Raheel Ejaz
Senior Data Center Specialist at CITG - Continental Information and Telecom Group- Claim this Profile
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Waleed Bin Sharif
A highly energetic, skilled, diligent and disciplined person, possessing strong interpersonal skills, an adaptable and enthusiastic team member, competent of working under pressure and to strict deadlines. Exhibits a strong analytical and practical approach to handle complex situations as well as the desire to continuously acquire new skills.
Zaigham Abbas
Starting from the beginning of my professional career raheel has always been an inspiration and mentor for me as his guidance and ability to transfer technology knowledge really paved ways for me in my career.Apart from that, his technical knowledge and expertise in DC technologies is unmatchable which is not only limited to his own self but also reflects in his team members as a result of mentoring. I would definitely recommend him for DC architecture role 🙂
Farhan Chughtai
an excellent resource to have in your team, lively person making difficult work look easy. A smart worker with commendable skill set.
Waleed Bin Sharif
A highly energetic, skilled, diligent and disciplined person, possessing strong interpersonal skills, an adaptable and enthusiastic team member, competent of working under pressure and to strict deadlines. Exhibits a strong analytical and practical approach to handle complex situations as well as the desire to continuously acquire new skills.
Zaigham Abbas
Starting from the beginning of my professional career raheel has always been an inspiration and mentor for me as his guidance and ability to transfer technology knowledge really paved ways for me in my career.Apart from that, his technical knowledge and expertise in DC technologies is unmatchable which is not only limited to his own self but also reflects in his team members as a result of mentoring. I would definitely recommend him for DC architecture role 🙂
Farhan Chughtai
an excellent resource to have in your team, lively person making difficult work look easy. A smart worker with commendable skill set.
Waleed Bin Sharif
A highly energetic, skilled, diligent and disciplined person, possessing strong interpersonal skills, an adaptable and enthusiastic team member, competent of working under pressure and to strict deadlines. Exhibits a strong analytical and practical approach to handle complex situations as well as the desire to continuously acquire new skills.
Zaigham Abbas
Starting from the beginning of my professional career raheel has always been an inspiration and mentor for me as his guidance and ability to transfer technology knowledge really paved ways for me in my career.Apart from that, his technical knowledge and expertise in DC technologies is unmatchable which is not only limited to his own self but also reflects in his team members as a result of mentoring. I would definitely recommend him for DC architecture role 🙂
Farhan Chughtai
an excellent resource to have in your team, lively person making difficult work look easy. A smart worker with commendable skill set.
Waleed Bin Sharif
A highly energetic, skilled, diligent and disciplined person, possessing strong interpersonal skills, an adaptable and enthusiastic team member, competent of working under pressure and to strict deadlines. Exhibits a strong analytical and practical approach to handle complex situations as well as the desire to continuously acquire new skills.
Zaigham Abbas
Starting from the beginning of my professional career raheel has always been an inspiration and mentor for me as his guidance and ability to transfer technology knowledge really paved ways for me in my career.Apart from that, his technical knowledge and expertise in DC technologies is unmatchable which is not only limited to his own self but also reflects in his team members as a result of mentoring. I would definitely recommend him for DC architecture role 🙂
Farhan Chughtai
an excellent resource to have in your team, lively person making difficult work look easy. A smart worker with commendable skill set.
Credentials
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Black Belt - ACI Deployment Stage 3 FY21
CiscoJan, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Black Belt - DevNet Infrastructure Developer - Stage 1 FY21
CiscoOct, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Black Belt - ACI Deployment Stage 2 FY21 (Partners only)
CiscoAug, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Black Belt - ACI Deployment Stage 1 FY21 (Partners only)
CiscoJul, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Understanding of Cisco Network Devices
CiscoFeb, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Dell EMC Unity Implementation and Administration
Dell EMCAug, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Network Professional Routing and Switching (CCNP-RS)
CiscoSep, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA)
CiscoMar, 2014- Nov, 2024 -
Microsoft Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
MicrosoftMar, 2014- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA)
CiscoDec, 2013- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Design Specialist
CiscoAug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Security Architecture for System Engineers
CiscoJul, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center (CCNP Data Center)
CiscoJul, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center ACI Implementation
CiscoJul, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation
CiscoSep, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core
CiscoSep, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Data Center
CiscoJan, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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CITG - Continental Information and Telecom Group
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Data Center Specialist
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Mar 2022 - Present
Implementation and migration of multiple cisco SDN(ACI) solutions. including Single-site & Multipod fabrics.Development of High and Low-Level Designs based on industry best practices and as per customer need.Initialization and configuration of Cisco HyperFlex Clusters. Implementation and migration of multiple cisco SDN(ACI) solutions. including Single-site & Multipod fabrics.Development of High and Low-Level Designs based on industry best practices and as per customer need.Initialization and configuration of Cisco HyperFlex Clusters.
