Summary

My experience is Tweny (20) years in the domains of Network/Systems Engineering/Data Center/Cloud/Design & Deployment/IT Services/Consultancy and professional Training Solutions. At the moment, My recent job was as Cloud Administrator in the National Aerospace Science & Technology Park (NASTP). Rawalpindi. I have also served as a Network Engineer in Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Center of Telecommunications, The Royal Commission for Jubail (RCJ), Jubail, Saudi Arabia. I contributed as a IT Manager with AvRID Secretariat Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra, Attock. My major responsibilities were strategic planning, standardization, Network/Systems/Cloud/Data Center Administration/IT Service Management (ITSM), Team Management, and Infrastructure Solutions.



I am a certified professional having Nine (09) Cisco Certifications of Professional, Specialist, and Associate levels. I am also trained instructor for Cisco Certified CyberOps (Cybersecurity Operations). My proficiency is Designing, Deploying and Administering the internetworked Enterprise ICT infrastructure, Cloud and Data Center Technologies while ensuring the performance, security, and high-availability.



The CEO of Cisco Systems awarded a Letter of Merit in international training course of CCNA Cybersecurity Operations (CCNA Cyber Ops) from Lebanese University Lebanon, accredited by Cisco Academy, USA. Moreover, the Cisco Systems, USA awarded Five (05) Global Awards for teaching and management of Cisco Networking Academy. I have also teaching/training experience of global and local levels in the areas of Networking/Systems Administration/Cloud/Data Center and Open Source Technologies.



I sincerely appreciate your attention to my application and looking forward to your consideration please. Thank you very much for your time.


With Best Regards,
(Aqeel Abbas)

Updated LinkedIn Profile: https//www.linkedin.com/in/aqeelabbas5


Projects

Single Sign ON (SOS)

Experience

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IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Freelancing/Online/Onsite
Jul 2017 - Present | Attock, Pakistan

IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect
 





• Design & Deployment of Hybrid Cloud Solutions• Design & Deployment of Data Center Virtualization Setup • Network/Systems Administration• Network/Systems/Cyber Security Services• DevOps Consultancy Services• Open Source Enterprise ICT Infrastructure Design & Deployment Services• Open Source Project Management integrated with Real Time Collaborations Solutions• Data-Center Design & Deployment Services• HPC Center Management• High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster Design & Deployment Services• HPC Cloud Integrations & Management Services• Wired & Wireless Networking Setup/Administration (Complete Enterprise Networking)• Integrations of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Technologies• Design & Deployment of Open Source E-Learning Technologies• Corporate/Online/Onsite ICT Trainings/Workshops Services

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Cloud Administrator
National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (NASTP)
Oct 2021 - Jan 2024 | Rawalpindi, Pakistan


• Solution Architect for Cloud Design & Deployment
• Automation and Orchestration of High Performance (HPC) Cloud Services
 • Solution Architect for Data Center Technologies
 • Software Defined Infrastructure Solutions
 • Integrations of Cloud Native Applications & Services
 • Open Source High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster Design &Deployment
 • DevOps/Kubernetes/OpenStack Design & Deployment
 • IT Services Management (ITSM)
 • Integration Architecture Design/Deployment of Open Source ICT Technologies
 • Cyber Security
 • High-Availability, Data Protection & Disaster Recovery Services
 • Communications and Collaboration Solutions
 • Procurement and Vendor Management
 • ICT Team Lead
• ICT/Cloud/Data Center/Cyber Security/Network/Systems Engineering Trainings

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Network Engineer
O&M Center of Telecommunications, Royal Commission Jubail (RCJ)
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 | Jubail, Saudi Arabia


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IT Manager
AvRID Secretariat Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (PACB) Kamra
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018 | Islamabad, Pakistan

