Network and Telecommunications Team Leader
Woqod
Total years of experience :26 years, 4 Months
Responsibilities:
♣ Working hand by hand with Security team, securing the business network, and enhancing policies.
♣ Managing and integrating a multi-vendor Network Implementation and support, major experience with Cisco, Juniper, Extreme, Avaya, Fortinet, F5, Vmware, Motorola and Foundry.
♣ Manage the company WAN and extranet with service providers and remote peers (IPVPN, IPSEC, L2VPN).
♣ Analyzing Traffic behavior and analytics in order to take proactive network and security actions if required.
♣ Leading the team in Designing, configuring, and maintaining the networks for the new sites (LAN /WLAN/WAN).
♣ Lead/Manage and Apply Project management techniques for networking projects.
♣ Managing Woqod network, which consists of 60 Remote Sites distributed across the country, 2 Datacenters and more than 600 Network devices that serves 1500 users, more than 6000 network endpoints.
♣ Providing Network Analysis and reports to the management for performance enhancement and tuning using the Network Management and monitoring tools (PRTG, Extreme Management (Netsight), Netflow, Eventlog and syslog).
♣ Enables the work of the Customer Support Center (CSC) by solving network- related problems on a daily basis.
Highlights:
♣ Implement resilient multicast infrastructure that supports IPTV and digital signage using PIM Sparse Mode.
♣ Implemented Motorola ADSP for wireless networks security and threat protection.
♣ Architected and implemented private cloud for Woqod using 2 DC and a vMware resources cluster.
♣ Implement and maintain Bandwidth prioritization, QOS and Traffic Policing.
♣ Designed the framework of a centralized authentication system based on Radius for all the network equipment access.
♣ Planned, Designed and implemented 802.1x Authentication framework on Woqod Network.
♣ Implemented the state-of-the-art Extreme identifi Wireless solution, policy based by integrating it with Extreme NAC.
♣ Maintaining at least 99.99% availability throughout the year for the Company Network.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for Monitoring and Managing a Heterogeneous network that consists of 24 Sites, 2 Datacenters and more than 2000 Network devices that serves 13, 000 Students.
Maintaining UAEU RIPE Membership status as well as the BGP routing Protocol and AS number.
Planning and Architecting Network Implementations for various university sites and Master Plan Campus.
Managing and integrating a multi-vendor Network Implementation and support, major experience with Cisco, Juniper, Extreme, Foundry, Aruba, Bluecoat and Packeteer.
Managing all WAN connections from the H.O to the University’s remote sites (MPLS IP-VPN, and Wireless links).
Providing Network Analysis and reports to the management for performance enhancement and tuning using the Network Management and monitoring tools (Tivoli, PRTG, Cisco Works, Extreme Epicenter, Netflow, syslog).
Maintaining at least 99.99% availability throughout the year for the University Network.
Highlights:
Planned and Implemented High Availability and Load Balancing for the E-Learning application, Exchange, and Internet Proxies.
Designed the framework of a centralized authentication system based on Radius for all the network equipment access.
Implemented EventLog server facility to allow event logging and analysis.
Planned the IT infrastructure requirements and coordinating with the contractors and consultants for the networking part of the major (UAE University New Campus) Project, which consists of more than 70 buildings.
Provided high quality network documentation to the Customer Support Center (Logical and Physical layouts) of all UAE University sites
Responsible for the network of the two Data Centers that serve the University staff, faculty, and students, running all e-mail, ERP and educational applications hosted across more than 110 servers (Unix, Windows, vmware-ESX, iSCSi, MAC-OSX)
Responsibilities:
• Studying customer requirements, design cost effective Network Solution as per requirement, customize solution for the customer, prepare Bill of Materials and manage the entire project to ensure successful hand-over.
• Continuously analyzing Unified Communication and Security business Development researches.
• Insuring Projects Closure in balanced way (between Quality and Cost).
• Planning the IT infrastructure requirements and coordinating with the contractors and suppliers for projects implementation.
Highlights:
• Insuring the quality of the services being delivered to customers by joined customer visits and maintaining customer relationship.
• Solutions provided to various market segments such as Education, Government, Financial, Hospitality, Healthcare, and Retail.
