MKMuhammad Kashif

Experience

The work I've done.

Fifteen years of hands-on IT and IT leadership across government, energy, and enterprise organizations in Pakistan.

Career timeline

  1. Engineer / Deputy Manager — IT (DR Site)

    Aug 2018 — Present

    Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC)

    Hyderabad, Pakistan

    • Run day-to-day operations of the disaster-recovery site for Pakistan's largest gas utility.
    • Manage virtualization, backup, monitoring, and DR readiness for critical business systems.
    • Work with vendors, internal teams, and audit functions on controls and reporting.

  2. Assistant Director — Technical

    Dec 2017 — Jul 2018

    NACTA, Ministry of Interior

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    • Advised on data-centre strategy and technical planning for a national programme.
    • Worked with leadership on requirements, vendors, and delivery approach.

  3. Assistant Director — IT

    Apr 2015 — Nov 2017

    Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan

    Rawalpindi, Pakistan

    • Planned and set up a tier-II data centre for a federal ministry.
    • Drafted RFPs, ran procurement evaluations, and wrote 24/7 operating SOPs.
    • Coordinated between technical teams, vendors, and senior stakeholders.

  4. Network / System Engineer

    Jun 2012 — Mar 2015

    Streebo Inc.

    Karachi, Pakistan

    • Network design and support, Active Directory, Microsoft 365 administration.
    • Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), backup, and IP telephony.

  5. Earlier IT roles

    2010 — 2012

    Faran Sugar Mills · Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills

    Sindh, Pakistan

    • System support, programming, and early operational IT.