SYED SAMEER

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE # 41815)

Doha, Qatar

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Job Profile: IT INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT– SENIORNETWORK& SECURITY ADMIN

Overall 9+ years of experience on NETWORK Security, LAN/WAN, NETWORK Management, NETWORK Support, Cloud Computing and

TECHNICAL Support.

SUMMARY:

Creative, adaptable network engineer with multiple years of broad experience in all aspects of LAN/WAN networking.

Specialize in combining diverse technologies to solve problems and achieve profitable results. Have extensive hands on

experience on Cisco Routers, Switches, ASA, IPS, IDS, ISEand F5 Load Balancer Appliances. Skilled in technical

writing, presentation and training.

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a challenging position as a Sr. Network Architect/Consultant, crave to play an active role in a team with a

mission to explore new avenues in the domain of my interest and to provide creative and innovative IT solutions to cater

to the e-markets of the new millennium. Design and Manage High end Network infrastructure by providing flawless

Network connectivity & Network Security as well as with High Availability.

EDUCATION:

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University

Master of Computer Application - Qualified June 2010

ACTIVE IT CERTIFICATIONS:

SSF-FireAMP (Securing Cisco Networks with SourcefireFireAMP)

Qualified January 2015

SSF-IPS (Securing Cisco Networks with Sourcefire Intrusion Prevention System)

Qualified December 2014

CCIE Security (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert)

Qualified December 2013

CCNP TSHOOT (Cisco Certified Network Professional)

Qualified September2010

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

Qualified September 2007

ITIL V3 Foundation (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)

Qualified January2011

TRAININGS:

Training of Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks (BSCI)

Training of Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN)

Training of Securing Networks with ASA Foundation (SNAF)

Training of Cisco Secure Virtual Private Network (CSVPN)

SKILLS:

Cisco Switches: Cisco Catalyst 4006, 3560, 3550, and 2900 series switches.

Cisco Routers: Cisco 3925, 3845, 2800, and 1841 series router.

Network Cisco Security Appliances:ASA5510, 5520, 5540, 5550 series, IPS 4210,4215& 4360, F5 BIG-IP LTM v10.2.4 on

:

Devices 3600/3900, GTM v11.2 HF2 on 1600series appliances, ACS v4.2, WSA (Ironport) and ISE 3315 & 3355 (V 1.1,

1.2& 1.3), SourceFire 3D8250 Appliance, FirePOWER services Module on 5585-X, FirePOWERservices Software

on ASA 5500-X.

Network FireSIGHT Management Centre FS1500,SolarWinds,WireShark 1.8.3, Netscout, Cacti, Wireless Control Manager,

:

Management Putty, Secure CRT, Infoblox Grid Manager v6.2.6.

:

IOS IOS 12.4T (Adv Ent Svcs), ASA 7.x/8.x IOS, ASDM 5.0/6.0, IPS 6.x IOS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CONSOLIDATED COMPANY., DOHA, QATAR. FROM JUNE 2014– TILL DATE.

Designation - Assistant Manager Network Security Solutions

Leading the team of 5 members.

PROJECTS:

Community College Qatar

Industry Type –Education Services.

Period - From March 2014 to Till date.

Nakilat

Industry Type - Oil & Gas Industry.

Period - From February 2015 to March 2015.

Siemens (Kahrama)

Industry Type - Energy Industry.

Period - January 2015 to February 2015.

Qatar Museum

Industry Type - Others.

Period - From December 2014 to January 2015.

Keppel Seghers

Industry Type –Sewage Management Industry.

Period - October 2014 to November 2014.

Qatar Investment Authority

Industry Type –Financial Industry.

Period - September 2014 to November 2014.

Amiri Guard

Industry Type –Security Services.

Period - From June 2014 to August 2014.

Roles & Responsibility–Implementation, Design and Management.

• Designed, Installed and Configured several ASA5500 series Appliances in Routed mode, transparent mode, Multiple

context mode in 2TIER and 3TIER DMZ to provide state of the art security zone for enterprise applications.

