Adeel Ahmed
Sr. Network Engineer
Islamabad
Summary
Results-driven Network Engineer with 8 years of expertise deploying and maintaining LAN and WAN infrastructure. Dedicated technology professional with strong track record of accurately conducting system repairs and troubleshooting. Offering exemplary planning, project management and communication talents. Successful Senior Network Engineer accomplished in managing enterprise-wide networks for large-scale operations. Plan, implement and continuously improve infrastructure and controls to stay on top of changing operational and security demands. Expert in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
Enterprise Khazana
6 2022 - Current
- Adding new sites VPN connections across the globe for assigned projects via Cisco Meraki SDN.
- Managing Meraki Infrastructure for USA clients including version upgrades,replacements and integrations.
- Level 2 Support of IT-related issues for assigned projects locally and internationally.
- Propose and implement system enhancement.
- Acting as a front-line interface for user issues.
- Improve the performance and reliability of the network.
- Installed and configured network security solutions such as VPNs, Firewalls and intrusion detections and mitigation tools.
- Built and improved network documentation and training procedures to lead successful team completing high-quality work.
- Documentation of IT infrastructure and troubleshooting procedures.
- Managing and Troubleshooting Cisco FTD.
- Develop and evaluate network performance criteria and Measurement methods.
- Configured, tested and maintained LAN/WAN components and connections.
- Internal IT Support using Zoho Desk and Zoho Assist.
- Asset Management and Access Control Process flow and Documentation.
- Created VPN infrastructure and allowed for secure remote connections.
IP Datacom Engineer
Huawei
11.2020 - 06.2022
- IP/MPLS Network design, optimization, operations, and maintenance.
- Designing Planning and Migration of Core Routers (IP/MPLS) Backbone.
- Network Audits to identify improvement areas and requirements of capacity and bandwidth upgradation.
- Operation and maintenance of nationwide 3G/4G/5G network of Omantel Oman.
- Troubleshooting of Routing, Switching, MPLS VPNs, BGP, and other core-related issues.
- Coordination with Huawei GTAC on different issues of Routers/Switches.
- Responsible for Daily operations for internal and external stakeholders.
- ATN Replacement, Link Expansion, CR Management.
- Presented technical findings to stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of project status and goals.
- Provided input to team lead regarding areas for process and procedural improvement.
- Wrote, reviewed and edited technical document in accordance with template requirements.
- Led engineering teams to successfully complete projects on time and within budget.
Senior Datacore Engineer
Wateen Telecom
04.2019 - 11.2020
- Support Corporate Customers as well as consumers in case of any network disaster.
- Implementing traffic filters using Standard and Extended access lists and control LAN Networks with different switching concepts (VLAN, VTP, STP, ETHER CHANNEL, L3 Redundancy).
- Managed the multi-homed networks to ensure High Availability ISP redundancy and link Failover.
- Enterprise Network Troubleshooting.
- Q-IN-Q, NNI, End-to-end Layer 2 and Layer 3 communication.
- Cisco Routers IOS up gradations and PM Nationwide.
- Responsible for managing Cisco equipment and handling all tasks related to Cisco devices Nationwide.
- Configuration and management of IP/MPLS core Routers 12000 (GSR), 7613, 7609, 7606, 7206 and metro 10720 with RPR blades, Catalyst 6500, ME3400, and ME3750 switches series
- Manage their Bandwidth efficiently to load balance their prefixes on all available STMs.
- Providing support to Fiber client both Dark Core and manageable (Layer3), troubleshooting their network, and escalating to relevant departments in case of fiber breakage.
Executive IP Core and Noc Engineer
Witribe
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Performing quarterly preventive/corrective maintenance and health checks of core elements.
- Providing network solutions and configuration to corporate 800+ clients.
- Monitoring & Management Tools (SolarWinds, Cacti) performance monitoring of Network KPIs.
- Managing and troubleshooting WAN connectivity of Major Nationwide clients including Samaa & Jaag Broadcasting, HMB, Phoenix Armor, Waseela Bank, Berger Paints, HBL, IGI, Faysal Bank, Pizza Hut, KFC, Askari Bank, NIT.
