Asad Malik, Tier 2 Network Engineer

Asad Malik

Tier 2 Network Engineer

Qinetiq

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science And Computer Networks
Experience
10 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 9 Months

Tier 2 Network Engineer at Qinetiq
  • United Kingdom - London
  • My current job since January 2023

• Configure and Mange Routers, Switches & Firewalls.
• Developing end to end IP network security solutions for Ministry Of Defense.
• Technical delivery of the solution from high level design to delivery and transition to Service/Network.
• Point of Contact for the Major Incident Manager or Network Issue.
• Liaising with 3rd party suppliers to resolve faults.
• Proactively working to update and process tickets using “Cherwell”
• Troubleshooting Layer 3 Switching, Routing, VOIP.
• Monitoring Solarwinds, Splunk Enterprise and NSX.
• Management access on Strom for any change request with in the company.
• Providing Support for QinetiQ user base.
• Create and contributes to design & development documentation.
• Liaise with Project Manager on Projects across a range of QinetiQ Sites.

Network Engineer at G.Network “2nd Line Network Engineer"
  • United Kingdom - London
  • November 2019 to August 2023

November 2019 - Present G.Network “Senior Network Engineer”
• Logging, managing and prioritizing Incidents, Requests and Change tickets.
• Provide a point of escalation and mentoring, for 1st Line Engineers and the customer service Team.
• Investigate and troubleshoot customer network and application performance issues,
utilizing the monitoring tools available.
• Configure Huawei AR161EW router for Managed Commercial Customers
• Being Productive on ensuring Network security protocol is maintained
• Managing Core Cisco NCS 540 preAGG devices
• Managing Nokia ONTs of Business/Residential Customers such as Nokia G-240W-C, and Nokia G-010G-Q.
• Making changes to the MPLS Network, Static/Dynamic Routes, and adding VLANs as requested by the customer.
• Assist in the provisioning of new cabinets and activating new circuits.
• Create Documentation that supports customers and aid fault resolution.
• Monitoring the Circuit by using application highlight monitoring, U2000
• An understanding of PON and active ethernet technologies
• Working with a range of different fibre types
• Successfully delivering complex FTTP or FTTH installations by leasing with field engineers
• Liaising with the Support/Field Engineer team with a complex issue and resolving it within SLA
• Migration on core from Huawei Cab to Nokia Cab on daily basics

2nd line Technical support engineer at g.network
  • United Kingdom - London
  • November 2019 to August 2023

• KPI's & Reports creating on daily using Sales Force using Automation Service.
• Migration on core from Huawei Cab to Nokia Cab on daily basics
• Logging, managing and prioritizing Incidents, Requests and Change tickets.
• Provide a point of escalation and mentoring, for 1st Line Engineers and customer service Team.
• Investigate and troubleshoot customer network and application performance issues,
utilizing the monitoring tools available.
• Configure Huawei AR161EW router for a Managed Commercial Customers
• Managing Core Cisco NCS 540 preAGG devices
• Managing Nokia ONT's of Business/Residential Customer such as Nokia G-240W-C, Nokia G-010G-Q.
• Making changes to the MPLS Network, Static/Dynamic Route’s, adding Vlan’s as requested by customer.
• Assist in the provisioning of new cabinets and activating new circuits.
• Create Documentation that support customers and aid fault resolution.
• Monitoring the Circuit by using application highlight monitoring, U2000
• An understanding of PON and active ethernet technologies
• Working with a range of different fiber types
• Successfully delivering complex FTTP or FTTH installations by leasing with field engineer’s
• Liaising with the Support/Field Engineer team with complex issue and resolving it with in SLA

Shift Engineer at GTT Communications
  • January 2018 to May 2019

Position-Tier 1.5 ‘’Shift Engineer’’
* Within this role I work with 3 UK government PSN companies, such as Transport for London, Anglian
Water Company and Local Authorities. With Local Authorities some of the sites are within Europe,
therefore I must work with engineers within Europe in order to resolve any complex issue the
customer site is experiencing. Transport for London is one of the main customers, where I look after
their three circuits these are the following: traffic signaling exchange, CCTV and ibus.
* 5+ years’ experience troubleshooting circuits.
* Dealing with the Escalations.
* Out of Hour working on Company mail box.
* First escalation point to provide customers with an update and let them know resolutions of the
network site circuit.
* Liaising with project management teams, carrier engineers and service desk engineers on a regular
basis.

Engineer
  • November 2016 to January 2018

Work’s within 2 days & 2 Nights of rotation that include Out of hour
* Monitoring the Alert Monitor System.
* Configuration of routing and switching equipment
* Fully understanding on LAN, WAN and network services integration.
* Understanding of MPLS network how the topology works.
* Fully understanding of IP addresses and Subnet mask
* Resolving the Ticket with in the SLA’s.
* Troubleshooting ADSL, ADSL 2+, Leased Line, EFM, Etherstream Circuit.
* Hands on Experience on Cisco, Zyxel & Juniper Router.
* Out of Hour working on Company mail box.
* Logging into the Exchange’s and monitor the traffic.
* Dealing with the Escalations.
* liaising with project management teams, carrier engineers and service desk engineers on a regular
basis
* Strong understanding of OSPF, BGP and other routing protocols

Operation Engineer at Easynet Group
  • October 2014 to November 2016
Technical Support Engineer
  • May 2013 to October 2014

1st
line support
* Primarily focusing on troubleshooting ADSL and ADSL2+ connections.
* Assisting end-users with their LAN setup.
* Configuring GUI based Zyxel routers.
* Monitoring network performance.
* Running diagnostic tests.
* Interacting with customer over the phone and logging the faults on HEAT.

at British Telecom
  • United Arab Emirates
  • May 2008 to June 2008

BT Broadband Assurance adviser
* Helped customers with the diagnosis of their connection problems over the phone, helped to
copy, scan, distribute relevant information to team members when asked.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science And Computer Networks
  • at University of Bedfordshire
  • January 2014

courses: Cisco Certified - CCNA Routing & Switching Date certified May 6, 2019 – Cisco ID No. CSCO13458441

Bachelor's degree, ICT: B
  • at John Ruskin College
  • January 2011

High school or equivalent, ICT: B
  • at John Ruskin College
  • January 2011

High school or equivalent, ICT: B
  • at Bishopsford community school
  • January 2008

GCSEs : Achieved 11 GCSEs including C in Mathematics & English

Specialties & Skills

LAN Switching
Firewalls
Routing Protocols
CCNA Certified
BROADBAND
COMPUTER NETWORKING
DIAGNOSIS
LEASED LINE
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE

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Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Cisco Routing & Switching (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2019

Hobbies

  • charity
    did a 10 mile run for a charity to raise money for poor people in Africa