Nadeem Afzal, System / Network Administrator

Nadeem Afzal

System / Network Administrator

Kwick Hightech & Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd.

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, Computer Networks, DBMS, Object Oriented Programming
Experience
26 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 4 Months

System / Network Administrator at Kwick Hightech & Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since June 2013

Kwick High Tech & Solutions is one of the largest Companies in manufacturing of Smart Cards in Pakistan.

Responsibilities (System Administrator)

• Looking After IT Data Centre operations and 24/7 availability.
• Manage Site to Site Data Connectivity.
• IT Support Team Management.
• IT Servers, Network Equipment health monitoring, troubleshooting & deployment.
• Backups and disaster recovery of IT Data Centre Infrastructure.

Major Achievement in KHTS:

•Deployment of KHTS IT Data Centre, Servers installation & Network Equipment Installation.
•Site to Site Corporate LAN & WAN Connectivity using leased Data Circuit.
•Establish Active directory, Managed Symantec SEPM Services, Dialup VPN, FTP, DNS, and DHCP Infrastructure.
•Deployed Microsoft Threat Management Gate (TMG) for secured and filtered internet surfing.

Enterprise IT Executive at wi-tribe Pakistan Limited.
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2009 to May 2013

wi-tribe Pakistan is working under the flag of Qtel (Qatar Telecom) which is providing wireless broadband internet services in major cities of Pakistan.

Responsibilities (Enterprise IT Executive)

• Administration of IT Servers, Messaging System (Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2007), Active Directory Services, Files Servers, i-SCSI Storage Servers, Office communication Servers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, VM’s using Hypervisor.
• Manage and Schedule Backups of Servers, Network Devices and Recovery of Servers in case of disaster.
• Level 2 & 3 IT Support to all wi-tribe Regional Offices, Data Centers, Customer Care, Sales shops, wi-tribe Bahrain/Doha Holding Offices.
• Management & Configuration of LAN, WAN and Wi-Fi Networks.
• Troubleshooting and Deployment of IT Hardware, Servers, Workstation, Printers, Laptops and other IT related Equipment.
• Assure 24/7 availability of IT Infrastructure.

Major Achievements in wi-tribe:

• Upgrade Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010 in coexisting deployment method as well as decommissioned Exchange 2007 Server Roles after successful deployment of all Exchange 2010 Server Roles. Forefront Protection for Exchange deployment for SPAM Blocking, Content Filtering.
• Deployed BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3 for Exchange 2010 to access Corporate Mail on BES Services enabled BlackBerry devices also performed seamless migration of accounts from Exchange 2007 attached BES 5.0.1 Server.
• Cisco Switches, Cisco ASA firewall, Juniper SG320 configuration to deploy PolyCom video conferencing devices in all regions as well as wi-tribe Bahrain office by remote connectivity.
• Microsoft SharePoint sites publishing using Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) to Access Corporate Document Management System outside of Corporate LAN.
• Deployed Secure VPN for Employees using IKEv2 Protocol with Microsoft Active Directory and Certificate based authentication using Microsoft RRAS Services on Windows 2008 R2.

System Administrator at Instaphone Pvt. Ltd. (Millicom International SA Subsidiary)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • September 2004 to September 2009

Instaphone Pakistan introduced Mobile Telephony in 1991 under the flag of Millicom International SA.

Responsibilities (System Administrator)

• Core responsibility was analyzing and resolving problems of Microsoft Windows 2000/2003, Exchange 2003 and Redhat Servers in the head office datacenter. There were more than 85 Servers and more than 15 WAN links of E1 Media, P2P DSL and Radio Links.
• Support of IT Hardware and software under all MS Windows Platform as well as Linux.
• Provide instant network/system support to Regions, maintaining Data links & DSL connectivity.
• 24/7 availability of Data Centre resources as well as connectivity.

Major Achievements in INSTAPHONE:
• Migration of Windows NT Domain to Microsoft Windows 2003 Active Directory.
• Migration of Linux based mailing system “Qmail” to Microsoft Exchange 2003 Enterprise.
• Design and Deploy Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server for Central Deployment of Applications.
• Implemented McAfee E-policy Orchestrator Server for deployment of McAfee products and Policies on End Users workstations.
• Migration and restructuring of Data Centre from Paktel Limited to Instaphone premises.
• Plan and implement P2P VPN Connectivity with NADRA for CNIC verification over the Fiber media provided by Nayatel.
• Segregation of shared WAN Network links from Paktel.
• Migration of Internet connectivity hub from Instaphone Karachi to Instaphone Islamabad for Email Gateway, internet browsing, Web servers publishing.

Customer service Engineer at Jaffer Brothers Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 2002 to September 2004

JBS was established in 1982, when the Jaffer Group took a strategic decision to diversity into the high-tech service industry. JBS offers hardware for networked systems, the appropriate operating software and layered products being authorized dealer of World Wide Company Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Represent Jaffer Brothers (Pvt.) Ltd. at Paktel Limited, NADRA

Responsibilities: (Customer Support Engineer)

• Troubleshooting Hardware, including Desktop, Servers, Monitors, Printers and other computer attached devices.
• Installation & configuration of operating system as well as other applications in servers and PCs as required by Customers.

Client Support Engineer at E.G.S. (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 1998 to September 2002

Represent E.G.S. (Pvt.) Ltd. as Client Support Engineer in following Customers premises.

• Kohinoor Textile Mill 2000, PTCL, TVO, OGDC
• Alcatel Pakistan Limited, Pakistan Telecommunication Limited, TVO
• Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, National Bank of Pakistan

Responsibilities:

• Assembling and Installation of IT Equipment, Operating System, Software.
• Data Network troubleshooting, expansion plans and deployment.
• Consultancy services for hardware and software.

Education

Master's degree, Computer Networks, DBMS, Object Oriented Programming
  • at Virtual University Pakistan
  • April 2015

My MIT degree in progress.

Bachelor's degree, Double Math Statictics
  • at Punjab University
  • July 1996

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Technologies
Wireless Networking
Network Design
Active Directory
Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Active Directory Administration
Microsoft Windows Servers and workstation deployment
Network WAN / LAN Administration
Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2010 deployment and Administration

Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

MCITP (Enterprise Messaging) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCITP (Enterprise Server Administrator) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999