Sayyed T. Shafqat

Kuala Lumpur

+60-16-993-****

ac0ta0@r.postjobfree.com

Canadian PR

PROFILE SUMMARY

• CCIE Network Engineer with 10+ years of experience designating and deploying small medium and large scale networks using Cisco and Juniper gear

• Extensive experience in the full Network Infrastructure Life Cycle

• Excellent knowledge of Routing and Switching coupled with functional understanding of Firewalls

• Ability to lead small sized team

• Quick learner who adapts easily to new processes, latest technologies, trends and excellent training skills

• Speaks English (advanced), French (beginner)

EDUCATION

Masters degree in Computer Science

Bahuddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

2005

Bachelor degree in Mathematics and Statistics

Bahuddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

2000

TECHNICAL STRENGTHS

Routing: RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP, MPLS, L3VPN

Switching: RSTP, MSTP, PVSTP+, VTP

First Hop Redundancy: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP

Load Balancing: LTM Big IP

Firewalls: Policies, Access-lists, IPSec VPN

Network Virtualization: Juniper Virtual Chassis, Cisco VDC, Juniper Chassis Cluster

HANDS ON GEAR

Cisco Switching Line: 3560, 3750, 3850, 4500, 6500 Catalyst . N2K, N5K, N7K Nexus

Cisco Routers Line: 1900, 2800, 2900, 3900, 7200 Series

Juniper Switching Line: 2200, 3200, 4200, 4500, 4550, 8200 Series

Juniper Routers Line: MX5, MX10, MX40, MX80, MX480

Juniper Firewalls: SRX110, SRX220, SRX1400, SRX3600

F5 BigIP: 2000, 4000, 4200, 7000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Solution Architect Apr. 2016- to date

Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Malaysia

HPE Malaysia is housing the HPE Global Delivery Center. From HPE Malaysia we take care of ongoing project mostly in APJ ( Asia Pacific and Japan) and EMEA Regions. Also, HPE Malaysia houses the Global Network Operations Center taking care of all the Managed Services Customers across the globe

Responsibilities:

Working as a part of the Data Network Engineering team.

Designing Solutions for Data Networks.

Leading the POC's and Implementations.

Perform technical assurance for potential projects.

Senior Specialist Networks Sep. 2014- Mar 2016

Scope International (Standard Chartered Bank, UK) - Malaysia

Scope International is the IT arm of the Standard Chartered Bank, UK. The company provides support on all the IT aspects for the Bank. It ranges from IT Service Desk to Application Management and Development to Program Management and IT Risk Management Ra a leading software development company that creates custom applications for the hospitality industry. It has offices in 63 countries including UK, Unites States, China, India with approximately 40000 employees.

Responsibilities:

Working as a part of the Data Network Engineering team.

Act as a last line of Tech Guidance for all the aspects of Data Networks.

Working on Device and OS Certifications for the Bank.

Perform technical assurance for potential projects.

Work for Global LAN/WAN Design and Standardization.

Projects

Converged Network and Infrastructure Management

Role- I was assigned to execute the design and implementation of new Network Monitoring and Management Project. This is based on the requirement from Standard Chartered Global Information Security Requirements. The solution will cater 10000+ devices across the globe for Fault Management, Performance Management and Network Configuration Management.

Technology Used- CA Technologies Spectrum Server, CA Performance Management, CA NFA

Senior IT Specialist Jan. 2013- Aug. 2014

IBM Malaysia SDN BHD - Malaysia

IBM Malaysia is part if IBM US and comprising of almost 4000 employees taking care of IBM customer base in Malaysia and South East Asia. I was part of Global Technology Services division which is concerned mostly towards dealing with customers related to Network and Infrastructure Services.

Responsibilities:

Lead the network delivery team.

Lead projects as technical solution architect role.

Focus on providing subject matter expertise for effective design and implementation of customer enterprise network.

Perform technical assurance for potential projects.

Perform technical consultation services to customers.

Provide technical support & consultation in ensuring customer’s satisfaction in the maintenance stage.

Perform design documentation work during design stage.

Projects

Virtual Private Cloud - Telecom Malaysia ( TM)

Role- I was assigned to execute the design and implementation of new Data Center for the VPC Infrastructure. This is based on the requirement from TM to have IaaS Cloud Services Infrastructure for the future customers. It will meet the need to have multi-tenancy support for the potential customers. Before the award of project, a successful Lab Demonstration was staged to showcase the capabilities of the said infrastructure to meet the TM requirements. The will comprise of Multiple WAN Edge, DMZ, T1/T2 Firewalls and Server Farm and Core and Multiple instances of Load Balancers.

