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MAEBOU CHAM
MAILING ADDRESS HOME ADDRESS
P. O. Box 2096 Cape Point, Off Kofi Annan Street
Serekunda Bakau
The Gambia KSMD
West Africa. The Gambia.
Tel Nos.: +220 449 4388 (Home)
+220 336 8007 (Mobile)
E-mail: maeboucham@hotmail.com
Degree
Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)
Geneva Information Technology Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, 01 May 2009
Active IT Certifications
CCIE Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional
CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate
MCTS Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (SharePoint 3.0 Configuration)
MCTS Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (Windows Vista Configuration)
MCTS Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (SQL Server 2005)
MCITP Microsoft Certified IT Professional (Enterprise Support Technician)
MCITP Microsoft Certified IT Professional (Database Administrator)
MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Windows Server 2003)
MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Security 2003)
MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Messaging 2003)
If you wish to check the validity of my current certifications with Cisco Systems,
please e-mail me and I will initiate a certification report to be sent to you from Cisco directly.
Core Networking Skills
Networking Hardware
Routers: Cisco (IOS, CatOS), Juniper M-Series (JUNOS), Juniper E-Series (Former Unisphere ERX),
Draytek, Linksys (now Cisco), Bintec, Netgear, Nortel Networks
Switches, Bridges, Hubs: Cisco Catalyst, Extreme Switches, HP-Switches
Load Balancers: Cisco CSS, F5 Networks (Big-IP), Foundry, Coyote Point
Application Orientated Networking (AON): Cisco ACE (Application Control Engine Module)
WAN Optimisation: Cisco WAAS, Riverbed Steelhead Appliances, Expand Networks Suite
Security / Firewalls
IPSec, VPNs, Cryptography, Key Management, AAA Model (RADIUS, TACACS+, Kerberos), Cisco
CAR RADIUS Proxy, Cisco Authentication Proxy, Access Lists, IOS Firewall, 802.1x, IOS Security
Features, DMZ set ups, CBAC, DoS and common threats prevention, Cisco IDS / IPS (Intrusion
Detection / Prevention System), Cisco CSA, Cisco Works VMS IDS MC / Firewall MC, Certificate
Authority (CA), PKI, Cisco Secure ACS Server, Cisco VPN Concentrator, Cisco ezvpn, Cisco PIX /
ASA Firewall, VPN Client, Cisco Security Manager (CSM), Cisco MARS, Cisco NAC / CANAC,
Netscreen Firewall, Astaro Firewall, Checkpoint / Nokia VPN-1/Firewall-1 NG, Linux IPTables.
Routing
Static Routing, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPnG, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGPv4, ODR, GRE, MPLS,
IPv6, Traffic Engineering, Policy Based Routing PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization.
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Switching & Bridging
Catalyst CatOS and IOS based Switches, VTP, STP, RSTP, Trunking, VLANs,
Layer 3 Switches, Logical Etherchannels, Transparent Bridging, IRB, CRB, DLSW+, MLS
LAN
Media: Ethernet, FastEthernet, GigabitEthernet, FDDI, CDDI, Token Ring, ATM LAN Emulation
Network Analyzers: Ethereal, Paketyzer, Radcom, Etherpeek and others
Load Generators: Spirent Smart Bits, iperf, IPTraffic
WLAN (Wireless LAN)
Cisco Aironet APs and Bridges (350, 1010, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500), 802.11a, 802.11b and
802.11g standards, WLAN antennas, RF site surveys, Cisco Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE),
Wireless L2/L3/Fast Roaming, WLAN Security (“WEP”, WPA / 802.1x, EAP, PEAP, LEAP, TKIP),
Cisco Wireless Mesh Networking, Cisco Unified Wireless Networks, WLAN controllers, Cisco Wireless
Control System (WCS), WDS, Lightweight Access Points infrastructures (LWAPP), Cisco LBS, Cisco
Service Selection Gateway (SSG) / SESM, Cognio Analyzer, Draytek APs, Netgear APs, Tropoz APs.
WAN
Leased lines 64k - 155Mb (PPP / HDLC), Channelized lines (E1 / T1 / E3 / T3), Fibre Optic Circuits
up to OC-48 speed, Frame Relay, ATM, ISDN, xDSL, Load Balancing, Multi Homing, Satellite links.
Various Features & Services
IOS and CatOS Features, HSRP, IRDP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, DNS, HTTP,
TFTP and FTP Management, IPv6 test projects, RAS Solutions, Cisco CNR (DNS & DHCP server).
QoS (Quality of Service)
WRED, Queuing features, FRTP, CAR, RTP, MLS QoS, LLQ, Policy Based Routing, CBWFQ.
Multicast
Implementations from large (ISP) to medium sized environments (Videostream over Multicast).
Sparse-Mode, Dense-Mode, Sparse-Dense-Mode, IGMP, CGMP, Rendezvous Points.
