Education

2014/2016 Masters in Computer Sciense at Comsats Institute of Information & Technology

Experience

6th April 2012 to 27th November 2015 Systems & Network Engineer at SOLHUT BUSINESS SOLUTION PROVIDER

• Network Design, deploy and support of wireless and wired infrastructure
• Installation & Configuration of Firewalls (Cisco ASA, SonicWall, Palo Alto)
• Configure, verify and troubleshoot switch connectivity (VLANs, Port Security, Trunk Ports)
• Configure, verify and troubleshoot routing protocols (RIP, OSPF and EIGRP)
• Evaluating the environment for virtualization and deployment with Hyper-V / Vmware
• Installation and configuration of Windows Server infrastructure 2008 and 2012
• Design, Deploy and Manage (AD DS, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, VPN Server, NLB Clusters, Web Server (IIS) WSUS, Failover Clustering)
• Design & implement SQL Server high availability, Failover cluster & Always On
• Installation and configuration of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and providing support
• Deploy OS, Patches and software installation with SCCM 2007 and 2012
• Deploy, configure and maintain Linux systems including Package Management, Squid Proxy Server, FTP, Apache Web Server, NFS Server and Volume groups.
• Manage and monitor Servers backup with Acronis, Veeam backup and recovery
• Develop comprehensive project-based System Designs, Network Diagrams, Migration Plans, and Testing
• Maintain All IT Assets (ITAM) & Documentation

01st December 2015 to 26th December 2016 System & Network Engineer at ADCOM LEO BURNETT

• Manage Dell PowerEdge 1950 and HP ProLiant DL 380 G7
• Manage and monitor VMware vSphere 5.5 infrastructure
• Manage and troubleshoot windows server infrastructure with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VPN and File Server
• Manage and troubleshoot Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 (Mailboxes, CAS Services and DAG)
• Manage Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 for (Malware inspection, URL Filtering, HTTP & HTTPS inspection and email protection etc.)
• Manage and monitor Servers backup with Acronis backup and recovery
• Manage Cisco router and switches (dynamic routing, VLANs, port security & ACL)
• Research and recommend innovative and wherever possible, automated approach for system administration tasks
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs

02nd Jan 2017 to 31st Dec 2017 Senior System Engineer at VECTOR TECHNOLOGIES CO LLC

• Design and Implement Complex Active Directory infrastructure, troubleshooting and fixing AD issues like replication, Authoritative and Non-Authoritative Restore
• Install and Configure Windows Server Failover Cluster for File Server, Exchange Server and Hyper-V Server (Highly Available VMs and Hyper-V Replica)
• Install and configure virtualization environment with Hyper-V and Vmware vSphere
• Servers migration from Physical to Virtual (P2V) and Virtual to Virtual (V2V)
• Manage virtual environment with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), infrastructure monitoring with System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) and protecting infrastructure with System Center Data Protection Manager (SCDPM)
• Plan and configure Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Solution
• Design and Implement Unified Messaging and Communication Solution with Microsoft Exchange Server, Office365 and G Suites by Google Cloud
• Migrate mailboxes from an Exchange Server and migrate emails from other email system to Office365 and G Suites
• Assessing existing infrastructure to collecting inventory and performance data with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit and evaluate for migration to Azure cloud
• Deploy, configure and troubleshoot Opensource server infrastructure with Red hat and CentOS platform (user’s administration, task automation, NFS, SMB, FTP, HTTPD etc.)
• Design and Implement Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Solution with Windows Backup, Azure OMS, Veeam, Vembu and Acronis
• Install and configure HP ProLiant Servers (DL and ML), Dell PowerEdge Servers and Huawei Fusion Servers (RAID configuration and Server Management with iLO, iDRAC and iBMC)
• Install and configure Firewall (SonicWall, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Watch Guard and Cisco ASA)
• Design Storage solution with Server storage, NAS, SAN and vSAN
• Create, plan and implement detailed deployment designs
• Write and maintain technical implementation documentation on existing services and systems
• Provide coaching, leadership and technical expertise for other System Engineers

06th Jan 2018 to Present-day Cloud Solutions Architect at SYSTEMS LIMITED

• Design and implement Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS and Google Cloud high-level, cost efficient and secure solutions as per best practices and recommendations
• Design and implement cloud-based Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), High Availability, Fault Tolerance, Scalability and Elasticity Solution
• Migrate on-premises (virtualized & non-virtualized) datacenter to Azure, Google Cloud or AWS, migrate AWS instances to Azure or Google Cloud and vice versa, migrate Azure VMs to another region & between different subscriptions
• Design and Implement Citrix Cloud (XenApp and XenDesktop) services solution
• Design and implement productivity, communications and collaboration solution with Microsoft Exchange Server and Office365.
• Migrate and manage on-premises Microsoft Exchange or hosted exchange server to Office365 (Cutover migration, hybrid deployment, exchange online protection EOP)
• Plan and implement cloud-based directory and identity management solution (Integrate or extend on-premises active directory, AD FS federation to Azure AD)
• Design and extend on-premises infrastructure connectivity to Azure (VPN and ExpressRoute) or AWS (VPN, Direct Connect and OpenVPN)
• Source Code Management with Git, Github, GitLab, BitBucket and Azure Repos
• Provisioning and Infrastructure automation with IaC tools like, Terraform, Chef, Azure ARM and CloudFormation
• Containerize Application using Docker and managing cluster environment with Swarm and Kubernetes
• Monitor infrastructure health with Nagios, Azure OMS Log Analytics, Application Insight, Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail
• Billing models for infrastructure and hybrid solutions in Azure or AWS and calculate pricing with Pricing Calculator and Total Cost of Ownership TCO for migration perspective