Address: *** **** ******* *******,

Ovais Farooqui Longview Texas 75605

Phone #:832-***-****

Email: acpn1o@r.postjobfree.com

Education 2005 – 2007

MSc. Telecommunication & Computer Networks Engineering

London South Bank University - London UK

Summary

I have over 10 years’ work experience of direct customer dealing with respect to conducting

technical trainings (classroom based, e-learning), driving sales operations, installation,

maintenance and troubleshooting of computer networks. I also have extensive hands on

experience. I have obtained necessary certifications to assist customers with their requirements

for discount levels as well as demonstrate my expertise with specific networking technologies.

During my tenure at Spectrum FZ LLC, I was tasked to conduct technical trainings with

supporting pre sales and post sales activities, trials of VPN and firewall as well as UTM

solutions to a subject m atter professional level. The last 5 years were in a dual role of

Technical Trainer / Network Consultant; assisting customers with their training requirements,

end-to-end network solution including the integration of required network ing equipment. I have

learnt all the nuances of system design and operational requirements of divergent network

technologies and it has greatly aided in developing successful customer relationship.

Objective To obtain a challenging and mutually rewarding position where m y proven track record of

successful performance and dependability will continue to be challenged while buil ding a long

term career within the technical and commercial aspect of the market in a vibrant, fast paced

environment that will counterpart my industry experience, result oriented technical thought

process, sales and hands-on expertise of various network related security, routing & switching

hardware, software, protocols, concepts and parameters.

Experience Spectrum FZ LLC

2009 – Present Dubai, UAE

Technical Trainer / Network Consultant

Presale meetings with prospective customers to determine their network requirements.

Conduct highly effective individual and group trainings (classroom based and e-learning),

prepare technical documentations, high level / low level design documents with proof of

concept (POC), evaluate training effectiveness, provide recommendations for

improvements and prepare feedback models for continued excellence

Present end to end solutions - security, network transport, application integration, core data

centre requirements

Assist customers with their network problems

Design, present and implement different security solutions like IPSec, SSL, UTM etc.

Projects

Atyaf Technologies KSA

Designed and Implemented IPSec VPN between Riyadh and Dubai offices for mission

critical traffic using Juniper SRX and SonicWall firewalls

Performed successful testing

On project knowledge transfer

Saudi Arab Aramco KSA

Performed successful proof of concept (POC) on BlueCat (IP Address Management)

Etisalat UAE

Implemented Juniper MAG6611 in an Active/Passive cluster pair to ensure

redundancy.

Configuration of MAG appliances, OS upgrade to recommended stable release

Authentication, Realm & Role configuration, Sign-In pages, policies migrated from

existing Abu-Dhabi SSL

On project knowledge transfer

Rainbow UAE

Designed and implemented lab solution using Next generation SonicWall NSA240

security firewalls for remote security trainings.

Performed successful testing.

On project knowledge transfer.

Al-Mashriq Bank UAE

Performed successful proof of concept (POC) on BlueCat (IP Address Management)

Major Customers Trained

Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) -- Portugal

Wipro, Etisalat, Du, IBM, BT – UAE

Wipro, Saudi Telecom, Mobily, MoFA, MoI, MoD, Juniper Networks, Prince Sultan

University, CITC – KSA

Mobilink, Ufone, Suzuki Motors, Space Research – Pakistan

Nokia Siemens, Etisalat, Ericsson, Vodafone, Orange – Egypt

Qatar Exchange, Ministry of Interior (MoI), ICT, Al Jazeera Network –Qatar

Glo Telecom, Nigerian University Abuja – Nigeria

Westcon Africa, Caspian Technologies, Standard Chartered Bank – Kenya

Netcom Integration

2007 – 2009 London-UK

Projects

Refugee Legal Center (RLC) - White Chapel - London

Network Engineer

Provide support for nationwide RLC offices through centralized IT infrastructure and

update work logs necessary to support knowledge base system.

LAN / WAN and system solutions.

Data backup for disaster recovery.

Research to find out solution to the unknown problems.

Made key contributions to ensure customer requirements align with operational

capabilities and expectations.

Reuters Data Center - Canary Wharf - London

Network Engineer

Installation and troubleshoot LAN / WAN related problems.

Laying, labeling and termination of CAT5E, CAT6 network cables.

Structured LAN cabling.

Daily Business Recorder Karachi-Pakistan

2000-2004

Network & Telecom Administrator

Management of dedicated links like Digital Cross Connect(DXX), Broadband, ISDN

PRI / BRI and Wireless communication

Installation, connectivity, management and troubleshoot network problems

Network, software and hardware troubleshooting both at client and server side

equipment.

Coordinate with vendors and customers to maintain their systems and network

EDF (formerly London Electric Board LEB)

2005-2007 London-UK

Field Sales Representative

Introduce customers to the competitive utilities in real tight competition

Sell electric and gas utilities

W eekly management meetings about the utility promotion ideas

Certifications Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional Security (JNCIP-SEC)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist Security (JNCIS-SEC)

Juniper Networks Certified Security Support Professional (JNSCP-SEC)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist Security (JNCIS-AC)

Juniper Networks Certified Professional Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCIP-ENT)

Juniper Networks JUNOS Troubleshooting NOC (JTNOC)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist Firewall (JNCIS-FWV)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate SSL VPN (JNCIS-SA)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist ENT (JNCIS-ENT)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate EX Switching (JNCIA-EX)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate JUNOS (JNCIA-JUNOS)

Juniper Networks Certified Instructor (JNCI)

Cisco Systems

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

SonicWall

Authorized SonicWall Trainer

Certified SonicWall Advanced Security Administrator

CompTIA

Security+ (In Progress)

Project Management

Project Management Professional (In Progress)

Software

Core Skills

Juniper Networks JUNOS

Juniper Networks ScreenOS

Juniper Network Security Manager (NSM)

Juniper JunoSpace

Juniper MAG

Netscreen ScreenOS

SonicOS

Cisco IOS

Hardware

Juniper SRX Firewall/VPN

Juniper SSG / NetScreen Firewall/VPN

Juniper ISG, Firewall/VPN

Juniper UTM

Juniper MAG

Juniper Secure Access

Juniper EX series Switches

Juniper J Series Routers

Juniper M/T series Routers

NetScreen Firewalls

Cisco 2900/3500/3700 series switches

Dell SonicWall Firewalls (NSA, TZ etc)

Protocols

HTTP, FTP, SNMP, DNS, POP3, IMAP, SSH, TELNET

RIP,OSPF,ISIS,BGP,MPLS

NSRP, HSRP, VRRP

IEEE 802.1Q, 802.1P, 802.1x

IPSec, SSL, GRE etc

References

W ill be furnished upon request.

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