Farhad Ahmed

Experience

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  Chittagong Online Ltd.

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Executive

   Handle Client Side Problem and manage bandwidth. Handle Cisco Router (Cisco 2600 ,2500) & switch (cisco1900,2950) , Riverstone (ES 500)  Knowledge in BGP , OSPF, SIP,H.232 and SS7 Hand experience on Snort, Nagios and MRTG Server. Handling Linux Servers (Proxy[Squid],Webalizer Mail[Sendmail, Qmail], DNS(Bind 9,TinyDNS, djbdns], Web [Apache,xampp],FTP[vsftpd,provfsd,Filezilla]). Practical knowledge in VPN server (OpenVPN,OpenSwan) Handling bandwidth manger [Packeteer, Mikrotik] and firewall device.  Handling Antivirus Centrally (Symantec, Kaspersky). Trouble shooting various kind of LAN & WAN related problems Academic. Show less

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  Grameenphone Ltd

  Jan 2010 - Mar 2011

  System Engineer

  - Administration the Internet Gateway of Grameenphone.com.- Linux based System Administration.- IPT Solutions.

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  Accenture

  Apr 2011 - Sept 2017

  o Manage and help Junior engineers team to ensure smooth operation of Offshore client’so Supervise, develop and establish overall IT Operation support enterprise project’s strategic, operational, administrative and relevant issues.o Ensure timely recruitment of staffs with coordination of Human Resource Division and relevant authorities; ensure staffs PMS, appraisal, benefits, compliance and disciplinary issueso Maintain Network,Server and Security Infrastructure in different countries.o Plan design and manage Datacenter Network and Security Devices.o Onshore/Offshore Infrastructure project management and completion.o Administration of Cisco Nexus series switch(N7K,N5K,1000V) for GP Data Center. o Administration monitor and manage operation of Physical and Virtual servers (VMWare ,Hyper-V) for different Datacenter.o Sound Knowledge on Cisco (UCS), Dell and HP Blade servers. o Sound Knowledge in Cisco (ACE) ,F5 (LTM,GTM) , NetScaler and Linux based (HAproxy) load balancing technologies .o Sound Knowledge on Juniper Routing (M series), Switching (EX series) and Firewall (SRX) Devices. o Responsible for GI Node of GP Network [IGP (OSPF, EIGRP), EGP, BGP; MPLS,IPV6,IRR]. o Hands on experience Cisco Switches (2960, 4500, 6500) ,Routers (7600, 2600,ASR). o Working Experience on Cisco Firewall ASA 5550 , IPS (4200,IDSM-2) and Fortigate UTM o Sound Knowledge and experience on Switching ( VLAN,VTP, STP,MSTP,HSRP,GLBP) o Sound Knowledge on Managed Wireless Network considering N-Technology using WLC, WCS. Cisco prime 2.0 o Sound Knowledge on Juniper Routing (M series), Switching (EX series) and Firewall (SRX) Devices. o Working experience in bandwidth manger[Bluecoat, Allot and Microtik]. o Hand on experience in Email and Web Security Products (Cisco WSA and ESA)o Working experience in Vulnerability scan, Mitigation and PT(Nessus)o Experience on Malware,anti-bot detection and remediation.o Handling all Linux Servers in GP Internal Network. Show less Administration of Cisco Nexus series switch (N7K, N5K, and 1000V) and routing platform for 4 BU of Telenor. o Sound Knowledge in Cisco (ACE) ,F5 (LTM,GTM),Citrix (NetScaler) and Linux based (HAproxy) load balancing technologies .o Sound Knowledge on Juniper Routing (M series), Switching (EX series) and Firewall (SRX) Devices.o Sound Knowledge on Check point Firewall (VSX).o Responsible for GI Node of GP Network [IGP (OSPF, EIGRP), EGP, BGP; MPLS,IPV6,IRR]. o Working Experience on Cisco Switches (2960, 4500, 6500) ,Routers (7600, 2600,ASR). o Working Experience on Cisco Firewall ASA 5550 , IPS (4200,IDSM-2) and Fortigate UTM o Plan design and manage Datacenter Network . o Working Experience in CUCM, UCCX, Unity and IPT solution deployment for GP& GPIT.o Act as Service Owner ISO 20000 (ITSMS) and 27001K (ISMS) o Operations & Maintenance of GP Internet Gateway and ensure Redundancy. o Sound Knowledge and experience on Switching ( VLAN,VTP, STP,MSTP,HSRP,GLBP) o Sound Knowledge on Managed Wireless Network considering N-Technology using WLC & WCS. o Sound Knowledge on Juniper Routing (M series), Switching (EX series) and Firewall (SRX) Devices.o Working experience in bandwidth manger[Bluecoat, Allot and Microtik].o Handling all Linux Servers in GP Internal Network. Show less

  • Infrastructure Team Lead

    Aug 2016 - Sept 2017

  • Senior Network Analyst

    Jan 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Network Analyst

    Apr 2011 - Dec 2014
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  IPay Systems Ltd.

  Oct 2017 - May 2019

  Head of IT Infrastructure

  • Manage premises, ensuring that accommodation and facilities services are provided that are fit for purpose, well maintained and deliver value for money.• Manage Information Security Unit and SOC team for regular IT audit, VAPT, security incident monitoring etc. to mitigate threat and risk for organization.• Manage all contracts in relation to ICT, renegotiation or re-let of these contracts in a timely way.• Act as Budget Manager for company’s expenditure on IT and Premises assets and associated resource expenditure on accommodation and facilities• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of the Information Technology Infrastructure division• Responsible for the delivery and security of a modern, flexible and extensible IT infrastructure• Plan, Design and deployment of VM /Cloud infrastructure (VMware, Proxmox, Open stack ,Hadoop,docker,LXC) • Benchmark the current IT service standards and IT policies and take steps to improve the same to ensure industry best practices• Ready to undertake major IT projects to ensure the best services to customers at optimum cost by delivering core banking system, e-commerce, cards infra-structure and internet platform• Lead a team that is responsible for Data Center and System Administrations & Network Services• Deploy systems with respect to application requirements, ensuring security, backup and redundancy• Lead in enterprise network solution design, implementation and administration.• Ensure the consistency and maintainability of existing applications by creating, maintaining and enforcing standards/procedures for implementing technical solutions across the organization.• Work closely with other function's managers to identify, recommend, implement, and support cost-effective technology solutions for all aspects of the company• Manage major incident with a quick response and develop Business Continuity Plan • Identify Technology related problematic areas and implement strategic solutions Show less

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  Cisco

  Jun 2019 - now

  Operations Manager (Bangladesh)