CHAMUNORWA TAMBARA

9914 Timire Park Ruwa, Zimbabwe, chamutambara@gmail.com, 263 772 540 235

NETWORK & INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Professional summary
Network Engineer with over 5 years of Experience in designing, architecting, deploying and
troubleshooting Network & Security infrastructure on routers, switches (L2/L3) and firewalls of
various vendor equipment. Experienced of handling cliental issues related to networking and resolve as
per SLA. Acquired broad knowledge of hardware, software and networking technologies through a
number of years of providing powerful combination of analysis, implementation and support. Now
looking for a new and challenging network and administrating position, one, which will make best use
of my existing skills and experience and also further my development.

Academic Qualifications

MSc Information Systems Management:

Midlands State University: 2018-2019 Advanced Level 2012
BSc Management Information Systems: Economics A, Business Studies B, Maths C
Midlands State University: 2014-2017 Ordinary Level:
Diploma PC Engineering and Networking: 7 Subject Passed.
Trust Academy 2013

Certificates and Training

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). VMware Partner University

Cisco Academy (NetCad) Feb 2020 VMware Unified Endpoint Management
Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician: VMware Partner University
Cisco Academy: Jan 2018 VMware Cloud Provider 2019
Certificate in Networking Fundamentals VMware Partner University
Funtech Systems: Nov 2017 Fortinet NSE 1 Network Security Associate
VMware VSP Foundation 2019 NSE Institute
VMware Partner University Fortinet NSE 2 Network Security Associate
VMware Ethic and compliance Training NSE Institute
NSE Institute Sophos Certified Engineer
Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Sophos Partner Academy
Partner University AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
Kaspersky Small Office Security Amazon training
Partner University VMware Cloud on AWS Technical
Kaspersky Threat Intelligent Sales Specialist Amazon Training
Partner University
 Work Experience

STEFITECH SYSTEMS – Harare

Network Consulting Engineer: (Part Time) July 2019 – Present
Responsible for providing consultative advice and recommendation to SME’s on direction for their
network architecture, design, implementation and maintaining.
Duties:
• Perform consultative research, recommend and deploy network architecture to organisations or
clients
• Manage and administer technical issues for clients
• Identify and fix all onsite infrastructure issues

THE BUILDING CENTRE – Harare

Network Administrator: Feb 2014 – July 2019
Responsible for working as part of the team that is continually improving the way it delivers its IT and
networking services.
Duties:
• Oversees the administration and maintenance of the company’s ICT infrastructure
• Responsible for LAN, MAN, WAN Design and implementation
• Responsible for basic website maintenance like configuring Microsoft Internet Information
Services (IIS), updating HTML pages and managing share point sites.
• Network server management includes application, database, web, and email, back ups, VoIP both
cloud and local hosted using VMware and Hypervisor.
• Responsible for recommending direction for network architecture based on traffic requirement and
technological evolution.

TEEZIK SOLUTIONS – Harare

Junior Network Support Officer: Jan 2013 – Jan 2014
Responsible for overseeing the essential issues that have association with controlling and keeping up
cliental network infrastructure, including network availability, network access and email servers.
Duties:
• Arrange and install network hardware and software to clients networks as instructed by senior
engineer
• Responsible for screening network performance for clients and report to immediate head
• Investigate network issues and blackouts; redesign and work together with network designers
on network enhancement
 Key Skills and Competences

• Good understanding of routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, EIGRP

• Have a good technical network background through the use of OSI & TCP/IP.
• Well vexed with network security technologies: NAT, VPN, ACLs, ISL etc.
• Knowledge of network management: SNMP, SSH, Telnet
• Cloud Technology: Bare Metal, Virtual Machines, Dedicated Virtual Host and Hypervisors
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical colleagues.
• Thorough understanding of GNS3, Wire shark, Packet tracer.
• Extensive knowledge LAN Technologies (VLANs, VTP & ISL) and WAN Technologies (Frame
Relay, ATM).
• Able and willing to work flexible hours when necessary.
• Knowledgeable about infrastructure services such as DHCP, DNS, FTP etc.

Personal Details

Date of Birth 17 September 1991

Nationality Zimbabwean

Passport Number DN285023

Marital Status Married

Gender Male

License number 96631JZ

References: Available upon request.