Summary

Well-organized and high quality professional with more than 10 years experience in cutting-edge IT industry, Capable and flexible to work under aggressive project time-lines and able to work on all technical aspect of the project. Sound knowledge in latest techniques in Networks. Proven work ethic, good communications skills and high level of responsibility.

Projects

CUPPS Deployment at 7 Major Airports in Pakistan
Goonj Telenor
Buraq Space Camp Network Deployment
UFONE Mobile TV
Metro Bus Islamabad Network Deployment
Islamabad High Court Firewall Deployment
Telenor Mobile TV (Pocket TV & Goonj)

Experience

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Manager Systems & Application
Reliance Aviation Tech Services
Mar 2019 - Present | Islamabad, Pakistan

Summerized Duties & Responsibilities:1. Managing Network connectivity for all International Airlines2. Responsible for Second level (Networks/Systems) support to RESA CUPPS system at Islamabad International Airport alongwith 6 other airports.3. Integration of Aviation technologies like FIDS, LDCS, BRS, Checkin & Boarding4. Implemented ITIL based Service Desk solution OTRS at all 7 airports5. Deployed and managed open source NMS Zabbix for all core Network & Servers6. Bash Scripting to automate several tasks like backups, configuration & auto scaling7. Managed ESET Antivirus Remote Administrator Server for 600 clients8. Ensured 99% uptime SLA with Civil Aviation Authority9. Plan & Implemented PTCL DRS solution for maximum uptime10. Worked on Microsoft Server 2016, Hypervisor, Failover Cluster Manager & Arc Serve for backups.

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Senior Systems/Network Engineer
DMDMAX
Jun 2016 - Feb 2019 | Islamabad, Pakistan

Summarized Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Amazon AWS Cloud-related infrastructure and tools automation and support
2. Worked in AWS EC2, S3, IAM & VPC. Worked and monitor closely Hosting, Security & Integration with other AWS services
3. Key Engineer, responsible in overall network/systems Infrastructure, design and administration in Ireland, Dubai & Pakistan DC’s.
4. Ensure and maintain up-to-date Network Security Matrix Table, interfacing DMDMAX and Mobile Operators (i.e. Telenor, DU, Viva & Ooredo)
5. Undertake pro-active maintenance to improve networks/systems and mobile TV service availability
6. Convert agreed requirements into actionable scope of work
7. Design, Configure and Deploy a variety of security products such as firewalls, VPN appliances, Load Balancers (F5), event and log analysis, security change tracking and other network security systems and devices
8. Communications with internal and external clients for project planning and set priorities for organization
9. Respond to day-to-day IT operations and internal requirements requiring network and security support
10. Worked on top broadcasting solutions and products i-e Wowza, Nginx, Black Magic Design & Broadrealm IRD’s
11. Content Curation setup using OBS and Apple Final Cut Pro
12. Building IPTV/Mobile TV solution from scratch to end user broadcast
13. Implemented palyback security, GEO Blocking, transcoding, HTTPS streaming high availibility and cloud streaming using Akamai
14. Managed Vmware vCenter 5.5 VMs, Storage and Networking
15. Created and managed VPN from Cisco to Amazon VPC and Cisco to Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

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Network Specialist
Techaccess Pakistan
Jun 2015 - May 2016 | Islamabad, Pakistan

1. Responsible for technical solution during sales cycle –up to customer acceptance
2. Assist with knowledge transfer and positioning of networking solutions to
customers
3. Interact with executives in the customer organization to learn about the
customer’s technical requirements and future technology requirements
4. Provide demo’s on advanced technologies with resellers & end-users
5. Identify and engage appropriate post-sales support resources
6. Develop PoC, including presentation and documentation of test results
7. Present technical components of Cisco, Juniper and Huawei solutions to customer
8. Huawei Devices setup and configuration

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Network Engineer Data Center
Interactive Group of Companies
Feb 2012 - Jun 2015 | Islamabad, Pakistan

