BAHAA H. ARAJI

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EDUCATION

Masters in Engineering Technology /Network and Communications : December 2013

University of Houston,Texas

Current GPA : 3.9

Bachelor in Electrical Engineering / Communication & Electronics September 2000 – June 2005

BAU Beirut, Lebanon

Cisco Certifications: CCNA-Instructor, Routing/Switching, Voice, Security; CCNP and CCNP-Voice

JUNIPER NETWORKS certifications :Enterprise Switching and Routing Specialist (JNCIS-ENT)

CompTIA Certification: Linux+ ; Security+

Microsoft Certification: MCTS

Provisional Patent (2483-05000): Location-based network routing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH ASSISTANT -University of Houston,Sep 2012 – Jan 2014

Managing the Lab Network, and working on SDN technology and OpenFlow Protocol. Primary

responsibilities include installing and managing a VMware Vcenter, VMware ESXI, configuring Juniper switches

(EX4550), Dell S4810 switches, HP 5900AF switches and HP 3800 switch series, and Creating and controlling

virtual circuits between different campuses using OESS software.

LAB INSTRUCTOR -University of Houston,Sep 2012 – Jan 2014

Teaching Communication circuits Lab for Senior Students in the Technology Department, responsibilities

include preparing,explaining and assisting the students in experiments,assigning a final project for the

students.

SENIOR NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR - Credit Card Services Bank, April 2011- July 2012

Primary responsibilities include troubleshooting and supporting client/server, wireless and voice

technologies. This includes over 400 Cisco IP telephones, multiple call management and voice applications

with more than 50 cisco switches, 20 routers and firewalls in the main branch and in Cyprus, Egypt, Syria,

Yemen, and Jordan while developing IT solutions that increases wireless coverage and access.

Managed comprehensive Virtual Private Network connections between corporate headquarters located in

Beirut, Lebanon and over 80 global branches and institutions throughout the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

Creating, maintaining and troubleshooting OSPF, EIGRP,BGP routing protocols.

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR – Hariri Canadian University-Beirut, Lebanon, June 2008 – April 2011

Managed comprehensive Cisco routers and switches, wireless and voice routers, and PBX for the

result of optimizing the universities wireless network and IT systems for Hariri Canadian University which

comprises more than 10 universities throughout the Middle East and Canada including the Canadian Bureau

of International Education, the Canadian International Development University, Capilano College and

Memorial University with more than 2,000 active students.

Designed and implemented a wireless network for efficient wireless mobility utilizing Wireless LAN

Controller and Cisco AP. It connected satellite campuses with the main campus VOIP and network using

PRESENTATIONS

MEMBERSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Astrick, PBX, and voice gateways that resulted in saving the university thousands of dollars and increasing

the university network security to the highest levels on the switching and routing layers.

CCNA INSTRUCTOR – Knowledge City Management, Beirut, Lebanon-February 2009 – March 2011

Responsible for instructing a total of 15 students in each CCNA course track. The classes concentrated on

teaching networking principles, network protocols and practical applications alongside training to prepare

students for their professional careers.

prepared lectures, lab experiments, assessment and all pedagogical logistics.

Designed new assignments that helped students gain more experienced in troubleshooting network faults.

Representative for Vice President of the Hariri Canadian University at annual CISCO Conferences for

CISCO Institutes in the Middle East- 2009 – 2010

GENI Conference – GEC 15 (Houston-Texas) -2012

GENI Conference – GEC 16 (Salt Lake-UTAH) -2013

Texas IPv6 Task Force Conference –Houston-2013

GENI Conference – GEC 17 (Madison-Wisconsin)-2013

GENI Conference – GEC 18 (Brooklyn-New York)-2013

Fluent in both Arabic and English.

Traffic management protocols(OSPF,EIGRP,BGP,HSRP) and MPLS.

Experienced in MATLAB, SUMLINK, VHDL, Window Server 2008,Symbian, LINUX, AT

Commands, C++,Mac OS X, VMware vsphere, Structured C and JAVA, Python, Microsoft Visio, Shell

Scripting.

Microsoft Certified(MCTS)

Organizer and Presenter at LEARN Annual Workshop in South Padre- Dec 2013

SKILLS

Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut- member- 2008 – present

Institute of Electrical Engineering- member- 2003 – present

Member of the BAU (Beirut Arab University) Basketball Team-2003-2005

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