CV / Resume – Muhammad Lotfi Abbas
Muhammad Lotfi Abbas
Senior Network Engineer/Trainer
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Data Center(CCIE#52010) Email:***********@*******.***
Languages
English,Arabic,French,Urdu and Punjabi (Typing skills English/Arabic) Contact Address:B-iv 240 Muslim Town Service Road RWP Pakistan. Cell:009***********
DOB:30/01/1979.
Citizenship: Pakistani
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Data Center(CCIE#52010) Data Certified 1st March 2016 Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Service Provider(Written) Cisco Certified Network Associate.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional(BGP+MPLS+QOS+BSCI) CAT/ENT(Allied Telesis Certified Technician)
Microsoft Certified Professional
Juniper Network Certified InternetWork Specialist Enterprise Routing Juniper Network Certified InternetWork Specialist Enterprise Switching Diplome En Francais
Professional Trainings
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security.
Cisco Certifed Network Professional.
Palo Alto.
MCSE 2003
CV / Resume – Muhammad Lotfi Abbas
Educational BackGround
Masters in Computer Science 2001-2003
Bachelor of Science 1998-2000
Faculty Of Science (Pre-Engineering) 1995-1997
Matric with Science 1993-1995
Hardware Platforms
IOS Cisco 800,1800,2800,3800,3600,2960,3750,3750-X,3560,3560-X,Terminal Switch (IRR,VRR 7206), 7600’S, ME 3400,ME 3600,ISR G2(1900,2900,3900)
JUNOS: M10I,MX960,MX480,
IOS-XR:CRS1,GSR 12410,ASR9K..
Huawei:VRP-OS,NE40E-16 X
NX-OS: NEXUS 9000,7000,5000,2000,1000v,MDS.
IOS-XE:ASR 1K,4507 R+E,ASR 903,3850.
CatOS: 65XX,45XX
Networking Hardware:
Routers: Cisco, Huawei
Switches: Cisco, Allied Telesis.
Load Balancers: Citrix NetScaler
Firewalls: Cisco,Palo Alto.
May 2016– March 2018
Institute of signals Sensors & Soft Skills,Rawalpindi,Pakistan. Manager Trainings/Trainer
My Responsibilities include Management of Active and Running Trainings like CCNA,Fiber Optics, Microwave,CCTV,Graphic Designing and Students Counselling. Mentoring CCNA R&S and CCNP R&S courses. April 2016-Dec 2016(FreeLancers)
Technical Lead IP/MPLS:
Remote Online Support of A Telecom Core Network and Leading a staff of 7 IP/MPLS Engineers My Responsibilities includes Training And Guiding The staff The core technologies Like OSPF,ISIS,BGP,MPLS,TE,MPLS TE FRR techniques,IGP and BGP and MPLS TE FRR Fast Convergence techniques in case of Disaster . My Responsibilities and Assignment includes:
1- Deployed Secure and Redundant New MPLS Core,Configured OSPF Routing, BGP Routing IPv4,VPNv4,BGP Security, Advance BGP and MPLS Features, MPLS Operation, PE-PE,LSP's, FEC's, PHP, TE, VRF's, RD's, RT's, Route reflectors,PE-PE Routing,PE-CE Routing,P-PE Routing,P-P routing. Medium of instruction is English and Arabic
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February 2015– April 2016
Nets International/National Engineers (Dubai,Pakistan,Saudi Arabia) Senior Network Engineer
1- Worked as a Senior network engineer with several Network Engineers and completed several projects in Pakistan as well as Dubai, Deployments of which comprises the following Hardware Platforms CRS’s, ASR 9K,Nexus 7K,Nexus 5K,Nexus 2K,Citrix Netscaler 10,ASA 5585,SourceFire IPS,ASR 1K,Cisco Iron port WSA and ESA. Palo Alto enterprise deployments on customer premises.
2- Upgradation of Core/Distribution Network of University of Punjab Lahore, Upgrade Core from 3750 series switches to Cisco 4507 R+E XE switches and Distribution from 3550 to 3850 XE Switches, implementation and support of the core network,IOS up gradations.
3- Internet gateway Expansion of PTCL from 300 G to 400 G, including CRS-8 IOS-XR Upgrade,Nexus 7K IOS upgrade, IOS up gradations.
