Experience

The Bank of Khyber

• Pakistan
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager IT Infrastructure

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  •Designed appropriate strategies & ensured compliance to all present/future requirements. •Developed & maintained standard policies & procedures for project. •Prepared bid proposals & contracts for all infrastructure projects. •Negotiated with vendors & contractors for all specific products. •Drafted project initiation projects & prepared required paperwork. •Determined & maintained service level agreements for all departments. •Analyzed requirement of business users & prepared projects as per requirement. •Maintained knowledge of all present & future technologies for infrastructure. •Developed & maintained all departmental documents as per required procedure. •Performed tests on all data recovery plans for all business continuity activities. •Administered internal business network for internal connectivity. •Provided support to all activities of system administration. •In parallel with managing IT Infrastructure, hands on experience on network infrastructure devices i.e. Fortigate 1000D Firewalls, WAF, Core Switches (H.A mode), Access Swithes, TORs, Branch end Firewalls & Switches etc. •Hands on experience using NMS (SolarWinds) by using its different modules according to requirement which helps in live monitoring of Head Office Data Center devices as well as Remote Branches devices. It also helps in billing process while comparing reports of NMS with Service Provider’s billing invoices after calculating uptime & deduct the amount according to downtime of services as per SLA. •Proactively working on Network Security in coordination with IT-Security Department to ensure a robust & secure environment as per IT Security Policy. •Video Conferencing management •VoIP phones, SIP & UCM management •CCTV Camera’s management PROJECTS •DR-Site implementation at Karachi •Implementation of managed switches at BOK all Branches. •Establishment of Data Center from the scratch •Implementation of APNIC Pool at BOK Head Office, Peshawar •Up gradation of Core Switches & TOR Switches Show less



Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd.

• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Feb 2012 - Feb 2020

  RESPONSIBILITIES Designing, Installation, Implementation, Troubleshooting, Maintenance and Management of ZTBL LAN/WAN that proactively meet Business uptime, performance and QoS (Quality of Service) requirements.Responsible for Design, Implementation and Management of ZTBL Head Office LAN (Local Area Network) for 700+ Network nodes.Requirement analysis of different network topologies for organization's 355 Branches and 27 Zonal Offices all over the Pakistan connecting to Head Office Islamabad using different media i.e. PTCL Dialup/Wireless, ISDN, DSL, SDH and DXX I-Direct (satellite); using VPN services with AES/ 3DES/ DES encryption & SHA/ MD5 hashing algorithm and core Wide Area Network designing based on that topology.Preparation of Network Infrastructure operational documents i.e BCP/ DRP plan, LAN/ WAN Security Policy, Standard Configuration document, Change Management documents, Different policies and Network design layouts.Responsible for Installation and configuration of Routers and Core/ Distribution level Switches (Cisco's 2800 Series ISR Routers, 4500 Series Multilayer Switches and Allies Telesyn Switches) and conduct Network penetration testing for internal IT audit.Installation, configuration and management of Cisco Secure ACS for AAA and security policy services to authorize and provide secure remote access for VPN users.Configuration, management and troubleshooting of VPNs between zonal/ branch offices with Head Office Islamabad for secure online data transfer.Designing & Implementing Network lockdown strategies including Stateful firewall/ IPS configuration, Access Control Lists (ACL) and port security for routers and firewalls to filter designated Network traffic.Backups and recovery of WAN network devices (Routers, Switches, Firewalls and AAA Servers) Internetwork operating system, configuration and analyzing daily logs generated by routers, firewalls and to take remedial action against any unwanted activity. Show less

• • Oct 2009 - Feb 2012

  IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER