1. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE # 25578)
SALMAN MEHMOOD
270 Raza Block, Iqbal Town, Lahore, Pakistan
+92 (0) 323 469 0776
salman.mahmood@ymail.com sheranaweet@hotmail.com
SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER | CCIE ROUTING & SWITCHING
Profile
Experienced, dedicated, and results-focused professional, with a career history of proven expertise in
networking including project management from conception to completion, resulting to effective and
efficient systems utilization necessary in improving productivity, reducing costs, and achieving overall
company goals.
Key Strengths
Organizational: Technical:
Leadership and Team Building Routing
Communication Skills Switching
Analysis and Strategic Planning Security
Presentation and Negotiation Skills VoIP Network
Project Development Network Designing
Customer and Personal Relations Troubleshooting/Support
Network Management
IT Principles and Procedures
Core Networking Skills
Possess extensive experience and knowledge in designing, deploy, and utilizing the following
technologies in different projects and for different networks issues:
Bridging and Switching MPLS
Frame-Relay Static Routing, Policy Routing
HDLC/PPP BGP, MBGP
2. Security, Firewalls, ASA OSPF, OSPF-v6
IP Multicast EIGRP
Quality of Service (QoS) RIP, RIPng
IPv6 GRE Tunneling, Easy VPN, DMVPN
Network Management
System Management
Cisco, Huawei Juniper, Baracuda, Linksys, Huawei
Call Admission Control VoIP, H.323, MGCP, SIP
CISCO Call Manager
VoIP Gateway , Gatekeepers
Professional Experience
6th June, 2008 – present
Worldcall Telecom, Lahore, Pakistan
Senior Network Engineer
Configuration and troubleshooting of CISCO and Huawei based Data core.
Provide best network security solution for CISCO and Huawei based Data core.
Implement QOS for CISCO and Huawei base Data core according to the actual requirements.
Installation of Huawei Monitoring devices such as NIP (Network Intelligent Police ) and SIG
(Service Inspection Gateway)
Configure, Control and Route all interlinks DATA traffic with different vendors from Routers
and firewalls (NE-40 Routers and 2000 Firewall)
CDMA EVDO Users Creation on DLR according to ESN (Huawei AN-AAA Server)
CDMA 1X Users Creation on AAA according to IMSI (Huawei AAA Server)
CDMA Traffic Route and control on PDSN (Huawei PDSN)
Responsibility for operation and maintenance of backbone IP Network regarding actual
operation guidelines.
Creation of overall IP address space policy, actualization and allocation of IP address space of
IP Network regarding to actual operation guidelines.
Creation and actualization of security policy of IP Network, Network Troubleshooting in case of
Network failures.
Cooperate with suppliers according to support contracts Implementation of new services,
products and projects in area of scope.
Documentation of related systems and services.
Coordination of activities related to the new Network management systems.
Overall QOS policy in the backbone of IP Network as well as QOS policy for IP services.
Design and lead all functional areas of LAN and WAN projects at both physical and logical
layer
May 2007 – June 2008
Wateen Telecom, Lahore, Pakistan
3. WiMax Engineer
Configuring layer 2, layer 3 VPN over Wimax CPE
Configuring layer 2, layer 3 VPN over Cisco routers 1811, 2505 etc...
802.1Q VLAN tunneling, Inter VLAN routing
QOS over WiMax 802.16d CPE and 802.16e CPE
Test all products before launching (CISCO, Grand stream, Redline etc…)
Provide network solution for different network products
Provide professional services solution on CISCO switches and routers.
Provide professional Trainings to Field Engineers and customer care officers regarding IP /
MPLS Networks.
March 2007 – May 2007
BVCPS, Lahore, Pakistan
Network Administrator
Planning, designing and deploying of whole BVCPS sites
Responsible of Installation, Managing, Configuring and troubleshooting of MS Servers (E-
mail , Application) and whole IP Core Network
Troubleshooting of Network hardware devices.
Configuring, Troubleshooting of CISCO Routers and Switches
Creation of overall IP address space policy, actualization and allocation of IP address space of
IP Network regarding to actual operation guidelines.
Creation and actualization of security policy of IP Network, Network Troubleshooting in case of
Network failures.
Cooperate with suppliers according to support contracts Implementation of new services,
products and projects in area of scope.
September 1999 – March 2007
B-Network, Lahore, Pakistan
Network Administrator
Planning, designing and deploying of whole core network
Installation, Managing, Configuring and troubleshooting of MS ISA server,
MS Exchange server
Troubleshooting and Configurations of CISCO routers & switches
Provide Internet solution over Coper wire, Fiber Optic, Satelite and P2P Links
Responsible of overall IP Core network
Directed full spectrum of LAN and WAN projects at both physical and logical layer
Lead efforts toward the successful deployment of CISCO networks devices at various
organizations
4. Education & Certification
Bachelor of Computer Science ▪ 2004
University Of Management & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
CCIE (R & S) ▪ September 2009
CCNA ▪ September 2007
JNCIA-ER ▪ July 2007
Trainings & Workshops
CCIE Routing & Switching (Online Boot Camp) ▪ 2008
DMVPN ▪ CISCO ▪ 2008
MPLS VPN ▪ 2009
CCIP ▪ 2007
CCNP ▪ 2004
CCVP ▪ 2004
CCNA ▪ 2003
MCSE ▪ 2003
Soft Skills
Personal Skills
As a friendly, polite person, with positive attitude I work well with others and in the past often have
proven myself to deal with difficult situations in a careful and considerate manner.
Learning Skills
I have a high capacity for learning, pick up new skills and ideas quickly, and generally thrive on
challenges. Enthusiasm and creativity give me an edge on difficult projects.
Problem Solving Skills
My analytical skills help me troubleshoot problems and uncover root causes. I am creative and
tenacious