Engineer Network
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Asad Hussaini
Network Systems Administrator
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
**** *** **, ***. *-9, Brooklyn NY 11230
Email: ****.*******@*****.*** , Phone: 347-***-****
Certifications:
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• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure Support Specialist
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 2.0)
• Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks
• Optimizing Converged Cisco Networks
• Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
• Building Converged Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
• Implementing Secure Converged Wide Area Networks
• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
• Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet
• Juniper IP Curriculum: IP Essentials
• Maximum Performance Certificate
• RHCE Certification for RHEL Security & Server configuration
Summary: I have 10 years of hands-on experience in Networks & Systems administration. I am expert in configuring, maintaining Cisco routers & switches,firewalls deploy and installing. I am installing Hardware Chases, Modules, RAM, SFP, and power cards, racks and system hardware. I have designed LAN/WAN networks from scratch. Expertise in infrastructure troubleshooting, deployment, operations and maintenance, and upgrades A team player with excellent communication skills and ability to interface at all levels.
Expertise in Cisco Femtocell solution with the Cisco Femtocell Gateway and Routers including the configuration and troubleshooting networks incorporating Cisco 800, 1600, 1700, 1800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700, 3800, ASR1000, 7200, 7300, 7500 and 8500 series. Expertise in Cisco Layer2/3 switches incorporating the 1900, 2950, 2960, 3550, 3560, 3560E, 3750, 3750E, 4500, 4900M, 4948, 5000/5500 (catOS), 6500/7600 series (hybrid and native IOS) and Firewall ASA 5540,5520,5501.
Trouble shoot deploy and configure router ,switches ,firewall ,wireless devices at client end.
Deploy and install to Cisco Nexus 7010/7018, 5010/5020, 200 and 100 data centre switching platforms including the 2148T series fabric extenders, SAN. Deploy and Install to Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco 3350 Mobility. Excellent knowledge of Cisco Secure ACS, TACACS+ and RADIUS. Experience in Cisco Load Balancers Cisco ACE Load Balancers, Cisco CSS 11500 and F5 load balancers (6400, 6900). VMware (3.0/3.5/4.0), Installations / migrations, and upgrades to all technology devices and systems.
Professional Experience:
Lismore’s NYC (March 2011 Present)
Accomplishments:
I presently work Lismore’s as System Admin/Network Engineer Consultant. I am part of network team for the network. Following are the tasks I am involved in:
• Design and implementation network of the new cooperate center.
• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Cisco Switches 4507/3750 switches and replaces with Cisco 3560 and Cisco 2950 switches.
• Cisco ASA 5520 Firewall Configuration and Installation.
• Configure Cisco ASA 5520/5540 as redundant.
• Creation and Maintenance of DMZ
• Configure the DNS, NTP and ftp servers. Etc
• Trouble shoot deploy and configure router ,switches ,firewall ,wireless devices at client end.
• Created backup scripts for Windows Servers, Linux Enterprise Server and Sun Solaris 10 servers
• Provided daily monitoring of transactions, firewalls and host logs with Scheduler and CRON.
• Exposure to SNMP software to monitor and troubleshoot the existing network topology.
• Expertise in infrastructure troubleshooting, deployment, operations and maintenance, and upgrades
• Configure the Syslog-ng server and client on red hat enterprise 10.
• Deploy Cisco Work Maintains Manager on Specific server.
• Using Analyze application tools like Wire shark, Tcp dump.
• Cabling, racking in data centers.
• Performing network device adds, moves and changes and other network prototype/project work.
• Installations/migrations, and upgrades devices and systems.
• Install and configure the Routers, switches and Firewalls.
• VPN Appliances and its connectivity/trouble-shooting.
• Patches the fiber and coaxial as main back bone.
• Design of Switches, Firewalls services
• SSL Certificate installation and management.
• Trouble shoots the office computers, Laptops and Servers applications snd solve client problems
• Technical Team: 3 Network Managers providing, 2 Network Engineer.
• Technical Environment: Remedies on Cisco Cisco Catalyst 2950 (24 Ports), Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series (24 Ports) and Cisco 4507 (144 ports), VPN IPSEC RSA ,Backup tapes,SAN.
