TAHIR BASHIR
House # 16, Madkhul # 05, Shahrah-e-Ahsa
Ain Al Nawa, Royal Commission, Yanbu
Cell: +966-540783311
Iqama # 2271078434
Email: bashirtahir@hotmail.com
Career Objective
To obtain a Position in a Progressive & Renowned organization which will use Educational &
Professional skills and allow me to contribute in the efficient operations of a firm, and earn advancement
through on Job performance.
Academic Professional Education
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2002 – 2005
B.E (Computer Engineering)
3.58 (CGPA)
Bahria University
Professional Certifications
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Cisco
Cisco
Cisco
Cisco
Cisco
Certified
Certified
Certified
Certified
Certified
Internetwork Expert (Routing & Switching
Design Professional (CCDP)
Network Professional (CCNP)
Network Associate (CCNA)
Design Associate (CCDA)
(Written))
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Juniper Network Certified Internet Specialist (JNCIS – ER)
ID: SR2737601
Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA – ER)
ID: SR2737601
Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA – EX)
ID: SR2737601
Training:
Juniper Network Certified Security Associate (JNCIA - ES)
Professional Experience
Tahseeb Establishment (Cable Net) Saudi Arabia
Nov, 09 - Present
Sr. Network & System Engineer – Network Operation Centre (NOC)
Data communications technical lead for the Cable Net data center and one Sales office. Involvement in a
number of initiatives related to improved centralized and automated network management systems to
meet goals with minimum capital expenditure. Lead for the network re-architecture efforts to facilitate
better product delivery to customers. Team strength is 3.
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Member of the final technical escalation team for IP & Optical Network events and post sales
customer support policies & procedures.
Key Player of pre-sales teams to suggest the design, plan & implementation procedure for corporate
customers over Point to Point OFC link.
Lead engineer for the plan, design & modification of IP Network & CRM used by I.T Engineers and
customer support officers.
Plan, design & implementation of traffic shaping policies for DOCSIS & corporate customers.
Networking team lead in the migration and integration of different customer areas from the load
balancing point of view w.r.t Core, Distribution & Access Network devices. This involved moving over
different servers.
Member of the consumer incident review team and solution provider w.r.t data networks.
Maintain the integration of operation Life cycle between IP Network & sales support team.
Lead for the "Architecture Desk" which has responsibility for the research, evaluation, approval and
implementation of all equipment additions to our customer topologies with an eye to long term
supportability i.e. Cable Modems, Wireless Network Infrastructures & IP VPN.
Team lead for architecting and implementing Yanbu Industral College – Wireless Network
Infrastructure as part of the company's globalization efforts to provide Internet over 3000 students.
Team lead for the annual code upgrading process for all network devices.
Member of the systems compatibility test systems lab responsible for verifying the functionality of
various vendors' equipment, supplied by customers or internally, with Cable Net existing
infrastructure.
Tahseeb Establishment (Cable Net) Saudi Arabia
April, 09 – Nov, 09
Network & System – Engineer (Network Operation Centre)
Tahseeb Establishment is an authorized Broadband Internet Service Provider in Royal Commission Saudi
Arabia from last 5 years. Tahseeb Establishment is providing the High Speed Internet to corporate &
Home Users using dedicated Optical Fiber Link & HFC Cable Modem Technology. NOC (Network
Operation Centre) department manages network operations of Data Centre & Internet Services.
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Redesign the Core, Distribution and Access Layer with respect of Cisco Recommendations for future
and current level perspectives.
Managed multiple phases of LAN / WAN include bandwidth management, network planning, design,
Configuration, generation and implementation of a Network Security Policy.
Key player to migrate the traditional network design and Implementation of Public IP Addresses to
consumers and corporate customers.
Design and Implementation of ROSA Element Manager on RF Network for monitoring of Prisma –II
Transmitters & HDRX Receiver and integrate the RF Network monitoring over IP.
Configuration, Administration and Management of Red Hat Linux based Systems like Squid Proxy,
FTP, DHCP, Primary DNS, Secondary & Cache only DNS and Mail Server.
Re-design the Management of Access Network running over Bigband’s Cuda 1000, Motorola BSR
1000R & ARRIS Cadant C3 with DOCSIS 1.1.
