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Meshari Alghamdi
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Windows Infrastructure Engineer | Automation & IT Operations

Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Meshari Alghamdi

Reliable infrastructure.Secure operations.Practical automation.

I’m Meshari Alghamdi, an IT infrastructure professional with over five years of experience supporting enterprise banking environments. My work spans Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange, PKI, and PowerShell automation, with a focus on reliability, security, and operational efficiency.

Open to conversations about senior infrastructure engineering and IT infrastructure leadership roles.

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About

I work on the infrastructure that a bank depends on every day: Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, messaging and the certificate services underneath them. Most of that work is quiet by design. When it is done well, nobody notices it.

My day-to-day covers operational support and administration, vulnerability remediation and patching, virtualization on VMware and Nutanix, and the messaging and archive platforms that regulated environments rely on. Troubleshooting is a large part of it, and I try to leave every incident with clearer documentation than I found.

I reach for PowerShell when a task is repeated, error-prone or slow to verify by hand. The goal is not clever scripts; it is consistent, reviewable steps that the rest of the team can run and trust.

Much of my work is collaborative: coordinating with security, network, application and disaster recovery teams on enterprise projects where continuity matters more than speed. I am growing toward technical leadership, where that coordination and judgment become the main job.

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Expertise

Areas I work in regularly. No ratings, no percentages.

Core Infrastructure

04 areas

The directory and server foundation everything else authenticates against.

  • Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025
  • Active Directory
  • DNS
  • Group Policy

Messaging and Identity

05 areas

Mail platforms, federation and archiving in a regulated environment.

  • Exchange Server and Exchange Server SE
  • Database Availability Groups
  • ADFS and Web Application Proxy
  • Enterprise Vault
  • Proofpoint and email security

Certificates and Security

05 areas

Trust chains, certificate lifecycles and remediation work.

  • Active Directory Certificate Services
  • PKI and certificate lifecycle management
  • Keyfactor
  • Tenable vulnerability management
  • Security patching

Automation and Operations

08 areas

Tooling and practices that keep operations repeatable.

  • PowerShell
  • IIS
  • SCCM
  • Splunk
  • F5 LTM/GTM
  • VMware and Nutanix
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • Operational documentation
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Featured Projects

Short case studies, described with care for a regulated environment. No internal names, addresses or figures.

4 projects shown

  1. 01
    Messaging

    Enterprise Email Archive Migration

    Migrating archived mail from SourceOne to Enterprise Vault with Transvault, with a focus on operational continuity.

    Enterprise VaultSourceOneTransvaultExchange Server
    Read case study
  2. 02
    Security

    Certificate Lifecycle Management

    Implementing and managing Keyfactor to bring visibility and process to certificate renewals.

    KeyfactorAD Certificate ServicesPKITLS
    Read case study
  3. 03
    Automation

    PowerShell Infrastructure Automation

    Practical PowerShell tools for certificate discovery, IIS bindings, Active Directory checks and Exchange operations.

    PowerShellIISActive DirectoryExchange Server
    Read case study
  4. 04
    Observability

    Email Flow Observability

    Tracing messages across Exchange, NDLP and Proofpoint in Splunk to find where delivery fails.

    SplunkExchange ServerProofpointNDLP
    Read case study
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Professional Experience

  1. –

    Associate Windows Administrator

    Gulf International Bank · Saudi Arabia

    Windows infrastructure administration and operational support in an enterprise banking environment.

    • Administer and support Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS and Group Policy across production environments.
    • Support virtualized workloads on VMware and Nutanix platforms.
    • Coordinate and carry out vulnerability remediation and security patching.
    • Operate and support enterprise messaging and email archive platforms.
    • Collaborate with partner teams on disaster recovery planning and exercises.
    • Build PowerShell tooling for repeatable checks and operational tasks.
  2. –

    IT Technician

    Musanadah Facilities and Management

    • Provided on-site IT support for end users, hardware and workstation setup.
  3. –

    Desktop Support Technician

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI, USA

    • Supported students and staff with desktop, account and software issues.
    • Documented recurring issues and resolutions for the support team.
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Certifications & Education

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

    Microsoft

    AZ-900
  • ITIL 4 Foundation

    AXELOS / PeopleCert

    ITIL 4
  • Cyber Security Foundation Professional Certificate

    CertiProf

    CSFPC

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Science & Technology

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

GPA 3.91 / 4.00

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Get in touch

For infrastructure opportunities and professional conversations, get in touch by email or LinkedIn.

meshari.jamal@hotmail.com

Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia