Engineer Network

Shafeeq A. Shaikh

**** ******* ****** **.

Brentwood, TN-37027

PCS 913-***-****

abkbdy@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: To work and excel in a dynamic and challenging environment.

Research, learn and develop/implement new solutions by using technology, on

a continuous basis to achieve business goals in a more efficient manner.

Education:

. MS "Engineering Management" from KU (University of Kansas)

. BSEE (Electronics). NED University of Eng & Technology Karachi, Pakistan.

Current Certifications

. CCNA, CCNP.

. Passed CCIE R & S Written exam, preparing for lab.

. Attended Sprint Network Operations Leadership Training Program

Summary:

Over 15 years of combined experience in Architecture, Design, Engineering,

Implementation and support of L2/L3 based LAN/MAN/WAN networks, primarily

with Cisco environment (along with 3Com, Nortel, Juniper, F5, Bluecoat

Proxy, Checkpoint/Nokia) at both Enterprise and Service Provider. I have

CCNP certification and passed CCIE R&S written exam. Hands on experience

with IP/IP Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, ISIS), Security

(firewalls/VoIP firewalls, IDS, Cisco ASA, SSL VPN, IPSec VPNs), Virtual

Private Networks (VPNs), Proxy Servers and F5s. Hands on experience with

MPLS VPNs, VRFs and EoMPLS. Experience with VoIP (MGCP, SIP), Cisco IP

Telephony Design and Architecture. Experience with PCI requirements,

Network Architecture and Design.

Experience with Data Center Architecture and Design, Enterprise Routing and

Switching. Working knowledge with VMware, Citrix and VDI environments, from

Network Architecture standpoint.

Proficient in small to large scale network Planning, Designing, Project

Management, Deployment, Troubleshooting, Root Cause Analysis, and

Implementation of Converged networks.

Experience developing Business cases, performing ROI analysis and strategic

analysis of technology projects. IP Routing & Switching, Network Security,

load Balancing, VoIP, Cisco IPT, QoS and CDMA/3G/EVDO. Budgeting and cost

estimates for Capital and Operating expenses for a project.

My experience, education (MS in "Engineering Management" and BS in EE") and

Cisco certifications helps me quickly understand and gain knowledge of both

business and technology in any organization, enabling me to make sound

architectural and design decisions that go in line with business.

Collecting business requirements and translating them into technical

requirements to develop architectures/designs that meet the needs of a

business.

Technical Skills:

. Hands on experience with wide range of enterprise and carrier grade Cisco

Routers/Switches.

. Extensive experience with IP Routing Protocols BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP

. Experience with MPLS VPNs over IP Tunnels/RFC 2547 BGP VPNs, EoMPLS.

. Hands on experience with Ethernet Switching techniques. CatOS/IOS:

ISL/802.1q Trunking, and Fast EtherChannel, VLANs, VTP, STP, HSRP, VRRP.

FE, FDDI, ATM and GE/10GE.

. Cisco IP Telephony Architecture/Engineering (Cisco AVVID) experience with

Cisco CallManager, Unified Messaging, tools for performance and fault

monitoring.

. Experience with Nortel CS2K soft switch, Cisco IPT including CCM, Voice

Gateways and related performance measuring and testing tools.

. Experience with VoIP networks using SIP, MGCP Protocols and VoIP QoS

implementation.

. Cisco PIX Firewalls and Cisco ASA. Experience with Acme SBC VoIP

Firewalls

. Experience with TACACS and remote access devices like VPN Concentrator

3000 series

. Experience in Design, Implementation and support of Virtual Private

Networks (VPN) with Cisco routers, PIX Firewalls, Cisco ASA using IPSec

VPNs, GRE, and L2TP. NAT, SSL VPNs and ACLs

. Understanding of Network Security Principles and Practices

. Experience with Cisco IDS and Cisco VPN Concentrators.

. Experience with ATM, ISDN BRI and Frame-Relay configurations &

Troubleshooting on Cisco

. Experience with Microsoft Products and operating systems. Lotus Notes

. Experience with 3Com ATM/Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Switches.

Protocols:

. Hands-on experience with IPX, TCP/IP and IP Routing Protocols like BGP,

RFC 2547 BGP VPNs, MPLS VPNs,IS-IS, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP. HDLC, ATM, Frame

Relay, Wifi 802.11x, VoIP Protocols; SIP, MGCP.