ASA 5520/5540 etc.
Cisco Systems, Brooklyn NY (Oct 2010- Feb 2011)
Network Engineer / Infrastructure Analyst
Accomplishments:
I was working for Cisco for their AT&T Project account. I am part of network team for the network implementation’s (AMC Installation). Following are the tasks I am involved in:
• Sundry Installation procedure. and Chassis Installation.
• Configuration SFTP Server, TFTP Server, SSH, DHCP and UNIX Installation.
• Work on Juniper/Cisco SSL VPN and IPSec.
• Software using SFTP, FTP and TFTP servers.
• Using Analyze application tools like Wire shark, Tcp dump.
• New AC Software Integration (0.6.1). Commission SCM cards slot.
• Installation of Management card and all OC3 cards for different data centers.
• VPN Appliances and its connectivity/trouble-shooting.
• Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall Configuration and Installation.
• Participating in transmission network planning and implementation (microwave planes as well).
• Responsible for software upgrade Installation, implementation, configuration, tuning and commissioning of Cisco Femtocell Gateway. Mobile network integration to support standard circuit-switched and packet-switched interfaces over IP or ATM. Network mobility, supporting call handover between the Femtocell and the macro network.
• Wireless equipment, Downlinks Receivers and VSAT configuration.
• Troubleshoot HW issues and open OEM warranty tickets.
• Write scripts to automate tasks like bash, Perl etc.
• Experience with debugging firewall and network.
• Monitoring Tools MRTG, Solar wind and Cacti.
• Cabling, racking in data centers.
• Trouble shoot deploy and configure router ,switches ,firewall ,wireless devices at client end.
• Provided daily monitoring of transactions, firewalls and host logs with Scheduler and CRON.
• Creation and Maintenance of DMZs and connectivity to Extranet sites.
• Expertise in infrastructure troubleshooting, deployment, operations and maintenance, and upgrades.
Technical Team: 5 Network Managers providing, 9 Network Engineer, 3 Windows System Administrator
Technical Environment: Cisco Femtocell Gateway (HNB) AT&T data centre switching platforms including the 2148T series fabric extenders. Lightweight Wireless Access Points, Remedies on Cisco 3640 Routers, Cisco 2601 Routers, Cisco 3800 Series Router, Cisco 2800 Series and Cisco Catalyst 2950 (24 Ports), Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series (24 Ports) and Cisco 6500, VPN IPSEC RSA and VPNSSL and WebEx., Windows 7 Enterprise.
HP corporation, Greenville, SC (May 2010 - Sept 2010)
Cisco Network Engineer
Accomplishments:
• I was part of network team for the network design and implementation of the new data center to provide a cutting edge solution to giant National Food retail chain. I am also responsible for the design of wireless corporate data, guest services.
• This unique position has allowed me to Deploy, Implement and configure Nexus 7000, 5000 and 200 series switches, 2148T fabric extenders, Cisco 4500 modular switches with SUP6-E supervisors, Cisco 4948 switches, Cisco wireless device and HP Pure Cure Switches and Wireless device Aironet.The whole project involves extensive campus network design, multicast design, network security integration, network implementation, testing and documentation.
• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 6500 series multilayer switches running
• Install and configure the Cisco 2800 Series routers with BRI and T1 Interfaces for business partners.
• Troubleshoot HW issues and open OEM warranty tickets.
• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Cisco 2500/2600 routers and Cisco 2950 switches at the access layer of the network.
• Retail LAN redesign work including introduction of HSRP, Ether channel and RSTP into Retail sites.
• Deploy and configure F5 Networks Big IP load-balancing devices
• Troubleshooting Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet duplex and speed problems throughout the global network.
• Trouble shoot deploy and configure router ,switches ,firewall ,wireless devices at client end.
• Installations/migrations, and upgrades devices and systems.
• Troubleshooting managed datacenter infrastructure using new Cisco 3750 stackable switches.
• The direction of field engineers to resolve network problems in the field.
• Upgrading Cisco IOS software using FTP and TFTP servers.
