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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Day-to-day duties included - Support and administration of broadcast video infrastructure, file-based Video Playout, Ingest, and Channel Branding, broadcast Media Asset Management System, Newsroom Automation System, and News production system- Managing Adobe suite and managing users and their access to different Adobe applications. Installation and management of Saphire plugins for video editing.- Managing VM hypervisor for planning upgrades of existing VMs (virtual machines), managing their planned backups, and decommissioning redundant VMs. - Setting up a lab VM hypervisor on the bench and creating VMs for different projects to test their working before implementing them on the production VM.- Assessing and testing new hardware arrived. (Testing is to test electrical equipment to ensure safety at the workplace according to Australian laws)In addition, I am working on the following projects, - Planning and participating in the full roll-out of existing News storage and Playout system and implementation and training users for the new system (different vendor). - Auditing and then upgrade of existing graphics and automation servers and clients. - Auditing and assisting in the implementation of a new storage system being implemented. - Assisting in the implementation of leaf-spine architecture at this site.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Day-to-day duties included - Support and administration of broadcast video infrastructure, file-based Video Playout, Ingest, and Channel Branding, broadcast Media Asset Management System, Newsroom Automation System, and News production system- Managing Adobe suite and managing users and their access to different Adobe licenses. Installation and management of Saphire plugins for video editing. - Auditing existing infrastructure and planning degradation of existing servers and computers, as per priorities and budget provided. In addition, I worked on the following projects- Designing and successfully implementing NDI video streaming that included converting conventional video streams into NDI streams, managing them over the network, and populating them to TV broadcasts.- Assisted networks team in configuring switches, and on-site support for the implementation of new leaf-spine architecture and transition from old existing network infrastructure, while maintaining the existing network to run smoothly. - Installation and design of basic infrastructure to implement new NTP infrastructure, assisting in implementing a centralized NTP for the whole organization.- Assisting in implementing Beyond Trust remote management tools used to provide users with remote access, if working from outside of work.

Islāmābād, Pakistan

Co-founder and systems engineer of a services base setup to provide development services in the software industry and embedded systems and design and support for IT setups for corporations.Leading strategic planning processes, writing SRS (Software Requirement Specifications) andfinancial proposals, product development, sales outreach, and marketing effortsManaging executive and administrative processes and driving product and businessdevelopment.Developing embedded systems for hardware-based projects, leading other teams for projects involving hardware integration.Deployment on physical servers for projects completed for organizations with sensitive data. Deployment and integration of software with client’s hardware system (for organizations with security issues).Major projects include the Visitor management system (facial recognition, HRM software, Web applications, embedded systems).

Sydney, Australia

• Support and administration of broadcast video infrastructure, file-based Video Playout, Ingest and Channel Branding, broadcast Media Asset Management System, Newsroom Automation System, and News production system• Installation and troubleshooting of video editing hardware and software, deploying hardware, software upgrades to IT and broadcast infrastructure, and maintenance & troubleshooting for essential broadcasting equipment.

Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Worked at:-RF-ID modules: Interfacing and working of RF-ID module. The basic structure and working of Active and passive RF-ID tags, RF-ID communications.-I2C module: Interfacing and working of i2c communication module. Designed and implemented algorithm (in c) for communicating serially via i2c.-USART module: interfacing, designing, and working of USART communication module. Designed and implemented an algorithm for communicating serially via RS 232.-IDE: Complete understanding of Integrated Development Environment for writing and building algorithms. -Ultrasonic sensor. Worked on the ultrasonic sensor and monitored its synchronization with Microcontroller. Worked on measuring distances and keeping tracks using ultrasonic Sensors.-Real-Time Clock: DS 1307 worked on the synchronization of DS 1307 with microcontroller and system's calibration with real-time.-Automatic Parking System: Designed a whole system which was based on charging cars as per real-time clock. The system was based on a microcontroller that was synchronized with real clock via i2c protocol, which was serially updating time from DS 1307 on LCD screen displaying results. There was a keypad installed to edit or set a time when it's required. An additional code was written that would allow the user to set the time using a serial port (USART).

Islamabad

Worked as:Logistics Heads in BACSAP for 1 and a half years and performed all the duties of a logistics support team.Management head for a couple of events for organizing and in-hall management of particular fun events and technical workshops.Member of the team which founded webx, the biggest bloggers convention in Pakistan.Co-founder of career expo, a job fair introduced in Bahria University in 2009, and then in 2012 (the one with a wide range of fields and jobs).Introduced and organized career building and personality building workshops including public speaking skills, self-discipline, adobe photoshop training e.t.cOrganized haunted night, challenger den, webx, gammerz tournament, Bits Bytes n Colors, movie night, concerts, workshops, seminars

H-8 Islamabad, Pakistan

Worked at:-Radar Communication System. Worked on radar communications, learned positioning of radar for increasing or decreasing range, learned monitoring weather using a radar, learned public health hazards of radar, learned safety precautions of installing and monitoring a radar, monitored radar controller devices, and configured them for recording and monitoring radar.-Nala-Lai Water level Control System. Nala-lai Water level control system is a kinda Pre-flood alarming system. Learned monitoring whole system, learned built-in automatic alarming controls, worked on the server managing all water level controls. -Automatic Weather stations. Specially designed weather monitoring systems for remote areas. Worked on working schematics and functionality of AWS. Monitored different already working stations.-Seismic Center. Worked in the seismic center, monitored rector scale readings, installed actuators at remote sites, monitored designing and control of actuators-Server system. A monitored whole server system for monitoring all updates in various departments installed Linux framework

H-9 Islamabad, Pakistan

Worked at:-Recording. worked as a recording engineer during the shoots of different programs and dramas, monitoring monitors, cameras, light exposures, and recording on various media.-NLE. Non-linear editing using adobe premiere pro edited various programs-LE. Linear editing, editing of programs using various manual tools.-Server System. Uploading dramas and programs for broadcasting it in the air, and to keep it available for future recaps.-Broadcasting. worked on broadcasting and streaming programs through the air on different frequencies and channels.-Live broadcasting studio. worked on different equipment for shooting live programs, worked on setting light and sound exposure, monitoring glitches and advertisements-Power supply and backups. Worked on maintaining power supply, worked on designing the backup power supply for the whole organization.

Islamabad, Pakistan

Worked as:-Data entry operator, to familiarize me with GUI and functionality of the software. Get used to hotkeys and the basic structure of data entry software.-Photo-editor. Edited pictures according to the requirement of software, just to make sure that every picture meets the standard frame of software.-Logo Designer. Designed digitized logos of different institutions which were already designed either in painted frames or as wall-art. -Graphics Designer. Designed different certificates, membership cards, identity cards and embedded them in the software framework.-Software Developer. Developed various modules of data entry software as assigned tasks while internship.

Master Of Engineering (Meng), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: table tennis, network building, volunteer work Designed various projects as semester projects and research.

Bachelors, Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: table tennis, event organizing, network building Designed different circuits as semester projects. Digital clock.