Project Manager/Network Engineer

Qaiser Shafiq

Contact Information

Mobile: **** 302-***-****

Email:************@*******.***

Date of birth: 18 June 1982

Nationality: Pakistani

Residency: Lahore, Pakistan

Passport No: AZ5181741

Marital Status: Married

My Objective

To have a challenging position in the field of IT data/computer communication, internetworking and Information Technology with a dynamic and progressive organization

Summary

• Specialist/Consultant with 5 years of experience in Network Design, Support and Implementation of Enterprise Data Networks

• Strong ability to work with all customers in a network engineering role.

• Ability to solve technical support problems and work clients through difficult processes.

Technical Skills – Networks & Information Security

• IT strategy planning, Secure Reference architecture design for LAN, MAN, WAN, VPN and internet.

• Extensive experience with configuration, support, maintenance and installation of Cisco Routers (1700, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700, 3800, 7200 VXR, and 7600 series),Catalyst Switches (2900, 3500, 3700, 4500, 5500 and 6500 series with MSFC Card)

• Configuring Cisco FWSM, ASA & PIX 525, 535 as failover devices and configuring and planning

• effective placement of IPS/IDS in the network, fine tuning false positive & true positive alarms and shunning unauthorized access.

• Extensive experience of implementation and configuration of Routing protocols like RIP2, EIGRP,BGP, MPLS and OSPF

• Configuration review of Backbone switches, core router, edge routers, firewall and VPN devices.

• Implementing VLANs using ISL and 802.1q transport protocols. VTP, VLANs, Private VLANs, MSTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, EtherChannel etc.

• Configuration and installation of wireless networks using access points, bridges and Wireless LAN

• Implementation of Solarwinds Orion NPM and NCM for monitoring and configuration management.

• Handling NOC operations.

• Implementation of QoS for prioritize video and voice traffic

• Review of security configuration of IT infrastructure components like Routers, Switches, firewalls, and servers.

• Design and implementation of network security architecture.

• Implementation of layer 2 and 3 security parameters.

• Design and Implementation of Enterprise Data Center.

Professional Certification:

My Cisco ID: CSCO11163845

• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

• Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)

• Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Academic Qualification:

MS in Computer Networks

Middlesex University, London – UK

Year 2004 to 2006

BCS (Honors) in Computer Science

University of Central Punjab, Lahore - Pakistan

Year 2000 to 2003

Working Experience

Company Name Experience Designation

Mobilink Telecom Joined in May 2009 to Date Senior Network Engineer

Warid Telecom 1 Year 7 Months Network & Security Engineer

SNGPL 6 Months Network Engineer

Tech Tronix 1 Year Network Assistant

Total Experience 5 Year’s experience in Information Technology & Security

Working Experience Detail

Mobilink Telecom (Pakistan) www.mobilinkgsm.com

Joined in May 2009 to Date – Designation: Senior Network Engineer

Department: Enterprise Data Network – I.T Operations

The Mobilink is an ORASCOM largest multinational Telecom company providing GSM cellular services in Pakistan.

Responsibilities include:

• Administer and troubleshoot Data Center layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity’s.

• Configurations/maintenance of Cisco 7206 , 3845 and 2811 series Routers

• Configurations/maintenance of Cisco 6513, 4510.4507, 4503, 3750, 3560, and 2900 Series Switches.

• Designing, planning and deployment of LAN and WAN solutions using Cisco devices.

• Working with end users in order to discuss their future needs and then plan accordingly in order to implement new systems as per the requirements.

• Administer and troubleshoot WAN using OSPF with 600+ routers.

• Configurations of FWSM module in 6513 including Failover, DMZ, Static NAT, Dynamic NAT and Object Grouping.

• Enterprise Data Network Monitoring using Solar Winds Orion Network performance Monitor, SYSLOG, MRTG, NETFLOW Traffic Analyzer.

• Managing and Configuration of Site-to Site and Remote VPN’s tunnels on Cisco 3020 VPN concentrators and ASA 5520 with business partners around the world.

• Managing Video Conferencing for Vice Presidents/Directors on Mobilink Intranetwork from inside or outside company.

• Design and implementation of various upcoming network projects (LAN /WAN) of Mobilink Telecom and providing solutions for optimization of current network setup.

• Communicate and conduct meetings with different vendors for the deployment of new plans or resolution of other operational issues.

• Commitment to work 24/7 on call basis.

Warid Telecom (Pakistan) www.waridtel.com

Joined in Nov 2007 to May 2009 – Designation: Network Engineer

Department: Enterprise Data Network – NOC

The Warid Telecom is an U.A.E multinational based enterprise providing GSM cellular services in Pakistan.

Responsibilities include:

• Monitored nationwide Enterprise Data Network consisting of 35 Business Centers and 200 Franchise locations connected through Fiber Optic, Wireless, DSL and VPDN.

• Planned, tested and evaluated various equipment’s, software’s, IOS and procedures for use within the network / security infrastructure.

• Integration of Cisco Routers, switches, VPN Concentrator, Firewalls and VPN Remote Access Clients with Cisco Secure ACS using TACACS & RADIUS.

• Configurations of FWSM in routed/transparent mode and configurations in single or multiple context Standby Failover configurations

• Implementing Network security policies, procedures and periodic auditing of all network devices.

