Iftikhar A.

I have 16 years BS Honours degree in Computer Science and passed Huawei Certified ICT Expert in Routing and Switching (HCIE R&S - 6671) in 2017, prior to this I had my practical experience in CISCO data networks, which started in 2006 when I passed their associate level certification known as CCNA. Then i got hands on training of CCNP, passed CCIE R&S Written exam and attempted the lab exam twice. Areas of expertise: i. Data Networks Design, Deployment, OA & M ii. IT Infrastructure set up in corporate offices and OA & M iii. System Support, Help desk and Technical assistance Manager IT and Data Networks Techfoot [login to view URL] (15-06-2018 till Date) Team Lead Technical Support [login to view URL] WATEEN Telecom Limited [login to view URL] (01-09-2016 to 14-06-2018) Technical Consultant WARID METRO [login to view URL] WATEEN Telecom Limited [login to view URL] (01-01-2015 to 30-08-2016) Team Lead RANO NOC [login to view URL] WATEEN Telecom Limited [login to view URL] (01-10-2013 to 31-12-2014) Senior Network Engineer PUNJAB CHINA TECHNO SERVICES [login to view URL] (12-01-2010 to 30-09-2013) IT Officer BANK ALFALAH LIMITED [login to view URL] (11-12-2006 to 11-01-2010) System Support Engineer PRINTEK PRIVATE LIMITED (Express Media Group) [login to view URL] (19-06-2006 to 11-12-2006) Network Support Engineer FDI TELECOM LIMITED [login to view URL] (08-09-2003 to 18-06-2006) BS Honors in Computer Science Allama Iqbal Open University , Sector H8 Islamabad(AIOU-HEC) Professional Certificates: HCIE R&S - 6671 MCP CCNA CCNP(Training), CCIE R&S* *(Written passed, Lab attempted twice) Technical Profile: Hands on experience of Routers and Switches for more than 14 Yrs. Strong practical knowledge of working on all platforms (LAN, CAN, MAN, WAN and WLAN). Strong practical knowledge of IP routing protocols such as RIPv1, RIPv2, OSPF, OSPFv3, IGRP, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP and others. Databases MS SQL Servers(2000,2003,2005,2008,2010,2012) Express and Enterprise versions, MySQL, MariaDB Database Mirroring, Clustering and Replication techniques Access, distribution and core layers with Layer 2 and 3 technologies such as frame-relay, Spanning tree, VLAN, Ether channel, CEF and First-hop redundancy protocols (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP) Event Manager and SLA (Service Level Agreement) for Network administration and monitoring Policy Based Routing, VLAN Trunks, NAT (Inbound, Outbound, Extended and PAT), DHCP, WCCP, and Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE and Layer 3 encapsulation) Knowledge of MPLS Networks and VPNs Experience in configuring Cisco routers (18xx, 19xx, 25xx, 26xx, 28xx, 29xx, 39xx, 38xx, ASR903, ASR9006 and 2941-DC). Experience in configuring Cisco switches (2941, 2960, 3550, 3560, 3750, ME3400,4500 & 6500) & Inter VLAN Configuration Router simulators/emulators such as Netsim, Simsim, Dynamips/Dynagen, GNS3.