Suggest, Plan & design the implementation of bandwidth load balancing & integration of ATM leased
line with ADSL via PepLink 710 to save the cost of Leased Line till 36Mbps.
Analyzed TCP/IP protocols to validate network traffic compliance to ensure network security.
Development & Monitoring of UDP based SNMP traffic from various Cisco & Linux based devices
using MRTG & Cactus.
Provide Second Level Technical support to NOC, QoS & Corporate Support Engineers.
Achievement:
Engineer.
Started as a Network & System - Engineer then promoted to Sr. Network & System
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (K.E.S.C)
“Assistant Manager (Wide Area Network (WAN))”
Jan, 08 – April, 09
K.E.S.C WAN Network contains 300 Remote sites for Communication purposes. 200 Remote Sites are
connected via Radio Links & 100 sites are connected via DSL & Personnel Dialer utility. WAN department
manages Core Layer, Distribution & Access Layer Devices. “Data Centre” Management & Upgradations.
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Configuration & Management of Core Layer Devices / Data Centre Devices, Distribution & Access
Layer Devices i.e. Cisco Routers (3845, 2811), Cisco Multilayer Switches (6513, 3750 & 3560),
Cisco RF Bridges (Aeronet 1400), Cisco Firewalls (PIX & ASA). Traffic shaping with respect to Data
Traffic & Voice Traffic on over all KESC offices.
Project Management of VoIP (Voice over IP) played a Major Role in Planning, Configuration &
Management of VoIP (Voice over IP) using Asterix Architecture with Cisco IP Phones.
Configuration, Management & Implementation of Routing Protocols i.e. OSPF, RIPv2, HSRP, NTP…etc
Assurance of Quality of Service on Core & Distribution Layers devices with the implementation of
QoS (Quality of Services).
Designed & Configured AAA (Cisco ACS 4.2) for security of Core, Distribution & Access Layer
Devices. Integration of AAA (Authentication, Authorization & Accounting) with Active Directory to
ensure the security.
Designed & configured a Site to Site VPN (Virtual Private Network) in between Singapore & KESC
Head Office for SAP implementation using Cisco - 2811.
Designed & Configured a VPN (Virtual Private Network) Server for Clients which connects Via PTCL
DSL.
Management of PRIs Devices (Dialup Routers) Like Cisco-3845 with PVDM Modules & Cisco AS-5300
for Remote sites connectivity.
Management, Configuration & Maintenance of Network Monitoring System i.e. Cisco Works, Cactus &
OP-Manager.
Management of Backup Link via Redundancy Protocol i.e. HSRP, Ether Channel & GLBP.
Achievement:
Started as Trainee Engineer then promoted to Assistant Manager – WAN.
WorldCALL Telecom (An OmanTel Company) Ltd Karachi
Jan, 06 – Jun, 08
“Senior Network & System Engineer – NOC (Network Operation Centre)”
Manage network operations of Data Centre & Network Operation Centre department which serves
Internet/ VoD / VOIP customers on DOCSIS/Optical Fibre network
Configuration & Management of Cisco Routers, Cisco Multilayer Switches, and Cisco Firewalls like
Pix, Barbed wire & ASA, Juniper Routers, and Juniper Switches & Juniper Firewalls.
 Configuration, Administration and Management of Linux based Systems like Proxy, FTP, DHCP
Primary DNS, Secondary & Cache only DNS
 Configuration, Administration and Management of Solaris based Mail Server like @Mail Mail server.
 Management of Access Network running Bigband’s Cuda 12000 and Broadband Provisioning Manager
(BPMv3.1.58) with DOCSIS 1.1.
 Planning, Implementation & Management of Adaptive HP ProCurve Network using Switch 6600.
 Development of Perl / Bash Shell scripts for system Management and user administration on Linux.
 Managed all phases of LAN / WAN include bandwidth management, network planning, design,
Configuration, generation and implementation of a Network Security Policy.
 Analyzed TCP/IP protocols to validate network traffic compliance to ensure network security.
 Planning & Development of Online Complain Requisition System using Ms Studio 2000 platform.
 Management & Maintenance of Mail Server i.e. Mailer Daemon® with proper Forwarding
 Development & Monitoring of UDP based SNMP traffic from various Cisco & Linux based devices
using MRTG & Cactus.
 Provide Technical support to Call Centre, QoS & Corporate Support Officers.
