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Hello, I am Zihaad Khan...

Senior Consultant in Unified Communications & MSc Candidate (CyberSecurity) based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

I am currently responsible for the voice core network (VoIP) infrastructure at one of the largest ISP's in South Africa. I am also persuing a Master of Science degree in Cyber Security at the University of Essex, Colchester - UK.

I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Aeronautical) from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) - Johannesburg, South Africa as well as 12 years related experience in a telecommunications service provider network. Feel free to get in touch.

“Everything diminishes when it is used except knowledge.” - Imam Ali رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ‎

My Skills

I have a wide range of skillset that I have acquired over the years, these include VoIP, SIP, Linux, VMware, Routing, Switching, amongst others..

Cisco BroadWorks

Exp 7 years

VoIP/SIP

Exp 10 years

Linux

Exp 6 years

Other Skills

Still under construction

VMware

MySQL

Oracle SBC

Python

Cloud Collaboration

Managed and Hosted Collaboration

Webex for BroadWorks

SaaS

Experience

12 Years Experience!

Over the past 12 years I have been involved in various roles in the industry, these include a Support Engineer, Senior Voice Infrastructure Engineer, Senior Communications Team Lead and recently a Senior Consultant in Unified Communications. I have extensive experience in building voice networks (VoIP) from the ground up as well as the following technologies:

Cisco BroadWorks

Cisco BroadWorks is an enterprise-grade calling and collaboration platform delivering unmatched performance, security and scale. Hosted by Cisco service provider partners, it integrates with Cisco Webex to meet the full range of enterprise communications and collaboration needs.