Amjad Mosleh

System Engineer at Cisco

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• My current job since February 2016

System Engineer at Infoblox

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• January 2015 to January 2016

Senior Network & Security Engineer / Technical Team Lead at King Saud University

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• June 2010 to January 2015

• Assisted in the technical and professional growth of subordinates and acted as a mentor and coach
• Developed specifications for complex systems, design, and test voice, Security and/or data communications solutions and complex system upgrades
• Interacted and negotiated with vendors, outsourcers, and contractors to secure network products and services
• Design, architect and provide support for network security
• Act as Level - 3 escalation point for all information security related issues reported across KSU datacenters and client side
• After documenting KSU network \[physical, logical (L3 and L2) topologies\], I started to improve/change the university network design based on the best practice scenarios, taking in consideration the university demands and goals.
• Documenting, reporting, and evaluating the current and expected network behavior based on my reports/experience and raise it to the upper management with my recommendations to take decisions.
• Approve any network topology for reference
• Development of process and procedures to support Operational staff, including installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of new technologies
• Managing POCs for different technologies and solutions
• Supervise and manage technical staff

Senior Network Engineer at King Saud University

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• March 2009 to June 2010

Currently I am working with King Saud University in Riyadh to rebuild the network based on the best practices, and to come up and implement the new visions related to our network department. The university network is considered one of the biggest networks in the Kingdome as it has more than 2000 switch and router, up to 40 branches all over the kingdom and more than 100, 000 student, faculty and employee working or studying. The following summarize my current duties:

- Installation and administration of many network systems including the network routers and switches, CiscoWorks LMS for network devices management, ACS for network devices access control, ACE for load balancing, and FWSM (Cisco Firewall), and Proxies (tested and evaluated ironport and bluecoat proxy)
- Installation and management of our NOC (Network operation center). Using Opmanager and Netflow analyzer
- Redesign and implement our Datacenter network infrastructure.
- Meeting with vendors and partners for evaluating and presenting new products and new IT solutions. I am responsible for the technical review and analysis.
- Troubleshooting many types of high level problems related to our LAN, Internet and WAN networks.
- Managed several passive and active installations projects in Campus and in new buildinTraining for our network engineers.

System Engineer at Cisco Systems

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• June 2008 to June 2009

Currently I am working with Cisco as a system engineer for the Education Vertical in the Public Sector. I am assigned to two main accounts. The first is Tatweer (King Abdullah Project for Enhancing the Kingdom Education System - SR9 billion worth project) and the second is the Ministry of Education. My responsibilities are summarized by the following:
 Develop and maintain a deep technical understanding of solution sets, architecture, and our full product line
 Maintain a good understanding of competitor solutions, products & services
 Meeting customers and propose solutions after understanding the their business needs and requirements
 Network solutions design based on the customers requirements
 Consult with customers to identify and develop solutions that are technically achievable and viable for sales proposals
 Set up and prepare equipment for customer demonstrations and evaluations
 Products presentations and awareness sessions for customers
 Making proposals and bill of quantities based on the proposed solution

Netversity System Engineer at Cisco Systems

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• September 2007 to June 2008

I have been accepted in Cisco’s NetVersity program as a Presale Systems Engineer with 20 other colleagues from different countries around the world. I was selected After a long process of assessment and interviews that was conducted to more than 500 candidates. The program was aiming to train us as system engineers, who can be ready for working with Cisco Company at the end of the program. For this purpose we have attended and completed the following training sessions and activities:

 I have attended all the synergy training courses for CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, SND (Securing Cisco Devices), SNPA (Securing Networks with PIX and ASA) courses for security and CIPT1 and Cvoice for voice
 Attended many presentations and lectures on Cisco products (including Switching and routing, security and voice devises). We were trained on Cisco products by experienced system engineers in Cisco
 We were introduced to the main competitors and their strategic advantages and how to compete.
 We have been trained on how to do presentations, deal with customers and work as a team (soft skills Training)
 I have done many presentations about products, network designs, proposals and technologies during the program
 Spent 1 month in the field with a system engineer as an associate. During that month I had the chance to work as a system engineer, meet the customers, do demos and propose designs
 The last 3 months I was dedicated only for studying for the CCIE switching and routing lab exam. Spent more than 500 hours on configuring many designs scenarios and solving many technical problems. Now I am a CCIE certified.

- Professional Technical Certifications achieved:
 CCNA
 CCNP
 CCDA
 SND (Securing Cisco Network Devices)
 CCIP
 CCIE Switching and Routing # 23129

- Professional Communication Skills Trainings Attended:

 Advanced Communication Skills Workshop (By Alan Carroll & Associates)
 Skills & Behaviors (By Matchett Group)

Senior software developer at Special Application Group

• Saudi Arabia
• July 2005 to September 2007

A member of the Applications Development Team. My duties included the following:

1- Developing Dynamic Web Applications (Worked on all the phases including training the clients)
Worked on and developed many applications related to the following categories:
- Java dynamic web applications including e-commerce and presentation websites.
- Content management Applications.
- Document Management Applications.
Using J2EE frameworks such as Webwork, Hibernate Sitemesh, and JSP...

2- Integration with other systems using Java
I did the integration of Primavera (Project Management Software), and PeopleSoft JD Edwards Application (enterprise resource planning, human resource management and customer relationship management software) with other Java web applications, Using Java API and Connectors Technologies. Also developed customized web applications for these systems for a higher management reports and views.

3- Deploying, Customizing and Administrating Open Source Applications
I worked on many open source applications such as Liferay portal CMS (Content Management System), Alfresco DMS (Documents Management System), RUNA WFE (Business Process Management - Workflows)

4- Installation and Administration of Our Department’s Applications and Servers (Managing our Operations)
- Trac and subversion applications used for project management and bug/issue tracking system.
- Plone intranet used as a Content Management System built on top of the open source application server Zope.
- Administration of our Linux Fedora server, and our web applications servers Jboss and Apache.
5- System design, installation and configuring the Organization Intranet using Sharepoint.

Computer Engineer at Al - Jeraisy Group

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• June 2004 to August 2004

For My summer training (required activity for my university)

I worked for 8 weeks in the IT division at AL-JERAISY Group for computer & communication services works. Duties included clients support, on-site networks installation.