Hesam Hasani — IT Infrastructure & Network Engineering Specialist

Professional Summary

Results-driven Head of IT and Infrastructure Specialist with proven experience designing, deploying, and securing enterprise-grade datacenter and network infrastructures. Adept at virtualization (VMware), storage (SAN), backup & DR (Veeam), and network security (FortiGate, XDR). Known for reducing downtime, improving reliability, and leading cross-functional teams through modernization initiatives.

Currently leading IT operations at Pars Darou Pharmaceutical Co., delivering an ongoing ERP migration, SAN implementation, and a perimeter security upgrade. Parallel to this role, I provide infrastructure support at HostIran and consulting for Tarah Sazan Arvand Shimi on greenfield deployments.

Location

Tehran, Iran

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Professional Experience

Head of IT (Technical Project Lead)

Pars Darou Pharmaceutical Co. — Tehran, Iran Sep 2021 – Present

Directed datacenter modernization (next-gen servers, SAN, core switching) and ERP migration.
Deployed FortiGate NGFW and XDR for perimeter & endpoint security; hardened access controls.
Reduced unplanned downtime by 25%+ via redundancy and proactive monitoring (Zabbix/Grafana).
Established Veeam-based backup & DR improving RTO/RPO and business continuity.

Led vendor management, budgeting, and IT governance; supervised a 24/7 operations team.
Championed documentation, change management, and incident response playbooks.
Improved audit readiness and security posture with network segmentation and MFA.

Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer (L2)

HostIran — Tehran, Iran Feb 2022 – Present

Managed fleets of physical/virtual servers; optimized performance, storage IOPS, and throughput.
Administered hosting platforms & control panels; automated routine tasks to reduce MTTR.
Built Zabbix/Grafana dashboards and alerting hygiene to raise reliability and capacity insight.

IT Consultant (Greenfield Deployment)

Tarah Sazan Arvand Shimi — Tehran, Iran Aug 2023 – Present

Designed and delivered a complete network & server infrastructure from scratch.
Implemented centralized identity, access policies, endpoint protection, and backups.
Established monitoring, documentation, and operational procedures for continuity.

Technical Support Specialist (L2)

Asiatech — Tehran, Iran May 2019 – Sep 2021

Delivered advanced support for ADSL/TD-LTE/VoIP services to enterprise and key accounts.
Managed MikroTik radio links and dedicated server environments; resolved complex incidents.