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D-314, Block-10, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. Pakistan.
Seasoned IT Professional & Network Engineer with over 7 years of experience in Designing, Planning, Administration, Support and Management of wire line Computer Networks (WAN/LAN/Basic Metro Ethernet) and fixed wireless Radio Networks (P2P
Radio Bridging) for Banking Sectors and Small & Medium sized enterprises (SME) in various cities of Pakistan.
C A R E E R H I G H L I G H T S
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Designed, deployed, configured and support various wire line networks by Cisco/Mikrotik Routing Solutions (Static, IGP
(OSPF/EIGRP) and interVLAN routing, Route/IGP Redistribution), HDLC Data link connectivity, Access Control List (ACL),
Network/Port Address Translation, Bandwidth/Traffic Shaping, Port Mapping/Forwarding, Broadcast/Strom Control, IOS
Upgradation, Password Recovery, etc.
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Designed, deployed, configured and support various wire line networks by Cisco/Quantum/Linksys Switching Solutions
(VLANs, Trunking, LACP/PAGP EtherChanneling, RSTP, MSTP, MAC ACL, VLAN Access Maps, L2 Bandwidth Shaping,
SPAN, etc.).
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Configured Redundancy solutions using HSRP & VRRP protocols.
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Configured various VPN solutions using L2TPv3 and GRE based VPN Tunnels.
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Designed, deployed, configured and support various long range (P2P) wireless Radio Bridges/Radio Modems & short range (indoor) Access Points/Wireless Routers (Wi-Fi/WLAN) in various cities of Pakistan.
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Troubleshoot Small-Medium Scale mission critical environments.
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Act as technical resource to sales team.
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Build POCs and meet with potential customers to clarify their business needs .
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Strong supervisory capability, Self-driven and team contributor.
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Projects and tasks completion in timely manner.
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Self-motivated, highly organized.
 Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills.
K E Y S T R E N G T H S
 Network Design/Architecture
 Network Testing/Troubleshooting
 Project Management
 Configuration Management
 Leadership and Team Building
 Capacity Planning
 Presentation and Negotiation Skills
 Customer and Personal Relations
E X P E R I E N C E
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www.ibm.com/pk/ [ contractor: Alpha Systems ]
System Engineer, Global Technical Services. [ Dec, 2013 – Present ]
Responsibilities:
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Deployed at Habib Bank ltd. Head Office as resident System Engineer.
 IBM iSeries /i5/OS 400 Servers Administration.
 Servers Replication & Monitoring via MIMIX.
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Backups & Tape Management.
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Data Center operations.

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www.ibm.com/pk/ [ contractor: Alpha Systems ]
Country Data Network Integration – Network Support Specialist [ Dec, 2010 – Nov, 2013 ]
IBM Global Account, Global Technical Services.
Responsibilities:
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Countywide supervision for IBM Internal Network Infrastructure, Operations, Connectivity, Planning and
Deployment, in conjunction with AT&T.
 Configuration deployment/upgradation on all countrywide Network devices (Cisco Routers, Switches, other) as per templates of AT&T.
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Complete LAN Management, Troubleshooting & Support to more than 600+ users (countrywide).
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Troubleshooting Network Connectivity issues.
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IBM Servers Security Updates tracking via “IBM Compliance, Issue, Risk and APAR (Authorized Program Analysis
Report) Tracking System” and patching with latest updates.
 IBM Servers Monitoring via “IBM Mix Address Database (MAD)” to keep servers up-to-date & secure.
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Installation, Maintaining & support for various 802.11n compliant devices.
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Involved in Project Budgets, Expenditures, Technical Documentations, commodity & service procurement for various IT projects.
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Coordination with IBM Global Account (IGA) and AT&T worldwide team for various IT Projects.
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Managing and upgradation of the IOS/firmware of various devices including Cisco Routers/Switches/ASA Firewalls.
Major Projects (Summary):
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Islamabad Blue VPN Site: Largest Blue VPN Site in history of IBM. Involved in replacing the existing “Red-Network” infrastructure to new secure and reliable Blue VPN network, in conjunction with AT&T.
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IBM PK local Network Monitoring: Deployment of various network monitoring tools including PRTG and Total
Network Monitors in IBM Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
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www.ccintl.pk
Team Leader/ Network Engineer [ Mar, 2008 – Nov 2010 ]
Responsibilities:
 Team Management and tasks assignment to team members.
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To install, maintain, support and troubleshoot the company’s product portfolio.
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Deployment, Configuration, Planning and support of fixed wired networks by Cisco® Routers & various vendors’
Switches at client site.
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Deployment, Configuration, Planning and support of fixed wireless (Wi-Fi) networks by various indoor and outdoor
Access Points/Radio Bridges in point to point topology.
 Complete LAN Management, Troubleshooting & Support.
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Act as technical resource to the Sales Team.
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Involved in Pre-Sales work and Project Technical documentation.
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Build POCs and meet with potential customers to clarify their business needs .
Achievements:
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Achieved Cisco Select Certification for organization.
 Achieved Cisco SMB Specialization for organization.
Major Projects (Summary):
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P2P RF Data Connectivities (for Meezan Bank, Habib Metropolitan Bank, Qmart Corporation, NLC and Pharmevo
(Pvt) Ltd, etc.): Planning, Survey, Deployment, Link Analysis and Integration of Point to Point Data connectivity over wireless radio bridges among various branches all over the Pakistan.

