Riyad Murad

Over 16 years expertise in System Engineering including implementing, managing and migrating Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange and Exchange Online. Over 5 years expertise in DevSecOps engineering focusing on SIEM and log management as well as a Security Analyst

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Career Timeline

Mar. 2021 — current
DevSecOps Engineer at Swiss Mobiliar
Deploying and Managing Microsoft Sentinel (IaC), Microsoft Defender XDR, as well as helping in deploying security detection rules. In addition, I'm a part of the SOC Team as security analyst.
Sep. 2016 — May 2021
Senior System Engineer at e-support AG
Planning, implementing and troubleshooting MS365/AzureAD/AD/Exchange. Planning and deploying AD/Exchange migration projects. Performing Skype to Teams migrations as well as administering and troubleshooting FortiGate firewalls.
Feb. 2015 — Jul. 2016
ICT System Specialist at Tempobrain AG
System and network Admin as well as providing support to our call center agents.
Oct. 2013 — Feb. 2015
Moved to Switzerland
Moved with my family to Switzerland and started a new chapter including learning German and improving my skills.
Oct. 2004 — Oct. 2013
Syria — Damascus Experience
Started as Trainer and Technical Support at Al-Wafer Training Center (CCNA/MCSE/A+/MCDST) in 2007; Project Engineer at Syrian Data Systems — SDS doing 2nd-level Microsoft support and AD migrations from 2008; System Engineer at Advanced Technology Solutions — ATS supporting Mitel VOIP and Microsoft from 2012; IT Administrator at Syria International Insurance — Arope Syria (Windows/firewall/Mitel VOIP) from Apr 2013; Infrastructure Management Senior Officer at Bank Al-Sharq (network/AD/Exchange/VMware) from Apr 2013 to Oct 2013.
- Jun 2007: Trainer and Technical Support at Al-Wafer Training Center — CCNA, MCSE, A+, MCDST training and support
- Jun 2008: Project Engineer at Syrian Data Systems — SDS — 2nd level support for Microsoft infrastructure products; AD migrations
- Aug 2012: System Engineer at Advanced Technology Solutions — ATS — Mitel VOIP technical consulting; 2nd level Microsoft support
- Apr 2013: IT Administrator at Syria International Insurance — Arope Syria — Managed windows systems including firewall and Mitel VOIP
- Apr 2013 — Oct 2013: Infrastructure Management Senior Officer at Bank Al-Sharq — Managed/troubleshooted network infrastructure, AD, Exchange, VMware infrastructure