Hamed Akhavanfar Email & Phone Number

Essen, Nrw, De

Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Tehran Province, Iran

Sadad (https://sadad.co.ir) has been established to satisfy the ICT requirements of the National Bank of Iran (https://bmi.ir/en). It has more than 1000 employees working in various departments, such as Applications, Systems, Network Infrastructure, Information Security, Hardware, and so forth.- Implemented various risk mitigation strategies including IPS, Network segmentation and Encryption to maintain high-level security across the network infrastructure.- Collaborated with technical teams, ensuring project delivery and security policy adherence.-Designed and deployed new services within the network with a focus on security resulting in a smooth and high-available banking application.- Administrate firewalls, prevent unauthorized access, and troubleshoot network access issues (e.g., access rules, IPS).-Implemented secure remote access solution, enabling secure remote work without compromising network security.-Installed and configured server endpoint security to counter malware, unauthorized access, and security threats, resulting in non-stop and safe service in banking application services.- Automated routine tasks Like daily Backup and signature database updates with Python scripts to reduce time by approximately 90%.

Iran

(Internet Service Provider - pishgaman.net)- Spearheaded a comprehensive revamp of the Core and Edge networks architecture, resulting capacity increase up to 10 times.- Successfully designed and implemented a high-availability network infrastructure using VSS, Stack wise and VPC reducing downtime and improving overall network performance.- Streamlined network monitoring and troubleshooting processes, resulting in a reduction in mean time to resolution (MTTR) for network issues.- Designed and implemented a partial MPLS design, while aggregating broadband users through VPLS, resulting in improved network performance and efficiency.- Collaborated with teams and customers to gather requirements, provide technical input, and address concerns or issues.- Mentored and trained junior network engineers, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing culture within the team.- Documented configuration steps for different network services to smooth and efficient operations.

Tehran Province, Iran

(Internet Service Provider - pishgaman.net)- Implemented OSPF dynamic routing rather than static routing to streamline configuration and maintenance time.- Redesigned BGP Network and IXP neighborship to cut down on bandwidth expenses.- Monitored and maintained network monitoring software (Zabbix and Cacti) to ensure optimal network performance.- Managed enterprise network devices to minimize downtime to ensure uninterrupted business operations.- Troubleshot and escalated network issues as needed.

Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

- Monitored network devices and services to proactively detect and resolve issues.- Reported network performance metrics and SLAs using Zabbix and Grafana- Troubleshooted user problems concerning network connectivity and applications.

Iran

- Diagnosed and resolved technical issues related to connectivity, slow speeds, and ADSL Modem configuration - Escalated more complex issues to higher-level support or engineering teams for prompt resolution in order to ensure customer satisfaction.- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and troubleshoot network-related problems