Mohammad Afsar CCNA CCNP CCSP CCIESEC (THEORY) BCCPA JNCIAER EX SEC
H.No 173754/1 Bada Bazaar Yakutpura
Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh India.
PinCode: 500023
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OBJECTIVE
Seeking Challenging assignment in Information / Network Security and to become part of a Dynamic environment where hard work and determination are acknowledged and rewarded.
PROFILE
- Strong computing background with good knowledge base in Computer Networking and Security.
- Got appreciation from ITU for working on World Telecommunication Development Conference held in Hyderabad India 2010
- Overall Seven years of active association with the industry academic instruction and seminar presentations.
- Profound knowledge of Products such as Checkpoint CISCO Juniper Fortigate Microsoft Bluecoat Trend Micro Symantec McAfee DlinkRSA and other Network Security products.
- Proven skills in management maintenance and trouble shooting.
- Well versed in identifying problems imagining alternatives and developing evaluation strategies.
- Proven ability to learn fast initiate and lead teams and actively identifies new areas for learning.
- Strong working knowledge of Routers Switches Firewalls IPS/IDS AntiVirus and VPNS
CERTIFICATIONS:
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Security Lab attempted in 2012 Bangalore
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (Written) (CCIE: CSCOID:
- Cisco Certified security professional (CCSP: CSCOID:
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP: CSCOID:
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA: CSCOID:
- Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator (BCCPA: SEP0864939
- Juniper Network Certified Internet AssociateEnterprise Routing (JNCIAER: JNO342
- Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate Enterprise Switching (JNCIAEX: JNO400
- Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate Security (JNCIASEC: JNO331
WORKING EXPERIENCE
- Hitachi Consulting Software Services India Ltd . (Hyderabad)
Senior Security Consultant (October 2010 to till date)
- Sify Technologies Private Ltd. (Hyderabad)
Senior Security Network Engineer (June 2008 to October 2010
- Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd. (Hyderabad)
Senior Network Engineer (July2007 to June 2008
- Netmetric Info Solutions Pvt Ltd. (Hyderabad)
Network Engineer (April 2005 to July 2007
Hitachi Consulting Experience
- Designed & implemented the Datacenter as per SAS70 requirements for hosted and remote servers for various customers in Boston & Santa Clara (USA) locations.
- Participated with IT team for datacenter moment activities.
- Coordinated with assorted customers for their network related issues and also with vendors to resolve the issues and any implementations.
- Worked on Solarwinds and Nagios network monitoring tools to monitor performance and availability for network devices and systems.
- Worked on RSA server to configure the RSA tokens for network authentications for users login.
- Established maintained IPSec site to site and Remote VPNs based on the requirements.
- Troubleshooting of VPN tunnel issues.
- Provided support for Voice Cisco call manager for customer.
- Participated in Disaster Recovery planning/testing.
- Review of network access logs on syslog server.
- Knowledge sharing with team members & conducted internal trainings.
- Implemented Processes & Procedures to reduce the operating overhead of the IT Team.
- Facilitated resource interviews and planning sessions managed task assignment.
- Prepared Root cause analysis of the escalated problems.
Sify Technologies: Experience
Worked as IT project lead at Sify Technologies Pvt Ltd which is an Indian ISP
- Account manager for 40 corporate clients and responsible for all technical issues related to security devices and working as single point of contact.
- Received appreciations from Major Customers.
- Providing Level3 Support for Firewalls Leased Line and Radio Frequency Corporate Customers.
- Configuring and Maintenance Static routes RIP OSPF Load Balancing with Backbones and Shaping Customers Traffic.
- Implementation of customer network which includes configuration of routing protocols Leased lines ISDN lines IOS installations and Password recovery.
- Configuration of RF devices such as Subscriber Units and Access Points and trouble shooting of customer WAN issues.
- Design and of installation and configuration of VPN/IVPN LAN/WAN as per organizational requirements.
- Identifying the potential corporate customers and their telecom requirements.
- Providing optimum solutions to the customer and convincing the advantages of SIFY services.
- Customer order installation order acceptance order fulfillment and management and SLA.
- Monitoring the Internet Traffic Load on network links through Beacon Monitoring tool.
- Doing courtesy calls to Client locations and taking proactive and preventive actions to avoid any future issues.
- Preparing Incident reports Network diagrams and documentation of all the work for ISO certification and future reference purposes.
- Troubleshooting of customer WAN related issues (Modems SUs and Routers & Switches).
Locuz Enterprise Solutions: Experience
Worked as Senior Team lead Operations (NOC)
- Maintaining missioncritical networks and ensuring the IT operations of the customers to be uninterrupted.
- Providing solutions in Network and IT Infrastructure handling operation management of Cisco Devices traffic management and monitoring.
- Troubleshooting network problems vendor coordination and IP resource management providing technical support for customers.
- Implementing Application Servers and Web Servers for Network Operations Centre & managing IP Address Management.
- Ensuring optimum usage of Bandwidth & configuring Netflow and to identify network traffic flow.
- Monitoring and testing network performance and providing network performance statistics and reports.
Netmetric Info Solutions Pvt Ltd: Experience
Worked as Network Administrator
- Administering & maintaining LAN consisting of around 100 systems Cisco Routers & switches
- Perform other related tasks under the instructions of the Manager/Senior Wireless Network Engineer.
- Configuration & troubleshooting IP Routing Password Configure in Cisco Router
- Providing solutions in Network and IT Infrastructure handling operation management of Cisco Devices and monitoring.
- Troubleshooting network problems and IP resource management providing technical support for customers.
- Administering & maintaining LAN consisting of around 100 systems Cisco Routers & switches
- Configuring Wireless router with PPoA for ADSL connections
- Handling VLAN for different users depending upon their project.
- Following up with vendors for link related issues under warranty machines like Dell (laptops desktops servers & Printer) HP desktops
- Providing Remote Support and Administration on network for Internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection and Team Viewer
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name: Mohammad Afsar
Fathers Name: Mohammad Jahangir
Date of Birth:
Nationality: Indian
Passport Number: F0896704