Favas Chalil, Senior Network Engineer

Favas Chalil

Senior Network Engineer

Masdar Institute of science and technology

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Advanced Computer Networking
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

Senior Network Engineer at Masdar Institute of science and technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since August 2011

 High level designs and day to day managing of large scale Masdar Institute IP network consisting of nexus 7000, Cisco 6500 data center switches and more than 100 access switches.
 Working closely with PMO office and other departments/organizations for planning and implementing future IT developments and undertaking project work.
 Investigating, troubleshooting and resolving 1st and 2nd line network issues.
 Resolving routing, firewall and other data related issues for internal and external users
 Managing the 3rd line support team ensuring resources are managed and workloads in structured
 Working to implement structured support and troubleshooting processes
 Monitoring the network infrastructure to take a proactive approach to the support and ensuring SLA agreements are met
 Assess the capabilities of the current monitoring and management systems.
 Preparing documentation for the configuration of deployed solutions.
 Main point of contact for all hi-priority complex issues.

Network Engineer at Alpha Data LLC - Dubai
  • Other
  • June 2008 to August 2011

 Designing and planning Secure Networks and network migration.
 Implementation of various projects like Deloitte & Touché ME, Department of Tourism and commerce marketing-Government of Dubai, Sharjah Department of Public works, Gems World Academy, Federal Electricity and water Authority, Damas Hotel and Arab Media Group.
 Maintenance of DIFC, Paris Gallery, Monarch Hotel Dubai, Cove Rotana RAK networks, Murooj Rotana etc…
 Upgrading and installation of devices for Alpha Data AMC customers.
 Site survey for WAP and implementation of autonomous wireless access points and light weight access points with controllers.
 Configure and maintain ASA/PIX firewalls
 Provide technical support, analyze and trouble shoot problems that cause operational delays.
 Creation of technical documentation such as low level design (LLD), network implementation plan and as build network diagrams using with Microsoft Visio for the projects.
 Perform related duties as assigned

Hardware Engineer at Hewlett Packard, Glasgow-United Kingdom
  • United Kingdom
  • August 2006 to February 2007

 Analyze an organization’s business needs, related design, implementation and maintenance of network storage infrastructure, to support their business needs
 Responsible of assembling, installation and documentation HP ProLiant servers
 Deployment of a variety of rack servers and applications with excellence, enterprise-class uptime, performance, manageable and scalable ProLiant BL, DL and ML series
 Negotiate with engineers, trouble shoot and find solutions for quality, high performance and flexible deployment to meet the needs of the emerging market
 Install operating system and required software

Education

Master's degree, Advanced Computer Networking
  • at Glasgow Caledonian University
  • April 2005
Master's degree, Master of Computer Applications
  • at Madras University
  • April 2004

Specialties & Skills

Cisco Catalyst Switches
Cisco Call Manager
Cisco Wireless
Cisco devices
CISCO, Juniper , CCNP , CCNA ,

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ITIL V3 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Valid Until:
April 2011