Ghulam Abbas, IT Infrastructure Manager

Ghulam Abbas

IT Infrastructure Manager

City Cement Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, Telecommunication
Experience
15 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 4 Months

IT Infrastructure Manager at City Cement Company
  • Saudi Arabia
  • My current job since January 2017

1. Performs analysis of network needs and contributes to design of network architecture, integration and installation
2. Administer all sensitive situations and data and associate yearly budget
3. Operational support and improvements to best suit the business needs.
4. Responsible for maintaining, troubleshoot and improve voice (CUCM, Unity) networks
5. Responsible for maintaining, troubleshoot and improve Wireless (WLC)networks
6. Improve and monitor IT Security, for Servers and Clients, firewalls, group
7. Policies, VPN, physical security, Cisco ISE, Symantec and SonicWALL
8. Reporting Analysis and Cisco Prime application.
9. Administrate and monitor IT Networks in all levels core and access, IP
addressing, VLANs, Wired and Wireless, Guest Wireless Portal, using ISE and Active Directory
10. Improve and Managing File Server storage and OneDrive usage.
11. Manage IT Infrastructure Projects
12. Manage IT Infrastructure Vendors Relations, Purchases, work orders,
13. Agreements and Contracts, as well setting Vendor SLA and balance scorecard
14. Buildup and maintain IT Infrastructure Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
15. Buildup and manage Cloud Management on Azure or AWS.
16. Servers and Clients OS Administrating, upgrading, managing, Software
17. distribution, Patch distribution, Desktop Central Application (or SCCM).
18. Improve and administrate Domain Controller, Active Directory and User Administration.
19. Improve and Administrating Office 365 Email & Collaboration tools like Skype
for business and Cisco Jabber.
20. Buildup IT Support Helpdesk SLA and implement IT Ticketing System as well as IT Services Catalogue.
21. Improve and Managing Mobility applications, Mobiles Devices, BYOD concept.

Network Consultant at Cisco at Cisco
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2016 to December 2016

1. Low Level Design & Documentation, Network Implementation Plan, Network Migration Plan, Coordination and timely provisioning of systems and subsystems.
2. Liaisons with team members to ensure latest technologies/techniques are incorporated into the design and implementation.
3. Providing Consultancy / Advisory Services to Clients.
4. Managing Maintenance, Activity Planning and reporting progress against Project Plan.
5. Acceptance Test Procedures/Plan handling (ATP) & documentation.
6. NOS(Network Optimization Support) Network Optimization Support helps customers take full competitive advantage of their network infrastructure by building on device-level support received through Cisco Technical Support Services. Network Optimization Support helps bridge technology and expertise gaps, allowing the highest possible return on investment throughout the network infrastructure lifecycle.

Manager Core Networks at Punjab Information Technology Board
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 2014 to June 2016

 Designed and Configured Nexus 7000/5000/2000 Architecture for a Scalable Production Network that supports Rack & Blade server architecture in a Multi-Tenancy environment using VPC, VDC & VRF
 Designed and Implemented Nexus 7K/5K/2K and Catalyst 6500/4900/3750-X in a complex DC Core/Aggregation/Access layer on a 10G backbone in Production and DR Data Center
 Migrated Servers from 6500 Platform to Nexus without any application outage
 Designed and Deployed Service Switching layer with 6500 platform for Firewall and Load Balancing Services for WEB and APP server Cloud on the Nexus platform
 Redesigned and Implemented Campus LAN with 6500 Platform on Core/Distribution/Access /Perimeter model on 10G backbone
 Designed and Implemented Cisco UCS pods in Nexus 7000 and Cisco 6500 Platform
 Configure UCS Manager by defining Service Profile Template, Policies & Pools for Production Servers and DR Servers
 Design and Configure the vNIC & vHBA Fabric/Templates based on Application bandwidth requirement
 Designed and Implemented Overlay Network Management Network to manage all our Production Devices with Syslog, Cisco Secure ACS, TACACS+ and Solarwinds NPM
 Installed and Configured Cisco ASA 5585 10G Firewall at Database & App Server Layer
 Configured/Troubleshoot Site to Site VPN tunnels with our clients on Cisco ASA 5500 Platform
 Configured/Troubleshoot remote easy VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 Platform
 Experienced in Configuring/Troubleshooting Cisco Routers ASR1000/7600/7200/3900
 Experienced in Configuring/Troubleshooting Routing Protocols EIGRP/OSPF/BGP/RIP/IS-IS
 Designed and Implemented Cisco Voice communication using CUCM and PRI Voice gateways
 Designed and Implemented Cisco WLAN Controller.
 Design and Deploy Network Design with a detailed Implementation and Test Plan
 Works closely with Customers in determining the business needs for a Project and build Detail design which includes Data Flow diagram, Logical and Physical Diagram
 Perform Design, Implementation & Change Control Script review across organization
 Continually update understanding of business and technology status and objectives and respond to strategic design requests as the business evolves
 Constantly Monitor & Analyze Network Performance to detect problems and find ways to improve the Network
 Performs analysis and diagnosis of highly complex networking problems in the Data Center Environment

Sr. Network Engineer at AGCN Pakistan (Formerly Known Getronics Pakistan)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2012 to October 2014

 Perform Configuration Tasks
 Perform Pre-sales activities
 Preparation of Design and Implementation Diagrams and Scope
 Install configuration for the network solution
 Network Problem Determination
 Install network devices
 Responsible for keeping network running
 Identifies, isolates, and resolves data communications problems.
 Standardizing for all network accounts. Provide support for the network operations team.
 Monitors network management systems and tracks all network problems to resolution.
 Provides high quality customer service and follow through.
 Follows escalation and notification processes as required.
 Updates operating procedures and documentation on a consistent basis.
 Updates Network documentation on a scheduled basis, and provide real-time and postmortem
Outage notification and reporting.
 Produces daily, weekly, and monthly network availability and performance reports.

sr. Network Engineer at ADGLDI (PVT) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2009 to June 2012

 Responsible for analysis of user existing voice and data networks and evaluate both capabilities and operating costs, determine the service quality of both voice and data .
 Evaluate available technologies and services and select one that best meets user objectives.
 Implement network installation and configuration, experiences with Cisco 1700/2500/2600/3600/AS5X00/7200/7600, Juniper MX240, SRX 240 and Cisco Catalyst 2900/3500/4000/6000, Juniper EX 4200, Analog and Digital Voice
 Analyzes complex network problems and coordinates resolutions
 configuration and troubleshooting complex Routing Protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP)
 Implemented VPN with ENCRYPTION and Certificate key.
 Performed traffic shaping, audit and discovery process for all WAN connections
 Implemented Voice over IP with CISCO products.
 Configuring Communication Server, Setting up Security using PIX, which includes Configuring AAA server.

Education

Master's degree, Telecommunication
  • at GC University Lahore
  • October 2008

Specialties & Skills

Network configuration and Installation
Voice Networks
Network and IP Engineer
Installation and Configuration of Operating System
MS Office
Security Implementation and Support
Data Center Support
Data Center Implementation
Project Management
Data Center Design
Wireless Implementation and Support
IP Telephony Implementation and Support
ISE, BYOD

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

JNCIA (Certificate)
JNCIP (Certificate)
CCNA (R&S) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2007
Valid Until:
June 2018
CCIE Datacenter (49343) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Valid Until:
July 2021
Cisco Certified Network Professional(R&S) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2007
Valid Until:
August 2018
ITIL Foundation (Certificate)
CCIE Security (Written) (Certificate)