Muhammad Afzal

Experience

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  Punjab University Lahore

  May 2005 - Nov 2006

  Assistant Network Administrator

  • Configuration, Management and troubleshooting of Widows and Linux platform based network.• Configuration , Management of Domain controllers, File servers, FTP,DHCP,DNS,ISA 2004 as proxy, Exchange 2003 as Mail server.• Configure group policies for Domain users.• Management of Norton Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition 10.• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Router 2600/2500 and Cisco catalyst Switches 2950 series.

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  Electronic Government Directorate

  Dec 2006 - Aug 2010

  Network Administrator

  • Analysis/Survey of the needs for basic network infrastructure and IT equipment in the federal ministries.• Physical deployment of the basic IT infrastructure, Administration, troubleshooting and configuration of the same.• Configure Windows 2003 Servers and streamlining the user policy.• Manage user accounts using active directory.• Installation and configuration of Linux CentOS ,Squid And Squid Guard.• Implementation of TCP/IP & related services-DHCP/DNS• Configure Cisco Switches (2950, 3750).• Configure Juniper Firewall SSG-520 to secure the network from the outside world through Internet.• Coordination with the vendors and officers of ministries during the course of the successful deployment of the subject infrastructure.• Assist the top management in decision making on the issue related to IT and e-Governance. Show less

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  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan

  Sept 2010 - now

  Assistant Manager(Network)

  • Manage a LAN/WAN and Data center setup.• Configuration and management of Domain Controller, DNS,DHCP,IIS and Antivirus Servers.• Active Directory configuration and group policy management• Administration and troubleshooting of Microsoft Exchange Server.• Configuration of Juniper Firewalls• Configuration of VPN Gateway Juniper to provide SSL VPN connectivity to remote clients.• Configuration of Network devices Cisco routers and Cisco switches and wireless access points.• Monitor network logs by configuring Intrusion Detection and prevention devices.• Define and implement network security polices.• Plan regular and schedule backups and disaster recovery procedures.• Implement software changes and perform system management and configuration Show less