Nadeem Naddaf

About the Candidate

NADEEM NADDAF
CCIE Enterprise infrastructure, CCNP EI, CCNA SECURITY, PMP

Mississauga, Ontario                                                                                            Email: nadeem_n88@hotmail.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadeem-naddaf                                        Mobile: 416-841-1480
Network Engineer

Technically robust IT/Telecom Engineer, committed to achieving excellence in the development of cutting-edge technological solutions.

A telecom Engineer with 15+ years of diversified professional expertise in a broad spectrum of IT/telecom projects, site management, project management and commissioning work for mobile operators. Proven expertise implementing and managing network management systems and IT projects.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
• Thorough knowledge about the following: Strategic Network Design, Remote Connectivity Design, Basic Campus Design, Modular Network Design, Network Security and Cisco’s Self-defending Network mechanism.
• Solid hands-on experience with various routing & switching technologies such as OSPF, ISIS, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, VLAN, VXLAN,ATM, Frame Relay, MPLS, 802.1Q, 802.1X, Sniffers
• Solid understanding protocols such as TCP/IP, SNMP, SMTP, POP3, ICMP, DNS, HTTP, FTP.

• Understanding and knowledge about industry standards and establishing the policies and practices.
• Proven ability to interact with all levels of management and staff. Effective team player with excellent communication, strong analytical and technical aptitude.

• very good experience in Firewalls like Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower FTD, SonicWall, FortiGate, Sophos.

•Good experience in Network Automation using Python.

• Segment Routing expertise, EVPN.

Technical Skills:

• Networks: Cisco Routers/Switches: 2800, 2960, 3650, 3750, 3800, 6500 (VSS), 7200, Nexus 2k, 5K, 7k, Cisco Meraki Firewalls, MXxxx, Cisco Meraki Switches MS2xx, MS3xx, Avaya Switches ERS 4950GTS, ERS 4850GTS,Cisco IOS-XR 9K, NCS-50XX, NCS55XX.
• Systems: Windows Servers 2003/2008 R2/2012/2012R2, Debian Linux, BES 10, BES 12, Exchange 10, Office 365, Google Mail, Active Directory, VMware 4.5, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5,6.5,6.7 VCenter, VMotion.
• Protocols: RTP, L2TP, QOS, BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, Frame-Relay, DNS, NIS, WAP, WEP, RDP, VRRP, STP, RSTP, REP, HSRP, GLBP,Fabric Path, FCoE, Cisco SD-WAN SD (viptela), Python.
• Network Security: IPSec, Access-Lists, VPN, NAT, PAP, CHAP, Radius, TACACS+, RSA, Firewall, IDS, IPS, NGIPS, GRE Tunneling, Cisco ISE 2.4.
• Networking /Ticketing Tools, SNMP Mgmt tools, SolarWinds, Network Configuration Professional, Cisco Works, Wireshark.

•Palo Alto NGF, Aruba4xxx Expertise.
• Other Tools: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Access) and knowledge of other designing tools such as NetMapper.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Technical Consulting Engineer                                                                                      OCT 2022 TILL NOW

Cisco

·       Provide Network Problem Resolution, Root-Cause Analysis, IOS Software Referral assistance as per the contracted agreement with the customer (The biggest SP in Canada).

·       Design the solutions that match the customer criteria and build up the POC when it is needed.

·       Design/Implement/Troubleshoot issues related to Routing (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, ISIS), Multicast, QoS, EVPN, MPLS, Segment routing (SR).

·       Interfaces with all levels of CSEs, NCEs, SEs, Cisco Business Unit.

·       Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis requires evaluation of identifiable factors.

·        Provides systems/product training to internal stakeholders and customers.

Network Design, Technical Specialist                                                                                DEC 2021 OCT 2022

Thales Group

Main tasks are to Design, specify & costing of detailed Network solution.

·       Interpreting customer requirement and producing fully detailed & compliant design.

·       Interfacing with customer engineer for design definition.

·       Interfacing with other system-wide designers for service definition.

·       Interfacing with suppliers and vendors for product definition.

·       Evaluating and costing of the most suitable products and system.

During site implementation, testing & commissioning the Network.

·       Leading the commissioning activities on site, as well as producing the commissioning documentation

·       Providing support to the installation and maintenance works.

Keep track of progress of all design & interface tasks

·       Carrying out all assigned work efficiently, with a minimum of supervision,

·       Expediting response and deliverables (documents & including engineering drawings, specifications, design reports and calculations, equipment details and other project information).

·       Development and deployment of Fixed Communication networks in Security domain

·       Design and troubleshoot the network related to various protocols, TCP/IP, VLAN, RADIUS, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS and various overlay technology, EVPN, VRF-Lite, VXLAN, with recognized vendors like Aruba ,Palo Alto and Cisco.

·       Support design and interface with IT Systems (servers, high availability IT architectures and clustering, databases, SAN storage, NAS, etc.)

Sr. Network Engineer                                                                                                                 FEB 2020 DEC 2021

IS5 Communication

• Design and develop test cases for network equipment.
• Configuring QA network test environments in both L2 and L3.
• Reviewing the test plan and making improvements and suggestions as required
• Performing QA of new and existing products according to the test plan and generating a test report prior to product/feature/code release.
• Investigating reported product bugs, reproducing reported issues, performing root cause analysis, and communicating details to the development team for fix.
• Testing engineering provided code fixes and validating bug resolution.
• Collaborating with other QA team members on test cases, root cause analysis and test plan improvements
• Collaborating with our development team on open code issues, bug fixes and feature requests/product feedback.
• Support customer-based activities like problem investigation and presale activities.
 

