Hafiz Muhammad Farooq, Network Security Consultant

Hafiz Muhammad Farooq

Network Security Consultant

Dell Secureworks

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Master's degree, Data Communication Networks
Experience
18 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 8 Months

Network Security Consultant at Dell Secureworks
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since August 2013

// Designing and provisioning Security Overlay for Multi-Tenant Data Center Networks
// Designing and provisioning of SOC (Security Operations Center) and CSIRT Incident Handling Plan
// Commissioning of Digital Forensics Services for a large-scale market-leading enterprise
// Distributed Deployment of STRM-5000 (Generation-II) with distributed event and flow processors
// Event & Flow Correlation for a massive data center with more than 10, 000 computing nodes, and largest deployment of Security Gateways (Juniper SRX-5800) with Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA / STRM) while utilizing NetFlow / sFlow, IPFIX protocols

Network and Security Consultant at TelecityGroup
  • United Kingdom
  • October 2012 to August 2013

- Implementation of Data Center L2 switching backplane for Manchester based Data Center
- Installation of Juniper EX-3200/4200 Series product line replacing old Cisco catalyst switches for TalkTalk project.
- Design & Integration of Security Gateways using Checkpoint 12000 with UTM-1070 & LogRythm SIEM products.

Senior Network Engineer at Interactive Group
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2010 to January 2012

- Network & Security Team lead in the development of nationwide large-scale Data Centers raised for the Government of Pakistan.
- Data Center Network dimensioning, planning and design along with network auditing (by strict configuration control) using Juniper M/MX/J-Series and Cisco Nexus/6500-Series Core routers deployed in cities across Pakistan.
- Design & Implementation of Security Sub-System for the data centers using Juniper SRX and ISG/SSG Series along with Juniper STRM & IBM Tivoli products.
- Metropolitan-level Access Network design for 10GbE Metro-Ethernet based Optical Fiber Access Network (OFAN) and WiMAX metro-deployment.
- Backhaul Provisioning for inter-datacenter backbone by building a fully reliable IP/MPLS L2/L3 VPN Cloud.
- Designed and deployed Dual Stack IPv4 & IPv6 across corporate network.
- Design & Deployment of Corporate WiFi Network with SSL-VPN & IF-MAP integration.
- Extensive training-cycle & on-site assistance for junior network engineers.

Network Engineer at Interactive Group
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2007 to January 2010

- Implementation of seven Data Center Networks using Brocade Server-Iron (Load Balancers) and Big-Iron Switches along with Juniper ISG/SSG Security Gateways.
- Configuration of Juniper IDP solutions with NSM (NetScreen Security Manager).
- Implementation of on-demand Triple-Play and Voice Telephony networks.
- Implementation of AAA Concept using RADIUS/TACACS and Orion NCM.
- Implementation of SOC using Syslog-ng, GFI Event Manager and other SIEM solutions.
- Configuration of Cisco Nexus 7000/5000 17Tbps Switches with FCoE integration with SAN.
- Implementation of Storage Network using Brocade SAN Switches.
- Configuration of Juniper SSL-VPN Devices (SA/MAG Series).

Network Development Assistant at Center of Advanced Research in Engineering
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2005 to January 2007

- Simulation based Performance Analysis on NS2, NS3, OPNET Simulators for Wireless Networks (MANETs, DTNs, Wimax, Bluetooth).
- IEEE Published research work on Gossip based Security Protocols for Mobile Ad-hoc Networks.
- Development of RTP based Video Conferencing System.

Certified Professional at Juniper Networks
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Education

Master's degree, Data Communication Networks
  • at Aston University
  • March 2013
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at National University of Sciences and Technology
  • April 2003

Specialties & Skills

Network Security
Routing
Network Design
Data Center
Juniper Network Products
Brocade / Foundry Networking Products
Huawei Networking Products
Checkpoint Products
Network Management (NMS, SIEMs, etc)
Cisco Networking Products

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Member IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology)
  • Member
  • October 2012

Training and Certifications

ISO27001 (Training)
Training Institute:
QMS 2000
Date Attended:
September 2010