VoIP (Voice over IP) / IPT (IP Telephony)
IP Telephony utilizing Cisco routers, FXS, FXO, Call Manager, QoS implementation.
Network Monitoring and Management Systems
HP-Openview, Netcool Omnibus, IBM Tivoli Netview, IBM Tivoli Argus, IBM Tivoli NMC, Cisco NAM,
Cisco Works Suite, Cisco SDM, Network Health, Concorde eHealth, MRTG, Cricket, Naigos
Ticketing Systems
Remedy ARS, Clarify, Impact, Infovista
ISP (Internet Service Provider) related
Registry Handling with RIPE, ARIN, AP-NIC, DNS handling with various NICs
Data (ATM & Frame Relay Tools)
Nortel NMS and Alcatel 5620 NM
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General IT Skills
Hardware
PC and Server hardware
 Microsoft Windows Systems 2003 – 2008. Active Directory.
 DNS Infrastructure.
 DHCP.
 WINS Infrastructure.
 File Server.
 Webserver.
 Virtual Private Network.
 Internet Gateways.
 Server Security.
 RIS and Ghost –AD Disaster Recovery.
 Site and Services.
 Exchange Server 2000-2003-2007.
 VMware ESX Server and management tools.
 UNIX Platforms.
 Network architecture setting and security.
 Network supervision: SNMP.
 Network and Files services TCP/IP: HTTP, DNS, TCP, UDP, FTP, WEBSERVER, DHCP, SMTP.
Software
MS-Office Package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc.), Netscape Suite,
MS-FrontPage, HTML, FrontPage, CSS, CS3, DreamWeaver Adobe Photo Shop, Dream Weaver,
Fireworks, Paint Shop, MS-Visio.
Desktop Operating Systems
MS-DOS, DR-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT/2K/XP, Vista, Linux, Fedora,
Centos, Red Hat
Client / Server Architecture
Novell Fileserver, Novell Access System, Administration of Novell Networks (Netware)
Server - Multiuser / Multitasking Architecture
Unix file system, access system, VI editor, etc., Web-, Mail-, FTP-, TFTP- DNS-, MySQL
Server Setup under Linux / Unix, Distributions: RedHat, SuSE, Free BSD and Solaris
Unix maintenance and System Administration
Microsoft Development Technologies: C#, Windows SharePoint Services 2003, Microsoft
Exchange server 2003, 2007
Script and web languages: XML, XSL, XHTML, PHP, Perl et Python
Server – Microsoft based
Setup, Operation and Maintenance of WIN NT 4.0, WIN2000, WIN2003, WIN2008 Server
Programming Languages and Databases
Shell Scripts, C, C++, Assembler, Java, JavaScript, HTML, Perl / CGI, PHP, MySQL Server 2006,
2008 server databases.
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Professional Experience
1. Trainee Systems Administrator, Pristine Consulting, 27 May 2009 to 06
November 2009, The Gambia
 Created new user and permission on Windows 2003-2008 server.
 Configured and managed Windows 2003-2008 server with Active Directory.
 Configured Microsoft Exchange server 2007 email.
 Undertook Pc assembling and software installation.
 Provided customer support and service.
 Managed and added peripheral devices such as disks, printers and so on.
 Maintained network connections between systems.
 Ensured the system runs smoothly and provided needed services.
 Provided system startup and shutdown.
 Protected user data from modification, either by other users or through hardware failure.
 Undertook data management and execution of client support section.
 Proxy server management, adding and deleting user.
 Added and deleted user mail account on Exchange server 2007.
 Total virtualization done for client; handling and maintaining the ESX server (VMware);
clustering done with 10 ESX servers and 2 Grids; configuring and managing 5 different SAN;
managing and maintaining 50 virtual machines.
 Backup and restore management using HP data Protector; backup configuration; installing
backup licenses; scheduling backups; support restore process.
 Installed software on server 2008, patching, upgrading and maintenance of operating system.
 Added and deleted user groups on Active Directory server 2008.
 Configured DNS on server 2008.
 Configured DHCP on server 2008 to assign IP address to client machines Automatically.
 Configured DFS on server 2008 for file sharing and configured File Permission.
 Configured Hyper-v on server 2008 Windows Server Virtualization.
 Installed, upgraded and maintained server hardware components as per requirement.
 Installed Microsoft Exchange server 2007 on Hvper-v.
 Configured Microsoft Exchange server 2007.
 Added users on Microsoft Exchange server 2007 for client use.
 Installed Outlook 2007 on the client machines with Exchange server 2007 connected on the
client side.
 Responsible for web services administration.
 Installed complex hardware and software and upgrades to ensure work is performed as per
Company policy.
 Also was responsible for supervision of backup and disaster recovery operations.
 Created and implemented recommendations to improve scalability and performance.
 Performed system startups and shutdowns.
2. Convention One, 22 September 2007 to March 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.
 Designed and Troubleshoot Convention One Global IP Backbone and Customers Networks
devices, which includes Cisco routers, switches, load balancers and firewalls.
