Farhan Sajjad Mir, System and Support Engineer

Farhan Sajjad Mir

System and Support Engineer

Spark

Location
New Zealand - Auckland
Education
Master's degree, IT & Telecommunications
Experience
15 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 6 Months

System and Support Engineer at Spark
  • New Zealand - Auckland
  • My current job since September 2014

 Representing Operations & ensuring operational readiness for taking over new solutions/ capabilities into Operations.
 The point of contact to multiple product management of GPON, Core Aggregation (multi-technologies i.e. (FTTx, Wireless, FTTP, etc.) for the alarm management and incident handling.
 24x7 monitoring of the managed Network infrastructure to Fulfill support tasks and work assignments as per SLA obligations.
 Stakeholder management between varied Management Layers of Customers, Delivery Partners, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Operations to deliver the service / network level outcomes.
 Tracking and coordinating the closure of post-handover defects and escalations.
 Effectively supporting for reviewing all changes, incidents, problems, corrective actions in SPARK network with the service providers to continuously improve ISP’s hosting services, operational delivery.
 Oversee the integration of services and solutions from multiple providers, monitor provider compliance with operational policies and processes, escalate issues of non-compliance as appropriate.
 Assist in the implementation, and maintenance of Fiber Optics products.
 Undertake and support the complex investigation to assist with service call closure within SLA and timely problem resolution and engaging Third level escalation for technical incidents impacting service delivery to customers and staff.
 Pro-actively participate in assigned roles (i.e., Incident, Problem, change, release, configuration etc.).
 Developing standardized processes and High-Level support Documents for knowledge sharing with team members.
 Troubleshooting FTTx Fiber Access Networks and Legacy Copper and configuring Active network in Arc GIS.
 Planning & designing rollout of Active equipment to FAN and Aggregation nodes to in line with Network Implementation Plan.

Service Delivery Engineer (IP Core Networks) at Huawei Technologies
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • December 2012 to August 2014

- To liaise with the senior network Support Engineers & Supervisors when necessary to resolve a customer’s technical problems.
- Coordinated Huawei core network deployment project and conducted Testing & Commissioning of MMS, MSC, MGW, HLR, IM2000 at different sites.
- Experienced in testing, commissioning, configuration, and integration of Huaweii CDMA 2000 1x & EVDO, Csoft x3000, UMG 8900, HLR M800, BSC 6600, iManager2000 and C&C08.
- Dealt with monitoring tools like network packet capture tools like Wire-shark, etc.
- Installation, Configuration and Administration of Windows Servers 2000/2003, Active Directory, FTP, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, Linux OS under various LAN and WAN environments.
- Migration of existing IPSEC VPN tunnels from Pre-Shared key to Certificate.
- Network Redesign for branches/Campus Locations. .
- Performing security audits of perimeter routers, identifying missing ACL’s
- Troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure including routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP.
- Configuring network access servers and routers for AAA Security.
- Documentation and change control.
- Worked on troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure.
- Involved in SNMP Network management.
- Working on various scanning and Sniffing tools like Ethereal.
- Implementing and maintaining backup schedules.

Network & System Support Engineer at Sybrid (Subsidiary of the Lakson Group of Companies)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • December 2011 to December 2012

- Settings of the networking devices (Cisco Router, switches) co-coordinating with the system/Network administrator during implementation.
- Monitoring all Cisco equipment’s using Cisco Works.
- Upgrading and backups of Cisco router configuration files.
- Replacing branch hardware with new 2851 routers and 2960 switches.
- Reporting network operational status by gathering, prioritising information and managing projects.
- Upgrading data network equipment to latest stable firmware releases.
- Basic configuration of firewalls.
- Remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customers during installation.
- Remote troubleshooting and fault finding if issues occur upon initial installation.

Executive IT at Ufone (PTML)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • August 2008 to August 2011

- Security Management of whole network by taking proper measures using access control list.
- Troubleshooting of WAN Communication links to Service Provider routers and corporate customers’ network.
- Monitoring and troubleshooting of E1, E3, Radio, VSAT, Ethernet, links.
- Configuration of MRTG graph for proper management of international Bandwidth.
- Fault rectification adhering to targets specific to the network availability and average time to repair and stringent service level agreements.
- To manage the Network and monitor the services in case of any issues.

Education

Master's degree, IT & Telecommunications
  • at Preston University
  • January 2008

Electronics Wireless Network Technologies

Specialties & Skills

Software Configuration Management
Computer Hardware Troubleshooting
Network Management Software
Equipment Installation
Hardware 2FSoftware Installation
Communication with counter departments
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 4: Certified Professional
ITIL Foundation Level

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

201: TMOS Administration (F5) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019
101: Application Delivery Fundamentals (F5) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2019
NSE4-5.4: Fortinet Network Security Expert 4 Written Exam - FortiOS 5.4 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
300-101: Implementing Cisco IP Routing (CCNP Routing) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
300-115: Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (CCNP Switching) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2019
210-250: Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity (CCNA CyberOps) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
200-310: Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (CCDA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018
300-320: Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (CCDP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2019
210-255: Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations (CCNA-Cyber Ops) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
Valid Until:
September 2022
200-125: Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2018
Valid Until:
February 2022
Juniper Certified internet work Specialist – (JNCIS-FWV) (Certificate)
Juniper Certified internet work Associate –Enterprise Routing (JNCIA-EX) (Certificate)
ITIL Foundation V3.0 Certified (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Learning new Technologies