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Hello, I am Reashad Hossain, P.Eng.
I am a Network Engineer and an avid Tech enthusiastic
Sr. Network Engineer with 8+ years of experience of implementing Fibre Broadband & Enterprise connectivity solutions
Core Management competencies include: Project &Team management, UG/OH Optical fibre expansion, coordinating with regional police/municipal/Hydro companies/underground locates/ contractor bidding.
Core Technical competencies include: Network design, Network mapping, Documentation, Installation, Configuration, Technology Refresh, Consultation, Disaster recovery, Security Vulnerability mitigation, Long range gigabit wireless PtP bridging, wireless PtMP community internet distribution,
Routing
Routing is my biggest strength. Have years of experience on ISIS, BGP, OSPF, RIP, Policy based routing
Switching
Have a decade of hands-on experience with Cisco switches. Deployed more than 500 switches so far and still counting
Firewall
Have hands-on experience with Bluecoat proxy, FortiNAC, Fortigate and ASA
Network Design
Decommissioned and designed lot many departments, organizations, and single shop floor of area of 80,000sqft
Monitoring
Experienced with PRTG, Solarwinds, RuggedNMS and other network monitoring tools
Disaster Recovery
Have experience creating Cyber Risk Assessment, Business Continuity Plan (BCP), Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
Documentation
Spent good amount of time in my career creating low to high level network documentation with Visio and any other tools
Wireless design
Designed and provisioned multi gigabit wireless backhaul for a shipping fulfillment centre in North America. Also designed and provisioned public Wi-Fi for local public parks and beaches with OTP SMS authentication
Project Management
Experienced and result driven Network project manager. Completed a couple of $150k+ projects before the promised timeline
Fiber Expansion
As the Project Manager as well as a Network Engineer leading the largest city funded Optical Fibre expansion projects in Durham region
Collaboration
Constantly developing cross border, local & political collaboration skills through the involvement in different projects
Team Leader
Led a routing team of 5-18 people for years
Meet Reashad
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Email: reashad@reashad.com