- Analyzing/Troubleshooting routing issues between branches running in MPLS.
- Providing Technical Support to Corporate Internet and VPN (Layer 2, Layer 3) clients.
- Managed a team of 8 NOC MTOs in 24/7 shifts.
- Strong team management and supervisory skills including scheduling, roaster, and team performance tracking.
- Monitoring of all the Access, Distribution, and Core network elements to ensure more than 95% service availability.
- Served as liaison between internal and external teams during system outages and worked with third-party vendors or service providers to remediate outage issues.
- Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Reporting of the network - Access/Distribution/Core availability, Outage reports BW Utilization, E2E Network Report, User reports, FOPs KPI report.
- Maintaining and updating IP Plan inventory of all the network elements nationwide.
- Responsible for network integration & parametric changes of Wi-max and LTE base stations for network optimization in coordination with RF teams.
- Commissioning of the site in LTE Huawei U2000 and WiMAX in Motorola EMS for Wi-tribe.
Network Engineer Noc and Core
Sharptel
05.2017 - 08.2018
- IP Routing, Base Station integration IP Pool addition, etc.
- Configuration, Management, and Monitoring of Nationwide BSS Network.
- In time Fault localization & Escalation (opening Trouble Tickets) of Access & Core Network faults to the Huawei's TAC/ field operations team/transmission vendors & strict follow-up.
- Managed and configure Multivendor l2 and L3 switches and Firewalls, S9300,5600,NE20,NE40 Eudemon1000 E-2.
- Maintaining and updating IP Plan inventory of all the network elements.
- Design and implementation of MPLS VPNs, including Layer-2 and Layer-3 VPNs over various access technologies.
- Maintaining and updating Visio diagrams of the network and Data Centre.
Network Engineer
SCT Technologies
08.2015 - 05.2017
- Manage and maintain the Monitoring Systems.
- Provide support services on calls to international clients.
- Maintenance of technical documentation.
- Fault handling and escalation (identifying and responding to faults on systems and networks).
- Resolution/escalation of any issues ranging from video delivery systems to business apps.
- Assist clients with their requests and issues related to our services by gathering the customer's information and determining the main issues, analyzing the symptoms, and finding the underlying problem.
- To resolve issues on the first call or escalate and manage tickets when required.
- Part of these tasks will be - Modem/ Router Configuration, and remote access to resolve problems.
- Gain practical hands-on experience designing, deploying, configuring, supporting, troubleshooting, debugging, and administering the following network protocols and technologies: ACL, ARP, DHCP, 1G/10G Ethernet (IEEE 802.3ab & IEEE 802.3ae), Flow Control, ICMP, IPv4 & IPv6, LACP, LLDP, NAT, OSPF (RFC 2328), RIP, SNMP, STP/RSTP/MST (IEEE 802.1d), VARP/VRRP, VLAN (IEEE 802.1q).
Education
BS in Electrical And Electronics Systems -
University of Lahore
10.2012 - 05.2016
Skills
LAN network configuration
Network technology
Network Troubleshooting
Meraki
Cisco FTD
Palo Alto firewalls
Cisco ASA
GLBP,GRE,VPN HSRP,NAT,PAT
IP/MPLS & Networking
Routing Protocols (RIP,EIGRP ,OSPF and BGP)
SolarWinds
Monitoring tools (Cacti, Nagios, PRTG)
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Dressing and Structured Cabling
Network Capacity Planning
Traffic Engineering Techniques
Quality of Service Management
Certification
Cisco Certified Network Engineer (CCNA)
Languages
Urdu
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
IP Datacom Engineer
Huawei
11.2020 - 06.2022
Senior Datacore Engineer
Wateen Telecom
04.2019 - 11.2020
Executive IP Core and Noc Engineer
Witribe
10.2018 - 03.2019
Network Engineer Noc and Core
Sharptel
05.2017 - 08.2018
Network Engineer
SCT Technologies
08.2015 - 05.2017
BS in Electrical And Electronics Systems -
University of Lahore
10.2012 - 05.2016
Senior Network Engineer
Enterprise Khazana
6 2022 - Current