Shiraz Ahmed Khan, Network Administrator

Shiraz Ahmed Khan

Network Administrator

Arabian construction company (ACC)

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Information and Communication Technologies
Experience
23 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 7 Months

Network Administrator at Arabian construction company (ACC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since May 2014

Maintain highly available and secure IT infrastructure for Group’s EPR Application (SAP) and other value added services
Installing, Configuring, managing, monitoring and troubleshooting of Juniper SSG320, SSG20 & ISG 2000 Firewall, Palo Alto and Fort iGATE (VPN, Routing, and Access policies), NORTEL 8000 Core switch and Edge switch NORTEL 4500 (VLAN, MLT and SMLT, HA), Juniper SA 4000 (SSL VPN Box) and router Juniper J2300, AVAYA IP Telephone (Site administrator And Dial guard) Cisco (Call manager)
Installing, Configuring, managing Services and roles like ADS server, SQL server, ISA server, WSUS Server, FTP, DHCP, and DNS, IIS
Installing, Configuring, managing Application servers like EPRO, CSOFT, RIB, and MDaemon Server, Citrix server, Aconex, Call Recording (Dial guard), Fax Server (GFI)
Installing, Configuring, managing Monitoring software like OPManager, APmanager,
Installing, Configuring, managing of VMware ESXI and V-Center Servers
Installing, Configuring, managing network printers (Canon, Kyocera, HP, Rowe, Ricoh)
Installing, Configuring, managing Wireless Access point Linksys and DLink etc.
Coordinating with other IT executives in the site and head office and resolve the escalated calls
Second level End User Support Including ACC office and Client and Consultant offices
Communicate un-resolved/recurring problems with third level support teams and ISPs
Managing backup Symantec, NAS, Veeam

Network Administrator / System Administrator at Tuwairqi Steel Mills Ltd
  • Other
  • March 2007 to May 2014

Implementation of highly available and secure IT infrastructure for Group’s EPR Application (Oracle based) and other value added services.
Implementation of Unified communication system at the Plant Site enabling data, voice and video over single carrier (IP Based) for higher performance, better integration and reduced cost. (Pilot project completed, rest in progress)
Implementation of Emergency Evacuation System based on integrated solution of Public Addressing System, IP Surveillance System, Telephony System and Fire Alarm Network.
Implementation of digital surveillance at the project site through IP based CCTV system. This is a highly integrated and scalable system which serves the purpose of Security, Safety, Construction and operations through logical segregation over IP network.
Implementation of centralized attendance management system for both employees and external contractor’s work force with biometric interfaces.
Procurements of Cisco Systems communication equipment’s from tier one partners of Cisco Systems in Pakistan with SLAs.

Incharge IT Section at Sind Engineering Pvt Ltd
  • Other
  • June 2005 to February 2007

Designed & implemented company’s Wide Area Network with more than 60 remote sites countrywide which include design, procurement of hardware (communication devices, servers, and software)
Team Lead for designing and commissioning of Disaster Recovery Site as per company’s Business Continuity Plan.
Managed Annual Maintenance Contracts and SLA with Service Providers (WAN/Media/Internet/UPS).
Administration and management of Voice/IP at all WAN sites.
Managed NMS tools for real time monitoring/ notifications / alerts / troubleshooting of entire Network.
WatsUpGold (Real Time Links Monitoring with SMS/Email notifications)
MRTG/PRTG (for Bandwidth monitoring)

Head Of IT Section at Export Processing Zone Authority
  • Other
  • August 2002 to June 2005

Transferred all manual method and processes to a computer based system
Designed, developed and maintained the network of Export Processing Zones Authority Pakistan
Registered and maintained the Website of EPZA (www.epza.gov.pk )
Managed all Information Technology related work including tasks presentations, seminars, exhibitions, staff training, hardware and software
Successfully Implemented computerized card reader attendance system in KEPZ based in 50 companies
Looking after all IT related, digital & print marketing, staff designing coordination during exhibitions

System Administrator / Instructor at NCR
  • Other
  • October 2000 to July 2002

Identified and Implemented the E - Learning method for teaching
Identified, designed and implemented the summer vacation classes including lectures,
Subject material and staff scheduling
Instructor for E - Commerce subjects
Gave an Interview in ‘The Network’ program Prime TV Channel where E-commerce was the topic
Supervised special classes banks or any other organization Habib Bank and some Private companies

Education

Master's degree, Information and Communication Technologies
  • at Preston Institute of Science & Technology
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

IT Operations
IT Solutions
Network Design
Web Design
IT Service Management
IT Team Lead
IT support & Services
Networking

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Fortinet NSE 7 - Enterprise Firewall (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Valid Until:
June 2024
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer PCNSE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2020
Valid Until:
June 2022
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA Security) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Valid Until:
February 2022
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA Routing and Switching) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019
Valid Until:
December 2022
NSE-1 Network Security Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Valid Until:
January 2021
NSE 4 Network Security Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2019
Valid Until:
November 2021
Juniper Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2013
Valid Until:
January 9999
MCP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2008
Valid Until:
February 2008

Hobbies

  • Cricket