Summary

HANDS ON EXPERTISE:


Cisco Nexus 5672 with fabric extenders c2348TQ & c2348TP-E


Cisco Catalyst - c3850, c3750X, c3560X, c2960X


MikroTik Router - CCR1016-12G, RB3011, RB750


Firewall - Cisco ASA 5K, FortiGate 300E and 81E, Sophos XD 210, pfSense


Cisco Routing & Switching


Routing Protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS


FHSP - HSRP, VRRP, GLBP


L2 Protocols - STP, RSTP, MSTP, DTP, VSS, vPC


Ether channel - Static, LACP, PAGP


Installation & Maintenance of MS Server


DC, ADC, DNS, DHCP, WDS


FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail


Virtualization - ESXI 6.5


Ubiquiti Unifi - Controller/AP AC-LR


NMS - Cacti, Orion, PRTG


Elastix PABX


IP Address Management


NOC operations


Team Management Skills


Experience

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IT Engineer (Networks)
Gourmet News Network (GNN)
Jan 2020 - Present | Lahore, Pakistan


Responsibilities:
- Working as Core Technical Team member taking the responsibilities to design, implement and maintain the IT Infra and equipment.
- Maintaining the networking environment for GNNHD TV Head Office Lahore, 2 big city bureaus (Karachi and Islamabad), 7 small city bureaus.
- Active Network: Implemented Cisco’s Nexus 5672 as Core along with fabric extenders c2348TQ & c2348TP-E & c2960X on access at Head Office. In bureaus c3850 as Core Switch and c2960X as access layer.
- Wireless: Designed and implemented high throughput wireless network using Unify-AP AC-LR with Unify Controller.
- Security: Maintaining Sophos XG 210 Firewall at Islamabad, FortiGate 300E bundle in High availability mode at Head Office Lahore.
- VMware: Configuration and maintenance of ESXI 6.5
- VOIP: Implementation of Elastix PBX with Cisco, Fanvil and Grand Stream IP Phones.
- Monitoring: Monitoring whole network performance through PRTG, Cacti, Dude & FortiAnalyzer.
- Co-ordination: Speaking with TAC via email and phone for troubleshooting Upstream issues.
- Provide Tier 3 Support local and remote sites.

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System Support Engineer
Hyundai Nishat Motors Ltd.
May 2019 - Feb 2020 | Lahore, Pakistan


Responsibilities:
- Installation & Configuration of Cisco Switches 3750, 2960, AP with Unifi Controller and CCTV.
- Install Racks and Patching as per network design.
- Installation, Manage & Configuration the Active directory, DNS, DHCP Server, Web email, outlook.
- Active Directory Administration (User Management, Backup, Group Policies).
- Deployed and managing FortiGate 81E firewall with all Security Policy Rules including (bandwidth restrictions, Polices, Failover).
- Responsible for the up time of running Networks of 3 sites.
- Assist network operations team to troubleshoot daily operational activities and provide 2nd level of support for technical issue.
- Reach to permanent solution arises network and system issues for smooth operation.
- Design Wireless Network as per building architecture in new Dealership.
- Design and Architect network infrastructure from concept to completion while with collaboration with involved teams.
- Propose technical feasibility solutions for new functional designs and suggested options for performance improvement.
- Ensured network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.
- Interaction with vendors to discuss the requirements and building the infrastructure accordingly.
- Interaction with senior management to analyze current operation and successful execution of Changes in the Infrastructure.

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Network and System Engineer
Vision Telecom (Pvt) Ltd.
Mar 2017 - May 2019 | Lahore, Pakistan


Responsibilities:
- Managing the team of Network Professionals involved in the designing IP operations for Layer-2/Layer-3 data & internet circuits.
- Responsible to provide the 24/7 Level-1/Level-2 support to customers & internal departments for IP network configuration and troubleshooting.
- Managing Windows Server 2008/2012 and AD environment including Active Directory, DNS Server, DHCP Server, File Servers, FTP Server & Print Server.
- Configure and Manage VMware ESXi Server & vSphere ESXi hosts.
- Deployed and managing pfSense firewall with all Security Policy Rules including (Squid Proxy, bandwidth restrictions, ACL, NAT, Failover, Load Balancing and utilization reports)
- Configuration and Management of Asterisk based Elastix PBX for enterprise.
- Responsible for company-wide backup of all network settings / essential data and recover information in various locations during system crashes.
- Design and implementation of VLAN based network using Cisco switch catalyst 3750, 3550, 2960, 2950 series.
- Q-in-Q circuit design and provisioning for corporate customer through Metro Ethernet Ring.
- Managing and configuration of auto heel redundant fiber Rings using STP,RSTP
- Responsible of Deploying Layer 2 / Layer 3 auto Failover for customers and maintaining 100 % uptime.
- Planning, Design and implementation of up-gradation and redundancy of Metro Ethernet fiber POPs.
- Monitor all Network devices and windows server-based infrastructure to check if they are functioning properly, using Solar Winds-Orion NMS, Ping Plotter, Syslog Server & Cacti.
- Monitoring network health, activity and capacity generating alerts and minimizing down time using Cacti, PRTG and Dude to ensure business continued and network performance.
- Produce periodic reports about the network activities, network performance and capacity.
- Complete Network Reporting, documentation and Project proposals.

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IT Head
Omega International Consultants
Oct 2014 - Jul 2016 | Lahore, Pakistan


Responsibilities:
- Installing Servers, MS Windows, Active directory, Work stations and peripheral.
- Building and maintaining LAN network.
- System administration, Networking and Troubleshooting.
- Monitoring of clients via WINBOX on MIKROTIK router
- Basic troubleshooting on Cisco switches.
- Administrate & maintain LAN comprising 50 Nodes
- Administration of Mail support, LAN, Windows, PCs, Microsoft Office application and some other softwares.
- User and group administration in server.
- Problem diagnosis and Troubleshooting with clients.
- Attending to all needs of employees and their network concerns.
- Managing CRM

Education

Government College University Faisalabad
Bachelors in Technology, BS-Information Technology‎
Computer Networks and Communication, Data Communication and Networks, Information Security and Network Administration
Percentage 73%
2014
Government College University Faisalabad
Intermediate/A-Level, Faculty of Science (Pre-Engineering), FSC (Pre-Engineering)‎
Mathematics, Computer Science
Percentage 49%
2008
Laboratory High School University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Matriculation/O-Level, Matric in Science, Matriculation‎
Mathematics, Computer Science
Percentage 73%
2006

Skills

Intermediate BGP, MPLS
Intermediate Cisco Firewall ASA 5516 X
Expert Cisco Nexus 5672 with fabric extenders
Expert Cisco Routing and Switching
Expert Cisco Switches (c3850,c3750X,c3560X,c2960X)
Expert DC, ADC, DNS, DHCP, WDS
Intermediate Elastix PABX
Expert Etherchannel (Static, LACP, PAGP)
Expert FHSP (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP)
Expert Firewall (Fortigate, ASA, Sophos,pfSense)
Intermediate Fortinet (Fortigate 300E & 81E, FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail)
Expert Installation and Maintenance of MS Server
Expert Mikrotik (CCR1016-12G, RB3011, RB750)
Expert NMS (Cacti, PRTG, SYSLOG)
Intermediate Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, EIGRP)
Intermediate Sophos Firewall XD 210
Expert STP, RSTP, MSTP
Expert Ubiquiti Unifi Controller / AP AC-LR
Intermediate Virtualization (ESXI 6.5)
Intermediate VSS, vPC

Languages

Expert English
Expert Urdu