Faisal Ghaus
New Kausar Square Appt #***
Fr re town Clifton
Karachi Sindh,Pakistan
75560
Cell: 009***********
Email: ************@*****.***
Summary: An enthusiastic network engineer with the necessary drive and
determination needed to resolve complex networking issues. Possessing
effective organizational skills and excellent working knowledge of
networking technologies and having a commitment to keep up to date with the
latest developments. Experienced in providing motivation, guidance and a up
to date networking consultancy service to both colleagues and clients.
Career Profile: To obtain the position of a Network Operation
Manager/Network Analyst wherein my networking skills will help to meet the
goals and objectives of the organization.
Summary of Skills:
. Demonstrated customer service and personnel management skills
. Ability to communicate effectively with non-technical and technical
staff
. Ability to perform tasks in a team as well as independently
. Skilled in handling multiple projects and meet deadlines
. Excellent troubleshooting, analyzing and problem solving skills
. Highly motivated and ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced
environment
. Highly skilled in developing innovative solutions to handle complex
problems
Technical of Skills:
. Hands on experience with internetworking protocols(IGP), including
routing (OSPF, EIGRP, RIP) and routed (TCP/IP)protocols.
. Hands on experience with various telecommunications networks such as
leased line/frame relay/ISDN/ATM/Satellite, and optional emerging
technologies such as xDSL/Wireless.
. Hands on experience with configuring and management of LAN/WAN devices
such as Routers,Switches,Blue-Coat Proxy
. Experienced with Monitoring Protocols SNMP/RMON configurations and on
Op Manager and other Network management software
. Experienced with Network & Protocol analysers (e.g. Wireshark).
. Experienced with bandwidth management/capacity planning
tools(Netflow)Fluke Network.
. Experienced with firewalls, DNS, DHCP, LDAP etc
Key Responsibilities:
. To co-ordinate and hand over of support of new networks infrastructure
to the production support teams. Provide internal training if
necessary.
. To assist in new implementations or upgrades to existing systems,
including project management, project tracking and project status
reporting.
. To ensure that technical solutions proposed satisfy both the immediate
and long-term needs of the business, and ensure adherence with the
Group's technical and security standards in all aspects of the team's
activities.
. Accountable for vendor analysis and management;
. Regulatory compliance, security and risk analysis
. Responsible for Network Audit preparation and spot checks Locally and
internationally
. Disaster Recovery Site shifting i.e. re-creation of the communications
infrastructure at the DR Site
. Core Banking(EBBS) project implementation, which included change of
communications infrastructure of Data Centre and branches
. Restructuring/redesigning of the WAN infrastructure
. Reduce technical failures by 10 percent on severity 3 tickets
. Branches Network consolidation and capacity management,QOS
.
Educational Qualification:
University Of East
2002 - 2004
Pakistan
Bachelors of Science
Bachelors of Science In Information Technology
Govt.College of Commerce and Economics
2000-2002
Pakistan
B.Com
Bachelors in Commerce
Certification:
. Cisco Certified Network Associate,
. MCSE Windows NT 4.0
. MCSE Windows 2000 Early achiever
Professional Experience:
Network Operation Manager from January 2005-till date
Standard Chartered Bank
Responsibilities:
. Designed, implemented, and maintained the current and next generation
of network systems
. Implemented, supported and managed Cisco three layered Network
(Access, Distribution and Core Layer)
. Played a vital Role in the integration of SCB and Union Bank .i.e.
Network design protocol migration and capacity management(Gap
analysis)
. Conducted network audit for the branch network highlighted
SPOFS(Single Point of failure)
. Several solution were given on the basis of critical requirement BCP
operation of the branches VPN based
. Designed and implemented long and short-term strategic plans to make
certain network capacity for future requirements
. Devised as well as developed appropriate network architecture to
support functional and system requirements
. Created and maintained documentation life cycle on technical
maintenance and installation of the network
. Core Data-Centre up gradation project for the network part included
structured cabling
Network Engineer From August 1999 - December 2004
Americom Technologies, Pakistan
Responsibilities:
. Conducted feasibility studies for planning, Installation and
configuration of Local Area Networks (LAN) and Wide Area Networks
(WAN)
. Unattended Installations of Windows 2000 Server Professional.
. Installed and configured RRAS networks using Digital Links
. Administered Windows 2000 based network that includes user s groups
management their data protection home directories profiles, printers,
groups policies backing up of data
. Experienced in planning implementation of Active Directory Service.
. Installed configured DHCP, WINS, DNS DDNS Servers
. Planned and Implemented Network wide security policy i.e. auditing
. Monitoring of security events regularly NTFS file securities DFS
. Implementation of monitoring and optimization of network with network
monitor agent robust Back office component SMS
. Installed and configured SMS Server 2.0 and connected it to SQL Server
. Configured primary and secondary sites in SMS environment
. Configured SMS Client remote administration and hardware inventory
Areas of Interest:
. To develop and deploy methodologies to conduct network testing and
provide the best network performance report and statistics
. To lead and provide guidance to a team of network engineering
professionals
. To play an integral role in handling day-to-day network operations and
maintenance so as to maximize productivity and minimize system
downtime
Reference:
Will be furnished upon request