Sr. Network Engineer
Resume:
Saif A. Khan, P.Eng.
Markham, ON
*******@*****.**
EDUCATION B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Texas A & M University Aug. 1996
PROFESSIONAL Licensed Professional Engineer of Ontario since Nov. 2000
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Rogers Communications Inc.
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- Customer 1 Award April 2011
Sprint Canada Inc.
- Teamwork and Leadership Award Aug. 2000
- Achievement Award - Local Service Launch Dec. 1999
Texas A&M University
- Distinguished Student Certificate Aug. 1993
Sam Houston State University
- Dean’s Honor List 1991-1993
- Presidents Honor List 1992
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Description of Skill Platform Hardware Proficiency Last
level used
Routers Juniper EX4200/EX8200 professional current
Cisco 2600,3600,7200,7600 professional current
Switches Juniper EX4200/EX8200 professional current
Cisco 2900/3750/4500/6500 professional current
Cisco load balancer CSM/ACE professional current
Juniper Firewalls SRX240/3400/5800 professional current
Cisco Firewall ASA 5500 professional current
Nortel Passport 7480/15000 professional 5 yrs
Alcatel TDM 3600/3645 professional current
Network Protocols TCP/IP/OSPF professional current
MPLS professional current
BGP professional current
ATM/PNNI/CES/AAL1/AAL5/IM professional 5 yrs
A/FrATM/Frame Relay professional 5 yrs
Basic Unix familiar current
Project Management Project scheduling professional current
and budgeting Project financing professional current
Project Gantt professional current
Test Hardware Spirent (Ethernet/IP tester) Smartbits SMB-600 expert 5 yrs
Telecom Hardware Alcatel 1631 DACS expert 5 yrs
ADC Splice & Patch expert 5 yrs
Telect Panels/Frames expert 5 yrs
Lucent/Nortel DC power systems expert 5 yrs
Power Systems AC power distribution expert 10 yrs
DC power plant Lucent/Nortel expert 10 yrs
DC power distribution Lorain expert 10 yrs
DC backup C&D Batteries expert 10 yrs
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CERTIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Cert Name Completed
CCIE - Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (Written) Mar 2009-2011
CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional Nov 2005-2011
CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate Nov 2002-2011
Nortel ATM on Passport Jul. 2000
Nortel Passport 7480 Operations and Maintenance Jun. 2000
Newbridge/Alcatel 3600/3645 MainStreet Jan. 2000
WORK EXPERIENCE
CCIE candidate 2015
Jun. 2014 – present
Pursue CCIE Routing & Switching written certification
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University of Waterloo
Master of Engineer Candidate
Mar - May 2014
- Pursue part-time M.Eng program at University of Waterloo
Daamanz.com eStore
IT & Ecommerce consultant
Aug. 2013 – Present
- Successfully launched ecommerce solution for www.daamanz.com
- Provide IT & ecommerce consultancy for end to end hosted ecommerce solution
- Completed vendor selection for ecommerce platform
- Made recommendation for SEO and SEM optimization for organic and online marketing
- Setup Telecomm, Email and Social media communication tools
- Enable secure private SSL based ecommerce solution
- Manage and support ecommerce backend platform
- Provide technical support to maintain eStore
Rogers Communications Inc.
Sr. Network Designer
Sep. 2011 – Jul. 2013
DTV & Management (OSS) Networks
- Upgraded network capacity by 768 1 Gig ports in 5 site using Cisco 4506E systems
- Upgraded CORE network capacity by 96 10Gig ports using Juniper XRE200/EX8208 system
with virtual chassis
- Designed and deployed 10 firewalls for wireless OSS network using Juniper
SRX240 and SRX3400 firewalls
- Compose firewall rules for permit/deny traffic flows between OSS, Corp LAN and DMZ networks
- Migrated wireless OSS platforms to secure DMZ network involving more that 30 OSS platforms
- Implemented isolated 10 Gb/s backup network using Juniper EX4200 switches and SRX3400
firewalls
- Completed hardware selection to replace end-of-life terminal servers in wireless network
- Managed and augmented Cisco terminal server port capacity in wireless network
- Upgraded wireless management network link capacity by 1000% from Fast Ethernet to GigE
Customer & External Networks,
Sr. Network Designer
Jul 2005 – Sep 2011
- Composed 25 engineering plans to facilitate new hardware implantation and deployment in the
Data center environment
- Worked with cross-functional teams to deliver on wide variety of projects. Key cross functional
teams were Network Technology, Operations, Server planning, Network migration, Network
Security, Project management
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- Developed financial planning documents for senior management to request for project funding.
