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MOHAMED AMIN  MOHAMUD

MOHAMED AMIN MOHAMUD

DIRECTOR ICT
NAIROBI,NAIROBI

Summary

CAREER OBJECTIVES Seeking a position within a progressive organization that will utilize my knowledge to further the organization’s growth and to advance myself in terms of education and experience as well as help my workmates within the targeted period.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

DIRECTOR ICT & E-GOVERNMENT

COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF WAJIR
WAJIR
02.2023 - Current
  • Responsibilities
  • Development of the county annual development plan (ADP)
  • Do Capacity building for the IT staff on technical issues
  • Designs and implements IT strategies and infrastructure
  • Analyze business requirements for IT needs and systems
  • Works to increase user satisfaction
  • Evaluates IT operations with regard to established goals
  • Identifies and eliminates security risks
  • Oversees IT operations.
  • Developed and implemented comprehensive strategies to improve operational processes and organizational efficiency.
  • Directed the organization's daily operations, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Collaborated with senior leadership to set long-term objectives for the company.
  • Recruited, trained, supervised, evaluated and mentored staff members.

Assistant Director ICT and E-Government

COUNTY GOVERNMEMT OF WAJIR
WAJIR
01.2015 - 02.2023
  • Advising the director on technical issues and how to go about it
  • Planning and designing network layouts to be implemented at the sub county level
  • Supporting the entire ministries in Wajir east and even the sub counties
  • Planning backup and recovery of the county information and data
  • Contributing to ICT policies and plans
  • Assist the director in day to day running of the directorate
  • Troubleshooting printers
  • Formulating new ICT policies
  • Testing new systems for weakness
  • Developed and managed a team of 10 employees to ensure efficient operations of the organization.
  • Coordinated financial activities, budgeting and forecasting for assigned departments.
  • Implemented policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws.

Senior ICT Officer

Wajir County Government
10.2013 - 12.2015
  • Providing technical support and assistance to county staff on ICT functions
  • Maintenance of computer systems
  • Carrying out network design, configurations and maintenance
  • Evaluating network systems and ensuring users’ adherence to established ICT policies and standards
  • Installation, configuration and maintenance of county LAN and WAN
  • Formulating technical specifications for network systems
  • Working closely with Help Desk service in supporting County networks operations
  • Updating and keeping custody of ICT inventory
  • Providing support to staff on county email
  • Carrying out of repairs and maintenance of ICT equipment and associated peripherals .
  • Developed and implemented ICT policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation.
  • Provided technical advice, guidance, training and support to staff members on the use of ICT systems and applications.
  • Ensured that all ICT equipment is maintained in an efficient state for optimal performance.
  • Identified areas for improvement in existing processes or technologies, and developed strategies to address them.

Technical consultant

North Eastern Media
02.2013 - 06.2013

Responsibilities

· Effective and efficient implementation of the Communications strategy in the radio

· Develop and manage print, radio and media campaigns to increase organization visibility

· Advising the organization on ICT matters

· Backing up the system on weekly bases

· Configuration of both hardware and software

· Developing infrastructure and secure networks within the organization

· Ensuring ICT capacity building for all the staff

  • Provided technical advice and guidance to customers on product use.
  • Developed and implemented technical solutions for customer needs.
  • Monitored system performance, identified issues and resolved them in a timely manner.
  • Created detailed documentation of all technical processes and procedures.

System Administrator

Islamic university in Uganda(I.U.I.U)
MBALE
01.2012 - 02.2012
  • Responsibilities
  • Effective and efficient implementation of the Communications strategy in the radio
  • Develop and manage print, radio and media campaigns to increase organization visibility
  • Advising the organization on ICT matters
  • Backing up the system on weekly bases
  • Configuration of both hardware and software
  • Developing infrastructure and secure networks within the organization
  • Ensuring ICT capacity building for all the staff, C.T department Islamic university in Uganda
  • Responsibilities
  • Password and identity management
  • Monitor system performance
  • Responsibility for security
  • Troubleshooting any reported problems
  • Answering technical queries and assisting users
  • Create a 'backup ‘and recover policy
  • Analyzing system logs and identifying potential issues with computer systems
  • Introducing and integrating new technologies into existing data center environments
  • Performing routine audits of systems and software
  • Applying operating system updates, patches, and configuration changes
  • Installing and configuring new hardware and software
  • Adding, removing, or updating user account information, resetting passwords, etc
  • Responsibility for documenting the configuration of the system.
  • Configured and maintained system hardware, software and network components.
  • Monitored system performance to ensure optimal operations and identified potential issues.
  • Installed, tested and evaluated new systems, applications and patches.
  • Created user accounts and managed access rights for users.

