Chee Kay Soong
About Chee Kay Soong
Chee Kay Soong is a Senior System Administrator at National Instruments in Penang, Malaysia, with extensive experience in managing global IT infrastructure and providing advanced technical support.
Current Role at National Instruments
Chee Kay Soong is currently a Senior System Administrator at National Instruments located in Penang, Malaysia. In this role, he manages the global infrastructure for approximately 50 email servers. He provides Level 3 technical support for groupware systems, and serves as the system administrator for Proofpoint Protection server. His responsibilities include handling email virus wall and SPAM filtering, and being the technology owner for BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Domino and IBM Notes Traveler.
Experience at Philips LumiLeds Lighting Company
Chee Kay Soong previously worked as a Senior System Administrator at Philips LumiLeds Lighting Company Sdn Bhd from 2012 to 2013. During his one year tenure in Penang, Malaysia, he contributed his expertise in system administration, although specific projects and accomplishments during this period are not detailed.
Long-Term Tenure at Silterra Malaysia
From 2002 to 2012, Chee Kay Soong served as a Senior System Engineer at Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd in Kulim, Kedah. His decade-long tenure at the company reflects significant experience in system engineering. Specific details about his contributions or projects during this time are not provided.
Educational Background
Chee Kay Soong pursued his higher education at University Putra Malaysia where he studied Engineering focusing on Computer and Telecommunication, earning an Engineer's Degree between 1999 and 2002. Prior to this, he studied at Ungku Omar Polytechnic where he completed a Professional Certificate in Engineering (Electrical/Electronic) from 1997 to 1998.
Technical Achievements in System Administration
Chee Kay Soong has achieved notable milestones in his career. These include successfully migrating 60 users and 30 applications from Aachen, Germany, to the EMEA regional HUB in Debrecen, Hungary without any issues. He upgraded 40 production Domino servers to R853 FP5 across more than 10 countries in AMER, EMEA, and APAC regions. He completed Domino server consolidation assessments for NI-Japan and NI-Russia sites. Additionally, he enhanced mobile service capacity by adding a new Notes Traveler server to the existing Traveler HA Pool and upgraded IBM Notes Traveler to the latest version. He also migrated 16 Domino servers from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008.