Ibrahim Alabdrabalnabi

Network Consulting Engineer - Pre-Sales & Post-Sale

Cell Phone: +1-(312)-593-4606 Address: 1134 W. Granville Ave. #610,Chicago. IL 60660
Email: ialabdra.jobs@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim299/

Summary
Intensive experience in Cisco's technologies participating in pre-sales and post-sales as SE and NCE supporting
Account Managers and Sales Executives to grow the business and hunt business opportunities in the market. My
experience was working on and managing the work of: Design solutions, Response to RFP RFI RFQ,
Pricing\Quotations\BOM using Cisco Commerce Workspace, POC test, Implementation, troubleshooting, High
Level Design, Low Level Design and Network Implementation Plan in wide rage of technologies of, but not limited
to, Routing and Switching, Unified Communication and Security.
Working on designing solutions based on, but not limited to, following technologies:
Cisco Catalyst 6500/4500/3750 series. Cisco Nexus 7k\5k\2k. Cisco Routers 4451,3900,2900,1900. Cisco Unified
Communication, Cisco Security and Wireless.
My key skills
- Networking: DHCP, VLAN, PPP, DTP, Frame Rely FR, STP, VTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, QoS, MPLS,
EIGRP, IPv6, RIP, OSPF, MPLS, MPLS VPN / VRF, IP Multicasting, VPN, IPSec, AAA, TACACS,
RADIUS, DMVPN.
- Networking and Security Assessment Tools: Wireshark, Nmap, Snort, Nessus
- Regulation Compliance: HIPPA, SOX, PCI.
- Programming Web Development: (C#, Java, Visual Basic). ASP.NET (C#, VB), JSP, CSS & JavaScript.
- Database Systems Oracle9i, SQL & MySQL.
- Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OX, Linux.

Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from KFUPM University.
Master Degree in Computer, Information & Network Security from DePaul University.
Education & Work Experience
Network Engineer II March 2014 Present
Vinakom Communications USA. Schaumburg, IL

Sr. Network Systems Engineer Apr 2009 Dec 2010
Jeraisy Computer & Communication Services Co. (JCCS) (Cisco Gold Partner)
- Pre-sales & Post-sales support to account managers throughout the sales cycle to achieve business objectives.
-Design, plan, propose and recommend solutions to meet customer requirements Generate detail technical
network/system proposals base on technology product offerings.
- Design and plans for the hardware and software applications, and providing documentation and Visio
diagrams for the projects and tenders including technical write up.
- Evaluates hardware/software solutions from various vendors
- Managing the contact between Cisco and Customer to raise the technical problems and service requests.
- Tender & Request for Proposal (RFPs) Studying and propose the solutions as customer requirements.
- Attend Pre-Tender Meetings with the customers to get the exact requirement of the customers.
- Prepare the technical write-up need to be submitted to customers.
- Prepare the project plan of the project with all details of the major and minor tasks.
Technical Project Manager (Jan 2010 Dec 2010)
Network Upgrade 10G Project in Royal Commission For Jubail & Yanbu Project.
- Lead the technical implementation and past-sales team.
- Manage the technical integration and coordinate the scheduling and resourcing.
- Develop full-scale project plans and supervise the project progress.
- Develop the business relationship and hunt more business opportunities with customers.
- Proactively manage changes in the scope and manage the potential risks.
- The project include implement and configure CRS-1, Nexus 7000\5000, Catalyst 6500,4500,2900 switches.



Network Consulting Engineer


Jan 2008 Feb 2009
Cisco Systems Inc.
- Working on HLD, LLD and NIP for customers.
- Implementation, Integration, Testing & Troubleshooting.
- Network Optimization Services for customer to provide: Syslog Analysis reports& Software,
Infrastructure Analysis Report.
- Network-level problem resolution including troubleshooting on customer's network for configuration and hardware issues.
- Problem root-cause analysis at the network infrastructure level and a recommendation report that includes root cause, next
steps, and recommendations for corrective and preventive actions.
- Software referrals to address critical problems across customer network include a high-level risk assessment.
Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Engineer (rotation). (Jun Jul 2008)
- Provide High level of Technical online/telephonic support remotely to Ciscos customers over the world.
- Troubleshooting Cat 6500, 4500 and 3500 switches Cisco routers and modules failures.
- Troubleshooting Switching and Routing Technical failures.
- Inspecting IOS bugs and recommend versions upgrade.
- Troubleshooting hardware failures.

System Engineer Sep 2007 Dec 2007
Yokogawa Middle East
Involved in Khurais project for Saudi Aramco as DCS Engineer
- Supporting in system creation of logics, graphics and sequences on CS3000.
- Creating & Adjusting Subsystem's tags.
- Reviewing and updating P&ID (Piping & Instrument Diagram) sheets.
- Complete professional training for around 3 months on company's products and software
- Excellent knowledge in DCS, (Centum CS 3000 & ProSafe PLC) Engineering & Maintenance,
- Foundation FieldBus and Stardom controllers.

Networking Lab Administrator Feb 2007 Jun 2007
King Fahd University Of Petroleum and Minerals

- Setup the topology for required labs for the students studies
- IOS upgrade and password recovery for the routers and switches.
- Perform Desktop software configuration and deployment.
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance of the Lab devices and Printers.

Web Developer June 2006 Dec 2006
Saudi Electricity Company

Developed a new version of project called (Capital Project Tracking System) using Visual Basic (VB.NET), ASP.NET and
SQL server (this project helps company management around the kingdom to track their projects) and got grade (A) for
Coop training project and company evaluation.

Co-Founder of Dtarget.net Since Jan 2005
Online SMS Services
Online
Education

Master Degree in Computer, Information & Network Security, Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Network Security Concentration, GPA 3.69/4 Chicago, IL
DePaul University

B.S in Information and Computer Sciences Jun 2001 - Jul 2007
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Certification
Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNP Routing and Switching.
Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA Routing and Switching.
Cisco Certified Network Associate CCNA Security.



AWARDS

Successfully Completed Cisco's GTAP Associate Network Consulting Engineer Curriculum.

Courses

Project Management, Leadership and Presentation
- Project Management Professional PMP Exam Preparation Course (4th Edition).
- Project Management Fundamentals.
- Professional Skills (Teamwork Skills) (Interpersonal & presentation Skills) (Time Management and Project
Management).
- ACSW1 (Advanced Communication Skills Workshop) Presentation Skills By Alan Carroll & Associates

Cisco Advanced Technologies
- Advanced Services Cisco CRS-1 Essentials
- Cisco Datacenter Infrastructure Network 2: Cisco Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K
- Cisco Datacenter Infrastructure Network 1: Cisco 6500, 4500, 4948
- Cisco Cat 6500 Switch Architecture Bootcamp.
- IPv6 and IP Multicast Bootcamp.
- Implementing BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) Bootcamp.
- CCNA & CCNP courses (ICND1, ICND2, BCMSN, BSCI and ONT)
- CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) Written Exam Preparation.
- CCNA Security.

Technical Assistance
- TAC (Technical Assistance Center) Tools, Used by Cisco Systems TAC Engineers.
- TAC Supplemental: Cisco Router and Switch Architecture - IOS Architecture.
- TIPS v1.0 TIPS (Presentation Skills with Practice Presentations).