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MOHAMMED M KHALID CCIP,CCNP,ARSFE,CCNA,MCSE,CNE

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Qualifications Profile

• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (Written) with over twelve years of experience in implementing, analyzing and troubleshooting, and documenting complex data communication networks.

• Experienced Network engineer with proven team leadership and project management abilities. Strong LAN/WAN experience with a great knowledge of network standards, network security, network support and overall network design, infrastructure and function. Responsible Senior Engineer with the ability to prioritize, assign and track team tasks appropriately. Detailed Network Engineer that can properly plan and coordinate large and small network implementations and upgrades. Additional qualities include the ability to learn quickly and a strong desire to reduce costs, improve processes and standardize where appropriate.

• Achieved broad-based certifications in Cisco, Microsoft, Novell Network and M.S in Computer Science

• Awarded with “Certificate of Excellence” in 2005 for performance & achievements.

• Seasoned and results-oriented team player having experience to manage diversified talent through sound communication, interpersonal and analytical skills.

• Looking to become a key resource within a management team, helping to define and develop strategies, sharing best practice in terms of establishing standards, controlling and monitoring the performance of infrastructure which can add significant business-value.

Education & Professional Certifications

Academic:

Masters Degree  Major in Computer Science, Management Information Systems,

Bachelors Degree  Major in Electronics and Computer Science

Technical Certifications:

▪ Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP)

▪ Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE-Written)

▪ Cisco Routing and Switching Field Specialist (ARSFE)

▪ Wide Area Application Services for Field Engineers (WAAS)

▪ Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

▪ Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCNA-W)

▪ Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE v4.0 & 2000)

▪ Certified NetWare Engineer (CNE 4.x,5.x,6.x)

▪ Information Technology Infrastructure Library ( ITIL v3) in progress

Technical Skills

Networking Technology and Hardware:

▪ Bridging & Switching, WAN, Routing, IP Services & Security, Quality of Service, Application control engine (ACE),WAAS, FWSM ,PIX firewall ,Wireless, Network Management, Hardware and Software

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Professional Experience

April 2009 – Present

▪ ACE module online training to learn more about the products

▪ Took online training from Cisco in WAAS (Wide Area Application Services)

▪ Passed the relevant certification

▪ Training in new Cisco Nexus 7000 products

▪ Passed CCIE (written) and practicing for Lab exam

▪ Refresh PIX firewall features and took online FWSM training

March 2006 – March 2009 Sr.Network Engineer - Chrysler Motors (Contractor via Bartech )

As a Senior Network Engineering in Chrysler Motors the LAN/ WAN network over 22000 nodes ,2000 servers, 2800 + Cisco devices.

Job Responsibilities includes:

▪ 2nd and 3rd Level Network Support including the configuration, maintenance, and installation of Cisco routers for Chrysler Motor Company in a mixed heterogeneous network of Cisco, Nortel and Juniper

▪ Create change control and configuration scripts to support ongoing projects

▪ A new plant setup Marysville. Participated in the design, configuration and installation of more than 500 nodes new network that includes two Cisco 6500 switches,3750 switches by fully simulating in lab and then implemented in production

▪ Develop and maintain documentation of product standards; processes & procedures; and network management template, in compliance with Chrysler standards).

▪ Performed duties as a Senior Consulting Engineer using advanced routing protocol features (BGP/OSPF/EIGRP).

▪ Assisted in maintaining Chrysler enterprise network by assisting in troubleshooting and providing advanced network solutions

▪ Provide technical support for Chrysler network it also includes Data Center support, Plants and 125 just in time Suppliers in the US, Canada and Mexico

▪ Successfully migrated frame relay networks to MPLS

▪ Perform hands-on technical evaluations of new technology and compile detailed documentation for management

Projects:

Cisco IOS upgrade testing, validation and implementation

Every two years Chrysler infrastructure goes through an IOS code refresh along with the deployment of latest management template. This required simulating the Chrysler network at the CVO lab

My responsibility was to upgrade Cisco 6500/4500/3750/28xx switches in 5 data centers,10 plant sites and 128 supplier sites

1. Simulate the Office Area which required hardware installation such as chassis, line cards and fiber patching and installation of the current software code.

2. Apply current management template to the environment.

3. Coordinate the execution of a series of tests against this environment.

4. After successful completion, upgrade to the latest Cisco recommended code.

5. Execute the same set of tests and validate against previous data for consistency.

6. Document all issues and abnormalities for investigation and future reference.

During Production Implementation:

1. Coordinated with Plant Project Manager to identify Pilot sites to implement IOS upgrades and validated the results. Project Manager was responsible to coordinate/communicate testing with applications and global hosting groups.

2. After successful pilot, sites were identified in phases and IOS was implemented.

Cisco Unified Wireless Network (CUWN) Deployment:

My responsibility was role out the WLAN network in the existing Wired network . Key roles and accountabilities were to:

1. Gather requirements from Wireless Network group.

2. Simulate the 6500 Core switches and 3750 access switches for WLAN network

3. Install and configure WISM card in Cisco 6500 switch and assigned VLANs

4. Co-ordinate user acceptance testing to validate proper operation.

MPLS migration project

I was engaged in the planning and implementation phases of this project. Requirement was to move about plant frame-relay sites to MPLS. This project also required configuring BGP on core routers in order to establish connection to CE routers also applying QoS (MQC) at remote sites to allocate appropriate bandwidth for video, data & management traffic, as well as prioritize voice traffic.

