Summary of Qualifications:

• Over Seven years of experience in Network Integration and Network Management with strong network implementation and troubleshooting skills.
• Extensive experience of configuring & maintaining of large to small enterprise networks on emerging technologies.
• Extensive experience in GlobalNetwork OperationsCentre (GNOC) providing customer Network support.
• Working experience on all well known Routing & Switching Protocols like RIP v1 & v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VLAN, VTP, STP, HSRP, VRRP and GLBP.
• Working experience of MPLS based networks with knowledge of MPLS VPN concepts.
• Good understanding of NAT, PAT, VPN, IPSec, L2TP and site-to-site VPN concepts.
• Working hands on experience with Cisco 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7200, 7600, 12000 series Routers and Cisco 2900, 3500, 3700 and 4500, 6500 series switches and Juniper J Series, T320, MX480 series routers, H3C, HP A- Series, Hp E-Series and Hp Procurve, Brocade fast Irons superX series switches.
• Basic understanding of Cisco firewalls, PIX 515, 525 and ASA 5500 series. Expertise in Installation & Configuration of Serial Link, Frame Relay and ISDN.
• Extensive hands on experience with CatOS and Cisco IOS.
• Comprehensive understanding of networking concepts for LAN, WAN protocols, Networking devices administration and maintenance in multi-platform environments.
• Use of network monitoring tools HP Open view, Cisco works, HPNA.
• In depth knowledge in deployment of various VPN technologies and installing certificates in the devices
• Communicated effectively with clients and customers, took part in Meet-me-lines (MML) during the implementations, up gradations and migrations of various networks.
• Act as a technical resource and provide network support. Troubleshoot variety of problems. Identify opportunities for continuous improvements of process to ensure minimum downtime and maximum availability of network. A team player with strong communication, analytical and relationship management skills.
• Adept in preparing Technical Documentation and Presentations using Microsoft Visio/Office

Technical Skills:

Hardware: Routers: Cisco 7200, 3800, 3700, 3600, 2600, 2500, Juniper J Series, T320, MX480 series routers, H3C, HP A- Series, Hp E-Series and Hp Procurve, Brocade fast Irons superX series switches
Switches: Catalyst 6500, 5000, 4500, 3560, 2900, 1900
Security: IPS 4260, ASA 5500, PIX 505, 515, 525, 535, Cisco NAC 3310
Load Balancers: F5 Big-IP, Cisco CSS, Avaya P330

Networking: TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, VLSM, Subnetting, VLAN, Inter-VLAN Routing, NAT, VPN, ACL, HDLC, Route Redistribution, HTTPS SMTP, NTP, SNMP

Routing: MPLS, BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, EIGRP, IGRP, RIPv2, RIPv1, Static Routing, Policy Based Routing, Redistribution, Route Summarization

Switching: STP, RSTP, VTP, Trunking, VLANs, Layer 3 Switching

Redundancy: HSRP, VRRP

Tunneling Technology: GRE/IPSec, L2TP

Security: SSL, ACLs, NAT, PAT, VPN, VLAN, Cisco ACS

Security Server Protocols: TACACS+, RADIUS

Operating Systems: Cisco IOS, CatOS
Windows: Server 2008, 7, Vista, XP

Network Tools: HPNA, Solarwinds, NetCool, Cisco Works, HP Open View, Whatsup Gold, Wireshark, Ethereal, putty, SecureCRT, Poderosa

Network Simulators: OpNet, Packet tracer, GNS3

Documentation: MS Office, MS Visio

Servers: FTP, DHCP, DNS, HTTP, Syslog, TFTP

WAN Technologies: Frame Relay, ISDN, PPP, ATM

WLAN Technologies: Autonomous AP's, Lightweight AP's, WLC, WDS, Channels- 802.11b/g

Professional Experience:

Confidential,newyork city NY April 2011--- Present
Network Engineer
GNOC Data (Change Management)

