Mohammad Afsar CCNA CCNP CCSP CCIE-SEC (THEORY) BCCPA JNCIA-ER EX SEC

/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.

• 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 Mc-Afee D-linkRSA 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 Anti-Virus 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: SEP08-64939)
• Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate-Enterprise Routing (JNCIA-ER: JNO-342)
• Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate -Enterprise Switching (JNCIA-EX: JNO-400)
• Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate -Security (JNCIA-SEC: JNO-331)

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 execution 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 mission-critical 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 co-ordination 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