Farouk Shahwan, VMware Telco Cloud & App Modernization  Senior Consultant

Farouk Shahwan

VMware Telco Cloud & App Modernization Senior Consultant

VAS Integrated Solutions

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Modern Academy For Engineering And Technology
Experience
8 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :8 years, 1 Months

VMware Telco Cloud & App Modernization Senior Consultant at VAS Integrated Solutions
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since April 2022

− Collaborate with cross-functional VMware teams which could consist of VMware pre-sales architects. engineers, product management, consulting, and support staff.
− Manage and Monitor Cloud resources.
− Create and Manage reports of Telco cloud objects
− Upgrade vCenter, ESXi - LCM and TCA.
− Perform VMware TCA Administrator tasks.
− Execute TCA End-User Tasks.
− Deploy VNF/CNF based on VMware TCA/VCD according to ETSI Models.
− Configure monitoring and Alerts as per the customer requirements or SLA's
− Take ownership and accountability for individual deliverables.
− Define project requirements/issues/constraints with PMs.
− Make accurate impact assessments, and raise, implement, and roll-back plans when required
− Maintain current, high-level technical knowledge of the entire VMware product portfolio and future product direction and expert level knowledge of the TELCO product lines, which include TCP, vSAN, vRealize suite of products.
− Provide Knowledge Transfer Sessions and Shadowing and Reverse Shadowing to Customers.
− Validate TCP/TCI, Node Pools and DU Fallout Troubleshooting, Triggering Pipelines for New/Failed Sites

Teleco Over Cloud Infrastructure design and planning technical lead at Vodafone - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2020 to April 2022

* Lead Core Network evolution towards virtualization and automation by Building Telco over Cloud Infrastructure datacenter that hosting Network Function Virtualization NFV applications.
* Install and Deploy the needed Computing, Storage and Networking requirement for Telco Over Cloud Infrastructure
* Designing, Planning and Optimizing Telco over Cloud hardware and software Infrastructure components.
* Providing the LLD/HLD of NFV Infrastructure Networking/Compute for all new VNFs.

IT System Infrastructure Data Center & Virtualization Engineer at unkown
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2017 to March 2020

Monitor, diagnose, and resolve complex network and computer system issues
Manage and administer servers, networks, and applications such as DNS, FTP, and Web
Maintain internal network structure of a data center by managing routers and keeping them running
Install, configure, and maintain switches, servers, firewalls, and hard drives
Troubleshoot network systems to identify and fix performance issues
Provide solutions to complex problems on the integration of various technologies
Design plans as well as lead initiatives for the optimization and restructuring of network architecture
Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of network administration and firmware integration
Monitor the environmental conditions of a data center to ensure they are optimum for servers, routers, and other devices
Perform system repairs and update software/operating systems
Calibrate and monitor data center servers to ensure efficient performance
Collaborate with IT handlers, sales, and data center managers to develop action plan for improved operations
Conduct inspections on power and cooling systems to ensure they are operational and efficient
Organize the floor space that harbor data center equipment to allow for easy accessibility
Resolve operational, infrastructure or hardware incidents in a data center.

Installing New Data Centers From Scratch from Installing and Config. Hardware \[ Rack Mounted Servers & Blade Chassis \] till Vcenter or VMM


VMWare : Expert Experienced in Virtualization using :
1- Vsphere Vcenter 5.5, 6 & 6.5 & 6.7 Full processioned .
2- deploy VMware NSX - T data center.
3- Attened VMware Vsphere Design 6.5
4- Implement Virtual Desktop \[ VMware Horizon View & Citrix VDI \].


Storage Working and Excellent Experienced in the following :
1- HPE 3PAR 8400.
2- Dell Unity 300, 500 .
3- HP EVA 4400 .
4- IBM V7000 .
5- Dell EMC-VNX 5600

HW : Install and configure the following Chassis HW from scratch :
1- Most Of HP Proliant & Dell Power edge Rackable Servers
2- HP C7000 Chassis
3- Dell M1000E Chassis
4- Cisco UCS Chassis
5- Huawei E9000 Chassis

Access Transmission Planning Engineer at Mobinil
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2014 to February 2015

* Microwave network engineering and planning for whole network;
performing link budget calculations considering the link RSL,
performance, availability, latency and jitter values are according to
Mobinil transmission guidebook.
* Performing frequency and interferences studies to assure best
quality network and efficient utilization of the licensed frequency
spectrum.
* Responsible for transmission traffic calculation and route
definition, also the creation of MUX-Plan and cross-connection.
* Engineering selection of the proper solution based on Mobinil
transmission KPIs, technical knowledge, considering the
deployment team constrains and understanding the
severity/capabilities of O&M team
* Designing the IP plan for the microwave network monitoring
system
* Initiating WOs based on transmission network needs to fulfill new
2G/3G sites requests, IUB/TRX upgrades requests, sites migration
requests and new BSCs requests based on good knowledge in
GSM & UTRAN architecture, optimization team requirements and
network KPIs.
* Ensure timely updates and closure of requests as per service level
agreements
* Initiating WOs based on operational disasters received
* Provide professional technical support and troubleshooting for all
operational/installation issues received
* Ensure WOs closure and database updating.
* Perform timely escalations.
* Assure coherence between the access network and the backbone
network.
* Follow the directions needed for improving and optimizing the
transmission network.
* Familiar with various planning tool (Mentum Ellipse) and with
dealing with multiple Vendors (ALU, NEC & Ericsson & Huawei

Education

Bachelor's degree, Modern Academy For Engineering And Technology
  • at Technology
  • May 2013

Grade: Very Good Graduation Project: Electronic Partner. Project Grade: Excellent Related Coursework: C Programing , Serial Interfacing , PCB Design , Electronic Board Manufacturing , Embedded system design using AVR Micro Controller .

Specialties & Skills

Containers
Cloud Computing
Virtualization
BUDGETING
Virtualization
Troubleshooting
VMware NSX
VMware Vsphere design
SAN Storage
VMware Vsphere Administration
vCloud Director
servers
storage
vmware esx
computer hardware troubleshooting
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
Hyper-V
VMware Horizon View VDI
Private cloud
Kubernetes

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
German
Beginner

Training and Certifications

VMware Certified Master Specialist - Cloud Native 2023 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2023
VMware Certified Professional- Application Modernization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2023
Certified Kubernetes Administrator CKA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2023
Valid Until:
March 2026
VCIX-DCV 2022 VMware Certified Implementation Expert Datacenter Virtualization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2022
VCAP-DCV VMware Certified Advanced Professional Design Datacenter (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2020
VMware Certified Professional - Datacenter Virtualization ( VCP-DCV) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
VMware Vsphere 6.7 (Training)
Training Institute:
Stanly Education Academy
Date Attended:
November 2020
Duration:
40 hours
VMware vSphere 6.7 Foundations Exam Prep (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals (2019) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
Introduction to Network Virtualization with NSX (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) - Overview (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
Cisco HyperFlex Test Drive (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2018
VMware Vsphere 6 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
February 2018
Duration:
60 hours
VMware Vsphere 5.5 (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Study
Date Attended:
January 2017
Duration:
60 hours
VMware Vsphere Design 6.5 (Training)
Training Institute:
VMware
Date Attended:
April 2019
Duration:
30 hours