department
Simbrella — trusted fintech solutions for Banks, MNOs & Mobile Wallets
Baku, Azerbaijan
Responsibility area: • Lead of 4 units - IT Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineers, Service Support and Enterprise IT • Systems, network, database, backup and disaster recovery, capacity planning, supply management • System reliability, production troubleshooting, product observability, product infrastructure automation • Incident Management and Support • Information Security, ISMS • 24/7 support of 20+ operations across the world • Enterprise IT Projects: • Building a new incident management system • Migration of Windows environment to Linux • Building disaster recovery solutions for mission-critical systems • Upgrade of Kubernetes environment • Implementing Security tools in development process • Automation of the internal processes • Building a system to control the change management
IT Infrastructure Unit Manager
Simbrella — trusted fintech solutions for Banks, MNOs & Mobile Wallets
Baku, Azerbaijan
• Established vulnerability assessment and management • Applied CIS (Center of Internet Security) best practices • Various security improvements in software engineering • Improved monitoring system by switching to Zabbix
Platform Development Unit Manager
Simbrella — trusted fintech solutions for Banks, MNOs & Mobile Wallets
Baku, Azerbaijan
• Directed and supervised the administration of operating systems, network devices, databases, and virtualization infrastructures • Preparation of ISO 27001 documents • Plan and support the upgrade/migration of production environments • Implementing the latest security baselines • Building and configuring of high available network design
Platform Development Engineer
Simbrella — trusted fintech solutions for Banks, MNOs & Mobile Wallets
Baku, Azerbaijan
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of Hyper-V clusters • Upgrade VMware environment to the latest version • Managing Windows Server, CentOS servers • Plan and upgrade the outdated Windows Servers to the latest version • Migration of production platforms to the new one • Prepare platform specification according to the requirements • Installation and configuration SCCM to centralize management of all servers • Installation, configuration and maintenance of Symantec Endpoint Protection Management • Implementing internal Certificate Authority • PowerShell scripting
Leading System Administrator
Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan
• Maintenance of Primary and Disaster Recovery Sites • Installation Operating Systems on Virtual Machines, Servers • Administration of System Center Configuration Manager, Active Directory, VMware vCenter, Nutanix Prism, DHCP, DNS, WSUS, WDS, KMS, AD CS • Fixing problems on VMs and servers (Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016) • Installation server roles and features on Windows Servers • Manage server, VM resources (CPU, RAM, HDD) • Testing new features and roles • Powershell scripting
System Administrator
Xalq Bank
Baku, Azerbaijan
• Installation Operating System on Virtual Machines, Servers • Administration of System Center Configuration Manager, Kaspersky Security Center, Active Directory, VMware vCenter, DHCP, DNS, WSUS, WDS • Fixing problems on VMs and servers (Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 R2) • Installation server roles and features on Windows Servers • Manage server, VM resources (CPU, RAM, HDD) • Testing new features and roles • Windows Backup, VMware Data Protection backup systems • Powershell scripting • Basic configuration of Cisco network devices
IT Helpdesk Specialist
Xalq Bank
Baku
• Installation Operating System on Desktop Computers, Notebooks • Installation and maintenance different Applications • Troubleshooting system and network problems • Installation updates and patches (Windows XP, 7, 8.1, 10) • Support IBM Notes client mail • Requesting and installation BSXM certificates (MKR, MMX) • Support up to 500 clients
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