• Designed and deployed ISE for Wired/Wireless dot1x, Guest authentication and authorization, profiling and

posturing.

• Installed, troubleshot and configured several WSA appliances to provide proxy solution in a robust application

environment.

• Designed, deployed & troubleshoot the FirePOWER services Module (ASA5585-X) & FirePOWER services

Software (ASA5500-X).

• Designed and deployed several end to end VPN solutions (both Site-to-site and Remote).Perform trend analysis on the

data captured.

• Possess good experience with Cisco Networking Products like Routers, L2/L3 Switches and Cisco Security

Appliances.

• Was part of the Implementation and Migration team where we performed multiple Hardware upgrades and changes.

• Planed redundancy, security and disaster recovery of network, performance optimization and COB (continuity of

business) solution for enterprise network.

• Managed consulting teams and network specialist to successfully isolate network faults and to improve network

performance.

• Attended several customer meetings to understand their requirements and their existing network to provide best

possible security solutions.

• As a senior member, is responsible for ensuring SLA is met and there are no complaints from customer.

• Implement contingency plan in case of equipments/link/sites contingencies.

• To submit quarterly capacity-planning report related with LAN/WAN according to the enterprise communication

standards.

• Capture and report metrics like Devices/FTE, incidents/FTE, incidents/devices, SA metrics.

• Attended to complaints that are escalated from lower level to meet customer requirements.

• Monitored the network health and ensure the stability of all data links for 100% transmission.

• Work within ITIL framework.

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES.,ELECTRONIC CITY, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA . FROM SEPTEMBER

2011 – TILL JUNE 2014

Designation - Senior Network &Security Administrator

PROJECTS:

Cardinal Health

Industry Type - Healthcare care services.

Period - From 20th September 2013 to June 2014.

Nokia Siemens Network

Industry Type - Telecom Industry.

Period - 23rd October 2012 to 19th September 2013.

Shell COE

Industry Type - Oil & Gas Industry.

Period - From 28th December 2011 to 23rd October 2012.

Hospira

Industry Type - Healthcare care services.

Period - From 28th September 2011 to 27thDecember 2011.

Roles & Responsibility– Implementation and Administration.

• Installed, Implemented, Managed and Configured ASA5500 series Appliances in 2TIER and 3TIER DMZ to provide

state of the art security zone for enterprise applications.

• Installed, troubleshot and configured several F5 3900/3600 series appliances to provide load balanced robust

application environment. Coordinated with ISP’s for the WAN related issues.

• Have helped in restructuring the traffic routing and the Security for better performance, high availability and high

security.

• Responsible for guiding junior administrators in trouble shooting non-routine and complex troubleshooting

requirements.

• As a senior member, is responsible for ensuring SLA is met and there are no complaints from customer.

• Technically sound, Contributes to KM and practice building.

• Created and tested Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols.

• Perform trend analysis on the data captured.

• Configured several access rules on day to day basis to support network operation.

• Managed and Configured the network routing and security though Amazon Web Services console.

• Responsible for Network Planning and Management. Network Planning includes planning the traffic routing through

the VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), public cloud or directly through internet, designing and implementing the Security

groups, ACLs, Traffic Routing and IP subnetting.

• Coordinated with AT&T and Amazon for issues outside the control of Network team. Have helped in restructuring the

traffic routing and the Security groups for better performance, high availability and high security.

• Was single point of contact for any changes related to routing, IP subnetting and network security.

• Implement automation of regular admin activities.

• Attended several SRT call to restore the services for different application and device outages.

• Configured secure vpn access for clients over IPSec site to site tunnel. Configured NATing for securing client's

Internal IP addressing from external network.

• As a senior member, is responsible for ensuring SLA is met and there are no complaints from customer.

• Work within ITIL framework.

ACCENTURE SERVICES PVT.LTD.,ITPL, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA. FROM NOV 2007 – TILL

AUGUST 2011

Designation - Network Administrator.

PROJECTS:

Stanford Hospitals– Team Size

Industry Type - Hospitals and Clinics Industry.

Period - From 28th April 2010 to 16th August 2011.