• Some of the significant network implementations in Riyadh including Ministry Of Water and Electricity, Ministry of Defense and Aviation.
Responsibilities :
Executing Presales activities, including design, recommendations and drafting Pitches.
Studying customer requirements, design cost effective Network Solution as per requirement, customize solution for the customer, prepare Bill of Materials and manage the entire project to ensure successful hand-over.
Installing and maintaining various networks LAN & WAN with diverse network architecture as per standard networking protocols.
Maintaining Project management techniques for Structured Cabling and Networking Infrastructure projects.
Performing and following regular systems checks and preventive maintenance procedures to ensure optimum system performance.
Preparing offers for Secured Internet connectivity, Remote Access, WLAN, and enterprise LAN/WAN solutions.
Highlights :
Negotiating with Vendors for large projects or cost reduction purposes.
Performing Presales activities, including design, recommendations and offer preparation.
Designing, installing, configuring and supporting various network Devices and Solutions, including but not limited to: - Extreme Networks, Cisco Systems, Symbol, 3 Com, Quintum Technologies, PAV Data F.S.O.
Planning the IT infrastructure requirements and coordinating with the contractors and suppliers for projects implementation.
Solutions provided to various market segments such as Education, Government, Financial, Hospitality, Healthcare, and Retail.
Some of the significant network implementations in Qatar including Qatar Fuel (Woqod), Qatar Airways, NBK (Mercedes Benz Show Room) and Public Works Authority
Responsibilities :
Designed, installed, configured and supported CISCO network Devices and Solutions.
Demonstrated Special Skills in Troubleshooting Cisco Network Devices.
Installed and supported Networking and Internetworking Devices.
Designed and Installed Large Printing Environments with HP and Other Network Print Devices.
Designed and implemented Fiber Optics Backbones and Links.
Played a Major Rule in IT Presales Consultancies, and offers preparation.
Highlights :
Negotiating with Vendors for large projects or cost reduction purposes.
Performing Presales activities, including design, recommendations and offer preparation.
Designing, installing, configuring and supporting various network Devices and Solutions, including: - Cisco Systems, 3 Com and Corning.
Provide Solutions to various market segments.
•Managing, upgrading, Troubleshooting and Ensure connectivity for 14 sites Using Cisco Network Equipments. (520 Firewall, 6509-2550-3350-2900 Switches, 7204-2621-2610-1600 Routers)
•Responsible for supporting, troubleshooting and insure system continuity for 15-20 Servers(800 User Capacity) Running windows server 2003.
•Designing, Installing, and Supporting Microsoft ISA Server in Array Mode to make use of the Failover and load Balancing Features.
•Designing, Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 mail server in enterprise and using the advanced features of Exchange 2000 like instant messaging (IM Server).
•Supporting and resolving all Active Directory Issues and domain replication for windows 2000 Advanced Servers and 2003 Enterprise servers.
•Installing and Supporting Web Sense Enterprise EIM as a content filtering with ISA and PIX Firewall.
•Installing administering and supporting Norton antivirus Corporate Edition (9 Servers ).
•Installing, Configuring and Supporting Microsoft Share Point Portal Server.
•Installing, Configuring and Supporting Microsoft Livecomm Server.
•Administering and Supporting Microsoft windows Networking Services (DHCP, DNS, WINS, AD, RAS).
•Installing Configuring Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS V.6 ).
•Networking and Internetworking support and installation.
Responsibilities :
Designing, installing, configuring and supporting CISCO networking solutions.
Designing, Installing and Configuring Large scale LANS and WANS.
Networking and Internetworking support and installation.
Experience in network equipment support and maintenance: servers/routers/switches.
Installing and configuring NT/2000 Servers and NT Workstations/Professional.
Diagnosing hardware and connectivity problems as well as advising clients with software installations.
Troubleshooting hardware/software problems with clients using Windows 95/98/ME & Windows NT/2000.
Highlights :
Maintain Special Skills in Troubleshooting Techniques pertaining to Networking Equipments.
Designed and implemented various LAN /WAN solutions for Mid-Sized and large Organizations.
Demonstrated fast learning attitude and professionalism.
Working extensively on various types of Routers and Switches