PlanetBeyond is providing Value Added Services (VAS), audio and video content, AI bots, Mobile Apps development and technology services to the Telecom industry of Pakistan, KSA and UAE.Revamping the existing network infrastructure to high availability (HA) network environment.Plan, design and implement network projects and provide solutions to network and security related problems.Installation, configuration and management of Network and Network Security devices and applications for the PlanetBeyond data center, remote office and the colocations.Plan, design and implement Proxmox node cluster and ceph storage HA cluster where LAN, WLAN, WAN and network security related virtual instance are installed at PlanetBeyond data center. Document and maintain all corporate WLAN, LAN & WAN network installations and configuration.Develop and improve network operating procedures. Create and update configuration and design document, network and component diagrams and associated documentation for all sites.Develop and maintain a secure computing environment supporting connectivity between head office, branch offices and remote sites over leased lines and VPNs.Manage and coordinate incident response efforts related to outages, equipment failures, and security incidents.Manage service providers, network vendor relationships and track vendor performance.Troubleshoot and resolve performance, capacity, and stability concerns.Building strong understanding of layered security at network and application level, and resolving the issues related to network and security.Ensure the service levels for a broad range of network traffic flows (VOIP, Data and business critical applications) are delivered and functioning properly.

To manage team of network professionals for the implementation of projects.Plan, design, and implement network projects and provide solutions to network and security related problems.Plan, coordinate and manage all kind of local and international VPNs which include Site to site VPNs, Client server VPN and Clientless Web/SSL VPNs.Build strong understanding of layered security at network and application level, and resolving the issues related to it.Cconfiguration and management of Network and Network Security infrastructure for the entire IBEX Group of companies.Ensure service levels for a broad range of network traffic flows (VOIP, Data and business critical applications) are delivered and functioning properlyDocument, maintain and manage all corporate WLAN, LAN & WAN network installations.Develop and improve network operating procedures. Manage to create and update topology diagrams and associated documentation for each site.Develop and maintain a secure computing environment supporting connectivity between head office, branch offices, remote sites and call centres.Manage and coordinate incident response efforts related to outages, equipment failures, and security incidents.To manage service providers & network vendor relationships and track vendor performance.Troubleshoot and resolve performance, capacity, and stability concerns.

Earthfactor is providing value added services (VAS) to the Telecom service providers of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bangladesh.Running call centers of several multinational companies.It is providing services 24x7x365 to its clients. As Network and Security professional, my responsibilities included but not limited to the following:Plan, design, and implement network projects and provide solutions to network and security related problems.Instal, configure and manage all kind of local and international VPNs which include Site to site VPNs, Client server VPN and Clientless Web/SSL VPNs.Build strong understanding of layered security at network and application level, and resolving the issues related to it.Installation, configuration and management of Network and Network Security devices and applications for the entire Earthfactor office infrastructure.Ensure service levels for a broad range of network traffic flows (VOIP, Data and business critical applications) are delivered and functioning properlyDocument and maintain all corporate WLAN, LAN & WAN network installations.Develop and improve network operating procedures. Create and update topology diagrams and associated documentation for each site.Develop and maintain a secure computing environment supporting connectivity between head office, branch offices, remote sites and call centre.Manage and coordinate incident response efforts related to outages, equipment failures, and security incidents.Manage service providers & network vendor relationships and track vendor performance.Troubleshoot and resolve performance, capacity, and stability concerns.

I was responsible for the Network/System Administration of Electronic Government Directorate office network infrastructure. The network infrastructure of EGD consists Linksys Wireless Access points, CISCO 2600 series router, Catalyst 2950, 3750 & Fondary FastIron switches, PIX 515e & Juniper SSG 520 firewalls and HP, Dell & Fujitsu Siemens entry and mid range servers.Provided 1st level IT support to the internal clients of EGD office.Provided 2nd level IT support to the Assistant Network/System Administrators deputed to 55 locations of Federal Government Ministries/Divisions.Coordination in the internal audits of FGDC project in 2007 and 2008.Coordinating the Project Director (FGDC) in the planning, implementation and administration of Electronic Government Directorate’s mega project “Federal Government Data Centre”. This includes technical & financial opening, evaluation and documentation & procurements; budgeting, auditing and, inventory and resource management of FGDC project.Under the responsibility of Systems Team Lead, a major activity of revamping systems infrastructure at 55 locations from Windows 2003 Enterprise Server environment to Redhat’s Opensource Linux distro “CentOS 5” was successfully completed in which Open LDAP, Samba, DNS, DHCP, Squid and ClamAV services were deployed

Worked in ABN AMRO Bank main branch Lahore as e-Banking Implementation Officer /IT Support Executive and provided IT, e-Banking and System support on behalf of my company “Digital Office System” . Following responsibilities were assigned there:• Coordinating Manager IT main branch Lahore in day to day operations, deploying, reporting and managing multiple IT infrastructure assignments and projects in Lahore branches.• IT management and support to different branches of ABN AMRO Bank Lahore.• Inventory, change/problem, incident, vendor and facility management.• Installation, configuration, management and support of ABN AMRO’s e-payment solution “Bankstation” to the corporate customers of the bank.