Waqar Azeem

Systems Architect

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Professional Experience

Systems Architect, i2c incorporated

Aug 2012 – Jan 2023

•Hybrid cloud architect and administration

•Engineering and supporting hybrid cloud setup Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Solaris) and Virtualization (Citrix Xen/VMware

vSphere/RedHat KVM/Oracle VM)

•Public cloud infrastructure setup on AWS, Azure and GCP

•Designing highly available engineered systems, handling upgrades/patches to production appliances during agreed-upon

maintenance slots

•Connecting Linux systems to enterprise storage along with advanced configurations using Dell EMC SAN/NAS (VNX,

XtremIO, PowerMax, Unity, DataDomain) Storage, Brocade FC Switches (300/6505,6510)

•Security & compliance

•Implementation of PCI DSS, SSAE18, and CIS standards for Linux and Solaris

•Implementing change management for controlled deployments to ensure compliance and compatibility requirements of

mission-critical OLTP systems

•Assist in implementing, executing, maintaining, and documenting proper DR and BC

•Hands-on experience in security systems, including firewalls, IPS/IDS, anti-virus software, patch management,

authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc.

•CI-CD Automation

•Implemented automatic configuration system (custom Bash scripts and Puppet) and system deployment with RedHat

Satellite

•Setting up containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes (k8s)

•Code versioning system implementation on SVN and GIT

•Automated deployments via Jenkins and Ansible

•Networking

•Configure and manage PfSense (FreeBSD-based) Firewalls

•Configuring and troubleshooting IPSec, and SSL VPN for site-site & remote location users.

•IPS/IDS Implementation

•Implementation & management of URL filtering

•Setting up Cloudflare DDOS protection and Content Delivery Network (CDN)

•Monitor network performance and troubleshoot any issues that arise

•Connecting Linux systems to TCP/IP networks, configuring, troubleshooting, tuning, etc

•Application load balancing with F5 LTM solutions and AWS Route53 DNS

•Monitoring

•Centralized Network monitoring using Nagios, Cacti, CloudWatch, OpenNMS, Dynatrace, and Xymon

•End-User Collaboration

•Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) administration for support centers in North America using Oracle SunRay and X2GO

•Administration of Zimbra Collaboration Suite & Internal IM server OpenFire

•Office365, Cisco ESA, AWS SES setup, management, and troubleshooting for email delivery issues

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System Administrator, UET Lahore

Oct 2009 – Jul 2012

•Management and troubleshooting of complete wired and wireless local area network.

•Installation, configuration and maintenance of DNS, Mail, Web, FTP, Cache, DHCP and Active Directory servers to ensure

100% uptime

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering,

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

Jul 2005 – Jul 2009 | Pakistan

Certificates

Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer: 33fed8b33c7b437eb7edd864c410ed9f

Google Cloud Platform - Associate Cloud Engineer: fecd1e6eb15044ff8c6775b07cd3759b

Amazon Web Services Developer - Associate: 7BF18YYK2E111V31

Amazon Web Services SysOps Administrator - Associate: B6W11R8CCJ4EQPK3

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA): 170-249-726

Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect - Associate: GXY9BG1KCN11Q19N

VMware Certified Professional 6 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP6-DCV): VMW-01779369Z-00542834

Server Virtualization with Hyper-V and System Center Specialist: 848ED5-13288R

Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Solaris 11 System Administrator: OC1240184

VNX Solutions Specialist Exam for Storage Administrators: EMC00453433

Oracle Certified Associate, Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System: OC1240184

Information Storage and Management Exam Version 2: EMC00453433

Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA): CSCO12000954

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Windows 7: 2409R6-5D7E47

Organisations

ICANN, Fellow

2011

IETF, Fellow

2013

Interests

Photography Blogging

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