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1. Personal Data
2. Objectives and Current Goals
3. Professional Work Experience
4. Educations and Certificates
5. Special Skills and Interests
6. Professional Training Courses

1 Personal Data

Date/ Place of birth: 26th, Jan 1973, Irbid- Jordan.
Nationality: Jordanian.
Marital Status: Married to Samar Al-Ali.
Gender: Male.

Current Residence: Finland- Espoo.

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2 Objectives and Current Goals

• Improve expertise in Linux, JAVA, EJB, J2EE, and XML.
• Improve expertise in C, C++, and TCP/IP network programming techniques (i.e. socket programming using both C, and Java).
• Prepare for the 3rd Generation of Mobile Telecommunication World, by improve the expertise and learn the techniques and technologies. 
• Improve and enhanced the skills of Software Testing techniques.
• Prepare and Finish the Linux and Software Testing Certificate.
• Finish the M. Sc. of Telecommunication Software of HUT (Q4 2002). I had already finished the first year with very good grade.

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3 Professional Work Experience

Software Testing Engineer

May 2000- present

Nokia Networks Oy, Helsinki- Finland

• NINA- NOKIA Intelligent Network Architecture Project.
• Integration Testing Engineer- 
  • Integration test specifications, analysis and resources planning.
  • Integration test design, implementation test automation and execution.
  • Technologies and Tools- JAVA, C/C++,  Tcl, Sun Solaris, CORBA Messaging Platform, J2EE (Bea WebLogic Server), EJB, Notification Services, SS7, Signaling Protocols, TestMan, and Lotus Notes.
  • Lead the Test Area of J2EE service platform to System Management Component (Notification, Configuration and log Services).
• Nokia Platform for 3G-GPRS Networks-
  • Software Developer of Warming Manager on ATM switches.
  • Design and Implementation of the Warming Manager.
  • Porting old software to the New platform.
  • Technologies and Tools- C, ChorusOS, Rational ClearCase, Linux, Nokia DX200/DMX.
• FlexiServer- Nokia Solution for All-IP Network Platform.
• Integration Test Engineer-
  • J2EE Server System Component (Platform).
  • System Specification and System Architecture Review.
  • Integration Testing Specification, planning, test identification, design, implantation, test automation and test execution.
  • Technologies and Tools- Linux, WinNT, Sun Solaris,  Java programming, C/C++, EJB, J2EE (Bea WebLogic Server),  CORBA, OMG- Notification Services, JMS, JDBC, JNDI, IIOP-RMI, XML, Signaling protocols, TCP/IP. IPv6, TestMan, Pronto Fault reporting, and UML.

System Administrator and Operator

July 1996- April 2000

Jordan Telecom PLC, Amman- Jordan

• Projects

  • JTC Main System Migration (From DEC OVMS to SUN Solaris UNIX) project.
  • JTC Y2K Project.
  • Enterprise Management System projects.
• Responsibilities included
• JTC Main System Migration Project

• Main System (SUN E4000/E3000/E450/Solaris 2.6) Administrator (250+ users).
• System Configuration and Installation (Hardware and Software).
• Deploy any new techniques according to JTC business policies.
• Design and implement of policies, strategies, and procedures of backup and restore.
• Design and implementation of user groups, users, file system structure according to applications needs.
• Design and implementation of security polices according to JTC polices (user accounts, auditing, accounting system, user rights, and file permissions).
• Configure of network setup, from the system side (routers, IP address, Terminal Servers, and …etc.) to be connected with remote sites.
• Write shell scripts to automated our system activities.
• System statistics, and reporting.
• Tuning system performance, to find the bottle necks of the system, and make suggestions to solve that points.
• Prepare studies and reports to MIS (Mangers of Information Systems) according to performance tuning.
• Keep track of Daily system activities which includes (Users accounts, groups, system monitoring, log files, devices, printers, queues, and …etc.).
• Service calls.
• Participated in Security planning and implementation for JTC.

• JTC Y2K Project:

• Prepare the test procedures of Y2K compatibility for JTC systems (SUN Servers, Digital DEC/VAX servers) hard ware and OS, such procedures highlights on rollover critical dates.
• Make appropriate tests to ensure that our system is compliant with Y2K.
• Prepare contingency plans for Y2K (BCP Plans).
• Prepare the Business Continuity Process (Emergency Plans).