This document included business requirements, key project deliverables, forecast for moneys
usage, project risks and timelines
- Took initiative to learn, design and deploy network services on old and completely new data
center environment using Juniper EX8200 routers and SRX3400/5800 firewalls
- High availability network design was incorporated using MPLS VPNs to provide data center site
redundancy
- Designed and deployed IPSec VPN concentrator using Juniper SRX3400 firewalls for
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connectivity to 3 party networks
- Work closely with server planning to deploy Layer2 to Layer7 design and evaluation of firewall
rules to facilitate services
- Facilitated server deployment in data center for various products and services
- High bandwidth server connectivity was provided by using LACP link aggregation protocol
- Performed network planning function to maintain large (700 node) IPSec VPN design.
This involved keeping network updated with latest software/hardware version and evaluation of
vendor recommendation
- Completed IPSec VPN migration from Juniper to Cisco platform which involved pre-deployment
testing and verification
- Completed large scale IP network migration activity to facilitate site move with minimum
downtime for services
- Provide support to Operations team for network trouble scenarios for various services
- Took initiative to upgrade Alcatel-Lucent Network Management System from 46020 to 5620, to
enhance network management performance and stability
- Completed Network security vulnerability management procedures document to facilitate
handling procedures for vendor network security notifications
Knowledgeable with design of complex data/IP networks, including (but not limited to) IP,
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Frame Relay, ATM, remote access, multilayer switched environments
Test, design and implemented SLA measurement server/probe tools for IP, MPLS, ATM, and
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Frame Relay Core networks
Executed network planning to facilitate software upgrade on a 40+ node ATM/Frame Relay
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network. This involved planning, testing and verification of services.
Designed and implemented remote NMS connectivity for entire ATM network
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Wrote h/w upgrade procedural document for Passport 15000 Fabric Modules, Power Interface
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Module, Alarm/BITS module and MAC address module
Configured diverse network synchronization and remote access via IPoFR PVCs to Network
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Management station
Responsible for testing, certification and trouble shooting of new and existing function
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processors in ATM/Frame Relay (FR) network, working closely with network operations
Composed Detailed Design Specification document to install DS1, DS3 and OC-3 function
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processors in the network
Sprint Canada Inc.
Data/IP Network Engineer
Jan. 2000 – Jul. 2005
Corporate LAN design and IP addressing using Cisco routers and switches:
- Design of secure and robust LAN topology utilizing HSRP fail-over mechanisms for production
and UAT environments
- Installation and configuration of Catalyst 5500 and Catalyst 6509 switches
- Enabling SNMP monitoring of Cisco routers, Catalyst switches and Content switches
- Configuring Ether channel, VLANs and trunking (ISL, 802.1q)
- Installation & configuration of load balancing between server farm using CSS 11501 content
switches
- Installation and configuring remote access via Terminal Server
- Cisco PIX firewall configuration to facilitate DMZ server/application deployment
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Alcatel-Lucent 3600/3645 Mainstreet Switches:
- Newbridge TDM backbone was deployed to facilitate 3x1 and 1x0 DCS services
- Completed node and backbone engineering requiring DDS for installing, testing and
commissioning of Newbridge 3600/3645 switches in the network
- Performed network-wide software upgrade Newbridge 3600/3645 clusters
ATM/FrameRelay/IP Test Lab:
- Implemented ATM/FR/IP test lab for testing of conceptual services, new hardware & new
software release interoperability concerns
- Used Navtel InterWatch 95000 ATM Analyzer for testing ATM and Frame Relay services
- Performed QoS tests & decodes on ATM/Frame Relay cells/frames to certify services in lab &
live network via Nettest
- Performed decodes on ATM cell stream to isolate & understand switch behavior
- Developed test plans to study interoperability & functionality of Nortel 7480 switches
- Performed h/w performance testing using Spirent Smartbits
Network Protocols :
- LACP, 802.1q trunk, PVSTP, VTP, VLANs, VRRP, ATM, AAL1, AAL5, PNNI, IMA, Fr-ATM,
Frame Relay, DPRS, TCP/IP, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, VPN
Sprint Canada Inc.,
Network Infrastructure Designer
Aug. 1997 - Dec. 1999
Power Systems Engineering using Lucent, Nortel/Astec APS and Reltec/Marconi:
- Designed AC & DC Power Systems to support the Telecom Central Office (CO) demands
- 2000Amp DC power system was designed and deployed in 4 major CO locations
- Medium scale 200Amp DC power system with battery backup was deployed in small CO
- Installed three phase AC distribution panels to service DC power plants
- DC design was implemented using rectifiers and smart control & monitoring devices
- Designed battery backup power using VRLA battery technology
- Designed DC Secondary Power Distribution to accommodate Switch, Transmission and Data
equipment’s DC and AC power requirements
- Design involved upgrading existing power distribution system and emergency power
- Performed intricate power distribution cutover procedures
- Designed overhead cable management systems for high density cabling environments
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Trained provisioning group for new product offerings on ATM/FR network
- Provide technical support to network operations, provisioning, marketing and sales
- Composed Engineering & Provisioning Standards document for implementing Fr-ATM, IMA and
TLS services
COMPUTER SKILLS - AutoCAD LT 2000, Visio Prof, MS Office MS Power Point, Programming in C (limited)
REFERENCES Available upon request
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