Working as a Level 3 Engineer for HP GNOC. Strong hold on processes like Change Management, Life Cycle Management (LCM), Incident Management, Capacity Management, IT Service continuity, Communication and Escalations. Reviewing, analyzing, approving and executing all changes in the network. All new addition in the network such as Links, Routers and Switches. Manage and troubleshoot HP Internet backbone and customer routers for various connectivity, routing and path determination related issues. Configuration of Cisco and HP Routers and Switches. Participated in a rotating 24x7 support schedule for the GlobalNetwork operation Centre (GNOC). Executing changes such as Customer/BackboneShifting, Node Addition, configuring customer routers, and switches, AP with SNMP, Log server and TACACS according to the client requirements, IOS up gradation and Staging code onto devices.

Responsibilities:

• Part of GNOC SET (Service Enablement Team) and TOP (Turnover to Production Team). Performed both the Initial Implementation and Steady State Changes, Life Cycle Managements within the time window
• Proper handover and providing information of changes in network to respective teams. Coordination with ORM (Operation Readiness Manager) for all changes in network.
• Performed Installations/Moves/Adds/Changes (IMACs) based on GNS Portfolio establishing the required Catalogue of Changes.
• In Depth knowledge of Network Technology - Cisco systems.
• Implement changes on switches, routers, load balancers (F5 and CSS), wireless devices per engineers instructions and troubleshooting any related issues.
• Worked on deployment/configuration of LWAPs, WLC, WDS and 802.11 wireless devices
• Actively interacted with Engineers in providing guidance of GNOC processes. Reviewing Engineering Work Order, making sure given script is up to date and is according to the process. Making sure that the Implementation, Testing and backout Script is there and any commands that could impact or need to be modified.
• Worked on HP ticketing System(SC100,SC200,SC600,SM7), Billing Interface, Master Data List(MDL) Turnover Interface and FMO Tools.
• Worked on HPNA( HP Network Automation) Tool where we can take device backups as Snapshots, Run Scripts on many devices making policies and diagnostic tests.
• Successfully Worked on the VALE Account Project. Transitioned 5000 devices to GNOC Management.
• Participated in Network Migrations from One Provider to the Other for different Accounts Managed by HP
• Worked on the devices using Putty, Secure CRT and PODEROSA to connect to them.

Environment: Routers: Cisco 7200, 3800, 3700, 3600, 2600, 2500, H3C, HP A- Series, Hp E-Series and Hp Procurve, Switches: Cisco 6500, 4500, 3700, 3500, 2900 series, Load Balancers: F5 Big-IP, Cisco CSS

Confidential,Sunnyvale, CA Feb 2010-March 2011 Network Support Engineer
Involved in new installations and Network administrations which include maintain a track on user logins and their privileges also for those having Internet Access. Other responsibility involves ensuring LAN/WAN connectivity and traffic, i.e. managing overall LAN/WAN. Apart from these other things are Backup management (To maintain Daily/ Monthly/yearly data back-ups of all Servers), Desktop management, Call management, and Network Printer Management.
Responsibilities:

• Cisco IOS and Cisco CatOS configuration and backups, Uploading and download IOS and CatOS using XModem, TFTP and FTP protocols
• Involved in troubleshooting software, hardware and network problems
• Configuration and maintenance LAN networks with switches such as Cisco 4507, 4510
• Configured VLANs, Private VLANs, VTP and Trunking on switches
• Configure, Manage and Optimize routing protocols like RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPF
• Configured VLAN's , Private VLAN's, VTP, dot1.Q trunkingon switches
• Configuring all the end ports as access ports using port fast and implementing BPDU guard
• Troubleshoot issues related to connectivity, STP, Vlans, Trunking, VTP, Layer 2/3switching, Ether Channels, Inter-Vlan routing, log messages, high CPU utilization and parameters that can degrade Performance of the network
• Installed & configured Cisco PIX 506 to provide security to the network
• Involved in SNMP Network management. Worked on various scanning and Sniffing tools like Ethereal
• Upgrades and backups of Cisco router configuration files to a TFTP server

