This profile is for Wajahat Iqbal, a senior manager with over 18 years of experience in data networks and managed services. He has managed large infrastructure projects with total revenues over $200 million. Currently, he works as a subject matter expert in areas like cloud, networks, cybersecurity, and IT governance. Previously he held roles as a senior project manager at Batelco in Bahrain and as a project manager and consultant at ANIS, also in Bahrain, where he delivered several large-scale networking and data center projects.

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WAJAHAT IQBAL
E-Mail: Wajahat_Iqbal@yahoo.com Mobile: (+91) 8826136696
SENIOR MANAGER – DATA NETWORKS AND MANAGED SERVICES
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 Technology Manager with 18+ Years experience in delivering large scale Infrastructure deployments
 Project Capital revenues above 200 Million USD ( Man days approximately 2,522) since Nov,1999
 Exemplary success in ITS Operations,Networks design,Managed services, DC Operations,IT Security
 Subject Matter Expert - Program Management, Cloud,Networks,Cybersecurity,IT Governance
 Leadership at managing & mentoring cross-functional teams globally for fast-paced complex Projects
 Excellent Risk dashboards and Project KPI’S reporting Skills to Senior Management & C-Level Exec’s
CORE COMPETENCIES
 Public Cloud ( MS Azure)  Data Center Services  Program Management
 Managed Services  Security Operations Center  Business Continuity
 IT Governance Framework  Cyber Security Standards  Information Risk Analysis
 Vendor Management  SLA/KPI Management  Budget-Cost Management
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
 B.E - Computer Science Engineering (Bangalore University -1992),India
 Young Scientist Research Fellowship (Govt. of India)- Comp Science (IIT Powai, Bombay -1997),India
EXPERIENCE CHRONOLOGY:
Jul 2007 to Jan 2015
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER: BATELCO (Bahrain Telecom), Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Responsible for overall Enterprise projects prioritization, delivery based on resource availability, expected
cost/benefit analysis, RFS Dates and strategic importance.[No of FTE (5) in Enterprise PMO Department]
 Responsibilities and Key Milestones
 Led upfront the delivery/handoff of highly strategic US Govt. Defence Network for Cruise missile in
(ME) based on SDH Network(STM-16 Grid)(Resources managed:100 and Revenue:110 Million USD)
 Led the Team of Batelco Technologists and Delivery Teams to create the HLD for the Data Center
Infrastructure of the leading ME Bank Al Baraka based on Virtualized platform using Cisco Equipment
 Liaised with Sales & Products Team to improve the ICT & GMPLS processes for efficient Time to
Market strategy for the ICT Services and key Projects (Target increase in 40% earlier RFS Time)
 Liaised with Pre-Sales Team to bid RFI & RFP’s for strategic Projects in Business pipeline forecast
 Program managed the installation and migration of Batelco Network services to new INMS by
upgrading the existing Cisco 6509 Switch with new Supervisory Engine 720 and IDSM Firewall blades
 Program managed the execution and complete upgrade of Royal Bahrain Defence Forces(BDF)
Hospital ICT Infrastructure including delivery of SOC/Uplinks/CCTV/Storage/Backup & NMS systems
 Executed the delivery of ICT & Telecom Infrastructure for BH Volvo 2011 European Golf Tournament
 Managed the delivery of Bahrain first Huawei- GPON-IPTV and Triple play Services for Reef Island
Resort with rollout done for 1217 Villas including SingleMode Fibre layout (Resources managed:100)
 Planned and executed successful delivery of one the largest Cisco Voip Infrastructure with 1000 plus
