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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateA b d u l H a f e e zStreet Address H: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE EMAIL AVAILABLEE D U C A T I O N & T R A I N I N GCandidate's Name Certified Network Professional (CCNP)Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA - Data Center)Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)Microsoft Certified Professional + InternetCertified Computer Technician (A+ Certification)f5 and Citrix ADC Load balancer certificatesEducation Bachelor of Arts, Public Administration, University of KarachiClearance Hold TS (Top Secret) level (currently inactive), DHS Suitability/EOD (Active)Federal Aviation Administration: Public Trust (Active)W O R K E X P E R I E N C EEmerson Automation Solutions June 2022 TO May 31, 2024Senior Network EngineerEngineered and configured routers, switches, and VPNs across all data centers from the ground up, implementing stringent access control lists and port security on each device. Successfully troubleshooted and resolved operational issues on a daily basis.Expertly diagnosed and troubleshooted complex networking protocols including MPLS, LACP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, BGP, VLANs, and TCP/IP.Configured and implemented advanced security measures, including Cisco FWSM and ASA devices, and led the migration to Palo Alto firewalls.Actively participated in on-site meetings and conference calls with clients and internal departments to develop and execute detailed project implementation plans.Oversaw the daily health checks of the data center, including monitoring network activities, addressing outages, resolving service degradation issues, and maintaining communication with management and clients.PERATON Chantilly, VA (DHS Contract) February 2017 TO July 15, 2021Consultant Senior Technical SpecialistWork directly with Senior Executive leadership team for the management, planning major network Infrastructure (Remote Access VPN, TIC/PEP firewalls, Policy Enforcement Point routers/switches/FWs, Citrix ADC and f5 Load Balancers)Provide government clients strategic vision and deployment of VPN solutions.Analyze, design, test, install, documentation, implement and support network solutions in on-prim and cloud infrastructure.Proficient in Wireshark to detect network delay, errors and conjunction etc.Proficient in IPv6 implementation throughout the network on enterprise level.Resolve IT issues in a Tier 3 capacity on daily bases.Work with Security teams in design phases to ensure solutions comply with FISMA controls and Federal security policies.Provide Technical and PM support for all network migration.Install/modify router/switch and Palo Alto (Fire Walls) configuration with IPV6 addressing schema.Virtual Clarity Limited London, UK/PNC Bank Pittsburgh, PA July 2016 TO December 2016Migration ConsultantMajor responsibilities include developing documentation, gathering, and analyzing a Pittsburgh, PA -based Fortune 500 financial services companys applications, physical and virtual servers, databases and data storage devices, file systems, authentication methodologies, IPs/subnets, VLANs, security domains, firewalls, DNS, concurrent and total users of each application.Conducting conference calls for the future state of the Applications migration to the target data center and meet the requirement. Task includes mapping application dependencies to servers, databases and storage devices based on clients requirements for migrating, develop move bundles and compile task required to migrate all assets in the bundles per clients migration strategy. Also, provide guidance on the best practices of migration and provide support during a migration event.CapitalOne Vienna, VA May 2013 TO June 2016Senior Network EngineerResponsible for the implementation of network solutions related to a major datacenters migration and consolidation involving Cisco Nexus 1KV, 2k, 5k and 7k, VPC, VRF, OTV, Fabricpath, and UCS..Configure and troubleshoot various protocols, such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, and VRF.Implement and maintain HA (High Availability) solutions, a fault-tolerant datacenter operation.Successfully implemented an OTV solution to extended L2 domain across Data Centers.Designed and configured VPC Cisco Nexus 7K to provide fast convergence upon link or device failure, Offers dual active/active default gateways, making great use of all available uplink bandwidth.Created testing and support procedures and trained staff, enabling more self-sufficient operations.Designed and implemented an IP networking solution to improve performance, reliability and security on a switched LAN and MPLS WAN links.Performed technology evaluation, design, and implementation of Network