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Cisco/Linksys based Technical/Hardware Support & Maintenance (for Meezan Bank, Habib Metropolitan Bank,
National Bank of Pakistan, Pak Libya and Pak Kuwait, etc): Cisco Equipment Hardware maintenance, Cisco/Linksys based Technical support and Network optimization as per customer’s demand.
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www.dominant.com.pk
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
[Jan, 2007 – Feb, 2008]
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Deployment, Configuration and support of fixed wired networks by Cisco® Routers & Switches at client site.
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Deployment, Configuration and support of indoor wireless (Wi-Fi) networks by various Access Points and Wireless
Routers.
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Complete LAN Management, Troubleshooting & Support.
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Computer Hardware/Software Troubleshooting & Support.
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Act as technical resource & coordinator to IT Executives.
 Provide Maintained document procedures, architectural design, custom installations, maintenance and upgrades.
Provide after-hours service for escalated issues.
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Support to Firewall Team.
Major Projects (Summary):
 Network Design/connectivity (For Allied Bank) – Complete Network design of most branches and their connectivity with Head office etc. via Cisco/Quantum based Routing/Switching Solutions.
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Network Design/connectivity (For Hilal Confectionery (Pvt) Ltd) – Network Design, Connectivity and Maintenance b/w Head office and Factory.
T E C H N I C A L S K I L L S & S P E C I A L I T I E S
Switches:
Routers:
In-Door Access Points:
Out-Door Wireless Radio Bridges /
Modems (long range):
GSM/3G:
All Cisco Layer 2 & Layer 3 Catalyst Switches (namely 4500, 3560g/3550, 2948G-L3,
2950/2960 series, Catalyst Express 500, etc.), 3Com SuperStack II Switch 3300 and Linksys
SRW224G4 Manageable Switches.
All Cisco ISR Generation 1 & 2 Routers, UBridge long range Wireless Routers.
Cisco Aironet 1200/1130AG, D-Link/ TP-Link/Netgear/Planet Indoor APs.
Afar, Jaguar, Red Line(AN-80i), Eion, PCom, Airaya, MRL-500, Motorola (Canopy,
Orthogon, PTP-300/400/500), Smart Bridge, UBridge (Star OS), Power Station, Nano
Station, etc.
Teltonika 3G Wireless Router.
Network Configuration &
Testing Tools:
Network Monitoring Tools:
Cisco (Network Assistant, SDM, Configuration Professional, Network Magic, Speed Meter,
Security Agent), Iperf/Jperf, WinMTR, Nmap/Zenmap, FTP Server (Serv-U, Filezilla, etc.),
Solarwinds (Engineer’s Toolset, Syslog & TFTP Server), EMSA port blocker.
PRTG, MRTG, Solarwinds (Gauge meter & Network Performance Monitor), Total Network
Monitor, Cacti.
Microsoft Network Monitor, WireShark, Colasoft Capsa.
Mikrotik RouterOS.
Packet Sniffers/Analyzers:
Bandwidth Shaping/
Soft Router:
Remote Management:
Backup & Recovery Tools:
Network Associated Storage:
Office Tools & Utilities:
Operating Systems:
Virtualization Tools:
Scripting:
IBM Tivoli Ayudame, Remotely Anywhere, Symantec PC Anywhere, Team Viewer, VNC.
IBM Lifeboat, Symantec Ghost, Clonezilla, ERD Commander, Active Partition Recovery.
FreeNAS
IBM Lotus (Symphony, SmartSuite), Open Office, Microsoft (Office, Visio, Publisher, XPS),
Adobe Acrobat production, Smart Draw, Dia.
Win 2008/2003/2k, Win 7/Vista/XP/9x, DOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Vmware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC.
Batch

A C A D E M I C C R E D E N T I A L S
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• 2013
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University | HEC recognized
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• 2007
Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology | 4 year | HEC recognized
C E R T I F I C A T I O N S
Cisco Certified Network Professional – SWITCH Exam (CCNP SWITCH - Exam)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (CCAI)
Cisco Small Medium Business Engineer (Cisco SMB EN)
Cisco Small Medium Business Account Manager (Cisco SMB AM)
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist, Security (JNCIS-SEC)
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist, Enterprise Routing (JNCIS-ER)
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate, Enterprise Switching (JNCIA-EX)
Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate, Enterprise Routing (JNCIA-ER)
Brocade Certified Network Engineer (BCNE)
VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
VMware Certified Associate – Cloud (VCA-C)
VMware Certified Associate – Workforce Mobility (VCA-WM)
Qualys Guard Certified Specialist (Vulnerability Management)
T R A I N I N G S
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Network Security Administrator – Short Course (Charles Sturt University (Australia) & EC-Council)
 Integrity in a Global Economy-Business Partners (IBM)
 Secure Workstation Computing Guidance (IBM)
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Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
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Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA)
A F F I L I A T I O N
Registered Engineer of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), having registration number COMP/4820.
A W A R D S & A C H I E V E M E N T S
 Services Excellence Award – IBM
R E S E A R C H T H E S I S (M.S.)
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An attempt to optimize the network performance by reducing unnecessary security inspections.