Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core
Cisco · Certified September 1, 2026
Valid through September 1, 2029
Cisco ID: CSCO14638933
New York, NY · Open to full-time and contract roles
Shuaib Ahmed
Network Engineering | Network Operations
Cisco Certified Specialist (ENCOR) and CCNA certified, with 30 completed field engineering contracts ranging from router and switch troubleshooting and rack-and-stack work to industrial camera installations in Amazon warehouses.
Verified credentials
Certifications and credentials
Current credentials supporting network deployment, Network Operations, NOC, and infrastructure roles.
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Cisco · Valid through September 2027
Fortinet NSE 4 Certified in FortiOS
Fortinet · Achieved June 18, 2026
Valid through June 18, 2028
Validation no.: 1459723845SA
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA · Valid through September 2028
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft · Foundational cloud concepts and Azure services
Documented engineering work
Network labs
Each lab is written as an employer-facing technical report: objective, topology, configuration choices, verification evidence, and practical interpretation.
Physical lab · Packet analysis
ARP, Ping, and Encapsulation
A first-principles analysis of same-subnet communication, ARP request and reply behavior, Ethernet framing, and how routers interpret raw packet fields.
Physical lab · Secure management
Cisco SSH Management Bring-Up
Device recovery, management-IP planning, secure remote-access configuration, and troubleshooting of an IP-conflict condition that redirected SSH traffic.
CML lab · Campus design
Rapid PVST+ in a Looped Topology
A four-switch campus block demonstrating root-bridge election, forwarding and alternate roles, blocked paths, and convergence after active-uplink loss.
VMware lab · Identity infrastructure
Active Directory Secure-Channel and DNS Troubleshooting
A Windows 11 domain-client recovery case separating Layer 3 reachability from DNS-driven AD discovery, stale machine-account state, and token validation.
EVE-NG lab · Monitoring
SNMP Monitoring: v2c, v3, and Counter Analysis
A three-router EVE-NG lab enabling SNMP v2c and v3 (MD5/DES), verified with Paessler SNMP Tester: uptime polling, 32/64-bit traffic counters, and a raw ifTable walk decoded OID by OID.
Cloud migration · Google Cloud
Home Lab to Google Cloud: EVE-NG Migration
Rebuilding a home EVE-NG server as a 70-node cloud lab on Spot pricing: billing recovery, nested virtualization, a two-day HTTPS chase, and a self-inflicted network outage, with an honest post-mortem of where my AI assistants and I went wrong.
Networking + Python + automation
TopoDrawer
A faster interface for EVE-NG
TopoDrawer is an extension for EVE-NG that provides a faster, more responsive interface for building and managing network topologies, reducing the lag and friction of the standard UI.
- Create, arrange, and navigate virtual network devices through a streamlined topology workspace.
- Use the MCP bridge to adjust device configurations in real time.
- Instantiate devices and evolve lab topologies through connected automation.
TopoDrawer walkthrough
Draw → Structure → Validate
Watch TopoDrawer build and manage an EVE-NG topology through its streamlined interface.
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