Daniyal Akhtar

Experience

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  Bank Al Habib Limited

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2021

  My core technical skills and responsibilities include• Troubleshooting of Tunneling issues including GRE, DMVPNs, SVTI and normal Site to Site VPNs• NAtting, Patting Issues in extranet segments along with VPNs• Troubleshooting of Layer 3 features mainly routing OSPF, BGP (EBGP for inter-datacenter connectivity) at any level including aggregation, core or branch layer • Troubleshooting of Layer 2 features like STPs• VSS Troubleshooting of Catalyst 4500X & 6500 series• Deployment of security layers in enterprise and data center network in the form of ACLs, prefix lists, devices hardening including SNMPv3, VTY ACLs, ISE and Q-Radar configuration and other security features like IP Arp inspection, ARP Acls, IP to Mac Binding, port security, Routing protocol authentications to avoid any possible intrusions• Management and smooth assurance of core data center network and their inter-connectivity providing packet level troubleshoot to any possible issue within data centers• Provide debug level troubleshoot in coordination with TAC of cisco, Aruba, And Huawei for data center equipments and their timely resolution• Routine scripting of any global change in BAHL network via NCM or secure CRT scripting• Coordination with technical support of principal vendors for any possible infrastructure upgrade like core devices IOS upgrade and any possible bugs including cisco and HP mainly• Technical configuration and future hardening as per security and compliance of network equipments mainly cisco, HP and juniper • Nodes management of solarwinds monitoring and configuration manager for all network equipments organization wide• WAN link deployments & configurations• Provide management support and resources to internal partners in executing processes and identifying areas for automation and provide service delivery solutions• Packet level troubleshooting for any possible hindrances in enterprise level operations which could be of any form and to provide their remedy Show less

  • Core Network Engineer

    Feb 2016 - Mar 2021

  • System & Application Support

    Apr 2015 - Jan 2016
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  Wateen Telecom Limited

  Apr 2021 - May 2021

  Senior Network Engineer ATS South
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  Afiniti

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2023

  Senior Network Engineer GNOC
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  Cisco

  Sept 2023 - now

  • Senior Technical Consulting Engineer VPN TAC

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Technical Consulting Engineer VPN TAC

    Sept 2023 - Nov 2024