Ahmed Raafat, System Engineer

Ahmed Raafat

System Engineer

BMB Group

Location
Egypt
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
17 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months

System Engineer at BMB Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since April 2015

1. Design data center solutions that include infrastructure, computing and storage requirements in centralized/distributed data centers and disaster recovery (DR) sites.
2. Design enterprise network solutions that include layer2/3 technologies, wired/wireless access, and security in single/multi-site environments.
3. Consult customers in migrating to software defined network (SDN) in campus and data center infrastructure.
4. Consult customers in building and renovating data centers that fit into business needs.
5. Perform presentations and demonstration labs for customers.
6. Develop project documentations: scope of work (SoW), bill of material (BoM), technical proposals and request for proposal (RFP).
7. Conduct knowledge transfer sessions to both pre-sales and technical team members.
8. Conduct meetings to deliver detailed customer requirements to project management team and implementation team.
9. Initiate pre-sales activities, consulting services and products.

Senior Network Engineer at StartNet
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2012 to March 2015

1. Design network solutions that meet business requirements.
2. Perform network assessment to identify network weaknesses.
3. Develop low-level design (LLD) for network projects.
4. Implement network data center and enterprise solutions.
5. Provide technical proposals, scope of work and detailed network diagrams.
6. Provide technical information and training for sales team, technical team and customers.
7. Assist sales team in pricing phase.
8. Manage the implementation process of the projects.

Network Engineer at G-Seven
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2010 to August 2012

1. Work with pre-sales engineers in design phase.
2. Develop low-level design (LLD) for network project.
3. Implement network data center and enterprise solutions.
4. Test and optimize network implementation.
5. Provide project documentation and design diagrams.
6. Provide on-site support for network environment.
7. Provide training and support for both technical team and customers.

Network Engineer at Netway
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2007 to April 2010

1. Implement network data center and enterprise solutions.
2. Perform testing and optimization tasks on network infrastructure.
3. Provide daily operational support for network infrastructure.
4. Provide on-site technical support as outsourced agent for both infrastructure and applications.
5. Perform daily maintenance of hardware and software for customer equipment.
6. Develop project documentation and design diagrams.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Ain Shams University
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

Network Administration
Network Programming
Enterprise Systems
Data Center
Network Design

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Reading
    I enjoy reading; specially in history, mystery novels.
  • Diving
    One of my greatest passion is to scuba dive; I achieved an advanced open water diver certification from PADI.