Sahul Hameed, NETWORK SPECIALIST

Sahul Hameed

NETWORK SPECIALIST

GULF BUSINESS MACHINES

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Post Graduate diploma in personnel Management & Indrial Relations
Experience
25 years, 4 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 4 months

NETWORK SPECIALIST at GULF BUSINESS MACHINES
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since April 2007

As the Senior Network Specialist, my responsibilities include Post Sales implementation, Project management, management of vendors, coordination of workflow, and ensuring the project’s milestones are maintained.

My project includes LAN/WAN Projects such as Design, & Implementation of Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Cisco, PaloAlto, Juniper, Checkpoint, Forcepoint, FortiGate Firewalls, VPN and UTMs, Cisco FTD, IBM ISS, McAfee, Tipping Point IPS, Bluecoat Proxy ASG, Packet shaper, Riverbed WAN Acceleration Devices, Cisco ESA, WSA, Barracuda Email and Web Security, Forcepoint Web and Email Security, Symantec Mail Gateway and DLP etc., RSA Two Factor Authentication, Citrix, F5 LTM, Barracuda ADC, WAF solutions etc., Cisco AMP for Endpoint, Palo Alto Taping, TrendMicro, Checkpoint Endpoint Security solutions, Cisco SD-Access, etc.,
Integrating Multi vendor solutions.

Technology Consultant - Network and Information Security at Siemens Enterprise Communications
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2005 to April 2007

As the Network Consultant, my responsibilities include Presales, Post Sales support, Project management, management of vendors, coordination of workflow, and ensuring the project’s milestones are maintained.

The project includes LAN/WAN Implementation Projects as such as Presales consulting, preparing RFPs and Tender responses, Design, & Implementation of Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, PIX Firewalls, Cisco Content switches, Cisco IDS, Cisco works 2000, Cisco Secure ACS, Huawei, HP Network Products, Netscreen Firewalls, Packeteer Packet shaper etc., Integrating Multi vendor solutions.

Network Engineer/consultant - Network and information Security at Schlumberger Network Solutions
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • June 2003 to April 2005

Working for LAN & WAN Implementation Projects as such as Design, Installation & configuration of Cisco Routers (7500, 7600, 12410, 3600, 2600), Switches (4000, 4500, 6500, 7609), PIX(535, 525, 515), Checkpoint NG AI, Nokia(IP 300, 500, 700), Net screen firewalls(500), Cisco Content switches (11500), Cisco IDS(4210, 4230, 4250), Real Secure IDS, IP Telephony, Cisco Call Manager 3.1, Cisco MPLS Projects (QOS, TE, MPLS VPN), Cisco works 2000 Cisco Secure ACS, CSPM, Packeteer Packet shaper(1500, 2500, 8500), Network appliance Net cache (c720, c600), Nortel Networks Alteon (184, AD3) Load Balancing Switches etc., Integrating Multi vendor solutions.

Designing the Data center and Backbone LAN infrastructure with Cisco devices.Configuring Edge switches to Backbone and Server’s to Data-Center switches. Planning, and Implementation of Voice over IP for local and remote access for small and medium network using Cisco Call manager 3.1 and Cisco IP phones.VPN support for small number of remote and local users with Cisco PIX Firewalls & Checkpoint with Nokia firewalls.Drafting the Security policy for access-control and physical security.Pre-sales inquiries about new products and features.Execution for all stages of project lifecycle from requirements gathering to execution & implementation, which include lab testing and certification of new equipment software and firmware prior to deployment in production network. A strong commitment to structured design methodologies, Reviewing the customer requirements, developing a test plan and configuring the equipment and demonstration.Assumes responsibility for the over all technical design and implementation.works as a direct resource to answer client inquiries, Provide technical expertise in resolving core design and avoid further product issues.
Drafting the proposals with other engineers for RFP’s, .Had excellent Rapport with the Managers, Colleagues and End Users.

Senior Network and Security Engineer at Jeraisy Computer & Comm. Services
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 1999 to June 2003

Working for LAN & WAN Implementation Projects such as Installation & configuration of Cisco Routers (7513, 3662, 2600, 1700, 1600 series), switches(6500, 5505, 4500, 4007, 3750, 3550, 2900 series) PIX Firewalls (535, 525, 515)& Cisco IDS (4210, 4230, 4250), Foundry Networks switches(Big Iron 8000, 4000, serveriron ) & Routers, Enterasys Networks Switches & Routers (Matrix, expedition). Cisco works 2000 Cisco Secure ACS, CSPM, CIDS etc., Compaq & HP Servers.
Paradyne products (XDSL, M/RADSL, MVL, DSLAM 8120 etc.), Racal-Milgo, Micom Mux, modems etc.,

Hardware Engineer at A Team information Technology
  • India - Chennai
  • May 1995 to May 1996

Hardware Troubleshooting of Computer and
its related peripherals. Installation, Maintenance of Novell Netware v3.11.3.12

Education

Diploma, Post Graduate diploma in personnel Management & Indrial Relations
  • at Annamalai University
  • May 1995

Personnel management & Industrial Relations

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • at Government College of Engineering
  • April 1993

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications Engineering Elective: Computer Architecture Artificial Intelligence Computer programming Space Communication Tv Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Network Security
Microsoft Access
Data Center
Management
Networks and security

Languages

English
Intermediate
Hindi
Intermediate
Urdu
Intermediate
Tamil
Expert

Training and Certifications

Forcepoint Certified Network Security Engineer - Firewall NGW (Training)
Training Institute:
Forcepoint Partner Training
Forcepoint Certified Web Security Engineer - WebSense (Training)
Training Institute:
Forcepoint Partner Training
IBM Certified Advisor - ISS IPS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010
Cisco Certified Email Security Field Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2018
Cisco Certified Web Security Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2017
Symantec Certified Specialist - Proxy (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019
McAfee Certified Network Security Platform (Training)
Training Institute:
McAfee
Date Attended:
October 2019
Duration:
40 hours
McAfee Certified Product Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019
Juniper Network Certified Security Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2017
Cisco Certified Network Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 1999
Cisco Certified Security Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2000
Cisco Certified Network Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2000
Fourscout Certified Security Administrator (Training)
Training Institute:
Fourscout
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
40 hours
Checkpoint Certified Security Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2019
PaloAlto Certified Network Security Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2019
Fortinet Certified Network Security Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020