PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name

Date of birth

Postal Address

Land Line #

Mobile

Email

Kashif Nawaz

8th JAN 1979

*** * ***** ***** ****** Cooperative Housing

Society Lahore, Pakistan.

**** 042-********

0092 032********

actf0o@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To achieve the zenith of success at a challenging position in IT where my strong Leadership, analytical and problem solving skills could be utilized completely

EXPERIENCE

Position

Company

Sr.Network Engineer

April 2008 --- to date

CertManager ID: JPR56645

Training Certifications

Senior Network Administrator

20th March 2006 --- April 2008

Achievements

Duties / Responsibilities

Interactive Group of Companies (Pvt.) Ltd.

Implement, Configured and Managing:

- Juniper SRX Firewalls (Data Center and Branch Series)

- Juniper Netscreen & Secure Services Gateway Firewalls (Data Center and Branch Series)

- Juniper Site to Site IPSEC VPNs. Hub and Spoke VPNs, Policy-Based VPNs and Group VPNs

- Juniper SRX Unified Threat Management features (Anti-virus, Anti-Spam, Enhanced Web Filtering, IPS)

- Juniper Intrusion Detection & Prevention System (IDPS)

- Juniper Network & Security Manager (NSM)

- Juniper MX Series Routers

- Juniper M Series Routers

- Juniper EX Series Switches

- Juniper 4500 OFC switch implementation on core network

- Huawei USG-2110 Firewall used on edge sites

- 3isys industrial POE switches for edge networks

- Cisco Catalyst Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switches (2960, 3550,3750,4500,6500 series) & 515e Firewall

- Vmware Hyper V & ESXI Server - Data Center & Server Virtualization

- ManageEngine OpManager

- ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 8

- ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer

- Cactiz NMS server

- Orion Network Performance Monitor

- Microsoft Active Directory 2003/2008/2012, Lync server 2010/2013, Share point, Exchange Server

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 5/6) CentOS & Debain

- Free PBX, Elastic PBX for VOIP communication & integration with Microsoft Lync server 2010/2013

- IP surveillance ( Mobotix, hikvision, Avigilon ) cameras used data center and security

Switches: Layer three switches (Juniper Ex series), Foundry Switches, SMC Switches

Foundry Ex 3200 and 4200 Switches Victual Chassis, Serve Iron LBR Foundry (Real Server, Virtual Server, VRRP,VIP TVIP, Hardening, EACL, SLB)

Big Iron & Edge Iron configuration as core switch.

Firewall: Juniper SSG-140, ISG1000, SSG-5, NS5GT Hardware Client, Huawei & Cisco

oWorked on Juniper Firewalls which includes configuration of interfaces, sub interfaces, Tunnel Interface, snmp, syslog, DHCP, NTP, ZONES, Routing, DNS, NSRP, Policies, Objects, VPN, Screening, etc.

oWorked on Cisco Firewalls (Emulated) PIX.

oWorked on Cisco Firewalls (Emulated) ASA.

oNSRP

oIDP Module installation and NSM configuration on Linux Enterprise 5 Server for IDP Logs

Worked on Net screen redundant protocol in which two firewalls works as master slave if master goes down slave act as master and provide high level of availability

Routers: Cisco 2500, Juniper M7I, Juniper J series.

oWorked on Juniper Router (Emulated) which includes configuration of Interfaces, Routing, OSPF, MPLS etc.

Worked on Cisco Router (Emulated) which includes configuration of Interfaces, Routing, OSPF, RIP etc

Project Management Professional (PMP), Data Center Certified Professional (CDCP),

MCSE windows 2012, CompTIA Cloud+, ITIL Foundation

MobiServe Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

Designed, Implemented and Configured:

MS 2003 DC, ADCs, Trust-relationship with Egypt Domain, Bridgehead Servers, connectivity of 12 regional office via private VPN links, ISA 2004 enterprise Server for a single internet Gate way for all regional offices & Users. Exchange 2003 enterprise edition with Antigens software for spasm blocking, DFS file Server for 400 users and enable disk quota on it, SUS Server, Database of Helpdesk team by using Access & Bright Track 7.0 software, MacAfee Antivirus Server for maintaining current virus definitions on all clients computers, DHCP, DNS, WINS, different subnets, routing traffic and backup Servers.

Administered over 12 Sites nationally which including building and restoring Server, Networks, private VPN links

Utilized Performance optimization and system monitoring to resolve server and network issues.

Carried out all backup and restoration activities for servers and desktop.

Analyzed, developed and implemented security policies for servers and Desktops

Performed schedule daily, weekly and monthly maintenance

Assign group/user accounts, access rights, profiles, GPO's.

Provided on-call network technical support assistances for users' for overall network access and workstation Accessibility.

Created, configured and troubleshoot email / Users accounts with Exchange 2003& ADC.

Installed and configured RAID drives for all servers and setup all HP Printer on network.

Take care of O&M (Operation & Maintains) SQL 2003 Server regarding Database security, administration, and Backup and network issues.

Communicate with ISPs regarding Bandwidth, Wireless, DSL connections and etc.

Coordinate with Egypt IT team to resolve PIX 515E Firewall issue and for any up gradation & for new polices.

