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Sohail Durrani 

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Frisco, TX  75034
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durrani.sohail@gmail.com
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RESUME

  

Resume Headline: Sohail Durrani - Network and Security Engineer

Resume Value: 98ma8e83i4z2vxru   

  

 

7234 Bramble Bush Dr • Frisco, TX 75034

Phone 972-292-8149 • E-mail durrani.sohail@gmail.com

Sohail J. Durrani

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

A technical engineering professional with over 14 years’ experience in the internetworking industry. Main skills include Network Engineering, Design, Implementation, Integration, IT Security, System Engineering, and Operations Roles.

Concentration on Network Design, Security, and System Engineering. Involved in all stages of requirement analysis, design, capacity planning, and application transport going on to implementation and support thereafter.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

 

Protocols: EIGRP, IGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, RTP, IS-IS, SIP, H.323, LWAPP, RADIUS, TACACS+, Ethernet, Fiber Channel, ISCSI, FCIP, FCP, FSPF, NDMP, 802.11a/b/g/n, ISDN, CDP, Frame Relay, PPP, PPTP, and STP.

Hardware: Cisco Routers/Firewalls/VPN/Switches/ACE/CSM/ASA, Juniper Routers/Firewalls/Switches/IPS, Extreme/Foundry Switches, F5 GTM/LTM/Viprion, Brocade Silkworm, StorageNet SAN Switches, IBM ESS, Ericsson SE Routers, McData Fiber Switches, Concentry Networks LanShield Switches/Controllers, Emulex Fiber Hubs, HP/IBM/Dell/Hitachi/Sun Servers.

Network Management & Security Assessment Software: BSA (BladeLogic Server Automation), BNA (BladeLogic Network Automation), Legato, Vmware VCenter, Cisco Works, Epicenter, HPOpen View, WhatsupGold, Nagios, Cacti, IPSwitch, NTOP, MRTG, PRTG, KIWI Syslog, UCS,  HFNetCheck Pro, NetScout, SurfWatch, Airsnort,  Snort IDS, Nessus Scanner, NMap, SolarWinds, LanGuard, ISS Scanner, Sniffer, PrismStumbler, Retina Networks, and SamSpade.

Operating Systems: Redhat, Suse, UBuntu Linux, Sun Solaris 10, Windows NT/2000/2003/2008, and Vmware ESXi

 

 


 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

11/2011 – 10/2013          BMC Software                    Houston, TX

Sr. Consultant

As a Sr. Consultant I was engaged with customers for the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management (CLM) BMC BladeLogic Network Automation (BBNA) and BMC BladeLogic Server Automation (BBSA) solutions.

 

Accomplishments

n     Gathering and documenting virtualization, authentication, automation, and computing, costing, storage, auditing, monitoring, and networking requirements that drive the CLM solution.

n     Designing CLM solutions for private and public clouds.

n     Providing technical leadership to implementation teams.

n     Providing and reviewing ROM costing for projects.

n     Design and Implement standalone solutions for Network and Servers automation.

04/2011 – 11/2011          Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas    Irving, TX

Sr. Network and Security Analyst

As a Network Analyst I was working on day-to-day operational roles. Implement new projects to enhanced Bank services to its member banks across US.

 

Accomplishments

n     Worked on analyzing and assessing the current network infrastructure for technology enhancement like retiring the EIGRP network and bringing in OSFP as a multivendor dynamic routing solution.

n     Worked on and presented a proposal how to leverage the F5 solutions for Active/Active solutions for redundant datacenters to achieve 99.999% service availability for our customers.

n     I have documented the whole infrastructure and put in the baseline and documentation for Cisco, Juniper, and F5.

n     I have worked on implementing and bringing Network devices in compliance with industry standard Network Security posture.

n     Design and implemented virtualization solutions by deploying VSS, VDS, and Cisco Nexus 1000v in vCenter.

09/2010 – 04/2011          AT&T Mobility (Contractor)              Allen, TX

Implementation Engineer

As an Implementation Engineer within AT&T mobility, works to implement, integrate, and migrate Network Infrastructure that supports advance telecom services. Managing multiple sub-components of large capital projects.

 

Accomplishments

n     Working with Engineers to chalk out migration plan to roll out 4G data network devices nationwide, to ensure accuracy on plan before execution.

n     Playing a lead role in deploying, configuring, and integrating Juniper SRX, Cisco Nexus, F5 Viprion, and Netscout nGenius in a packet core infrastructure for LTE.

n     Executing test cases to verify configuration, functionality, and handing the tested devices in a certain zone and or market to the operations teams with detail documentations.

05/2006 – 08/2010          Ericsson, Inc                                   Plano, TX

Datacom Engineer III

In a role of Datacom Engineer within Managed Service Organization, works to implement and operate IP Network Infrastructure that supports advance telecom services by providing architectural input on over fifty six hosted customer platforms supporting sixteen million subscribers. Purely services oriented organization requiring an in depth knowledge of wide variety of technologies.