Network Management & Performance Analysis Systems:

. HP OpenView Network Node Manager as Management Platform, Solarwinds,

Visio

. Network Analysis Tools such as Sniffers, Ethereal and Agilent QoS Tools

. Cisco Works, 3Com Transcend enterprise Manager, What's Up Gold, SNMPc

V4.2, Web Sense, Cisco ACS

Trainings (Mentioning important ones)

1. Cisco CCIE Routing and Switching Bootcamp

2. Six Sigma

3. Managing Cisco Network Security

4. Cisco VoIP, Cisco Security Bootcamp (PIX Firewalls, VPN Concentrators

and Intrusion Detection System)

5. Acme Packet VoIP Session Border controller Firewall.

6. Juniper IDP

7. Bluecoat Proxy SG

8. F5 Load Balancers GTM/LTM

9. Checkpoint Firewalls

10. Building Scalable Cisco Networks and Building Cisco Remote Access

Networks

11. Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks

12. Implementing Cisco MPLS

13. Building Core Networks with BGP, ISIS and MPLS IP VPN Tunnels, 2547

VPNs Advanced

14. Cisco EIGRP, BGP and OSPF Implementation

15. Cisco MPLS/EoMPLS customized session

16. Deploying Advanced VoIP networks

Native and Hybrid IOS on Catalyst 6513

. Nortel Passport 8600 switch/router Configuration and Management & Adv

Conf

. Nortel Passport 15k

. 1xEVDO Bootcamp, SIP in Wireless Networks, Understanding IMS for All-IP

Wireless

BRIEF WORK HISTORY

HCA Healthcare 04/2007 - To Date

Consulting Network Engineer/Lead Design Engineer

Provide enterprise data networking designs, services and support of

enterprise network consisting of 1600+ router nodes.

Interact with the Business Surveillance Center, Customer Support, business

partners, vendors, other IT staff/management and end users/customers on

developing networking solutions that meet business requirements.

Maintain project management and problem management skills and provide help

where needed to effectively meet business objectives and Service Level

Agreements.

Job Responsibilities includes but not limited to,

. Gather business requirements in the planning/design phase of the

project and translate them to technical requirements.

. Develop network architectures/designs following current Network

Standards and generate documents and drawings, configuration policies

and guidelines, proof of concept testing documents, test plans, and

risk assessments to ensure a sound architecture.

. Design DR solution for the project

. Develop cost estimates for multiple design options and vendor

comparisons for projects to ensure cost-efficient approach in terms of

scalability and supportability.

. Strategic enterprise network planning and integration of new

technologies.

. Evaluations and research, integration testing, Proof of Concept

testing and proposals

. Working with vendors on product design enhancements to integrate new

technologies

. Develop Technical white papers on new technologies and operational

module development

. Engineering consultations of Level III network troubleshooting/problem

resolutions, protocol analysis, network troubleshooting/problem

determination skills with network trace/capture/analysis software

. Network impact analysis, modeling, network capacity planning.

. Training/Mentoring peers and other IT staff as needed.

. Project Management and problem management skill sets.

. Supervision and/or management of other Engineers during projects, if

required.

SPRINT-NEXTEL 12/99 - 09/2005

Technology Architect III/ Network Design Engineer III 06/2006

- 04/2007

. Working in Core Network Services organization under Network Development

as a Subject Matter Expert. Architect/Designs, develops and analyzes

overall architecture of Network for 4G and IMS (IP Multimedia System)

platform. This includes both hardware and software. Determines solutions

that meet performance, scalability, reliability, and security. Develop

Strategy and establish roadmap for the network. Work with other Network

development verticals to gain concurrence on the solution and perform lab

testing and vendor interactions.

. Areas of focus includes,

o Network Accounting roadmap development. Capacity planning.

o 4G (VoIP and other IP offering) and IMS (IP Multimedia System)

billing mediation using Fusion Works,

o Collecting Business and generating Technical Requirements, RFP

Development, Vendor contacts.

Network Engineer III / NTAC Engineer III

. Worked as an Engineering/Ops resource for company's global LAN/WAN/OSS

network, providing tier-II/III technical support to multiple groups for

problems/issues resolution. Network comprised of almost 3,000 Cisco

routers/switches running EIGRP/OSPF/BGP.

. Supported Sprint's Next Generation Voice Network based on Nortel

Succession solution architecture(Network based on MPLS VPNs over IP

Tunnels for VoIP Customers)IP elements Cisco 6509s, Cisco GSRs 12000,

Nortel 8600s and Acme VoIP Firewalls.

. Develop/Monitor/Modify SLAs, Methods of Procedure, Processes, M&Ps and

provide job aid documentation/Training to Tier 1/Test certification teams

for help in troubleshooting and installing network and fixing customer

problems

. Project Management of multiple projects throughout project life cycle.

Root cause Analysis

Prior Job Responsibilities

. Worked as Design and Ops resource for Sprint ION IP Network comprised

of BGP, ISIS and OSPF routing protocols. Network includes Cisco GSRs

12000, 6400, 6509s, 7200 routers. Extensive BGP and OSPF experience

. Supported IP Core network for trouble resolution, modifications and

maintenances on 24x7 basis

. Designed Business Customers BGP Configurations for High Speed Data

network customers.