Cisco IP Phone sets installed in Clustered Failover setup(Cisco UCM Platform) in French Bank(BNP)
 Drived the delivery of Voip & WAN infrastructure for the French Bank “Calyon” using Cisco Unified
solution comprising of Cisco Call Managers/Unity express and Voip gateways.The Architecture
provided complete redundancy using CM clustering design thus enabling scalability and transparent
sharing of resources
 Accomplished successful delivery of Batelco Call Center on Cisco IPCC & Unified Communication
Platform with 200 Call Agents serving Internet,Broadband,Mobile Corporate Customers across
Bahrain.The responsibility included end to end Program Management and reporting to CTO(Batelco)
Sep 2005 to May 2007
PROJECT MANAGER & SENIOR CONSULTANT: BATELCO/ANIS - Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
Now Arabian Network Information Services (ANIS) merged into Telecom Major Batelco since 2007
 Responsibilities and Key Milestones
 Executed Greenfield (Tier 3) Data Center with Floor space of 1400 sq meters and 200 plus
Servers for Batelco Next Generation Network (NGN) including GMPLS backbone uplinks/IPTV and
Triple play backend Middleware systems/DR- Center/Internet Broadband Infrastructure & SOC
 Managed entirely the Budget,Procurement cycle and interaction with Vendors for this key Project

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 Headed SOC Team to implement Security Incident & Threat Management System using Cisco State
of the Technology- Cisco MARS 6.1 Appliance (Security Monitoring Analysis Response System)
 Authored the critical NOC Manual,FCAPS doc,Quality Management(SQM) & ITIL Service processes
 Acted as SPOC for design/review/approval of the HLD,LLD,As Built Blueprints for the Data Center
in coordination with Consultants,Vendors,Contractors & internal Batelco Delivery Teams
 Executed migration plan for Internet & SOC services to the new Inet Platform with minimal downtime
 Completed Fibre & Copper Structured Cabling following highest Standards of ANSI TIA -942 for DC
 Supervised Civil-Electrical Consultants in installing N+1 UPS,Structured Cabling,HVAC,CCTV
System,Raised Flooring,BMS,Biometric Security (Resources managed:300 ,Budget:10 Million USD)
 Coordinated Migration of critical WebServices (Mail,Webmail,Dialup,Broadband,Intranet,Webhosting
Ecommerce Sites) to the new NGN Platform
Apr 2003 to Jul 2005
NETWORK MANAGER: IBS Pvt Ltd (Network Services Group, Trivandrum Technopark) - India
Largest Software provider of IT solutions to the Travel, Transportation and Logistics (TTL) industry
Appointed to oversee the Company’s production Network including operations and technical support for a
Staff of 3000 plus Users supported by a Team of 20- Network, IP Security and Oracle DB Experts
 Responsibilities and Key Milestones
 Complete accountability and ownership of maintaining system uptime of 99.99% of Remote Office
sites Infrastructure(3000+ Desktops & Production Servers) by ensuring minimum MTTR through
continuous tracking of recurring faults and service degrade cases via SNMP based automation tools
 Successfully deployed Mission critical dual IBM-P550 Mainframe for Application load testing using
Cluster of Weblogic application,Oracle 10G Database and dual OS of Red Hat Linux and IBM AIX 5.3
 Setup the 24x7 Call Center within the Service Delivery platform and related processes to handle
escalation Calls related to IT Security Incidents/Configuration/Change Management/Service Requests
 Authored a successful BS7799 Business Plan for implementing ISMS within the organisation
 Enabling service operations teams to work efficiently and effectively by streamlining & separating