Equipment Used- Juniper EX8208, SRX3400, JunOS Firefly, MX80, F5- Big IP LTM, IBM PureFlex

Technology Used- Juniper Virtual Chassis, Juniper Chassis Cluster, Virtual Routers, Logical Systems, and F5 HA. VMWare ESXi 5.5, vSphere Server

Data Center Relocation - Sapurkencana Petroleum Berhad

Role- I was assigned to execute the design and implementation of new Data Center. The project included the setup of new DC, a Replica of one existing in Norway. This was based on the requirement from SKPB to move the existing applications and Infrastructure from Norway to Malaysia. It comprises of WAN Firewalls, Internet Firewalls, DMZ, T2 Firewalls and Server Farm and Core.

Equipment Used- Juniper EX4550, Cisco 2960G, Cisco ASA 5525x, Fortigate 300C and Checkpoint 4400 Devices. IBM PureFlex

Technology Used- Juniper Virtual Chassis, Cisco Active/Passive HA, and Palo Alto Active/Passive HA. VMWare ESXi 5.5. vSphere Server

Data Center - Maju Nusa SDN BHD

Role- I was assigned to execute the design and implementation of new Data Center. The project included the setup of new DC. This was based on the requirement from Maju Nusa to have Hosting Services Infrastructure for the current and future customers. It comprised of WAN Edge, T1 Firewalls, DMZ, T2 Firewalls and Server Farm and Core.

Equipment Used- Juniper EX4500, EX4200, EX2200, SRX240, Palo Alto 2050 devices. IBM PureFlex

Technology Used- Juniper Virtual Chassis, Juniper Chassis Cluster, and Palo Alto Active/Passive HA. VMWare ESXi 5.5. vSphere Server

Systems Engineer Feb. 2012- Dec. 2012

Optimum Solutions SDN BHD ( Outsources to Citibank) - Malaysia

Optimum Solutions is a well know IT Outsourcing firm with presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, India, China and Malaysia. This assignment was to take care of Citigroup APAC Network Projects.

Responsibilities:

Part of the Team responsible for any changes happening within ASPAC Region in Citi.

Coordination, Budgeting, Costing for any assigned tasks.

Change Implementation, Change Design.

Change Rollback, Change Test planning.

Networking equipment includes Cisco 6500, Nexus7K, Nexus 5K and Nexus2K Switches.

Networking equipment include Cisco ASR100x,76xx, 72xx, 39xx, 38xx Routers

Projects

Global Dialer

Role- I have been a Team Member to execute the design and implementation of consolidation of credit card / banking operations call centers infrastructure from 11 countries to 3 countries. This project involved routing and switching installations and upgrades to accommodate the changes pertaining to Call Center Voice Operation Changes. The project included the injection of new routes, summarization and removal of non used routes.

Equipment Used- Cisco Catalyst 6509, 3750E, 2960 Switches, VXR7206, 3845 Routers

Technology Used- IBGP, OSPF, VLANS, VTP, Etherchannel, and RSTP.

Global MPLS

Role- I was a Team Member to execute the re-design and implementation of routing within the Global perspective and shifting to new and upgrading existing MPLS links. The project included the injection of new routes, summarization and removal of non used routes. And this was done from the Country –to- Regional-to-Global-to-Regional-to-Country paradigm to change it to Country –to- Regional-to-Regional-to-Country paradigm

Equipment Used- Cisco ASR 1002 / 1004 / 1006 Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6509 Switches

Technology Used- EBGP, IBGP, OSPF, Cisco HSRP

Network Engineer Sep. 2011- Feb. 2012

Govt. of UAE. Ajman Municipality & Department of Development - Ajman - UAE

Desktop Engineer Dec. 2009- Sep. 2011

Tourism Development & Investment Company - Abu Dhabi - UAE

Service Desk Engineer Dec. 2007- Dec. 2009

Emirates NBD Bank - Dubai - UAE

Network Engineer Internee May. 2005- Sep. 2006

Corvit System - Lahore - Pakistan

CERTFICATIONS

Cisco Systems

Certification Valid till

CCIE (SP)#28133 Feb 7, 2019

CCDA Nov 15, 2019

CCNA Collaboration Nov 15, 2019

CCNA Routing and Switching Nov 15, 2019

CCDP Nov 15, 2019

Channel Partner Specializations x8

Juniper Networks

Certification Valid till

JNCIA Jan 07, 2019

JNCIS(Sec) Dec 23, 2019

VMWare

Certification Valid till

VCP5 (DCV) Jan 14, 2018

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