Ghulam Sarwar, Senior Network engineer

Ghulam Sarwar

Senior Network engineer

SoftLync Information Technology

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
17 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 2 Months

Senior Network engineer at SoftLync Information Technology
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since February 2020
IT Network Engineer at International Mechanical and Electrical Co
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2017 to January 2020
Network Engineer at INDIGO Computer Consultancy
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2015 to June 2017

Project Client: IMECO (International Mechanical and Electrical Co.)
* Administration of Core Network in Data Center of IMECO (International Mechanical & Electrical Co)
* Leading IT Support team to maintain the day by day issues and present the log report to IT Manager.
* Installation of new core switches Cisco 6500 series and migrate the all traffic & Policies from old Cisco
2900series switches.
* Almost 10 site Camp offices connected with HO by MPLS.
* Routing Protocol EIGRP internally & BGP to connect edge routers to communicate outside site Campuses.
* Make the NAT policies to Translate Public IPs to Private and Private to Public on Cisco ASA 5520.
* Network Security Appliances SonicWall 2400, FortiGate 300D for the internal network user’s security.
* Using PaloAlto traps for the end user security to classify the malicious attacks.
* User Access Switches Cisco Catalyst 2900, Catalyst 3750 VLAN Management, Port administration and security
and Connection with Core switches through fiber.
* Administration of about 1000 users’ infrastructure setup in three layers Access, Distribution and Core.
* Troubleshoot and maintain the Wireless Access Points according to the range and security.
* Cisco IP telephony system with the Call Manager of version 9 and IP phones 7911, 7945 etc.
* Lease Line Termination and make the policy in NAT to use Public IPs securely.
* Troubleshoot the day to day infrastructure issues at layer 2 and layer 3 level.
* Windows Server 2012 DC, Hyper-V virtual Machines administration, Enod Antivirus, Acronis Backup, NAS
Storage, File Server, Terminal Server, Domain, Web Server, Mail Server, Database server in core

IT Administrator at Alsa Apollo Kitchens International
  • United Arab Emirates
  • October 2010 to January 2015

To organize the company IT Network infrastructure and IT operations leading Support Engineers to
support End users, Applications support, Printing Mechanism inside organization, Fax, Office and
Desktops related deploying and troubleshooting.
* Collecting IT usage status, making recommendations for improving company IT systems and carrying out
routine configuration and installation of all IT solutions.
* Layer 2 switching creating VLANS, ports configuration and inter VLAN routing
* Hands on experience access layer switches Cisco catalyst 2900 series, distribution layer Cisco catalyst
3560 and Core layer 4500 series, Blade (BNT) switches.
* Securing the L2 Switching devices against MAC flood attacks, DHCP spoofing attacks and unauthorized
access.
* Hands on experience in configuration of 2800 series and 3700 series routers
* Implementing and monitoring applicable network security using ACLs and Cisco IOS Firewall ASA5500
series and NSA Cyberoam.
* Hands on experience to configure Blade 48 ports switches to meet the layer 2 and layer 3 switching
Requirements.
* To making environment of Microsoft family Windows server 2008 R2 64 bit operating systems,
Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft SQL 2008 deploying and maintaining in high availability.
* LTO-4 1/8 G2 Autoloader deployed with integration of Symantec Backup Exec 2010 to storage purpose,
backups and restore.
* Cisco Unified box UC500 series deployed to facilitate the call manager telephonic system to work over
the digital medium ISDN (PRI) and analog redirecting to meet the needs.
* Weekly IT report maintained to update the current IT operations, forecast the new planning and
Deployment activities.

IT Engineer at LEO Communications Pvt. Ltd
  • Pakistan
  • November 2006 to May 2010

Ensure smooth and efficient operations of the software, hardware systems and Data Center. Monitor and
manage performance related issues on network bottlenecks and necessary redundancies required.
* Co-ordinate with the service providers for all the communication requirement of the corporate.
* Providing technical troubleshooting of network problems and reporting to higher management in
coordination with the client.
* Troubleshooting for end user support issues e.g. Printing, Fax, Applications, and Microsoft Office Family
related and training to new users.
* Implementing network setup for new facilities.
* Troubleshooting and Working on EIGRP for dynamic routing.
* Managing and maintaining Cisco IOS related issues.
* Maintaining Circuits Downtime report on weekly basis.
* Circuits Bandwidth management and reporting to higher management on daily basis.
* Configuration and Troubleshooting of Cisco Switch 4500 Series, Distribution Layer 3560 Series and Access
layer Switch 2900 Series Switches.
* Configuration and Troubleshooting of 3700, 2811, 2600, 1811 series Router
* Branches using Leased Line Circuits and dynamic routing Protocol.
* Managing, upgrading and maintaining Cisco IOS related issues.
* Implementation of the Network Monitoring System Cisco Works.

Network Engineer at Corvit Networks
  • Pakistan
  • April 2008 to October 2008

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Allama Iqbal University
  • July 2007

courses: ] PCNSE (Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer) [

Specialties & Skills

Cisco Switches
Microsoft Infrastructure
Router Configuration
Cisco Catalyst Switches
Network Building
ANTI VIRUS
CISCO IOS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MICROSOFT ACCESS
MICROSOFT EXCHANGE
MICROSOFT MAIL

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Cisco Certified Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2020
Valid Until:
July 2023