shaukat ali, Cyber Security Engineer

shaukat ali

Cyber Security Engineer

Descon Power Solutions

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Electronics and Communication
Experience
15 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 10 Months

Cyber Security Engineer at Descon Power Solutions
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since December 2019

implementing ISO 27001 On power sites
IT audit
IT soloution recommendation and implementation

Pre-Sales Consultant at Secure Networks
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2018 to November 2019

• Requirement gathering and conducting POC of Infoblox, Gemalto, F-5, ForeScout, TrendMicro, Fortinet, Acunetix, ZeroFox
• Advising customer on their security needs and spreading awareness through consulting
• Requirement gathering and suggesting the solution.
• Preparing technical response against RFPs
• Presentation to the customer.
• Submitting response to any technical queries with the coordination from principal

Technical Manager at Neuworx Telecom system
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • June 2016 to August 2018

• Conducting Site survey
• Attending Project review meeting
• Coordination & Preparation of HLD, LLD and ATP document.
• Site supervision
• Configuration of Brocade Load Balancer as SLB and in DSR mode.
• Configuration of Juniper Firewall SRX-5400 in cluster
• Configuration of VCF in mixed mode of Juniper Switches (Qfx-5100 &Ex-4300)
• Configuration of Infoblox caching name server and its integration with Grid Master.
• Coordination with support of Infoblox, Brocade and Juniper
• Develop a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress
• Successfully manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Conducting PAT.
• Technical presentation and POC to customers

Project Coordinator at Nasma Telecommunication LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • August 2014 to January 2015

Working with Customers:
• Met with channels/customers to understand their current technical environment, key business issues/drivers, and future technology requirements.
• Worked closely with customers on the technical requirements to provide technical solutions - Identified requirements, including technical details sufficient for product definition.
• Developed and established strong relationships with strategic clients and industry partners.
• Provided product updates and technical advice to clients - Explained technical capabilities and business benefits of solutions to the customer from engineering level to senior executives.
• Presented the company products to clients - Showcased drivers and value that supported the business case for the total cost of ownership to the customers.
• Working on RFP, RFQ, RFI, and Bid Preparation.
• POC To customers.
Key Initiatives and Achievements:
• Architecture/designed some solutions using the latest technology in data networks security.
• Initiated pre-sales activities, consulting services and products - Developed projects’ scopes (SOW, scope of work) and prepared proposals.
• Attended industry trade shows, exhibitions, seminars and training sessions to promote products and services.

Major Projects:
Takreer (Abu-Dhabi Oil Refining Company)
Data Diode Project:
• Installation & Configuration of OWL OPDMS.
• Configuration of OPTS.
• Configuration of SSTS.

Project Engineer at Network Consultant and integrator
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2012 to August 2014

Installation and commissioning of INFOBLOX DNS
• Grid Master
• caching server
• Reporting server
Integration with the NOC
Migration of DNS to New DNS.
Coordination with PTCL Project office and with NOC.
Completing PAT
POC of IPAM to PTCL
Managing the teams.

Network Engineer at ComSys Communication
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • March 2007 to February 2012

 Commissioning, testing, trouble-shooting, and maintenance of different wander equipment like, Zhone, Zyxel, , Huawei, ZTE DSLAMs Cisco & Image Stream router.
 Demo presentation to the customers.
 Preparing and conducting PAT with Different customers.
 Managing the trouble ticket with TACs of Zhone.
 Giving training to Customers.

Education

Master's degree, Electronics and Communication
  • at University Of Peshwar
  • March 2007

Specialties & Skills

System Engineering
Pre sales
Network Security
IT Project Management
Access Networks
windows 7
MS Office
Information security
routing
system administration
vulnerability assessment
firewalls
cyber security
risk management
routers
network operations

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

NSE3 FortiAnalyzer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Palo Alto Network ACE (Certificate)
Valid Until:
January 2019
Core DDI Advance Trouble shooting (CDAT) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Valid Until:
December 2019
BOSIET (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
Valid Until:
December 2019
H2S (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
Valid Until:
December 2016
Zhone Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Zhone
Date Attended:
February 2010
Duration:
40 hours
CCNP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2013
Valid Until:
June 2016
Advanced Administration Class ,(CICE) (Training)
Training Institute:
Info Blox
Date Attended:
March 2014
Duration:
80 hours

Hobbies

  • cricket,cards,travelling