System Administrator
Muslim Commercial Bank (Pvt) Ltd.
Total years of experience :24 years, 0 Months
MCB Bank has a solid foundation of over 50 years in Pakistan, with a network of over 900 branches.
System Administration:
SCO Open Server / UnixWare Installation, Configuration & Administering Of server farm comprises of Intel based mid range servers of Hewlett Packard running core banking application handling approx 500 online branches of network along 300 online ATM network.
IBM - AIX 5L
Have done installation, configuration & support of IBM - AIX servers connected through ESS Total Storage storage system) at primary site with 5TB of space and IBM/DS8100 at the secondary/backup site for the replication by using IBM’s proprietary protocol(PPRC and for clustering/HA HACMP & HACMP-XD(extended Distance). LPAR configuration, physical resource allocation by using Dynamic logical partitioning feature added in POWER 5 Technology.
Bank’s IT Security:
Involve in designing, implementation & monitoring of Network as well as systems (SCO, AIX, OS400 & MS) security covers central site as well as branches, ATM, POS, Virtual e-banking, Mobile banking & CCenter.
Policy Writing, Gap Analysis, Internal Audits & validate from external auditors.
Designed intranet security portal for the system & network security updates Implemented hardware link / IP encryptors for end-to-end link encryption. System and Network equipments audit trails & syslogging, Conducted IT Security Assessment for the Bank from third party consulting firms and to compliance the bank’s security policies with the BS7799/ ISO 17799 standards. VPN Tunneling for cooperator customers and for bank’s email access, Two factor authentication - Hardware based Tokens
BCP /DR: For the bank, having multi tier approach, covers planning, designing & procurement of hardware and software for the following;
Building backup site as a first tier of redundancy Building DRP site as a second tier of redundancy & contingency
Recovery procedures, Documentations & SOPs, Human Resource allocation planning for the project
Running largest bank’s infrastructure of Pakistan i.e. Faysal bank as well as National Bank Of Pakistan successfully in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad since a year or so, covered hundreds of branches.
Enterprise System Administrator
- Deploy IBM power 770 x2 for production site (Karachi) - Deploy IBM power 770 x2 for DR site (ISB) Configured GPFs & Oracle RAC
- Deployment of IBM pSeries Infrastructure, SAN switches installation, Configuration & Zoning - Installation, Configuration and Integration, using Websphere, IBM HTTP server & MQSeries on IBM AIX 5.2 & 5.3 with Maintenance Level 12 - System firmware upgrade & updates also apply patches if required - Intalled & Configured GPFS - 3.2 / 3.4 cluster using IBM 9117 servers having storage DS4800 -1815 - Deployment of TEMENOS, as core banking application, on IBM pSeries - 9117 & PowerPC_POWER7 infrastructure. - Shell scripting for first & second tier support to cater day to day chores. - Delegation of tasks to junior support executives - DR Site preparedness, starting from admin work to technical deployment - Liaison/coordination with the IBM / HP in resolution of problem.
Client support of HP servers, Blades, UNIX, SAN Storage, Data Protector - Assign tasks to junior support executives - Liaison/coordination with the HP in resolution of customer problem.
- AIX, HP Storage, Data Protector, SAN Management & Administration - Assign tasks to system admin(s) as well as operation team
- Liaison with the vendors, Team management - Initiated metro Mirroring between main and DR site using HP SAN
Involve in designing, implementation, Configuration & Administration of security polices and the security products for the bank. Also involve internetworking projects i.e. Cylink Link Encryptors deployment project for whole Pakistan’s branches network.
Worked on disaster recovery project for the business continuity planning
- Project Planning
- Project Designing
- Hardware & Software recommendations
Network Infrastructure Evaluations:
- VSAT Network For backup redundancy - (SCPC)
- Cisco Routers / Switches
- Cylink Link / IP Encryptors
- Broadband Wireless - Aperto, Point Red, Cisco & Triango
(For Branch’s Connectivity)
Involved in Design, Installation, Configuration, Operations & Administration of internetwork which covered the following:
Cisco Routers & Switches:
• Installed and configured Cisco 4500, 3600
• Configured PPP links for leased bandwidth customers
• Implemented & Configure extended access list on the router for security
• Implemented & Configured Network Address Translation on a Cisco 4500.