• Airwave WiFi management Appliance and Aruba WiFi Controllers
• Cabling, racking in data centers
• Performing network device adds, moves and changes and other network prototype/project work.
• Troubleshooting physical cabling/patching issues throughout the network.
• Creation and Maintenance of DMZ.
• Wireless equipment, Downlinks Receivers and VSAT configuration.
• VPN Appliances and its connectivity/trouble-shooting.
• Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall Configuration and Installation.
• Exposure to SNMP software such as BMC Patrol and BMC remedy to monitor and troubleshoot the existing network topology.
• Configure the Syslog-ng server and client on SUSE
Technical Team: 2 Network Leads providing system administration too, 3 Database Administrator, 7 Network Engineer, 2 Windows System Administrator, 3 Architect.
Technical Environment: Cisco Nexus 7010/7018, 5010/5020, 200 and 100 data centre switching platforms including the 2148T series fabric extenders. Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco 3350 Mobility Service Engine and Cisco 1142 Lightweight Wireless Access Points, Linux Enterprise Edition Servers, Windows Servers. Remedies on Cisco 3640 Routers, Cisco 2601 Routers, Cisco 3800 Series Router, Cisco 2800 Series and Cisco Catalyst 2950 (24 Ports), Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series (24 Ports) and Cisco 6500, VPN IPSEC RSA and VPNSSL. Installation VMware, HP Chassis, Server Hardware RAM, NIC ,Cable and Fiber termination in Rack.
Water and Sewer Authority, District of Columbia
Network Administrator (Dec 2008 - Apr 2010)
Accomplishments:
• Install and configure Routers and Switches.
• Deploy equipment in racks routers and switches in data centers.
• Created configuration files for network equipment
• Configure and test the F5 Big IP devices.
• Provided on-site troubleshooting assistance during implementation
• Tested implementation for completeness after each stage of migration
• Mapped current IP scheme to new IP scheme
• Resolved IP re-addressing issues during migration
• Configured the VPNS.
• Also uses the Backup tapes.
• Maintaining LINUX/UNIX/Windows systems and Cisco routers & switches and installing. Install
• Installations/migrations, and upgrades devices and systems.
• Created monitoring graphs for routers, switches and Servers to monitor their performance.
• Cabling, racking in data centers
• Configured the VPNS.
• Creation and Maintenance of DMZ.
• Remedy on Firewall and Load Balancers.
• Provided daily monitoring of transactions, firewalls and host logs with Scheduler and CRON jobs.
Technical Team: 5 Network Administrators providing system administration too, 2 Database Administrator, 5 System Administrator, 2 Windows System Administrator, 1 Architect.
Technical Environment: Cisco 3640 Routers, Cisco 2601 Routers, Cisco 3800 Series Router and Cisco catalyst 2950. (24 Ports), Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series (24 Ports).Wireless router for Wifi users like Laptop and mobiles - Remote Sharing desktop and SSH terminals to work remotely from intranet & internet.
MOBILINK Core Network Inc.
Sr. Systems & Network Engineer (Nov 2007 – Dec 2008)
Accomplishments:
• MOBILINK provides largest cell phone operating network in Pakistan. As a Senior Network Engineer, I am responsible for the seamless working of 122 MOBILINK systems scattered over 40 cities.
• email, VPN services, CAMPUS Personnel Directory, Oracle Calendar, FTP and multiple web sites.
• APACHE HTTPD (with Tomcat and MOD_SSL, etc.), VERITAS (File System, Volume Manager, and Cluster Server), SSH (Extensive tunneling and public key authentication).
• Provided major lead in the setup of WIMAX network around the country.
• Linked up GPRS-WIMAX through satellite in areas where microwave link was not available.
• Configured Domain administration and VPN connections.
• Maintained 200 GNU/Linux x86 systems, including IBM XSERIES, Beowulf clusters and dual booting laptops.
• Installed and configured Sun Solaris 10 on ten UNIX boxes. Created users and groups.
• Installed Apache, CVS (Concurrent Versions System), CACTI, MRTG, MYSQL, SENDMAIL, NTP and QPOPER server services.
• Configured RADIUS with AAA Server which connected thousands of users with real time billing.
