Zafar Ali
System/Network Administrator
Islamabad
Summary of Career
1. Fully supporting, configuring, maintaining and upgrading corporate customer's networks and in house servers.
2. Installing and integrating new server hardware and applications
3. Ensure network security and connectivity
4. Monitor network performance (availability, utilization, throughput, goodput, and latency) and test for weaknesses.
5. Set up user accounts, permissions and passwords
6. Define network policies and procedures
7. Specify system requirements and design solutions
8. Design and deploy functional networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN)
9. Configure and install software, servers, routers and other network devices
10. Automate tasks and monitor their effectiveness
Experience as IT Administrator
01 May 2018
31 August 2019
• Liaised with datacenter including FreeBSD and Microsoft Servers.
• Liaised with Cisco switches (4948 PoE, 3560) and Wireless APs (RV 320W,120W)
• Responsible for Pfsense firewalls (installation, OpenVPN, PPPoE, and nTop Monitoring).
• Liaised with Free-PBX (Asterisk) and Cisco VoIP phones (7940, 7960).
• Responsible for Exim4 mail server on FreeBSD and client Thunderbird.
• Responsible for Printers, Windows 7 and 10 support and trouble shooting.
Experience as IT Engineer
01 October 2014
31 August 2016
• Responsible for Linux and Microsoft Servers on VMWare ESXI for ASWAQ ERP System.
• Configured CISCO firewall, routers, switches, VPNs.
• Responsible for Apache and Mail server tasks automation (CentOS scripting)
• SNMP configuration and monitoring, Symantec Backup, Tape devices, Active Directory.
• Liaised with HP, Ricoh, and Kyocera Photocopier/Plotter Machines for scanning, printing and troubleshooting.
Experience as Network Administrator
01 May 2013
30 September 2014
• Liaised with VMware ESXI servers and Hyper-V to manage multiple servers.
• Configured and troubleshoot Cisco routers, switches, HSRP, VRRP, VLAN, and WLAN.
• Responsible for Pfsense firewall configuration, policy and nTop monitoring.
• Liaised with Microsoft Servers Active directory, TMG 2010, Windows 8, 7 and print servers.
Experience as Assistant Network Administrator
NUST University
01 May 2010
30 April 2013
• Liaised with Hyper-V to manage Linux (Squid, Samba) and Microsoft servers.
• Responsible for Linux Red Hat servers scripting using Bash Shell.
• Configured Cisco routers, switches and ASA5510 firewall.
• Liaised with Microsoft Server 2008 group policies and AD administration.
• Managed Kaspersky Centralized Antivirus and Access Points.
Experience as Network & Database Administrator
01 November 2008
30 April 2010
• Installed and configured new 3Com Routers, switches, and HP servers
• VOIP Telephones testing and troubleshooting.
• Responsible for Linux Servers (Squid, Samba) and Microsoft Servers.
• Liaised with Oracle 10g and SQL database administration.
Master 08 February 2019
MSc Computer Science - University of Hertfordshire - England