PROFESSIONAL RESUME

Syed Raza Mumtaz

Principal Network Architect & Technical Leader

Principal Network Architect and Technical Leader with more than 20 years of experience designing, validating and operating carrier-grade, cloud, data-center and mission-critical networks.

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PROFILE

Architecture grounded in engineering.

Principal network architect and technical leader with a record of shaping carrier-grade, cloud, data-center, optical and low-latency networks across enterprise and mission-critical environments.

Brings together deep engineering expertise, strategic presales leadership and trusted customer advisory to turn complex requirements into clear, commercially viable solutions.

Leads architecture from discovery through validation and delivery while building capable teams, improving engineering discipline and keeping business outcomes at the centre of technical decisions.

Solutions architecture and technical leadership

IP/MPLS, BGP, OSPF and traffic engineering

Cloud, data-center and colocation connectivity

Ethernet, dark fibre, DWDM/CWDM and GPON/FTTx

SDN, NFV and network automation

High availability, resiliency and disaster recovery

RFP/RFI leadership and customer advisory

Multi-vendor integration, PoCs, IVV&T and testing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Two decades of building reliable networks.

March 2025 - Present

Liberty Latin America

Manager, Sales Engineering (Wholesale)

Lead end-to-end solution architecture for a multi-country enterprise network connecting more than 1,000 locations across the Caribbean and Latin America.
Set the presales technical strategy for strategic accounts, translating business priorities and service objectives into resilient regional network designs.
Develop engineering capability through mentorship, technical governance, disciplined reporting and product-improvement leadership.

March 2023 - March 2025

C&W Communications

Senior Sales Engineer (Wholesale)

Architected regional and multinational connectivity across wireless, terrestrial and subsea infrastructure for carrier and enterprise customers.
Led complex RFP and RFI responses, shaped solution strategy and advised customers on architectures aligned with operational, financial and growth objectives.

March 2021 - April 2023

Beanfield Metroconnect

Senior Customer Solutions Engineer, Pre-Sales

Designed dark-fibre, DWDM/CWDM, GPON, cloud and data-center connectivity for demanding enterprise and carrier environments.
Owned technical discovery, solution presentations, RFP responses and implementation strategy across sales, revenue-assurance and delivery teams.

July 2019 - March 2021

Go Renovate

Managing Director

Directed renovation and construction engagements from design and procurement through execution, quality control and client handover.
Managed licensed trades, business development, financial performance and customer relationships, combining practical delivery with commercial accountability.

December 2018 - June 2019

AcuityAds Inc.

Senior Engineer, Hybrid Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure

Directed connectivity and hybrid-cloud operations for a global advertising exchange supporting latency-sensitive, real-time bidding workloads.
Improved load-balancing, availability and network performance across distributed colocation and cloud infrastructure.

January 2017 - December 2018

Telesat Canada

Senior Network Design Engineer

Advanced network architecture and R&D for Telesat's low-Earth-orbit satellite program, connecting space-based innovation with carrier-grade engineering.
Led control- and data-plane design using open-source SDN/NFV frameworks and built constellation simulators and reusable R&D testbeds.
Translated research into proof-of-concept designs, customer demonstrations and network product and service definitions.

October 2015 - October 2017

Allstream / Zayo Group

Technical Operations Specialist, Private Cloud Engineering

Operated multi-tenant cloud unified communications and Cisco data-center infrastructure, including business-critical Hosted Collaboration Solution environments.
Designed and delivered UCaaS, UCCX and HCS Expressway proofs of concept that helped enterprise customers validate adoption paths.

May 2011 - October 2015

Airbus Defence & Space

Manager, Operations, Military SATCOM

Provided technical and operational leadership for mission-critical military satellite communications supporting the UAE Armed Forces.
Led an 18-engineer, 24x7 Network Operations Center responsible for service availability, incident command and operational readiness.
Strengthened automation, verification and validation, Tier-3 troubleshooting and compliance with MILSATCOM and information-security standards.

April 2009 - April 2011

du Telecom

Bitstream Network Engineer / Tier-3 Internet Core

Operated and optimized a carrier-scale IP/MPLS Internet backbone together with GPON, FTTx and next-generation access networks.
Improved network performance and resilience through BGP/OSPF traffic engineering, interoperability testing, capacity planning and disaster-recovery engineering.

September 2004 - April 2009

Catalyst IT Solutions

Network Analyst

Designed low-latency, high-availability trading networks for financial institutions where reliability and response time were business-critical.
Established the resilient architecture and redundancy practices that became the foundation for later carrier and mission-critical network leadership.

EDUCATION

MSc in Computer Networks

Middlesex University, United Kingdom

B.Eng. in Information Technology

Hamdard University, Pakistan

CERTIFICATIONS

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - CCIE Service Provider #36259

Cisco Certified Network Associate - CCNA

Cisco Certified Design Associate - CCDA

MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional - MEF-CECP

Fortinet Certified Associate Cybersecurity - FCA

Fortinet Certified Fundamentals Cybersecurity - FCF

Cato Networks SASE Expert Level 1

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