• Set up DNS server on Linux Red Hat Enterprise Edition with all applications install over HP 460C.
• Configured Proxy Server on HP DL380 as deployment Server for Blades to manage the network resource through proxies. It has 14 Servers in one chaise.
• Remedy on Firewall and Load Balancers.
• Modified configuration requirements on Sun Fire V215 Ultra-SPARC III Java ES & Solaris.
• Responsible for backup of different Sun Solaris 9 & 10 server machines like transaction, firewalls and host file logs on daily bases.
• Migrated Windows 2003 server to Windows 2008 server (schema Active directory domains, Exchange server DHCP Server).
• Trouble shoot deploy and configure router ,switches ,firewall ,wireless devices at client end.
• Wireless equipment, Downlinks Receivers and VSAT configuration.
• Storage Area Network (SAN). Sun Fire Chase 3500.
• BGM (Background Music): Installed Signal & Voice server on Windows Server 2003 and on CRBT Call Back Terminal (Hawaii):
o Level-1 Troubleshooting of CRBT.
• SMSC and MMSC (Acision)
o Level-1 Troubleshooting of SMSC and MMSC.
o Database creation and deletion.
o Taking traces in case of inconsistency in equipment.
o Created Backup and Restore scripts for both entities.
• Easy Load (Valista)
o Level-1 Troubleshooting of Valista
• GPRS:
o Collection of Statistics from SGSN + Calculation & Analysis of various KPIs defined for QoS Reports.
o APN creation and testing on iGGSN using Vigilon and it’s configuration on GPRS Core Network.
o UNIX Backup/Restore on Senteons/Vigilon which are Sun V240 Machines.
o Deployed ,Install, Configure and Maintained VMware
Technical Environment: Steel-Belted RADIUS applications, Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), Authentication Authorization & Accounting (AAA) server, Access Service Network(ASN).DHCP server,
IIS Server, Network Time Protocol (NTP) server, Apache Server, Domain Name Service (DNS) server, RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX with HP BL460c Server as DNS Server, RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX on HP DL380 as Deployment Servers for Blades as proxies, Juniper Load Balancer, Juniper SSG140 Firewall, CACTI on Sun SOLARIS, ALOM Remote Manager.
Apollo Online Inc.
Network Systems Administrator (Jul 2004 – Nov 2007)
Accomplishments:
• Installed PRIS and E1 through Fiber Optic Media at locations where different company clients used Apollo media. Provided support from geographically separate Exchanges using E1 and Radio links.
• Performed verification of router firewalls and connectivity through Serials and restricted corporate clients to use limited bandwidth.
• Configured secure communications between three cities using different WAN and LAN networks.
• Build bulletproof hardware & software firewalls to protect the systems from Trojans, malicious applets, discrete DOS and SPAM attacks.
• Configured SQUIRREL MAIL server and established secured accounts for users that stopped 95% of junk email and SPAM Attacks
• Upgraded IMAIL Server from Windows 2000 Advanced Sever to Windows 2003 Advanced Server.
• Wireless equipment, Downlinks Receivers and VSAT configuration.
• Expertise in infrastructure troubleshooting, deployment, operations and maintenance, and upgrades
• Trouble shoot deploy and configure router ,switches ,firewall ,wireless devices at client end.
• Configured Radius Communications server with AAA (MAX TNT) with 8 PRIS, 2 Fast Ethernet and Wireless Modules, which cascaded the whole bandwidth through MAX TNT AAA.
• Configured Switch Bay Stack of 24 Ports (worked as Layer-3 Switch) and made the virtual LAN.
• Finely tuned hit ratios using WEBALIZER & WEBALOZER for APACHE and SQUID.
• Configure and Maintained VMware
• Increased performance by 85% after configuring clustering. It provided redundancy and eliminated single point of failure architecture.
• Utilized FREEBSD Services to reduce the traffic and increase performance.
