Muhammad Asad Arain, Manager Networks

Muhammad Asad Arain

Manager Networks

MUET Mehran University Of Eng. & Tech.

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Diploma, CCNP (Routing, Switching, Security and VOIP/QOS)
Experience
17 years, 7 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 7 months

Manager Networks at MUET Mehran University Of Eng. & Tech.
  • Pakistan - Hyderabad
  • My current job since August 2011

Planning, designing, implementation and monitoring university LAN and WAN.
Monitoring and Managing the Access, distribution and Core Layer devices
consisting upon cisco 2950s, cisco 2960s, HP and Juniper at Access, cisco 3560G switches at Distribution and catalyst 6509 switch, and cisco 3845 at Core.
Monitoring the Internet Connectivity through Cisco 3845 series Router.
Managing the IPSEC VPN connectivity with affiliated Institutions and Ministries.

Network Engineer at DWP Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Karachi
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2009 to July 2011

DWP is a cisco's Gold partner solution provider in Pakistan, as a network engineer my post sale responsibilities are Network designing, evaluation/planning/implementation of the Network technologies mainly Routing/switching and Security and on call support for the clients to troubleshoot the network issues.

Projects

1. UBL BANK HEAD OFFICE KARACHI
Lead the Project of Implementing Cisco ACS Appliance 1121 ver. 5.2 (Primary & Secondary) Comprehensive, identity-based Access Control solution for UBL Network across the county with Cisco, Juniper and Nortel Devices.

2. IBA (INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION KARACHI)
The implementation & Project Management of the Complete IBA Network Infrastructure (Structured Cabling), Data Center (Cisco 6500 with Firewall (FWSM) & IDSM Security), and Server farm Switching, Perimeter Security, POE LAN Switching of the both Campuses & LAN Management System (LMS).

3. IBA (INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION KARACHI)
Part Of the team which planned, designed and implemented the Complete Cisco IP Telephony network implemented across Both sites of IBA campuses for a Unified Communication Using Cisco Redundant Call managers (PUB and SUB), Cisco Unity, IP Phones, Video Phones and POE LAN switches.

4. NIB BANK HEAD OFFICE KARACHI
Data Center Switching (Nexus 5k & 2K), Secure WAN Aggregation using cisco ASR 1000 series Routers, along with comprehensive, identity-based access control solution for intelligent information networks.

6. STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN (KDA DR SITE KARACHI)
Managed, and Implemented the Project of State Bank DR Site to cater the BCP (Business Continuity Planning) using cisco LAN/Access switches 2960, distribution Switches 3560 and Core Router 3845 and Firewall ASA 5520 with IPS module.

7. ICI PAKISTAN HEAD OFFICE KARACHI
Part of the Project Team to Plan, design and implement the Cisco Self Defending Network In ICI comprising of Cisco Core Switches (Cisco 4500, 3560, 2960) & state of the art Cisco NAC Solution.

Senior Network Engineer at CTTC Pvt. Ltd.Karachi
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2007 to September 2009

CTTC PVT. LTD. is the pioneer company/solution provider regarding the Trainings of the Networking and communication technologies in Pakistan, following are my responsibilities,

Provide training to the Individual clients as well as corporate clients to make them aware of the CISCO Technologies, and provide hands on experience on the CISCO Router, Switches and Multilayer Switches including 2600 series, 2800 Series and 1800 Series Routers, 2950 and 2960 switches, 3550 Switches.

Preparing LAB Manuals for future references Participate in the in design conferences to maintain technical and vendor information and assist in establishing performance standards.

Planning, testing and evaluating various equipments, Systems, upgrade the IOSs for the use within the network infrastructure.

Network Engineer at Micro Innovations & Technologies Pvt (Ltd) Karachi
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2007 to November 2007

providing troubleshooting and maintenance services for LAN/MAN/WAN network infrastructures. Design and configure settings for switches and routers in multi-protocol inter-networks.

Review, test and execute configuration tasks that enhance reliability and redundancy.

increase bandwidth, improve traffic flow, and ensures the maximum availability of the network infrastructure also Carry out performance, security monitoring, and documentation of the relevant network segments to ensure data integrity and environmental safety, and Assist customers with determining their requirements for network performance, security, capacity and scalability.

Planning, testing and evaluating various equipments, systems, IOS and procedures for use within the network infrastructure.

Participating in design conferences, to produce network diagrams, and detailed network documentation including data flow diagrams, logical diagrams, and physical Diagrams as required. Maintain technical and vendor product information and assisting in establishing performance standards, policies and procedures for the enterprise.

Providing documentation, as needed, to technical and implementation team members.

Provide on-site and telephone support to the customers.

Assistant Network engineer at Isra University & Isra Islamic Foundation, Hyderabad Sindh
  • Pakistan - Hyderabad
  • October 2006 to May 2007

Basic Troubleshooting techniques, Hardware assembling and installation, Network Cabling.

Installation and configuration of Windows 9X, Windows 2000 professional and Windows 2000/2003 Sever, MS-Exchange Server 2000/2003

Establishing a peer to peer network, Establishing a server based network

Installing a configuration of various Windows 2003 services including: Internet Information Server, Terminal Server, Telnet Server, FTP & HTTP Server

Installing and configuring Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server, Installing and configuring VMWare

Document work and process and updates system manuals and logs.

Education

Diploma, CCNP (Routing, Switching, Security and VOIP/QOS)
  • at Cisco Systems
  • February 2009
Diploma, Routing and Switching
  • at Cisco Systems
  • June 2007

Fundamentals of Networks Switching Routing Security through ACL WAN like Frame Relay

Bachelor's degree, Data Communication and Networks
  • at BS (IT) 4 years
  • May 2007

Bachelors Of Information Technology (Hon's)

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Access
Manuals
Planning
Routers
Cisco Routing and Switching

Languages

English
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Urdu
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