UMAR
IFTEKHAR
umar381@yahoo.com 694-I-DII Green Town
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-300-4609720
TECHNICAL
SKILLS
ACTIVE/PASSIVE NETWORK COMPONENTS:
Cisco Routers:
Installed, Configured and Managed Cisco 2500, 2600,
3640, 3745 series routers
Cisco Switches:
Designed switched based LANs and VLANs under Cisco
1900, 2900, 3500, 3700-Series switches
Fiber Switches:
Brocade Silkworm 3200
Series
Schmid:
HDSL
Newbridge:
Multiplexer
3600 MainStreet Family
Wireless:
SENAO NL-2511HS
PLUS out door access point
SAN (Storage Area
Network):
EMC:
DELL
EMC CX-400 FC2
SECURITY APPLIANCES:
Firewall:
Cisco PIX 515E, SONICWALL
OPERATING SYSTEMS:
Free BSD, Sco, Sun Solaris, Linux/Advance Server, Windows
9x/NT/2000/XP
LANGUAGES:
(bash) UNIX shell, Perl
INTERNET SERVERS:
Messaging System
Sendmail, Qmail
Web Server
Apache, IIS
Name Server
DNS and BIND
Proxy Server
Squid,
MS Proxy Server, Wingate
DHCP Server
FTP, Telnet, Samba
Cluster Server
Heartbeat
DATABASES:
Oracle, MySQL Server, Fox Pro 2.6 for DOS
PROTOCOLS:
TCP/IP, RIP, IGRP, OSPF, BGP
HARDWARE:
IBM Netfinity 5000,
5500, 8500 series servers
Dell PowerEdge 1600,
2600, 2800, 6600 series servers
PC Assembling: Assembling and troubleshooting of Personal
computer
PROJECTS
1. Expansion of MAM (Media Assets Management) and two
new computerized TV channels VTV3 & 4 for Virtual University of Pakistan,
2. SAN (Storage Are Network) for Virtual University of
Pakistan TV transmission storage
3. Video Streaming Server for Video Lectures on demand through
internet
4. UET ISP Setup
5. Web TV for live TV Transmission, video on demand and
video streaming server on FDD LAN of UET
6. Designed and Implemented U.E.T WiFi hotspot network
7. TEVTA project to implement Networking (LAN) in
computer Labs of the Government Commercial Training Institutes,
8. NTC backbone converted on ATM Technology using three
3600 Mainstreet multiplexers and one ATM 36170 switch at three different
telephone exchanges in
EXPERIENCE
Virtual
Network Administrator
The Virtual University, Pakistan’s first University
based completely on modern Information and Communication Technologies, using
free-to-air satellite television broadcasts and the Internet, the Virtual
University of Pakistan is currently running educational programs on its four
educational television channels VTV1, VTV2, VTV3 and VTV4, VU has it’s own
Earth Station.
Responsibilities,
Configured and Maintaining
·
Transmission
Server (VELA server) for MPEG2 digital output for Satellite transmission
·
Internet
facility at remote campuses through DVB satellite
·
Comprehensive
knowledge of Satellite Earth Station & satellite communication.
·
Good knowledge
of out door unit and indoor equipment of Earth Station
·
Brocade Silkworm
3200 Series
·
Dell Power Edge
1800, 2600, 2650, 6600, 6650 Servers
·
DELL EMC/CX-400
FC2 Configuration, Administration and trouble shooting
·
RAID Drives,
RAID Controllers, SCSI/SATA/PATA storage
·
Configurations
of Hosts, storage arrays, raid Groups, storage groups, Logical units and hot
spares
·
SAN connectivity
with Windows/Linux server, Power Path configurations
·
Design and
implementation of Fiber Channel Shared Storage Networks
·
Administration/remote
administration of FC networking switches (Zoning, port configurations)
·
Data Backup
solutions, Automated robotic tape library, Veritas Backup.
·
Oracle 9i
clustered database system
·
Video Streaming
Server for Video Lectures on demand through internet
·
Apache Web
server, DNS & Bind, ftp server, Squid proxy Server, Sendmil & Qmail
server.