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APP IN SNAP (Private) Limited
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Pakistan
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Information Technology & Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Program Network Solutions Architect
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Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Produced High and Low-level design, and test plans, developed use cases, and engaged in the implementation as a solutions leader. Responsible to deploy, integrate, migrate, and maintaining the Enterprise Data Center Network ofFSI using Cisco Data Center SDN Multisite Solution. Produced High and Low-level design, and test plans, developed use cases, and engaged in the implementation as a solutions leader. Responsible to deploy, integrate, migrate, and maintaining the Enterprise Data Center Network ofFSI using Cisco Data Center SDN Multisite Solution.
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Systems Limited
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Pakistan
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Advisory Network Engineer
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Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
Involvement in Data Center migration activities.Successfully upgradation of Cisco ACI solution in the telco sector.Provided technical support and identified and resolved recurring issues.Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting related to routing, switching, security, and redundancy issues. Involvement in Data Center migration activities.Successfully upgradation of Cisco ACI solution in the telco sector.Provided technical support and identified and resolved recurring issues.Installation, configuration, and troubleshooting related to routing, switching, security, and redundancy issues.
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Assistant Director Data Center
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Dec 2016 - Nov 2020
1. Planning and Implementation of different scenarios for limited access to more than 8000 users at different layers.2. Monitoring the high availability of WAN connectivity of all the ARC (500) centers across Punjab to Data Center using primary and backup links using Solarwind and PRTG Network monitoring systems.3. L2/L3 configurations on Cisco Nexus 7710 Switches specifically to the high availability of system using cisco data center technologies like (VPC, OTV, HSRP, etc.)4. Installation, Configuration, and Maintenance of Cisco Unified Computing System.5. Configuration of Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis, Blade Servers (UCS B420M4, UCS B480M5), Rack Mount Server (C460M4), UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI 6248UP UCS FI 6332UP) and SAN Switches on primary and DR site.6. Barracuda Load Balancer ADC 840 configuration and management for application load balancing.7. Managing Hyper-V virtualized environment with more than 150 Servers using SCVMM 2012R2 & 2016) in HA mode.8. Managing and monitoring the track of System OS health, system state, and reports using SCOM9. Mware virtualization assistance as needed including but not limited to VCenter plug-ins, VMWare vSphere.10. Managing and monitoring of 400TB plus Capacity EMC Storage system solution for most precious and critical data of Land Records(EMC Unisphere service manager, EMC Unisphere central)11. Capacity planning and management for all SAN and Allocation of Storage to different Virtual and Physical Hosts as per software & Database team requirements.12. Managing storage-based data protection such as snapshots and replication.13. Responsible for managing and monitoring SAN to SAN replication using EMC Recover Point Appliance.14. Monitor system performance and capacity, and provide periodic system status reports todepartment management.15. Configuring, Scheduling and managing enterprise-level backups including (SQL DataBase backups, Virtual Machines OS backups) using EMC Networker Backup Solution.
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ENCS Networks
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Implementation Consultant
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Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
Configured & Deployed EMC Storage, MDS, Nexus 5ks, UCS Chassis with 6 blades at each site. Installation and configuration of VCSA 6.7 to manage ESXi Hosts and configuration of DVS with HA & DRS functionality for Data Center. Configured & Deployed EMC Storage, MDS, Nexus 5ks, UCS Chassis with 6 blades at each site. Installation and configuration of VCSA 6.7 to manage ESXi Hosts and configuration of DVS with HA & DRS functionality for Data Center.
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Data Center Infrastructure Engineer
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Dec 2015 - Dec 2016
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PIFRA
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Pakistan
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Network Assistant
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Sep 2012 - Dec 2015
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Education
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2005 - 2009
Bahria University
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Engineering -
2001 - 2004
Swedish Institute of Technology Rawalpindi
Diploma of Associate Engineering, Computer Hardware
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