Mujahid Ali, Senior Network Specialist

Mujahid Ali

Senior Network Specialist

Al Salam Bank Bahrain

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Diploma, IPS Specialist
Experience
20 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 11 Months

Senior Network Specialist at Al Salam Bank Bahrain
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • My current job since September 2006

Network Setup/Implementation/administration using Cisco Switches 6500, 3500 series and Cisco Routers 3800, 2800, 1800, 1700 series
Securing the Bank’s network with the help of Cisco ASA 5500 series Firewalls, implementation of DMZs, Failover, Access Control Lists, Static/Dynamic NAT, Object Groups, Modular Policy Framework, Protocol Inspection, IPSec VPN, Clientless SSL VPN and AnyConnect VPN.
Cisco IPS (AIP-SSM), including implementation of signature based traffic inspection, custom signatures, traffic monitoring against threats, Target Value Rating, Risk Ratings and Traffic Logging etc.
Network Monitoring by Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis, and Response System (CS-MARS) including threat monitoring, analysis and mitigation.
Endpoint Security using GFI Endpoint Security 4, integrated with active directory.
System administration for Active Directory on Windows Server 2003/2008, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007, Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Burstek Web Filter.
Administering VMware vSphere and ESX servers, used as a solution for Datacenter virtualization.
Administering AVAYA media gateway servers and Modular Messaging which is the VoIP solution implemented at the Bank.

Teradata Professional Services Consultant at NCR Corporation
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2004 to September 2006

Took part in implementation of Teradata CRM™ (Customer Relationship Manager) Marketing Solution ABNAMRO Bank Pakistan, the project included:
Requirements gathering for segmentation to be used in CRM campaign configuration. Identification of Marketing campaigns for different banking products to be run and managed through CRM. Segmentation mapping to the Data-Warehouse attributes. Customer database loading script development. Installing and configuring CRM software. Complete solution integration testing.
Took part in Teradata Data-Warehousing implementation for ABN AMRO Bank Pakistan, which included;
Data Mapping Design in correspondence with NCR Financial LDM version 7, ETL Development, Transformation Design according to Business rules, Data Loading Strategy, Transformation and Loading script development and Backup and recovery strategy.

Network and System Administrator at Dewan Mushtaq Group
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2003 to March 2004

Set up and administering Network infrastructure with using Cisco 2900 series switches and Cisco 1700 series routers.
Configuring and administering Active Directory using Windows 2000 server and proxy server using ISA Proxy server 2000

Education

Diploma, IPS Specialist
  • at Cisco
  • October 2011
Diploma, Cisco ASA Specialist
  • at Cisco
  • September 2011
Diploma, CCSP / CCNP-S
  • at Cisco Systems
  • April 2011

Cisco Certified Security Professional OR Cisco Certified Network Professional Security

Diploma, CCNA Security
  • at Cisco
  • May 2009
Diploma, CCNA
  • at Cisco
  • March 2009
Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems
  • at NED University of Engineering and Technology
  • February 2003

Computer Systems Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Routers
Switches
HP UNIX
Cisco ASA Firewall
Avaya Modular Messaging
Windows XP/Vista/7
Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010
Windows Server 2000/2003/2008
Cisco CS-MARS
Microsoft ISA Server 2004/2006
Linux Redhat ES4
Avaya Communication Manager 3
Network Administration
GFI EventsManager
Network Security
Cisco Catalyst Switch 6500 Series
Cisco Routers
Cisco Switches 3560/2900
Cisco IPS
GFI Endpoint Security
Windows Active Directory

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English
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Urdu
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