Farhan Ashraf, Enterprise Solution Architect

Farhan Ashraf

Enterprise Solution Architect

Technosol Pvt Ltd

Location
Pakistan - Lahore
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
15 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months

Enterprise Solution Architect at Technosol Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since December 2016

•Enterprise Solutions designing expertise.
•Experience in Pre-Sales area and implementation
•Server and Storage Solution Designing Expert (Dell EMC)
•Expert in different Sizing Tools and Workload Estimation Techniques.
•Grip on Need Analysis and Product Pitching Methods.
•Experience of conducting technical presentations on VMware, Hyper-v, VDI, solutions.
•Comprehensive Knowledge and expertise of Solution integration.
•Project Management
•Project Implementation

Enterprise System Consultant at Megaplus Pakistan (Dell Partner Direct)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2013 to December 2016

Virtual desktop infrastructure VDI, Microsoft fail over cluster, VMware ESXi, VMware Horizon View, VMware Vcenter, Vsphere, Dell Equallogic Series Storage Systems, Dell Compellent Storage Systems, Dell Power Vault ISCSI / FC Storage Systems, Dell M1000 E blade chassis , Dell Power Edge Server / Blade Servers. Dell Networking N 3000, N4000 Series, Force 10, Brocade, 1 Gig / 10 Gig switches, ISCSI / FC switches.Microsoft Hyper V 2012 / 2012 R2,

Satellite Comm Engineer at WAQT TV Lahore
  • December 2008 to November 2013

The main responsibilities include,

•Monitoring & troubleshooting of main satellite uplink transmission.
•Configuration & operations of COMTECH CDM-600 satellite modems for VSAT communication.
•Have hands on working experience at Tiernan SE4000 MPEG 2 satellite encoders/modulators
•IP Based Encoding / Decoding on fiber optic based link.
•Configuration & monitoring of Envivio 4view broadcast series MPEG 4 encoders and decoders.
•LEITCH X75 Analogue / Digital video converters & frame synchronizers, operations and monitoring.
•Managing multiple DSNG (Digital satellite news gathering) on different stations.
•Responsible for NOC operations.
•Have hands on working experience at Network VIKINX 16×16 audio/video broadcast router & control panel.
•Installation & operations of 360 systems MAXX image server & client (playback video server)
•Installation & operations of VECTOR BOX 6000 2+2 playout & recording system comprising of
Master control room automation with built in Video server, fully integrated built in graphics

System Engineer at MOBILINK GSM
  • Pakistan
  • April 2008 to July 2008

Involving in all aspects of operations of one of the leading in-house Contact Center service provider’s in Pakistan with a customer base of over 20 million. The main responsibilities include,

•Data Center + Contact Center Operations.
•Handling a total number of 224 ip based agents and solving issues related to them.
•IVR - Interactive Voice Response System, interactively processes inbound phone calls and answers most of the queries
•DCR Servers (Digital Call Recorder for recording and retrieving all calls)
•Investigating the working of the E1 lines installed.
•Backup of all logs, Calls received, User Profiles and System States.
•ACD Servers (Automated Call Distribution, intelligently distributes calls to next available user)
•Administering Windows 2003 based Servers.
•Managing Roaming User Profiles, including Folder Redirection, in Windows 2003 based Server
•Thin client operations, maintenance and configuration.
•Deployment and troubleshooting of IP Agent for outbound dialing.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Comsats Institute Of Information Technology
  • January 2008

Force 10 Gbps network Switches, Dell DL4000 with Appassure backup appliance, Dell TL4000 Tape library. V-switches , V-motion , Vcenter / ESXi Failover cluster. Project 5 Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure with SCVMM 2012 R2 at Descon Engineering Ltd. Features: Deployment of Dell M-1000E and force 10 MXL and Dell N4032F 10 Gbps Switches, Equal logic PS 6210 10Gbps SAN Arrays, Dell Power edge M series blade servers, Dell MD1200 DAS, Microsoft SCVMM 2012 R2 Project 6 Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure MS Server 2012 R2& VMware Vcenter at Fatima Group Features: Deployment of Dell M-1000E and force 10 MXL 10 Gbps Switches, Equallogic PS 6210 10Gbps SAN, Dell Power edge M series blade servers, Dell DR4100 with Net vault backup Appliance, Dell TL2000 tape library, Microsoft SCVMM 2012 R2 VMware ESXi 5.5 failover cluster, VMware Vcenter , V-motion. Project 7 Vmware Infrastructure AT (LESCO) Lahore Electric Supply Compnay Features: Deployment of Dell PE R-730 & R-920 Servers, Configuration of Equallogic PS6210-S PS6210-XV 10 Gbps SAN, Configuration of Dell N-4048 TOR 48 port 10 Gbps SAN switches VMware ESXi 6, VMware V-Center 6, Virtual-switches, HA, V-Motion are configured. Project 8 Vmware Infrastructure AT University of Lahore for SAP Deployment. Features: Dell Power Edge R-730 Servers, Dell Equallogic PS6210 S, PS6210 XV, PS 6210 E Storage Arrays.Dell N 4032-F 10 Gbps SAN Switches

Bachelor's degree, Science
  • at Comsats Institute of information technology
  • January 2008

.Digital signal processing. •Real time embedded systems. •Data communication and computer networks. •Communication systems. •Digital image processing •Control system engineering •Artificial intelligence. •Robotics.

Diploma, Fsc Pre Engg
  • at Govt College
  • January 2003

[Pre Engg]

Specialties & Skills

Hyper V
Dell PowerEdge Servers
AUTOMATION
BROADCAST
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DIGITAL VIDEO
MANAGEMENT
RECORDING
TROUBLESHOOTING

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Hobbies

  • Tavelling
  • Cricket