Senior Network Engineer                                                                                                           Dec 2018 – AUG 2019

IT Mission

The entity is one of the more trusted companies in Canada in information technology domain.
•visit client sites locations to make the site survey and network analysis for existing network devices and make analysis report to the client offering upgrading or improvement or troubleshooting solutions to their network.

•prepare plans and configuration to implement the remote access to the managed service client’s network and install Necessary software (SolarWinds, PRTG) .

•Design and Deploy and configure Meraki networks for our clients and implement the Migration from legacy connection or MPLS network to Meraki SD-WAN .

•configure and design LAN/WAN for clients and Cisco SD-WAN (viptela).and Managing AWS configuration and create VPN tunnels with it.

• Deploy and Manage Firewalls like Palo Alto PA5260 and PA5280, FortiGate E100,E200 SonicWALL, Sophos ASA, Cisco Firepower FTD/FMC including the deployment of new policies.

•Deploy and configure F5 BIG-IP load balancer, Cisco ISE         .
• Managing and configuring Cisco Routers, Windows Servers ,NAS servers and VMware ESXI.
• Responsible for deploying QoS to Avaya switches and Cisco Catalysts for the new VoIP project
• Assist in the logical design and physical implementation of all network, data communications and telecommunications services.
• Managing hundreds of Cisco Catalyst 3750, Avaya 48xx and Avaya 49xx switches.
• Analyze and review various requirements, policies, and standards to provide insights.
• Coordinate the delivery of services through third party providers and service vendors.
• Ensure the successful completion of all network infrastructure implementation activities by planning, coordinating with various stakeholders.

Senior Network and Security Analyst                                                                          August 2013 – June 2018

Heberger Engineering Consulting Engineers – UAE

An international construction consulting company involved in building commercial, industrial, housing and public institutions with a high level of consulting expertise.
·       Managing a mixed environment of, Juniper SSG 320, SSG 20, FortiGate, Cisco ASA, Cisco Meraki, HP and Juniper switches, Cisco Routers and switches

·       Designed, implemented and deployed complete network circuits using multiple Juniper SSG for Dubai International Airport as well as Mall of Emirates including VoIP and wireless while maintaining the network operations for other major sites such Dubai Trade Center

·       Deploy and configure F5 BIG-IP load balancer.

·       Deployed multiple site to site IPSec VPNs using multiple combinations of firewalls and VPN concentrator

·       Deployed network monitoring tools PRTG at store levels

·       Rolled out Cisco Web Security and decommissioned Proxy server

·       Managing and maintaining Barracuda SPAM filter

NOC Manager                                                                                                            August 2011 – December 2012

Intracom Telecom & Mobily – Saudi Arabia

Intracom implemented a 3G wibas and omnibas pmp and ptp wireless microwave links project along with establishing and managing network and hardware infrastructure that served the wireless links.

·     Installed and configure LAN/WAN equipment such as Cisco routers, switches, network devices and firewalls. This resulted in increased the performance efficiency and reduced total expenses to a satisfactory level.

·     Worked through the acceptance procedures with customers including all necessary documentation work and forms (PAT, FAC, RFS). This enabled the acceptance process and made it more streamlined.

·     Prepared technical and quarterly reports for the project manager and mobility company.

·        Planned for and directed telecom engineering works onsite as assigned by the project manager, oversaw the tendering process, performed alignment and site integration.

·     Solved synch issue with Alcatel Lucent 3G Nod BS and commissioning including Qos (ATM), Vlans and software upgrade work during the implementation of the project and the managed service.

·     Installed, managed and troubleshot the servers (Mail Server, Database Server, Hosting Server, DHCP, FTP, Active Directory Server and AAA Server).
·     Managed the site survey and acquisition procedures in addition to keeping the performance of the radio network (KPI) at the highest possible level by ensuring that problem degradations were handled swiftly and the performance report was fulfilled.
 

Network Engineer,                                                                                                  October 2007 – February 2011

Intracom Telecom – Syria

The project was an IAS-Wc product which is a digital wireless access system with Point-to-Multipoint (P-MP) architecture which provides telecommunication services in urban, suburban and rural areas.

·     Installed and configured LAN/WAN equipment such as Cisco routers and switches and network devices and firewalls.

·     Planned for and directed telecom engineering works onsite as assigned by the project manager.
·     Managed the network management system (NMS), oversaw the tendering process, performed database analysis, performed site survey and acquisition procedures, RF planning and RF optimization work. By accomplishing these multi-tasks, the board of directors and the customers were satisfied with the results achieved.
·     Installed and managed and troubleshot server problems and formulated technical and management reports.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications                                                                2007

University of Damascus, Syria

CERTIFICATIONS
·     CCNA (Routing and Switching)                                                                                                                  2014
·     CCNP (Routing and Switching)                                                                                                                   2016
·     CCNA Security                                                                                                                                               2016
·     CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure.                                                                                                                    2023
·     Project Management Professional   (PMP)                                                                                                  2018
·     Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist                                                                                                                              2021