Abid Syed, Engineer Core Operations Maintenance

Abid Syed

Engineer Core Operations Maintenance

Emirates Telecommunications Corporation – Etisalat

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, CCIE Data Center , CCIE# 32206
Experience
22 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 10 Months

Engineer Core Operations Maintenance at Emirates Telecommunications Corporation – Etisalat
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2010

• Handling Dubai & Abu Dhabi data centers
• Handling 40 Gig Multi Service Core network (Juniper T4000)
• Handling Cisco Nexus 7K, 65K
• Design & Implementation of WireFilter in DXB / AUH Internet Data centers
• Implementation of F5, ACE, Brocade Loadbalancers
• Implementation of HMC and Wire Filter
• Working on Loadbalancers from Cisco, Nortel & F5
• Involved in RFP of Utility Computing
• Implementation of LFM, BFD, RSVP, OSPF, route policies, BGP, L2 Circuits between Dubai & Abu Dhabi data-centers
• Liaison with PMO/Engineering, Service Layer, Layer 3 aggregation & Metro Core

Network Management Tier 3 Engineer at Du (EITC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2006 to May 2010

• Part of FMC (Fixed Mobile Conversion Project).
• Implementation of Du-Heart having six CRS-1
• Liaison with PMO/Engineering and operations
• Responsibilities include review the design and implementation of all new roll out projects of data network involving DPT/RPR, Layer2, Layer3 routing and Switching, Cisco 10K as MAR, 76K as POP, 45K as BDS, spanning tree, Dual OSPF, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, Packet front BECS3, BECS2, SPECS
• IP/MPLS Core network upgrade and enhancement
• Review/validation of design and implementation of special projects/events like GITEX, MECOM, DU retail shops
• Providing support to data network operations for new roll out projects
• Acceptance tests for network services including voice, internet and video
• Expertise in automation which helps reducing time to great extent requires for manual tasks
• Making new processes to improve the work flow and coordination between different teams for the new projects.
• Ensure to meet the dead lines for all the projects
• Meetings with Engineering/PMO for new projects
• Ensure successful cut in of new roll out projects to the network
• Meetings with management for the status reports of the projects and for new processes
• Expertise in network documentation and architecture diagram
• Working with network architecture and connectivity troubleshooting
• Leading the team of six outsource engineers.
• Designing, Implementation of new roll out projects in BECS 2 as well as in BECS 3


From Nov 2006 till March 2007 as a Soft switch Engineer

• Working in Technology operations- Soft switch
• Performing advanced engineering tasks of planning, design, configuration, implementation and operation on all Class 4 and Class 5 Soft Switches (which provide analogue telephone lines and external telephony circuits to all existing du customers)

Systems Analyst at The Hiring Solution Company (Al-Masa Holdings)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2005 to October 2006

• Responsibilities include managing projects, network, operating systems, hardware, software applications, interacting with clients and improving the system by research & development.
• .Net Development for HR System
• Very good expertise of technical documentation
• 24 hours availability to handle and manage the systems and servers

Systems Analyst / Software Engineer at Dubai Internet City
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2002 to January 2005

Worked in below companies in Dubai Internet City and all was related to software engineering

1• Synentia FZ LLC.
2• System Adaption & Development
3• AGiLiENCE ME FZ LLC

TRA Hardware & Networks at KIIT (Franchised of University of Huddersfield UK)
  • Other
  • September 2000 to August 2001

• Prepare course work & assignment for students of B.Sc. II
• Supervise students during LAB & lecture
• Assist professor & student during University hours for anything related to Hardware & networks.

Education

Diploma, CCIE Data Center , CCIE# 32206
  • at Cisco
  • July 2015

I passed my CCIE Data Center Lab Exam on 26th July 2015

Diploma, CCIE Service Provider CCIE# 32206
  • at Cisco
  • November 2011

I have done my CCIE Service Provider and my CCIE number is 32206.

Bachelor's degree,
  • at University of Huddersfield
  • August 2002

I was among top five students and got first division.

Specialties & Skills

Core Network
Data Network
Routing Protocols (OSPF, ISIS, RIP, EIGRP)
CRS-1 & CRS-3, ASR 9K, 6500, Nexus, 7600
Loadbalancers (F5, Brocade, Cisco)
Multicast
BGP, MPLS, VPN

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

CIsco
  • CCIE DC & SP
  • November 2011