Mustafa Shadab

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Professional Summary

CCIE X 2 (Routing/Switching, Service Provider) with over 10 years of industry experience in Planning, Design, migration, Implementation and support of LAN/WAN, Service Provider and Data Center solutions.

Currently working in the role of “Network Consulting Engineer” at Cisco Systems.

Design, Planning, migration, Implementation and support of LAN/WAN, Service Provider and Data Center solutions.

Specialties: Routing Switching, Service Provider.

Previously worked in the role of Senior Network Engineer at Getronics Pakistan Ltd.

Strong analytical and problem-solving ability with proven track record of quickly learning new technologies as required by a task or project. Avid self-learner and technology enthusiast.

Experienced in customer interfacing, with highly effective communication skills, fluency in written and spoken English.

Project experience in individual capacity, and as a team member. Highly effective time management, task delegation. Strong motivation towards solving complex network engineering problems.

Excellent hands-on experience on Cisco ASR9000, Carrier Routing System(CRS 1/3), CRS-X, Nexus 7000, Nexus 6500, 4500 3560, 4500, 3800, 2800 and 2900 series Switches & routers

Extensive knowledge of Implementation of multiple IP routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, IS-ISV6, RIP

Education

MSCS (Ms Computer Science) From University of Central Punjab LAHORE, PAKISTAN

B-Com (Bachelor of Commerce) From University of Punjab LAHORE, Pakistan

Certifications/Trainings

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE R&S # 25589)

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE SP # 25589)

Current Employment

1.Cisco Systems UAE (Nov 2010 - Present)

Title: Network Consulting Engineer

I am currently working with Cisco Systems as “Network Consulting Engineer” and working in various advance Technology projects, Post deployment Support for its high profile customers in Middle East region. E.g. DU telecom, Etisalat Telecom

Key Deliverables

Low Level Design & Documentation, Network Implementation Plan, Network Migration Plan, Coordination and timely provisioning of systems and subsystems.

Liaisons with team members to ensure latest technologies/techniques are incorporated into the design and implementation.

Providing Consultancy / Advisory Services to Clients.

Managing Maintenance, Activity Planning and reporting progress against Project Plan.

Acceptance Test Procedures/Plan handling (ATP) & documentation.

NOS (Network Optimization Support) Network Optimization Support helps customers take full competitive advantage of their network infrastructure by building on device-level support received through Cisco Technical Support Services. Network Optimization Support helps bridge technology and expertise gaps, allowing the highest possible return on investment throughout the network infrastructure lifecycle.

Previous Employments

2.Getronics Pakistan (Jun 2010 – To Oct 2010)

Title: Sr. Network Engineer

Worked with Getronics Pvt Ltd in the capacity of Sr. Network Engineer, My responsibilities include Presales/Post Sales activities, Design & Implementation of network solutions for customers.

Key Deliverables

24x7 point-of-escalation for high-severity, high-impact customer issues

Planning and execution of major network change or deployment activities

Supervision of design research, test bed environments and network stress-testing

Technical assistance to pre-sales team in preparing response to customer RFP/RFQ

Vetting of proposed solution & high-level design (HLD), bill of materials (BOM)

3.I2c Incorporated (Jan 2010 – To June 2010)

Title: Sr. Network Administrator

i2c Inc. is an experienced and trusted payments solution provider that helps card issuers and program managers deliver profitable prepaid programs. Worked with I2C Inc. as Senior Network Administrator, I2C had a challenge to pass external network audit to retain their association with card processors. I redesigned their network as per standard requirements for payments solution providers and configured the whole network with AAA(authentication, authorization and accounting) system, also configured the Solar winds network monitoring and management suite to monitor the whole network.

Key Deliverables

Verification/validation of all production network devices on weekly basis and ensure that there is potential no vulnerability.

Review performance/resource utilization graphs for all production devices/paths and provide recommendations to management for doing capacity planning.

Perform monitoring of IT infrastructure which includes production servers, network devices, network paths, connectivity Storage and voice quality/paths and take appropriate notification, troubleshooting and follow-ups until issue is fixed.

Review entire infrastructure to identify single point of failures and provide recommendation to enable redundancy.