 Configured/Troubleshoot static and dynamic routing on Cisco’s 1800, 2800, 3600, 7200,
series routers for customer’s requirements.
 Designed, configured/troubleshoot private and public Vlans on Cisco’s Catalysts 2900, 3700,
5500, 6500 switches for customer’s requirements.
 Configured/troubleshoot load balancing on Cisco CSS/ create VIPs, services, IP redundancy
as customer needs and request.
 Configured Cisco pix ACL/conduits, static NAT, and SNMP monitoring for customers request
for access and denial services toward their networks.
 Investigated all customer network attacks with EDS Syslog (for all IP traffic coming in EDS
network).
 Troubleshoot netscreen vpn devices for untrust, trust, and tunnel access (connections) for all
customers’ networks.
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 Investigated all ports and interfaces health issues for the routers and switches connectivity
with customers agreed speed, duplex and bandwidth.
 Was on call 24x7 for all Network related issues (Cisco taccases/bridgelines).
 Upgraded all Cisco devices for customers and company needs.
 Created vpn tunnels for customer needs and Extended T1 connections.
 Managed tacacs server for company.
 Designed all maintenance changes for the Global IP Network.
 Setup WAN Peer to Peer establishment with ISP’s.
 Designed and ordered all Cisco equipment for Customer and Company requirements.
 Built Solaris servers for RF Engineers deployments.
 Consulted with customers for networking questions with sales team.
 Designed Cisco vpn site to site for customers’ deployments.
 Designed and built all customer firewalls access-points.
 Designed and implemented Cisco IDS/IPS Network.
 Re-designed Convention One internal Geneva core network. Migrated from EIGRP and RIPv2
routing protocols to an OSPF multiple area network design. Interconnected through BGP to
the other existing departments. Upgraded from 3550 series switches to Cisco 6509 Catalysts.
Design, implementation and support of the core network (Spanning tree re-design, Trunking,
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VLAN setup). 3 level support for both LAN (Gigabit Ethernet) and WAN mainly consisting of
Frame-Relay and ATM circuits. Fault finding by means of sniffers such as Ethereal and
Packetyzer.
 Responsible for the overall network security including Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS),
Cisco PIX Firewalls, Checkpoint FireWall-1 NG Firewalls, Cisco ACS Servers and VPNs.
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Building a Cisco based IDS solution from nothing. 3 . level support and performance
management for the entire network. Support and maintenance of Cisco SSG, Cisco SESM,
Cisco CNR, Cisco CAR, Cisco CSS Load Balancers and Cisco WLSE. Perl- and Shell script
development in order to automate daily backup and monitoring tasks. Design, implementation
and rollout of special event WLAN hotspot solutions. Implementation of roaming partners.
 Installed Scanner, GFILANGuard NSS, Cisco Security Scanner, N-Stealth Scanner, CyberCop
Scanner, Ettercap, Etherape and Linux Live Security CDs such as "The Auditor", "PHLAK",
"iWHAX", "BOSS", “BackTrack” and others.
Courses, and Study Projects
At Geneva Information Technology Institute
 TCP/IP Networking (Course)
 CCNA Networking (Course)
 CCNP Networking (Course)
 CCIE Networking (Course)
 MCSA (Course)
 MCSE (Course)
 MCITP (Course)
 MCTS (Course)
 Creation of an English version of the schools UNIX course (Project)
 Internet Programming in HTML und Perl (Course)
 The Checkpoint Firewall (Course)
 Measurement of the aggregate bandwidth of the campus network (Project)
 Setup, Integration and Operation of a communication server on the Internet (Project)
 The Parallel Port (Project)
 6 weeks intensive CCNP BOOTCAMP Training
Group Project on UNIX, Perl, Python, Geneva
 Support internal Unix-based Systems.
 Automation of regular tasks and systems checks, using bash, sh, some python and per.
 Coordination of interdepartmental functions and tasks.
 Team task management and coordination.
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 System auditing data/network integrity, health monitoring.
 Documentation of systems configuration and procedures.
Soft Skills
Communication Skills
My writing skills, both in French and English, are very good and I certainly am a clear speaker. Being
comfortable speaking in front of an audience, I can easily facilitate meetings and brainstorming
sessions. I simply enjoy communicating with others.
Interpersonal Skills
As a friendly, polite person, with positive attitude, I work well with others. In the past, I often had
proven myself to deal with difficult situations in a careful and considerate manner.
Learning Skills
I have a high capacity for learning, pick up new skills and ideas quickly, and generally thrive on
challenges. Enthusiasm and creativity give me an edge on difficult projects.
Problem Solving Skills
My analytical skills help me troubleshoot problems and uncover root causes.
I am creative and tenacious.
Languages
English (Mother tongue)
French (Excellent skills)
Personal
Marital status: Single, never married.
Citizenship: Gambian.
Current Location: The Gambia.
Hobbies: Karate.
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