Sept 1999 – Feb 2006: Network Engineer /NOC Senior Engineer- Department of ODJFS (Contractor) MI

As a Network Engineer in Department of ODJFS, the LAN WAN supporting over 12000 nodes ,1000 servers, 800 + Cisco devices.

Job Responsibilities:

• 2nd & 3rd Level Network Support for ODJFS Network Managed 26 sites in Northwest Ohio fixing and troubleshooting end user’s LAN/WAN network related issues including move, add, and changes in a mission critical, 24x7x365 high- availability environment.

• Worked actively with NOC team to monitor network performance.

• ODJFS network for different customers and perform migration in all phases: drawing a diagram, send the hardware/configuration/IOS information to the warehouse, update test and turn up notes and LAN migration notes to perform operation and migration.

• Develop detailed design documentation based on customer move, add, and change orders

• Site Survey Team leader for the network environment, providing cost effective network solutions for various sites.

• Installed and maintain Cisco routers, switches, and circuits Maintained technical and vendor product information and recommend standards for the enterprise.

• Actively involved in solving network outages with the network infrastructure team such as router, switches, PIX

• Participate in designing ,implementation and supporting two call centers

• Key player in migrating 10000+ users from 10MB shared network users to 10/100MB Cisco switch network worked with numerous internal departments and Cisco technical team

• Managed the migration of 10 mbps to 100 mbps network project in all phases: requirements gathering, design, construction, unit, system, integration and user acceptance testing, and implementation. In this project we upgraded Cisco switches and routers

• Rack and stack network hardware and patch fiber, which includes switches, routers, PIX and UPS.

• Troubleshoot OC-3,T1 Frame Relay, ATM and ISDN connectivity issues. • Implement SNMP on devices to allow for network management.

• Configured and maintained Cisco 18XX, 26XX, 28XX, 37XX, 38XX, 65XX and 72XX production

• Consolidated frame-relay links between businesses for cost elimination. Load balanced remaining frame-relay links for better bandwidth utilization.

• Supervised three employees to in day to day network operations.

August 1998 – Aug 1999: Network Engineer NBS – Detroit -MI

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintained Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs) 2500+ nodes between six separate buildings

• Configured and maintained separate networks providing secure customer firewall access.

• Configured and supported many Cisco routers, switches,Cisco PIX access servers, ADC/Kentrox CSU/DSUs

• Oversaw the installation and removal of network cable

• Supervised two employees to create network documentation and maintain network cable standards.

• Created and maintained an intranet web site for IT documentation and monitoring of network equipments

Oct 1995– April 1998: Network Engineer - Dar –Al Riyadh. Damman .K.S.A

Job responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive consultative IT support services to ARAMCO, in prompt and accurate resolution of network, hardware, OS, and software issues. Successfully maintained 1000+-node network while providing

• Designed a new network infrastructures including an ATM backbone for several ARAMCO sites to migrate from token ring to Ethernet

• Documented Network Implementation Scope for 20 ARAMCO sites during Token Ring Migration project

• Performed upgrade of Novell Server operating system from NetWare 3.11/3.12 to 4.11 and hardware from IBM to Compaq Proliant 1600

• Assigned for 6 months at STP ARAMCO to oversee Novell and Windows NT Server Administration & Support

• Troubleshoot Server issues and outages, maintenance of file servers, backup/restore, onsite file server support, patches/fixes/application rollout, setup & maintenance of printers and tape backup units.

Technical Skills - Networking Technology and Hardware:

 Bridging & Switching – VLAN, VTP, Spanning-Tree (PVST & MST), Dot1q/ISL Trunking, Port-Channel, BPDU Guard/Filter, UDLD, LoopGuard, PortFast, UplinkFast, BackboneFast & LAN QoS.

 WAN – MPLS, Frame Relay, PPP, ISDN, T1, E1, T3, DS3 and OC3.

 Routing – RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, GRE, Multicast, Filtering, Redistribution & Summarization;

 IP Services & Security – AAA, HSRP, VRRP, IP SLA, NAT, DHCP, SNMP, Syslog, NTP, TFTP, FTP, Access-list, Distribute-list, Prefix-list, Route-map.

 Wireless – Wireless Controller – WiSM Card/4400 Appliance

 Network Management – Application Control Engine (ACE) for DNS load-balancing (GSS), SNMP & Syslog Receiver; Sniffer Portable & Distributed; Cisco Secure Access Control Server (TACACS+), CiscoWorks, Opsware NAS, Wireless LAN Solution Engine,

 Hardware – Cisco 3560, 3750, 6513, 6509,7200,7600 4506, 2811, Cisco Load Balancers (CSS & CSM), NAMS,ACE,FWSM, Supervisor 32,720 modules, T1, E1, T3, T3+ and OC3 Serial Adapter; Cisco Wireless Appliance and Access Point

 Software – CatOS and IOS.MS 2000/2003 server, PIX-OS

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