Azhar Abbas

I have over 10 years of experience working with a variety of telecom vendors and operators. My core expertise lies in MPLS and IP Core technologies, with hands-on experience across products from ZTE, Cisco, and Huawei. I also have extensive knowledge of network security, having worked with firewalls from Fortinet, Cisco, and Palo Alto. I have deployed network monitoring solutions such as Zabbix and PRTG and have practical experience in network automation to streamline operations. Additionally, I have worked with BRAS and CGNAT solutions to support Fixed Broadband (FBB) users, ensuring efficient user management and IP address translation at scale.

Expertise and Skills.

Cisco = NCS5508, NCS540, NCS55A2, ASR9006, FPR4100, FPR9300, A10 Thunder,Cisco N5000 series switch,Cisco N9300 series switches, Cisco 7600 series routers, Cisco BRAS/BNG Function for PPPoE users

Huawei = 8000-X4,8000-M4,8000-M8,8000-M14, CGN, NCE,Huawei OLT & ONT's

Fiberhome=OLT/s and ONT's

ZTE = ZXCT9008,9004,9000-5E,9000-3E,9000-2E4, M6000

Monitoring tools = PRTG, Zabbix, Cisco EPNM

Skills=BGP, MP-BGP, ISIS, OSPFV2, OSPFV3, IPV6, SR-MPLS, SRV6, MPLS,Multicast Routing, IGMP, SIM-PIM, LDP, RSVP, PPPoE, IPoE, Network Automation, Network Performance monitoring,GPON network, Network Troubleshooting, Network Monitoring,Qos,Network Security.

Network Designing, Network Planning, Network Expansion, Network Reduction, Network upgradation and Swap, Network Automation, Contract Finalisation ,BOQ Finalisation, TOR's Finalisation, Network Survey, Network ATP/PAT.

Companies worked for:-

ZTE Pvt ltd

Huawei

Nokia

SCO(Special Communication Organization)

Projects:-

Telenor Pakistan PTN Swap and Managed Services(ZTE PTN)

Telenor Pakistan IPRAN Swap and Managed Services(ZTE IPRAN)

CMPAK Pakistan PTN Expansion Project(Huawei-PTN)

SCO IPcore Managed services (Cisco IPcore)

SCO IPcore swap project (Cisco to Huawei IPcore)