Arif Ansari

• A seasoned professional with 10+ years of experience in Technical Planning, Datacenter Operations, and ISP network Support.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in Switching, Security and Wireless.
• Extensive exposure in handling maintenance of Cisco L-2 Switch, Routers, Palo Alto
• Hands-on experience in:
  • Configured and troubleshot Cisco switches 2950, 2960, 2960S, 3560.
  • Establishing system documentation and creating policies that enable management of complex business processes to seamlessly optimize and manage event-driven processes
  • Guiding competent teams providing IT Infrastructure Consulting, Data Centre, and other related Services for achieving successful integrations on time and within budget
• Expertise in assessing and mapping security requirements and translating these requirements into techno functional specifications, custom designing solutions, and troubleshooting for complex information systems management 
• Developed excellence in managing the complex IT infrastructure design, configuration, deployment, administration, and troubleshooting complex servers configurations
• Excellent interpersonal, people management & analytical skills with the ability to relate to people at any level of business

Omantel Telecommunication through Infoline LLC                Oct 2021 - Present

Job Role – Network Support Engineer.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Working on the new project of adding new clients on IPT, L3 VPN or L2 VPN service in the Network.
• Working on the implementation of new sites and decommissioning of sites. 
• Troubleshooting escalated issues related to Global iMPLS, Routing, and Switching in the IGW network.
• Working on a new integration of IPT clients.
• Working on the Peering related task and project work for peering exchange across the Omantel POP and their policies and internet traffic engineering from the PNI and CDN aspects.
• Troubleshooting and implementation of web scale providers- Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon.
• Troubleshooting Network & Security related problems to ensure minimum downtime & maximum availability of the network.
• Handling the Operation of the Datacenter.
• Analyzing configuration compliance of newly implemented sites before Readiness acceptance.

MOTC Through Infoline LLC                                              Feb 2014 – Feb 2019

Job Role – Data Center Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities: 

Worked as a Data Center Engineer. Worked on implementation and configuration of the network devices, designing and implementation work according to customer requirement. Handling data center network related issues. Configuring and working on cisco switches, routers, NMS, EIGRP BGP, HSRP, static routes.

Management of Cluster VMWare Environment (VSphere 6.0) & Veeam backup 9.0.

Managing Storage EMC2 (RAID Environment).

Cisco Prime & CUCM Configuration and management, Data Centre EMS (Environment monitoring system). 

Dyncorp International                                                      Jan 2011 - Feb 2014

Job Role - IT Network Analyst Technician Sr.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

Worked as a Technical specialist for different projects. Handling data center networks-related issues. Worked on cisco switches/routers, NMS, EIGRP BGP, HSRP and static routes. 

Managing CUCM and Cisco IP Phones 7942

Installing and Configuration of Network Monitoring tools like SolarWind’s NPM, APM, Log & Event Mgmt

AECOM/AC-FIRST LLC                                                        Nov 2008 – Jan 2011

Job Role - IT Support Specialist

Roles and Responsibilities: 

Worked as a Technical Support Engineer to provide support to company customers across the country. Troubleshooting the network (LAN & WAN) issues. 

Monitor network performance to determine whether adjustments need to be made, and to determine where changes will need to be made in the future (like load balancing for a smooth network).

• Diploma in “Computer in Science Engineering” Jamia Millia Central University, Delhi 2008.
• Bachelor of Commerce from Purvanchal University, Shibli National P.G College, Azamgarh 2005
• Completed CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate).
• CCNP 300-101 CISCO ID CSCO12261931
• Veeam Certified Engineer Course Suite v9.5
• MS AZ-104 (Microsoft Azure Administrator)