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- 1. Muhammad Waqas Cell: +971 56 4496001 (UAE); Email: waqas_gujjar475@yahoo.com Skype: waqas.gujjar174; Current Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE SENIOR LEVEL ASSIGNMENT: System Administrator/System Engineer TARGET SECTOR: SYSTEM INTEGRATORS/ IT / GOVT. / OIL & GAS IT Professional WITH ALMOST 11 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Domain Exposure: System Adminstration(Redhat Linux,Microsoft Windows), Virtualization (Vmware ESX); , Shell scripting,Help Desk Management, Structured Cabling and IT Systems; Network & Infrastructure Services; System Integrator; OIL & GAS Sector; ID card Processing; Public Administration System Administration |Linux | Virtualization | Windows | Project Management EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Experienced in System Administration of Linux based systems Redhat/Ubuntu/Fedora/Openfiler . • Expertise in virtualization technology VMware ESXi/KVM. • Proficient in System Administration of Windows based systems. • Exposure in automation of system with Shell Scripting,awk and sed. • Possessing sound knowledge of database administration(Ms Sql Server). CORE COMPETENCIES Managerial & Functional • Well versed in team leadership, management, result oriented approach. • As Manager Helpdesk, handled 400 Plus nodes in 4 different sites connected through WAN including streamlining of complaint management, in-house staff shift management for 24/7 operations. • Public dealing & administration and handling public grievance. As System Engineer Team Lead, headed a team of 15-20 people in managing NADRA registration centers; supervised the center’s overall working facilitating Approx. 500 people daily. Technical • Linux • Administration of Linux servers running RHEL 5/6,Fedora,Ubuntu . • Package and patch installation ,source code compilation, troubleshooting using Single User Mode and rescue mode Consoles • Monitoring System Performance of Virtual memory, System events, Swapping, Disk utilization, CPU utilization • Experience with OS health check, network connectivity, file system management, user account management, process and job control, patch management, and the implementation & coordination of changes. • System automation with Sell Scripting,AWK,SED. • Monitoring system logs and root's email for important messages such as errors and warnings or hardware failure errors. • Managing Disk File Systems, Server Performance, Users Creation and Granting file access Permissions. • Installation and configuring the DNS and assigning IP addresses to clients with DHCP. • Installing packages on Linux servers using YUM and RPM utilities • Maintenance and scheduling Cron-jobs • Configuration of syslog-ng and log analysis with sawmill. • Configuration of squid for internet proxying,web caching and internet access management. • Understanding of FTP,TFTP and remote applications like ssh, scp, telnet, File compressing & Decompressing with GZIP, ZIP & TAR. • Operating System hardening using IPtables . • Familiarity with VoIP PBX like Asterisk,Trixbox etc. • Experience of Apache configurations .
- 2. • Understanding of network and distributed environments, IP routing, client/server and network file systems. Experience in Server Build, Capacity Planning, Scalability, Optimization, Configuration management, Patch Management and 3rd Party Application Installations and other administration tasks. • Route Changer Script: Developed a Bash shell script which ensures the availability of internet to proxy server from more than one internet connections. It executes every five minutes and checks whether primary internet connection is up or down. If it finds that connection is down, then shifts the internet traffic to backup Internet connection, makes an entry to log file and send an e-mail to the systems administrator. It also takes care of internet traffic load balancing by switching load balancing on /off as the behavior of internet connection changes(up/down) .Logs are maintained on daily basis which further depict the health of internet connections. • Microsoft Windows and Virtualization • Designing, impl em e ntation and management of Windows 2003 Network infrastructure using DNS,DHCP,WINS,Routing and remote access services,IpSec. • Designed and implemented Windows 2003 Active directory services and user migration with ADMT. • Troubleshooting and Repairing Windows 2003/Xp using Recovery Console. • Installation, Configuration and Administration of Windows File Server using FSRM. • VMware VSphere 4.0/ESX 4.0i/Vcenter Server Administration,creation and deployment of OVF/OVA packages. • Configuration of VMware ESX Server to work with Virtual NAS. • Configuration of VMware VSphere to enable FT(Fault Tolerance)/HA(High Availability) Clusters for an environment which requires zero down time. • Configuration of VM Network for NIC teaming and failover switching. • Installation, configuration and management of Veeam Backup and Replication for taking automated virtual machine backups. • Deployment of pre-configured/pre-installed applications and softwares with VMware ThinApp on large scale. • Performed live migration of Physical Machines to Virtual Machines for VMware workstation/ESX. • Successfully Migrated the datacenter environment from physical machines to virtual machines. CAREER HISTORY Maktaba Islamia,Lahore,Pakistan (www.maktabaislamiapk.blogspot.com) Project Manager (Aug 2015-Jul 2016) Key Profile : Computerization of book publishing house • Requirements gathering for computerization of the whole Book Publising House(Printing press,Stock,Show rooms): Printing