Hamid S.

Hamid S. has a diverse work experience, starting with their current role as Team Lead for IT Services at ZE PowerGroup. Prior to this, they worked as an IT Services Support Specialist at the same company. Hamid also served as an Infrastructure Administrator at the City of Kamloops, where they managed Windows enterprise servers and the VMWare private cloud infrastructure. Before that, they held the role of Infrastructure Administrator at Nova Merchant Bank Ltd., where they were responsible for server maintenance, virtual infrastructure, and information security administration. Hamid also worked as a Data Center Operations Specialist at Dangote Industries Limited and as an IT Systems Administrator at GTBank. Hamid started their career as an Information Security Specialist at Consolidated Discounts Limited, where they played a vital role in developing security policies and maintaining network and perimeter security.

Hamid S. holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Information Systems from the American University of Nigeria, which was obtained between 2005 and 2009. Hamid further pursued a Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at the Royal Holloway, University of London from 2009 to 2010. In terms of additional certifications, Hamid has obtained the following: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Certified Associate from Oracle in January 2020, NSE 1 Network Security Associate and NSE 2 Network Security Associate from Fortinet in April 2020, Alliance Access Administrator from SWIFT in September 2014. Hamid also holds certifications from Microsoft including Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals and Microsoft Specialist: Windows 7, Configuring, although the specific dates of obtaining these certifications are not provided. Lastly, Hamid has a Cybersecurity Foundations certification from LinkedIn, but the date of obtaining this certification is also unknown.