SUMMARY:

• Visionary and result oriented, technically sophisticated and a seasoned Network Consultant with over 15 years of professional and hands - on experience in network Designing, Implementation and Support of large-scale Networks and diverse environments. Excellent managerial Skills to meet the organisational needs.Have management experience with all deal review, inspecting BoMs, and dealing with the customers at all levels.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Management: Working experience on BoM, High level designs and low level designs. Also, I have been working under high pressure. Managed the staff of about 20 people in the past

DC Switching: VMware NSX solution, Amazon AWS, Cisco ACI, vPC, FCoE, Fabric Extender, VDC, VPC+, FabricPath, OTV, Nexus 5k & 7k.

LAN Switching: Spanning Tree, Trunks, VLANs, InterVlan, Etherchannels, HSRP/VRRP, VTP, REP.

Virtualisation: Cloud/AWS, UCS B Series blades, C-Series Rack Servers, I/O Modules/FEX, Service Profiles, vNIC templates, vHBA, Nexus 1000v, UCS pools( Server, UUID, MAC, WWNN, WWPN, KVM ), UCS policies ( Server and network), WMware EXSi, vSphere, vCenter, standard vSwitches, vDS, intergartion of Nexus 1000v with vSphere, VMotion, HA, FT.

Storage: UCS integration with SAN, NPIV & NPV modes, vFC, FCoE, VE/NP/F modes, Zoning, San-port-channels.FCIP

LAN Media: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10G Ethernet

MPLS: IS-IS/OSPF, LDP, RSVP-TE, FRR, L3VPNs, L2VPNs, MPBGP

IP Routing Protocols: RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, IPv6, Policy Routing, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization

WAN Media: MPLS, ATM, Frame Relay, T1/E1, T3/E3, ISDN BRI/PRI, Leased Lines, VSAT Links, Radio Links, FibreOptic Circuits

QoS: Diff-Serv

Multicast: IGMP, PIM, (Sparse-Mode, Dense-Mode, Sparse-Dense-Mode, SSM (Source Specific Multicast) IGMP-snooping, CGMP, RP, BSR

Operating System: IOS, NXOS & JUNOS

Network Management: Exposure on Cisco Works, HP-SM

Devices: Cisco ISR Series Routers (1800,1900,2800,2900,3800,3900 Series)Cisco 7200,7600, GSR12000 Series RoutersCisco Catalyst 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500,6500 Series SwitchesCisco ME 3400 Service Provider Aggregation switchesCisco Nexus 2000, 3000, 5000, 7000 Data Centre Series SwitchesCisco UCS B & C Series, Fabric InterconnectsASR 5500 Mobility gateway.Cisco ASA and PIX FirewallsJuniper M10i M7i Series Routers, SSG,SRX FirewallsSecurity Devices ( ASA5500 & Juniper SRX)Tipping Point IPSsF5 BIG-IP Load balancersJuniper ISG-2000 FirewallsASA 5550 FirewallsCisco FWSM in 6500 Series SwitchesJuniper SRX-5600 FirewallsProxies SGOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Responsibilities:

• Deployed Cisco ACI as underlay and Vmware NSX as overlay.
• Involved in nexus 2k, 5k and 7k with all DC devices.
• Executing change request based on Servicenow change mangement system.
• Ran IPSEC in the current infrastructure
• Worked on AWS virtual private cloud
• Working on segment routing, VxLAN.

Network Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead, Automated Testing for L1/L2/L3 Validations.
• Designing Integration plans for E2E mobility lab network.
• Proposed and Implemented network 6509 VRF designs.
• Working on HP-C7000 and Cisco UCS hardware for virtualization along with vmware.
• Working on Services Integration on Cisco Platform.
• Expertise in LTE E2E Testing with trace analysis and identifying defects using TOL.
• Working with 10+ Vendors on more than 20+ Services in Mobility Labs as a Part of E2E EPC Network Integration

Network Consulting Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working for Cisco Advanced Services to confer with technical department and clients regarding each system’s requirements and potential solutions.
• Create installation models for At&T.
• Coordinate presentations for proposals to clients.
• Designing and Maintaning their network infrastructure based on Nxus 7k platform.
• Making network diagrams for L1/L2/L3 connectivity of network.
• As a part of implementation team, helping customers for day-to-day network issues.
• Design networks and getting approvals from clients.
• Confirm operability and effectiveness of installed systems.
• Engaged in deployment and designing of UCS Systems with vmware platform.
• Deployed and managed Cisco Nexus 7k and 5k platforms as a mobility trasnport for RAN environment.
• Inducing datacenters to link MPLS core backbone as CE/PE connecitivity.
• Designing and implementing virtualisation systems in the network using Cisco UCS.
• Managing team of four for day-to-day troubleshooting calls.

