M UHA M MAD Z ESHAN
Room No. **, *st Floor, Ali Saif Building
Near Al-Manakh Park Sharjah, UAE
Email: ************@*****.***
Cell: +971-**-*******
Cell: +92-321-*******
Objective:
To do extremely well in quality services render to the organization I want to join with my effective
IT and Telecom Projects Skills.
Summary:
Data Centers Solutions Infrastructure Security
Enterprise Network Solutions Project Management
Solutions Design Pre-Sales
Deployment CCNA, CCSP, CCIE-Sec (Wr)
Operations Procurement
Experience (10+ Years):
Pak Electron Ltd. (PEL) ( Manufacturer of Equipment for Power Grids ) Jan 2012 to Date
Data Centers & Network Administrator
Operations, Network Security and Maintenance of primary Data Center
Planning, design and deployment of High Availability devices in Data Center
Planning, design and deployment of Disaster Recovery Data Center
Establish Enterprise WAN (using MPLS Core of ISP) and securely connect Nationwide 40+
Sales, Stores and CSD Offices to the Data Center to access Servers, Oracle ERP and
Corporate Portals.
Plan, design and deploy Metro Optical Fiber Ring Cable as primary and secondary links to
connect the Data Center with MPLS WAN and Internet.
Operations and Management of Radio backup Links (REDLINE, UBNT, MRL, Exalt)
connectivity with different sites and service providers.
Administration, Operations and Security of LAN (Cisco Routers, 4500, 3750, 2960 Cisco
Switches, 1242 Series Cisco Wireless Access Points, Juniper Firewalls etc) at all offices,
three manufacturing facilities and nationwide area offices.
Redesign, rebrand and deploy wireless LAN network across all offices and manufacturing
facilities.
Team management for successful project delivery and operations.
DWP Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Gold Partner of Cisco) July 2010 to October 2011
Assistant Manager Networks (Technical Solution Services)
Responsible for Pre-Sales and Technical Support across the region being a Regional Team
Lead.
Worked in a Pre-Sales capacity building Proof of Concepts, Demonstrations, Proposals, RFP
Responses, Presentations, BoQ, BoM, SoW, HLD and LLD Preparation
Pre-Sales Data Center Solution Analysis, Design and Budgeting considering requirements of
the customers.
Post-Sales Deployment, Integration, Network/Infrastructure Security, Operations and
Maintenance of Data Centers and Networks.
Maintain SLA of two major Telecom Companies, one Bank and many other MNC’s and
SME’s by providing managed services to their data centers and enterprise networks. Their
networks contains high end Routers (7600), Switches (6500), Security (ASA, IPS, NAC,
ACS etc) and other Solutions of Cisco.
Network and Security Documentation, Configuration and Change Management.
Ensure day-to-day smooth operations of the supported networks/IT setups, and be a single
point of contact for all support queries and Technical Team.
Provide solution presentations and technical trainings to the customers.
Wateen Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. ( Abu Dhabi Group, Cisco Gold Partner) January 2008 to Feb 2010
Team Lead - Data Centers, Enterprise Data Network & Security
Projects in Pakistan:
Responsible for Managed Services, Network / Infrastructure Security and Integration of
Wateen Telecom’s Enterprise Data Network, Hosted Data Center and two Core Data
Centers.
Coordinate with Pre-Sales team for BoQ, BoM, SoW, HLD and LLD Preparation
Data routing with CISCO 7600, 7200 and 3845 Series Routers and data switching with
6500, 4500 and 3700 Series Switches.
Enterprise Network Security Solution Design, Deployment, and Managed Services
including CISCO 5500 Series ASA Firewalls, Firewall Service Module (FWSM), 4200
Series Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), Network Access Control (NAC) Appliance,
Application Control Engine (ACE), Monitoring Analyses and Response System (MARS)
and AAA Servers.
Penetrations Testing, Forensic Analysis, Intrusion Detection and Preventions, Vulnerability
Assessment, Incident Response, Security Policy Development and Implementation.
Network and Security Documentation, Configuration and Change Management.
Network Performance, Security, Outage and Daily Operations Reporting
International Project in Uganda: (January 2008- February 2009)
Deployment, Security, Integration, Operations and Maintenance of Warid Telecom’s
(Abu Dhabi Group) Enterprise Data Network and Core Data Center.
