E-mail: safeersm@yahoo.com
Phone: +971-504123867
Safeer Syed Mohammed
Senior Network Engineer
Profile Summary
? Having 8 years of experience in designing, implementing and maintaining network infrastructure technologies
? Excellent project management skill sets by collaborating between all the project stakeholders and delivering the expected deliverables on time.
? Excellent working knowledge of networking technologies, installation and configurations of Routers, Switches, Access points.
? Proven Ability to collaborate with other team members, business stakeholders and clients to review requirements, assist in design and re-design, project scope review, execute projects and deliver exceptional results meeting customer requirement.
Work Experience Summary
1. GASCO (on Contract from Dimension Data) (Nov ’12 – Jun ’15) Senior Network Engineer
Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (GASCO) dive into one of the world’s largest gas operation, responsible for processing associate and non-associate gas from onshore oil production. It is a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, which owns 68 percent stake in the company.
Responsibilities:
? Expert in network assessment, design, implementation and deployment of network infrastructure
? Responsible for providing escalation support of network LAN, WAN, WLAN & Data Center infrastructure
? Evaluates, assess and recommend new network solutions that help enhance the security posture, availability, scalability and redundancy of the company network infrastructure
? Responsible for managing the project life cycle, starting from doing the POC, short listing the product, preparing the SOW, raise Commercial request, implementing the solution till performing day to day maintenance & operations of the same Expert in network assessment, design, implementation and deployment of network infrastructure
? Perform analytical , technical , cost analysis for yearly budget to maintain the CAPEX and OPEX for core data network and communication
? Manages wireless guest management system for BYOD to incorporate corporate application
? Configure and maintain all the network peripherals to meet the security compliance as per recommended standards
? Plan and implement disaster recovery procedures and policies including configuration and data backup
? Analyzes the network performance through the use of various network monitoring tools and provides the monthly statistics to the senior managements
? Attend and Sign Off FAT (Factory Acceptance Test), IFAT (Integrated Factory Acceptance Test), SAT (Site Acceptance Test), ISAT (Integrated Site Acceptance Test) and Final Commissioning of IT Deliverables for Network Project.
? Focal Point for IT deliverables for Major Plant Network and Pipeline Network Projects
? Work closely with Vendors, Partners, Service Providers and Project Engineers to prepare and review Scope of Work and Project Requirement Documents in line with end user requirement and corporate objectives.
2. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) (Jan ’11- Nov ’12) IT Network Engineer
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank commonly called ADCB, is one of the largest in the UAE in terms of shareholder funds and market capitalization.
Responsibilities:
? Support day to day network operations & drive various network projects
? Ensure the secure design, deployment and sustainment of wired/wireless networks in order to provide maximum performance and availability
? Working knowledge of WAN deployments including OSPF/BGP route redistribution over MPLS networks, route maps and filtering, traffic prioritization and QoS policies.
? Optimize end to end network performance and traffic flow management
? Responsible for the support and maintenance of video conference set up
? Monitors the network devices, data/voice traffic utilization via SNMP and Netflow
? Introduce and integrate new network technologies
? Test, verify and document network device backup methods and procedures
? Coordinates with network vendors, ISP and facilitates on incidents and other service request
? Ensure that SLAs are attained by timely closure of service request
? Knowledge of ITIL incident, problem & change management
3. Ibaze Technologies, India (Mar ’08 – Oct ’10) Network Engineer
Ibaze Technologies is one of the leading Software Company in India which provides Software Development, BPO and Hardware AMC.
Responsibilities:
? Support and maintain voice and data traffic for BAU operations
? Provides remote support to clients for Network peripheral under AMC contract
? Monitors network performance and executes scheduled network device maintenance as required
? Maintained router and switch configurations updated and changed configurations depending on corporate requirements and documentation
? Perform daily monitoring network utilization and network traffic
4. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd, India (Jun ’06 – Feb ’08) IT Technical Consultant
ICICI Prudential is the top most private Insurance Company in India.
Responsibilities:
? Installation and Configuration of operating systems including Windows XP and Server 2003
? Installation of essential Software, Drivers, Antivirus updates and related troubleshooting
? Deploy updates, service packs, and hot fixes using Windows update and Group policies
? Troubleshoot hardware peripherals, LAN issues and ensure ongoing performance of Network
Projects
• GASCO DC and DR upgrade Project: Lead the Project for replacing all the Nexus 5010/5020 to Nexus 5596 in GASCO DC and DR to perform higher scalability and better performance.
