Adel Hasanat

aditf9@r.postjobfree.com

708-***-****

Seeking a position as a Network Engineer/Support or IT Technical Support or Network Operation Engineer or Project Management/design, where I may utilize my experience with large complex network environment (LAN/WAN), Internet Routing Protocols, Cisco network equipment, an assortment of cutting edge technologies or Server operating systems/hardware skills set in a challenging integrated environment.

Work Authorization: US Citizen.

Willing to relocate: Yes.

Schedule: Flexible shift or weekend hours.

SKILLS OVERVIEW

Many years of networking experience including design, hands-on support, installation, implementation and troubleshooting for a broad range of LAN /WAN systems.

Experience with network hardware and technologies including Cisco routers, Cisco switches (rack and stack), Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and physical network cabling.

Hands on experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Composite Network models consists of Cisco 7200, 3800, 3900, 2800, 2900 series Routers 3700, 3800, 7200, 7604, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 2960, and 3750 Stack Switches.

Experienced in administrating and diagnostics of LAN and WAN with in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP and associates network protocols and services. FTP, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, HTTP/HTTPS SNMP under various LAN, and WAN environments

Strong understanding of OSI Model layers, TCP/IP protocol stack, Routing Protocols (OSPF, EIGRP), in depth understanding of Ipv4 implementation and subnetting.

Strong grasp on designing, implementing and troubleshooting layer 2 technologies such as VLAN, Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, RSTP, port security along with troubleshooting of inter-VLAN routing, VLAN trunking and gateway redundancy protocols like HSRP.

Experience in installation, configuration and administration of Windows Servers 2000/2012, Active Directory, SQL server and Exchange server installations.

Experience in configuring and editing the configured ACL to allow/deny the IP depending on the standards.

Experience in management and migrating large scale enterprise networks. Extensive knowledge in developing test plans, procedures and testing various LAN/WAN products and protocols.

Understanding of Security arrangements including Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, AAA.

Training knowledge on Wireless Standards and Technologies, i.e. Ethernet IEEE 802.11a, b, g, n (Wi-Fi). Cisco Wireless Management system, Cisco wireless Products including Access Points, and Access Switches.

Moderate knowledge in configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Wireless networks; LWAPP, WLC, WCS, roaming, wireless security basis, IEEE 802.11a/b/g.

Understanding of Nexus switches, Cisco Nexus 2k Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.

Good understanding of AWS services such as (EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, NAT GW, IGW, IAM)

Good understanding of Vmware technology and methodology.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Computer Systems Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA).

Online training for Cisco Wireless Engineer online training with site survey.

Online training for NEXus Cisco 2K, 5K, 7K and 9K switches.

Online training for VPN, DMVPN, ISE and Cisco ASA firewall.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Network Consultant Specialist

Consulted as Network Specialist on numerous projects for various clients most notably: IAMIN Platform, Petra Authority, STS Technology, TDS Consulting, JW tours. 2012 -2020

Setup clients LAN utilizing Cisco switches to include initial switches configuration, VLAN management, Trunking, Spanning Tree, HSRP and inter-VLAN routing.

Supported clients’ WAN, Cisco routers setup, configuring, EIGRP routing protocol, Access Lists, setup interfaces to connect carrier services.

Coordinated and implemented network upgrades and tuning, modified parameters to improve throughput and effectively utilize resources. Made necessary adjustments to improve performance bottlenecks.

Prepared network documentation “diagram, process, equipment audits and standard operating procedures”.

Troubleshot TCP/IP networks for connectivity, outages and slow network issues and recommended appropriate and cost-effective solutions for the congestion.

Build datacentre infrastructure with such servers, switches, routers, circuit, power and cooling requirements.

Used Wireshark software to monitor and troubleshoot clients’ network to optimize the network and trace outage sources.

Troubleshot DNS and DHCP issues with client network.

Setup AWS services such as (EC2, S3, EBS, VPC, Security Group, NAT GW, IGW, IAM)

Assisted in designing, configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting network hardware, software, and other computing environments for clients.

Made recommendations for modifications and enhancements of clients’ networks.

Assisted in network operations and in identifying and resolving operating problems, perform on-going design and deployment of solutions to support client networks.

Provided supporting expertise to other technical staff members in installing and configuring network equipment and in resolving user and systems problems.

Executed various network upgrade and migration on network hardware and software.

Managed the “IAMIN platform” project. The platform is a global IT solution consisting of 100 portals; each portal represents a well-known travel destination with a specific domain name associated with each travel destination such as iaminUSA.com, iaminFrance.com, iaminCalifornia.com, iaminChicago.com, iaminLondon.com, iaminJordan.com, iaminJapan.com, iaminDubai.com, iaminSpain.com…. Portals in the platform showcase virtual tours, virtual live shows and events for any given travel destination. Moreover, the design allows travellers to upload tourism content for each travel destination, promotes social networking between locals and travellers, creates digital business opportunities, facilitates various travel reservation services and many other related travel services.

Managed and technically supported the “IAMIN Platform” project development cycles.

Setup and supported DNS and AWS Route 53 Zones for all portals on AWS.

