I have over 5 years of experience in Networking, System Integration, SIEM Solutions, SDWAN Deployments & Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Deployments. During the years I have gathered knowledge about Network deployment, operation and maintenance, Firewalls, Routers, Switches, Virtualization, Monitoring Solutions and Cloud Services. I have also a vast experience of managing Server Virtualization based on VMWare, KVM, Hyper-V & Proxmox. Furthermore, I am certified from AWS, Cisco, Microsoft, Hillstone & Fortinet.
Hands on experience in deploying and managing different NGFW Like Hillstone, pfsense SonicWall, Sangfor
Deployed SDWAN Solutions at multiple Customer sites.
Deployed SDWAN solutions via Centralized Orchestrator (HSM Hillstone Security Management) which has centralized security management, configuration and monitoring
Hands on experience in configuring site-to-site IPSec tunnels, SSL VPNs and remote access OpenVPN Solutions
Managing multiple WAN connections for Load Balancing, Failover mode and different other purposes
Responsible for Configuration & Management of Security Policies based on Applications (Network Policies, SNAT, DNAT)
Managing different Policies based on URL filtering, Application Filtering, Traffic Perimeter Filtering
Managing different Network services in Hillstone Firewall like Source & Destination Routing, Policy Based Routing (PBR), Source Interface-Based Routing (SIBR), and Destination Interface-Based Routing (DIBR)
Identifying and controlling applications based on name, category, technology and risk factor
Managing Threat protection features like IPS, Attack Defense, Antivirus, URL Filtering, Perimeter traffic filtering based on IP Reputation
Managing Quality of service (QoS) based on interface, address, users and applications
Monitoring & managing all Network devices logs in SIEM (CryptoSim)
Creating different bandwidth utilization reports based on application and URL filtering
Managing different virtualization platforms like VMware Vcenter, KVM, and Proxmox (An Open Source Virtualization platform)
Deployment of SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager) for Remote Deployment of Software
Created SOP's for different Network Devices Configurations
Managing Active Directory, Domain Controller, Backup Domain Controller
Responsibilities:Â
* Administering PFsense and Mikrotik Firewall
* Implementing traffic filters using ACLs on Pfsense FirewallÂ
* Configuring and implementing Remote access solutions: IPSEC VPN, EasyVPN, Site to site VPN
* Managing WAN failover and load balancing using pfsense and Mikrotik FirewallÂ
* Blocking layer 7 applications like torrentz, mobile game apps using Mikrotik Firewall
* Controlling the bandwidth of individual user via Pfsense and Mikrotik Firewall
* Monitoring users network traffic using ntop and attix 5 tools
* Monitoring the entire Network Infrastructure using Nagios Xi Monitoring SolutionÂ
* Administering and designing LANs, WANs internet and voice networksÂ
* Managing different VLANs on cisco switches 2950, 2970 and 3500Â
* Responsible for configuration of different wireless APs like Linksys, Cisco, Netgear, TPLink, ASUS * Troubleshooting and solving networking issues - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Layer 2/3 network devices
* Responsible for network configurations of Linux and MAC OS
* Managing DNS, DHCP Servers
* Configuring different RAID levels, and DRAC installation on different PowerEdge servers
* Creating and managing virtual machines on ESXi host for datacenter servers
* Creating and managing virtual machines on VMware workstation and Hyper V Manager for developers
* Communicating and negotiating with users, specialists, other staff and suppliers
* Providing technical support for desktops, laptops, printers & scanner configurations to all the users
Responsibilities:Â
*Administering pfSense Open Source Firewall
* Administering LAN, WAN connections and voice network
* Implementing traffic filters using ACLs on pfSense Firewall
* Managing Email hosting server on Cloud
* Managing the backup of all ESXi Virtual Machines using OVFÂ
* Deploying softwares and policies on users through GPO
* Monitoring the network traffic of all users and servers using NTOP tool of pfSense
* Controlling the bandwidth of Data/Voice traffic using Traffic Shaper pfSense
* Providing technical support for laptops, IP Phones, printer configuration to all users.
* Providing technical support over VPNÂ
* Monitoring the whole network infrastructure
Responsibilities:
•Administration of Sonicwall TZ 205 & NSA 220
•Configuring & Managing Sonicwall features like LAN/WAN Configurations, Failover & LB, NAT Policies, Access rules, DHCP Server, VPN Tunnel & maintaining logs
•Installation, Configuration of Windows server 2008, Server 2012 operating systems
•Administering Domain Controller and BDC in Head office and branch office
•Managing active directory users and computers
•Managing DNS and DHCP Server
•Deploying software’s and policies on users through GPO
•Managing all server backups using Windows Server Backup
•Troubleshooting VPN issues
•Installation, maintenance, troubleshooting of Linux/UNIX operating systems
•Creating and managing Microsoft servers and Linux based Virtual Machines in Hyper-V, VMware Workstation and ESXi
•Managing Asterisk Server
•Installation and configuration of Polycom, Grand stream IP Phones
•Installation, configuration of Cisco Switches, Netgear Routers, Firewall and maintain the company’s whole network infrastructure
•Network configurations of Linux, MAC and Windows operating systems
•Applying patches in accordance with company procedures & ensuring maximum availability of supported services to users
•Providing technical support for desktops, laptops, printers & scanner configurations to all the users
•Managing inventory
•Responsible for installations of CCTV security system