Ibrar Ghafoor, Network & implementation Engineer

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Accomplished and diligent Network Engineer with 7+ years of extensive experience in commercial Telecommunication & Network system implementation, planning and Designing. Highly skilled at deployment and integration of network systems with other facility engineering systems.

HIGHLY PROFICIENT IN:

Networking and VOIP systems, Microwave radio systems, carrier Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, MPLS, fiber optic systems and mobile radio systems

Expertise on Cisco prime infrastructure, Cherwell for Incident and Planned Change requests, SecureCRT, WinMerge, Solar Wind, TFTP, HPNA tools to troubleshoot network issues

Providing network support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN/WAN communication systems.

Worked on Cisco IOS for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, & BGP.

Hands on experience in configuring Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3560, 3750X, 3850, 4500, 9300 & 9407 series routers and Switches, so that they become Cisco ISE Compatible.

Experience in testing Cisco routers cum switches in laboratory scenarios and deploy on site for production.

Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN and deploying GRE Tunnel.

Hands on experience on Power over Ethernet (POE) and Ether-Channel.

Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether-channel, STP, RSTP and MSTP, STP features: Port Fast, Backbone fast, Uplink fast, BPDU Guard.

Hands on experience in Troubleshoot client connectivity issues.

Implement and troubleshoot Static NAT, Dynamic NAT, PAT, Spanning Tree Protocols (STP), MSTP, RSTP.

Experience in TCP/IP protocol suite and OSI Model.

Experience in Network Management Tools and sniffers like SNMP, Wire shark and Cisco works to support 24x7 Network Operation Center.

Expertise in Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and Nokia radio and Network Communication systems

Excellent leadership qualities with good written and oral communication.

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

Network Engineer, Sutter Health (Quest technologies), Rancho Cordova, CA, USA 03/2019- 12-2019

Hands on experience with Latest Cisco 3560, 3750X, 3850, 4500, 9300 & 9407 series switches with Cisco hardware/Software upgradations, configuring, deploying and fixing them with various network modules.

Involved & supported in the team for maintenance in connectivity for approximately 200+ switches. Responsible for configuring and installing infrastructure devices provided with engineering resources including network audits, implementation, and maintenance.

Responsible for day to day management of Cisco Devices, Traffic management and monitoring.

Experience in testing Cisco switches in laboratory and deploy them on site production.

Worked on Cisco IOS for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP.

Layer 2 switching technology architecture, implementation and operations including L2 and L3 switching related functionality includes the use of VLANS, STP, and VTP

Actively participated and finished numerous projects in view of MPLS VPN, Internet Solutions for corporate clients Backbone.

Installation & Maintenance of Cisco switches routers & firewalls.

Network Field Engineer, Network Dynamics, Sacramento, CA, USA 03/2017-02/2019

Performs and assists with installations, troubleshooting and repair of Cisco infrastructure including network connections from Network and Telecom equipment/hardware (interior and exterior)

Perform connects and disconnects, upgrades, downgrades, and relocates; installs additional hand-offs and installs or removes equipment

Experience working with Cisco, answered and resolved helpdesk customer support tickets.

Monitored and updated Cisco IP phones and extensions as needed. Troubleshoot Critical Voice Network issues

Configures, troubleshoots, and manages routers, switches, Firewalls, Servers, APs, CSUs, and IPT

Network Implementation Engineer, Mobilink 04/2015-09/2016

Configuration, support of level 2 and level 3 devices & protocols includes RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF & BGP.

Performed IPv4 addressing, Sub-netting concepts, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, HSRP, DNS, DHCP, and TCP/IP.

Configuring, Implementing, and maintained the authentication on a router for ingress traffic.

Implementing the Load balancing the outgoing traffic using EIGRP and OSPF protocol.

Created VLAN and Inter-VLAN Routing with multilayer switching.

Worked on 4500 Catalyst switches for LAN requirement and for troubleshooting LAN issues.

Maintain Cisco routers, configuration, and Cisco images, network software and hardware upgrades.

Configured and maintained Cisco 2900 series switches including VLANs and Trunking protocols.

Configuring Access control lists in routers and ASA firewalls.

Implemented port aggregation & link negotiation using LACP and PAGP.

Designed the IP addressing scheme depending on the number of current and future users.

Worked on adding/modifying NAT rules using hide NAT and static NAT in the security device ASA firewall.

Knowledge on configuring firewall policies and ACLs using SDM (Security Device Manager).

Monitoring the network flow and identifying flaw in the networking using the network monitoring tools

(Wireshark and solar winds) and reporting to the Sr. Engineer

Network Engineer, Ericsson 11/2013-03/2015

Hand on experience with Cisco platform.

Implemented and configured IP Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2, BGP.

Implemented and configured LAN Protocols: Ethernet, VLANs, VTP and STP.

Designed and implemented IP Addressing, Sub netting, Route Summarization and Route Distributions.

Experience in Configuring Site-to-Site and Remote Site VPNs, NAT/PAT policies.

Troubleshooting ISDN and Leased Line Related Problems.

Installation & Maintaining and Attending day-to-day user's problem Calls.

Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems worked on Gigabit Ethernet and fast Ethernet connection and applied QoS for the bandwidth delay.

Forwarding mails to the appropriate person (SPOC) Engineer in case of any up / down link.

Maintaining proper database for all the locations and down time reports.

Responsible of maintenance of the LAN/WAN infrastructure include onsite administration and support, migration, scheduled installation, configuration and troubleshoot activities utilizing various LAN/WAN, server, and desktop technologies

Junior Network Engineer, Celeros Networks 06/2011-10/2013

Managed Installation of Hardware part of Cisco Routers, Switches, as well as Operating System software and Network connections.

Setup and maintained of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANS) using Cisco routers and multilayer Switches and supporting STP, RSTP, PVST, RPVST along with troubleshooting of inter VLAN routing Truncking using 802.1q.

Configured routing protocols and deployment of OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and policy routing over Cisco routers.

Performed IOS upgrades on various series switches and maintained latest IOS versions

Responsible for cabling and labelling based on day to day requirement, and Racking & Stacking of network equipment.

Used to make sure that there is no connectivity related problems using PING and Trace route.

Network Field Engineer, Wajdacom international 09/2010-06/2011

Responsible for configuring and installing routers, switches, and access points for site deployments

Configure and install servers, workstations, and other devices.

Installed, configured, troubleshot and upgraded Telecom Network switching systems, including multiplexers, MIMO, Network Swap, Expansions and Rollout of new Sites

Ensure accurate network topologies by mapping out, updating, and maintaining network information and topologies. Conducted field surveys for the cell sites to determine compliance with prevailing safety standards

Trainee Engineer, PTCL 07/2010-09/2010

8-week internship training in Pakistan Tele-Communication Limited (PTCL), DWDM, Fiber Optics System and Network Management System.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering, ELECTRONICS June 2010

Dawood University of Engineering & Technology Karachi, Pakistan

Final Year Project: DC Motor Control (speed, current, voltage) using PID Controller with FPGA

Small Projects: Control of Temperature, Pressure and Level using PLC

CERTIFICATIONS

CCNA (Routing & Switching)

CCNP (Routing & Switching)

MCSE Training and Skills

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