Engineer Network

Ali Mones Dawood

Address: Toronto- ** High Park Ave

Mobile: 647-***-****

E-mail: *************@*****.***

Summary Statement

Network Engineer with 8+ continuous years in designing, implementing and troubleshooting data networks, with strong hands-on experience in Routing & Switching, Security, Wireless and Data Center. Seeking a challenging position in network engineering where my dedication, meeting goals, creativity and the ability to follow through, can be utilized for the better growth and profit of the company that I’ll be working for. Personal Qualities

B.Sc. Computer Software Engineer, M.Sc. in computer networks, CCNA, CCNA Wireless, CCNP in Wireless and CCNP service provider certified along with 10+ years of professional hands on experience.

Possess 10+ years of practice experience in the plan, design, implementation and support of LAN/WAN, VLAN, VPN networks. Expert Hands on experience with Cisco, HP, Dowslake Metro Ethernet products, Adva WDM and other vendor networking Products. Expert level knowledge in network/security/systems administration and systems support. Expertise in medium/large sized LAN/WAN design/configuration, worked in a Nationwide Service provider environment for more than 5 years, designed and implemented a large number of network projects in both the government and the private sector with $100K to $3M in telecommunication expenditures.

Expert level hands on experience in configuring carrier grade routing like RIP, EIGRP, IGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, VRRP, route redistribution in pure nationwide service provider environments, VLAN switching implementations, STP, VTP, Access lists, L3 Switching, L2VPN and L3VPN over MPLS, ATOM(MPLS), EOMPLS, TE Tunnels, and metro Ethernet implementation’s. Professional hands on experience in designing cable and wireless networks, installation and configuration of LAN, WAN and wireless networks with active components such as routers, switches, firewalls, modems, access points, repeaters, application Servers(Dell and HP), configuring and maintaining VSphere ESXi infrastructures.

Quick learner with ability to grasp new technologies, both software and hardware. Proven ability to work under pressure and team environment. Fluent in English, reading, speaking and writing. Professional Skills

Networking TCP/IP, DHCP, IDS/IPS, RADIUS, Ethernet, Fiber optic networking, Switching/Routing, Multicasting, Access Lists, VLAN, VTP/STP, IPsec/GRE, DMVPN, HSRP/VRRP/GLBP, IPv6, MPLS, IPv6, L2VPN, L3VPN and most of all the other MPLS VPN Implementations and designs. FCoE, iSCSI, VPC, VSS and switch fabric extenders on Nexus 2,3,5,7K.

Network Devices Cisco Routers 1700s/2500s/2600s/3700s/12000GSR, Cisco Switches 1900, 2950, 3550, 3750, ME3600, 4500, 6500 and the ASR9010 – Cisco GSR12000 series, Nexus 3k and 5k, MTS Dowslake and Adva metro Ethernet switches, Cisco PIX Firewall 5505 and 5510, CISCO ASR 9000 vDDoS PROTECTION Solution, Cisco ACE on the 6509 and Cisco WCS, Bluecoat cache flow and A10 Thunder ADC application load balancing solution. daloRadius and free radius for AAA. Routing RIP v1 & v2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, GRE, BGP, IPv6 Addressing, TE with OSPF Network Mgmt. SolarWinds (NPM, NCM, IPSLA, APM), PRTG and SYSLOG monitoring software, NAGIOS and Zenoss.

Professional Experience

APR/2015 – Present about Communications.

Telecommunication Network Engineer (Full Time).

Architecture, design, install and testing IP backbone network to support company’s network; Most of the core network devices are from Cisco (i.e. Cisco ASA 5510 and ASR1k routers).

Configure and turn up new core routers, and maintain backbone and router port capacity in the core network. Real-time problem management including coordinating customer calls, problem escalation to appropriate support levels, tracking, and follow-up.

Perform in-depth troubleshooting, analysis and isolation of network and VOIP events, tracking and management of network events using Zenoss and Linux platforms for continuous monitoring and logging network events.

Configuring Hosted IP VOIP systems for the customers, in addition but not limited to integrating the VOIP into their existing data network.

Designing networks for small to medium sized businesses, addressing their network requirements such as High speed data networks, VOIP and SIP Trunking with ThinkTel and PRI gateways with BELL, establishing secured site to site tunnels or clear channels between customer locations utilizing BELL’s and Rogers network infrastructure.

Monitoring, maintaining and configuring the company’s Hosted IP PBX solutions (MITEL MCD, Mitel border controller, Broadview networks Silhouette and Frafos’s ABC SBC) to meet the customer’s needs.

Configuring and maintaining the ESXi infrastructure and the hosting servers in the data center. Monitoring and maintaining the SAN performance utilizing the FCoE protocol, running on Cisco nexus switches. OCT/2015 – Present Smart Waves network.

Network Engineer (Part time)

Providing on-demand online remote support whenever needed. Which includes but not limited to network troubleshooting, planning for network upgrades and planning for future growth.

Maintaining and monitoring network performance, mostly comprised of Cisco devices (i.e. Cisco ASR1K, Cisco 4500X switches and Nexus 3k, 5k).

Monitoring and maintaining the content delivery servers in the data center, providing web based on- demand voice and video content for the subscribers. Utilizing the load balancing capabilities of the

Protecting the core network using VPN, DMVPN and IPsec tunnels between businesses and enterprise customers. Using the ASA 5510 and the Firewall module on the 6509.

Monitoring and optimizing the Google cache and Akamai nodes.

Achieving load balancing and internet web security using multiple bluecoat cache flow appliances and the Thunder ADC, Thunder CFW from A10 for Significant bandwidth reduction and improved HTTP throughput by using Seamless distribution of cache request traffic across multiple Blue Coat CacheFlow appliances for site availability, scalability, Improved site performance and reliability. DDoS mitigation features were provided by A10 TPS and Thunder CFW. JAN/2010 – FEB/2015 IQ Networks.

Senior Network Engineer (Full Time)

Architecture, design, install and testing IP backbone network to support company’s network. Worked on Cisco ASR 9K core routers and a mix of Cisco and metro-Ethernet switches from various vendors for the DWDM layer 2 nationwide network.

Configure and turn up new core routers, and maintain backbone and router port capacity in the core network.

Develop system test plans, create specific test suites and procedures, write test summary reports, document and verify defects through a defect tracking system.

Monitor, maintain and apply security patches on the core network security appliances. Worked on Arbor blade on the ASR9K for DDoS mitigation in the core. Cisco ASA 5510 and 5550 for our key customers.

Work with cross-functional teams to assess traffic impact when new services are being deployed.

Evaluate overall network scalability, performance and recommend improvements. Using Solarwinds NPM, NTA and PRTG.

Develop routine and ad hoc reports to management and field personnel to support service delivery.

Provide on-site and/or remote technical support for all transmission media.

Real-time problem management including coordinating customer calls, problem escalation to appropriate support levels, tracking, and follow-up.

Perform in-depth troubleshooting, analysis and isolation of network events, tracking and management of network events to resolution.

Provide technical leadership to the inter-departmental project teams by providing technical guidance, expertise, coaching and feedback.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering.

1999 – 2003 Al-Rafidain University – Baghdad –Iraq. Master of Science in Computer Networks.

2003 - 2006 Iraqi Commission for Computers and Informatics. Courses

Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE, French for "European IP Networks") training course. Professional Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA) 2006

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) 2010

Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP) in 2011 and Renewed to (CCNP SP) 2015

Cisco Certified Network Associate Wireless (CCNA) 2012

Cisco Certified Network Professional in Wireless (2 out of 4 Exams) 2013 References

References will be available upon request

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