Engineer Network

Mirza ‘Daniyal’ Baig

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SUMMARY

Seeking a dynamic, growth-oriented company dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation, where I can bring my experience in project and service management, to a team of enthusiastic professionals

I am looking for a company that will leverage my experience and allows me to work in an environment that values people of diverse backgrounds and rewards both talent and hard work.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Systems, (GPA 3.82/4.0) December 2020

Illinois State University, Normal Illinois

Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunication Engineering, (GPA 3.3/4.0) December 2014

Iqra University, Karachi Pakistan

CERTIFICATIONS

●Google: IT Support Professional Certificate January 2020

●CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Security January 2023

●CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate January 2023

●VCP6: Data Center Virtualization May 2020

●MCSA: Microsoft Certified Solution Associate June 2016

●MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure February 2018

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Networks

• LAN/ WAN

• Cisco Routers 1800/ 2800 Series, Catalyst Switches 2960G 24/48 ports, pfSense Firewalls

• Layer-2 and Layer-3 Switching, Routing Protocols

• DHCP, ACL, Port Fast, Port Security, Telnet, SSH

• Trunks, Access and VLAN Configuration

• Good understanding of OSI Model, TCP / IP Protocol Suite

Systems

• Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2 / 2016

• Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8.1 / 10

• Freshdesk and Jira Ticketing Systems

• Microsoft Office365 /Office Suite 2010 / 2013 / 2016.

• Active Directory and Group Policies

• SCCM 2012

• DHCP and DNS Server

• WDS / WSUS Server

• VMware vSphere 6 / vCenter 6.0 / ESXi 6.0 / Microsoft Hyper-V

• VMware Workstation 9 / 10 / 11

IT WORK EXPERIENCE

Graduate Assistant CeMaST, Illinois State University, Normal IL January 2020 – December 2020

●Designed and configured integrated code for maintaining small scale version of Smart Grid Home Systems demonstrated to high school students

●Worked on multicolor functions for the LED’s in smart houses with the help of Raspberry Pi using C++ and PHP

●Verified Smart Grid System on a daily basis to ensure the systems are fully functional

IT Executive Nizam Energy Pvt Ltd, Pakistan September 2017 - August 2018

●Identified areas of improvement and areas not supported in the system and accordingly established requirements for any new business procedures

●Provided support to customers to resolve issues related to Office365 client connectivity, client software distribution, set up new user accounts, reset passwords and build positive and productive customer relationships

●Captured and restored user profiles using SCCM

●Enabled software applications manually and on desktops via SCCM

●Managed virtual infrastructure environment with VMware ESXi 6 and VMware vCenter Server

●Planned and maintained the Active Directory infrastructure

●Installed and configured Ubiquity Wi-Fi UniFi AC-LR and AC-Lite Routers with bandwidth allocation

●Scheduled, performed, and monitored VM backups using Veeam

Systems and Network Engineer UBLFUNDS Pvt Ltd, Pakistan February 2017 - September 2017

●Contributed to the smooth operation of the overall IT Infrastructure by proactive monitoring and troubleshooting

●Resolved interpersonal problems between vendors and internal staff with effective communication skills and provided technical support to hardware and software and delivered quality customer service

●Analyzed and resolved software, hardware, desktops, laptops, servers, and networking issues

●Managed installation and configuration of software and tools on Windows operating system

●Performed testing and up-gradation of Windows 7 to Windows 10

●Traveled to remote office locations to install nodes and implement client software rollouts

Network and Systems Engineer Qordata Pvt Ltd, Pakistan September 2015 - January 2017

●Diagnosed, troubleshot, and resolved issues in servers, internet, network devices, desktops, laptops, e-mails, printers, IP phones and access points and logged issues with proper tracking in the Jira ticketing system

●Installed, configured, and debugged Windows 10 system hardware and operating systems

●Ensured 100% network uptime for uninterrupted real-time operations

●Assisted and installed Microsoft Office Suites (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc.)

●Administered pfSsense firewall, implemented ACL policies, bandwidth allocation, and DHCP server management

●Formulated documentation for an inventory of IT assets on MS Excel and their proper tracking

IT PROJECTS

Deployment of vCenter Server 6.5 with HA Cluster, DRS and vMotion VMware November 2017

●Modeled and shaped windows based vCenter Server 6.5

●Enabled High Availability (HA) clustering for the physical servers to avoid server failure

●Setup Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) to balance server workloads

●Migrated using vMotion so virtual machines should be migrated with no interruption service

Implementation of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP Roles and VPN on Windows Server 2012 R2 September 2016

●Created domains, user’s accounts, distribution lists, shared mailboxes and calendar resources

●Developed organizational units in Active Directory (AD) and managed user security with group policies

●Executed designing standards for DHCP, DNS and Active Directory

RESEARCH PAPERS

●Frontend Framework for Healthcare Internet of Things (HIoT) Smart Systems Dec 2020

●Scalable IoT and Blockchain Integration in Machine Learning based Healthcare Monitoring System May 2020

●Security Threats in Cloud Computing May 2019

●Implementation of Atmospheric Water Generation by Dehumidification August 2016

●Android Based e-Health Monitoring Systems December 2014

December 2015

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