Engineer Network

Usaid Rashid Kathjoo

CCIE (Written, Preparing for LAB), ECSE (Ekahau Certified Survey Engineer)

Mitel Certified MiVoice Business Core Networking & Resiliency. Email: *******@*****.***

Phone: +971-**-***-****

Professional Summary

Motivated, results-driven IT professional with over 13 years of experience in aligning technology with high-level business objectives to achieve corporate goals Adept at information technology management, project management and Team management Strong technological skills with focus on system integration Experienced in all facets of project management including building relationships, account management and professional development of teams

Ability to transform IT operations while improving quality, cutting costs, and increasing efficiency and productivity.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Strong leader with excellent analytical and critical thinking skills Highly organized, multi-tasked professional with the aptitude to prioritize effectively to meet deadlines and exceed goals

Organizational Experience

Eurostar Integrated Systems Dubai UAE

Deputy Manager- ICT & ELV Aug 2017- Till Date

Working as a Deputy Manager- Technical Services for ELV, data, Voice and Data Center Projects.

As part of technical services working on Pre-Sales and Post sales.

Design and Implementation of CCTV and ICT Projects.

Handling customer queries for Network, IT projects, Structured cabling system, CCTV & ACS

RFP preparation and process the receiving RFP’s for financial proposal.

Planning and managing the whole project awarded.

Resource arrangements and management to meet project timeline.

Responsible for installation and commissioning of Data and voice.

Site co-ordination for ELV system like verifying containments and layouts.

Co-ordination with involved local authorities for the rules and regulations of ELV system.

Vertical and horizontal layout containment and routing verification on IFC AutoCAD drawings.

Pre-Qualification and Material Submittal Preparation for ELV system. Al-Futtaim Technologies Doha Qatar

Sr. Network Design Engineer Feb 2012- July 2017

Worked as a Sr. Network Engineer for ELV, data, Voice and Data Center Projects.

Design and Implementation of CCTV, Network & IT Projects.

Data center design, Planning and Maintenance Procedures.

Handling customer queries for Network, IT projects, Structured cabling system, CCTV & ACS

RFP preparation and process the receiving RFP’s for financial proposal.

Planning and managing the whole project awarded.

Resource arrangements and management to meet project timeline.

Responsible for installation and commissioning of Data and voice.

Site co-ordination for ELV system like verifying containments and layouts.

Co-ordination with involved local authorities for the rules and regulations of ELV system.

Vertical and horizontal layout containment and routing verification on IFC AutoCAD drawings.

Pre-Qualification and Material Submittal Preparation for ELV system. 2

Projects:

Sheraton Hotel Renovation Project Doha ( Data Center, Wi-Fi and Active Network)

IKEA Doha ( Structured Cabling, CCTV, DATA,WIFI, ACS & Voice)

St Regis Doha ( Structured Cabling, CCTV, ACS, DATA, WIFI & Voice)

Burj Marina (Structured Cabling, CCTV & ACS)

Doha Festival City Project Office ( Structured Cabling, Voice & Data)

Turkish Embassy ( Structured Cabling and Data)

HBK Site Office ( Structured cabling, Data & Voice)

Al Jazeera Children’s Chanel (CCTV)

Bin Samikh Hotel (Voice, Data, WIFI, IPTV, CCTV, SCS)

Remal Hotel (Voice, Data, WIFI, IPTV, CCTV, SCS)

Al Madain Hotel (CCTV)

Centro Rotana Hotel (DATA, WIFI)

Gulf Business Machines (Client Emirates Integrated Telecom Company Du) UAE Network/Data Centre Engineer June 2010-Feb 2012

Working in 24*7 network operations environment.

Managing 25 Group Data Centre of EITC - Du Telecom across UAE 24*7 & 99.99% uptime support.

Provisioning of Data Center services i.e. (Co-location, Hosting IT equipment, Power feeds, IP and Network Ports, VPN, Backup Tape, SAN)

Responsible for Data Centre Operations, IT Operations, IT NOC & IT Infrastructure to implement in a complicated environment.

Designing and implementation of data Centre, rack mounting and unmounting the blade servers as per the standards, disaster recovery & network operation Centre.

Planning and executing consolidation efforts for complex Data Centre by considering Power, Cooling, Network Rack Sizing, Flooring, and Structure Cabling.

Preparing the reports and coordination with the top management (daily, weekly and monthly IT Systems availability reports, ORC Reports, Network provisioning reports).

Meeting the Service level Agreement (SLA), Operational Level Agreement (OLA) with the businesses.

Monitoring of Network Equipment’s and servers using Netboss, Informatica, HP Open view and MOM

Managing and maintaining backup tape library.

Data Center maintenance and access procedures.

Monitoring of data center and space allocation.

Ensure to meet the dead lines for all data network projects. Diceteck LLC (Client Emirates Integrated Telecom Company Du) UAE Network Engineer June 2008- June 2010

Configuration & installation of major cisco routers and switches in working environment.

Has been involved with IP Network Enhancement and roll out team in Network management Tier3 Technology operations

Expertise in network documentation and architecture diagram.

