Hooman Shirazi
About Hooman Shirazi
Hooman Shirazi is a Desk Site Service Site Lead at Alight Solutions and a Project Team Lead at GSK in Mississauga, ON, with extensive experience in IT infrastructure and engineering roles.
Current Positions at GSK and Alight Solutions
Hooman Shirazi currently serves as a Project Team Lead at GSK in Mississauga, ON. In addition, he holds the position of Desk Site Service Site Lead at Alight Solutions. These roles involve overseeing various IT projects, ensuring the smooth operation of IT infrastructure, and leading teams to meet organizational goals.
Previous Experience in IT Infrastructure Engineering
Hooman Shirazi has extensive experience in IT infrastructure, having held notable positions at Mphasis from 2016 to 2020. He served as Principal IT Infrastructure Engineer (DSS Site Lead) from 2018 to 2020 and as Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer from 2016 to 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His responsibilities included managing large-scale IT infrastructure projects and ensuring operational efficiency.
IT Positions at Aon and Other Companies
Between 2013 and 2016, Hooman Shirazi worked at Aon as Lead Technician / Customer Engineer Lead. His career has included various short-term positions, such as IT Infrastructure Engineer at NCR Corporation and Customer Engineer Lead roles at companies like Soroc Technology and Microsoft. He has also served as a Technical Consultant and System Administrator for the Government of Canada.
Educational Background in Engineering and IT
Hooman Shirazi holds a Master's degree in Engineering Management from the University of Ottawa, which he completed between 2011 and 2013. He obtained an Associate's Degree in Networking Engineer from Trios College in 2009 and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Software Engineering from Sheikh Bahaei University. Additionally, he completed a Workplace Communication in Canada certification from Ryerson University in 2010.
Professional Certifications and Technical Expertise
Hooman Shirazi's technical acumen is evidenced by several certifications. He holds a VMware Certified Professional certification in Data Center Virtualization and has pursued certifications in both Azure and AWS. He is also a Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenApp 6 and holds CompTIA A+ and Net+ certifications. His proficiency extends to Microsoft-related credentials such as MCSE and MCSA, and he has expertise in deploying SCCM2012 and managing Active Directory and Server Administration.