IQBAL AHMAD, Sr. System Administrator-Network

IQBAL AHMAD

Sr. System Administrator-Network

DXC Technology

Location
India
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Experience
5 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :5 years, 5 Months

Sr. System Administrator-Network at DXC Technology
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since December 2018

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitoring and troubleshooting DC and DR Network devices using Solarwinds.
• Experience in IT service management (ITSM) with the help of the Service-Now Tool.
• Managing Network devices Routers, Switches, Checkpoint, Fortigate, and Load balancer (F5), WAF (F5), etc. deployed in DC and DR infra.
• To detect any suspicious alert/event incident in network devices and block those IPs over external firewalls in DC and DR.
• Troubleshooting HP Routers MSR-3024 & 3064 Models and CISCO ASR-1001 Routers and HP Switches.
• Monitoring and Policy implantation on Firewalls-Checkpoint (CP-23800) and Fortigate (1500D) both in on DC and DR.
• Configuring the rules on respective firewalls based on the request after getting a proper validation from DC & DR Manager and InfoSec.
• Alarm Monitoring & checking services on Load Balancers, F5- BIG-IP 4000 & 2000 boxes.
• Dealing with TATA, AIRTEL & Vodafone ISPs and raising cases as per need and follow up to make all working stable.
• To log a case with HP, Cisco, Checkpoint, Fortigate, F5 TAC for device configuration and change related to performance.
• Trouble ticket and Task creation for different applications.
• Updating network equipment’s to the latest firmware releases and making compliance report as per the requirements.
• Investigating faults in the network work on and escalate to a higher authority.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • at Jamia Millia Islamia University
  • December 2017
Diploma, Electronics Engineering
  • at Jamia Millia Islamia University
  • June 2013

Specialties & Skills

Firewalls
Routing and Switching
IP Networking
CCNA (R&S)
Telecom
Routing Protocols
Computer Application
Computer Networking
Electronics Engineering
Firewalls
network operations
network engineering
system administration
routers
routing
security
cyber security
networking concepts

Languages

Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert
English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate

Memberships

Electronics Alumni JMI
  • Events Organiser
  • November 2015

Training and Certifications

F5-Load Balancer (Training)
Training Institute:
Network Core Program(NCP)-Delhi
DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS,BUSSINESS ACCOUNTING AND MULTILINGUAL D.T.P (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
Multi-Cloud Networking Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2020
Valid Until:
September 2023
NSE 2 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2020
Valid Until:
April 2022
NSE 1 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2020
Valid Until:
April 2022
CNSS Certified Network Security Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2020
Firewall-Checkpoint(CCSA) (Training)
Training Institute:
NCP
Diploma in Repair of Electronic Appliances and Maintenance(DREAM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
Diploma in Computer Applications. (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2015
In Plant Training at Telephone Exchange at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(BSNL) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2016
CCNA (R&S) (Training)
Training Institute:
NCP(NETWORK CORE PROGRAM)
Date Attended:
October 2017

Hobbies

  • Exploring New skills,R&D, talking and helping