Senior Network Engineer
Prosrve.com
Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months
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Network Consultation:
Cisco and HP switches consultation for variant technologies (OSPF, EIGRP, IRF, VSS, HSRP, VRRP)
Consultation for how beneficial the new technologies as IRF (HP) and VSS (Cisco) for virtual stacking of switching and eliminating Spanning tree issues completely))
Experience in F5 Load Balancing technologies (BIG-IP Implementation, IRules, SNAT, SSL, dynamic DNS and Smart Zones implementation for web services with high availability in mind and peak performance solutions)
Experience in UTMs specifically Fortigate and Sonicwall appliances (Deep Packet inspections rules, Content filtering, Remote VPN services for roaming staff, smart and dynamic service blockage, bandwidth optimization, multiple homed ISP connections support)
Cisco core L2 and L3 solutions for common network issues (STP issues with conversion to RSTP or PVSTP or Multiple STP, Also managed to eliminate STP issues totally by converting portion of the core network to use the new HP IRF technology)
Academic experience as a certified Cisco Academy instructor in the middle east since 2006 in RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP routing protocols, I have over 10 years of experience in routing using Cisco ISR routers 20xx series Multilayer switches 3xxx series and also the Older Catalyst 2xxx switches.
Academic experience in MPLS technology (plain MPLS, MPLS BGP, MPLS VPN, VPLS )
Managed the new Cisco Nexus switches with experience in virtual Nexus v1000 model and also used the IOS NX in Cisco new Virtual Internet Routing Lab (VIRL) solution with access to the Nexus 7000 Model IOS, Although I did not use the Nexus in a production environment before, I am confident that I can manage it .
Design and Implementation for small to mid size advanced and smart networks
Assisting company's staff by providing training and support, deliver HP and Cisco courses for the new technologies (originally certified Cisco academy instructor and HP MASE Certified Instructor)
Storage Consultation:(for small to mid size companies)
HP Storage consultation for MSA, EVA, and 3PAR, also with variant midrange IBM storage.
SAN and NAS implementation consultation for different cooper based or fiber channel based, server to storage
High availability SAN Virtualization (VSAN) on ESXi hosts and with shared SAN storage with Vmotion technology.
Specialized in SAN infrastructure with experience in differences between different vendors (HP, IBM, EMC...etc)
Full experience in common ESXi virtualized implementation (Multiple ESXi with SAN or VSAN)
Consultation for effective soft and hard zoning on SAN switches
SAN Backup consultation using offline and online backup (specially on 3PAR online Backup options)
Consultation for effective hard drive installation that best meet company objectives (RAID operations with complex types like RAID 0+!...etc
-Main task is to handle company Cisco switches, switching core technologies needed for network high performance using multiple uplink bundles, Cisco spanning Tree PVST and other non Cisco switches using STP, handling VLANs with static and dynamic assignments, Security features like port security and ARP defense.
-Handling network traffic load balancing and dividing properly among the company core and edge devices to provide high performance.
-Handling routing protocol between company sites and affiliates (static and dynamic mainly using OSPF and RIP2)
-Administrating Company network requirements (DHCP DNS IPv4 and IPv6 NTP)
-Management of F5 Appliance as a load balancer for the company web services using IRules . Initially the company used the virtual F5 as a test phase through the ESXi hosts since already the web servers were virtualized, eventually with the success of the test phase the company switched to a physical F5 appliance to add more web servers and use higher traffic requirements, I have personally managed this operation till final implementation and operation alongside the implementation of the Sonicwall UTM implementation.
-Sonicwall implementation got managing traffic security, content filtering, mobile VPN services for out of office staff, multi homed ISP, , , This was also my design and implementation
-Administrating Active Directory with all GPOs
-Administrating MS Exchange for email services
-Handling Day to Day staff PC Stations regular tasks (Applications, Upgrades, Anti Virus, Company Applications..etc)
-Administrating Company Storage NAS and SAN devices on HP 3PAR AND EVA systems, FiberChannel and 10G connections, single site and remote site backup through VPN connections using dynamic data copies.
-Handling storage Brocade switches and zones configuration.
-Maintenance for the storage hard drives SAS and SSD types
-Maintain remote connectivity for users by using ISCSI protocol.
-configuring server machines to connect to the SAN and NAS using SAN NIC cards QLOGIC and also IPFC for TCP connectivity.
-configuring the storage best read/write technology that suits the servers needs for fast read or best recovery using RAID advanced technologies.