• Enterprise Management System project (Unicenter TNG):

• Studying of JTC Business processes requirements.
• Implement those Business Process Views into Computer Views.
• Design the Backup polices and strategies according to JTC polices and TNG views.
• Design and implementation of security polices.
• System Installation and configuration.

• Fire Wall Server Administrator (Solaris FW):

• Design and Implement security policies, according to JTC Internet Access policies (Time Base).
• Keep tracking of system logs against to hacking access.
• Connect JTC remote sites to be inter to the Internet.
• Technical Support for our internal JTC customers.

• Other Responsibilities:

• System Administrator of open VMS system on Digital Cluster System.
• System Administrator VMS system on VAX 4000 Severs.
• Administration of Microsoft Exchange Server.

Computer Engineer- Filed Engineer

March 1996- July 1996 

Computer Science Home (CSH), Amman- Jordan

• PC's Configuration, Installation, and maintenance.
• Windows and Windows Application trainer.
• Microsoft product support.

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4 Educations and Certificates

1. Currently: Student of International Master Program of Telecommunication Software at Helsinki University of Technology/Computer Science and Engineering Department since September 2000. Already completed the first year with very good Grade. To be finished in Q4/2002.
2. B.Sc. Degree in Applied Engineering (Major), Computer and Automatic Control Engineering (Minor), very good grade, from Yarmouk University, Irbid- Jordan, 1991- 1996.
3. Sun Solaris 7 Administration Certificate Part I.

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5 Special Skills and Interests

• Operating Systems: DOS, Win95, WinNT, Win2000, VAX/Open VMS, Solaris Unix 2.x, Red Hat Linux.
• Java, C, EJB, J2EE, JNDI, JDBC, and Bea Weblogic Server.
• Software Testing (Integration and System Testing).
• HTML- Advanced, XML- basics.
• TCP/IP socket programming, and TCP/IP administration network planning. 
• IPv4 and IPv6.
• Computer data Network Security (Firewall and IPsec).
• CORBA.
• UML.
• MSOffice (World, Excel, Access, and Power Point).
• SQL.
• Oracle 7.x- DBA.

Other Technical Interests

• ATM, 3rd Mobile Telecommunication Network.
• Internet, e-Commerce, m-commerce, and e-banking.

Non- Technical Interests

• Reading about history, Computers, Internet, and science fiction.
• Traveling world wide, visiting historical places, and site seeing. I have already visited London, and Stockholm and the next target is Copenhagen and Paris.

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6 Professional Training Courses

• SUN ULTRA Enterprise 10000 Administration, Apr. 19th, 1999- Apr. 22nd, 1999, SUN Microsystems, Chamberly- UK.
• Solaris 2.x TCP/IP Network Administration, Apr.12th, 1999- Apr. 16th, 1999, Regis House, London- UK.
• VERITAS Volume Manager, Apr. 6th, 1999- Apr. 8th, 1999, VERITAS Co., Chersty- UK.
• VERITAS NetBackup, Apr. 26th, 1999- Apr. 28th, 1999, VERITAS Co., Chersty- UK.
• Solaris Administration, 15 Hours, STS (SUN Microsystems Authorized Center), Amman- Jordan.
• Introduction to Oracle8 and PL/SQL, 30 Hours, Sep. 25th, 1999- Oct. 7th, 1999, Palestine Engineering Co., Amman, Jordan.
• Oracle8 DBA, 18 Hours, Oct. 30th,1999- Nov. 6th, 1999, Palestine Engineering Co., Amman, Jordan.
• Java Programming Language, Sun Microsystems, 4 days, Dec. 2000, Espoo- Finland.
• XML Practice and Theory, Nokia, 2 days, May. 2001, Espoo- Finland.
• System Training of GSM, Nokia, 2 days, Mar. 2001, Espoo- Finland.
• ATM Advanced, Lynross, 2 days, May 2001, Espoo- Finland.
• UML Modeling, Infost Oy, 2 days, Mar. 2001, Tampare- Finland.
• Software Testing, Software Ed, 2 days. Sep. 2000, Oulu- Finland.
• OMG-Day, Helsinki, Mar. 2001.

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