Technical Environment: ISP (Internet Service Provider) with data license for 15000 users and 32 Primary Rate Interfaces (PRIS) , 24 E1 circuits of 48 MBPS bandwidth, E1 connection via Fiber, coaxial and wireless, ISDN, IIS, APACHE with JAVA, ASP and .NET services, NT-Mail, I-Mail with 25000-user licenses, Cyber Stream DVB Satellite Receivers, B2C2 and PENTA NET, SQUID, Sun Solaris 8 servers, IC-Radius, Microsoft Active Directory, ISA, DNS, RADIUS server, MAIL/BILLING/WEB/DHCP/WINS/SNMP/IIS/Apache and FTP services on the NT servers. EMERALD, Firewall on Red Hat LINUX, Tahoe G.703 to V.35 CONVERTOR, Tahoe G.703 to Ethernet CONVERTOR, PENDATEL 2HDSL, Wireless devices Redline, WAVEPLEX (Spread Spectrum), Radio-Air Link PCOM, Radio-LIYNX SE 6 (Spread Spectrum), Radio-TRANGO AU AFAR Bridge.
SHOA-JAFFER Brothers Inc.
Network Systems Administrator (Feb 2000 – Jun 2004)
Accomplishments:
• Lead project to set up a new Internet Service Provider (ISP) company with the name of SHOA COMMUNICATIONS INC. Procured hardware and software and conducted interviews to hire a team for technical operations.
• Tested and wrote Quality Analysis (QA) technical performance reports about SIMPLEX SERVICES.
• MTRG on each system and tuning Cisco 3600, 2501 and 1601 routers.
• Build a new firewall for routers for bulletproof system protection from junk and spam attacks.
• Improved sluggish systems by finding bottlenecks and changing operating systems.
• Envisioned and configured new billing design and daily backup policy using CRON jobs.
• Performed data recovery after media failure in 15 minute downtime compared to 45 minutes recovery time earlier due to the policy of smaller logs application and daily backups.
• Configured new Cisco routers and routing protocols (RIP, EIGRP, IGRP and OSPF).
• Configured Access servers: MAX TNT, Max 6000 and COMPAQ COMPUTONE, COMPAQ MICROCOM 6000/4000 and COMPUTONE RAS servers.
• Configured PPP Server for UNIX and LINUX operating systems.
• Wireless equipment, Downlinks Receivers and VSAT configuration.
• Expertise in infrastructure troubleshooting, deployment, operations and maintenance, and upgrades
• Performed system administration on NT 4.0, Advanced Server 2000 and Windows XP.
• Configured Secure Shells, DNS, RAS, RADIUS, MAIL, BILLING, PROXY, WEB, DHCP, WINS, SNMP and FTP services on the NT server.
• Worked on DVB Satellite Receivers like Cyber Stream, B2C2 and PENTA Net and PENTA Value.
• Configured & customized MRTG and Firewall on Red Hat LINUX box for monitoring LAN and leased circuit’s data traffic.
• Configured Firewall for ISP using IPCHAINS & IPTABLES on LINUX.
• Configured WWW, IIS , DNS, Apache, Active Directory, ISA and commercial email servers like SENDMAIL, IMAIL and Microsoft Exchange Server.
• Configured transparent proxy using SQUID proxy server on Red Hat & FreeBSD to save and manage bandwidth usage. Performed WEBLIZER Management.
• Managing the customer support team.
Technical Environment: ISP (Internet Service Provider) with data license of 5000 users with 12 PRIS (Primary Rate Interface), 4 E1 Circuits of 4 Mbps Bandwidth with Dialup, ISDN, Web Hosting, Email & downlink service at client end, MAX TNT, Max 6000 and COMPAQ COMPUTONE Access Servers, ISA, DNS, RAS, RADIUS, MAIL, BILLING, PROXY, WEB, IIS, Apache, DHCP, WINS, SNMP and FTP services on the NT server. Cisco 3600, 2501 and 1601 series routers, SENDMAIL , IMAIL and Microsoft Exchange Server using IPCHAINS & IPTABLES on LINUX, DOS, Windows NT/2003 Servers/XP, All Red Hat LINUX versions, FreeBSD 4.0. EMERALD, Account Manager, Web utilities and Ghost
Education:
2003-2005 Master of Computer Science (MCS)
1997-2001 Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS)
1997 Certificate of Achievement
References:
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