OBJECTIVE

Network engineer/administrator. H1B visa sponsorship required.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 7 years of experience in implementing network solutions of various complexity
• Cisco Certified Network and Design Professional with Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Science
• Practical knowledge of network design development to meet customer requirements
• Extensive experience with configuring and management of various network equipment
• Detail-oriented professional with excellent communication and organizational skills
• Responsible, well-disciplined, enthusiastic, able to work on own initiative and as a part of a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routing: RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS and static routing
Switching: STP/RSTP/MSTP/RPVST, VLAN, VTP and 802.1Q trunking
Wireless: Stand-alone and lightweight solutions, wireless security and QoS
Security: AAA, access control list, firewall, IPS/IDS, IPSec/SSL VPN
Quality of Service: CBWFQ, LLQ, WRED, NBAR, policing and shaping
Multicast: IGMP, PIM, CGMP and IGMP snooping
High Availability: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, EtherChannel
Hardware: Cisco routers, switches, firewalls
Operating Systems: MS Windows, Linux, MS-DOS
Network monitoring: MRTG, Cacti, Nmap, Wireshark

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Uzbekistan July 2011 – Present
SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER
As a senior network engineer works for the IskraTEL Tashkent – representative office of IskraTEL company, one of the leading vendors of NGN equipment in Europe. Plays a key role in installing and configuring of high end equipment for new customers, and supporting of equipment for existing customers in Uzbekistan. Acts as liaison between customer representatives and technical staff of IskraTEL main office.

Project: Uztelecom

• Acted as supervisor of project, organized and coordinated collaboration of technical specialists of IskraTEL and Uztelecom on all locations
• Assisted in installing and configuring of IskraTEL NGN equipment on most of locations
• Conducted comprehensive training of customer technical staff
• Arranged and managed acceptance testing before putting the system into operation
• Supported the system and resolved appeared issues related with system functionality

Hardware: IskraTEL SI3000: CS/MG/ES/LA-6000 Series

Confidential, Uzbekistan February 2008 – July 2011
NETWORK ENGINEER
As a network engineer worked for the Osiyo Komputek – one of the leading systems integrators in Uzbekistan designed and implemented technical solutions of various complexity using equipment such vendors as Cisco, HP and so on. Took a leading role in developing network design, installing, configuring and supporting of most technical solutions. Worked closely with the marketing team.

Project: Ipak Yuli Bank

• Involved hands-on in all stages of project and implementation life cycle
• Collaborated tight with customer representatives to determine and analyze requirements and goals
• Developed network design according to customer requirements and recommended best practices
• Created technical specifications of solution on base of most recent Cisco equipment
• Installed and configured Cisco network equipment in central office in Tashkent and most of branch offices in regions
• Organized secure data communications between offices for consolidation of network resources and enhancing of internal document circulation
• Protected existing e-banking resources in central office
• Performed testing of system to demonstrate high availability for business continuity
• Provided further support, maintenance of system, and troubleshooting in case of failures
• Created and maintained various technical documentation including network design documents and security policy

Hardware: Cisco ISR 3800 Series, ASA5500 Series, Catalyst 6500/4900/3750/2960 Series

Project: Lukoil Uzbekistan

• Gathered customer requirements, information and necessary data for network designing
• Contributed in creating of network design and integrating it to the existing network environment
• Installed, configured Cisco network equipment and cooperated with customer representatives to integrate it and ensure compatibility with existing network equipment
• Took an active part in testing of system to present performance and reliability of system
• Developed and supported various technical documentation including network design documents, equipment configurations and equipment rooms\\\' layouts

Hardware: Cisco Catalyst 6500/4500 Series

Project: Ucell

• Conducted site surveys to determine optimal area coverage and locate wireless equipment
• Installed and configured Cisco network equipment, indoor and outdoor wireless equipment
• Deployed centralized control system for improving efficiency in monitoring, reporting and minimizing staff efforts in troubleshooting of wireless network in case of failures
• Implemented security control system for enforcing wireless-specific security policies
• Assisted in testing of system to represent seamless coverage of area and wireless roaming
• Elaborated various technical documentation including plans of wireless coverage

Hardware: Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series, 5500 Series Wireless Controllers, Wireless Control System (WCS), Secure Access Control Server (ACS), Aironet 1130/1300 Series

Confidential, Uzbekistan October 2005 – February 2008
NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR
As a network administrator worked for the Sharq Telekom – the largest Internet provider in Uzbekistan that provided broadband access by means of xDSL and FTTx technologies, VPN services, hosting and virtual server services using B2B and B2C concepts. Actively participated in installing and configuring of most modern equipment used in complex provider’s network. Worked closely with the project and technical support teams.
Project: SharqSTREAM

• Installed and configured Cisco, ZyXEL and D-link network and xDSL equipment
• Managed and maintained network equipment and Linux servers on day-to-day basis
• Observed load of network equipment to predict and avoid network congestions
• Conducted troubleshooting in case of failures and solved appeared issues
• Fulfilled preventive maintenance of network and server equipment on regular basis
• Optimized previous network topology for the purpose of reliability and high availability
• Took an active part in migration from existing MS Windows to Linux environment
• Supported existing technical documentation including equipment configurations

Hardware: Cisco 2800/1800 Series, ZyXEL GS/XGS-4000 Series, ES-2000/3000, D-link DAS-3200 Series

Confidential, Uzbekistan July 2005 – October 2005
NETWORK SUPPORT SPECIALIST
As a network support specialist worked for the East Telecom – the largest digital communications operator in Uzbekistan used cutting edge technologies for providing to customers both traditional telephony service and various modern services like VoIP, Triple Play, video conference, etc. Actively participated in management of existing NGN network and support of customers.

• Managed and maintained Huawei NGN equipment
• Responded to network faults of various levels of criticality in proper time
• Configured equipment for providing various services to customers
• Advised customers in technical questions

Hardware: Huawei SoftX3000, SmartAX MA5000 Series, U-SYS IAD 100/200 Series

EDUCATION

CISCO CERTIFIED DESIGN