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Achievement:
Started as Assistant Engineer then twice promoted till Senior Network Engineer.
Technical Skills & Hands-ON Experience
Network Hardware
Cisco Routers
Cisco Catalyst
Cisco Dialers
Cisco Firewall
Cisco Bridges
Load Balancers
Juniper Switch
HP Catalyst
Jun. Firewall
Alfa Wireless
AS5300, 7206, 2511, 2503, 2501, 1800 & 3845.
6513, 6509, 500, 2950, 2960, 3550, 3560, & 3750.
AS5300, 3845 PVDM Module.
ASA5010, ASA5540, Pix & 6513 FWSM
1400 Series
PepLink 710, PepLink 310.
E-3200 Switches & M700R
Procurve Network – 6600 Switch
SRX-5800
AWAP060, AWAP020, AWAP010
Routing protocols
OSPF, EIGRP, IS–IS, RIPv1 & RIPv2, STP, MST, NTP, GLBP & HSRP implementation & troubleshooting.
Operating Systems, Servers & NMS
LINUX® AS4, Solaris® 10, Ms® Windows 2000, 2003, 2010 Server.
Microsoft ISA®, Wingate®, WinProxy® & Squid over Linux.
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, @Mail®, Mailer Daemon®
Cisco-Works LMS 4.0 over Microsoft.
Cactus over Linux, EZcacti over Linux, MRTG & SNMP, SolarWinds.
Sniffers:
Nmap, Ethereal, Nessus, Solarwinds EE, Tcpdump, Wireshark.
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Awards Received
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LAUDE Medal in B.E (Computer Engineering).
Highest GPA thrice in B.E (Computer Engineering) in our Class.
first Position in S.S.C Part – I & II Examination in Jasmine Secondary School.
“Best Student” & “Regular Student” Awards from Jasmine Secondary School in 1995 & 1996.
First Position in National Target Shooting competition.
References
Available on Request
IP Network Project Highlights
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Yanbu Industrial College – Wireless Network Implementation Project
Plan, Design & Implementation of Wireless Network using Omni-Directional Antenna to provide
Internet service to 3571 Students of Royal Commission, Saudi Arabia.
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Yanbu University College - Core & Distribution Layer Configuration Project
Plan, Design & Implementation of Core & distribution layer Configuration using Cisco Router 2811,
Cisco Catalyst 3560, 2960 to facilitate customer upto the satisfied level of Royal Commission Saudi
Arabia.
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Tahseeb Establishment (Cable-Net) – Bandwidth Shaping to Integrate L.L & ADSL
Suggest, Plan, Design & Implement the Upstream bandwidth integration of Awalnet Leased line with
Home ADSL via PepLink 710 & Astrocom using appropriate selection of shaping algorithms to
minimize the traffic loss and delay while selection of upstream providers. Using this project, we have
reduced our bandwidth cost upto the equivalent of 36Mbps.
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Tahseeb Establishment (Jubail) – Core & Distribution Layer Configuration Project
Plan, Design and Implementation of Core, Distribution & Access layer of Jubail-Net for 300 customers
using Cisco Router 7206 VXR, Cisco Switch 3550 & 2950. For content caching, Aliansys CacheBox 100
had implemented to reduced the upstream bandwidth cost & also integrate the Core layer with
PepLink-310 to minimize monthly bandwidth cost..
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Karachi Election Supply Company – OSPF Implementation Project
Design, Management & Implementation of OSPF on 190 Sites WAN network as a Consultant to run the
OSPF Protocol for efficiency and redundancy.
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University of Engineering – Core, Distribution & Access Layer Configuration Project
Designed the LAN (Wired & Wireless) Infrastructure of UESTP University (Pakistan) using Cisco
Router 2811, Cisco Catalyst 3560, 3550 & 2960, and ASA – 5510 Firewall.
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WorldCall Telecom Limited (An Omantel) – Network Management System Project
Implementation of Network Monitoring System (NMS) using MRTG / SNMP for graphs, Nagios, IP
Cache Flow with Cisco Routers using CFlow to generate statistical traffic analysis graphs of LAN / WAN
links.
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Karachi Electric Supply Company – QoS Implementation for VoIP Project
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Designed, Planned & Configured QoS over Layer 3/2.5 switches to implement Voice Over IP (VoIP)
using Asterix Architecture with Cisco Phones.