Rizwan Ahmad Siddiqi [email protected] Cell: (92)-313-431-8451 Skype: rizwan.siddiqi.

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IT Network Engineer
IT N e t w o r k E n g i n e e r a n d t e a m l e a d with more than 05 years of experience related to IT network infrastructure designing, implementation, and deployment. Expert in technical project management and server side administration, VPN Configuration, Firewalls, network security, cisco devices, wireless routers. Experience in planning, testing, implementing, configuring, troubleshooting, and administrating of network, servers and operating systems.

Core Knowledge and Skills

Technical Proficiencies
Networks (CISCO) Cisco Devices ASA 5510, ASA 5505, PIX, Switch 3750, 3560, Router 2691, 7200, 3700 Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, RIP, RIP2, and static routing. Switching: VLANs, HSRP, VRRP, RSTP, Layer-2 security, port mirroring, qos Security (ASA): Policy NAT, Static NAT, Policy based Access-list, Object ACL, Port based Translations, Advance protocol handling, inspection, Layer-2 firewall, Failover, virtualization MICROSOFT Active directory, Group Policy, DNS server, DHCP server, ISA Server, Exchange Server, wsus, Batch Scripting, IIS 7 Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows XP VPN Servers IPSEC VPN Tunnel, Cisco Easy VPN, RAR (PPTP) VPN, Kerio VPN, Open VPN Network Monitoring Tools Syslog, Solar wind, MRTG, Smoke Ping, Cacti, Wire Shark, tshark, tcptrack, if top, nmap, port mirroring Firewalls and Switches FortiGate 100 A, Kerio win route Firewall, Untangle 9, PIX, ASA, Layer-2 firewall, HP Procurve switch, Cisco 4850, 3750, 3560, and 2950 switches. LINUX Servers: Apache, Samba, qmail, IP Tables, shell commands, Shell scripting, MySql, tcp dump, LVM , Virtual domain hosting, yum, nfs, vim, RAID, ext3, ext4, chmod, rpm, netstat Platform: Cent OS 6.0, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse

Technology: Platforms:

Servers
Dell Power edge 2850, Dell Power edge 2650, IBM xSeries 346, IBM Blade server

Virtulization ESX 3.5 Server, ESX 4.1i, Hyper-V, VM Ware Workstation, VM Ware infrastructure client, VSphere client Tools GNS3, MS Visio 2010, Putty, Secure CRT, VNC, NT Backup, Hiren, VERITAS, Jira, Project Pier, Xampp

Network Protocols
SSH, FTP, SMTP, TCP/IP, TFTP, SNMP, POP, SPOP, IMAP, CDP

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENT
Cisco ASA 5510 and 5505 firewall configuration and implementation of static NAT, port based translations, policy based access-list, internet traffic filtering using access-lists, and object based access-list. Multiple VPN servers configuration, IPSEC VPN using Cisco ASA 5510 and Fortigate 100-A devices, Cisco Easy vpn, Microsoft RAR (PPTP) VPN, open vpn server and Kerio client based VPN. Network design by taking in consideration access, distribution and core layers. Implementation and configuration of cisco 3560, 3650, 2950 and 3750 switches. HP Pro Curve switches configuration, VLAN assignment, tagging and untagging of ports, and port mirroring on production network. Installation of S y s l o g s e r v e r , MRTG, Smoke Ping, solar winds Orion NMS, Cacti, tcptrack and iftop monitoring tools to monitor internet traffic and bandwidth. Administration of Fortigate 100A firewall for static and policy based routing and management of dual WAN bandwidth internet links. Firewall policing to allow and block internet access, and traffic shaping of al- lowed traffic. Wireless infrastructure designing and implementation, more than five access points deployment in LAN, and configured with frequency and SSID according to standards. Administration of Kerio Firewall for all kind of internet traffic filtering, Traffic policy to allow interesting traffic, monitoring and logging of internet usage. Deployment of domain in multi-user computing environment, establishment and management of Active directory users, computer, OUs, and maintenance of Active directory. Deployment of scripts and User/computer rights restrictions with Group Policy. DNS and DHCP Servers configuration to handle name resolution and IP addresses assignment in automated fashion. FTP server configuration using different tools. Designed and implemented Fire Wall, proxy server, website blocking, bandwidth management, and internet monitoring using Microsoft ISA Server. Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007 maintenance and support and OWA configuration. Management of Virtual Server environment using ESX server, hypervisors, and VM Ware. Play a key role in Agillic Operations team on IT projects for different Telecom companies in Scandinavia as DSB Loyalty, Telenor, Elro, and Sonofon. Oracal installation, configuration and db creation. Management o f O r a c l e w i t h O r a c l e Enterprise Manager. Table space monitoring and configuration of oracle EM with SMTP. Also worked on import, ex- port, cold, hot backups and restoration procedures. Implementation of web technology using Apache, Tomcat, IIS web servers. Also worked on configuration of Trifork application server. Participate in deployments of Tomcat web server. Have working experience on all windows and Linux based file, mail, proxy, web and print servers. Recruited by Multilynx to work on Mobilink an Orascom telecom company IT technical support project. Where I provide technical support for systems, networks and applications. Key player in service desk training and implementation. Worked on Data backup and critical data recovery by using different technology and tools.

POFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Network Engineer June2010 Present Vopium A/S Vopium A/S is an offshore mobile development company of VOPIUM (http://vopium.com). Vopium is European based company and listed on NYSE Euronext Paris. Vopium A/S is publicly traded company financially backed by different investors. Vopium vision is to make mobile communication free. It is working to radically change global communication from fix line and PC to the mobile phone. The number of products from the Vopium family is increasing. There are products that ensure a fixed low price for international calls. My responsibilities as a Network Engineer are given below;

Managing IT team of 5 members as Team Lead to provide network and system services.
Responsible for 24/7 Internet and production network availability. Vopium production data center is hosted at Copenhagen Denmark. IPSEC vpn tunnel connectivity to link production data center

and Lahore office. Cisco ASA 5510 configuration with access-list, object based access-list, policy NAT and static NAT. Routing, filtering, VPN, internet load balancing and traffic shaping with Fortigate 100A firewall. Management of HP Procurve switches on production network and Cisco 3750, 3560 and 2950 switches on local area network. Provide VPN access to local and production network with Microsoft RAR (PPTP) VPN, Open VPN, and Kerio vpn client. Virtualization with ESX server and administration with VM ware infrastructure client. Monitoring and management of Kerio Firewall for any excessive downloads, websites blocking, ports
Opening/closing for internet traffic. Active directory administration and user management using roaming and static profile. Group policy creation to apply different rules. Monitoring of network using MRTG, Smoke Ping, solar winds Orion NMS, Cacti, tcptrack and if top Monitoring tools.

Users email creation from Rackspace and Exchange server hosted at Denmark. Domain controller, DNS installation, domain management and maintenance. Multiple DHCP Servers configuration and mac reservation. Implementation of Untangle web filter and monitoring of daily traffic using untangle reports. Monitoring of (20-25) Linux and windows based servers to avoid any down time. Working and reporting on different tasks related to network and Linux/ windows based servers. Troubleshooting of any kind issue related to systems and networks. Critical Servers Data backup using Norton ghost and windows backup technique.
System Administrator August 2008 May 2010 Unwired Lab Mobile Innovation Unwired Lab is a project oriented IT outsourcing Company having its head office MailCorp in Denmark. It provides IT services and mobile development solutions with its partner Agillic to main Telecom companies of Scandinavia like 3, DSB, Telia, Telenor. I was also a part of Agillic operations team at that time. I have following job responsibilities here; Management of a multi-user computing environment, such as Local Area Network.

Active directory administration and maintenance, establishing and managing user accounts. Management and maintenance of windows and Linux based network servers as DNS, DHCP, File, FTP, Proxy, mail, and print servers. Implement the group policy on domain users and computers. Designed and implement Fire Wall policy using Microsoft ISA Server. Web Servers installation, management and deployments. Oracle database installation, schema creation, script running, and backup. Project management and documentation update. Backup of data and critical data recovery. Software up-gradation, patches, and Operating system update. Anti-virus installation and update for data and network security. Troubleshooting and reporting an issue with in SLA time. Email bounce configuration using Linux based SME mail Server to bounce back wrong emails. Watchdog configuration to receive a down and up alert of a web server.

IT Technical Support Engineer July 2006 July 2008 Mobilink on behalf of Multilynx Multilynx is a vendor company of Mobilink, it provides IT support services to Mobilink users with coordination of Mobilink IT. It also launched IT Service desk project in Mobilink with coordination of HP. I played a key role as IT Technical support Engineer in all Mobilink projects. My responsibilities during this job are discussed below. Provide technical support for Network, Systems, and Applications to Mobilink users. Provided assistance with login issues, including password creation/reset and remote logins. Performed hands-on administration, and troubleshooting of Local Area network (LAN)/intranet, resulting in optimum performance and minimum downtime. Problem reporting and subsequently managing and coordinating of issues reported by users in timely and efficient manners. Responsible for hardware and software applications for workstations, servers, and network data Communications. Collaborated with executive management and department leaders to assess network capacity needs. Produced regular detailed reports for SLA monitoring and senior management review. Performed data conversions and repairs of users data in order to meet specified program requirements. Perform Software up gradation activities under the supervision of Senior IT management.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION BCS (4-years) from COMSATS institute of information technology Lahore, 2006. F.SC. (Pre-Engineering) Govt. College Gujranwala, 2001. TRAININGS Completed the academic study of following courses from Corvit Lahore CCSP CCNP RHCE CCNA MCSE 2012 2011 2010 2008 2007

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