Umair Farooq

About Umair Farooq

14+ years of work experience in IP Networks / EPC and 5GC o 5GC, EPC, VoLTE, VoWiFi [9+ years] o IP/MPLS Networks [14+ years] o Data Center/Security [3+ years]IP, EPC, 5GC and WPN Network Planning/Designing/Testing and Implementation.Operations/Configuration and troubleshooting of 5G, LTE, 3G, 2G, VoWiFi and VoLTE networksHands-on experience on following node, tools and technologies. o 5GC [AMF, SMF, UPF, NRF,] EPC [SGSN, MME, PGW, GGSN, SGW], ePDG, DNS, HSS/HLR o VMware, Dockers and Kubernetes. o Cisco XR 12K, ASR (10K,5K), 7600, 7200, 3600, 2800, Juniper MX (960,480,240), M(120,320,10i), J10, Ericsson (Redback) 8020, Nokia 7750. o Cisco 6500, 3700, 3500, ME3400E, ME3750, Juniper EX4800, EX4500, EX4200, Extreme switches o RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, MPBGP, MPLS VPNs(L2/L3), MPLS TE, PBR o Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid STP (RSTP), Multiple STP (MSTP), VLANs, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), Inter VLAN Routing (IVR), Ether-channel o Checkpoint FW, Cisco PIX/ASA Firewall, SRX (550,360), RADIUS, TACACS+, ACS Server, Cisco CAR o Cisco MDS 5K, VSAN, Zoning, Fiber channel (FC), Fiber channel over IP (FCIP), FSPF o F5 & A10 Load Balancers o NetScout (Tektronix/NG1), CNOM, Netcool, Tivoli, HPNA, Wireshark, JDSU network analyzer, Cisco Works, Cacti, MRTG, Nagios o Microsoft Office [Word/Excel/PowerPoint/OneNote/Access/Visio]

Experience

1. Ip Network Resident Engineer

   Nokia

   Nov 2025 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US

   Customer: T-Mobile USA

Education

• University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Engineering

  2003 — 2006

• Ryerson University

  Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Networks

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Rstp
• Firewalls
• Cisco Certified
• Bgp
• Network Design
• Cisco Technologies
• Vpn
• Juniper Technologies
• Vrrp
• Data Center
• Mpls
• Vtp
• Asa
• Qos
• Rip
• Routing
• Ospf
• Routers
• Eigrp
• Juniper
• Stp
• Pix
• Hsrp
• Computer Network Operations
• Vlan
• Networking
• Switches
• Mpls Vpn
• Ccna
• Isis
• Ipsec
• Ip
• Rtsp
• L2tp
• Nat