SYED F. RASHID

Global Infrastructure Network Manager

Cell: 703-***-**** Aldie, VA 20105

Email: acevz4@r.postjobfree.com US National/Public Trust Clearance

Profile

Global Infrastructure leader with 15 year IT career marked by rapid leadership progression and

achievement, strengthening team, systems and business performance to position organizations for long-

term growth and stability. Continually tapped to lead strategy and implement leading-edge, cost-

effective technology solutions for large-scale, high-profile system implementation/modernization and

Integration. Led multiple technical teams to design, deploy and operate complex IT infra in demanding

business environments, and provide technical leadership to deliver projects focused on modernization of

global infrastructure while remain under budget.

My current duties include directing cross-functional teams to achieve Bechtel long term vision, milestones

and priority roadmap projects. Evaluate solution against business needs in Architecture and Engineering

Review Board (AERB). Over the years I have guided senior management on course of action for

planning, designing and implementing secure infra devices, creating standards, devising requirements for

maintaining technical documents and computer usage policy. I have elevated multiple Data Centers

across the globe for high ROI and created business continuity plans for production systems.

Executive Expertise

Strategic IT Planning/Execution Performance Management Organizational Design & Development

IT Solutions Design/Deployment Process Reengineering Program Management

Service Delivery Enhancements Change/Incident Management CAP/OPEX Budget Management

Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing Business Continuity Vendor/RFP Management

Career Highlights

Infrastructure Consolidation: Lead technology and business to migrate Data Centers from 1G to

40G platform, architect DC with various platforms to ensure 100% deep packet visibility and

develop concrete policy enforcement for general operations. Consolidate data centers to save

OPEX, lead full lifecycle management of public, cloud-based application suite, leading efforts to

streamline, centralize and standardize information exchange within Bechtel’s global network.

Improved SLAs and Efficiency: Transformed Bechtel’s network to fully meshed VPLS/MPLS

network globally, it helps channelizing vendor management while getting circuit redundancy.

Established new organizational and operational infrastructure roles, responsibilities, SLAs, KPIs,

processes, policies and procedures to heighten levels of discipline and accountability.

Awarded US Mint essential personal title as a contractor for level of expertise provided to various

projects, such as Wireless, Virtualization, WAN optimizer Asset Refresh, Server consolidation,

Disaster Recover and expert resolution for complex technical projects.

Elevated PMO Operation: Transformed Project Coordination function into full scale, credible

PMO. Implemented PMI best practices, integrated processes with cross-functional businesses,

heightened team authority levels and facilitated targeted training programs to expand knowledge

base and develop PM competencies.

Compliance: Designed solution with NIST and NSA recommendations to meet all requirements

for business certifications and security auditing compliance such as PCI, FISMA, etc.

Expertise: Key areas include business analysis, management of customer relations, network and

security management, sales processes, and pre and post-sales technical support. Excellent project

management and leadership skills with an ability to meet deadlines within a target time, lead

network and security, Data Center build/migration planning and execution projects.

Experienced in consolidation servers infrastructure from physical to virtual environment.

Consolidated Network and data networks and saved over Millions over year through VMware,

MPLS, VoIP and other technologies.

Professional Experience

Bechtel Reston, VA

Global Infrastructure Network Manager 01/2012 - Present

Manage Global IT infrastructure which encompasses on multiple data centers/corporate offices

across the globe, supports 200+ projects in 7 continents. Migrated DCs from 1G to 40G platform to

support the business critical apps. Reduce OPEX by $2M per year by introducing mesh topology.

Give strategic and tactical vision of WAN, Data Centers & wireless technologies to enhance

productivity and security enterprise wide. Control budget and set standards to automate new

projects to reduce pre-installation work, overall project term and minimizes CAPEX.

Build teams, delegate projects to team members with expertise, work balance and interests to be

involved with non-primary tasks. Cross-trained team members to allow flexibility within teams

and support follow the Sun model for 24x7coverage.

Lead, and oversee the project management lifecycle from conception through completion that

includes assessing business requirements, scoping and planning projects and initiatives,

budgeting, forecasting, tracking and reporting project status, managing deliverables, and assessing

customer satisfaction.

Aligned organization to support business strategy, creating new management tier across several

divisions, heightening decision-making authority and accountability to streamline workflow and

improve efficiencies. Introduced KPI’s, performance reporting and steering committee to further

drive productivity and results.

US Department of Treasury (US Mint)

(Lockheed Martin/Trusted Force) Washington DC

Network and Security Manager 12/2010 – 12/2011

Sr. Network Engineer (Lead SME) 06/2010 – 12/2010

Represent the Network/Security teams as an expert to US Mint teams and report to senior management on

the unit's production, activities, and efforts. Developed plans for current and future projects.

Reduced US Mint vulnerabilities 90% by creating baselines and standard server builds. Managed

various teams and delivered a green SLA for security vulnerabilities. Facilitates and directs the

timely dissemination of security information, coordinates with Program level Computer Incident Response

Team (CIRT). Conduct C-level presentations.

Provided Network and security support for all ongoing and future projects within the US Mint

environment. Plan, document, and manage the performance of subordinate managers and/or

staff. Conduct performance management activities including mentoring, training, or providing

technical growth opportunities.

Cisco (Formerly Tandberg) Reston, VA

Network Services Systems Manager 04/2008 – 04/2010

IT Service Operations Engineer 04/2007 – 04/2008

Supervise team of IT engineers, evaluates and implements IT procedures, operations, road maps

and equipment selection for maximum efficiency and cost containment of voice, video and data

network. Define KPIs, report incidents and maintain SLA/SLO with different departments.

Saved over $1M a year by introducing MPLS/VRF technology. Establish VoIP, MPLS and LAN

network Infrastructure for over 100 locations globally. Consolidate Data Centers, Telco vendors

and SP globally. Evaluate and improve processes, tools and methods according to ITIL standard.

Plans and execute technology projects, forecast MPLS network backbone capacity, build

TelePresence network and negotiate with stakeholders regarding SLA and define KPIs.

Fiserv eLending Solutions, (Formerly a div. of Freddie Mac) 05/05 – 03/07

Network Analyst/Lead Production Support McLean, VA

Provide leadership, mentoring and senior technical functions for Network/Production Support

staff and other ITS members. Performed project management for all network and security related

projects including Data Center migration and IPSec VPN.

Redesigned and implemented new WAN infrastructure to prepare for business requirements,

including the need to have complete redundancy that guarantees 99.999% uptime for every site.

Introduced Cisco MARS to monitor and centralized log collection (SIEM tool).

Experience prior to 2005

Artifexit (Technithos LLC) 08/2004 – 02/2005

Sr. Consultant Support Engineer

Computer Zone 04/2001 – 07/2004

Consultant Network Engineer

Ericsson Telecom AB 09/2000 – 03/2001

Customer Services and Support Engineer

Dewan Industries 08/1998 – 09/2000

Level I LAN Support

Certifications

PMP certification (learning Tree) ITIL (Lockheed Martin Training Boot Camp)

Tandberg Certified Expert Partner, TCEP Cisco Certified Network Associate, CCNA

Microsoft Certified Professional (Internet), MCP+I Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, MCSE

Education

Management Information Systems (MIS), Minot State University, 2011 (GPA 4.0)

Bachelors of Engineering (BE), NED University of Engineering & Technology, 1998

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