Environment: Cisco Routers 2600, 2500; Switches- 4500, 2900; Cisco PIX Firewall 506

Confidential,CAOct 2008- Jan 2010
Network Support
Worked as a Network Support Engineer to maintain the end to end connectivity and assuring the reliable transport of data for the users
Responsibilities:

• Planning and implementation of OSPF protocol and internet IBGP and EBGP peering relationship with other ISP
• MPLS configuration on Cisco 7200 for Layer 3 Circuits
• ConfiguredVTP, Per Vlan Spanning Tree Protocol (PVST), VLANS and interVLAN routing
• Involved in Configuration of Access lists (ACL) for the proper network routing for the B2Bnetwork connectivity
• Designed VLAN's, access lists (ACL), troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images and other hardware installations
• Performing an analysis of source host and destination path by tracing it through the network router and switches as well as the firewalls it passes
• Worked on FTP, HTTP, DNS, DHCP servers in windows server-client environment with resource allocation to desired Virtual LANs of network
• Configuring VPN configuration, routing, NAT, access-list, security contexts, and failover in ASA firewalls

Environment: Routers- Cisco 7200, 3845, 2611; Switches- Catalyst 3750

Confidential,Hyderabad, IndiaDec 2007- Sep 2008
Network Administrator
I was a part of the Data Security and Integration (DSI) Project. In Hathway Datacom about 15 branches all over the country are involved in this project. The scope of this project is to sink all the branches with corporate office in Hyderabad with the help of latest networking technologies
Responsibilities:

• Manage office network with Cisco devices with network devices including 2500 and 3600 series routers and 3500, 2900, 1900 series switches.
• Configured and managed networks using L3 protocols like RIPv2, IGRP.
• Configured VLANs, Private VLANs, VTP and Trunking on switches.
• Configured L2 and L3 security features on devices.
• Hands on Experience in Inter-vlan routing, redistribution, access-lists and dynamic Natting.
• Log messages using Syslog server and analyze the issues related to high CPU utilization and parameters that can degrade performance of the network.
• Experience on Cisco IOS and Upgrading Cisco IOS using TFTP server.
• Backups of Cisco router configuration files to a TFTP server.
• Implementing and maintaining backup schedules as per the company policy.

Environment: Routers- Cisco 3700, 2600, and 2500; Switches- 4900, 2900 and 1900; PIX Firewalls- 515; Load Balancer- Avaya P330

Confidential,Hyderabad, India July 2005- Nov 2007
Network Engineer
Involved in new installations and Network administrations which include maintain a track on user logins and their privileges also for those having Internet Access. Other responsibility involves ensuring LAN/WAN connectivity and traffic, i.e. managing overall LAN/WAN. Apart from these other things are Backup management (To maintain Daily/ Monthly/yearly data back-ups of all Servers), Desktop management, Call management, and Network Printer Management.
Responsibilities:

• Involved with the network infrastructure and the planning and design of enterprise local-area/wide-area network (LAN/WAN) solutions.
• Plan, design, install and configure LAN/WAN as per organizational/client requirements, governed by communication protocols.
• Handling data network issues in and around sites and providing solutions.
• Basic configuration of routers, switches, hubs, modems and other networking devices.

Troubleshoot all networking problems to ensure minimum downtime and maximum availability of network

• Configuring all the end ports as access ports using port fast and implementing BPDU guard
• Upgrades and backups of Cisco router configuration files to a TFTP server
• Implementing and maintaining backup schedules as per the company policy
• Involved in SNMP Network management. Worked on various scanning and sniffing tools like Ethereal.

Environment: Cisco Routers 2600, 2500; Switches- 4500, 2900; Cisco PIX Firewall 506

Education:
Bachelor of Technology inElectronics and Electrical Engineering