Zimad Asif

Systems Administrator specializing in virtualization, Linux administration, and datacenter infrastructure, with hands-on experience in software development and automation. Skilled in Proxmox, VMware, monitoring, databases, Python, and Active Directory. Focused on reliable infrastructure, automation, performance, and high availability.

System Administrator at NACTA (2025-08 – Present)

• Manage Windows and Linux servers, virtualization, Active Directory, networking, monitoring, backups, and enterprise applications.
• Experienced with VMware vSphere/ESXi, NSX, VMware Horizon, Kubernetes, Wazuh, Zabbix, Grafana and Nagios,
• Python, software deployment, containerization, infrastructure as code, cloud platforms, and cybersecurity.
• Focused on system reliability, high availability, security, performance,
• Disaster recovery, automation, and efficient IT operations.

System Operations Engineer at Planet Beyond (2024-02 – 2025-07)

• Manage Proxmox virtualization, Linux/Windows systems, databases, backups, and data center operations.
• Implement and maintain monitoring with Grafana, Nagios, PMM, and Cacti
• while developing Bash and Python scripts to automate tasks.

Technical Support Executive at Planet Beyond (2024-02 – 2025-01)

• Provided technical support with 95%+ SLA resolution.
• Investigated application, connectivity, and system-related problems, performed log
• Helped improve service reliability and customer experience.
• Conducted research and prepared excel based reports

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology – Bahria University Islamabad (2020 – 2024)