Raees Khan Email & Phone Number

Islamabad, Pk

Islāmābād, Pakistan

•Spearheading product development and technology strategy for Jazz Cloud Services, focusing on cloud networking and security solutions.•Playing a critical role in technology design and architecture decisions for Jazz Public Cloud Networking and Security initiatives.•Leading presales activities, including sizing, technical proposals, presentations, competitive analysis, proof of concepts, and large customer costs.•Educating customers on best practices for successful cloud deployment and serving as a trusted advisor for their digital transformation journey.•Implementation of trend micro XDR and email security gateway for email and endpoints.•Serving as a subject matter expert in Public (VMware, AWS, Azure, and GCP) and Private Cloud platforms, including virtualization, Private Cloud, VMware NSX, and network design.•Overseeing seamless integration from customer data centers to Jazz public cloud services, ensuring multi-tenancy and integration with Service Provider networks (MPLS, VPN).•Collaborating with OEMs and Vendors such as VMware, Fortinet, AWS, and Trend Micro to craft innovative solutions.•Guiding key security solutions, including Next-Generation Firewalls, EDR, Load Balancers, WAF, DDOS mitigation, and Compromised Assessment.•Designing customer routing solutions, including routing protocols, VPN configurations, MPLS, VRFs, VLANs, IP planning, route redistribution, SNAT/DNAT rules, VXLAN/Geneve Micro-segmentation planning, Multicloud network design, Link Load Balancing and WAF, DDOS, and arranging Compromised Assessments.•Implementation of trend micro cloud one EEP and vision one essential XDR platform endpoint servers and client’s machines for servers and client’s machines on primary and secondary site•Working with Audit team on certified cloud operations Audit and compliance Core Leading Products•Fortinet as security Solutions •Trend Micro as endpoints Solutions •VMware as Cloud solution •Data Center Certifications (ISO & PCI DSS)

Islāmābād, Pakistan

• Hands on experience in managing the operations of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 4.0. Troubleshooting of the issues related to VMware Cloud appliances (vCloud Director, NSX-T, vCenter).• Provided Level-II support to the VMware Cloud’s customers, designed solutions for Virtual Datacenters using NSX-T, vCloud Director and VCenter, Built VDCs from scratch, creating private and public subnets, creating security groups and network ACLs, configuring internet gateways, user access management/role-based access.• Responsible for new cloud product launching, integrations, and Product readiness in road map of cloud innovation.• Implementation on AWS for customer as hybrid workload solutions.• Created a 3-Tier Web Architecture, Configured VPC, EC2, EBS, RDS, Elastic Ips, Subnets, Security Groups, Route Tables, Internet Gateways, Key Pairs, Configured Auto Scaling Groups for EC2 instances. • Set-up OpenVPN (from Amazon Marketplace) for clients to access EC2 instance and RDS database (publicly in exposed) on the local network.• Configured CloudWatch to monitor cloud resources and applications, Set up AWS Systems Manager for web console access to EC2 instances session manager.• Physical and virtual FortiGate Firewalls (VM04V, VM02V, 200F) to set-up different solutions for customers.• Implemented Micro-segmentation in VMware vCloud Director (vCD) for customers' Virtual Data Centers (VDCs).• Worked on Cloudflare WAF for DNS Load-balancing and DDoS protection configurations. • Configured Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR) for Backups of VM workload and Replications as well as Failback to Productions (reverse replications) from On-Premises using MPLS link extended from customers PR sites in Karachi to their DR sites hosted on Garaj Cloud VDCs (sometimes workload being behind customers own virtual FortiGate Firewall configured.Core Leading ProductsVMware VCF vSphere, SAN, VSAN, vRealize Suite NSX-V & NSX-T and VCDAWSVeeam SolutionsFortinetTrend MicroCloudflare

Islāmābād, Pakistan

Technical Responsibilities• Responsible for all the customer’s day 1 operations from onboarding to customer success.• Customer’s cloud environment architecture & design for implementation• Responsible for new cloud products launching, integrations, and Product readiness.• Experience in migrating workloads from on-premises to Cloud.• Implementation of MPLS & SIP extension for Customer’s infrastructure.• Manage, and optimize the complete lifecycle of Cloud services dispensation after onboarding, i.e., customer incident management, request management, and change management activities.• Configuration of Veeam Backup Solution for customer• Architecture of upscaling the customer’s environment• New Product addition in platform stack & Solution designing of platform services.• Platform Features Enhancement & Platform Upgrades & Health• Virtual firewall appliances solution designs for customer’s infrastructure.• Troubleshoot customer’s high-level issues.• Lead the Cloud support team technical & operational issues.• strategic customer Technical Implementation Plans• Technical scope and cloud tenant implementationCore Leading Products- VMware VCF base Products: vSphere, SAN, VSAN, vRealize Suite (vROps, vRO, vRNI, vRLi,) NSX-V &NSX-T and VCD as platform- Veeam solution as backup - Crowd Strike as EPP- Cloudflare as WAF- Fortinet as Security Solution