. Designing of route advertisement using prefix-lists, route-maps and

other BGP tools

Electronic Data Systems (EDS) 09/05-

07/2006

Senior Infrastructure Specialist/Solution Architect

. Worked in Global Network Engineering group as a Senior Infrastructure

Specialist and Solution Architect for two different parts of the major

EDS initiative

Sr. Infrastructure Specialist Position Activities,

o Researches, Analyzes, Recommends and Implements new Technologies,

standards, processes, tools and techniques.

. Performed migration of Customers from legacy frame-relay to

MPLS VPN

. Designed and developed site configurations based on customer

requirements and site design

o Conceptualizes, constructs, tests and implements integrated

network, hardware and software solutions, and/or physical and

logical communications networks for the customer and internal

network environments.

o Completed MPLS VPN testing that includes IP QoS.

o Developed MPLSVPN configurations for the Cisco 3700 series routers.

IP Telephony Solution Architect

o Work with Business to architect and engineer the enterprise network

strategy for large Enterprise customers for IPT network

infrastructure.

o Provide strategic support for the network infrastructure.

o Network Roadmap development

o Develop Engineering designs, documents for new services for the

external customers related to IPT.

o Focused on Cisco IP Telephony Architecture (AVVID) solution for

some major customers. CCM, Unified Messaging design

o Research, evaluate, and recommend new tools and technologies.

o Evaluates emerging network technologies and make recommendations on

their viability

o Collecting and Analyzing Ops and Portfolio requirements and work

with the vendors to suggest tools that are well suited and meet

those requirements, in terms of performance, fault monitoring and

configuration and perform gap analysis.

o Toos like NetCool, NetIq, NetQoS Reporter Analyzer

o Conducting Technical sessions discussing those requirements.

o Perform Lab testing for all the services being developed

BP/UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM

Network Engineer-III 04/97 - 10/99

. Primary job responsibility was to Design, Engineer, Implement and

Administer LAN/WAN Networks.

. Administrator of Cisco routers/switches (2500, 3600, 4000), PIX firewalls

and Proxy Servers over multiple sites.

. Designed, Installed & configured network comprised of Cisco Routers 4500,

2501, 2503, 3640 with Serial Cards, Voice and ISDN Cards, for Frame-

Relay, IP and backup links with PIX Firewalls/ IPSec VPNs for Security

. Converted company's old Token-Ring based network to Giga/Fast Ethernet

LAN backbone and configured 2MB Frame Relay WAN backbone on Cisco

Routers.

. Developed design documents & create/update documentation on operational

network.

. Designed and Implemented VPN running IPSec (Site-to-Site VPNs and remote

access VPNs)

. Implemented VLANs on 3Com ATM CellPlex 7000 Backbone switches and VLANs

on Core Builder 3500 Backbone switches with Fast Ethernet.

. Configured ISDN BRI as a backup-link on Cisco for primary Frame Relay

dedicated circuit.

. Designed and Implemented different access lists on the router for

security.

. Configured IP routing protocols (EIGRP and RIP) on Cisco Routers.

. Designed and Implemented Network Address Translation on Cisco 2500/PIX

firewalls.

. Performed occasional Cisco IOS upgrades on Routers through TFTP.

. Performed lab testing on Cisco Intrusion Detection Systems/VPN

concentrators

. Gained experience on Microsoft NT servers and Exchange Servers, etc and

acquired MCSE status/certification. Administrator of Wingate proxy, MS

proxy, DNS and DHCP servers.

ACSYS LIMITED (Internet Service Provider and Consulting firm)

07/96 - 04/97

Engineering Executive

. Developing network designs, Presentations and responding to RFPs (Request

for Proposal) for potential customers based on their requirements for

their Network connectivity

. Pre-Post Sales Support

. Perform customer support functions including software/hardware

installations, implementations and troubleshooting

. Setting up microwave links for customers running TCPIP and VPN services.

. Participating in Engineering and Operational activities in Data center

buildup process for the company.

. Configuring and setting up VSATs and Satellite Modems

CITIBANK N.A. TELECOM GROUP. 10/95 - 05/96

Systems Support Engineer

Part of Network Operations Group supporting data center day to day

operations and new installs.

Installed

. Configured/support Cisco Routers 2500 and 4000 Series routers running

OSPF,

. Datamizers and Data Encryptors.

. Eicon X.25 Cards & Eicon Gateways for IBM Mainframe connectivity to

Novell Network.

. Installed Configured & Administered Novell Servers and async routers.

. Involved in installing and maintaining Cylink Radio (Airlink Pro 64S) and

Hughes VSAT Modem

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