Bilal Javed

Experience

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  IEEE

  Sept 2008 - Jun 2012

  IEEE International Member

  IEEE International Member at UET, Lahore.

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  Mobilink

  Jun 2010 - Sept 2010

  Trinee NOC Engineer

  Internship in NSS(OCN) in Mobilink, FRF building Kot Lakh Pat, Lahore. During internships, performed below assigned tasksWorked with three vendors of Mobilink ; NSN, Alcatel and Siemens.Performed Testing of both Prepaid and Postpaid sims at their respective VLR’s for the introduction of new IN’s; IN-26, IN-27.

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  Wateen Telecom

  Dec 2011 - May 2012

  IT Engineer

  Monitoring of Active PGW (PSTN Gateway) on Orion Network Performance Monitor.Monitoring of CVPs and ODBCs for CPU Utilization and Memory Utilization.Handling of TAC Case in TAC Service Request Tool for the faulty phones having broken stands.

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  Self Employed

  May 2012 - now

  Skills and Expertise

  o Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-120) Cisco License: CSCO12831849 o Cisco Certified Network Professional Trainingo Microsoft Certification: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V & System Center. o Juniper Networks Certified Associate (JNCIA) Code: 50CTVQTY82F1Q792o TCP/IP and OSI Reference Model; Public Addresses vs Private Addresses; Sub netting.o VLANs, VTP, STP, PVST+, RPVST+, MST, Trunking, DTP , Ether channels, HSRP, VRRP and GLBP. o Routing Protocols such as RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP. LSA Types, OSPF Areas and Internal router, backbone router, ABR, ASBR as well as Redistribution.o DHCP and Automatic TCP/IP configuration. Domain Name System (DNS). o IPv4 / IPv6 Networking and LAN/ WAN Technologies and NAT/PAT and applying ACLs.o Active Directory Domain Services Show less

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  CureMD

  May 2012 - Mar 2015

  Assistant Systems Administrator.

  Installation and Configuration of HP 2848 Gigabit Ethernet Switches for data and Cisco 3500, 3750 and 3560 Series switches for VoIPMonitoring of Cisco Switches using their Device Manger as well as through Network Performance MonitorHandling PBX in a Flash for creating and Troubleshooting Cisco IP Phone Extensions in CureMDInvolved in the Administration of Servers and their Operation and Maintenance for most of the local and hosted servers of CureMD.Installed and maintained Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) as a secure web gateway solution. Windows 7 and 8 Profile Creation and OS Installation:Installing and using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 in Domain CureMD.Installing and Configuring Axis IP CamerasBusiness Continuity Management System and the implementation of ISO 27001 standards in CureMD Corporation.Server Virtualization using Hyper-V and VMWare Show less

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  Jazz (previously known as Mobilink)

  Aug 2015 - Nov 2018

  Network Specialist

    Monitoring, configuration and supervision of Jazz Fixed network (formerly Mobilink BSD) which includes Routers, Switches, and IP-DSLAMs. The network devices belong to different vendors such as Juniper, Cisco, Brocade, Huawei and ZHONE. Network Monitoring:  Manage Core, Aggregation and Access Networks of Jazz BSD and coordinate its changes as well as outages between different teams.  Using WhatsUp Gold as NMS for faults and alerts, as well as enhancement/ refinement of NMS to provide more insight into our services. Maintaining and configuring L2 and L3 Switches and Routers in Jazz Fixed Network. Also, Configuration of DSLAMs: Zhone MXK151, MXK819.  Maintaining and designing network changes in the form of Network Diagrams. Monitoring graphs of different devices such as switches and routers and observing traffic flow using Cacti and MRTG.  Using iManager U2000 for verifying network trail of Infra links, PMP, DSLAM sites and monitoring and escalating alarms found on the media trail.PMP, MF and DSL Provisioning:  Managing different types of services including Point to Multi Point Wireless, Metro Fiber and DSL Customers.  Configuring, maintaining, advertising networks for customers for all the services mentioned above. Supporting, configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Routers 3845, 7200 and Switches 2950, 3560; Juniper Routers MX480, MX104, MX80, M10i, M7i, M320 and Switches EX4200, EX3200; Brocade Switches B624 and B6910; Huawei Switches S3300 and Zhone IP DSLAMs MXK819, MXK151.  Implementing and maintaining OSPF, BGP/MP-BGP, MPLS, VPNs, IPSec Tunnel and Martini L2circuit on Cisco and Juniper devices Provisioning for new MPLS based L2/L3 VPN customers and providing redundant path to customer by auto-failover using BGP Configure and troubleshoot VLANs, STP, RSTP, Trunking, Ether Channels and Port Security at Switch level. Troubleshooting & handling day to day inquiries of PMP, MF and DSL customers. Show less

