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Amin Afara

@aminafara

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I strengthen IT compliance, audit readiness, and secure cloud operations.

United Arab Emirates

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for IT compliance or GRC analyst roles, remotely or in Dubai, where I can support audit readiness, control implementation, and ISO 27001, UAE PDPL, and cloud security work. I'm also open to remote cloud administration opportunities.

At AJG Holding, I led group-wide IT for more than eight companies, supporting ISO 27001, UAE PDPL, and CBUAE audit work across regulated insurance and healthcare environments.

I managed identity lifecycles, access reviews, patching, tested backup restores, endpoint security, and vendors. After a business email compromise, I helped deploy Barracuda email security and ran awareness training that reduced phishing click rates from roughly 40% to 10% within a year.

I've completed a BSc in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt University and built a public AWS cloud practice, including a GRC toolkit mapping deployed controls to ISO 27001:2022 and SOC 2, operational runbooks, and a hardened AWS account.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Information Technology Manager

AJG Holding

Nov 2020 - May 2026 (5 years 6 months)

• Directed group-wide IT as senior point of contact for 8+ companies after the Head of IT's departure; delivered new capabilities end to end: assessed, implemented, then established ongoing operations by contracting vendors and training staff
• Administered user account lifecycles across the group's separately-run company networks and joiner/leaver provisioning, role assignment, and periodic acces

ISO 27001 IT Audit Active Directory Incident Response Vendor Management Patch Management Backup And Recovery Endpoint Security Security Awareness Access Reviews

Information Technology Support Technician

AJG Holding

Jun 2016 - Nov 2020 (4 years 5 months)

• Delivered front-line and infrastructure support across the group's companies: user accounts, endpoints, patching, backups, and multi-site troubleshooting
• Handled requests and incidents through Freshservice across the group's separately-run company networks, supporting users in insurance, automotive, and real estate businesses
• Seconded for one year to Gargash Hospital to support its IT team:

Technical Support System Administration Windows Server Freshservice Veeam Backup and Replication