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• Managing Afiniti’s network using Next-Generation Firewalls (Cisco/PaloAlto), Application Load Balancer (F5), Advanced Cisco Routers, Switches and Wireless solutions.
• Ensuring network resilience, safeguard against cyber threats, and implementing security policies (IPS/IDS, Access controls, URL filtering).
• Managing clients onboarding specially via Site-to-Site VPNs, ensuring secured end-to-end connectivity and adeptly resolving VPN-related issues.
• Utilized F5 for Application… Show more
• Utilized F5 for Application Delivery Controllers, Load Balancing, High Availability, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) to ensure optimal performance, availability, and security.
• Managing Identity Server Engine (ISE) to ensure AAA, profiling, posturing, logging and reporting for a secure network environment. Show less

• Effectively Managed Global Network Operations, delivered advanced level support to clients and ensured uninterrupted traffic flow between data centers on different geographical locations.
• Played a key role for new clients onboarding with design, integration, security and documentation.
• Successfully migrated multiple sites from legacy infrastructure to an advanced, centralized cloud-based platform (Cisco Meraki).
• Efficiently migrated more than 50 IPsec VPNs from Cisco ASA to… Show more
• Efficiently migrated more than 50 IPsec VPNs from Cisco ASA to Next Generation FortiGate firewall.
• Successfully executed end-to-end deployment of a robust wireless solution.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Collaborated with a team responsible for configuring, monitoring, and maintaining a complex network of 30+ IBEX Sites across multiple countries.
• Looking after Enterprise Network Operations and integration points with different clients connecting with IBEX using various ways e.g. Private Lines, Site to Site VPNs or Private MPLS Cloud.
• Successfully migrated office internet to PaloAlto Firewall, deployed the security policies, URL filtering, and custom internet categories to restrict… Show more
• Successfully migrated office internet to PaloAlto Firewall, deployed the security policies, URL filtering, and custom internet categories to restrict internet access based on specific requirement.
• Initiated and executed a project to upgrade outdated OS to latest recommended versions to protect against vulnerabilities and preventing bugs.
• Monitoring network via logs and alerts on SolarWinds for 1200+ network devices with advance alert configuration, Kiwi syslog for syslog alerts. Ping Plotter for route change detections.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Deployed as a Resident Engineer at WARID Telecom - NOC (Enterprise Data Networks).
• Collaborated on network capacity and high availability with the Data Center Planning group.
• Installed, configured, and fixed routing, switching, security, redundancy, VPNs, and AAA server.
• Successfully migrated multiple Warid business centers from Cisco to Juniper infrastructure.
• Created complex Visio diagrams for data centers and offices for architectural visualization.