Zeeshan Ahmed Email & Phone Number

New York, Usa

• Core responsibility is to manage and maintain all networking devices to ensure service stability, Plan and Deploy new technologies that serve business growth in the finance sector. • Ensure smooth WAN connectivity based on the private L3 MPLS based cloud using Cisco ASR’s and Cisco 4500 series routers, along with failover based on IPSec tunnels using Cisco Firewalls.• Protect all branches networks using redundant Cisco Firewalls 5500 and inline IPS device based on scattered redundant internet connectivity branch wise. Maintain AnyConnect connectivity for users to connect to their office network from anywhere securely.• Ensure best wireless coverage for Data usage on all offices with smooth roaming and high availability using Cisco 55xx series Controllers and 2602 Access points.• Securing client devices using Cisco NAC deployment with posture check and compliance authenticity. Maintain and upgrade Cisco NAC to best available versions and resolve any ongoing issues.• Ensuring network stability using Scrutinizer as Netflow collector and SolarWinds Orion / Pingdom (cloudbased) for networking devices health and utilization, Thousandeyes as distributed branch based deployment for connectivity / Jitter / Web health.• Participating major roles in new projects for network designing, planning, and deployment.• Maintaining and Managing Networking devices code upgrades for smooth operations and bug-free environment.• Deploying Cisco ACI infrastructure as the top of a class industry data center solution to ensure smooth, reliable application delivery with ease of management and scalability of the network on a fast pace.

Dubai Festival City, Dubai

Network Projects Delivery and 3rd level SupportAl-Futtaim Enterprise IT provides support to the Al-Futtaim Group across all geographies of World. It manages the IT application and infrastructure across various lines of businesses.The core components of EIT are Business Application Management, Infrastructure & Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Service Management, Information Security, IT Procurement and IT Governance.• Leading projects throughout the full lifecycle of project delivery including the requirement gathering, planning, designing, implementation, testing, optimization and hand-over phases. • Managing the IP network of State of Art Datacenter having more than 600 MPLS connectivities spread across different countries to all the AL-Futtaim business/branches using Cisco 6513(VSS), Cisco ASRs 1001, • Leading and supporting technical deployments for enterprise level infrastructure using Alcatel Omni Switches 9700/6450/6900/6200, Cisco 1941/890, Alcatel Wireless AP 103/105/104/205/225, Alcatel WLC 4700, Cisco 2600 Series AP.• Implementing fully resilient network using VRRP at Switching level and HSRP/VRRP at router level to keep 99.999% stability in the network.• Support for more than 800 thin access point using Alcatel and Cisco high-end Wireless LAN controller with management suit of OmniVista 3600 (From Alcatel).• Facilitating knowledge and experience in development of service delivery and SLA metrics for network services such as Wireless, Voice-Mobility and application services provisioning.• Managing Riverbed devices to optimize the bandwidth between expensive international connectivities and increase user experiences/performance for remotely located users to access the files and routine work on its best performance.• Managing Big IP F5 devices for load balancing between web servers running E-Commerce services, with GTM and WAF modules to keep the web services secure from external threat.

Abudhbai, U.A.E

• Provide Tier II support as an SME (Subject Matter Expert) and act as a key technical focal for escalated complex network issues/incidents• Handled advanced service requests which included QoS implementations, optimization of reportedly slow networks through traffic flow analysis, traffic load distribution on a multi-homed network, layer 2 optimization and configuration hardening following best practices.• Quick resolution of Severity 1 and 2 incidents that have significant business impact. Resolution types affected areas such as OSPF and BGP convergence, sub-optimal routing, routing loops, layer 2 performance degradation and others. • Proactively identify issues with client’s infrastructure such as single point of failure, deficiencies in the implementation of the networks, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues and provide optimization solution by a service improvement Program. • Investigates root cause analysis of incidents and provide mitigation solutions to prevent reoccurrence.• Implement and manage Campus and Enterprise solutions end to end that include Core / Distribution switches (6500), Access switches (3560, 3750 & 4500) and Enterprise Edge Routers (2800, 3800 & 2900).• Strong experience with IP telephony (CCM, Unity, Voice Gateways), Wireless (WLC 4400 & Aruba), traffic Engineering (Packet Shapers).• Deployed and managed network management appliances/servers such as Cisco LMS, Netflow Analyzer, Syslog collector, PRTG, and ACS.• Develops standard configuration guidelines, network documentation, diagrams and Work Instructions. • Provide out of office hour’s support duties to sustain networking systems and to meet service level agreement• Updating and managing the documentation as per standard for each enterprise client with all the information.

