Jafer Ali Khan mohammed

Senior Network and Senior Network Engineer at Alshaya co wll

• Kuwait
• My current job since December 2010

Roles and Responsibilities -

• Design & Secure LANs, WANs internet/intranet, and voice networks.
• Analyzing & developing key components using methodology prescribed techniques.
• Configure / Troubleshoot LAN/WAN related Issues - OSPF/MPLS/ VPN/ IPSEC VPN’s.
• Design and Implementation of Firewall, IDS, IPS, and Antivirus Systems.
• Security Audit Design Architecture.
• Defining Rules & policies - Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Sonic wall, FortiGATE in line with the security policy.
• Responding to events and fixing vulnerabilities in IT infrastructure - Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Sonic wall, FortiGATE.
• Virtualization of physical servers - Win2012 Datacenter, HyperV, VMware.
• Load balancer configuration (Brocade and Array)

Major Projects

Title: IPSec VPN Architecture Design
Role:
• IPSec VPN Architecture design and implementation for 19 countries with full mesh connectivity to 4 data centers.
• Redundant IPSec VPN connectivity to data centers from all locations

Title: Network Infrastructure Setup of Regional Offices - UK and Poland
Location: London and Warsaw
Role:
• Network Infrastructure design and setup for UK and Poland office.
• Set up Sonic Wall Firewalls and Cisco core switches with IPSec VPN redundant topology in both offices.
• Set up connectivity to all regional Offices and data centers
• Implemented OSPF on core switches

Title: Global Data centers Network Infrastructure Setup
Location: Kuwait / Dubai / UK
Role:
• Technical lead for network setup at Zajil (Kuwait) and Fluidata Center (London) and Equinix (Dubai)
• Deployed Sonic Wall Firewalls NSA 4500 deployment in H.A mode
• Defined access polices IPS/IDS and antivirus solutions
• Implemented converged Core Switches - Brocade VDX 6740 in logical chassis cluster mode
• Lead the team of 5 for datacenter migration in UK

Title: Core Network Revamp of Head Office
Location: Kuwait
Role:
• Successfully implemented redundant Huawei s-9300 core switches and OSPF between core & access layer switches
• Deployed 110+ Huwaei /HP switches with every department having 40gig uplink to core

Title: PCI -DSS
Role:
• Defined security polices & firewall rules for store firewalls to be compliant with PCI DSS
• Supernetted 2000+ stores IP subnets across 19 countries

Title: Fortigate Firewall Deployment in Data Centers and Head Office
Role:
• Deployed Fortigate 1000 c Firewalls in H.A Mode and FortiAnalyzer 2000B
• Configured security polices

Title: Load Balancers Deployment in Data Centers
Role:
• Implemented Brocade and Array load balancers in data centers for server load balancing

Title: Wireless Infrastructure Design and Implementation
Location: Kuwait Head Office
Role:
• Designed and implemented wireless architecture for all company operating regions
• Deployed single SSID across all countries, with seamless connectivity for roaming users
• Liaised with SSID's and ACL's for guests and consultants