-Provide IP phone solutions for the company needs (SIP and Cisco Phones)
-Maintaining Local and external email services through Exchange Server. And POP hosting.
-Maintaining Active Directory
-Supervising Virtual Machine running all company servers
-Handling VPN Connections.
-Provide staff training when needed for clients .
-Presales consultancy
Job is to handle all the above in all company branches located in Dubai Abu Dhabi and with clients
Professional Network Consultant for ProServe, Located in Cairo Egypt
Handling Professional Training for CCNA, CCNA Service Provider, CCNP, CCNP Service Provider, CCIE R S Exam preparation, HP Master Networking
Handling Storage training for HP MSA, EVA and 3PAR with business continuity
Professional network adviser for small to mid size companies.
Company is specialized in providing services for gulf area specially for Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
Project 3
Providing HP Networking & Storage consultant, Staff training for HP HQ in Nigeria, Lagos
Handling the installation of new Network infrastructure for the HP HQ office in Nigeria for both Network and Storage
Solution used varied equipment (HP Procurve, Cisco Multilayer switches, HP EVA for storage)
Project 2
Working as a networking supervisor at ICTWORX in Johannesburg/Cape Town, South Africa.
www.ictworx.com
Handling staff training and system follow up for
- Network Switching Facilities
- IP phones & VOIP
- Staff training
Project period was 6 months ended 30 of March 2013
Project 1
Providing Cisco and HP fundamental course training for NCB Bank new staff in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for 7 days, I Was the senior instructor and consultant.
Client was handed directly by HP
Cisco Specialist & technical Advisor at Academy Company For Communication & Information Technology www.accit.com.eg,
Contract Ended In October 2010
Responsibilities:
Provide Internet connectivity for the company's main office and other branches, also for affiliate clients.
Provide stable and optimized VPN Site To Site connectivity between main office and branches.
Optimize company's network for best performance using Qos, Packet filtering, Traffic shaping & rate limit techniques.
Support other networking team to provide stable Voip service internally and externally
Provide Inter-network solutions for remote operations for staff members to access company's resources from the outside cloud without compromising security policy (Usually for Voip service & Remote file sharing)
Provide security policy for all Internet & Intranet usage.
Skills:
VPN experience using Cisco and non Cisco equipment in building Site to Site VPN.
Deep experience (+3 years) in VPN technology (GRE, PPTP, OpenVPN).
Realtime experience in MPLS VPN (using MP BGP) with additional skills in building small MPLS VPN solutions between CE & PE
Over +1 of real experience in using BGP routing protocol and over +4 years of studies.
Skills in ISP connecting protocols (PPPoE, PPPoA) for ADSL installations
Skills in Wireless solutions for medium sized firms (Using Wireless VLANs, Hotspots)
Experience in Network fault tolerance solutions as HSRP, VRRP and Gateway Load Balancing Protocol that avoid network failure or network interruption.
Primary Cisco Academy Instructor For The Cisco Program Held By NTI during 2005 - 2008 At The Arab Academy For Cisco CCNA & CCNP Academy Program
Responsibilities:
Senior Academy instructor for CCNA, CCNP Program.
CCIE Routing & Switching guide instructor for hands on lab scenarios.
Cisco rack installation for both CCNP & CCIE lab testing and virtual ISP.
Providing Maintenance and recovery for all networking equipment related to the training program.
Providing network connectivity for all nodes each with specific customization.
Skills:
Over +20 different networking device experience in multi-part network (Routers, switches, firewalls, adapters, modems, wireless Access point).
Experience in Cisco integrated service routers ISR models (2800, 2801..etc) for different network installations.
Professional in switching environment (VLANs, Spanning Trees, Loop avoidance, switching fail safe options, switching monitoring)
Over 4 years of experience in Routing protocols studies in real world simulators using over +16 different routers .
Dedicated experience in advanced Routing Protocols for enterprise level (EIGRP, OSPF, IPv6 Routing EIGRPv6 or OSPFv3)
Packet tracking and tracing for later investigations using popular software as Ethereal and Wireshark for networking analyzing.
Wireless installations using Cisco AP1200 series for both lightweight and wireless controller modes.
Extreme knowledge of network basic installation setup and requirements (DHCP, DNS, Gateway, Broadcast, Multicast, IPv6…etc)
CCIE Routing & Switching full studies on CCIE real racks using official CCIE documentations and hardware.
Teaching and training skills, Guidance for small group of engineers to understand and achieve above average skill in networking field in short period.
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