Waqas Ahmad

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location of Waqas AhmadMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • Timeline

    Apr 2017 - Jul 2017

    Intern

    F.Z Packages
    Nov 2018 - Sept 2019

    Academic Tutor

    Deakin University
    Melbourne, Australia
    Sept 2019 - Jul 2021

    Network Administrator

    Hewstone IT
    Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

    Service Desk Analyst

    Australian Unity
    Current Company
    Jun 2022 - now

    Associate Technical Consultant

    Telstra Purple
  • About me

    Network Administrator | CCNA | JNCIA | MS 900 | MD 100 | NSE 1,2,3,4| MSC.IT (Professional)

  • Education

    • Beacon house school system

      2008 - 2012
      A levels pre engineering
    • Deakin university

      2017 - 2019
      Master of science - ms information technology distinction (79.6%)

      Graduated in Master of Information Technology (Professional) from Deakin University with majors in Computer Networking and Cyber Security. I completed 16 units in total with a High Distinction in Advance Topics in Digital Security, Real World Analytics, Research Methods in IT, Research and Development in IT, and in the Major Thesis.I obtained a distinction in Enterprise Network Construction, Cloud Computing Technologies, Cyber Security Management, Enterprise Network Management… Show more Graduated in Master of Information Technology (Professional) from Deakin University with majors in Computer Networking and Cyber Security. I completed 16 units in total with a High Distinction in Advance Topics in Digital Security, Real World Analytics, Research Methods in IT, Research and Development in IT, and in the Major Thesis.I obtained a distinction in Enterprise Network Construction, Cloud Computing Technologies, Cyber Security Management, Enterprise Network Management, and Communication Network Security. Show less

    • Comsats institute of information and technology

      2012 - 2016
      Bsc bsc electical engineering
  • Experience

    • F.z packages

      Apr 2017 - Jul 2017
      Intern

      Performed trouble shooting of networking equipment, and configuration of Routing Protocols including EIGRP and OSPF.

    • Deakin university

      Nov 2018 - Sept 2019

      Conducting practicals of Cyber Security Analytics, which involves the use of machine learning techniques and algorithms; Python was used as the programming language.Assisting in practicals for the unit Introductory Mathematical Methods which involved Integration, Differentiation, Trigonometry, Functions, Exponential, Logarithm, and Graph Sketching.Involved in tutoring the units System Security and Cyber Security Management using the VM Lab platform; The aim of the practicals is to explore penetration testing techniques and the scanning and monitoring of networks using tools such as Metasploit and Kali Linux.Responsible for marking the assignments and quizzes, as well as discussing tasks with students and providing them feedback pertaining to their assignments and quizzes. The role also involves solving student queries regarding the concepts discussed in the practicals. Show less The department of Cyber Security Research and Innovation at Deakin University allocated a research grant in order to explore insider attacks on Zigbee devices. In the research, the security vulnerabilities pertinent to Zigbee devices were studied and it was analyzed that Zigbee devices were susceptible to attacks by Remote AT commands. These AT commands had been greatly under used to exploit Zigbee devices in the past literature.As part of the research, a network was formulated compromising of Zigbee devices; By using Remote AT commands in that Zigbee based network i devised three successful insider attacks to make unauthorized changes in the Zigbee destination address, the Zigbee node ID and the PAN ID.After obtaining the results, a research paper was submitted to the ATIS conference which has been accepted. Show less

      • Academic Tutor

        Feb 2019 - Sept 2019
      • Research Assistant

        Nov 2018 - Sept 2019
    • Hewstone it

      Sept 2019 - Jul 2021
      Network administrator
    • Australian unity

      Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
      Service desk analyst
    • Telstra purple

      Jun 2022 - now
      Associate technical consultant
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Md-100 windows 10

      Microsoft
      Jun 2021
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    • Juniper networks certified associate, junos (jncia-junos)

      Juniper networks
      Feb 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Fortinet network security expert level 3: certified associate

      Fortinet
      Jun 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Golden key international honour society award (top 15% students)

      Golden key international honour society
      Mar 2019
    • Fortinet network security expert level 2: certified associate

      Fortinet
      Jun 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Casual academic learning and development program

      Deakin university
      Sept 2019
    • Microsoft 365 certified: fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Feb 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Cisco certified network associate routing and switching (ccna)

      Cisco
      Dec 2016
    • Casual academic learning and development program

      Deakin university
      Feb 2019
    • Fortinet network security expert level 1: certified associate

      Fortinet
      Jun 2022
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Waqas Ahmad
      Golden Key Member (Member ID: 900109558I) Golden Key International Honors Society May 2019 Awarded to top performing Graduates.Awarded to students in the top 15% in their class.
    • Awarded to Waqas Ahmad
      Stem Scholarship Deakin Aug 2017 Awarded to high performing students in the STEM disciplines.