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Nisar Mohammed

Chicago,USA

Summary

Accomplished IT Advisory Lead with a proven track record at Lenovo, adept in Network Switch and Firewall Management and demonstrating exceptional multitasking abilities. Spearheaded strategic network operations, significantly enhancing service quality and resilience. Renowned for strong leadership, adept at fostering vendor relationships and driving technological advancements with a keen focus on Zero-Trust Network Implementation.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

IT Advisory Lead

Lenovo
Chicago, Illinois
12.2021 - Current
  • Provide expertise and leadership to manage the implementation and support of the medium-term strategy and roadmap for Next Generation Operations
  • Prepare and manage the network operations budget, optimizing costs without compromising service quality
  • Coordinate with other departments to plan and execute network upgrades and new installations
  • Manage vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, and ensure timely resolution of service issues
  • Provide network support across all the datacenters and corporate offices
  • Implement disaster recovery plans and conduct regular tests to ensure network resilience
  • Report on network performance metrics to senior management and recommend improvements

Network Engineer

HCA Healthcare
Nashville, Tennessee
02.2020 - 11.2021
  • Design, test planning verification of new features of advanced network technologies
  • Operational support for fabrics including Cisco ACI /APIC
  • Configure and maintain Firewalls/Routers
  • Document network configuration, network diagram
  • Configuring protocols OSPF, BGP and Firewall rules
  • Deployed F5 LTM load balancer and experience in virtual server configuration, high availability, load balancing, i-rules, iApps, and SSL profiles
  • Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting the connectivity of multiple sites via VPNs (IPSEC& GRE)

Senior Network Engineer

Pinnacle Technical Resource ( UBS-Client )
Nashville, Tennessee
08.2017 - 12.2019
  • Implementation support in labs for fabrics including Cisco ACI /APIC
  • Manage Security projects for designing, debugging, migration and implementation of Cisco, Juniper and Nexus (routers and switches), Firewalls Proxies and Aruba controllers
  • Implement and utilize advanced network monitoring systems for a critical trading environment on low latency platform
  • Write and review MOP for network maintenance's, perform network changes, migrations, installations and software and hardware upgrades during maintenance window, provide training to new hires and junior Engineers in the team and provide 24x7 on-call support during network issues/outages
  • To work with different network reporting tools such as Sevone, Mazu and Wireshark which is used to calculate and measure the Bandwidth utilization of the network

Network Engineer/ Change manager

Pinnacle Technical Resources (AT&T-Client)
Nashville, Tennessee
08.2015 - 07.2017
  • Facilitate and manage weekly CAB meetings for changes and manage changes throughout the entire ECC process
  • Coordinate with various departments such as Service Management and Provisioning to collect customer data and requirements, with Equipment Engineering and Field OPS to order, evaluate, inspect, design, test and deploy various network elements and circuits, with Translations, TAC and Messaging departments to provision, test and troubleshoot customer traffic issues
  • Provide operational support to hundreds of Cisco routing and switching based devices, Juniper based net-screen and SRX series firewalls, Hewlett-Packard pro curve series switches and ADVA optical fiber equipment
  • Interfacing with vendors for TAC and telecommunication support to ensure swift Incident Remediation
  • Maintaining constant communications with customer to ensure proper visibility of Network stability to the business
  • Utilize Smarts to monitor LAN/WAN devices; analysis of SMARTS information to determine status of actions during events

Education

Masters - Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC)
Kansas City, MO, USA
01.2014

Skills

  • Network Switch and Firewall Management
  • Network Management Expertise
  • Zero-Trust Network Implementation
  • Operating Systems Expertise
  • Experienced with Risk Management Technologies
  • Advanced Skills in Device and Application Diagnostics
  • Linux Management Experience
  • Strong understanding of ITIL and change management
  • Skilled in Writing Compliance Documentation
  • Ability to multitask and manage priorities
  • Able to interact with senior leadership and client contacts
  • Strong desire to learn and implement new technologies

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Associate (AWS-SAA)
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
  • Juniper Networks Certified Associate (JNCIA)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • ITIL Foundation v3 Certified

Timeline

IT Advisory Lead

Lenovo
12.2021 - Current

Network Engineer

HCA Healthcare
02.2020 - 11.2021

Senior Network Engineer

Pinnacle Technical Resource ( UBS-Client )
08.2017 - 12.2019

Network Engineer/ Change manager

Pinnacle Technical Resources (AT&T-Client)
08.2015 - 07.2017

Masters - Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC)

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