and Security infrastructure solutions.Configure and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000, 4000, 2000, UCS 5108, Cisco 6500, 4510, 3900.Took a proactive approach to resolving network hardware and software problems quickly and efficiently with minimal impact to end-users.Attended corporate meetings and participate in Conference calls.Provided technical leadership for data and voice network problem escalations and resolutions.Proactively investigated and resolved network and hardware matters of significance.Worked closely with business management to determine business process and productivity needs and an appropriate technology strategy to satisfy and support business goals.ICS-NETT/ Military Health System Vienna, VA MARCH 2010 TO May 2013 Senior Network EngineerSenior Network Engineer and a team member for a large data center offering advance server/client cloud computing solutions to US Military Health System.Configured network backbone consisted of Cisco 6509Es routers Cisco 4538s, with some Nexus 5548s, UCS 5108s, 6120s, 6248s, HP Brocade 5820s, and Cisco 3760s, 3750s, 2960s and 2950s access switches.Configured all data centers Routers, Switches, VPNs from scratch with heavy access-lists and port security on each device, troubleshot and resolved issues in day to day operation.Troubleshoot MPLS, LACP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, BGP, VLANS, and TCP/IP protocols.Configured and implemented security including Cisco FWSMs and ASAs; migrating to Palo Alto firewalls for 10gig capacity and to move firewalling outside of chassis.Coordinated with multiple teams concerning where to locate new clients and ensure they had all the power, rack space and access to network resources on the data center floor.Participated in on-site meetings and conference calls with clients and other internal teams/departments to help develop plan to implement customers project.Responsible for health check of data center and daily network activities like monitoring, addressing any outages or complaints of service degradation and interacting with various management and clients.ICS -Nett / United States Department of Commerce Washington, DC NOVEMBER 2009 TO APRIL 2010Performance EngineerSystem trouble shooting for intensive, high-profile Federal government decennial project, create, update and manage trouble ticket queues of regional and local census offices.Monitor network and application performance, analyze data integrity discrepancy caused by DB or coding error, coordinate with supporting organizations to ensure proper hand off application issuesAnalyze transaction performance components including transport (network), front end (web servers, proxy servers, load balancers), application servers, and databases using OpNet/Panorama and Oracle Enterprise Manager tools to identify the root cause of certain problems and suggested solutionCommunicate information to the application engineers in application deployment and monitor recurring issues to identify defects for software development teamRun network simulations using OpNet/Panorama to predict application network performanceResolve bugs and blocking issues in field for complex paper based operations, provide guidance and trainingMaintain and monitor Oracle Streams for data transaction and trouble shoot Oracle Streams.Extensive individual and team customer service work, remote and on-siteSavvis Communications Inc. Washington, DC NOVEMBER 1998 TO APRIL 2009Cable & Wireless USA Reston, VirginiaLead Network EngineerSpecialized in technical support and resolution in the areas of WAN/LAN/IP networkIdentified problems with transmission, data/voice and IP on IP network and fiber optic backboneMaintained over 400 network elements and over 40 points of presence in the USATroubleshooting for Nortel DWDM, OC-192, Ciena Core Director, Redback and ATM platformExpertise in installation, configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Routers 3600, 3700, 4000, and 4700Installation and technical support for Cisco Router configurations; configured IP RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP; configured routing policy for BGPUtilized Tellabs Titan 5500 to locate impaired service on T-1, T-3, OC3, and Titan shelf equipmentMonitored customer orders using Remedy, Clarify, Objectel, and Cisco TACS.Designed and implemented Internet routing for clients ranging from small business to large enterprise; strategies and protocols included BGP multi-homing, EIGRP, OSPF & BGP integration, load balancing, IP address issues, traffic flow control policySolid understanding and experience of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) including set of digital signal rate transmitting on fiber optic such as OC1, OC3, OC12, OC24 and OC48 etc.R E F E R E N C E SProvided upon request |
