SaqLain M.

Experience

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  CubeXS Weatherly (Pvt) Ltd.

  Feb 2018 - Nov 2018

  Tech Support Engineer

  • On line Technical Support to Fiber, P2P, DSL, DXX, RF, Cloud and Data center corporate clients.• Technical Support to Field Engineers and Last Mile Service Providers for different IPLCs.• Manage and Monitor Data Center with different international and local clients.• POP support for AT&T co location in Pakistan.• Provides Level 1 and Level 2 support to AT&T and resolve issues.• Monitoring and troubleshooting of office internet LAN and Wi-Fi Network.• Log complains for DSL, RF and fiber clients. Also provide them technical support to resolve issues.• Work with third party vendors in order to resolve client complains.• Worked under both Linux and Windows based environment, and provide support to office staff.• Monitoring of links via NMS and whole operation of ISP and Data center.• Provide assistance to Data center clients upon their visit.• Provided support to cloud customers.•Online techno Sales Show less

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  REDtone Digital Services

  Nov 2018 - Dec 2020

  Network Operations Center (NOC) Engineer

  • Hands-on practicing on LAN, WAN, WLAN, VLAN, Spanning Tree Protocol, Ether channel, Inter-VLAN Routing, Switch Virtual Interface, Layer 3 Switching, Static Routing, Dynamic Routing, NAT static & dynamic, PAT, DHCP• Provisioning, configuring & troubleshooting of L2 & L3 protocol STP, BGP networks on core switches including EBGP & IBGP, OSPF, Layer 3 Ether channel, GRE Tunnels, Access Control List, Standard, Extended, and Named Access Control List.• Working as Technical POC for RedRackx (Public Cloud), managing VMs deployment, Public & Private Network Clouds handling NFV Featured Load Balancing, S2S IPSEC VPN & Virtual Firewall with Security Groups. • Knowledge of virtualization including deployment of VMs on servers, adroitly managing backups & replication & migration of servers by using VEEAM as well as handling VMs for Viptela (SD-WAN) virtual controller by using ESXi & VMware Vsphere Client.• Securing network and systems by establishing and enforcing policies on Firewalls• Expertly provisioning, configuring and troubleshooting Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology devices including Optical Line Terminal (OLT) & Optical Network Terminal (ONT).• Ensuring 24/7 availability of core network by monitoring bandwidth usage/network outages via Network Monitoring tools.• Troubleshoot intercity connectivity with all cities in Pakistan. (Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Islamabad. Gujranwala, Sialkot etc).• Hands on working experience with Cisco switches series 49xx, 38xx, Cisco 37xx, Cisco 35xx, Cisco 29xx, Nexus 3K etc. expertly configuring and managing.• Expediently preparing pre-deployment scenarios for different clients’ POC in accordance with customer’s specifications & requirements as well as skillfully interacting with vendors & clients for bandwidth services by using best fit practices• Actively maintaining customer’s WAN connectivity records and formulating reports Deputy CTO on daily basis. Show less

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  VConn Private Limited

  Dec 2020 - Apr 2024

  • Design, revamp and upgrade complex network & security infrastructure for multiple clients, including router andswitch configurations, firewall setup, and network security protocols.• Conduct network performance analysis and managing network operation including security, cloud and VPN with recommendations for optimization to improve network reliability.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security, development, and operations, to ensure the seamless integration of network systems.• Leading multiple network security projects/ audits and managing IAM for network infrastructure.• Configure and Managing Next Generation Firewalls Fortinet 100F, 60E, 80E, 40F etc.• Configure and Managing Forti Manager and Forti SD-WAN.• Responsible for driving vision and laying out roadmap for security technologies Responsible for developing overall strategy and implementing different security technologies including VPN audit security gap analysis and working with vendors to implementing desired security controls.• Perform security compliance for services and infrastructure to ensure that the respective security best practices are met.• Assist in the administration of user access and privileges to applications/systems, ensuring that access requests are properly authorized, appropriately documented, and accurately fulfilled..• Network firewall implementation - Configured and installed firewalls based on filter policies pursuant to enterprise customer specifications using conduit statements and access list.• Identified vulnerabilities, recommended corrective measures and ensured the adequacy of existing information security controls.• Maintained a Network with Network devices Cisco Catalyst Switches 3850, 3750, 3650, 3560 2950, 2960, Cisco Nexus switches 5K & 7K and 20,000-end hosts, and the other Network devices like DHCP, DNS Servers, and Firewall Fortigate, Cisco ASA, Sangfor. Show less • Implementation of devices and nodes monitoring using Solarwinds, Zabbix.• Protect and defend; identification, analysis, and mitigation of threats to internal and external IT systems or networks.• Assist in the administration of user access and privileges to applications/systems, ensuring that access requests are properly authorized, appropriately documented, and accurately fulfilled.• Reviewed and implemented access controls security for networks assets and resources including security awareness training effectiveness.• Designing, configuring, implementing and troubleshooting (LAN) VLAN's, VTP, Spanning Tree (STP), Trunking and Ether channel.• Implement access control and manage rule-sets / filters on specific ports, IP addresses, or customer-defined events.• Troubleshooting connectivity issues within the server zones of the Data center (between application servers, database and web servers) as well as user requests and user connectivity issues from various branch locations, office locations and third party sites to data center.• Protect and defend; identification, analysis, and mitigation of threats to internal and external IT systems or networks. Show less

  • Senior Consultant - Network & Security

    Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

  • Assistant Manager - Network & Security

    Feb 2023 - Feb 2024

  • Senior Network Engineer

    Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Network Engineer

    Dec 2020 - Jan 2022
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  Faysal Bank Limited

  Apr 2024 - now

  Network Security Engineer