Vahid Patel, Senior Network Engineer

Vahid Patel

Senior Network Engineer

Fetchr

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering
Experience
13 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 11 Months

Senior Network Engineer at Fetchr
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2019

Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN)
Monitor network performance and integrity
Provide security guidance and drive infrastructure decisions in collaboration with other technical and management team, ensuring Security principles are being upheld and no violations of Security Policy is taking place.
Troubleshoot technical problems with established Local Area Network (LAN) and or Wide Area Network (WAN) systems through collaboration with other team members, SOC, ISP and vendors
Document network issues and resolutions. Ensure vendors and technical staff follow enterprise technical guidelines and architecture standards
Suggest improvements to network performance, capacity and scalability
Mentor team members on technical issues and preventive measures

Senior Analyst at Petrofac (TCS)
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • August 2017 to April 2019

Key Result Areas:
Evaluate user requirements and recommend possible network/security system designs
Install or oversee the installation of network/security hardware and software by vendors
Troubleshoot technical problems with established Local Area Network (LAN) and or Wide Area Network
(WAN) systems through collaboration with other team members, SOC, ISP and vendors
Document network issues and resolutions. Ensure vendors and technical staff follow enterprise
technical guidelines and architecture standards
Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to manage project deliverables and minimize adverse
impacts on existing systems and business processes
Effectively utilizes monitoring and other network configuration tools to administer network performance
reporting
Knowledge sharing sessions with team members
Highlights:
Implemented Meraki network solution at Petrofac multiple locations including HO
Successful team lead for the Network refresh project of Petrofac all locations
First point of contact for network and security maintenance for Petrofac Sharjah office (2500 users

Senior Network Engineer at Datacraft Networks
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2015 to August 2017

Key Result Areas:
Designed and implemented secure and scalable networks for clients
Prepared and delivered product demos to prospects
Closely worked with vendors and internal teams to design solutions and manage project deliverables
Experience in Designing & Configuration of Huawei SCT, Echannel & Edesigner Tools
Performed implementation of complex network solutions

Account Associate at Siemens Enterprise Communications (Progility)
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2013 to October 2015

Designed, implemented & managed complex network infrastructure
Provided technical support to more than 70 AMC customers in Mumbai
Configured and implemented various Routers, Switches, Wireless Access Controllers, Firewalls and so
on
Built and maintained Visio documents for clients
Assisted the Support Team in project implementation

Network Engineer at Modern Informatics
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2012 to July 2013

Implemented & Supervised ongoing project sites under Intelligent Security System for ATMs across

Assistant Engineer at Tulip Telecom
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2010 to June 2012

Analysed ongoing fault tickets, captured traces to know the root cause and rectified the same through
NMS
Provided MPLS connectivity to the new customers through Radio and Fibre Medium
Configured routers and switches for CPE and POP end
Took regular backups of POP end routers and switches
Maintained the uptime for POPs and recorded the same

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering
  • at Shivaji University
  • July 2009

Specialties & Skills

IT Project Management
IP Networking
IT Security
NETWORKING
ROUTERS
SWITCHES
BUSINESS PROCESS
COMPUTER HARDWARE
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
FIREWALLS

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

CMNO (Certificate)
CCNA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
HCIE (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2017