Khurram Abbas

Address: Al-Khobar Shumalyia, Saudi Arabia Email Address: khumarry@gmail.com Mobile Phone Number: +96580697954 D.O.B: 12 September 1982 Nationality: Pakistani Current Designation: IT Specialist Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi Notice Period: Immediate Availability to join new company: Available

Career Objective Looking for the progressive and innovative company where I can sum up my management experience and knowledge in the best interest of the organization. Professionally qualified with life cycle experience to LAN/WAN implementations from early planning, Installing, through to commissioning. Working to strict deadlines to improve clients and network efficiencies. Now looking to make a significant contribution within a technically challenging role supporting, administering and implementing network projects. Professional Experience

8+ years of professional experience as an IT Specialist in Systems & Networks & Support, System & Project Delivery, Technical Advisor, Lead Project Engineer in different sectors. Specialties

Microsoft and Cisco Technologies. Project Execution for IT infrastructure, Virtualization, Systems Vulnerability & Endpoint Protection. Experience on Below Security of Products: Anti-Virus software(McAfee, Microsoft Security Essential), McAfee Vulnerability Manager (MVM), WSUS Windows Server Update Services (automatic and manual ), Backup and Recovery System (Microsoft, McAfee), Firewall (CISCO), Core Switches, L2/L3switch (CISCO), VMware, etc.

Designation: Date: Company name: Business Industry: Job Role: Projects Executed Project: Responsibilities:

IT Specialist March 2016 – July 2016 Gift Mart International International Business Worked as Network and System Engineer on a Project. Information Technology strategic implementation plan for Gift Mart International King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture project. www.giftmart.org Working as an Network & System Engineer Onto the manufacturing environment.

Designation: Date: Company name: Business Industry: Job Role: Project: Responsibilities: Achievements:

Writing network strategy guideline specifications, design approach and documents, for project Configuring & maintaining all network devices like Cisco firewalls 5540 Active and Redundant, cisco 2800 series Router, core switch, L2 switches 2960. Supporting and maintaining the Active Directory server by creating users and policies as per requirement Supporting and managing the Microsoft Backup Server by taking incremental and full backup Supporting and maintaining the File Server. Weekly Maintenance check and troubleshooting of all Gift Mart Network & system Creating the monthly maintenance documents after check as per requirements and then send to the customer for revision and record. Assistant Supervisor January 2010 – December 2012 Government of Pakistan Punjab Government Sector Worked as Systems & Networks Administrator Punjab Gateway Project (PGP) Supervise an infrastructure up gradation project ‘Punjab Gateway Project’ of all Government sectors including OGDCL, SNGPL, PTCL, NADRA, WAPDA to centralized them, under the supervision of ITMinds Limited (A subsidiary of CDCPL). www.ITMindz.biz Build the whole network Architecture. Working as an Network & System Engineer Project is running in 7, 8 cities, in this project we have to secure 200+ Machines. Configuring core switches cisco 3560. Updated the IOS of all core switches 3560 Configuring L2 2960 switches and updated their IOS also. Installation of server 2008 on all HP DL 380 servers. Configured WSUS for latest Microsoft Updates for all machines. Configured McAfee Antivirus VirusScan Enterprise and all clients are installed and taking updates from the server & upgraded to latest version Configured the Network monitoring server (WhatsUP Gold) in NMS server and through WhatsUP gold all network, system and client devices can be monitored. Supervised the network Technicians while installing the Network cabinets, tagging & cabling. After implementation supporting the PGP network as a supporting engineer for 2 years.

Jan 2008-Sep 2015 Company Name: Company Industry: Job Role: Responsibilities:

CENTRAL DEPOSITORY COMPANY OF PAKISTAN LIMITED. www.cdcpakistan.com Trading Corporation Limited Systems & Networks Administrator Participated as an active member in different Networks / Systems related projects including: LAN/WAN & Server Administration Configuration and maintaining CISCO Routers 3845, 3662 and 2800 series. Configuration and maintaining Cisco 5520 & 5540 Firewalls via CLI and ASDM. Configuration and maintaining of L3 and L2 switches. Installation of Genuine Win 7 and activating the license in desktops and laptops. Managing Domain resources including Users, Groups and other resources and applying Group Policies.