Education

Masters of Science - Information Security (MSCIS

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Techno
NAIROBI
01.2018

BARCHELOR OF SCIENCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(B.I.T) - Information Technology

Islamic University
MBALE-UGANDA
01.2009

Cisco Networking Academy Course (CCNA) The Four Levels - CCNA

CCNA
01.2011

Attended Monitoring and evaluation training in Kitui -

KITUI TECHNICAL COLLEDGE
KITUI
02.2014

KCSE - Secondary Education

Garissa High School
GARISSA
01.2007

PRIMARY CERTIFICATE -

Young Muslim Primary School
GARISSA
01.2003

General Secretary Islamic university student union government -

01.2012

References

REFEREES 

Mr. Omujal Martin 

H.O.D Computer Science Department Islamic university in Uganda 

Tel no: +256-772-593-876 

E-mail: omujalgm@yahoo.com 

Mr. KHALIF MOHAMUD 

CCO ICT & e-Government 

County Government Of Wajir 

Tel: +254-713767776, +254722-418-689 

E-mail: mkhalif@wajir.go.ke 

Mr. Mohamud Abdullahi, 

North Eastern Media and Television Ltd. 

Tel: +254-722-239-166 

E-mail mohamed@starfm.co.ke

Mr. OSMAN KASSIM Head Of Human Resource (HR)

County Government Of Wajir 

Tel: +254-723-951-582 

E-mail:, director-HR@wajir.go.ke

Mr. SALAH ADAN CEC Finance & Economic Planning 

County Government Of Wajir 

Tel: +254-707602667

E-mail: Salahadan@gmail.com

Interests

INTEREST AND ACTIVITIES Doing research Reading magazines and journals Making friends, traveling and expeditions Watching documentaries Swimming

Languages

  • English, Kiswahili, Somali & Arabic (spoken and written)
  • Additional Information

    • July 2015: Awarded certificate for undergoing oracle database programming at Kenya School of government
    • November 2018: certificate in senior management course at Kenya school of government(K.S.G)
    • July 2018: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) at The African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute
    • March 2019: Disaster Recovery (EDRP) at The African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute
    • February 2020: Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE.NET / CASE JAVA) at The African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute
    • January 2021: A+ at Techno brain institute of technology
    • MAY 2017 python programming at The African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute
    • January 2021: N+ at Techno brain institute of technology
    • June 2014: Awarded certificate for undergoing training in integrated payroll and personnel Database (I.P.P.D) which was held in sham Al-sheikh Wajir County
    • MAY 2014: the Chief Officer –ICT & E-government for the commendable work I deed in the Delivery of quality ICT services in Wajir County.
    • Wajir county Became number 2 on ict infrastructure among the 47 counties in kenya under my leadership as result i was promoted to Director ict

    MEMBERSHIP TO A PROFESSIONAL BODY

    • Information Systems Audit and Control Association(ISACA)
    • Information Communication Technology Association of Kenya(ICTAK)
    • COMPUTER SOCIETY OF KENYA (CSK)

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    Timeline

    DIRECTOR ICT & E-GOVERNMENT

    COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF WAJIR
    02.2023 - Current

    Assistant Director ICT and E-Government

    COUNTY GOVERNMEMT OF WAJIR
    01.2015 - 02.2023

    Senior ICT Officer

    Wajir County Government
    10.2013 - 12.2015

    Technical consultant

    North Eastern Media
    02.2013 - 06.2013

    System Administrator

    Islamic university in Uganda(I.U.I.U)
    01.2012 - 02.2012

    Masters of Science - Information Security (MSCIS

    Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture And Techno

    BARCHELOR OF SCIENCE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(B.I.T) - Information Technology

    Islamic University

    Cisco Networking Academy Course (CCNA) The Four Levels - CCNA

    CCNA

    Attended Monitoring and evaluation training in Kitui -

    KITUI TECHNICAL COLLEDGE

    KCSE - Secondary Education

    Garissa High School

    PRIMARY CERTIFICATE -

    Young Muslim Primary School

    General Secretary Islamic university student union government -

    MOHAMED AMIN MOHAMUDDIRECTOR ICT