Islāmābād, Pakistan

Configuration of the vCloud Director and AWS cloud management; Configure and fine-tune the cloud infrastructure systems; monitoring and managing cloud services carefully.• Provision, administer and optimize vCloud Director and AWS workloads.• Automate environment deployments in vCloud Director using vRO and in AWS using Cloud Formation, building, and supporting a highly available and multisite environment.• Migrating workloads from on-premises to Public Cloud.• Configuration of EDR, MPLS & SIP extension in Customer’s infrastructure.• Implementation, integrate and configure (OS, DB) the cloud environment for customers.• Manage, and optimize the complete lifecycle of Cloud services dispensation after onboarding, i.e. customer incident management, request management, and change management activities.• Provisioning and troubleshooting of VMs and VAPP for customers.• Solution Designs for customer’s infrastructure.• Defining multiple rules, port forwarding, and IPs on the client level for customers as per requirement.• Managing the SSL, site to site, and policy-based routing provided to end-users and end customers.• Provides support for tier 1 & tier 2 customers for windows clients, servers, Redhat, centos, applications, DBs level as managed services.• Configuring windows Servers’ administration 2012, 16 & 2019 as DNS, ADNS, DC, ADDC, NFS, hyper v, GPOs, FTP LB, and licenses with different troubleshooting.• Providing backups, snapshots, tenant-level operations, and analysis of logs to their services.• Providing administration on Linux base OS as user policies, DNS resolving, backups with troubleshooting.• Responsible for the reported issues and resolve within the defined SLAs.• Direct communication with customers on real-time issues facing their cloud infrastructure.• Responsible for all technical issues of their subscribed account on the jazz cloud.• Looking out for the customer account billing in their subscriptions (running resources & services).

Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan

Responsibilities:• Managing the Azure Cloud tenant services & DevOps activities on regular basis.• Managing Cloud services on Digital oceans with daily trouble shootings.• Deployment of SSLs on Windows-level servers.• Deployed & configured vCenter cluster & with different policies on seven nodes with 6.5 ESXI & maintain operational activities in the environment on daily basis.• Configured and maintained different storage servers with raid technology.• Giving Support to PAAS level to different customers locally & foreign.• Managing GoDaddy with domain and sub-domains.• Maintaining and managing code platforms (GitLab, GitHub, and Bit Bucket).• Giving Customer support to clients and dealing with different projects with implementations.• Analyzed software, hardware, and network systems for various transmission systems.• Configured and installed routers, switches, Firewalls (Pfsense, Fortinet), and wireless controllers (Cisco, Huawei, Different vendors Wireless Access Points).• Evaluated complex computer systems to assess vulnerability & risk.• Worked with outside vendors and teams to develop data wiring IT infrastructure.• Maintained all network documentation for hardware, configuration, licensing, and backups.Core Leading Products- Azure cloud - Digital ocean - VMware vCenter & Physical Server

• Install and support LANs, WANs, network segments, Internet, and intranet systems.• Install and maintain network hardware and software.• Identify user needs, and analyze and isolate issues.• Monitor networks to ensure security and availability to specific users.• Evaluate and modify system’s performance.• Determine network and system requirements.• Maintain integrity of the network, server deployment, and security.• Ensure network connectivity throughout a company’s LAN/WAN infrastructure is on par with technical considerations.• Assign routing protocols and routing table configuration.• Assign configuration of authentication and authorization of directory services.• Maintain network facilities in individual machines, such as drivers and settings of personal computers as well as printers.• Maintain network servers such as file servers, VPN gateways, and intrusion detection systems.• Administer servers, desktop computers, printers, routers, switches, firewalls, phones, personal digital assistants, smartphones, software deployment, security updates and patches. • Configuring & maintaining GPO’s for Active Directory users, operating system, VPN according to the organization requirement. Maintaining of data safety & backup system• Establishes network specifications by conferring with users, analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements.• Planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment.• Defining network policies and procedures, establishing connections and firewalls.• Maintains network performance by performing network monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning, troubleshooting network problems, and escalating problems to vendor.• Secures network by developing network access, monitoring, control, and evaluation.• Prepares users by designing and conducting training programs, providing references and support.

Education record

Bachelor Of Computer Science

Dit (Diploma Of Information And Technology)

Information Security

Computer Science