IT support tasks,mentoring,training and creating new leadership positions and using best practises
 Led Risk Management program and conducted periodic Risks/Threats/Vulnerability Audits on IT
infrastructure to fortify the production network by practising Defense in Depth (DID) Security Controls
 Validated backups for all mission critical business systems including(Lotus Notes,Oracle DB
repository,Java platform,Load Testing & Configuration Tools,CRM etc) and maintained DR plans
 Managed complete sourcing & purchasing of Enterprise IT production Systems including Vendor
selection,negotiation,Budget approval from CTO – Complete Capex to Opex Lifecycle
 Successfully negotiated with IBM (INDIA) to price down from $290,000 USD to $128,000 USD for
dual IBM P550 High end Servers (Savings-42% Foreign Exchange)
 Reduced International ISDN Calls cost by 50% on implementing IP based Quintum Voip Gateway
Jun 2001 to Sep 2002
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER: E-blana Enterprise Group - County Dublin (Republic of Ireland)
A leading IT Consultancy offering ICT & Network Solutions to Clients like Bank of Ireland, Ryan Air etc
Responsible for specifying IT Infrastructure/ Resources and managing pivotal strategic external projects
 Responsibilities and Key Milestones
 Appointed to restructure the company’s entire Data Centre as per Cisco DC design best practices
 Responsible for specifying IT infrastructure and managing large improvement projects and resources
for Clients like Bank of Ireland,Dublin Stock Exchange,Legal Aid Board,Irish Four Courts
 Handled recruitment, leadership, motivation,mentoring and training a team of 20 IT support staff
 Delivered a leased line from Dublin Finnex Stock Exchange to New York to obtain real-time stock
Information.This was completed during 24 Hours outage window during 9/11 incident (NYC-USA)
 Supervised and completed a project for the Irish Legal Aid Board to centralise and manage their IT
Operations through Windows Active Directory 2000 Server located in Capital Dublin and peer DC’s
 Executed & hardened Windows 2K Web Server to host a Mission critical website (Eurotrack) for EU
 Managed internal Teams for setting up subsidiary office & production Network in County Armagh(UK)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
 Best Project Manager 2014 (Bahrain Telecom- Enterprise Division)
 Certificate of Achievement for completing US Government Defense Project before RFS Date(Batelco)
INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS
 Certified Cloud Computing Foundation in 2015 (EXIN-Holland), (Cert No:5409599:20420185)
 Certified Enterprise IT Governance COBIT 5 Foundation in 2015 (ISACA-USA)
 ITIL V3 Foundation Certification in 2015 (APMG - UK) ,(Cert No:030926654-01-MFWZ)

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 Certified ISO BCP 22301:2012 Lead Implementer in 2015 (BSI-UK),(Cert No:ENR-00211155)
 Certified ISO ISMS 27001:2013 Lead Implementer in 2015 (BSI –UK),(Cert No:ENR-00192892)
 Certified ISO 31000:2009 Risk Implementer (BSI-UK),(Cert No:ENR-00210665)
 Prince2 Project Management Certification in 2008 (APMG -UK),(Cert No:00059000-01-3C14)
 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Windows 2000 Operating System and Active Directory (AD)
 Chartered IT Professional Designation-CITP (British Computer Society,United Kingdom)
INDUSTRY TRAININGS
 Public Cloud (MS Azure)Training in IAAS implementation & Automation (Multisoft -MS Channel Partner)
 COBIT 5 Training (Enterprise IT Governance) - Governance SME Mr Ayilur Ramnath (Bangalore,India)
 ISO 27001 LI,ISO 22301 LI,ISO 31000 Risk Implementer (British Standards Institute,New Delhi,India)
 Project Management Professional (PMP) Training (APTECH – Manama,Kingdom of Bahrain)
