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Abid Bashir

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Senior IT Operations Specialist at BMO supporting enterprise systems and automating deployment with Ansible.

Canada
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At BMO, I support enterprise IT operations by monitoring and troubleshooting systems, investigating alerts with SOC and cybersecurity teams, and escalating suspicious activity. I also contribute to security audits, compliance reporting, and disaster recovery testing.

I’ve automated application deployment pipelines with Ansible and GitHub, and implemented playbooks for health checks, inventory management, and access control. My work also includes administering RedHat Linux and Solaris systems and supporting applications such as WebSphere, IHS, and MQ.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

BMO logoBM
Current

Senior IT Operations Specialist

Sep 2012 - Present (14 years 2 months)

Provide operational monitoring and troubleshooting of enterprise IT systems to ensure security and availability. Collaborate with SOC analysts and cybersecurity teams to investigate alerts and incidents, and support patching, access management, and compliance reporting.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

PU

Preston University

MBA, Management Information System

MBA in Management Information Systems from Preston University, completed in 1998.

UK

University of Karachi

Bachelor of Commerce, Commerce

Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Karachi, completed in 1995.

PT

Petroman Institute of Technology

Diploma, Computer Science

Diploma in Computer Science from Petroman Institute of Technology.

CL

CTTC (Pvt) Ltd

Diploma, System and Network Administration

Diploma in System and Network Administrator from CTTC (Pvt) Ltd.

ISACA logoIS

ISACA

CISM, Information Security Management

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification from ISACA.

ISACA logoIS

ISACA

Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate, Cybersecurity

ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Azure SC-900, Cloud Security

Microsoft Azure SC-900 certification.

SB

SOC & Splunk Training Bootcamp

Bootcamp, Security Operations

SOC and Splunk training bootcamp.

University of Toronto logoUT

University of Toronto

Training, IT Risk Management and Cyber Security

Enterprise IT Risk Management and Cyber Security training from the University of Toronto.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) logoAA

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate, Cloud Architecture

AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate certification.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Azure Solution Architect Expert, Cloud Architecture

Microsoft Azure Solution Architect Expert certification.

Red Hat logoRH

Red Hat

RedHat Certified Engineer, Linux Administration

RedHat Certified Engineer certification.

Red Hat logoRH

Red Hat

RedHat System Administrator, Linux Administration

RedHat System Administrator certification.

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