Muhammad Lateef

Senior Network Engineer

Hi, I'm Muhammad Lateef. Building resilient networks.

10+ years designing and securing enterprise networks across public and private sectors. CCNP · VCP · Cisco · Firewall · Automation.

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About meabout

Who I am

I am a highly motivated Senior Network Engineer with over 10 years of commercial experience working in fast-paced private and public sector environments. My expertise spans network design, perimeter security, wireless infrastructure, virtualisation, and infrastructure automation.

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CCNA

Cisco Certified Network Associate

CCNP

Cisco Certified Network Professional

VCP

VMware Certified Professional

NCA

Nutanix Certified Associate

Technical Skills

Routing

90%

Switching

95%

VMware

85%

Firewall

80%

Ansible

65%

Python

50%

Experience

2019 — present

Senior Network EngineerRegisters of Scotland

Covering network, perimeter security and virtualisation across production environments.

2018 — 2019

Senior Network & Security EngineerFNZ (UK) Ltd

New networks provisioning, routing design and firewall policy management alongside the Platform team.

2017 — 2018

Senior Network EngineerRegisters of Scotland

Site Reliability Engineering and automation across dev/prod environments. BGP network architecture deployment. Infrastructure as Code.

2016 — 2017

Network EngineerAtos · BBC Contract

Designed and implemented Enterprise WAN Core infrastructure.

2012 — 2016

Cloud Platform Network SpecialistRegisters of Scotland

Complete redesign and delivery of network infrastructure to enable production environment virtualisation.

2011 — 2012

Network EngineerCoventry University

BAU and project engineering. Cisco Call Manager, 200 wireless APs, SolarWinds integration, 1G→10G inter-site upgrades, full network documentation.

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My Blogwriting

Arista AVD 6.0 — new features vs v5

Arista AVD 6.0: What's New vs v5

Removed roles, ANTA testing, 60+ deprecated keys gone, WAN/CV Pathfinder changes — a practical breakdown before you upgrade.

BGP

BGP Route Reflectors: When and Why to Use Them

Understanding iBGP scaling challenges and how route reflectors simplify large AS topologies without full-mesh peering.

Ansible

Getting Started with Ansible for Network Automation

How I started automating repetitive network tasks with Ansible playbooks — lessons learned from production rollouts.

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Get in touch

Available for network consultancy, architecture reviews, and automation projects.

Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Email

lateef@cyberglobe.co.uk

Phone

07776 255537

Languages

English · Urdu · Punjabi