HANDS ON EXPERTISE:
Cisco Nexus 5672 with fabric extenders c2348TQ & c2348TP-E
Cisco Catalyst - c3850, c3750X, c3560X, c2960X
MikroTik Router - CCR1016-12G, RB3011, RB750
Firewall - Cisco ASA 5K, FortiGate 300E and 81E, Sophos XD 210, pfSense
Cisco Routing & Switching
Routing Protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS
FHSP - HSRP, VRRP, GLBP
L2 Protocols - STP, RSTP, MSTP, DTP, VSS, vPC
Ether channel - Static, LACP, PAGP
Installation & Maintenance of MS Server
DC, ADC, DNS, DHCP, WDS
FortiAnalyzer, FortiMail
Virtualization - ESXI 6.5
Ubiquiti Unifi - Controller/AP AC-LR
NMS - Cacti, Orion, PRTG
Elastix PABX
IP Address Management
NOC operations
Team Management Skills
Responsibilities:
- Working as Core Technical Team member taking the responsibilities to design, implement and maintain the IT Infra and equipment.
- Maintaining the networking environment for GNNHD TV Head Office Lahore, 2 big city bureaus (Karachi and Islamabad), 7 small city bureaus.
- Active Network: Implemented Cisco’s Nexus 5672 as Core along with fabric extenders c2348TQ & c2348TP-E & c2960X on access at Head Office. In bureaus c3850 as Core Switch and c2960X as access layer.
- Wireless: Designed and implemented high throughput wireless network using Unify-AP AC-LR with Unify Controller.
- Security: Maintaining Sophos XG 210 Firewall at Islamabad, FortiGate 300E bundle in High availability mode at Head Office Lahore.
- VMware: Configuration and maintenance of ESXI 6.5
- VOIP: Implementation of Elastix PBX with Cisco, Fanvil and Grand Stream IP Phones.
- Monitoring: Monitoring whole network performance through PRTG, Cacti, Dude & FortiAnalyzer.
- Co-ordination: Speaking with TAC via email and phone for troubleshooting Upstream issues.
- Provide Tier 3 Support local and remote sites.
Responsibilities:
- Installation & Configuration of Cisco Switches 3750, 2960, AP with Unifi Controller and CCTV.
- Install Racks and Patching as per network design.
- Installation, Manage & Configuration the Active directory, DNS, DHCP Server, Web email, outlook.
- Active Directory Administration (User Management, Backup, Group Policies).
- Deployed and managing FortiGate 81E firewall with all Security Policy Rules including (bandwidth restrictions, Polices, Failover).
- Responsible for the up time of running Networks of 3 sites.
- Assist network operations team to troubleshoot daily operational activities and provide 2nd level of support for technical issue.
- Reach to permanent solution arises network and system issues for smooth operation.
- Design Wireless Network as per building architecture in new Dealership.
- Design and Architect network infrastructure from concept to completion while with collaboration with involved teams.
- Propose technical feasibility solutions for new functional designs and suggested options for performance improvement.
- Ensured network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.
- Interaction with vendors to discuss the requirements and building the infrastructure accordingly.
- Interaction with senior management to analyze current operation and successful execution of Changes in the Infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Managing the team of Network Professionals involved in the designing IP operations for Layer-2/Layer-3 data & internet circuits.
- Responsible to provide the 24/7 Level-1/Level-2 support to customers & internal departments for IP network configuration and troubleshooting.
- Managing Windows Server 2008/2012 and AD environment including Active Directory, DNS Server, DHCP Server, File Servers, FTP Server & Print Server.
- Configure and Manage VMware ESXi Server & vSphere ESXi hosts.
- Deployed and managing pfSense firewall with all Security Policy Rules including (Squid Proxy, bandwidth restrictions, ACL, NAT, Failover, Load Balancing and utilization reports)
- Configuration and Management of Asterisk based Elastix PBX for enterprise.
- Responsible for company-wide backup of all network settings / essential data and recover information in various locations during system crashes.
- Design and implementation of VLAN based network using Cisco switch catalyst 3750, 3550, 2960, 2950 series.
- Q-in-Q circuit design and provisioning for corporate customer through Metro Ethernet Ring.
- Managing and configuration of auto heel redundant fiber Rings using STP,RSTP
- Responsible of Deploying Layer 2 / Layer 3 auto Failover for customers and maintaining 100 % uptime.
- Planning, Design and implementation of up-gradation and redundancy of Metro Ethernet fiber POPs.
- Monitor all Network devices and windows server-based infrastructure to check if they are functioning properly, using Solar Winds-Orion NMS, Ping Plotter, Syslog Server & Cacti.
- Monitoring network health, activity and capacity generating alerts and minimizing down time using Cacti, PRTG and Dude to ensure business continued and network performance.
- Produce periodic reports about the network activities, network performance and capacity.
- Complete Network Reporting, documentation and Project proposals.
Responsibilities:
- Installing Servers, MS Windows, Active directory, Work stations and peripheral.
- Building and maintaining LAN network.
- System administration, Networking and Troubleshooting.
- Monitoring of clients via WINBOX on MIKROTIK router
- Basic troubleshooting on Cisco switches.
- Administrate & maintain LAN comprising 50 Nodes
- Administration of Mail support, LAN, Windows, PCs, Microsoft Office application and some other softwares.
- User and group administration in server.
- Problem diagnosis and Troubleshooting with clients.
- Attending to all needs of employees and their network concerns.
- Managing CRM