Arslan Rasheed Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Responsible for:Overall Managing APAC networkNetwork Operations and BAUDesign and Implementation Network ProjectsImplementation of Network changes as per the organizational requirementsMajor Projects:Data Center MigrationNetwork Design & Implementation

Auckland, New Zealand

Responsible forManaging Palo Alto PanoramaManaging NZ's largest warehouse group having more than 300 sitesDesign & Development of network infrastructureTroubleshooting WiFi network - AerohiveChange ManagementSecurity Infrastructure management & ConfigurationRouting, Switching, WLAN troubleshootingManaging multi vendor environment such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, Huawei, Cisco, Aerohive - HiveManagerDesign & Documentation of MACManaging MPLS networkDevOps Tools - Terraform, AWS CloudFormationManagement of Network Infrastructure using Terraform scripts

Auckland, New Zealand

Network Planning, Design, & Deployment• Gathering & Understanding customers requirements• Design, configuration & Installation of BSN/corporate networks• Design and deployment of Wireless LAN (802.11x) solutions (Ubiquiti, Ruckus)• Wireless bridges and backhaul links solution• Media technologies design (Fiber, Ethernet, wireless)• Provisioning coordination• Technical reporting, and project management• Vendor/Clients coordination, and BOM management• Network projects execution and delivery• Technical designing (HLD diagram, LLD design, IP design)• Heat map designs for IEEE 802.11x• Corporate data network, voice, BSN, wireless and surveillance networksPlatforms/Technologies:• Routing protocols (OSPF,BGP)• Switching technologies (VLAN, STP, Ether channel, VPC)• Video surveillance CCTV network (Hikvision, Axis, Dahua)• Troubleshooting & configuration of firewalls, routers, switches, CCTV Cameras• Monitoring for Voice/Audio solution (SIP, 3CX, Access4)• Ruckus/Cloud4wi/Ubiquiti wireless controller, Ubiquiti Wireless Nanobeam• Understanding experience with monitoring tools PRTG, and SolarwindsOperation and Support• Network & On-call support for level 1, 2 network issues• Troubleshooting IP protocols (UDP, TCP, ICMP)• Troubleshooting & configuration of VPN (IPSec, SSL)• Keeping network devices up to date (Patch updates etc)• Network firewalling and policing (Fortinet, Cisco, Ruckus)• Fulfilment of change requests for Access Control Policies• Change Management, & Incident Management

Auckland, New Zealand

• OSI – TCP/IP reference models• Concepts of VLSM, Subnetting• Switching techniques (STP, PVST, Rapid STP)• Tutoring routing techniques and protocols• Tutoring IPSec and GRE tunnels• IT Helpdesk, ITSM, and incident management• VoIP configuration and implementation• LAN/WLAN design & configuration

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Data Centre DeploymentActed as a junior engineer to deploy new DATA CENTER for the bank. During the deployment and planning phase my responsibilities included:• Establishing and Load management of BGP peering with Internet providers• Configuration of OSPF for internal network communication within Data Centre• Establishing BGP peering between edge router ASR1004 with Brach networks devices and ensure Symmetric Routing and redundancy• Configuration of vPC/LACP on Core switches• Configuration of redundancy protocol HSRP for high availability• Configuration of IPSEC VPN for Brach & ATM network connectivity• Configuration of Cisco ASA 5525-X with integrated IPS bundle in Multiple Context mode for firewalling• Migration of all Business VPN tunnels from existing to new setupNOC-Related tasks• Ticket management through ILS platform• Provide L1-2 support for all NOC reported issues• Installation, configuration, and maintenance of networking equipment such as WiFi, IP cameras• Troubleshooting and/or debugging network-related problems• Perform design validation, documentation, HLD/LLD and optimization of network designs• Configuration of multiple models and vendors of switches/routers• Responsible for documentation of Daily NOC Report (DNR) for ABL core and branches• Plan and Execute the Branches Shifting activities from Layer 2 (DMVPN) to Layer 3 (IPsec, GRE)• Configuring ASA/ASR for branches and Internet• Troubleshooting of MPLS network (L2, L3 VPN)• Oversee network health with focus on device resource utilization, traffic patterns and link utilization.• Configuring SSH, ACL's, NAT, NTP, HSRP, SNMP and DHCP on Cisco Router• Configuring Switches VLANs, Inter VLAN Routing, STP and Ether-channel

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Alcatel ISAM configuration• Reports on daily basis regarding network downtime and maintenance report• Weekly handling of Maintenance report• Network Optimizations• Cisco Switch (2950, 3560, 3750) configuration• Cisco 3845, Cisco 7200 series routers configuration

Ms, Electrical Engg, A

Activities and Societies: French Language Society, Drama Society, Research SocietyMasters in Electrical(Networks)

Bs, Telecommunications

Activities and Societies: SportsmanBachelors in Telecommunication