Mohammad Afsar CCNA, CCNP, CCSP, CCIE-SEC (THEORY), BCCPA, JNCIA-ER, EX, SEC

H.No 17-3-754/1, Bada Bazaar, Yakutpura,

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

PinCode: 500023

 Mobile : 09963947479

Email: mohd.afsar@gmail.com

 

 

OBJECTIVE

 

Seeking Challenging assignment in Information / Network Security and to become part of a Dynamic environment where hard work and determination are acknowledged and rewarded.

PROFILE

• Strong computing background with good knowledge base in Computer Networking and Security.
• Got appreciation from ITU for working on World Telecommunication Development Conference held in Hyderabad, India 2010
• Overall Seven years of active association with the industry, academic instruction and seminar presentations.
• Profound knowledge of Products such as Checkpoint, CISCO, Juniper, Fortigate, Microsoft, Bluecoat, Trend Micro, Symantec, Mc-Afee, D-link,RSA, and other Network Security products.
• Proven skills in management, maintenance and trouble shooting.
• Well versed in identifying problems, imagining alternatives and developing evaluation strategies.
• Proven ability to learn fast, initiate and lead teams and actively identifies new areas for learning.
• Strong working knowledge of  Routers, Switches, Firewalls, IPS/IDS, Anti-Virus and VPN’S

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

 

• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Security Lab attempted in 2012 Bangalore
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (Written) (CCIE: CSCOID: 11108409)
• Cisco Certified security professional (CCSP: CSCOID: 11108409)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP: CSCOID: 11108409)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate- (CCNA: CSCOID: 11108409)
• Blue Coat Certified Proxy Administrator (BCCPA: SEP08-64939)
• Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate-Enterprise Routing (JNCIA-ER: JNO-342)
• Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate -Enterprise Switching (JNCIA-EX: JNO-400)
• Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate -Security (JNCIA-SEC: JNO-331)

 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

 

 

• Hitachi Consulting Software Services India Ltd . (Hyderabad)

Senior Security Consultant (October 2010 to till date)

 

• Sify Technologies Private  Ltd. (Hyderabad)

Senior Security Network Engineer (June 2008 to October 2010)

 

• Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd. (Hyderabad)

Senior Network Engineer (July2007 to June 2008)

 

• Netmetric Info Solutions Pvt Ltd. (Hyderabad)

Network Engineer (April 2005 to July 2007)

 

 

 

Hitachi Consulting Experience

                                                                                                                                                           

 

• ·         Designed & implemented the Datacenter as per SAS70 requirements for hosted and remote servers for various customers in Boston & Santa Clara (USA) locations.
• ·         Participated with IT team for datacenter moment activities.
• ·         Coordinated with assorted customers for their network related issues and also with vendors to resolve the issues and any implementations.
• ·         Worked on Solarwinds and Nagios network monitoring tools to monitor performance and availability for network devices and systems.
• ·         Worked on RSA server to configure the RSA tokens for network authentications for user’s login.
• Established, maintained IPSec site to site and Remote VPNs, based on the requirements.
• ·         Troubleshooting of VPN tunnel issues.
• ·         Provided support for Voice Cisco call manager for customer.
• ·         Participated in Disaster Recovery planning/testing.
• Review of network access logs on syslog server.
• Knowledge sharing with team members & conducted internal trainings.
• ·         Implemented Processes & Procedures to reduce the operating overhead of the IT Team.
• ·         Facilitated resource interviews and planning sessions, managed task assignment.

• Prepared Root cause analysis of the escalated problems.

 

 

Sify Technologies:  Experience

                                                                                                                          

 

Worked as IT project lead at Sify Technologies  Pvt Ltd which is an Indian ISP

 

• Account manager for 40 corporate clients and responsible for all technical issues related to security devices and working as single point of contact.
• Received appreciations from Major Customers.
• Providing Level3 Support for Firewalls, Leased Line and Radio Frequency Corporate Customers.
• Configuring and Maintenance Static routes, RIP, OSPF, Load Balancing with Backbones and Shaping Customers Traffic.
• Implementation of customer network, which includes configuration of routing protocols, Leased lines, ISDN lines, IOS installations and Password recovery.
• Configuration of RF devices such as Subscriber Units and Access Points and trouble shooting of customer WAN issues.
• Design and execution of installation and configuration of VPN/IVPN, LAN/WAN as per organizational requirements.
• Identifying the potential corporate customers and their telecom requirements.
• Providing optimum solutions to the customer and convincing the advantages of SIFY services.
• Customer order installation, order acceptance, order fulfillment and management and SLA.
• Monitoring the Internet Traffic Load on network links through Beacon Monitoring tool.
• Doing courtesy calls to Client locations and taking proactive and preventive actions to avoid any future issues.
• Preparing Incident reports, Network diagrams and documentation of all the work for ISO certification and future reference purposes.
• Troubleshooting of customer WAN related issues (Modems, SUs, and Routers & Switches).

 

Locuz Enterprise Solutions:  Experience

                                                                                                                         

Worked as Senior Team lead – Operations (NOC)

 

• Maintaining mission-critical networks and ensuring the IT operations of the customers to be uninterrupted.
• Providing solutions in Network and IT Infrastructure, handling operation management of Cisco Devices, traffic management and monitoring.
• Troubleshooting network problems, vendor co-ordination and IP resource management, providing technical support for customers.
• Implementing Application Servers and Web Servers for Network Operations Centre & managing IP Address Management.

• Ensuring optimum usage of Bandwidth & configuring Netflow and to identify network traffic flow.
• Monitoring and testing network performance and providing network performance statistics and reports.

 

 

 

Netmetric Info Solutions Pvt Ltd:  Experience

          

     Worked as Network Administrator

 

• ·         Administering & maintaining LAN consisting of around 100 systems, Cisco Routers & switches
• ·         Perform other related tasks under the instructions of the Manager/Senior Wireless Network Engineer.
• ·         Configuration & troubleshooting IP Routing, Password Configure in Cisco Router
• ·         Providing solutions in Network and IT Infrastructure, handling operation management of Cisco Devices and monitoring.
• ·         Troubleshooting network problems and IP resource management, providing technical support for customers.
• ·         Administering & maintaining LAN consisting of around 100 systems, Cisco Routers & switches
• ·         Configuring Wireless router with PPoA for ADSL connections
• ·         Handling VLAN for different users depending upon their project.
• ·         Following up with vendors for link related issues, under warranty machines like Dell (laptops, desktops servers & Printer), HP desktops
• ·         Providing Remote Support and Administration on network for Internal and external clients using tools like Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection and Team Viewer

 

                         

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Name: Mohammad Afsar

Father’s Name: Mohammad Jahangir

Date of Birth: 26-04-1982

Nationality: Indian

Passport Number: F0896704