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  United Bank Limited

  Nov 2018 - Nov 2022

  Network Security Engineer

  UBL Network Supervision and Configuration:• Managing and maintaining network of Central Cluster of UBL Pakistan.• Configuring Juniper SRX5400, SRX300, SRX220, Fortinet 40C, and Fortinet 60 D Firewalls and providing their replacement with new one within the set SLA set by UBL.• Configuring and Managing IPSEC Site to Site VPNs between Branch and Head Office with advanced encryption features.• Design and configuration of OSPF on Juniper SRX Firewalls with MD5 Authentication.• Optimization of UBL network which includes upgrading the devices or updating the IOS for Juniper, Fortinet firewalls and Cisco Switches. • Using Cisco WLC 5520 to manage the Wireless Users in UBL RHQ, Campus environment.• Upgradation of Wireless Switches and WLC to new IOS according to the new standards.• Using and configuring Cisco switches 2960X for Campus LAN. Managing LAN Users in UBL RHQ, Campus environment.• Part of the team, for setup and installation of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and SDWAN solution in UBL infrastructure.• Used Python to configure UBL Branches at large level. • Used Python to configure OSPF Metric for whole Central Cluster during OSPF Metric Change Project. In a similar manner used Python during the SRX-300 OS Upgradation Project.• Monitoring of UBL Network for the Central Cluster of Pakistan. The Network includes Bank Branches including ATM and Non-ATM branches.• Coordinating with different ISPs in order to keep the WAN up and running.Head Office and Disaster Recovery Site Supervision and Configuration:• The core network of UBL consists of Juniper routers and switches MX104s and 4200s, Juniper Firewalls SRX5400s, and Cisco Nexus Switches• 2K, 5K and 7K.• Managing UBL Data Center without any glitch or issue. • Palo Alto 5220 and 3220 Firewall is being used in UBL Extranet Segment. Implementing Security Policies on Palo Alto Firewall.• Using Palo Alto 3220 Firewall for Layer 7 inspection in UBL with the help of Security Profiles. Show less

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  Next Generation Technology Solutions

  Nov 2022 - now

  • Design and deploy Network Infrastructure for Next Generation Technology Solutions and its Customers. • Extensive experience on Cisco FTD 2110.• Applying ACLs and NAT. Applying Layer 7 inspection on the FTDs. Created VTI Tunnels on FTDs between connected sites and with Microsoft Azure.• Upgraded Cisco FTDs to the latest version.• Recently completed Upgrade Project on Cisco FTDs for DCs and Offices. We upgraded FTDs 2110 from version 7.0.4 to 7.2.5.2-4 following a 2- step upgrade process.• Created VTI Tunnels on Cisco ASAs between connected sites. Running BGP between sites on Edge Firewalls and Mgmt Firewalls.• Created IPSEC Tunnels on Palo Alto Firewalls between connected sites and with Microsoft Azure.• Upgraded Palo Alto Firewalls to the latest version.• Used Palo Alto Firewalls for NAT, Security Policies and Layer 7 Inspection.• Using Palo Alto IPS to control the traffic in HK3 Data Center. In Palo Alto IPS, we are using 3 type of Profiles for controlling traffic i.e. Internal, Inbound and Outbound.• Using Palo Alto Panorama to manage Palo Alto Firewalls PA-1410 and PA-460 across Data Centers and Offices. • Extensive experience on Cisco Umbrella. Applying New Policies, New Networks and New Destination Lists.• Experience on Meraki Access Points MR46 and Meraki Router MX68. Setting up new APs, New SSIDs, MAC Based Filtering, Bandwidth Control and Firewall Filtering and Traffic Shaping.• Experience in using Fortinet Next Generation Firewalls. Applying ACLs, NAT. Fortinet Model. IPSEC.• Using Fortinet SD WAN for WAN Links optimization. Using both Manual and Automatic Modes for WAN Links optimization. • Using Cisco ISE for TACACS Authentication of all the Network Devices in the organization.• Experience with F5 LTM and all its Load Balancing Methods.• Working Knowledge of Node, Pool, Pool members and Virtual Servers in F5 LTM.• Experience with F5 GTM and GTM Load Balancing Methods.• Using EPG, BD, Context and Tenants in ACI Environment. Show less • Performed NY5 to CH3 DR Shifting Activity with the help of F5 GTM. --NGT• Completed Hong Kong Office Setup Project which included Cisco FTDs, Cisco Umbrella, Catalyst 9300 Switches and Meraki APs. --NGT• Build Out Cisco FTDs from scratch to fully functional Firewalls in Hong Kong Office Project. --NGT• Singapore Office Installation Project near completion which includes Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco Umbrella, Catalyst 9300 Switches and Meraki APs. --NGT• Build out Palo Alto Firewalls from scratch to fully functional Firewalls in Singapore Office Project. --NGT• Palo Alto 1410 will be used in all Data Centers with all the Next Generation features. --NGT• Shifting of DC to DC WAN links from 1 Gig to 40 Gig by using Nexus 9300/9500 switches. --NGT • Running EBGP for routing convergence between DCs for the DCI Project. --NGT• Head Office to Disaster Recovery site; UBL services shifting activity. --UBL• Configuration of more than 100 SRX-300 Firewalls in UBL Infrastucture through Python in SRX-300 Junos Upgradation Project. --UBL• IKEV2 implementation project both in Head Office and DR SRX5400 Firewalls and on Branches SRX220, SRX300 and SSG20 Firewalls. --UBL • Existing SRX300 Junos Upgradation Project; from from junos: 15.1X49-D70.3 to junos: 18.2R3.4 for Lahore region and Sahiwal region. --UBL• Successfully completed 88 Juniper SSG20 to SRX300 Migration Project for Central Cluster of UBL. --UBL• Upgradation of Diffie–Hellman key exchange method from DH2 to DH14 for all branches of Central Cluster of UBL. --UBL• Brocade to Huawei Switches replacement activity in Jazz Aggregation Network. --JAZZ• Brocade to Juniper Switches replacement activity in Jazz Aggregation Network. --JAZZ• CureMD Office and Data Center relocation activity from Gulberg Main Boulevard to Daewis Road. --CureMD Show less

  • Network Consultant

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Official Projects

    Nov 2022 - now