MOHD QAISAR E AZAM ANSARI
Transition Lead
Mumbai
Summary
With over 9+ years of experience in the network and security field, I am a Transition Lead (Senior Network Engineer) at Tata Consultancy Services, one of the leading IT services and consulting companies in the world. I hold a prestigious certifications from Cisco: CCNA Routing and Switching (CISCO ID: CSCO12870272), as well as the Certified Silver Peak SDWAN Professional (SPSP) and Sophos Certified XG Firewall v17.5 Engineer. My core competencies include Network and Network Security (Firewalls - Palo Alto, Fortigate), Routing/Switching, Network Operations. I am an active listener with Problem-Solving mindset. Equipped with Interpersonal Skills and Fluent written / verbal communication.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Transition Lead (Senior Network Engineer)
TCS Ltd.
04.2022 - Current
- Part of the Network Operations team for a Japanese MNC
- Conducting POC for new implementations – SDWAN, Infoblox, Azure HUB, and Spoke Design
- On-prem to Cloud DC connectivity with Express Route, Direct Connect, and IPSEC
- Managing the LAN and wireless Network infrastructure with more than 300 sites worldwide, which consists of more than 1200 switches, 40+ WLCs (Cisco), and around 2500 WAPs
- Responsible for the daily BAU
- Work on P1 and P2 tickets, Changes, and Problem tickets
- Involved in network design for upcoming sites as per requirement
- Working on Routing/Switching, Firewalls, Cisco Wireless and AWS Cloud troubleshooting
- Lead the Device firmware upgrade project (Cisco Switches, Palo Alto)
- Prepare SOPs of BAU tasks and provide the improvement actions
- Present the Weekly and Monthly project reports.
NETWORK ENGINEER (Technical Consultant)
Orange Business Services Ltd.
04.2020 - 04.2022
- Manage overall Routing, Switching and Wireless devices, datacenter operations
- Pro-actively monitoring the device status, CPU utilization and the memory utilization of switches in SolarWind monitoring tool
- Troubleshooting high CPU and Memory utilization on switches
- Responsible for the configuring, managing and troubleshooting of L2 and L3 switches for 180 sites
- Responsible for the configuring, managing and troubleshooting of WLC and Access points for all 180 sites
- Responsible to creating and documenting change plans for new change requests raised by client for in scope devices
- Creating Runbook with all the detailed information of the site along with diagram
- Provide best practice guidance to the client and help them with the same in case if they come across any issue
- Configure and install Router, Switches, and WLC
- Managing and monitoring more than 35,000 LAN switches including Router, and WLC across the Multi-national Client through solarwinds (NMS)
- Responsible for troubleshooting call for slowness and WAN connectivity issue at Client site.
NETWORK ENGINEER L 2
ACMA Computers Ltd.
12.2019 - 02.2020
- Planning network Architecture, Implementation and support, create and update network designs, layouts and Documents as per project / customer /audit requirement
- Manage overall Security devices and Network Infrastructure, datacenter operations
NETWORK ENGINEER
CMS IT Services Pvt. ltd.
09.2018 - 12.2019
- Worked on Fortigate 50E and FortiGATE 1200D series Router
- Implemented Fortinet firewall with SD Wan technology
- Resolving Network Connectivity Issues and Application Errors (due to Network Issue) of PAN India D-Mart Stores
- Worked on Monitoring portal i.e Solar-wind and OP Manager
- Troubleshoot issue & close it within SLA as per the client requirement.
SYSTEM AND NETWORK ADMIN
Samiah International Builders Pvt LIMITED
03.2018 - 07.2018
- Responsible for maintaining the network & troubleshooting the network related issues
- Troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure, including routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP
- Responsible for maintaining the Backup network, hardware, software, files on a regular basis accordingly as per the company policies.
NETWORK ENGINEER
IT Source Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
07.2015 - 02.2018
- Providing Global 24 x 7
- NOC support for WAN/ LAN operation with Client Head Office of Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and across PAN India Location
- Located in Mumbai with supported PAN India Location BPCL sites
- Support to link vendors i.e TATA, Reliance, BSNL, MTNL, Airtel, Sify etc
- Preparing various (Daily, Weekly, SLA) reports.
Education
B.E - Electronics Engineering
PIIT College of Mumbai University (MU)
Panvel, India 07.2010 - 04.2014
Diploma - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
BVIT, Kharghar Navi Mumbai
Mumbai, India 07.2007 - 06.2010
SSC (Class X) -
Maharashtra State Board
Mumbai, India 06.2006 - 06.2007
Skills
Network Security
VPN Configuration
Switching
Routing
Cisco Networking
BGP Routing Protocol
EIGRP
OSPF
Juniper
Cisco Meraki
Cisco Wireless and WAP
Decision Making
Fortigate
Palo Alto Firewall
SolarWinds
Project Management
ITIL
CCNA
Network Operations
Problem Solving
Certification
Certified Silver Peak SDWAN Professional (SPSP): 67759f0d-d6ba-4e1b-9df4-f07260a0b99c
Languages
English
Hindi
Marathi
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above information furnished is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. n n(Mohd. Qaisar E Azam Ansari)
Timeline
Transition Lead (Senior Network Engineer)
TCS Ltd.
04.2022 - Current
NETWORK ENGINEER (Technical Consultant)
Orange Business Services Ltd.
04.2020 - 04.2022
NETWORK ENGINEER L 2
ACMA Computers Ltd.
12.2019 - 02.2020
NETWORK ENGINEER
CMS IT Services Pvt. ltd.
09.2018 - 12.2019
SYSTEM AND NETWORK ADMIN
Samiah International Builders Pvt LIMITED
03.2018 - 07.2018
NETWORK ENGINEER
IT Source Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
07.2015 - 02.2018
B.E - Electronics Engineering
PIIT College of Mumbai University (MU)
07.2010 - 04.2014
Diploma - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
BVIT, Kharghar Navi Mumbai
07.2007 - 06.2010
SSC (Class X) -
Maharashtra State Board
06.2006 - 06.2007
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