1. Deploying Service Delivery Network and verifying all services in new sites
2. Networks Layer 2 Layer 3 Troubleshooting and providing support in local or remote sites
3. Managing 100+ L2/L3 Switches from Different Vendors in whole Interactive Group’s Enterprise Network
4. Managing Firewalls in all Offices local and remote sites
5. New Network Deployment and Management
6. O&M of SRX Series Firewalls (SRX-210, SRX-240)
7. O&M of Juniper SSG 140 & SSG 5 Firewall
8. O&M of Juniper EX 3200 Switches
9. O&M of Juniper EX4200 Virtual Chassis
10. O&M of Foundry 2402CF & 4802CF Switches
11. O&M of Brocade FLS 624 & FLS 648 Switches
12. Management of Network Devices in Data Center
13. Management of Weekly Configuration Backup of whole Network
14. Management of Solarwinds Orion NMS i-e Add, Remove or amend the Devices
15. VLAN spanning from access to core layer
16. Complying Corporate Offices and Data Centers to ISO standard

Education

Huawei
Certification, Huawei HCNA‎
Computer Networks and Communication
Completed
2016
Huawei
Certification, Huawei HCNP‎
Computer Networks and Communication
Completed
2016
SolarWinds
Certification, Solarwinds Certfied Professional‎
Networking
Completed
2015
Brocade
Certification, Brocade Certified vRouter Engineer‎
Networking
Completed
2015
Microsoft
Certification, Microsoft Certified Professional‎
Microsoft
Completed
2014
Microsoft
Certification, Microsoft Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Cent‎
Hyper V and System Center 2012
Completed
2014
Cisco Certified CCNA
Certification, CCNA‎
Networking
Completed
2014
Juniper Networks JNCIS-ENT
Certification, Juniper Networks Certified Specialist Enterprise Routing and Switching‎
Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCIS-ENT)
Completed
2014
Juniper Networks JNCIP-ENT
Certification, Juniper Networks Certified Professional Enterprise Routing and Switching (J‎
Networking
Completed
2014
Juniper Networks JNCIS-SEC
Certification, Juniper Networks Certified Specialist Security (JNCIS-SEC)‎
Networks Security
Completed
2014
Juniper Networks JNCIP-SEC
Certification, Juniper Networks Certified Professional Security (JNCIP-SEC)`‎
Networks Security
Completed
2014
Juniper Networks JNCIA-Junos
Certification, Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate‎
Networking
Completed
2013
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Bachelors, , ( Bsc ) Computer Engineering‎
BA/B.Sc
CGPA 2.7/4
2011
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Bachelors in Engineering, BS Computer Engineering‎
Telecom and Computer Engineering
Percentage 75%
2011
Sir Syed Science College for Boys
Intermediate/A-Level, Intermediate in Computer Science, I.C.S‎
Computer Science
Percentage 62%
2006
Sir Syed Public School
Matriculation/O-Level, Matric in Science, Matric in Science‎
Computer Science
Percentage 68%
2004

Skills

Expert Cisco CCNA
Expert Cisco Security
Intermediate F5 Load Balancer
Expert Network Security
Intermediate VmWare
Expert VPN Specialist
Expert CCNP
Intermediate Jenkins
Expert MCSA
Intermediate RedHat
Expert . CCNP
Expert 4. Vendor Management
Expert Access Networks
Expert Access Point
Intermediate Accounts Administration
Expert Active Directory
Intermediate Agile Project Management
Intermediate Amazon AWS Command
Expert Amazon Web Services
Intermediate Amazon Web Services (
Expert Amin Management
Expert Analytical Skills
Expert Analyzing Information
Expert Application Networking
Intermediate Automation Languages Command
Intermediate AWS
Expert AWS CERTIFIED
Beginner Azure
Beginner Banking
Intermediate Bash
Expert Bilingual English
Intermediate Broadcasting
Expert Cable Networks
Beginner CCIE
Expert CCNA
Expert Cisco
Expert Cisco Firewall Security
Expert Cisco Router Firewall Switches
Intermediate Cisco SD WAN
Intermediate CISCO VOIP
Expert Cisco Wireless Knowledge
Intermediate Client Acquisition Skills
Beginner Cloud Architecture
Expert Cloud Computing Knowledge
Expert Cloud Management
Intermediate Cloud Security
Intermediate CloudWatch
Expert Clustering
Intermediate CodeIgniter 
Beginner Commercial Retail Banking

Languages

Expert English
Expert Urdu

Muhammad Contacts

BILAL AKHTAR
iSolutions Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
Muhammad Waqar
University of Management and Technology
Sukaina Farrukh
Waterlink Group
Ejaz Ul Haq
KP Elementary and Secondary Education Department