Providing support to different teams through ticketing systems.

Conduct monthly security awareness sessions to operational and development teams.

Providing necessary assistance and feedback to QE group to publish and maintain network security policies, processes, procedures and current configurations.

Periodical review of firewall ACLs, VPN access lists, VPN filters, VPN group accounts etc to ensure that it meets our business needs.

Reviewing existing intrusion detection and prevention strategies and statistics and make recommendations for its improvements.

Ensuring that switching on all sites in properly documented and tagged.

4. Cyber Internet Services (Jan 2006 – To Jan 2010)

Title: Network Engineer

CyberNet is the largest Data and Internet Services Provider in Pakistan offering diverse solutions in the area of Networks, WAN implementation & Telecommunications infrastructure. Worked with Cyber Internet Services (Pvt.) Ltd. Lahore as a Network Engineer. Duties included look after Network Operations Center at Lahore with all Punjab region (having 21 POPs) and implementation of projects during this tenure.

Key Deliverables

Management of routing & switching for more than 21 POP including Data Centers.

Management & Configuration for Core, Distribution & Access Cisco devices including 7200, 3800, 2800, 2600 routers and Catalyst, 2900, 3700, 3500 switches.

Management & Configuration for Core, Distribution & Access Juniper devices including M10i, M7i, J6350.

Implementation of Interior & exterior routing protocols, BGP, OSPF and static routes.

BGP configurations for multi-homing with upstream providers(ITI, Flag), and influencing path selection using different BGP attributes like AS Path, Local Preference & MED.

Configuration & implementation of QoS.

Configuration & maintenance of E1, Fiber Optic, Multilink, ATM, DSL (IPoA & PPPoE),

Integration of Cisco Routers, Switches with Cisco secure ACS 3.3 using TACACS.

Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), Work Plans and change control forms.

Enterprise Data Network Monitoring using Solar Winds Orion Network performance Monitor Solar winds Engineer’s Edition.

Major Client Projects at Cybernet

Warid Telecom:

Provide data and voice connectivity on LDI and R.F to Contact Centre of Warid Telecom. For core connectivity Cisco 7609s Router has key role in three regions Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Cisco 7206VXR Routers are used for GRE tunnels with franchise and Access sites.

Responsibilities:

Involvement in Configuring OSPF for Core.

Grant and Restrict the Access through configuring ACL’s on FWSM

Securing the Access sites though Anti Spoofing ACL’s

Configuring CAT 3750 Switch for Remote Cities

Configuring VLAN and VTP domains

Network Monitoring with Solar Winds

Coca-Cola :

Cisco 3600 series routers & PIX Firewall 525 were used for Head Office while Cisco 827 series router was used for branch office connectivity. Primary links were provided by Radio Connectivity and back up links provided by ATM technology.

Dubai Islamic Bank & Atlas Bank:

On behalf of Cyber.NET Ltd Pakistan Dubai Islamic Bank & Atlas Bank project was completed. Cisco 3600 & 2600 series routers were used for regional & remote branches. Primary links were provided by Radio Connectivity and back up links provided by ISDN & ATM technology.

5.DWP Group, Lahore –Pakistan (May, 2005 – Dec 2005)

Title: CS& Support Engineer

DWP Group is one of the largest solution providers in Pakistan, which is offering Data centre Solutions, Enterprise Network Solutions and Managed services in Pakistan.

Key Deliverables

Look after of Head office and LHR Branch office network.

Technical Support to Corporate Networking Clients (Telenor, Warid Telecom, Mobilink, UET)

Technical support to Dell system clients.

Projects at DWP

Telenor GSM Pakistan

Worked as team member for the Development of IT Network for “TELENOR GSM”. This project includes the development of Call Centre of 550 nodes, 68 Regional offices, and 120 Walk in centre all over the Pakistan. Sites covered by me are Contact Centre LHR, Regional Office LHR, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Sialkot and Multan. I worked on following devices in this environment.

Cisco 7200 series routers at Core Level

Cisco 3845 and 2811 routers at access level

Cisco Catalyst 4506 Switches at Core Level

Cisco catalyst 3750 switches at Access and Distribution Level

Indoor Fiber Optic Multi mode termination and testing

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