Waqas Ali, Principal Network Engineer

Waqas Ali

Principal Network Engineer

TRG (The Resource Group)

Location
Pakistan
Education
Higher diploma, Virtualization in Desktop Mobility
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Principal Network Engineer at TRG (The Resource Group)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since January 2014

• Hands on experience in Building and Troubleshooting Core Network infrastructure using Cisco Routers, Multilayer Switches, Juniper SRX.
• As Principal NE I have excellent learning curve in working with expert NOC teams building IP Connectivity and VOIP solutions for various clients including but not limited to1800 Flowers, 1800Dentist, DTV, ATT, Wateen Telecom, Verizon Telecom, Telenor, Warid Telecom, Santander Bank, Zong China Telecom, Office Depot, Government of Punjab, PITB, Barclays Bank, Standard Charter Bank, JS Bank, Uniliver, Alert communication, Frontier, Bank of NY, Orbitz, Charter, Central Voice, Bank of America. Designed connectivity with clients, build their call centers, managed routing failover scenarios, ensuring security and high uptime.
• Manages, performs, and evaluates the day-to-day data network communication systems maintenance and related services to ensure optimum performance.
• Prepares and maintains network/infrastructure diagrams and other technical documentation in a comprehensive and timely manner.

Sr. NOC Engineer at worldcall an omantel company
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2008 to March 2014

• Design, Implementation and Operations of IP/MPLS Core Network
• Migrate WorldCall IP Core Network from Cisco to Juniper for more than 50 sites.
• Design and Provisioning of MPLS L3/L2 VPNs and VPLS for Enterprise Customers
• Design, Implementation and Operations of IP Transit Network
• Design and Implementation of Pakistan’s first ever IP Transit between PTCL & TW1 (Tier-1 operators)
• End-to-end network solutions to 2nd level Service Providers and Enterprise Customers by integrating MPLS L2/L3/VPLS circuits, IP Transit and Metro Ethernet.

Education

Higher diploma, Virtualization in Desktop Mobility
  • at VMware
  • December 2016

VCP6-DTM

Higher diploma, Service Provider
  • at CCIE-SP
  • May 2015

CCIE Service Provider Certified with Lab Passed.

Higher diploma, Virtualization in Networks
  • at VMware
  • January 2015

VCP6-NSX

Higher diploma, Virtualization in Data Center
  • at VMWare
  • June 2013

VMware certified Professional in Data Center

Bachelor's degree, CCNP, JNCIA
  • at Punjab University
  • February 2008

Specialties & Skills

System Administration
Network Administration
Routing
Expertise in SQUID Proxy server
Linux & Windows Integration in TCP environments
Expertise Linux Redhat, Ubuntu, SUSE, Centos and Solaris Systems

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Hobbies

  • Swimming
  • Exploring Nature