Highlights:

Skills:Linux, VMWare, Mikrotik, OpenLDAP, OpenVPN, HeartBeat, Pacemaker, High-Availability, HA Proxy, Asterisk, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript, Bash, Perl, CVS, IPTABLES, .NET

Goal:Motivated and eager to learn and to take new challenges for the achievement of organizational objectives.

Membership:www.linuxpakistan.net www.c1.linuxexpertcommunity.com

Certification:RHCE CCNA (Trained)

Honor:1. International Award for Young People (Bronze Standard), The Duke of Edinburgh. 2. High Achiever Award for 2nd Quarter 2011. 3. High Achiever Award for 3rd Quarter 2011.

System Administrator 02/2011 - current
Advanced Research Projects and Technologies, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: I.T Solutions
Design, Implement and Maintain complete VMware environment. Implement security layers and monitoring systems.
- Designed and implemented a secure Multi-Tier infrastructure of 10+ ESX(i) hosts with multi WAN connectivity with STP and vMotion and Multiple Service Consoles. - Designed and implemented VMware infrastructure from scratch from a High-Traffic web-site with 3 VMware Hosts and 4 DMZs (Dev, Test, QA and Prod). - Install and maintain multiple VMware ESX / ESXi environments on geographically remote Datacenters. - ESX / VMware Virtual Machines Backup, Maintenance using GhettoVCB and MKBackup scripts. - Custom scripts for ESX hosts to verify Disk Size, Backed up VM Size and Email reports to Sys Admins. - Setup vCenter to manage 10+ ESX(i) hosts with more than 500 VMs running. - Setup Central OpenLDAP server integrated with OpenVPN, PAM, SUDO and different groups for different DMZs with separate password policies for each group. - Responsible for maintaining a 24x7 web-infrastructure for multiple web-sites. - Setup Nagios to monitor 120+ servers in different DMZs using NRPE Services and Custom plugins. - Setup Mikrotik RouterOS as State-of-the-Art Firewall (IPS, IDS, PSD, Anti-DoS, Anti-DDoS, etc¡K). - Responsible for deployment of new application release and patches related to application bug fixes. - Setup CVS as a code repository and provide individual developers with credentials to access CVS. - Setup Liferay, SugarCRM, JBoss, Tomcat, Joomla, PHP, Apache and MySQL based servers. - Setup and maintain ESVA (Email Security Virtual Appliance) with custom MailScanner filter rules. - NFS Server Setup for remote backups on multiple locations and multiple times a day with custom Perl scripts. - MySQL Master / Slave replication with and without SSL. - MySQL setup over DRBD to provide MySQL HA services. - Setup and Manage Squid Proxy as Reverse Proxy for multi-domain management using single SSL certificate. - Disaster Recovery and Backup policy implementation with Cross-Server backups and distant location backups. - Setup and Managing Asterisk based 16 seats in-house service center with 4 SIP Trunks Load Balancing. - I.T Asset Management using OCS Inventory framework. Software and Patch Management. - Setup local office Support platform for clients on JIRA integrated with Fisheye, Confluence and Bamboo. - Local office VMware ESX Setup for Developing and Testing Environments.--
Manager I.T 06/2010 - 02/2011
E-Square Servcies, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: I.T Solutions
Maintain all I.T resources and the I.T infrastructure. Provide full support to clients and maintain communication with clients.
- Install and monitor VoIP Servers for inbound and outbound calling. - Linux based infrastructure with Asterisk 1.4.22 and Vicidial Predictive Dialer kernel modules. - Manage and Monitor 3 PRI¡¦s for proper call routing and load balancing and fail-over. - Manage FTP server for the availability of call recordings to client and quality managers. - Automated backups of MySQL databases and call recording with custom made Bash and Perl scripts. - Implemented vSphere 4.0 for outbound calling servers and monitoring servers. Having 7 VMs on Dell 1950. - Complete setup of ARY News Flood Relief Telethon for Flood victims of Pakistan in 2 days¡¦ time period. - Implemented internal complaint management system based on PHP / MySQL. - Implemented Mikrotik RouterOS as Firewall and Proxy. - Designed and developed a complete Telesales portal for outbound selling campaign with below stated features. - - Dynamic Leads Management (area wise). - - AJAX based Reporting (daily, weekly, monthly, users based). - - Separate panel for Admin, supervisors and agents with rights managements. - Conducted 2 months Rapid Track RHCE training.--
Network Administrator 03/2009 - 07/2009
NaqshBandi Networks, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Internet Service Provider
Maintain ISP infrastructure and implement monitoring system.
- Responsible for managing and monitoring Linux based Large Scale Network. - Manage and troubleshoot 40+ Linux based servers over 2 VMware Hosts. - Providing Internet Service for about 8000 home clients. - Manage 1-STM (156Mbps) bandwidth for Corporate and Local Network. - Implemented Network and Server Monitoring with SolarWinds ipMonitor.--
Network Administrator 07/2009 - 05/2009
Fariya Networks, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Internet Service Provider
Responsible for maintaining ISP infrastructure.
- Responsible for managing Internet Services for 10000+ home clients, and maintaining 99.9% uptime. - Manage VMware ESX based 15 VM¡¦s with different DMZ for development, testing and production. - Server monitoring with Nagios, Munin and Cacti. - Network device (CISCO L3 3650 and Linksys L2 SRW2400G) monitoring and basic configuration. - Logs management as per the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for 12 months¡¦ time period. - Designed and developed a complete entertainment portal based on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. - Custom bash script for billing purpose to retrieve data from Mikrotik Router OS on reseller based and individual user based. - Designed and developed a complete complaint management system to be accessed by clients and support with multi-tier support levels.--
System and Networks Consultant 08/2005 - current
Crystal Networks, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Internet Service Provider
Design, implement and manage complete ISP system for about 1000 clients.
- Providing Open-Source server consultancy for Internet Service Provider. - Managing 200+ home clients with customized package plans. - Implemented Mikrotik RouterOS as a Layer7 Router to use Multi-WAN routing with auto fail-over and load balancing. - Designed and developed a complete PHP / MySQL / CSS / JavaScript based entertainment portal to provide value added services to clients. - Entertainment portal running on VMware Host with 10 VMs configured with HeartBeat High Availability. - Customized PHP based billing system designed and integrated with FreeRADIUS and Mikrotik. - Customized DHCP server to push classless routes for specific purpose. - PPTP with 128bit MPPE tunnel is being used for client authentication to provide maximum data security. - SMS alert system specially designed to provide service of hardware failure alerts with gnokii. - Logs management is implemented as per the rules of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.--

Bahria University 02/2007 - 06/2011
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Management Information Systems
Majors: 1. System Development Life Cycle. 2. Computer Networks & Data Communication. 3. Information Systems Security. 4. Information Systems Project Management. 5. Web Development.

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