Network team lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working as Network Architect, I have been engaged in providing support to Confidential s’ customer. I worked in Confidential labs and was fully involved in implementing and supporting different national datacenters. As a part of Cisco Advanced services, I build Confidential labs networks on ipv4 and ipv6 infrastructures. Also engaged in suggesting on their MPLS architctiure and design. Involved in troubleshooting CE/PE connectivity issue..
• As a part of Cisco advanced services team, I provided network solutions to the customer. Designed and maintained their networks. Workign with AT&T team, made sure that the network is installed for effective and efficient results.

Team lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Cisco Catalyst 6509,4500, 3750 switches and 7609, 7200 series Routers
• Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches Project deployment
• Tipping Point IPSs
• F5 BIG-IP Load balancers
• Juniper ISG-2000 Firewalls
• Cisco ASA 5550 Firewalls
• Cisco FWSM in 6500 Series Switches
• Juniper SRX-5600 Firewalls
• Bluecoat Proxies SGOS

Pre and post sales Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage three staff members for pre-sales and five members for post-sales implementations.
• Design and recommend complete network solutions to our clients according to their respective requirements.
• Requirement gathering, low level and high level designs, BoQs, RFPs.
• Provide technical assistance to salespeople and accompanied them on customer visits.
• Develop Proof of Concept (POC) designs and network drawings to support the projects and field operations.
• Provide consultancy to customer for their pre-sales requirements.
• Make LLDs and HLDs for implementation of the project.
• Give presentations to pitch new solutions.
• Deploy SCO service provider network on MPLS layer 3 VPNs.
• Assist customers in recognizing their needs.
• Pitch and deploy Enterprise networks.

Assistant Systems Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting and maintaining consular section’s computers at Islamabad Embassy.
• Involved with contractors to fulfill their needs and making sure that the department computers are running smoothly.
• Involved in managing inventory ensuring that all the PCs are up-to-date and in running condition.
• Responsible for Configuration/management/monitoring all the networking equipments (Routers, Switches and DSL Modems).
• Responsible of managing and supporting SMS server so that Embassy computers can be accessed remotely and problems can resolved in a more effective and efficient manner.
• Responsible for maintaining and restructuring embassy’s network.
• New Hardware recommendation & installation.
• Designed & deployed disaster recovery plan for server.
• Providing support to twenty five sections of the Embassy and making sure they are getting proper attention and problems are being resolved in a timely manner.
• Defined security rules and limitation for running network.
• Set Procedures and Standards (S.O.P) for IT operation.
• Report writing and technical to junior staff.
• Indulged in communication with remote locations like Washington in resolving WAN issue like VPN etc.

Network Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed domain user accounts, computers and security groups using Active Directory
• Installed, maintained and repaired network-based printers, copiers and scanners
• Maintained daily system backups, software updates and current anti-virus software definitions
• Installed and configured wire and wireless routers, hubs, and bridges
• Monitored and maintained servers with the following operating systems: Linux/Unix, Windows NT Server 4.0, Solaris, Windows NT 4.0 workstations.
• Used different methodologies to increase the performance and reliability of the network infrastructure.
• Established security policies for systems, and designed and managed secure network.
• Created documents on network architecture, its design criteria, performance metrics, etc.
• Designing, implementation & Support of Various technologies specifically IP/MPLS Networks (Core, Metro), Data Center and IP Telephony
• Lead role in design & rollout of large scale MPLS, R&S, and DC deployments
• Installation & Configuration of Routers, Switches, Data Center Switches, UCS blades, Service profiles,
• Vetting customer IP network designs and projects.
• Providing technical expertise and assistance to service provider and enterprise clients.
• Visiting and assisting in network rollouts, upgrades and advanced troubleshooting where necessary.
• Assisting customers in working towards nework best practices when deploying network services and components.
• Acting as a subject matter expert on different aspects of Cisco technologies.
• Developed designs for facility migrations, evaluating networks, services and technologies
• Technical documentation (Low Level and High Level Design and Documentation, Network Imlementation Plans, Migration Plans, Acceptance Test Procedures/Plan handling (ATP) & documentation