Network Engineering Specialist
King Fahad Medical City
Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months
Project Title: Network Engineering Specialist
Company: King Fahad Medical City (Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA)
Duration: Aug 2009 - Till Date
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Implemented security Policies on the Firewalls, Routers and Servers with different network
operating systems.
• Implementing and Troubleshooting NAT & VPNs on different VPN devices.
• Provided support through mail and phone on issues, such as VPNs, NAT and IP routing.
• Troubleshooting Routing, Switching & Security related issues.
• Implementing, monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco NAC.
• Working and monitoring with Cisco MARS.
• Implementing, monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco Wireless Network on Wireless Controller
5508 and WISM.
• Implementing, monitoring and Troubleshooting Web sense and Bluecoat Proxies with Filtering.
• Analyzing logs of all the devices in the network using Sys log servers for troubleshooting and auditing purposes.Testing the latest IOS versions to see if they met the test plan.
• Working with Change control management tools for the changes required on different Security
devices for all customers.
• Reproduced customer issues in the lab environment to find a better solution.
Project Title: Network Operations Centre
Company: 2e2
Duration: May 2008 - July 2009
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Installing and managing security solutions for 400+ clients across the world.
• Responsible for managing organization's internal security devices and VPNs between different
locations.
• Auditing and Implementing base line standards for the all security devices.
• Implementing and Supporting 1000+ Security Devices.
• Managing security devices like Cisco PIX, ASA, IPS/IDS, FWSM, VPN Concentrators.
• Upgrading Cisco IOS from 6.3.5 to 7.2.3 versions.
• Analyzing different IDS & IPS alerts for the Security vulnerabilities and creating the action plans and custom signatures as needed for preventing the same.
• Implementing and administering Cisco ACS servers (Radius and TACACS+) for secure login to networks for different services.
Project Title: Technical Infrastructure Management (TIM)
Company: Tech Mahindra PVT Ltd.
Duration: April 2007 - April 2008
Description: Technical Infrastructure Management Function (TIM) is responsible for the management of the computing & communication resources of Tech Mahindra. Major sub functions of TIM are
• Network Management
• Server Management
• Service Management (Desktops/Laptops/E-mail/Gateways/Internet)
• Backup and Restore
• Procurement & Asset Management
• Software Management
• Security Management
• Audio/Video Conferencing
• Project Management
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Configuring and maintaining Cisco 6500/4948 core switches with V LAN, Cisco 3750 Access
Switches and Cisco 3825 routers.
• Configuring and maintaining iPolicy Firewall, Fortigate Firewall and Fortianalyzer.
• Configuring and maintaining Proxy and Squid Servers on Red Hat Enterprise ES 4with Surf
Control.
• Daily following up Firewall Change Request (FRCR) rules and providing requested access.
• Preparing and maintaining documentation for security audits.
Project Title: Citrix WanScaler
Client: Citrix Systems, Inc. Silicon Valley, United States
Environment: Citrix WanScaler devices, WAN Simulators, Windows 2000, Windows 2003,
Project Title: Network Engineering Specialist
Company: King Fahad Medical City (Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA)
Duration: Aug 2009 - Till Date
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Implemented security Policies on the Firewalls, Routers and Servers with different network
operating systems.
• Implementing and Troubleshooting NAT & VPNs on different VPN devices.
• Provided support through mail and phone on issues, such as VPNs, NAT and IP routing.
• Troubleshooting Routing, Switching & Security related issues.
• Implementing, monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco NAC.
• Working and monitoring with Cisco MARS.
• Implementing, monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco Wireless Network on Wireless Controller
5508 and WISM.
• Implementing, monitoring and Troubleshooting Web sense and Bluecoat Proxies with Filtering.
• Analyzing logs of all the devices in the network using Sys log servers for troubleshooting and auditing purposes.Testing the latest IOS versions to see if they met the test plan.
• Working with Change control management tools for the changes required on different Security
devices for all customers.
• Reproduced customer issues in the lab environment to find a better solution.
Duration: May 2008 to July 2009.
Employer: 2e2 UK ltd.
Job Title: Sr. Technical Associate
Designed, Implemented and Managed Network Services.
Employer: AppLabs Technologies
Duration: May 2005 - August 2005
Description: ISS provides security products and services that preemptively protect enterprise
organizations against Internet threats.
Proventia-M series is an integrated security appliance, which sits at the end-point of any given network and protects the network from various attacks and exploits.
I have worked on the Following various components of the Proventia-m series:
• Firewall configuration
• Networking
• Reporting
The Proventia-M Series appliance has an embedded OS known as Quake OS which provided the access for UNIX/Windows users through SSH (Secure Shell Login) and also has a Java-enabled web interface
known as LMI (Local Management Interface)
Roles & Responsibilities: • Performed exploratory testing on critical functional areas of the application like Firewall
Configuration, Networking, and Reporting etc.
