GOHAR ALI

Cell # (+974) 74479951

Land Line / Emergency Contact: (+974-30205417/74479951)
Email Id: gohar.clink@gmail.com ,
gohar7877@gmail.com,
Skype Id: ali.khan1234548

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Objective
Highly motivated individual with more than 4+ Years of industrial experience as a Network & Security
ENGINEER in an Enterprise Networking & Customer Relationship. Worked on Multi-vendor high-end
Platforms devices in professional environment. Good hands on configuring and Managing
CISCO/JUNIPER/Fortinet/Palo Alto Firewalls, Routers, Switches, IPS, ISE, ACS, F5 Load Balancer. Seeking a
challenging position in the field of Network & Security Administration and willingness to exercise Network &
Security expertise for the extensive growth of an organization.
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Professional Qualifications & Badges

• Cisco Certified Networking Associate (R&S) (427924169979ATWL

• Cisco Certified Networking Associate (Cyber Security) (43338417049DNZH)
• NSE 1 Network Security Associate ( NSE-1) ( z73pzyNHd8)
• NSE 2 Network Security Associate ( NSE-2) ( yD4n8j7wdD)
• Pala Alto Network ACE (PAN-OS Exam 7.0)

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Professional Training
 CCIE (R&S) (Training)
 CCNA (Voice) (Training)
 CCNP (Sec) (Training)
 CCNA Cyber Security (Training)
 MCSE 2016 (Training)
 F5 (Training)
 VMWARE ESXi 6.0 (Training)
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Professional Networking Skills:

 Network Designing  Network Security  Active directory

 Cisco Switch  DNS Server  DHCP Server
 Cisco Router  Fortinet NSE 1  VPN
 Cisco ASA Firewall  Palo Alto 7050/5060/3060  VMWARE ESXi 6.0
 Cisco IDS/IPS  Fortinet 1500D  F5 Networks load balancer
 Cisco ACS 5.4
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Personal Skills
 Ability to take and assume complete responsibility for all actions in timely manner to meet deadlines.
 Ensuring Maximum possible service availability, performance and reporting of issue while minimizing
downtime and providing proactive service which gives maximum continuity.
 Demonstrated strengths in client relationship development and task management across multiple
functions.
 Excellent analytical and Trouble-shooting skills
 Skilled at building strong team environments and fostering open communications
 Excellent Communications Skills
 The ability to work in a team
 A willingness to learn new technologies to help the business
 Flexibility to work outside normal office hours when required
 Organized, thorough and self-motivated
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Honors and Awards
- Academic Achievements:
 Selected for All Pakistan: Prime Minister Youth Internship Program 2017 – 2018
 Selected for KPK IT Board: Special Trainer Jun 2016 - December 2017
 Selected as FATA Development Authority as Network instructor for Shot IT Training.
 Selected for Six-month internship program from PSEB to Stepnex software house Peshawar

Professional Experience.
Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO), Pakistan
Senior Network Engineer
May 2016 to Mar 2019
Main Responsibility
 Maintain a thorough understanding of the basics behind the Internet and its workings (DNS,
Security, IP Routing, HTTP, VPN, Email Routing, SPAM, etc.).
 Configure and setup Cisco Firewalls, VPN Concentrators and Security appliances for access
to vital business applications.
 Design, setup and configure complex switching environments.
 Maintain & trouble shooting of net look system.
 Established the ticketing system for complaint through end users.
 Design, setup and configure complex wireless networking that supports open or secured access
and the ability to support voice and video applications.
 Maintain a thorough understanding of Local Area Networking.
 Maintain the cisco core switch.
 Assist in the design of multi-server environments including IP address schemes, DNS, WINS,
Ether Channel (Bonding), etc.
 Configuring and installing client and server network software for upgrading and maintaining
Network and telecommunication systems.
 Maintaining multi-site network operations and software applications, operating systems and
Regular maintenance with both private and public facilities.
 Managing assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with
established objectives.
 Responding to inquiries from staff, administrators, service providers, site personnel and Outside
vendors and etc. to provide technical assistance and support.
 Supervising the administration of systems and servers related network to ensure availability of
Services to authorized users.
 Troubleshooting malfunctions of network hardware and software applications, telephones and
Security systems to resolve operational issues and restore services.
 Complete time logs in Tiger paw within 48 hours of completing tasks to ensure accurate and
Timely billing of customers.
 Any other duties as assigned by management.
 Maintain the Avaya telephones manager and IP office of Avaya phones. .
 Windows Server 2013, Exchange server 2013 and/or SQL experience a plus & Maintain network
Security through proper configuration of VPN and Firewalls.

INARA SYSTEM (Peshawar, Pakistan)

Assistant Network Engineer

Feb 2015 to Mar 2016

goharali@Inarasys.edu.pk
Main Responsibility

 Provided consultative technical engineering services to Business clients

  Performed design and third level technical support services in a large, diverse, environment
 Performed with project management for overlapping, mixed discipline projects; and, played lead role
in achievement of business Goals
 Conduct vulnerability assessment and penetration testing on projects and recommendation for network
 Network design, providing architecture authority, and maintaining industry best common practices;
evangelizing network architecture as authority on technical level.
 Accountable for providing 24*7 supports of High Availability
 Advanced operational knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VRFs
 Identity Management / Privilege Access Management with different Products
 Troubleshooting and diagnosis via monitoring software of network elements and statistics
 Monitor, updated, and corrected documentation regarding current environment and configuration
elements
 Provide Project Management, Design/Architecture, Documentation, Implementation, and Top Tier
support all assigned projects in a billable role
 Projects include network infrastructure implementations in Data Network, IP Telephony, and Wireless
networking (Access-Points, Bridges, and Clients) Penetration testing SSL-VPN
 ASA, SRX, Fortigate, VPN’s, IPS, Iron port, and Cisco ISE1.1)

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Personal Information
Full Name : Gohar ali
Gender : Male
Nationality : Pakistani
Visa Type : Employment visa
Languages Known : English, Urdu, Hindi,and Pashto
Residential Address : New mora Doha
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Education
Master in Computer Science
Institute: IBMS Agricultural University Peshawar Pakistan
Session: 2012 to 2016
Grades/Division: 2.98CGPA/A

Bachelor Computer Science

Institute: Govt Collage Peshawar Pakistan
Session: 2010 to 2012
Grades/Division: 2nd/B
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REFERENCES
1. Ahsan Jalil (Technical Manager IT, OCO Information Singapore)
ahsan@oco.com.sg
+65 93661712
2. Muhammad Pervez (IT Manager LAHM Group UAE, Abu Dhabi)
ITadmin@lahmgroup.com
+971 565269390
3. Muhammad Ismail (IT Specialist Creative Technology Solution Dubai)
Muhammad.ismail@cts.ae
+971-52-7971424
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DECLARATION
A fore mentioned statements holds true in accordance to my good knowledge.
Gohar ali