SUMMARY:

• 8 years of professional experience in Network Planning, Implementing, Configuring, Troubleshooting and Testing of networking system on both Cisco and Juniper Networks
• Experience with the escalation problems for Routing, Switching and WAN connectivity issues using ticketing system remedy.
• Experience on security monitoring and intrusion detection with IDS/IPS and juniper SRX service devices
• Experience of routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP and Meraki switches
• Worked on Cisco 7200, 3800, 3900, 2800, 2900, 1900 series Routers and Cisco 3900, 4500, 6500, series switches and Cisco catalyst switches 4510R - E switch
• Worked on Juniper Secure Access (SA) Solution, Juniper MX80, MX104, MX240, MX480 routers, EX2200, EX4200, EX4300 Series switches and SRX Series Firewall devices
• Extensive hands-on experience with complex routed LAN and IEEE 802.1Q networking standard that supports VLANs on an Ethernet network and WAN networks, routers and switches
• Experience working in IDF and MDF distribution frames and building internal networks.
• Hands-on configuration and experience in setting up Cisco routers to perform functions at the Access, Distribution, and Core layers
• Experience with BIG-IP F5 load balancers, version 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, Citix Netscalers and Web Accelerators.
• Experienced in Cisco Identity Service Engine (ISE) Devices 3350, 3300.
• Experience in the setup of Access-Lists, and RIP, EIGRP, and tunnel installations
• Proficiency in configuration of VLAN setup on various Cisco Routers and Switches
• Configure all Palo Alto  Networks Firewall  models (PA-2k, PA-3k, PA-5k etc.) as well as a centralized management system (Panorama) to manage large scale firewall  deployments. 
• Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, and CJIS.
• Experienced in troubleshooting both connectivity issues and hardware problems with Cisco based networks and experienced in UNIX/LINUX
• Network monitoring and debugging tools: SevOne Netscout , Wireshark
• Wireless  design for over a total of 100 million square feet.
• Participated in the management and configuration of Cisco ASA, Juniper   and Palo Alto Firewalls , ACL’s, and Packet Shaping devices and rules. 
• Worked on various network projects involving Cisco Routers- ASR  1000/9000, Switches-Nexus 7K/5K/2K and Arista (EOS) platforms
• Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services.
• Experience in handling data centers and data center migration
• Good knowledge of CISCO NEXUS data center infrastructure with 5000, 6000, 7000 and 9000 series switches includes (5548, 7010) including CISCO NEXUS Fabric Extender (223, 2248)
• Enhanced level of experience with OSPF, BGP, and TCP/IP
• Hands-on experience in using network monitoring tool Solarwinds Orion.
• Excellent leadership with good written and oral communication.
• Worked extensively on Juniper MX Series Routers and EX series Switches and Cisco Identity Service Engine.
• Great team player and able to work under pressure 24x7 duty rotation and experienced in layer 2 and layer 3 support
• Strong knowledge in HSRP, VRRP redundancy Protocols and McAfee Web Gateway experience
• Strong experience on  Juniper SRX series Firewalls and Cisco ASA Firewalls,Cisco Barracuda and web filters.
• Experience in Network Management Tools and sniffers like SNMP, HP-Open view, Wireshark and Cisco works to support 24 x 7 Network Operation Center.
• Experience in physical cabling, IP addressing and subnetting with VLSM, configuring and supporting TCP/IP, DNS, installing and configuring proxies.
• Access control server configuration for RADIUS & TACAS+ and RSA Authentication Manager experience
• Hands-on experience using Cisco Virtual Switching System (VSS).
• Knowledge of advanced technologies like VOIP, H.323, SIP, QOS, Multicast, MPLS and MPLS-VPN
• Ability to Install, Manage & Troubleshoot Large Networks & Systems Administration on Windows & Linux platforms in Development, Lab & Production Environments.
• Hands-on Experience with CISCO Nexus 9000, Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, and Nexus 2000 platforms and Virtualization (OpenStack, Cisco UCS, VMWare)
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX), which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.
• Experienced in Presales,Partner-facing technical communications and Product presentation skills.
• Work closely with peers in Marketing,Product Management,R&D and account teams to help account team,customers and partners understand solution, highlight,capabilities and provide inputs on marketing requirements for future products and software releases.
•  Maintained accurate and detailed records of all client calls and meetings to ensure that follow items/requests are tracked via the current Field Office Customer Relations Management (CRM) software.
• Tested and worked with software designers to establish a user-friendly environment. 
• Review all changes to network configuration for technical accuracy and impact and provide Multi- Protocol Network problem resolutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cisco Platforms:  Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K & 1K, Cisco routers (7600,7200, 3900, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series) & Cisco Catalyst switches (6500, 4900, 3750, 3500, 4500, 2900, 6807 series),