• Configured TFTP server
• Installed & Configured Cisco Catalyst 2924XL
• Configured VLANs on Cisco Catalyst 2924XL
• Configured static Routing and Dynamic routing using OSPF and BGP4
Lucent MAX TNT:
• Installed and Configured multiple MAX TNT’s having DSP 9600 modems
• Configured IP Routing, Pools and Dial up services
• Installed and configured RADIUS server
• Installed and configured SNMP
Network Management Systems:
• Configured & Installed Cisco Works, SNMPc
• Installed and configured MAXSTAT for MAX TNT boxes
• Configured Ascend NavisAccess for RAS
• Configured & Installed MRTG for monitoring of Data Circuits as well as Port Utilization of each access servers.
Digital Cross-Connect:
• Implemented Telect’s TeleMIX 4000 Series Loaded Front Cross-Connect with 56 terminations for terminating, cross connecting and maintaining IPLC and ISDN PRI.
FreeBSD:
• Installed and Configured FreeBSD. Performed system administration tasks on FreeBSD 4.0, 4.1 (creating user/groups, configuring rights, backups, Cron jobs etc.)
• Configured DNS and FTP, TFTP, SSH services
• Configured RADIUS, Sendmail, Apache for AAA, mail and web services.
• Configured software based firewalls using IPFW.
• Configure Web Based Email Service using PHP and sendmail for dialup users.
MS Windows NT/2000:
• Installed and configured Internet Information server for corporate web hosting as well as in house.
• Installed and configured MS Exchange for corporate email setup hosted multiple virtual domains.
• Microsoft ISA security Manager
• Microsoft Media Streaming Server
Authorization/Authentication/Accounting:
• Implemented Livingston RADIUS Server on Unix (FreeBSD) for authentication and accounting.
Bandwidth Management System:
• Installed and Configured PacketShaper of Packeteer for bandwidth management and traffic management.
• Used for custom criteria for measuring and controlling traffic.
DVB/IP:
• Installed and Configured DVB/IP setup for dial up users using Harmonic 601, Skystream, BroadLogic and Skystream satellite receivers.
Involved in Design, Installation, Configuration, Operations & Administration of internetwork which covered the following:
Cisco Router:
• Installed and configured Cisco 2514
• Configured PPP links for leased bandwidth customers
• Implemented & Configure extended access list on the router for security
• Configured TFTP server
• Configured static Routing
Bay Networks:
• Installed and configured Nortel’s 5399 Remote Access RAC housed in the system 5000 Hub having ISDN PRI lines with capacity of over 300 lines for Dialup Modem pooling.
• Implemented & configured extended access list on the Nortel RAC.
• Installed and configured RADIUS server for accounting and authentication
DVB/IP:
• Installed and Configured DVB/IP setup for dial up users using Harmonic 501 and 601.
Network Management Systems:
• Configured & Installed Cisco Works
• Configured & Installed MRTG for monitoring of Data Circuits
• Used Microsoft SMS, Network Monitor, Performance Monitor
• Used TRAFSHOW/TCPDUMP/MTR utilities for traffic discovery and traffic monitoring.
• Used Nortel’s optivity and NA/Annex utility for the configuration of 5399 RAC and 5308 PS Ethernet host housed in Nortel 5000 System chassis
• Install and Configure Digital Server Works Manager for COMPAQ ALPHA (800/2100) Servers.
Digital Unix:
• Installed and Configured Digital Unix 4.0b/d on Compaq Alpha (800/2100) Servers. Performed system administration tasks creating user/groups, configuring rights, backups, Cron jobs etc.)
• Configured DNS and FTP, TFTP, NFS services
• Installed and configured Netscape Suite Spot (Messenger, LDAP, Enterprise) for Digital Unix. Make shell scripts for administration.
Microsoft Windows NT:
• Installed and Configured windows NT DNS for corporate clients
• Installed and Configured Netscape Suite Spot on window NT for corporate clients
• Installed and Configured MS Exchange 5.5 for corporate email solution
Netscape Suite Spot:
• Installed and Configured Netscape 3.01/4.0 Enterprise, Messenger & Directory server on digital unix as well as window NT
Network Security:
• NetGuard Inc.’s Guardian Firewall for Windows NT
• Using IPFW/Dummynet for firewall on FreeBSD
• Remote Access Authentication/Authorization/Accounting System:
• AAA setups with Livingston RADIUS 2.x
• Bay secure for windows NT
Database Administration/ Development:
• Oracle workgroup Server 7.3
• Oracle server 7 on windows NT
• MS SQL server 7.0/6.5
Red Hat Linux 6.1 Microsoft Windows 95 Administration
Microsoft Certified Certificate
Bachelors Of Commerce
Intermediate