• Advance configuration and optimization of OSPF, HSRP, GRE Tunneling and End-to-End Layer 3 QOS configuration on WAN Infrastructure.

• Analyzing and troubleshooting daily network operations problems as they occurred remotely and/or on-site.

• Providing support in resolving problems with Local and Wide Area Network data communication.

• Played major role in design and implementation of complete DR Data Center design for Warid Telecom Pakistan.

• Designed and developed documentation of TCP/IP environment and all LAN & WAN projects.

• Monitoring network performance using different monitoring tools for capacity, performance and bandwidth utilization e.g. SolarWinds ORION Network Performance Monitor and Netflow Analyzer for troubleshooting.

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL)) www.sngpl.com.pk

Joined in May 2007 to Oct 2007 – Designation: Network Engineer

Department: Enterprise Data Network– I.T Operations

Responsibilities include:

• Gained immense expertise and experience in planning, designing, & implementation of the office LAN and remote offices connectivity with Head Office for providing Centralized service.

• Head office LAN designed and implemented for 700+ users.

• Designed and developed documentation of TCP/IP environment and all LAN & WAN projects.

• Configured and maintenance of router 2811, 3845

• Configured and maintenance of switches 2950, 3750, 6506 Routed protocol diagnosis of RIPv2 and static route

Tech Tronix

Joined in March 2003 to April 2004 – Designation: Network Assistant

Department: I.T Operations

Responsibilities include:

• Hardware and software installation/configuration and technical support of PC’s (Win98/XP) and NT workstations /servers on a multiprotocol LAN/WAN.

• Manage and Troubleshooting the Local Area Network (LAN).

• Worked with different DSL type’s i.e. ADSL etc.

• Installation and troubleshooting of Windows and Linux Operating Systems.

• Installation and configuration of Network Printer, Print Servers and third party software’s

Professional Projects

Mobilink Pakistan: Call Center IP Network Design and Implementation

Description: The main objective of this project is to redesign Central Region Call Center IP Network highly competent in terms of scalability, Reliability and Functionality to increase business revenue. The modification of the program involves hierarchal design and implementation of LAN and WAN to support 800+ Call operators.

Responsibilities:

Configured Access Switches Uplinks Redundancy to avoid single point of failure through First Hop Redundancy Protocol HSRP with Distribution Switches (i.e. 4510, 4507) for all VLANs.

Access Layer configured to support voice, data and wireless

Configured PVST to support separate BPDU instance for each VLAN on distribution layer

Etherchannel Configuration with Blade Servers Switches by using proper layer 2 security on distribution switches.

Configured routing Protocol OSPF on WAN Primary (Fiber) and Backup links (Microwave Wireless link) with Lahore Data Center by using dynamically shifting on Backup link, if primary media gets down.

Mobilink Pakistan: Cisco ASA Deployment to support VPN

Description: The main objective of this project is to replace ASA 5520 with VPN Concentrator in Production environment with minimum outage. The program involves installed ASA in Stateful failover mode and VPN’s configuration with business remote clients.

Responsibilities:

Configured both Remote and Site-to-Site VPN’s by using ASDM

Security implementation to allow Firewall inside/outside traffic by using CLI prompt.

Mobilink Pakistan: Data Center Core layer Redundancy

Description: The main objective of this project is to established high availability of business Critical Traffic

in case of hardware failure. These devices connectivity is highly critical due to Internet, VPN’s and Franchises traffic are passing though FWSM (running in multiple contexts) after landing on Mobilink Data Center Core Edge Router. This project completed in two phases, in first phase FWSM redundancy accomplished and in second phase Data Center Core layer Routers Redundancy executed with FWSM

Responsibilities:

Installed and configured Secondary FWSM module with multilayer switch 6513.

Statefull failover configured between two FWSM’s modules was running in Data Center Aggregation layer with multiple contexts in routed mode.

HSRP protocol used on Core router interface connected with FWSM outside interface for FWSM default route redundancy in case Active Core Router not responds.

Thoroughly tested failover scenario.

Warid Pakistan: DR Data Center IP Design and Implementation

Description: The aim of the project is to establish Disaster Recovery Data Center. I participated as an active team member throughout the design and implementation phases.

Responsibilities:

Data Center Access Layer, Aggregation Layer and Core Layer were configured used 3560, 6509, 7609

Multiple Spanning-trees (MST) was configured between Access layer and Aggregation Layer of Data Center.

Different Aggregation layers were configured to support scalability and fastest performance for business critical traffic.

FWSM’s in Aggregation layers configured in stateful failover with single context for enhanced security.

Waird Pakistan: WAN QoS Planned and Execution

Description: The aim of the project is to prioritize video traffic on Core layer on Warid Internetwork to avoid service degradation in VC session. I participated as an active team member throughout the design and implementation phases.

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL): LAN & WAN Deployment

Description: The objective of the project is to design and implement LAN and WAN in SNGPL.

Responsibilities:

Created Netflow diagram and documentation of newly IT network setup.

Head Office LAN Design and implementation using 3560 switches

Data LAN of 20 branches were established in using Cisco 2960/3560 Switches and its communication to SNGPL Head Regional Head Offices using Cisco 2811 routers were performed.

Mobilink Pakistan: Network Management Tool Installation

Description: Installed and maintaining Sorlarwind Network Performance Monitor (NPM) to manage and proactive monitor devices.

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