Oct 2006- Dec 2006 Company Name: Job Role:

Trainee IRIS International Private Limited – Lahore Pakistan Worked as Trainee in General Administration & Legal Department. Technical Skills:

Routing – Static & Dynamic Routing. Configuring RIP V1 & V2, EIGRP, OSPF, Spanning tree protocol (STP). Configuring Access list Hands on experience on Cisco devices like Firewalls: 5540, 5520 Routers: 3800, 3600, 2800 Switches: 3560, 2960 Upgrading the IOS of all network devices (firewall, routers and switches) by TFTP server. Dell Servers: R320, R720, McAfee, Symantec, WSUS, Domain Controllers, MVM HP Server: HP Prolient DL – 380 G4, McAfee, WSUS, Domain Controllers, MVM MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY: Installation of WINDOWS SERVER 2003 & 2008, 2008 R2, 2012. MS Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, WDS, WSUS, Windows Backup Server.

Jan 2007-Jan 2008 Company Name: Company Industry: Job Role: Responsibilities:

Implementing DNS Servers having Domain Integrated, Primary and Secondary Zones. Managing three main sites using Sites and Services Console. Upgrading Domain Controllers from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 and then to Windows 2012. Configuration and troubleshooting of Symantec backup exec 2014. Implementation of McAfee Enterprise Security using ePO 5.1 (Main and Distributed repositories) and McAfee Client 8.8. Configured the Network monitoring server (WhatsUP Gold & SolarWinds Orion NPM) in NMS server and through SolarWinds Orion routers, servers, firewalls, switches and client devices are monitored. Configuration & Installation of WSUS, SNMP, and Symantec net backup in all machines. Assembling Hardware (Servers, Tape libraries, switches, firewalls, KVM etc. in Cabinet) Supervised the network Technicians while installing the Network cabinets, tagging & cabling. Vendor Support for WAN Infrastructure of ISDN-BRI Links, DXX links, Optical Fiber and WiMax for Lahore-Karachi and monitoring the traffic of all WAN links through SolarWinds tool. Support, maintenance and monitoring for 150+ Lahore based Dial-up clients’ profile accessing CDCPL network. Managing Network printers i.e. HP5200, HP4350, HP4300, HP1320. IT Support Engineer ZONG. www.zong.com Kot lakhpath, Industrial Area, Lahore, Pakistan. Telecom Company. IT Networks support for the whole call center in night shifts. Solving All kind of IT related issues which are coming in any work station of Customer relationship officer. Configuring of L2 & L3 switches. Internet Connectivity. Maintain & Troubleshoot LAN. Maintain & Troubleshoot Desktop, Laptop, Printer & Photocopier machines

Desktop Administration Customer Support Professional Certifications: Education:

Installation, configuration and customized various application MS Windows XP/ Professional/7, 8/10, MS Office, McAfee Anti-virus on HP, HP/Compaq and Dell desktops. Providing Level 1 through 3, Support to Desktop clients in order to insure software executions and problem rectification as and when occurred. Supported Users with problems on MS Outlook, Word and Excel. Installation / Troubleshooting Support for in-house developed Client-Server 3-tier java application to 200+ clients located over Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and Sialkot. Project team member for Deployment of Cisco Firewall and VPN encryption product VPN Client for Application Access. Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP Training) Corvit Institute, Lahore Pakistan (2010) Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP training) Corvit Institute, Lahore Pakistan (2012) Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA training) Corvit Institute, Lahore Pakistan (2011)

Bachelor's degree: Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering University of Management & Technology – 2007 Fsc: School: Pre – Engineering Progressive Public School & College Matriculation Progressive Public School & College Core Professional Strengths: Team Lead, General Management, Sales & Marketing, Brand/Product Development and Promotion, Client Relationship Management Distinctions: Very good Communication Skills Position Holder Debater on Division Level