• GASCO-WIFI Project: Supervised for replacing all the Cisco Access points with Xirrus arrays including centralized management solutions for Guests and corporate users to access Internet.
• GASCO HQ expansion Project: Planned, Designed and Deployed network access to Capital Plaza and provided new campus infrastructure by configuring new Routers, Core switches, Access switches , Wireless AP’s and Controllers and integrated with GASCO MPLS through Etisalat.
• Load Balancer Project: Replaced Cisco ACE with F5 BIG-IP LTM and migrated all the configurations with same VIP’s and rules.
• WAN Optimization: Successfully implemented Riverbed Steelhead for WAN optimization and created the Encryption, Compression and Decryption rules for Backup and clustering.
• LYNC Polycom Integration: Integrated Lync 2013 with Polycom RMX and created virtual meeting rooms to make video conferencing possible from Desktop PC’s
• Coordinated for Migrating all the RBS MPLS connectivity to ADCB Network
Academia
• Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology
• Diploma in Computer Hardware Maintenance and Networking
Certifications and Training
• Cisco Certified Network Professional – CCNP (CSCO11714727)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate – CCNA (CSCO11714727)
• Microsoft Certified System Administrator – MCSA (6841044)
• Vmware Certified Professional-Network Virtualization(VCP-NV) (VMW-01515955E00485473)
• Advanced Computer Networking from BSNL
Achievements and Awards
• Best IT Network Engineer in Individual Contract role for 2012 from ADCB
• Customer Champion in Technical Support Role from ICICI for 3 consecutive quarters in 2007
Technical Skills
• Hands on experience in Cisco LAN, WAN and DC architecture
• Experience on Cisco Nexus 7K, 5K switches and 2K fabric extenders
• Expert on Nexus FEX top of the rack design for high availability
• Experience with Ethernet and Storage traffic consolidation through FCoE
• Configure Jumbo frames and create QoS for storage traffic
• Implement Fabric path across the data center for layer 2 traffic
• Perform VPC, VDC, VFC, VSS, HSRP from Core to Aggregation switches for high availability and redundancy
• Hands on with ASR 1K, VXR 72XX, 18XX, 28XX, 38XX, 39XX series routers
• Hands on with Cisco Catalyst 65XX, 45XX, 35XX, 3750, 3850, 2960 series switches
• Hands on with Routing protocols BGP, OSPF, EIGRP,IS-IS, RIPv2 and RIPng
• Create Route map and Policy based routing for redistribution between routing protocols
• Experience on Layer 2 technologies includes STP, VTP,VSTP,MSTP,RSTP, SPAN,RSPAN, Port channel
• Hands on with F5 BIG LTM includes Load Balancing, SSL/TLS offloading, Application Delivery Optimization and iRule for data plane programmability.
• Expert in Monitoring tools includes Scrutinizer, Solarwinds, OPManager, PRTG, Opnet (IT Guru and Netmapper), Cisco Prime (LMS and Infrastructure), Wireshark, SteelCentral Packet analyzer and Kiwi Syslog
• Hands on with DCNM, Fluke Optiview and Infoblox for DC monitoring and troubleshooting
• Experience in AAA by configuring TACACS and RADIUS to audit through Cisco ACS.
• Create VLAN, ACL, Port Security, dot1x for Security
• Hands on with QoS over WAN for MPLS and VPLS link through Exinda
• Experience in WAN Optimization with Riverbed Steelhead for Backup and DB clustering.
• Experience in deploying various campus Wireless management platforms includes Cisco (WLC – 5500, 4400, 2500 ,WCS, Aironet), Xirrus (XMS and Arrays 6000, 4000 and 2000) and HP
• Configure Network Access Control and Guest management for corporate and guest users through Ucopia and Bradford.
• Experience in Polycom video conferencing system with configuration and administration of RMX 2000, CMA 4000, HDX series and Real Presence Group series.
• Knowledge of MS Project, MS Excel, MS Power Point and MS Visio
• Good familiarity with HP Service Manager and BMC Remedy for Change, Problem, Incident and Release Management.
Personal Dossiers
Nationality: Indian
Date of Birth: 13th September 1985
Marital status: Married
Passport No: M5651677
UAE Driving License: 2079654
Current Address: Electra Street, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Reference
Mr. Mohammed Al Sawafi: Network Section Head, GASCO
Contact No: +97126031229, email: alsawafi@gasco.ae
Mr. Joseph Thomas: Network Support Team Leader, ADCB
Contact No: +97126973779, email: joseph.t2@adcb.com
Declaration
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Place: Abu Dhabi Safeer Syed Mohammed