ADNET Project:• Working on large scale enterprise networks of AbuDhabi Government Entities for migration project that carried out by Musanada.• Responsible for studying the networks of assigned Abu Dhabi Government Entities (ADGEs) and suggesting a design strategy best suited for migrating the links and services of the entity to a common secured network/data center.• Analyzing the ADGE network from Network and Application Security prospective and suggesting the changes to comply with the Standards and Policies set out by ADSIC for ADGEs.• Coordinating with different internal departments, stake holders and ADGE to get the designs approved.• Assisting ADGE understand changes required in their network for migration.• Overseeing the whole migration activity • Preparing NAT/PAT configurations in Multiple Context mode for firewalls on Cisco ASA along with Routing Configurations.• VRRP / HSRP configuration for Cisco/Juniper devices to support fully redundant and reliable Network infrastructure.• Configuring routing policies to do the source/destination based routing to full fill the purpose of routing the data from selected WAN connectivity which also helps testing a new Connectivity and during troubleshooting.

Led setup of the broadband service using BigBAND CMTS (Cable Modem termination System) first deployment in Pakistan. Coordinated Core IP and Linux Infrastructure to roll over this new Broadband service in market. Configure and manage the multiple VTP (VLAN Tunneling Protocol) domains with VLANs (Virtual LANs) to maintain security and differentiate the broadcast domain. Configure all Linux-based services and provide third level support to technical operations team and Support team network problem resolution. Build multiple POP to increase coverage area and revenue streams. Network security solutions using Cisco / Linux-based firewall and manage BGP/OSPF peering with multiple upstream providers to provide load balancing and failover for the Internet traffic as well as with downstream providers. Implement IPtables / IPCHAINS and TCP wrappers security in all Linux servers and design corporate solutions using MPLS L3 VPNs, Open VPN’s, IPSEC, Cisco Routers, and Cisco Voice Gateways. Install and configure Linux sniffer called SNORT for detailed statistics of whole network. Versed in Linux based email server deployments with SPAM and anti-virus protection using open source SPAMASSASIN and CLAMAV Bluecoat Bandwidth Manager. • Upgraded the CMTS from Bigband DOCSIS 1.1 to 3.0 using the Aris CMTS. Also moved the cable modem database from ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager to Incognito's Broadband Command Center.• Developed a Multicast network for our Video on demand network between Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad.• Configured IPv6 for WorldCALL and build a tunnel on IPv4 to transport the IPv6 between to IPv6 networks.TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIESLAN / WAN • CISCO Routers 7200/7600 • CISCO NAS AS5300 • CISCO switches 2900/3500 • ADC CUDA 12000 • ARIS CMTS C4/C3 • Incognito BCC • Open VPN’s • IPSEC • SPAMASSASIN • CLAMAV • WEB Servers Apache • Bluecoat Bandwidth Managers • ISDN • SUN SOLARIS • SYSMASTER • Cisco IP Media Gateway 1700/2600

Providing Remote Consultancy to the company clients.Preparing Technical Feasibility as per required buy company clients.Third Level support to the company clients.Designing Network architecture for the new and as well as existing clients.

Providing Remote consultancy and monitoring for the VOIP network deployed on SYSMASTER for users database and codec conversion, VOICEMASTER, Cisco IP Media Gateway 1700 Series.Configuring Dial-peer on Cisco 2600 VOIP client incoming voice traffic.Handling all the VOIP related services, like adding international Carriers managing interconnects depending upon their route statistics using LCR.Deployed Support Call center for company in Pakistan, on Linux based VOIP switch using Asterisk along with queuing, IVR, call recording features.

Installation, configuration and Management of Linux based services Like SQUID, WEB, MAIL Install, configure and manage Cisco routers and switches in LAN and WAN.Installation of Lucent PM25 Access Servers and successfully implemented the ISP Dialup services.Configurations of SVIs on Cisco 4500 Series routers with Frame relay encapsulation for the radio link customers using the MUX.Coordinating with PSTN provider (PTCL) to install new and management of existing channelized E1s for Dialup customers over Copper Media.

Master Of Science, Information Technology, Networks And Communications, 3.34 Cgpa

Masters in Telecommunication

Ccna, Ccnp, Cvoice, Ccie, Computer Networks, Passed

Cisco Certifications

Bachelor Of Science, Math / Physics, Maths, Physics

Math's and Physics