Recommendation of hardware brand purchasing regarding Laptops, Desktop computers, Printers and other Networking devices.

Network Administrator Cum Training Manager

August 2003 – March 2006

Achievements

Duties / Responsibilities

NICON Institute of Computer Sciences,

Pvt. Ltd. Lahore.

Designed, Implemented and Configured:

Migration of 2000 DC into windows 2003 Enterprise editions DC and established 2003 Dc Environment, which includes 2003 ADC,ISA 2000Server, DFS File Server with Disk Quota & Home folders, Web Server, RRAS Server and Oracle 8i Server for database, DHCP, DNS, Wins, Symantec Antivirus Server for all workstations, Setup additional labs with Serve and workstations, Conducts more than 25 customized networking trainings and trained more than 500 students in 30 batches of MCSE 2000/2003 regarding their core and elective subjects, I was Project leader for Y2K update, which required documentation of all software and hardware to be updated. Scheduled timetables with all users to perform updates of servers and workstations, then provide Verification to upper management when updates where completed.

Provided PC and training to staff and faculty; updated order status in IT and trained users on system functions, desktop and network usage

Troubleshoots students, faculty and staff network issues and maintained computers with spy ware, antivirus, service packs, and any update from Microsoft website.

Upgraded faculty and staff PC from Windows 95/98 to Windows XP or Windows 2000.

Installed, supported, and maintained Switches, Routers (Cisco 2500, 3600) and hubs (3com) in a 250+ user Environment.

Backup to the LAN Administrator by performing day to day maintenance of a windows 2003 fileserver, which consists of: adding users, editing user login scripts, granting rights to directories and files and setting up print servers and queues.

Performed server security audits, system backup restore procedures, and other recovery

Assigned group/user accounts, access rights, profiles, GPO's

INTERNEE

July 2000 -- October 2000

Duties / Responsibilities

Bank of Punjab

Being a Internee I provide assistance to my seniors by doing the particle work on lager, Bank statements of all customer, Clearing cheques, Token allocating, Filling debit and credit vouchers, utility Bills, Maintains cash book and handle draft meters.

EDUCATION

Degree

Institution

Year

MCS

NK Fact College of Business & Technology, Lahore Pakistan.

August, 2003

B.COM

Punjab College of Commerce, Lahore Pakistan.

May, 2001

I.COM

Punjab College of Commerce, Lahore Pakistan.

October, 1998

Matric in Science Subject

Sarkar Islamic High School Lahore Pakistan.

July, 1996

MCSA 2000/2003

NICON Institute of Computer Sciences, Lahore Pakistan.

January, 2004

MCSE 2003 up-grade

NICON Institute of Computer Sciences, Lahore Pakistan.

February, 2004

MCSE 2000

NICON Group of IT Companies, Lahore Pakistan.

July, 2001

JNCIA-ER

NCBA Gullberg

August, 2009

JNCIS-ER

NCBA Gullberg

25 August, 2009

JNCIA-EX

NCBA Gullberg

September, 2009

MCDBA

NICON Group of IT Companies, Lahore Pakistan

November, 2001

CCNA

NICON College of Computer Sciences, Lahore Pakistan.

February, 2002

Hardware Troubleshooting

& Network Essentials

NICON College of Computer Sciences, Lahore Pakistan.

February, 2002

SKILLS

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 2003 and 2000 Family, NT Sever 4.0, RedHatLinux7.1, 9, Windows 98, Windows 95, DOS, Vista Home. Premium and Ultimate edition. Mac OS x Server 10.2

Computer Systems

Client/Server Architecture, PC Networks

Networks/Interfaces/Protocols

RIPv2, IGRP, BGP, OSPF, VRRP, SLB, STP, VPN, RSVP,VIP,DIP,LAN, WAN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, NetBEUI, VPN, Remote Access Server, knowledge of CISCO & Juniper Switches, Routers & Firewall

Computer Software’s

MS Exchange 2000/2003 Server, MS Proxy, ISA 2000/2004 Server, MS Office 2007, 2003, 2000, XP,MS SQL 7.0, 2000, 2003 and Server Administration and design, Anti-Virus (McAfee, Norton)Oracle 7.3, 8i, Norton Ghost 6.5 & 7.5, 2003,Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Reader/ Writer, VPN, Linux 7.1, 7.3,8,9, Fedora Core Linux, Unix installation, Trend Micro Anti-Virus. Terminal Services. Ghost and, Veritas Backup Exec 8/9/10/1 1d

Hardware

Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Servers (HP, Dell, IBM X & e series) Laptops, (IBM ThinkPad, Dell, NEC, Toshiba, Gateway) & Desktop System (HP, Dell, Compaq). Blackberry/PDA Compaq ML series, IBM eServers, Dell Power Edge Servers 2650 and 2660, Compaq, IBM, & Dell's desktops, Compaq, Dell & IBM laptops, Patch Panels, 10/100MB Hubs, Switches, Network Interface Cards, Hard Drives configured to RAID5, Tape Drives, RAM, Modem's, Laser/Inkjet and Polycom Video Conferencing,.

REFERENCES

Available upon request

LANGUAGES

Language

Proficiency

English

Conversational

Punjabi

Fluent - Wide Knowledge

Urdu

Fluent - Wide Knowledge

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