Working with network architecture and connectivity troubleshooting

Design and configure Network Projects in ISP Environment.

Implemented Routing protocols OSPF, Dual OSPF and BGP.

Review the configuration of new projects involving IP address scheme, BDS/POP configuration

Fault monitoring testing for new added switches and routers to the network in HP Open View-NNM, Cisco Works

Configuration, troubleshooting, cut-in/tie-in and acceptance testing of Cisco routers and switches 1020,7609, 4506 and other access layer switches 3650,3750, ME3400.

Verifying the alarm generation for newly installed equipments.

Packet front Broadband Ethernet Control System (BECS3) configuration review.

Acceptance testing with field engineer for triple play services (Voice, Video, and Internet).

Worked on Packet-front devices and software like ASR, BECS and SPECS configuration

Trouble shooting and configurations of Packet Front ASR (ACCESS SWITCH ROUTER).

Trouble shooting and configuring Zhone MALC MSAN (Multi service access networks).

Triple play services through Cisco ME34 residential solution.

Configuring Tilgin devices and VCM (Vood Center Manager).

Trouble shooting and configuration of IPTV (TANDBERG).

Trouble shooting and configuration of LATENS.

Ensure to meet the dead lines for all data network projects.

Expertise in network documentation and architecture diagram.

Working with network architecture and connectivity troubleshooting. 3

Access infrastructure and telecommunication (P) Ltd India

(Client: Bharti Cellular Telecommunications Airtel) Network Engineer July 2006- June 2008

Installation of windows server 20003, domains, active directory infrastructure, Group Policies.

Monitoring and troubleshooting Network and server related Issues.

Resolving user complaints related to CRM, PACS, and Windows.

Excellent troubleshooting skills. Very proficient at Desktop, LAN and WAN administration.

Performed network troubleshooting, information security and described precautions to reduce malicious code and virus infection.

Administration and maintenance of Exchange server.( creating users, allotting them mail spaces and the backup process)

Implementation of Internal Web space, Mail services using Win 2003 server AD, IIS and Kerio Mail server 6.

Administration of Dyned at one of our sister concerns (Hero Mindmine Franchisee)

Network security administration using MS ISA 2000/2004/2006, Symantec AV Corporate Edition 9/10., Norton Ghost 9/12.

Providing Network Access to Ministry Users at remote locations using Access Points.

Applying different network access policies for different group of users.

Managing backups and troubleshooting hardware/software problems. Accel-frontline Technologies Ltd as India

Associate Engineer Dec 2005 - Jun 2006

Design and maintenance of Computers Network.

Providing remote & onsite support for customer Incidents.

Novell Netware troubleshooting & Configuration.

Designing and Configuration of Wireless Network and Security.

Troubleshooting hardware/software problems of the customers.

Designing, implementation and maintenance of different companies wired and wireless Networks.

Working as resident engineer for Gokaldas exports for their network.

Resolving user problems regarding the network, design applications, emails and printers.

Resolving hardware and software issues.

P.C. Solutions India

IT Executive July 2004 - Nov 2005

Integral IT team leader providing Network support and Administration.

Excellent troubleshooting skills. Very proficient at Desktop, LAN and WAN administration.

Installation of windows server 20003, domains, active directory infrastructure, Group Policies.

Installation and configuration of Internet Security and Acceleration server 2000.

Installation and configuration of DSL Router.

Designing and implementation of Wireless Network and applying security to secure Network.

Performed network troubleshooting, information security and described precautions to reduce malicious code and virus infection.

Providing Network Access to Ministry Users at remote locations using Access Points

Implementation of Network security for the visitors in Library and Labs to access Internet and Network sources.

Administration and overall control of Network of more than 300 computers.

Installation and configuration of Network printers and accessing Wireless Network Printers using Print Server.

Structured cabling of Network.

Applying different network access policies for different group of users.

Managing backups & troubleshooting Hardware/software problem 4

Academia

Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering.

M.Sc. Computer Network Engineering {Online}

EMBA (Project Management & Network Management).

Certifications

Mitel Certified (MiVoice Business Rel 8.0 Networking, Clustering & Resiliency)

Mitel Certified (MiVoice Business Rel 8.0 Core)

CCIE{Written qualified Preparing for LAB)

ECSE{ Ekahau Certified Survey Engineer}

M.C.P {03-Track}, Microsoft Corporation, USA, {OL}

M.C.S.E {2003}, Microsoft Corporation, USA, {Training}

CISCO {CCNA ID# CSCO10921838}

CCNP {Training}

e-Tom L2 Certified {TM Forum}

Certified Data Centre Technician {CDCT}

ITIL V3 Certified

Certified Data Center Designer {CDCD}

JNCIA-ER

JNCIA-ES

JNCIS-ER

Alcatel Certified Field Engineer {ACFE - DATA}

Alcatel Certified Field Engineer {ACFE - Wireless}

Avaya Certified Sales Specialist {APSS}

Avaya Certified Design Specialist {APDS}

RCDD {Perusing}

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