Juniper Platforms:  SRX, MX, EX Series Routers and Switches

Networking Concepts:  Access-lists, Routing, Switching, Subnetting, Designing, CSU/DSU, IPSec, VLAN, VPN, WEP, WAP, MPLS, VoIP, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi

Firewall:  ASA Firewall (5505/5510),Checkpoint, Cisco ASA

Network Tools:  Solar Winds, Brocade Technologies, SNMP, Cisco Works, Wireshark, Barracuda 410 web filter.

Load Balancers:  Cisco CSM, F5 Networks (Big-IP)

WAN technologies:  Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM, MPLS,leased lines & exposure to PPP, DS1,DS3,OC3, T1 /T3 & SONET

LAN technologies:  Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, & 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Port- channel, VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, 802.1Q

Security Protocols:  IKE, IPSEC, SSL-VPN

Networking Protocols:  RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, STP, RSTP, VLANs, VTP, PAGP, LACP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, TACACS+, Radius, AAA, IPv4 and IPv6

Operating System: Windows 7/XP, MAC OS X, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Unix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Portland,OR

 Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience working with Nexus 7018/7010, 5020, 5548, 2148, 2248 devices
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000 and Cisco ISE 3300,3350.
• Experience configuring VPC, VDC and ISSU software upgrade in Nexus 7010
• Implementation of BGP to optimize WAN routing on the core and edge routers.
• Mutual redistribution of OSPF and BGP routes using route maps.
• Implement 3850 stackwise switches in the access layer and perform IOS-XE upgrades.
• Perform junos/ios upgrades on devices using python scripting
• Use python scripts to perform operational activities.
• Involved in Palo Alto Firewall (PA-5050)installation (Application and URL filtering, Threat Prevention, Data Filtering) 
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto  & Analysis of firewall  logs using various tools. 
• Provide direct support for all hardware moves, add and changes for the VoIP  devices and troubleshot with customers on site and remote. 
• Experience in Layer 3 routing - Cisco and Juniper Routers: 2900, 3900, ASR 9000 , 9001, 9006 series, MX480, MX104 and MX80 Devices.
• In-depth knowledge of Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX Firewall security, spanning-tree, vlans, TCP/IP, RIP, OSPF, QOS, VRRP and VPN technologies.
• Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 8900, configured profiles, provided and ensured high availability.
• Provide Level-3 incident response and problem management support for IP Telephony  platforms, interfacing with other key Corporate IT teams, such as LAN, WAN, Security and/or IT Service Center and managing L2/L3 switches .
• Configure Virtual Servers, Configure Nodes, and configuring the load balancing Pools and work with configuring load balancing algorithms.
• Created VSYS Builds from Checkpoint to Palo Alto Panorama Database Zone, Access Zone. 
• Created and resolved Palo Alto and Checkpoint Firewall Rules, Routing, Pushed Policy.
• Identified opportunities for implementation of network best practices, particularly F5  load balancer implementations .
• Configuration and troubleshooting on HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, RSTP, MST related issues coming in  network environment
• Put together Cisco and Juniper BoM’s for various projects.
• Involved in the redesign of the routing architecture while replacing the 6500’s edge routers with MX480   routers in the data centers.
• Implementation and configuration of GLBP/HSRP on multilayer switches for first hop redundancy
• Hands on Experience testing iRules using Browser (IE), HTTP watch on f5 load balancers.
• Managed F5 BigIP LTM appliances to load balance server traffic in critical serval access silos.
• Configuration of Virtual Servers, Nodes, and load balancing Pools
• Installed high availability Big IP F5  LTM and GTM load balancers to provide uninterrupted service to customers.
• Worked with HPE Network Automation software and Increased network stability and uptime by preventing inconsistencies and misconfiguration.
• Design, and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls
• Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment to their segment between Different vendor switches (Cisco, Juniper)
• Tested & evaluated various wireless  products and software in a lab environment to comply with company and/or customer requirements.
• Convert Campus WAN links from point to point to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to GetVPN.
• Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP
• Involved in the removal of EIGRP from all devices and making OSPF the primary routing protocol.
• Also prepared documentation for various VLAN’s and Voice subnetworks and worked on Visio for the same.
• Migration of existing IPSEC VPN tunnels from Pre-Shared key to Certificate Authority for purpose of scaling on SRX Firewalls.
• Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support.