IT Service Management (ITSM)/Information Security Management (ISM), ICT Infrastructure/Security/DevOps/Network/Systems/HPC/FOSS Technologies/Trainings Services.
Design, Implement, and Administration of Data Center/High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster/Secure ICT Infrastructure (Information Security Management) as well Open Source ICT Services.
Developed and maintained strategic plans and best practices for technologies within Network, Systems & Security of IT Infrastructure.
Managed IT Team, performed duties of Network/Systems Administration.
implemented and administered Open Source Secure, End-to-End Encrypted Email Server.
Open-PGP Public Key Server.
Collaboration and Communication Systems.
Domain Controller (Replaced MS Active Directory) with Single-Sign On (SSO) & Self-Service Password, Intranet-Cloud Resource Sharing.
NAS-Based Data-Backup/Synchronization and Disaster Recovery.
Cloud/Virtualization, Projects/Task Management System, Network Access Control (NAC), Information Systems (MIS), Web-based Database Management and Intranet Services; And Configured the Optimized Routing and Switching Technologies.

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Network Administrator
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Apr 2004 - Jun 2017 | Attock, Pakistan

Legal Main Contact (Manager) Cisco Networking Academy
Pioneered ICT Setup, Established HEC\' PERN Project, Network/Systems/Data Center Administration/ISO Quality Coordinator Network/Systems Design/Open Source ICT Infrastructure & IT Team Management/Automation Configuration/Security/Troubleshooting/Software Deployment, Internetworking Consultancy Services to District Government Departments/Officials
Teaching Cisco/Unix/Linux/Networking Professional Courses

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Senior Lecturer
Middle East College
Mar 2015 - Aug 2016 | Muscat, Oman

Middle East College, Department of Computing, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Affiliated with University of Wolverhampton UK, Coventry University UK
Teaching/ Module Leader, Curriculum Development/Mentor/Consultancy of Computer Hardware & Networking Solutions, especially in Open Source Technologies, Data Center/ICT Infrastructure Management/Network/Systems Administration/Security.

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Data Posting Officer
Information Transformation Services
Jan 2001 - Apr 2004 | Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Network/Systems Management/Support Services/User-Trainings/Data Validation.

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Computer Instructor/Lab Administrator
COMPAC College of Computer Sciences Attock City
Mar 2000 - Dec 2000 | Attock, Pakistan

Teaching of Computer Courses and Management of IT/Hardware/Software/Network Systems.

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Computer Instructor/Lab Supervisor
Attock Technical Training Center
Aug 1999 - Feb 2000 | Attock, Pakistan

Teaching of Computer Courses and Management of IT/Hardware/Software/Network Systems.

Education

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
Masters, , Master in Computer Science‎
Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons.)
CGPA 2.0/4
2008

Skills

Expert CCNP
Expert Cisco Certified
Expert Computer/Technical Literacy
Expert MCDST
Expert MCSA
Expert Mcse
Expert Nginx
Intermediate 3D Software Tools Command
Expert 4. Vendor Management
Expert A+
Expert Access Networking
Expert Access Networks
Beginner Amazon Aws Command
Intermediate Amazon RDS
Beginner Amazon Simple DB
Intermediate Amazon Web Services
Expert Analyze Problems
Expert Architectural Skills
Expert Architectural Designi
Intermediate Asterisk
Beginner ATS Knowledge
Beginner Automation Languages Command
Beginner Avaya ASA
Intermediate AWS
Intermediate AWS Services
Beginner Azure
Expert Backup
Expert Bandwidth Management
Intermediate Bash
Expert Bash Scripting
Expert BSD UNIX Network/Systems Administration
Expert ccent
Expert CCNA
Expert CCNP
Expert CCNP R&S
Intermediate CCNP Security
Beginner CCT
Expert Centos
Expert Cisco
Expert Cisco Certified
Expert Cisco Information Security Knowledge
Expert Cisco Internetworking Technologies
Expert Cisco Routers Knowledge
Expert Cloud
Intermediate Cloud Architecture
Expert Cloud Computing Knowledge
Intermediate Cloud Infrastructure
Expert Communication Skills
Expert Computer Information Systems
Expert Computer network

Languages

Expert English