Salman Aftab S/o Alfred Charles Francis USA Telephone: +1 316-351-8933 Email: cybercloud77@gmail.com website: https://www.tekco.net Nationality: Pakistani Living in: Kazakhstan Skype: itpings Linkedin: https://kz.linkedin.com/pub/salman-aftab/1b/581/693 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/linuxking Religion: Christianity PERSONAL STATEMENT: I am a self-motivated, adaptable, and multitasking Individual. I have skills which are not limited but keeps on increasing day by day as I have passion to learn and grow. I have good understanding of networks, information security and best of all passion for Linux. I am seeking a position with a progressive, technological company that allows for continued professional growth. ACHIEVEMENTS: Authored a Book “ Linux Security and Unified Threat Management System” Checked and Approved by EC-Council's ECE-Delta System. Owner of LZH ( Linux Zero To Hero) Project , Where I am teaching Linux from very basic to Advance level free of cost. Ref Link: YouTube http://www.youtube.com/linuxking Published Course on Udemy “Linux Practical Security” Ref Link: https://www.udemy.com/linux-practical- security/ Graduation: Double Mathematics & Physics BASIC EDUCATION: 1997 Graduate from University of Punjab, Pakistan in Double Mathematics & Physics 2014-2015 PGDIT (Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology ) from Virtual University Pakistan SPECIALTIES: Networks: 8 + years of Experience LAN/WAN Cisco Routers and Switches. Networks Troubleshooting and Designing. Routing Protocols VPNS both Cisco and Linux working experience. AWS Linux: 10 + years of Experience Linux CLI Administration Expert Level CentOS & Red Hat Enterprise Linux Professional Level with Expertise in creating and setting up most of the servers such as Backup Serves with GlusterFS, Proxy, DNS, Mail, Samba, NFS , FTP, VPNS etc My YouTube Channel “Linuxking” is dedicated to Linux. Ansible for Automation. Zabbix for Monitoring MySQL/ MariaDB for DatabaseDevOps & Cloud : AWS “Amazon Web Services” 4 Years Experience and good understanding of pricing. Elastic Load Balancing, Elastic Computing, AWS Security, AWS Cloud Computing, AWS VPNS Openstack Intermediate level with working experience. Vagrant, VirtualBox, Vmware Ansible, Git Dockers, Kubernetes OwnCloud Programming Languages: Python & Shell Scripting Intermediate Level ( Made some really useful scripts) FIREWALLS & UTMS: Untangle & Pfsense working experience. Learning Palo Alto and Fortinet VOIP: VOIP Server/ PBX Setup and Configuration (Elastix) 5 years working experience with Elastix. SECURITY: 8 + years of Experience CEH ( Certified Ethical Hacker) and SCNS ( Security Certified Network Specialist) have a very good understanding with professional approach. OSCP ( Offensive Security Certified Professional ) in progress. AWS Security Network Security with Cisco ASA , Untangle UTMS and Others. CURRENT CERTIFICATES: AWS Amazon Associate Architect AWS Amazon Security Specialist NCLA ( Novel Certified Linux Administrator) REDHAT RHCE, RHCT Training Certificate SCNS ( Security Certified Network Specialist) CEH ( Certified Ethical Hacker ver 5.0 ) CCNP ( Cisco Certified Network Professional) 3 X CCNA, CCNA Security, CCNA Voice CCNP Security ( Firewall and IOS) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1998-2000 Eagle Services, Maintenance Manager 2000-2005 Millennium Computers, System Administrator 2005 Max Net, System & Network Administrator 2005-2006 Compuware (U.A.E) Dubai , System Engineer 2006-Present Globalink Logistics World Wide Kazakhstan Head of Department Information Technology and Security. RESPONSIBILITIES: Providing Computer Disaster Recovery Solving Technical Issues with Client and ServersMaintaining Various Servers with complete knowledge of (DNS, Backup, APACHE, DHCP, NFS, SAMBA, FTP, NIS, SQUID, SNORT VPNS , VOIP Server Elastix etc.)Network Maintenance and Protection with NIDS & FIREWALLS Network Troubleshooting with protocol Analyzer Wireshark Email Server handling and Administration Vulnerabilities assessments with various security auditing tools. Pen testing for security holes. Keeping Users Updated with latest Viruses, Trojans, Malware and Spywares, rootkits etc. Keeping Servers and host computers safe. System Security Implementing when and where required Creating web controllable Internet Gateway for Security and ease. Maintaining & Troubleshooting Computers Providing Computer Services (Software Installation, Data Recovery etc.) Providing Online (e-mail, telephone, Messengers) & on-desk Support LANGUAGES: English Urdu and Punjabi Russian ( Intermediate) Hindi (Speaking only) German ( In progress) Hebrew ( In progress) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Quick Learner Good strategic thinking and planning abilities Making good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Comfortably handle risk Dedicated to produce excellent results INTERESTS: Experimenting with latest Linux Servers Learning New Computer Technologies & Programs Computer Games Learning about Animals, Nature, History and Exploration. Watching Documentaries Swimming and Fitness