Security Equipment Deployment, Operations and Maintenance including CISCO
5500 Series ASA Firewalls, 3000 Series VPN Concentrators, 4200 Series Intrusion
Prevention Systems (IPS), Secure Access Control Servers, FWSM and CA Integrated Threat
Management System.
Data routing with CISCO 7200 Series Routers and data switching with 4500 and
3700 Series Switches.
Security of Billing Systems, ERP, IP Contact Center, IP Telephony, DNS and Email
Servers.
Intrusion, Hacking and Network Scanning Detection & Prevention.
Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment, Security Audits and Reporting.
Cisco Works and CA Spectrum Network monitoring and Management Systems.
SPEC ASMC-Ltd (USA based Oil & Gas Engineering Company) Dec 2006 to Jan 2008
Network Administrator
Responsible for Network Administration, Operations and Maintenance along with CALL
CENTER Administration.
Routing with CISCO 2800 Series Routers and Switching with CISCO 3750 Switches.
Design, Deployment and Troubleshooting of Network Security Infrastructure including
CISCO 535 Series PIX Firewalls, VPN Server, Symantec Antivirus Server and Microsoft
ISA Server for Security.
Management of Domain Controller Servers, Storage Servers and E1 Lines of Internet.
ROYAL Media Networks Pakistan M ay 2005 to December 2006
I T Officer - Network and Security
Designing and Deployment of Network (LAN/WAN) and Security Infrastructure including
CISCO 525 Series PIX Firewalls, 3600 Series Routers, 2950 Series Switches, Microsoft
Proxy Server, Active Directory Servers, FTP Servers, Trend Micro Antivirus Solution.
Operations and Maintenance of company’s IT Network including DSL Internet Links,
Storage Servers and Wireless Bridges.
Intrusion, viruses and hacking detection and prevention of the network.
Technical Support and IT Training of Employees.
Coordinate with vendors for procurement, maintenance and warranty.
SONO Computer Institute Pakistan M arch 2002 to March 2004
Network and Security Administrator
Deployment, Operations and Maintenance of Network Security including Software Firewall,
Internet Proxy Server and Symantec Antivirus Solution.
Administration of Network including 3Com Switches, Internet Connection and internet
distribution in Institute and Net Cafe Network.
Interaction with Vendors and Internet Service Provides for Quality of Services.
Technical support of students and customers for troubleshooting of Security and Internet
Services Availability issues.
Technical Certifications & Trainings:
CISCO ID: CSCO11260660
CCIE-Security CCNA
Written Exam: Passed 958/1000 Cisco Certified IPS Specialist
Lab Date: Nov 25, 2013 Cisco Certified NAC Specialist
CCIE Security Bootcamp Cisco Nexus and UCS Bootcamp
CCSP
Academics:
Master of Science- Information Technology (3.62/4.0)
University of The Punjab, Lahore – Pakistan (March, 2006)
Major Subjects: Data Communication, Network Design and Network Security
Bachelor of Science- Computer Science (572/800)
Islamiya University Bahawalpur – Pakistan (March, 2004)
Major Subject: Advance Computer Studies
Pre Sales Skills:
Review Bids and RFPs Project Costing/Quotation
Product Sizing and Selection Technical Analysis and Design
Technical Skills:
CISCO U CS Solution
CISCO Routers
Juniper Firewalls /VPN
CISCO Catalyst&Nexus Switches
DELL, IBM, HP Blade Chassis
CISCO ASA Firewalls
IBM, EMC, HP SAN Storage
CISCO I PS Sensors
Microsoft D C, FTP, Mail Servers
CISCO A CS/ISE Server
Tenable Nessus, NMAP, Cain & Able,
CISCO W LC
Wireshark
CISCO I ronport Solution
Network Design, Deployment,
CISCO N AC Appliance
Operations and Maintenance
CISCO M ARS Appliance
Network Monitoring and Analysis;
CISCO F WSM / IDSM
Solarwinds Orion and PRTG
CISCO Load Balancers
Personal Details:
Nationality: Pakistani
DoB: July 28, 1982
Status: Married
Dependents: 3
Passport Validity: July 30, 2017