4-Deployment of CRS 3,ASR 9K Routers on the Core of PTCL MMBB,SPA’s and MPA’s Up gradations. 5-Configuration of POS core interface and Ten Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces. October 2010 – July 2014
Detasad Al-Saudia,Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
IP-MPLS-ENGINEER
1- Providing Level 1 support to STC MPLS projects, monitoring and Troubleshooting of core STM 64 links,10G links,100G links,1G links on routers acting as P,RTPE,PE-Agg,NPE and CE. 2-Operation and Management of Regional POP's throughout the kingdom. 3-Ensure escalation to Tier3/Level 3 for highly complex issues to TAC/FMT for speedy resolution. Resolve Customer and Network Data faults. Ensure Smooth Operation of Data Network and Restoring Customers Fault within the specified SLAs. 4-The main responsibility is to maintain network uptime of 99% and service uptime of 100%. Responsible for Network fault detection, network management and troubleshooting faults caused by variety causes such as transmission problems, Flapping links, redundant link between core STC IP/MPLS network and also other STC equipments connected to core IP/MPLS network,configuration issues, high CPU utilization, Load on Links. power and module issues. 5-Providing support to external customers including government sectors, Banks, ministries and Hospitals and managing out the MDT/TC assigned to the Field engineers and techs. 6-Co-ordination with MC / DDC for all Port, Modules, Device & media related faults,PSU, FAN. 7-Working on IP/MPLS with layer 2 & 3 VPN, ISIS, OSPF, BGP Routing(IPv4/VPNv4) and MPLS-TE. 8-Monitoring network traffic, network alarms, capacity and usage to ensure continued integrity and optimal network 9-performance through Network Monitoring CIC and cacti, Tivoli. 10-Handling customer Trouble Tickets & Service requests 12-Responsible to provide technical support & technical training to site engineers and Field techs. Projects:
1-Al-Jawatha School Systems: Designed,Deployed and configured campus Network Consisting of more than 200 Students using 2821 series Router and 3550 Switches with 1 GB Corporate STC Link. 2-Al-Moosa General Hospital:Designed,Deployed and configured Network Consisting of more than 200 users,using 2911 series Routers,3550 switches,3560-X Switches,WLC’s and thin AP’s,configured multicasting(IGMPv2,IGMP Snooping,PIM) 3-I have been a team member of the Network engineers in testing of the network devices and Security Appliances throughout the south region 2960,3750, ME 3400,ASA 5580,IPS 4270,OBM 1841,ASR 7606,ASR 1006 in the sensitive departments premises of Border guards.
4-Installed and configured 6 3560-X Switches and two 1941 Routers and 250 Clients with Windows 8 and Windows 2008 server and 20 MB Link in a mobily Call Centre Dammam (Eastern Region),Saudi Arabia.Responsible for handling and trouble shooting a switched LAN and Windows 2008 based windows 8 Desktop PCS's with 250 workstations over LAN. January 2008 – October 2010
Pakistan Revenue Automation Limited
Network Engineer
Managing and configuring LAN with Switched Connectivity and the WAN,the internet connectivity via dialup and Internet Proxy Service,Knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 & ISA server 2000 and 2004.Install security updates, service packs and any OS hot fixes (Server & Client Side). DNS,WINS,Active Directory,DHCP,GPO ISA(2000 and 2004 and 2006)Servers.
Active Directory Migration from 2003 server to 2008.
Responsible for handling and trouble shooting a switched LAN and Windows 2003,based windows 8 Desktop PCS’s with 40 workstations over LAN.
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Configuring the WAN infrastructure consisting of dedicated Internet connectivity 7 MB Islamabad office, Cisco 2811 Router, Cisco 2960 Switches,Cisco 3750.
Optimized performance of the WAN network by Configuring of HSRP to provide Redundancy and reliability of the network and make it Fault Tolerant . August 2005-July 2007
National database registration Authority
System Engineer
Installed and configured workstations for IP based LAN’s
Network Administration on windows 2000,windows xp and windows 2003 based Domain.
To control the virus and software/hardware trouble shooting all over the site.
Successfully configured DHCP,DNS,AD,WINS,DFS,Domain Controller and GPO,Global Catalog Server.
Management network operations:i.e LAN,WAN,Email,VPN,internet.
Optimization and implementation of office LAN to get maximum security and utilization.
Provision of internet to LAN users through ISA server.
Provided technical support and identified and resolved recurring issues.
Provision of access to remote Sites through DSL and Dial-up.
Implemented the Active Directory GPO’s extensively.
Installed and configured a network of 15 nodes and managed the network and the Database Using SQL server 2000.
Configured switches with 65+ desktop pc’s with collaboration of UNHCR and CCAR. December 2003-December 2004
WestMinster School and College
Network Administrator
Maintaining the LAN and safe keepings of all computer hardware and software of the college.handling Active Directory with policies, designing and planning the network.
management of the user accounts
Inventory Management (hardware)
Design and Implementation of Active Directory.
Maintain Microsoft Exchange Server 2000.
Maintaining the DSL (Digital subscriber line) connection.
Installed and configured a LAN of 26 PCS and managed the Network included Windows Xp and Windows 2000 Advance Server as domain controller, and Windows XP Professional Clients with Internet facility through Microsoft ISA Server.