Muhammad Faizan Asif

Experience

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  Supernet Limited

  Dec 2016 - now

  -Perform audit of Core networks on regular basis and manage vulnerabilities.- Schedule preventive maintenance as per requirements. -Explore and research on new and emerging technologies. -Create strategies for implementation of new design in the existing network, after successful test run of new design on a pilot network, and migration of existing network over new design.- In-depth analysis of network for possible optimization and Automations. - Discussion with Pre-sales team for customer’s network design, according to their requirements. Managing Nationwide Inet and MPLS Network.-Schedule preventive maintenance as per requirements.-Ensuring Monitoring of all critical Network Elements via NMS.-Create strategies for implementation of new design in the existing network, after successful testrun of new design then migration of existing network over new design.-In-depth analysis of network for possible optimization and automations.-Monitor Engineers for 100% compliance for responsibilities with respect to their JD pertaining toCore operations.-Coordinating with Media Vendors for link deployments nationwide and test it or for any otherissues.-Configuring/Managing Juniper MX104/SRX 550 Routers, Cisco1811/1812/2851/3845/7206/7604/7606 Routers, Cisco Catalyst l2/l3 switches(2960/3550/3560), Cisco Stack Switches 2960x,3560x,3650/3750,,Raisecom ISCOM2008/2026Switches,Mikrotik RB750GR3 Router Board.-Controlling Inet traffic Nationwide via BGP Attributes (Local Preference/MED/AS Path Prepend),policy based routing and ensure auto failover of complete traffic if any of provider fails to transittraffic.-Managing Fortinet and Sophos Firewalls, GRE and IPSEC Tunnels.-Configuring eBGP,iBGP,Firewall Filters, RIB Groups,ACL rules, service policies, prefix Lists, RouteMaps,Natting,GRE,IP SEC,L2VPN,L3VPN,L2TP,QinQ(Vlan Transparency),EEM,RPM,etherchannel,flex Links,STP,OSPF,route redistribution. Show less -Monitoring, Managing and Troubleshooting ISP's Core Network Operations involving Nationwide Inet and MPLS Network.-Monitoring Network via NMS (MRTG/Cacti/Orion/PRTG) for any abnormality and take preventive steps.-Monitoring nationwide links and escalate case proactively to Vendors to ensure high availability.-Monitoring and Managing Server Farm Core Nodes/Services. -Handling Internet/Data/services complains for Internal Users and Corporate Customers and resolving their issues, providing assistance if required remotely via TeamViewer/any desk or on call.-Creating SOP’s to avoid downtime or delay in resolving issues.-Coordinating with Upstream Providers for any Internet Related Issues (Provider Manage Submarine Cable Issue/Degradation/Specific Destination Unreachable/Routing/Route Optimization/Prefix Advertisements/Bandwidth Issue (UL/DL).-Coordinating with Media Vendors for link deployments nationwide,integrate it and test it.-Configuring/Managing Juniper MX104/SRX 550m Routers, Cisco 1811/1812/7206/7604/7606 Routers, Cisco l2/l3 switches (2960/3550/3560,3750), Cisco Stack Switches 3650, Raisecom ISCOM2008/2026 Switches.-Controlling Inet traffic Nationwide via BGP Attributes (Local Preference/MED/AS Path Prepend), policy based routing and ensure auto failover of complete traffic if any of provider fails to transit traffic.-Configuring eBGP,iBGP,Firewall Filters, RIB Groups,ACL rules, service policies, prefix Lists, Route Maps,Natting,GRE,IP SEC,L2VPN,L3VPN,LDP,L2TP,QinQ,EEM,RPM,Etherchannel,Flex Links,STP,OSPF,route redistribution.-Managing Fortinet firewalls, configuring and managing IPSEC Tunnels on it for Clients.-VM creation for Customers over vmware ESXI and OS installations.-Creating and Managing Zone Files in DNS (BIND) for Customers domain.-Providing Hosting Accounts to Customers via Spanel and managing it.-Managing IPv4 & IPv6 BGP Peering Nationwide with Providers. Show less

  • Senior Network and Security Engineer

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Network & Cloud Engineer

    Dec 2016 - Feb 2020