of barcodes on books and other items,Policy making for printing and pasting of barcode stickers on non-barcoded items. • Development of software from third party according to the requirements. • Integrating the sale,purchase and stock with the software. • Configuration and maintenance of a blog and other social media applications for advertisement. • Configuration and maintenance of CCTV cameras system. • Management of WAN,LAN and other IT equipment. System Administrator (Freelancer) (Nov 2012 – Jul 2015) • Executed different system administration projects of Redhat Linux,Network Administration and Microsoft Windows . • Configuration and Maintenance of Squid Proxy server and its integration with LDAP for Multinet Internet services. • Configuration of Apache for virtual hosting. • Confiuration and maintenance of VPN server,Linux as routing gateway and Iptables for Maktaba Islamia. • Configuration and maintenance of NAS(Openfiler) . Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd. (SNGPL), Pakistan (www.sngpl.com.pk) Officer( Network & Systems) (Mar 2008 - Oct 2012) Key Profile: Network/System Administration, I/C User Support; Training • Administered all IT services / Campus LAN at Transmission HQ and 7 Sub-regional offices comprising 400+ nodes. • Managed services including Domain Server & File Server on Win 2008 Server; Symantec End point Protection (SEP 12) on Win 2003 Server,Terminal Server,WSUS Server. • Confgured and administered GLPI inventory server to manage the inventory of location. • Handled Massaging/Email and collaboration services with IBM Lotus Domino Mail Server and Lotus Notes. • Managed Squid Proxy Server, DHCP, IPtables Firewall, PopTop vpn server,Mediawiki, FTP, TFTP, MRTG,Syslog-ng, SARG, Sawmill, CBQ etc. on RHEL 6 Linux Servers. • Configured and managed Vyatta and Trixbox Servers. • Functioned as Tier 2 Trainer, planned and conducted regional IT trainings on ERP, Oracle CC&B and other IT portal and services.
- 3. • Installed, Configured and managed VMWare ESXi Server and migrated the Datacenter to virtualization. • Configured and managed NAS (Open Filer) and integrated with Virtual environment. • Customized Deployment, Configuration and troubleshooting of HP Thin Clients with VMware Thinapp. • Managed Network based PDUs,Ip Cameras, Door lock system, network switches, Access Points and other network based equipment. • Maintenance of daily, Weekly and Yearly backups of servers on DAT disks. National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Lahore, Pakistan (www.nadra.gov.pk) System Engineer (Jun 2005 - Mar 2008) Key Profile: System Administration; Installation, Maintenance & Troubleshooting • Involved in system administration of Windows 2000/XP based domain controller and its file server. • Administered uplink to NADRA WAN connectivity and LAN. • Administration ,Configuration and maintenance of Database Server running MS SQL 2000/2005,tuning databases,backups and restorations. • Involved in the installation, monitoring and troubleshooting of NADRA CRM solutions and packages like NSRC CRM, CDC CRM, FTRC etc. • Managed installation and troubleshooting of Facial Recognition and Finger Print Recognition systems. • Handled public administration, accounts and office related issues in coordination with the Asst. Manager. • Handled the responsibility of managing CRMS locations. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • MCP (70-270) Microsoft Corporation • LINUX & ISP Setup Training Corvit Systems, Lahore, Pakistan • CISCO Router Training Corvit Systems, Lahore, Pakistan • MCSE Training Corvit Systems, Lahore, Pakistan • AU-13 AIX 5L Basics Training INBOX Technologies,Lahore,Pakistan • Oracle Utilities Server, Customer Care and Billing Services (CC&B) SNGTI, Pakistan ACADEMICS / ACCOLADES • BS (Computer Sciences), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan (2004) PERSONAL PARTICULARS • Date of Birth: 17th August 1982 • Languages: Fluent in Urdu and English • Nationality: Pakistani; • Marital Status: Married • Current Status: Holding Visit Visa • References: Available on request • Enclosed: List of projects executed – Annexure ANNEXURE • UNO - NADRA (Afghan Nationals Registration) - Sep 2006 Outline: JV by NADRA and UNO for the registration of 5 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Provided t echnical support to the ANR unit in all technical aspects of ANR site. Managed troubleshooting o f software, hardware and connectivity problems. • ERRA-NADRA –Nov 2005 Outline: It was a joint venture between NADRA and ERRA(Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority)to collect the data of earthquake victims of 2005 earthquake. Acted as Technical Control to make arrangements for smooth collection of affected person’s data, biometric and facial images at CMH(Combined Military Hospital) Kharian Cantt. • CRMS NADRA-District Govt.- O c t 2 0 0 6 - M a r 2 0 0 8 Outline: The scope of CRMS(Civilian Registration Management System)was to coordinate site deployment, manage trainings of CRMS Supervisors and manage installation,configuration and troubleshooting 0f 40 sites in Faisalabad District. Acted as Assistant Manager(Technical) Faisalabad during 2 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 8 . • Maktaba Islamia –Aug 2015-Jul 2016 Outline: The scope was to computerize a book publishing house,its printing press and retail sales outlet by introducing barcode scheme. Acted as Project Manager to get a software system developed according to the requirements and implement and integrate with the necessary hardware,configured and maintained a blog and other social media marketing tools.