Created and monitored EC2 AWS instants for all the project sites including security group, port access and snapshot setup.

Network System Specialist

Jordan Wonder Tour Petra, Jordan 2008 - 2012

• Configuring and troubleshooting IPSEC to connect remote users via VPN solutions.

• Responsible for documenting network related issues.

Troubleshoot and resolve network issues as they arise.

Made recommendations for modifications and enhancements of clients’ networks.

• Ensuring problems are satisfactorily resolved in a timely manner with a focus on providing a high level of support for all users.

Evaluated client Network and implemented an effective solution to control network wide problems that the client was experiencing.

• Managed and planned the relocation of the company's datacentre.

• Upgraded all client workstations to Windows 2000.

• Managed various projects such as DOC management database on SQL engine installation; configured backup solution; VPN solution setup; Mail Antivirus upgrade; router/firewall upgrade; workstations upgrade; Novell /GroupWise to Window 2008 /Exchange migration. In addition, troubleshot network problems and setup network integrity monitoring.

• Configured and troubleshot DNS and DHCP issues with client networks.

Network Engineer

Chicago Tribune, Chicago IL 1999 - 2007

Worked in a large WAN Cisco network, 100+ Cisco routers to connect various sites.

Worked with 2600, 2900, 3600, 3800, 3900, 7200 series Cisco routers.

Managed large LAN powered by 20+ Cisco Catalyst 6509/5513 and 200+ Cisco access switches in multiple buildings.

Managed various network related projects to include design and modification of the network setup and upgrade of various network devices hardware and software.

Troubleshot network problems and monitored network integrity using management tools i.e Network General Sniffers, Visio, Solarwinds, Orion for IPAM.

Used Network General Sniffers extensively to analyze network traffic, troubleshoot the network during the outage and also to optimize the network.

Support Network Technicians as they require support for problem resolution including performing diagnostics and configuring network devices.

Involved in designing WAN infrastructure for redundancy in case of link failure. Responsible for technical evaluation, troubleshooting, overall project management.

Implemented traffic filters using Standard, Extended and Named access-lists

Involved in L2/L3 Switching technology including creating and maintaining VLANs, Trunking, STP, Inter VLAN Routing and LAN security in 150 + VLAN enterprise network.

Worked on Network design and support, implementation of internal projects to establish connectivity between the various branch offices and HQ data center.

Network Consultant

Consulted in various assignments and projects for different clients, most notably: TekSystems, Anderson Consulting, Sentinel Technology, Ameritech and Chicago BlueCross.

Planned and migrated network operating system from Novell 4.11 platform to Windows NT 4.0 platform. The NT domain spanned the WAN to support eight sites.

Rolled out companywide window NT migration project using network image.

Architected an entire computer lab to include 60 servers (Novell Servers, Windows NT Servers, Lotus Notes Servers, RAS Server, Cisco Routers and SynOptics Hubs. In addition, planned all data and voice cabling, calculated air conditioning and power requirements).

Designed and configured a number of medium size networks with IP sub-netting and VLANs configuration on Cisco IOS 55xx/35xx/29xx/19xx.

Managed Citrix 1.7 servers cluster, the servers used by UNIX users and developers to run Microsoft applications.

Designed and configured IIS 4.0 servers cluster to house the company Website.

Ensuring Incident management goals are fulfilled within defined SLA.

Provided support to team members in the project and in troubleshooting network problems

Maintaining network performance & upgraded IOS for CISCO routers and switches

Creating documents for software upgrades to resolve network issues

Worked with DHCP Servers Admin to troubleshot workstation issues with DHCP connectivity.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Network Hardware:

Cisco Routers (2600, 3600, 7200), Cisco L2 & L3, Switches (3921, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4500 & 6500)

LAN Technologies:

VLAN, VTP, Inter-VLAN routing, STP, RSTP, PVST

WAN Technologies:

Frame Relay, ISDN, PPP, ATM, Leased lines

Network Securities:

NAT, VPN, Filtering, Load Balancing, IDS/IPS, IPSec, ACL

Routing Protocols:

RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.

Routed Protocols:

TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Static Routing, route-redistribution, summarization, and Policy-Routing.

Switching:

Trunking, spanning- tree, dot1q, VLANs, VTP, Ethernet switching, Multi-layer switching

Network Services:

TCP/IP, UDP, HSRP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP, NAT, TACACS, SSH, NTP, TELNET, SMTP, POP3, HTTP and HTTPS.

Network Management:

SNMP, SSH, Telnet, ICMP, SYSLOG

Operating Systems:

Windows NT server Vista/XP/NT/2003, and MS-DOS.

Packet Analysis:

Wireshark, sniffers, packet captures, Application performance monitoring and analysis.

Additional skills:

Gained knowledge through online training for NEXus Switches, Wireless Access Points and WLC, ASA Firewall, AWS design and admin, Website design project management, VOIP Call Manager / CISCO Unified Communications manager, Bit Becket and versioning.

REFERENCES:

Dr. Rewa Hasanat: aditf9@r.postjobfree.com

Engineer. Mohammad Atef: aditf9@r.postjobfree.com

Engineer. Belal Tssiwi: aditf9@r.postjobfree.com

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