Nadeem Naddaf, Network Consultant Engineer

Nadeem Naddaf

Network Consultant Engineer

Cisco Systems

Location
Canada - Ontario
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electric And Communication Engineering
Experience
14 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months

Network Consultant Engineer at Cisco Systems
  • Canada - Toronto
  • My current job since October 2022

Provide Network Problem Resolution, Root-Cause Analysis, IOS Software Referral assistance as per the contracted agreement with the customer(ISP).
•Design/Implement/Troubleshoot issues related to Routing (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, ISIS), Multicast, QoS, EVPN, MPLS, Segment routing.
•Interfaces with all levels of CSEs, NCEs, SEs, Cisco Business Unit.
•Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
•Provides systems/product training to internal stakeholders and customers.

Network Design, Technical Specialist at Thales Group
  • Canada - Toronto
  • December 2021 to October 2022

Main tasks are to Design, specify & costing of detailed Network solution.
• Interpreting customer requirement and producing fully detailed & compliant design.
• Interfacing with customer engineer for design definition.
• Interfacing with other system-wide designers for service definition.
• Interfacing with suppliers and vendors for product definition.
• Evaluating and costing of the most suitable products and system.
During site implementation, testing & commissioning the Network
• Leading the commissioning activities on site, as well as producing the commissioning documentation
• Providing support to the installation and maintenance works.
Keep track of progress of all design & interface tasks
• Carrying out all assigned work efficiently, with a minimum of supervision,
• Expediting response and deliverables (documents & including engineering drawings, specifications, design reports and calculations, equipment details and other project information).
• Development and deployment of Fixed Communication networks in Security domain
• Design and troubleshoot the network related to various protocols, TCP/IP, VLAN, RADIUS, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS and various overlay technology, EVPN, VRF-Lite, VXLAN.
• Support design and interface with IT Systems (servers, high availability IT architectures and clustering, databases, SAN storage, NAS, etc.)

Sr. Network Engineer at IS5 Communication
  • Canada - Mississauga
  • February 2020 to December 2021

• Design and develop test cases for network equipment.
• Configuring QA network test environments in both L2 and L3.
• Reviewing the test plan and making improvements and suggestions as required
• Performing QA of new and existing products according to the test plan and generating a test report prior to product/feature/code release.
• Investigating reported product bugs, reproducing reported issues, performing root cause analysis, and communicating details to the development team for fix.
• Testing engineering provided code fixes and validating bug resolution.
• Collaborating with other QA team members on test cases, root cause analysis and test plan improvements
• Collaborating with our development team on open code issues, bug fixes and feature requests/product feedback.
• Support customer-based activities like problem investigation and presale activities.

Senior Network Engineer at IT Mission Inc
  • Canada - Mississauga
  • December 2018 to August 2019

The entity is one of the more trusted companies in Canada in information technology domain.
•visit client sites locations to make the site survey and network analysis for existing network devices and make analysis report to the client offering upgrading or improvement or troubleshooting solutions to their network.
•prepare plans and configuration to implement the remote access to the managed service client’s network and install Necessary software (SolarWinds, PRTG) .
•Design and Deploy and configure Meraki networks for our clients and implement the Migration from legacy connection or MPLS network to Meraki SD-WAN .
•configure and design LAN/WAN for clients and Cisco SD-WAN (viptela).and Managing AWS configuration and create VPN tunnels with it.
• Deploy and Manage Firewalls like Palo Alto PA5260 and PA5280, FortiGate E100, E200 SonicWALL, Sophos ASA, Cisco Firepower FTD/FMC including the deployment of new policies.
•Deploy and configure F5 BIG-IP load balancer, Cisco ISE .
• Managing and configuring Cisco Routers, Windows Servers, NAS servers and VMware ESXI.
• Responsible for deploying QoS to Avaya switches and Cisco Catalysts for the new VoIP project
• Assist in the logical design and physical implementation of all network, data communications and telecommunications services.

Senior Network and Security Analyst at Heberger Engineering Consulting Engineers
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2013 to June 2018

An international construction consulting company involved in building commercial, industrial, housing and public institutions with a high level of consulting expertise.
•Managing a mixed environment of, Juniper SSG 320, SSG 20, FortiGate, Cisco ASA, Cisco Meraki, HP and Juniper switches, Cisco Routers and switches
•Designed, implemented and deployed complete network circuits using multiple Juniper SSG for Dubai International Airport as well as Mall of Emirates including VoIP and wireless while maintaining the network operations for other major sites such Dubai Trade Center
•Deploy and configure F5 BIG-IP load balancer.
•Deployed multiple site to site IPSec VPNs using multiple combinations of firewalls and VPN concentrator
•Deployed network monitoring tools PRTG at store levels
•Rolled out Cisco Web Security and decommissioned Proxy server
•Managing and maintaining Barracuda SPAM filter

Noc Manager at Intracom Telecom
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2011 to December 2012

Intracom implemented a 3G wibas and omnibas pmp and ptp wireless microwave links project along with establishing and managing network and hardware infrastructure that served the wireless links.
• Installed and configure LAN/WAN equipment such as Cisco routers, switches, network devices and firewalls. This resulted in increased the performance efficiency and reduced total expenses to a satisfactory level.
• Worked through the acceptance procedures with customers including all necessary documentation work and forms (PAT, FAC, RFS). This enabled the acceptance process and made it more streamlined.
• Prepared technical and quarterly reports for the project manager and mobility company.
• Planned for and directed telecom engineering works onsite as assigned by the project manager, oversaw the tendering process, performed alignment and site integration.
• Solved synch issue with Alcatel Lucent 3G Nod BS and commissioning including Qos (ATM), Vlans and software upgrade work during the implementation of the project and the managed service.
• Installed, managed and troubleshot the servers (Mail Server, Database Server, Hosting Server, DHCP, FTP, Active Directory Server and AAA Server).
• Managed the site survey and acquisition procedures in addition to keeping the performance of the radio network (KPI) at the highest possible level by ensuring that problem degradations were handled swiftly and the performance report was fulfilled.

Network Engineer at Intracom Telecom
  • Syria - Damascus
  • October 2007 to February 2011

The project was an IAS-Wc product which is a digital wireless access system with Point-to-Multipoint (P MP) architecture which provides telecommunication services in urban, suburban and rural areas.
•Installed and configured LAN/WAN equipment such as Cisco routers and switches and network devices and firewalls.
•Planned for and directed telecom engineering works onsite as assigned by the project manager.
•Managed the network management system (NMS), oversaw the tendering process, performed database analysis, performed site survey and acquisition procedures, RF planning and RF optimization work. By accomplishing these multi-tasks, the board of directors and the customers were satisfied with the results achieved.
•Installed and managed and troubleshot server problems and formulated technical and management reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electric And Communication Engineering
  • at Damascus University
  • August 2007

Specialties & Skills

Network Design
Wireless Network Design
project mamagement
CISCO ROUTERS
FIREWALL
SITE SURVEY
CISCO ADAPTIVE SECURITY APPLIANCE (ASA)
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS (VPN)
FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP)
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
MOBILITY
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
CISCO MERAKI
Routing
Routers
Network Operations
Network Engineering

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Languages

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Training and Certifications

CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2014
Valid Until:
July 2026
Cisco Certified Network Professional Enterprise (CCNP Enterprise) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2016
Valid Until:
July 2026
Project Management professional (PMP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Valid Until:
March 2024
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Enterprise Infrastructure (CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2023
Valid Until:
July 2026