M.ALTHAF AHMED

Email: althafahmed07@gmail.comMobile: +91 9986854302 +91 8015346006

Passport No.: M9317448

Career Objective

To inculcate professional ethics, contribute effectively and productively towards quality service

through meticulously planned hard work and to associate with an organization and be a part of the team

that excels in its work towards the growth of the organization.

Professional Qualifications

Bachelor of Engineering[ Electronics ] in C.Abdul Hakeem College Of Engg And Tech, Melvisharam

[Anna University] with 70% in 2009

Higher Secondary Course in National Hr.Sec. School, Gudiyattam.

(Tamilnadu State Board) with 88% in 2005

Secondary School in National Hr.Sec. School, Gudiyattam.

(Tamilnadu State Board) with 84% in 2003

Technical Qualification and Certifications

Completed Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 640-802)

Completed CCNP routing (CCNP 642-902)

Cisco id: CSCO12094133

Completed Hardware & Networking in Indian Institute of Hardware and Technology (IIHT).

Knowledge about MCSE.

Knowledge about Wireless Networks ( Controllers & Access points)

Basic knowledge checkpoint and CISCO ASA firewalls.

Areas of Expertise

1. ROUTING:

Configuring & Troubleshooting Routing Protocols such as Static, RIP, RIP V2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF

and BGP routing protocol

Deploying packet filtering using Standard and Extended Access Control Lists.

Configuring Network address translations.

Configuring of routing protocols using redistribution.

Implementing WAN protocols such as HDLC, PPP and Frame-Relay.

Handling Cisco 1700, 2500, 2600, 3845, 4000 and 5300 Series Router and password recover

2. SWITCHING:

Configuring VLANS, Inter-VLAN routing and VLAN ACLs.

Configuring VTP (server, transparent and client) modes.

Functions and Operations of the Spanning-Tree-Protocol (IEEE802.1d, IEEE802.1s and IEEE802.1w).

Configuring STP features Port fast, Uplink fast and Backbone fast.

Configuring STP, RSTP and MSTP Protocols.

Configuring Port-Security features.

Handling Cisco 2900, 3550 and 4500 and 6000 series of switches.

1.Work experience

Total experience: 5 years 3 months

Organization : HP Globalsoft., Bangalore.

Experience : From March 2012 – till date.

Designation : Network Solution Consultant

Roles and Responsibilities:

Providing Enterprise support and Product support to customers and channel partners.

Perform health check of the CISCO, Procurve and 3COM switches in customer environments

Providing technical support to corporate Customers without SLA miss

Analyzing the Procurve and 3COM logs and providing the action plan to Clients/CE.

Analyzing the firmware/driver gaps on the Clients devices and upgrading the firmware to the recommended level.

Troubleshooting and configuring the HP wireless Network Products and Hardware support to customer environment.

Troubleshooting and configuring RIP,RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP, STP, RSTP, MSTP and port mirroring in customer environments and solving the issue before the SLA.

Planning downtime and upgrading firmware at customer’s environment.

Performing initial configurations based on customer requirement.

Configuring DHCP, DNS Servers according to the configurations.

2.Work experience

Organization: Wipro InfoTech., Chennai.

Experience : From April 2011 – March 2012

Designation : Network Engineer.

Roles and Responsibility: Taking care of Punjab & Sind bank Data center.

Maintaining, Managing and Troubleshooting Of Cisco LAN-WAN devices in NOC

Configured and Troubleshooting : Assist with team to Configure Routing protocols RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF,

Assist with team to Configure IPSec VPN,

VLAN, Inter VLAN Switching and Routing

Network Address Translation (NAT), Access Control Lists (ACL), DNS, DHCP,

NTP

Solving Network Trouble Tickets which are raised by Branch Office users.

IOS, Configuration - Backup and Restore for Router, Switches

Checking ISDN status and troubleshooting ISDN lines of all branch routers.

Scanning All the Network devices and servers with vulnerability Assessment

system (openVAS) to find out security breaches and vulnerabilities in the

network.

To give support for server network and WAN issues.

Call Logging to ISPs on Link issues

Cabling between Network Rack and Server Rack, Fiber Cabling between SAN Switch and

Storage, Servers

Installing windows-2008 Server on IBM Servers – X3850m2, X346, and X3350. Configuring

Teaming(Load balance), RAID, HDD&HBA installation, Hardening and LAN/SAN connectivity

Monitoring the Severs and Updating the Windows Check List to the Server Team.

3. Work experience

Organization : M/s Tikona Digital Networks. Chennai.

Experience : From Jan 2010 – Feb 2011,

Designation : Network Engineer.

Roles and responsibility:

Troubleshoot, diagnose, and configure wireless networking systems (Root Access points and

Mesh access points) and peripheral devices.

Identifying the Link issues between Access points and fixing it.

Designed, installed, configured and maintained complex routed LAN and WAN networks.

Router configuration upgrade (Back-up / Restore).

To do basic configuration on switches and routers.

Analyzing the technical problems and maintaining the list of technical problems for the future

reference.

Managing user accounts, permissions, email, and anti-virus, anti-spam.

Furnishing technical support to the field engineers and fixing the problem.

Analyzing and solving the technical issues as well as providing training to the Field Engineers

Core Competence

Excellent communication and written skills as well as good organizational skills

Problem solving skills and ability to think critically

Ability to provide the technical support to the team members

Ability to work under the guidance of a Network engineer and extensive

Knowledge of managing the new soft wares.

Ability to provide the back up to the network system and ability to maintain

The data regarding the technical problems

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 07-Oct-1987.

Father’s name : N.Mushthaque Ahmed

Permanent Address : No: 43D, Mosque Street,

Gopalapuram,

Gudiyattam- 632602.

Temporary Address : No 209

4th cross, Gandhi puram.

White field

Bangalore - 66

Languages Known : English, Tamil, Hindi, and Urdu

Extracurricular activities : Zonal Player in cricket represented my dept in TT.

Reference : On request

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the above-furnished particulars are genuine to the best of my knowledge

and belief.

Date: Signature Place: [M.ALTHAF AHMED]