Muhammad Yasir Irfan, Network Engineer

Muhammad Yasir Irfan

Network Engineer

Ambulatory Healthcare Services

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication Engineering
Experience
13 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months

Network Engineer at Ambulatory Healthcare Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since September 2014

As a part of Network team, manage the LAN network of 300+ nodes.
Responsible for centralized wireless solution across the AHS network.
Maintain and configure the Firewalls as per security policies.
Maintain and configure IP Phones and CUCM.
Technical Correspondence with different vendors for project delivery.
Coordinate with different teams to ensure smooth and stable network.
Maintaining and creating technical documentation.
Creating RFP for projects and technical evaluation.
Ensure 24x7 on-call/on-site support in case of emergency.

Network Engineer at The Shams Group (TSG)
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2012 to April 2014

The Shams Group (TSG), a healthcare software & service provider, has served 400+ hospitals and healthcare systems worldwide. We are headquartered in Dallas, TX with clients and operations in USA, Canada, Asia and Middle East.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for smooth IP network operations for all the remote offices and headquarter.
• Design and implement network security for all the offices.
• Responsible for any configuration addition or modification on the routers, switches and ASAs.
• Configuring site to site VPNs with the client hospitals.
• Configured SSL VPN clientless and Cisco AnyConnect VPN for the teleworkers from around the world.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco 3800, 2800 series routers, 3700 and 4500 CATOS switches.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco ASA 5500 series
• Hands-on experience with Cisco AirNet 1200 series.

Executive Engineer II at World Call Telecom Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2010 to July 2012

World Call Telecom Limited (WTL), an Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), is the most reliable and unique telecom and multimedia service provider in Pakistan.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a shift engineer in IPCORE Dept. with major responsibilities to monitor and maintain smooth NOC operations with proactive attitude and mitigate outages, configure Cisco routers & switches, keeping and restoring configuration backups.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco 72xx, 26xx Series routers, 3750, 35xx, 29xx Series switches.
• Working experience with Linux based Servers BIND9 DNS, Postfix Mail/SMTP, Syslog & NMS Cacti servers.
• Installation, provisioning and monitoring of HFC-CMTS (ARRIS-C4 and CASA Systems), working experience with DOCSIS 3.0 and provide Level -3 support for the Fiber/HFC corporate clients.
• Coordinate with different teams/departments for network management and troubleshooting
• Creating technical/network health documentation, pass on daily shift reports and ensuring 24x7 on call availability for remote assistance to NOC team.

System Support Engineer at COMSTAR-ISA Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2010 to December 2010

Required 100% travelling for troubleshooting and installation of VSAT site-to-site links, PTP and PTMP WLAN links for the clients like banks, oil & gas companies.
Hands-on experience with multiple WLAN vendor equipment i.e. AFAR, Ultima, Motorola Orthogon etc.
Site surveys and supervisions for tower or equipment installation, produce detailed technical documentations and Visio drawings for the links.
Installation and configuration of Juniper based firewalls.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Telecommunication Engineering
  • at PIMSAT
  • December 2009

Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Internship Trainee Engineer Oct to Nov 2008 Work as aTrainee Engineer at Electronics Engineering Dept. on Rader, NAVAID,RF communications and Flight operations. Final Year Project: Automated Antenna Alignment System for Microwave Communications.

Diploma, Electronics
  • at Govt. Jamia Millia Poly Tech.
  • December 2004

Specialties & Skills

Network Security
Network Design
Network Topology
Cisco ASA 5500 Series
Cisco Routing and Switching
Virtualization
CMTS Systems
CentOS/RedHat Linux Servers Handling
Microsoft TMG 2010
Windows server handling

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

CCNP Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2014
Valid Until:
March 2014
Cisco Certified IPS Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2014
Valid Until:
March 2014
Cisco Certified Firewall Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2013
Valid Until:
January 2013
Cisco Certified ASA Specialist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
December 2012
CCNA Security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
Valid Until:
December 2012
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2010
Valid Until:
December 2010
CCNP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Valid Until:
December 2011