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MISSION &
VISION:
To work in a reputable organization
that provides challenging work to keep up with the growing
technological advancements. Willing to work in well-known
Information Technology Industry at middle management level where
I can fully utilize my knowledge and polish my skills
effectively by contributing to a progressive Engineering
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
Company:
[snip]
(Karachi, Pakistan)
[snip] is Pakistan's leading provider of Internet & Data
Services for businesses and consumers. Under the
well-established brand name of WOL they deliver Dial-Up
Internet, Broadband and Data access services to customers on a
countrywide basis in 350+ cities. CST is also operational
globally in providing software development services in Middle
East, Europe and USA through its Software Development and
Consulting Division.
Position:
Assistant
Network Engineer
(Internet/Data Network Operations Department)
Environment:
Dialup setup
with Lucent TNT Access servers, PRIs & BRIs, DSL Broadband setup
with DSLAMs, BRAS & ATM, Core routers included Cisco 7200 &
7500, Alteon AD3 switch for multilayer switching, Squid proxy
servers, Billing servers and Pop management.
Responsibilities:
As an Assist Network Engineer following were the job
responsibilities:
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Designing &
Implementation of Private Data Networks using FR to ATM
internetworking, Circuit Emulation Services (CES) & LAN
Emulation over ATM techniques.
·
RFC 1483
Compliant Routing, Bridging Configuration of DSL Routers in
PPPoE, IPoATM modes, DSLAM firmware up gradation, Inverse
Multiplexing over ATM (IMA) Configuration on ATM Switch.
·
Monitoring &
trouble shooting of Frame Relay, ATM, xDSL, ISDN, QOS, SDH,
DSLAMs.
Experience:
Hands on
experience of configuring multi-vendor devices:
·
ATM switch (ASC
A-1240E)
·
DSL Access
Multiplexers ( Paradyne )
·
Broadband
Remote Access Server (UTStar & RedBack )
·
Layer 4
switch (Alteon AD3)
·
CISCO 2500
/2600 /1700 series router
·
Multi vendor
DSL CPEs
·
Learnt
implementation of major WAN technologies including ATM & Frame
Relay.
·
Knowledge of
different multiplexing devices: SDH, DSLAM
·
Upgraded ISP
core/backbone devices through cascading of ATM switches
·
Upgraded existing
BRAS (UTstarcom) to Red Back by configuring it for DSL users
Projects/Activities:
Designed &
deployed the country wide data networks for the following banks
& organizations, using Frame Relay over ATM, IP over ATM &
Ethernet over ATM:
·
NIB Bank
·
Standard
Chartered Bank
·
Meezan Bank
·
First
International Investment Bank
·
Muslim
Commercial Bank
·
Allied Bank
·
United Bank
Technical
& Educational Training/courses:
·
Participated
in ICND (Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices) Course (6
months) in the year of 2001 under the supervision of:
Athar Mehboob
as a Course Director
Farrukh Ahmed
Nizami as a Course Instructor
·
Participated
in CCIE (Cisco Certified Inter-network Expert) Course (6 months)
in the year of 2003 under the supervision of:
Farrukh Ahmed
Nizami as a Course Instructor
·
Conducted
ICND Course Labs (6 months) as a Trainee Engineer in the year of
2003 held at SSUET under the Continuing Education Program.
·
Completed
Cisco Networking Academy Program (CNAP)-CCNA & CCNP1 modules
included in MS Computer Networks at KTH – Haninge Campus under
the following competent Instructors:
For CCNA &
CCNP – Ibrahim Orhan
For CISCO
Security -- Magnus
Professional Conferences & Workshops:
·
Contribution
in ITCN-Asia 2003 Exhibition & Conference as a volunteer in the
year of 2003 held at Karachi Expo Center
·
Attended 3
days professional/technical workshop in the year of 2003,
covering the following 3 topics:
Implementation of Voice over IP
DSL
technology
Implementation of VPN
·
Attended 8
days professional/technical workshop & Conference of SANOG-8,
hosted by Networkers Society of Pakistan (NSP) covering advanced
research topics like IPv6, QoS, MPLS TE, and BGP Multi-homing
etc.
Miscellaneous Experience:
Win200
implementation includes the following:
·
Active
Directory
·
Network
services like DHCP, WINS, DNS
·
Quota
management under win2000
·
Terminal
services for Remote Administration
·
Internet
Sharing built-in feature in Win2000 (ICS)
·
Remote Access
Server (RRAS)
·
ISA server
·
VPN server
Linux
Implementation includes the following:
·
Samba server
for resource sharing between Linux & Win2000
·
Web server
(Apache)
·
Proxy server
(Squid)
·
Ftp server (Proftpd)
·
MRTG
·
Mail server
(send mail)
SOFTWARE
APPLICATIONS:
Platforms:
Windows98/XP, Windows server 2003, Red
Hat Linux
Tools:
Boson NETSIM 6, OPNET professional,
Ethereal, Net Stumbler, PRTG & MRTG
Application
packages: MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Excel, MS-VISIO.
AREAS OF
INTEREST:
·
Digital
Subscriber Line (xDSL)
·
Frame Relay /
ATM / MPLS / WLAN / VoIp / Routing protocols like OSPF & BGP
·
Integrated
Services Digital Network (ISDN)
·
Telecom
convergence over IP
·
3rd
party products Integration
·
IP Multimedia
Subsystem (IMS) service delivery platform (Masters Thesis)
EDUCATION:
Masters of
Computer Science
(MSc) in Information Technology specialized in Computer Networks
(In progress) from KTH,
The Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Sweden.
Research
level professional studies, is a broad program in Data
communications with specialization in Network design & Network
services including Cisco Networking Academy Program (CNAP)
modules with research based projects & reports on router
technology and multi-service networks.
Bachelors
of Science
(BS) in Computer Engineering from
Sir Syed
University, of Engineering & Technology Karachi Pakistan.
Field of
studies included all the training concerning Instrumentation and
computations in the field of Information Technology, software
development and programming. Thorough study of LAN and WAN
technologies/devices and their practical implementations.
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