 ISC2 Training on CISSP Security Domains (ISC2 Chapter , Bangalore,India)
 GPON Technology implementation using Huawei Network Infrastructure(MSAN,BRAS,OLT)- Batelco
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
 Program managed setting up the Greenfield Data Center (DC) for the leading ISP WiproNet in
1999(New Delhi-INDIA) serving a User base of 10,000 plus for Internet Dialup and Collocation
Services,This included setting up first Content Delivery Network-CDN (1st
Generation – Akamai
Technologies USA) to save exponential bandwidth costs by 40%
 Coordinated with ISO 9001 Lead Auditors while at WiproNet(India) to get ISO 9002 Certified(2001)
 Authored and executed the “Network Security Policy” at IBS Pvt Ltd (India) as per CEO directive
 Spearheaded the VAPT & Internal Network Audit of Batelco Corporate Network (BCN) by external
Consultants (ThruPoint–UK) to mitigate Risks and identify security gaps in the BCN Network
Infrastructure & Operational processes.The Scope was a detailed Vulnerability Analysis report for CTO
 Led upfront the delivery of ICT/Network/4G Infrastructure for FIA Formula1 Race (2013/2014) under
Prince of Bahrain with uptime of 99.999% (Resources managed:150 and Revenue: 13 Million USD)
 Principal Architect for the internal office expansion of IBS Pvt Ltd.(SOW):WAN connectivity,3000+
Office desktops setup & delivery of Mission critical Software Development Center within RFS date
INDUSTRY AFFILIATIONS:
 Member of International Cyber Threat Task Force (ICTTF,Dublin,Ireland)
 Member of OCEG-GRC Forum (Arizona,USA) – A leading forum on GRC best practises globally
 Member of Internet Engineering Task Force(IETF,California,USA)
 Member of Information Systems Security Association (ISSA,Reston,USA)
TECHNOLOGY SKILLSET:
 Public Cloud–Microsoft IAAS Platform (Azure) implementation and Legacy DC Transformation
 Cloud Security :NIST-800-144,ENISA-Security Guide,DISA-Security Guide,NIST-800-146,CSA Guide
 PMTools:Timeline-Diagrams,WBS,MS-Project,Risk Matrix,Project_Charter,Ishikawa (RCA),Mindmaps
 Risk Management Standards:NIST-800-30,NIST(SP)-800-37,ISO-27001,ISO-31000,ISO-27005
 Security Framework:NIST-Cyberframework,NIST-SP800-61,CCS-Top20,ISF-SOGP,NIST(SP)800-55
 Firewall & IPS:Palo Alto 3050, Checkpoint ,Cisco PIX 515,Cisco ASA 5585,Tipping Point Unity 1200
 VAPT:Trustwave,Nessus,Tripwire,Qualys,NetIQ,Retina,ISS,Languard,NStealth,Nexpose,WebInspect
 Remote Monitoring Tools:Server Alive,HostMonitor,UnicentreTNG,Cisco View,Solar Winds,NSM 6.10
 Cisco H/W: 6513 Switch,3620 ,7206 Gateway Router, Cisco 2960, Cisco 2851,1200 AP,Nexus Series
 IP Routing Protocols & Carriers: BGP,EIGRP,MPLS,GPON,GMPLS,SDH,EOSDH,Metro Ethernet
 VoIP: Cisco Call Manager 6 suite/3560 Voice Gateway /Cisco Unity Express/Cisco IPCC & Presence
 Anti-Virus/Proxy :Trend-Micro, Mail Sweeper, Microsoft ISA 2004,Norton Corporate Edition (9.0)
 Project Documentation: Microsoft Visio 2013,Microsoft Office,Mindmap Tools,Microsoft Project 2012
EARLIER CAREER TIMELINE:
An IT Career spanning from March 1993 to April 2001 including the past Roles of:
 Senior Network Engineer – WiproNet Pvt Limited (Dec 1999 To Apr 2001),India
 UNIX Systems Administrator - Palcom Pvt Limited (Apr 1999 To Oct 1999), India
 Systems Administrator - Software Technology Group (Sep 1998 To Jan 1999), India
 Head of Department (Comp Science) - SSM Polytechnic College(Jun 1996 To Sep 1998), India
 System Analyst - Able Computers Consultancy (Aug 1995 To Jun 1996), India
 System Analyst - Govt. Women’s Polytechnic (Sep 1993 To July 1995), India
 IT Sales Executive - TS Technoservices (Mar 1993 To Aug 1993),India
PERSONAL DETAILS
Address: Flat No 6, Block -1, Lajpatnagar 3 (New Delhi), INDIA