Aflac

Industry Type - Insurance Industry.

Period - From 28th November 2009 to 27th March 2010.

BestBuy Canada

Industry Type - Retail Industry.

Period - From 28th May 2009 to 27th November 2009.

Affirmative Insurance

Industry Type - Insurance Industry.

Period - From 26th Nov 2007 to 27th April 2009.

Roles & Responsibility– Network Management and Support.

• Upgraded, Deployed and Migrated several Routers, Switches, ASA5500, IPS and VPN security for multiple sites and

Managed several Cisco Routers & Switches.

• Upgraded and managed LAN connection to high speed connection.

• Provided high-end technical support for designing and expansion of company network.

• Configured several access rules on day to day basis to support network operation.

• Good exposure in Coordinating with onsite team, Service providers and Vendors for both technical & process aspect.

• Performs technology needs analysis and rolls out hardware and software to ensure optimal deployment of resources.

• Created and tested Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols.

• Was part of multiple migrations, which involved upgrading the edge routers, switching ISP and setting up a new

infrastructure to facilitate the users for two stage authentication through Fortigate Firewall to get access to the secured

client resources.

• Was part of a major migration, which involved upgrading most of the EOL devices and setting up a new F5 load

balancer with the help of Onsite team & product manual.

• Involved in Incident/Change/Problem Management for Network issues.

• Worked on configuring and troubleshooting Cisco firewalls.

• Responsible for Incident/Change/Problem Management.

• Work within ITIL framework.

SUTHERLAND GLOBAL SERVICES PVT LTD.,VELACHERY, CHENNAI, INDIA. FROM FEB 2006 –TILL OCT

2007

Designation - Senior Technical Support Executive.

PROJECTS:

DELL International (Laptops)

Industry Type - Computing Solutions.

Roles & Responsibility– Network & Hardware Support.

• Provided Tier 1 support in issues reported to the Network team from multiple sources, including trouble tickets and

phone calls within the SLA.

• Work within ITIL framework.

Overall Domain Experie nce:

Worked as network engineer and involved in Designing, Deployment, Configuration, Installation and Operation of

networks and performed the following projects.

Cisco Router (3925, 3845, 2800, 1841):

Installed and configured, cisco 3845, 2821, 2811, 1841 and 2511 with different modules.

Implemented and configured extended access list on routers for security.

Configured routing methodology (OSPF, EIGRP, RIP)

Configured subnet for class-B IP addressing. Countrywide administration of IP address.

Configured variable length subnet mask (VLSM.)

Cisco Catalyst Switches (4006, 3500, 2900, 1900):

Installed and configured cisco catalyst layer three 3550 and layer two 2950 series switch on VLAN.

Installed and configured Fast Ethernet and fiber module on catalyst 3550.

Configured VLAN on cisco 4006 and 3550 series.

Cisco Security Equipment (ASA, Sourcefire(FirePOWER), ISE, IPS Sensor, CX Sensor, WSA):

Extensive knowledge of installtion and configuration of ASA5500 series, FireSIGHT FS1500,SourceFire 3D8250

Appliance, FirePOWER services Module on 5585-X, FirePOWER services Software on ASA 5500-X, IPS Sensor,

WSA S170 & S300 series, Cisco ISEV1.1, V1.2 & V 1.3. Configured PSK and PKI encryption keys. Installed and

designed network solution according to cisco secure and cisco clean access architect ure.

AWARDS and RECOGNITION:

• Appreciation e-mails from Clients and Management - Receiving these continuously.

• Certificate of Recognition for successful delivery of Cloud Computing - Received in the year 2012.

• Celebrity Performance Points for Delivery Excellence - Received from the year 2007 to 2011.

• Delivery Excellence award - received twice in the year 2009.

• Star Make Over of the Month - Received in the year 2008.

PERSONAL:

Citizenship : Indian

Hobbies : Learning new technologies, Photography, Drawing andListening to music.

Passport : Furnished upon request

Urdu (Mother tongue)

English (Excellent)

Languages :

Hindi (Excellent)

Kannada (Excellent)

REFRENCES: Available upon request

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