Network Management Services

 

Ishtiaq Ahmed

 

CV Reference: CV129

Contact Information

 

House # 5, Street # 3, Salahudin Avenue, Fazal Town, Airport Link Road,

Chaklala, Rawalpindi,

Pakistan – 46000

Contact:            +92.3215066996

Email:               [email protected]

URL:     http://www.geocities.com/ishtiaqahmeds

 

Career Objective

 

To be committed to Professionalism,

Being Organized, and to work under strict deadline schedules with attention to detail; expects to use experience in Network Operating Systems, Network Architecture, and troubleshooting of international corporate level computer networks with perspective interest in Network Engineering, Network Support, and Network Administration Services.

Personal Information

 

Birth date:                                             January 03, 1978

Religion:                                                Islam

Gender:                                                 Male

Marital Status:                                       Single

Professional Experience

 

Currently Working:                              Linux Network Administrator

                                                            Allainet (Pvt) Limited

                                                            Islamabad, Pakistan

§         Managing Online Linux Server Group, Installed & Located in Montréal, Canada.

§         Creating Replicas of Online Servers, for Research & Development Center at Islamabad.

§         Network Structure Enhancements through DHCP, Samba, DNS, MYSQL Replication on Linux.

§         Administration of Online www.weblo.com  Web server Cluster and Application Testing Servers.

§         Providing Customized Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Model (LAMP) Using Latest Source Code Compilations and Configurations.

§         Source code management using Concurrent Versioning System (CVS) as Repository.

§         Making CVS Repository Browse-able using Apache and CGI application (ViewVC).

§         Member of Project Release Team.

§         These days, working on: MySQL Cluster Environment, Migration from CVS to SVN, Redefining Security Model, and Facilitation to Development Team for Swift Production Environment, Highly Available WWW. Transparent Firewall Implementation.

 

August 2002 – November 2006:            System Support Officer II

                                                            Shifa International Hospitals Ltd

                                                            Islamabad, Pakistan

 

§         Network Architecture Design, Quality Implementations, Installation, Configuration, Development, Maintenance, Performance Diagnostics, Tuning, Migration, Upgrading, Backup & Recovery Setup with End User Support.

§         Developed Fully Automated Remote Install Server (RIS) using Redhat Linux Advanced Server 4 for Redhat Desktop Linux 4, 5 Beta, Fedora Core 4, 5 and Redhat Linux 9.

§         Deployed OpenLDAP as LDAP-Structure & Authenticated Linux Desktop & Windows XP Terminals using LDAP Credentials.

§         SQUID (Internet Web Cache) Configurations with SMB, NCSA, LDAP, and LDAP_GROUP Authentications and Deploying Access Controlling & Criteria Based Restrictions along with user’s Internet Access Monitoring.

§         Configured DHCP Server with TFTPBOOT Support for Diskless Client Booting, with DHCP Assigning Computer Names along with IP Address and its auto-updating into Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS i.e. Using BIND-Berkley Internet Name Domain Service).

§         SAMBA Server for Windows Terminals on Network with Share-Level & User-level Securities.

§         Hosting of Local Intranet Site using APACHE (HTTP), vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon)

§         Writing backup, installation & automation scripts in bash.

§         Web-Based Audio/Video Broadcasting using Nullsoft SHOUTCAST on Redhat Linux Advance Server 2.1 & 3.

§         Active Directory Service Installation and configurations on MS Windows 2000 Server.

§         System Support & Technical Assistance to Development, Database, and Network.

§         Network Printing Setup using Common UNIX Printing Service (CUPS).

§         Machines Interfacing (Micro-Biology, Cardiology, Neurology).

§         Deployment of Linux-Oracle9i based Hospital Information System to run on Redhat Linux Desktop 4 using Oracle Application Server & Further, to use Redhat Directory Server 7.1 for Single Sign on (S.S.O).

§         Internal mail configuration using Squirrelmail & Sendmail.

§         Lastly worked on: Configuring OpenLDAP as Oracle Internet Directory (OID), Single Sign on, Redhat Directory Server. Implementation of Radius authentication module. Qmail – LDAP Setup.

Education

 

April 2000                                 National College of Computer Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

                                                Bachelors/Higher Diploma, Bachelor of Computer Sciences

Majors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Data Communication, Real-time Systems, Compiler Construction, Computer Logic Design, Advanced Programming, Discrete Structures, Design & Analysis of Algorithms.

August 1996:                            Pakistan Air Force Inter College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

                                                Higher Secondary School - Pre-Engineering

August 1994                             Pakistan Air Force Intermediate School, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

                                                Secondary School - Science

Career Level

 

Level:                                      Mid Career (Over 4 Years of Experience)

Notice Period:                          1 Month or Less

Target Job

 

Job Location:                           Pakistan; Australia; United Kingdom; Netherlands; Canada.

Job Category:                          Information Technology, Computer Network.

Employment Type, Status:       Employee, Full time

Desired Salary:                        US$12,000/Anum (In Pakistan), US$25,000/Anum (Outside Pakistan)

Skills

 

Skill                                         Level                           Years practiced                        Last used

Linux Administration                   Expert                           More Than 3 Years                     Currently

Windows Client Administration    Intermediate                  More Than 3 Years                     One year ago

Network/System Support            Expert                           More Than 4 Years                     Currently

 

Prizes & Awards

§         Stood first in semester I of B.C.S.

§         Participated in National Level software & hardware exhibition (Softec 99 – FAST-ICS) for designing CNC Laser cutting machine model.

§         Co-ordination duties in organization of Musical, Software, Hardware Exhibition & Book Fair. (B.C.S)

§         Coordinated Human Resource Development Training at Shifa International on Basic Computing and Use of Internet.

§         Visiting faculty to Shifa College of Nursing, for Introduction to computers to BSc Nursing.

§         Participated in Oracle Database 9i Course, conducted by Jaffer Brothers (PVT) Limited for Shifa International Hospitals Ltd.

§         Coordinated LINUX Training to General Users & Managers at Shifa International Hospitals Ltd.

§         Meritorious Achievement Certificate for Personnel Development Course.

§         Member of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation.

Communication

 

Language                                Level                           Years practiced                        Last used

English                                     Expert                           More than 6 Years                     Right Now

Urdu                                         Expert                           Life Long                                   Currently

Hobbies

 

Camping, Traveling, Digital Photography, Music

 

 

Truly,

 

 

 

 

 

Ishtiaq Ahmed

 

Resume Dated: Saturday, December 02, 2006

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