IT /Network Consultant - Healthcare Centers - Tehran-Iran
(2019-02 - 2025-11)
Large multi-building healthcare organizations provide clinical and administrative services.
- Built and operated a campus-wide Cisco enterprise network (500+ users, 100+ devices) with a three-tier architecture, delivering 99.9% uptime.
- Established a highly available data center supporting HIS, PACS, LIS, and administrative systems with secure HL7/DICOM integrations across Windows and Linux.
- Transformed IT operations by restructuring teams, defining KPIs, and deploying ITIL-based service management with SLA-driven ITSM processes.
- Optimized data protection and costs by automating backup, recovery, compression, and deduplication, achieving up to 60% storage reduction while managing vendors and integrations.
- Implemented ITIL service management processes.
Network & Data Center Expert - Mellat Bank - Tehran-Iran
(2015-05 - 2025-07)
Iranian bank with 1,300+ branches and up to 2,000 online service points, delivering centralized and distributed banking services over a complex, high-availability IT and network infrastructure.
- Implemented a nationwide three-tier Cisco WAN connecting over 1,300 branches and 2,000 service points, delivering standardized connectivity, 99.9% network availability, and a resilient communications infrastructure supporting critical business operations across the country.
- Directed the deployment of 300+ access nodes and 15 regional distribution centers, managing active and passive infrastructure setup, including structured cabling, rack layouts, and fiber connectivity, expanding network coverage and enabling scalable growth nationwide.
- Assigned to the initial technical team of subsidiary Secure Infrastructure of Transactional Services (SITS), contributing to the successful setup of the company's IT infrastructure and operational systems.
- Configured Cisco core and distribution switches with dual power feeds and redundant uplinks, achieving high availability and fault tolerance while minimizing service disruptions across provincial data centers.
- Delivered high-performance network services through VLAN segmentation, IP addressing strategy, QoS, LACP, RSTP/MSTP, and HSRP, improving application responsiveness and ensuring reliable delivery of real-time voice and mission-critical transactional traffic.
- Designed Tier III–compliant data centers aligned with TIA-942 and Uptime Institute standards, providing fully redundant power, cooling, and network infrastructure that reduced operational risk and ensured business continuity for critical services.
- Implemented SNMP and NetFlow monitoring solutions, increasing network visibility, accelerating fault detection and troubleshooting, and enabling proactive capacity planning to support SLA compliance and operational efficiency.
- Led enterprise communications and vendor management initiatives, deploying VoIP and video conferencing solutions (SIP, H.323) across 50+ sites, enhancing organizational collaboration, improving communication reliability, and supporting business expansion.
- Strengthened security and organizational resilience by developing and implementing an ISO 27001/NIST-aligned IT risk management methodology, enabling consistent risk assessments, improved risk mitigation, and a stronger overall security posture