·
Wireless
connectivity (DyLAN) between Egerton road,
·
Sonic Firewall
for Security
·
On-line exams setup
throughout
·
Inter campuses
connectivity with head office at
University of
University of Engineering and Technology
(U.E.T Lahore) has 4MB Bandwidth from
NTC and 16 IP’s. U.E.T Network follows Cisco Layer three Architecture.
Including ISP setup, this ISP Setup supports 124 Dial-in users (64 Analog + 60
Digital). U.E.T LAN is on Fiber Optic, which span is 8.6 KM. There are 17
hostels for students; each hostel has approximately 200 students. There are 18
Departments, with various numbers of computers, like Computer Sciences
department has 360 Computers. U.E.T Staff colony is on WLAN (Wireless LAN)
using SENAO wireless Access point and directional antenna. There are
approximately 3000 users on U.E.T LAN.
Responsibilities,
Installed, Configured and Maintained
·
Microcom ISPorte
Modem pool for Analog Dial-in users
·
Livingston
PortMaster NAS (Network Access Servers)
·
Cisco Routers
2600, 3600, 3700 Series.
·
Cisco 515E PIX
Firewall
·
Cisco 2950, 3550
Catalyst Switches for layer 2 and 3 connectivity
·
SENAO wireless
Access Point for Point to multi point connectivity
·
Wireless Devices
configuration, management, monitoring performance
·
Wireless users
account management, Wireless signal strength mapping
·
IC-RADIUS
(Remote Authentication Dial-in Users Server)
·
Apache Web
Server
·
Web TV for live
TV Transmission, video on demand and video streaming Server on UET LAN
·
DNS & BIND
·
Qmail & VPOP
Mail
·
MySQL Server
(Database Server)
·
Ftp Server
·
Squid Proxy
sever
·
Firewall
(IPTABLES) for security purpose
·
Designed Implemented
and maintained U.E.T Wireless network
PERAWA Systems Feb
2002 – July 2002
PERAWA
Systems Contractual project to supply computers and Implement Networking (LAN)
in computer Labs of the Government Commercial Training Institutes, Commerce
Colleges, and Vocational Training Institutes of the Punjab under TEVTA
(Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority)
Responsibilities
Provide leadership and direction to
managers and staff in defining, estimating, planning, testing, and implementing
technology infrastructure/facilities solutions to fulfill well-defined business
goals and objectives.
·
PC Assembling
·
Network Design
·
Documentation
and Report writing
·
Structured
Cabling System Including Active and Passive components
·
LAN Commissioning
·
Installation of
Windows 2000 Servers
·
Installation of
Windows 2000 Professional
·
Installation of
Terminal Server for remote Administration
·
Installation of
Proxy Server for Internet Access in the Labs
National Engineers Oct 2001 - Jan 2002
NE’s project for NTC (PTCL
department) to convert their backbone on ATM Technology using three 3600
Mainstreet multiplexers and one ATM 36170 switch at three different telephone
exchanges in Lahore.
Performed following
activities during the project:
Technologies Integrated Feb 1998 – Oct 2001
LWW (
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Maintaining
Cisco router 2500, Cisco Remote Access Server AS5300.
·
Responsible for
maintaining Unix / Windows based Intranet for Dial-in customers.
·
Installed,
configured and maintained services such as DNS/BIND, Sendmail, Apache, Samba,
ftp on Unix platform.
·
Worked on
Gamming Server and Web Radio.
·
Installed
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 based clients.
·
Training and
assisting staff in using their hardware and software efficiently
·
Making sure that
virus protection software is up to date, and clean any viruses that infect
staff computers
·
Performed/maintained
backups of massive Web related data.
·
Developed Web
pages using HTML, php.
·
Provided
Customer Support to Windows based Dial-in users.
EDUCATION
CERTIFICATIONS
& TRAINING
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Diploma in Network Engineering (DNE)
WORKSHOPS
ATTENDED
Information Security, Problems &
Solutions
26th June 2004 to 27th June 2004
PITB & Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Sciences U.E.T Lahore
MEMBERSHIP
Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)