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

 Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible in the Configuration of EIGRP, OSPF and BGP Involving in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols on Cisco 2900,3900, ASR 9010, ASR 1002 devices across locations and data centers, including data center migration.
• Responsible for Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification on ASA 5585, SRX550 devices.
• Documented new VPN enrollments in a database and create standard procedures for further improvement.
• Deployed a large-scale HSRP solution to improve the uptime of collocation customers, in the event a core router became unreachable.
• Troubleshoot traffic passing managed firewalls via logs and packet captures.
• Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team. The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3750 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer.
• Created standard access lists to allow SNMP, NTP and logging servers.
• Configure VRRP & GLBP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q & ISL, STP, Port Security on Catalyst 6509 switches.
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.
• Generating RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for critical issues of layer1/layer2/layer3 problems.
• Co-ordinated with the Data Network and Security team and came up with possible solutions.
• Performed Configuration on ASR 9K Pairs includes HSRP, Bundle Ethernet Config, Assigning dhcp profiles.
• Work on Physical site Inventory verification, gather information of various Cisco Network devices and Security Devices to develop Run book and Spec Book.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco catalyst 6509, 7613 with supervisor cards.
• Experience with implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems (Cisco works and HP Open view) and experience with developing complex network design documentation and presentations using VISIO.
• Created MOPS to get approval from peers to perform configuration add/ remove changes following change management process

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network of 100 hosts.
• Involved in analysis of client requirements to provide solutions for network design, configuration, administration, and security.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Maintained redundancy on Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 router with HSRP.
• Created a backup and recovery policy for software application and verified peripherals are working properly.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck.
• Performed EIGRP & OSPF routing protocol administration.
• Involved in interaction with support services to reduce the downtime on leased lines.
• Primarily involved in Troubleshooting issues on a day to day basis & provide solutions that would fix the problems within their Network.
• Monitor the operability and reliability of the network.
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting of connectivity problems using Ping, Trace route.
• Managed the IP address space using subnets and variable length subnet masks (VLSM).
• LAN cabling in compliance with CAT5 standards.
• Worked along with the team in ticketing issues.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in Configuration of Cisco Routers 2500, 3000, 4000 using RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and Cisco Switches 2960 and 3560
• Involved in Design and implementation of remote dial up solution for clients
• Hands on Experience on Installation and configuration of workstations for IP based LAN’s.
• Experience in Installation and configuration of DHCP Client/Server.
• Involved in Configuration and management of networks using L3 protocols like RIPv2, OSPF and EIGRP.
• Experience in Configuring VLANs, Private VLANs, VTP and trunking on switches.
• Hands on Experience in Configuring L2 and L3 security features on devices
• Broad Hands on Experience in Inter-VLAN routing, redistribution, access-lists and dynamic NAT
• Log messages using Syslog server and analyze the issues related to high CPU utilization and parameters that can degrade performance of the network
• Efficient in cabling as per co-location contracts with loop-back testing, including all DS1, DS3, T1, T3,CAT 6 and CAT 5 connections as per defined cabling procedures

Confidential

Network security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience in Cisco 7200, 7600 routers, Cisco 2800 3700 series switches: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configurations (Frame-relay and ATM).
• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications. Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, RIP, IGRP RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route.
• Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATting.
• Worked with the Help Desk for circuit troubleshooting to give Support to the Tech persons at the site.
• Configuring routers and sending it to Technical Consultants for new site activations and giving online support at the time of activation.
• Supporting Development team for the access to corporate network and outside world. Providing access to specific IP, Port filter and port access.
• Switching (Ethernet) related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches.
• Installed and configured PIX 520, 525, 535 series firewalls, configured standard and extended access-lists and policy- based filters.
• Configured ASA 5510 appliance and VPN.
• Responsible for implementing Qos prioritizing voice traffic over a data.
• Implemented SNMP on Cisco routes to allow for network management. Completed the installation and configuration of T1, T3 & OC3 circuits.
• Troubleshoot TCP/IP problems, troubleshoot connectivity issues.