 

Accomplishments

n     Day-to-day responsibilities include but are not limited to managing the ip network infrastructure (Cisco Routers/PIX/ASA/ACE/Switches, Juniper Routers/Firewalls/VPN, Extreme Switches, F5 (GTM/LTM/Viprion), configuration of OSPF/ISIS and BGP areas and associated policies, drive troubleshooting and service restoration process with customers.

n     Played a key role in migrating Nortel CDMA into Ericsson realm, which involved (planning, designing, integrating, and supporting) PDSN/HA/FA.

n     Played a key role in planning, designing, and implementing datacom ip network and backhaul for Mobile network infrastructure for various hosted pre-paid and post-paid platform (RBT, IMS, MMS, WAP, SMS) for Tier 1-3 carrier with diverse and alternate routing path to achieve 99.999% network availability.

n     Provided inputs to Solution Architects on SLA, infrastructure design and integration requirements, supported smooth receipt of system from the appropriate implementation team as system integration works concludes.

n     Played an instrumental role in deploying and supporting Netscout monitoring tool to monitor network devices, link, and application connectivity statistics for KPI measurements.

n     Participated in PCI certifications to be CISP compliant as a service provider and performs security audits, re-evaluated existing platform and made necessary design changes as per ISO/IEC 27001/27002 standards.

n     Supported Ericsson Wireline 2G/3G products and solutions including GSM/GPRS/EDGE WCDMA IP convergence.

n     Implemented best practices to provide customer data security, privacy, availability, and compliance with PCI, SOX, and other applicable laws.

n     I played an integral role in planning and deploying VMware VSphere solution for virtualization.

 

09/2002 – 05/2006         ATX Group                                              Irving, TX

IS Security Specialist

In a role of IS Security, played an instrumental role in developing and implementing a security culture, leverage networking technology to increase security and availability, design and implemented network, storage, and system solutions for the world’s largest independent provider of personalized telematics services to some of the leading automobile brands with over five millions customer base in North America and Europe.

 

Accomplishments

n     Responsible for all threat and vulnerability efforts including vulnerability alert research, advisory release reviews, and research and development to establish an end-state of reducing risk and preventing network intrusion.

n     Formulated, recommended, wrote, and provided the corporate network security policies and “best practices” for corporate data centers.

n     Experienced with implementing and/or administrating the security functionality of IT systems. Bi-yearly Audits, assessments, and/or controls.

n     Responsible for information technology security reviews of applications, systems, and networks using analysis tools such as NMap, Nessus, ISS, Netscout, and other open source tools.

n     Provided awareness support to internal users and served as a focal point for IT Security related issues.

n     Planned, designed, and deployed various network devices and applications such as: Cisco, Juniper, Extreme, Foundry, F5, SurfControl, Netscout, IPS/IDS, IBM ESS, Concentry LanShield and Retina in various configurations as per the requirements from the customers.

 

04/2001 – 09/2002            ATX Group                             Irving, TX

Sr. NT Administrator

In a role of Sr. NT Administrator, provided technical leadership in day-to-day operations of NOS, data networks, designed, piloted, and implemented network changes. Installation, configuration, and maintenance of NT/Win2K Domain infrastructure.

 

Accomplishments

n     Played a lead role in planning, designing, and implementing/upgrading to Win2K Active Directory Domain infrastructure globally.

n     Supported the data infrastructure which included servers, routers, firewalls, LoadBalancers, and switches in a 24X7X365 call center environment.

n     Played and active role in planning and designing and putting in place disaster recovery plan to ensure business continuity for our customers.

n     Planned, design, and implemented separate O&M and Backup network to take the load off of a production network.

n     Played an instrumental role in upgrading the Core infrastructure to a layer 3 from layer 2 network and securing the funding for it and completed ahead of schedule.

11/2000 – 03/2001          Ericsson, Inc                      Richardson, TX

Network Engineer

Design, Installation, Configuration, and Maintenance of Network systems consisting of Cisco Routers, Firewalls, VPN’s and Switches, Juniper Routers and Firewalls, Extreme Switches, Compaq, and Sun Servers for Global IT Services.

 

Accomplishments

n     Supported Ericsson Gigabit Network in a Global IT Services.

n     Configured various Cisco/Juniper routers and Extreme switches.

n     Played an active role in deploying Hitachi and StorageTEK SAN

n     Supported over 5000 WinNT, Win2000, and SUN servers in a Global setup.

08/1998 – 11/2000          Buchanan Associates                 Irving, TX

Network Engineer

Implement and maintain data networks, WinNT domain infrastructure, and provided consulting services to various multinational companies in Aerospace, Energy, Pharmaceutical, and in Sports field.

 

Accomplishments

n     Configured and deployed SMS servers for inventory purposes.

n     Implemented, managed, and maintained complex data networks and interconnection schemes; providing 2nd level support, worked with customers to solve network and or NOS related issues.

n     Played a key role in running a pilot project to deploy Win2K AD infrastructure for one off the major Aerospace company in the area.

 

EDUCATION

 

1987 - 1991                              University of Karachi          Karachi, Pakistan

B.Sc/Computer Science

CERTIFICATIONS

 

CCNA

CCIE (Written)

JNCIA-ER

JNCIS-ER

CCNP (642-902)

Working towards CCNP, CCIE (Lab) and CISSP

TRAINING

 

Foundstone Ultimate Hacking

BIG-IP LTM – Advance v9.X

Sun Solaris 10 Administration

LTE/SAE System Overview

GPRS Overview

GSM WCDMA Core Network Overview

M-PBN MSS Advance

 



Experience

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Job Title

Company

Experience

Sr. Consultant

BMC Software, Inc.

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Current Career Level:

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Years of relevant work experience:

7+ to 10 Years

Date of Availability:

Negotiable

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

US citizen

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Network and Security Engineer

Desired Job Type:

Employee

Desired Status:

Full-Time

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Occupation:

IT/Software Development

·         Computer/Network Security

·         Software/System Architecture

·         Systems Analysis - IT

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-TX-Dallas

Relocate:

No

Willingness to travel:

Up to 50% travel

 

Languages:

Languages

Proficiency Level

English

Fluent

Urdu

Fluent