Sameer Rajput

Network and Security Lead at Cisco IT networking

• United Arab Emirates - Dubai
• My current job since December 1999

Implementing and governing information security policies guidelines and procedures spanning the enterprise.
Creating and executing a strategic plan, Enterprise Risk Management, to identify risk gaps and strengthen controls, procedures, and protocols
Providing guidance, consultation, and recommendations to the executive team regarding information security policies, protocols, and best practices
Creating an enterprise-wide action plan to protect company and client information, monitor cyber threats, and manage information security incidents
Designing and building an information security infrastructure to effectively monitor and report on key areas of risk.
Establishing mechanisms to monitor and report on unauthorized system access, network security gaps, tampering of physical IT assets, and global cyber threats
Serving as a subject matter expert and key contributor during meetings with the IT strategy committee, risk management committee, and privacy committee
Ensuring that network development adheres to best practices regarding the tracking and storing of code and data

-Multi-vendor Network & Security Infrastructure Design
-Integration for Network & Security Infrastructures
-Network Optimization / Load Balancers F5
-Next-Generation Firewalls & Security Architecture Solution Designing
-Data Centre & Cloud Technologies
-Technical Documentation (HLD, LLD, NRFU, etc...)
- Managing 3g (M2M) network from ATM & CDM machines till Servers connectivity.
- Managing Transgaurd Data centre’s
Reporting to the CIO and leading a large global team
Overall Management of Network and Security Infrastructure, This includes overall ownership for business up-time, security and continuity of 1500 + Switches, Cisco router, Firewall, Call Manager Voice Servers, Voice gateways and WAN optimization, Bluecoat Proxy and Iron Port, Hyper-V.
Closely working with Business to Provide the entire technical solution for business as per there requirements
Further Project Managing from Start till completion, along with complete documentation (Project charter, Business case, cost analysis, ROI and Project closer report)
Change Management, Incident Management, risk and audit for entire security for Infrastructure .
Responsibilities:
-Multi-vendor Network & Security Infrastructure Design- Managed more than 17 remote Sites for Cisco VOIP network (Call Managers, IP Phones, Voice Gateways) - Integrate Cisco Unified Communications Manager with Unity and Unity Connection -Merger / Integration for Network & Security Infrastructures -Network Optimization / Traffic Engineering / Load Balancers -Infrastructure Security Posture Assessment -Next-Generation Firewalls & Security Architecture Solution Designing -Service Provider Technologies like, BGP, MPLS, L2/L3 VPNs. -Data Center & Cloud Technologies -Traffic Engineering (TE) -Quality of Service (QoS) -Technical Documentation (HLD, LLD, NRFU, etc...) -Network/Security Infrastructure Management -Addressing Network Problems.

Halliburton, Dubai, UAE
Reported to the IT GCC Technical lead, with the responsibilities of design and implementation of the Complete KBR (Halliburton) Data Centre in UAE,
deploying Core Router, Layer 3 switches 3560, Call Manager (4.1.3) Cluster on MCS 7825 servers, Cisco Unity Voice mail on MCS server 7835, build-up the IPSEC Over GRE tunnel through Nortel 1700 Series VPN router and Cisco 3845 Router for GRE OSPF routing protocol peering with Houston and UK data centres
As a part of Global Network team Cloud solution has been implemented between Global Data centres. Configured and Deployed Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000 series devices. Implementation of OTV between Melbourne and Houston Data centres using Nexus 7000 devices.
Deployment of International MPLS between Houston, Europe, Asia and Middle East region.
Integration between Active Directory with Bluecoat Proxy across the Global Cloud