# Fazal Vahora

Fazal Vahora is a remote worker on Himalayas, Information Technology Operations Manager at Qualifacts (IHCS Technologies Pvt Ltd), based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@fazalvahora

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IT Operations Manager at Qualifacts managing a $5M+ AWS environment and sustaining 99.99% availability for healthcare SaaS platforms.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Salary expectations | 111k+ USD |
| Job categories | IT Operations Manager, VP Of Infrastructure Operations, Head Of Infrastructure |
| Skills | AWS, Cloud Strategy, Cloud Governance, IT Operations, SaaS Operations, Infrastructure Transformation, Cloud Migration, Infrastructure Architecture, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, HIPAA, SOC2, ISO 27001, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/fazalvahora6 |

## What I'm looking for

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I’m seeking a VP / Head of Infrastructure role to drive enterprise cloud strategy, operational resilience, and technology governance at scale.
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## About

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At Qualifacts, I manage a $5M+ AWS environment and drive cost optimization through governance, automation, and modernization. I help maintain 99.99% availability for healthcare SaaS platforms supporting 100,000+ users.

At Qualifacts, I led the migration of 250+ servers to AWS, including a data center transition. I also led a Snowflake data platform migration and FHIR interface implementation for US healthcare data exchange standards.

At Netafim Irrigation India Pvt Ltd, I led a global WAN connectivity project across 22 countries and migrated global Active Directory and Exchange environments to a single domain and Office 365. I’m seeking a VP / Head of Infrastructure role to drive enterprise cloud strategy, operational resilience, and technology governance at scale.
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## Experience

### Information Technology Operations Manager (current)

Qualifacts (IHCS Technologies Pvt Ltd). Sep 2023 - Present

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Leads a multidisciplinary technology organization supporting mission-critical global SaaS operations. Owns AWS cloud environment with $5M+ annual spend, driving 20% cost optimization and maintaining 99.99% service availability.
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Skills: AWS, Cloud-Cost-Optimization, SaaS-Operations, HIPAA, SOC2, ISO-27001, Snowflake, FHIR, PAM, Akamai-Kona-WAF, Infrastructure-Architecture, Database-Administration, Network-Engineer, NOC-Operations

### IT Manager

Qualifacts (IHCS Technologies Pvt Ltd). Sep 2019 - Sep 2023

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Spearheaded migration of 250+ servers from on-premises to AWS cloud, including data center transition. Led enterprise reporting strategy and implemented AWS disaster recovery and NOC functions.
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Skills: AWS-Migration, Data-Center-Migration, SSRS, Power-BI, S3, Disaster-Recovery, NOC, Aruba-CPPM, Airwave, IT-strategy

### Network and IT Infrastructure Officer

Netafim Irrigation India Pvt Ltd. Nov 2011 - Aug 2019

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Led technical teams across systems, network engineering, and global service desk. Delivered global WAN connectivity across 22 countries and led India data center build project.
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Skills: WAN, Aryaka, IPsec-VPN, Active-Directory, Exchange, Office-365, Symantec.Cloud, VMWare, HP-Blades, SAN, 3PAR, Hitachi-AMS, Checkpoint, Cyberoam, Firewalls

### System Administrator

SABIC Research and Technology Pvt. Ltd.. Mar 2009 - Nov 2011

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Managed Active Directory, Exchange 2007, and enterprise backup systems. Administered SAN storage, server infrastructure, and network security.
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Skills: Active-Directory, Microsoft-Exchange-2007, Symantec-Backup-Exec, SAN, Server-Infrastructure, Cisco-ASA, McAfee, Sophos

## Education

### Singhania University

Bachelor of Business Administration, Business Administration

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Pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Singhania University.
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### Cisco

Cisco Certified Network Associate, Networking

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Earned the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification.
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### Microsoft

Microsoft Certified Professional, Information Technology

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Earned the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification.
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### Red Hat

Red Hat Certified Engineer, System Administration

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Earned the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.
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### Akamai

Akamai Certified Web Application & API Protection, Web Security

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Earned the Akamai Certified Web Application & API Protection certification.
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## Tech stack

- Snowflake
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Cisco ASA
- Sophos
- Docker
- Privileged Access Management
- Power BI
- AWS

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