Faheem Kannattil, L2 Network Engineer

Faheem Kannattil

L2 Network Engineer

IBM India Private Limited

Location
India - Kerala
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
9 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 0 Months

L2 Network Engineer at IBM India Private Limited
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since February 2017

• Providing Technical Support and solutions for AMC customers.
• IOS up gradation, troubleshooting the in Cisco Router, Switches, WLC’s and firewall
• JUNOS up gradation in Juniper Router and Switches
• Installation, management, and maintenance of the enterprise-wide LAN, WAN, wireless and network security infrastructure.
• Schedule and coordinate installation and maintenance of routers and switches on client network.
• Spare inventory maintenance and RMA handling
• Evaluate, test, recommend, and implement specific network solutions.
• Integrating demands and providing vendor support/ technical suggestions for Network Products.
• Co-ordination for new change and implementation for customers.
• Providing Technical Support to L1 Engineers in Filed
• Conducting training and knowledge transfer for team members.
• Responsible for ensuring all incident tickets are resolved within the stipulated SLA time
• Installation of cards in Juniper T Series, MX series router at core end
• Interacting with clients, understanding their needs & providing technical support to clients by remotely accessing their networks & troubleshooting the issues raised.
• Coordinating with Cisco for CISCO Telepresence Maintenance Calls.

Network and VoIP Engineer at Info Services Pvt Ltd (IBM Exclusive Service Partner)
  • India
  • April 2016 to January 2017

• Management of Cisco Call Manager (8.6.2)
• Management of Cisco Unity (8.6)
• Management of Cisco Contact center Express (9.0.1)
• Management of Voice Gateway (Cisco 2911 ver.-15.1)
• Management of IP Phones (CIPCs, Cisco 7962. 7942, 3905 )
• Management of ATAs
• Configuration and Troubleshooting of ISDN, PRI, Leased Line, Extended LAN, MPLS
• Management of Call features, VoIP Rules, Call restrictions, CSS, Dial plans Etc.
• Monitoring of CUCM, UCCX, and UNITY Connection. (RTMT)
• Add and monitor agents and supervisors of our contact center working on UCCX-9.0.1.
• Configuration and Management of Cisco Routers (29xx) and Core (45xx), Distribution & Access Layer (2960s) switches.
• VLAN Management.
• Configuration changes in Network devices as per the requirements
• Managing and monitoring of log files of network devices.
• Design and implement the changes on network infrastructure
• Video Conferencing management in Polycom and Life-size (SIP)
• Provide support for L1 engineers according to incident, change and configuration process
• Configuring and Maintaining Fortigate 300C Firewall.
• Configuring policies in Firewall.
• Management of MPLS, site to site VPN and Client VPN.
• Configuring, implementing and registering access points in Cisco WLAN controller-5500.
• Creating SSIDs and allocating interface VLANs for WLAN.
• Implementing various Security authentication mechanisms for wireless devices.
• Creating reports using various tools and suggests network improvements monthly basis to the manager.
• Optimizing and improving internal network efficiency by enabling various Cisco technologies thus nullifying various security and performance issues.
• Configuring and implementing various Network Monitoring tools such as Solarwinds, MindArray, PRTG, LMS etc

Network Engineer at Bsoft Education Private Limited
  • India
  • April 2015 to April 2016

• Installation, Troubleshooting and modifications on network equipment
• VoIP Management
• LAN and WAN Management
• Documentation of Network.
• Configuration and troubleshooting on Routing Protocols.
• Configuration of Catalyst Switches.
• VLAN Management. (Cisco LAN Management System)
• Configuration changes in Network devices as per the requirements
• Design and implement the changes on network infrastructure
• Monitoring traffic and devices like Routers, Switches Servers etc.
• Monitoring Traffic and devices.
• Configuring and maintaining Wireless Network
• Management and troubleshooting of IP phones

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at GEMS College of Arts & Science
  • April 2015

Graduated from Calicut University

Diploma, Computer Science
  • at IKT Higher Secondary School, Malappuram
  • March 2012

Higher Secondary Education in Kerala State Syllubus

High school or equivalent, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, MATHS,IT, SOCIAL SCIENCE ENGLISH,ARABIC,MALAYALAM
  • at GBHSS Malappuram
  • March 2010

Kerala State Syllubus

Specialties & Skills

Cisco Call Manager
Cisco Wireless
Cisco devices
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
Cisco CUCM
Cisco UCCX
Routing&Switching
Cisco Unity
Cisco Collaboration
Network Security
Network Monitoring
Cisco IM&P
Inter/Intra Network
Collaboration
CISCO ROUTERS
Cisco Wireless
Cisco VoIP

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Malayalam
Expert

Memberships

Firefox Student Ambassador
  • Community Member
  • September 2013
Microsoft Student Partner
  • Microsoft Student Partner
  • June 2013

Training and Certifications

Juniper Networks Certified Specialist, Service Provider Routing & Switching (JNCIS-SP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
Valid Until:
May 2021
Juniper Networks Certified Associate - Junos (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2018
Valid Until:
April 2021
SandBlast Accredited Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Valid Until:
December 2019
NSE 3 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
NSE 2 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
NSE 1 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Certified Meraki Network Operator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2017
Palo Alto Networks Accredited Systems Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017
CCNA Collaboration (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
Valid Until:
August 2019
CCNA Routig and Switching (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Valid Until:
August 2019
Cisco Video Network Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
Valid Until:
August 2018

Hobbies

  • Learning new technologies | playing cricket, badminton, football |Humanitarian service| Travelling |