Asif Iqbal Email & Phone Number

Herndon, Va, Us

Collaboration Design and Deployment EngineerWorking with customers on design and deploy Cisco cloud calling solutions by Migrating Onprem CUCM Cisco Webex Calling-MT and Webex Calling-DI.

San Jose, Ca, Us

● Managed a team of 7 engineers. Provided Beta training and mentoring of new hires in Beta team for team synergy. Catalyzed team culture to be inclusive and helpful to each other irrespective of time zones.● Introduced automation with minimal investment to help day-to-day operation agility. ● Fostered robust engagements between Matrixed teams such as Product Management, Program Management, Development, Engineering and Beta team. ● Budgeting (CAPEX, OPEX, Software)● Managed SOW and vendor for any new hire.● Contracted negotiations with Data center equipment vendors.● Management of pipeline of improvements in data center with milestones.● Worked with internal/external customers for pre-production trials and testing.

San Jose, Ca, Us

● Managed and supported over 7000 Alpha users globally for their collaboration services, supported under Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM)/Webex Cloud/Webex Calling and CUCM Cloud solutions.● Managed Data Centers Operations located globally for smooth operations 24/7.● Worked on Webex Cloud Solution such as Webex Calling, Webex for Broadworks and CUCM Cloud.● Managed, migration, testing upgrades, deploying, and supported Alpha infrastructure including CUCM, SME, CTMS, CTRS, VCSC/VCSE, Voice Gateways, SBCs/CUBEs, and Conferencing solutions.● Managed, migration, testing, upgrades, deploying, and supported in development IP Desk/Video Phones, Telepresence and related Applications and gear.● Worked with engineering, development, product management, program management Team, ● Worked cross functional with IT Voice Operations, Networking and DMZ/Security teams to deploy new products to meet all security requirements for safe and smooth operations 24/7.● Worked on various System Releases (CSRs 8X, 9X, 10X, 11X, 12X and 14X).● Managing, maintaining PSTN and SIP Circuits and services from Verizon and AT&T for inbound/outbound calling.● Managed to develop various web-based tools which helped Alpha Operations.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Worked in Cisco Voice Technology Group (VTG) Alpha Engineering team to deploy and manage voice & video products in live user environment to over 3000 users globally.Managed and deployed Cisco Meetingplace, Unified Communication Manager (CUCM), Voice Mail, Emergency Responder (CER), IP desktop/wireless Audio & Video phones and IOS based voice/media gateways. Managed and deployed Voice Gateways in MGCP/H.323/SIP, H.323/SIP Inter Cluster Trunks. Worked with AT&T and Verizon to manage and maintain voice services. Worked cross functional with product, development, IT teams, filing bugs, feedback and writing & executing test plans.

Harris County, Texas, Us

Worked in High Availability Enterprise Cluster Group with a team of development Engineers on Fibre Channel / Fiber Optics solutions-based enterprise servers and storage products. Instrumental in developing and generating Engineering Validation test plans, test specifications and test cases on high performance enterprise servers and solutions. Performed MS-Certification testing on various server and storage products. Interfaced with OEM and in-house engineering groups on Microsoft Certification & issues.

Performed functional and compatibility testing, qualification and troubleshooting of SCSI and Network peripherals, Axil RAID subsystems, Mylex RAID controllers in SPARC/Solaris, Intel/Windows NT Platforms. Developed test plans/reports. Interfaced with Engineering, Marketing, vendors and provided customer support.

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Tested SCSI host bus adapters (HBAs), firmware, software, drivers in various operating systems. Tested and certified HBAs in Windows 95/NT, NetWare, SCO UNIX ODT & Open Server and SCO UnixWare. Developed test plans/reports. Interfaced Marketing, Engineering, Test teams and OEMs.