• Writing the Bug reports for the identified bugs.
• Preparing Daily and weekly status reports.
• Preparing Build and Test summary reports.
Project Study:
I have done project in Wireless Networking and Mobile Communication during my MSc from
South bank University (U.K) which included:
• Wireless LAN technology Implementation.
• Theoretical research on GSM, CDMA and 3G technologies.
Job Title: Network Engineering Specialist
Duration: Aug 2009 to Till Date
Employer: King Fahad Medical City (Ministry of Health, Riyadh, KSA)
Job Title: NOC Engineer
Duration: May 2005 to April 2007
Employer: AppLabs Technologies
Job Title: Network Engineer
Windows XP, and Red Hat Linux10.0, NetApps & Samba Servers,
Switches and Routers.
Employer: AppLabs Technologies
Duration: January 2007 - April 2007
Description: The Citrix WanScaler 5500 unit speeds the delivery of large files across any WAN at any
distance: with out the high cost of additional bandwidth and without changing how your network users
work.
The Citrix WanScaler 6500 adds Citrix WanScaler Data's compression scheme to decrease transactional
application response time. Combined, compression and flow control deliver unmatched application
performance at any distance over any network.
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Providing technical support to the Citrix Wanscaler Team.
• Setup, maintenance and troubleshooting Lab environment
Project Title: Content Research and Vulnerablity Management
Client: Computer Associates Int.
Environment: WINDOWS AND LINUX
Employer: AppLabs Technologies
Duration: September 2005 - Dec 2006
Description: eTrust(TM) Vulnerability Manager from Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) is a
security management appliance and software solution that provides your enterprise with everything you
need to monitor, assess, and remediate network vulnerabilities and strengthen your enterprise's security
position.
CA delivers eTrust Vulnerability Manager on a 1U appliance running the Windows 2000 Server operating
system. CA has fortified the operating system using a combination of configurations, patches, and native
port blocking/filtering. You can access the eTrust Vulnerability Manager Appliance and interface using a
web browser. You cannot, however, log on to the operating system itself nor load non eTrust Vulnerability
Manager Software onto the eTrust Vulnerability Manager appliance; doing so violates your eTrust
Vulnerability Manager End User License Agreement.
Roles & Responsibilities:
• Providing technical support to the eTrust Vulnerability Manager Team.
• Administered and Configured Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Designed & Implemented Network Security using both IOS based and PIX firewalls.
• Implemented VPN & Anti-Virus Solutions.
• Implemented dynamic routing using RIP v2, OSPF and EIGRP.
• Automation of Different Management Tasks like Windows Security Patch updating using group
policies, different Scripts and Batch files
• Backups/restores, monitoring, trouble shooting and technical support.
• Coordinating with vendors as per the business requirement in the work environment.
• Performed exploratory testing on critical functional areas of the application like Agent Reporting,
vulnerabilities, remediation, Time Server, Backup and Restore, Networking, etc.
• Executing Command line scripts via unicenter software delivery
• Writing the Bug reports for the identified bugs.
• Preparing Daily and weekly status reports.
• Preparing Build and Test summary reports.
Project Title: PROVENTIA-M SERIES LMI
Client: ISS
Environment: WINDOWS AND LINUX
Duration: Oct 2004 to April 2005
Employer: Netmetric Solutions
Job Title: Network Engineer.
Duration: February 2002 to September 2004.
Employer: Dot Com Management limited (London)
Job Responsibilities include:
All types of Software Installation and Trouble Shooting.
Maintaining PC's Networks and advanced trouble shooting techniques.
Managing Microsoft networks (Windows 2003, 2000 & NT 4.0)
• Day to day operations i.e. data uploading, LAN maintenance, Software installations,
Trouble Shooting and configuring network.
• Worked with 2500, 2600, 3800 series routers.
• Worked with layer 3 capable switches.
• Experienced in working with layer 2 devices including 1900, 2950 switches.
• Have implemented STP and Vlan for medium scale networks.
• Windows 2003, 2000, NT Servers Configured with DHCP, WINS and DNS
• Compaq, Dell, Hp Servers (Installation and configuration)
• Proxy Servers
• Managing Microsoft networks (Windows XP, 2000 & NT 4.0)
• Systems Administration of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 servers.
• Installation and configuration of mailing clients.
• Installation and configuration of different clients (includes Win95, win98, Windows ME, Windows 2000
Professional and Windows2000 servers)
• Installation of different Network Peripherals.
Technical & Product Expertise:
Routing Protocols: RIP, IGRP, EIGRP BGP & OSPF
WAN Protocols: HDLC, PPP, FRAME RELAY
Network OS: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and 2003
Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, and WML.
South bank University, London, UK • Master in Computer Systems and Networking (MSc)
Osmania University, A.P, India • Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A)