SUMMARY

• A Result driven IT professional with extensive experience in network engineering, security, Microsoft and Linux server administration. Possess solid management skills and effective communicator with public speaking experience, excellent working relationship with clients. Impart information efficiently across all management, and discipline level, and consistently resulting in extraordinary outcomes.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• tateful Inspection, Application Proxy, and Packet Filtering (ASA and Pix)
• Cisco ASR, VXR, 7200, 7000, 5300, 4000, 3000, 2600, 2500
• Cisco 6500, 3750, 3850, 2950, HP Switches, Linksys, Cisco Nexus
• Cisco 2511, 2509
• Cisco IPS, Snort
• Ethereal, and Wireshark
• Cisco 3850 and cisco 2500 series wireless controller
• Solar wind NPM, IP Manager, Perforce, VSS, Team Track, SharePoint Server Ethereal, TCPdump, UDPDump, NMAP, Nessus and HPING VMware V Center Server, ESXI 5.0. 4.0, 4.1 and Virtual box
• TCP/IP Protocol Suite, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, RDP, SNMP and DNS RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Symantec Backup exec, Nova Backup, and Shadow Protect C, C++, Perl, Python, Java, SQL, and PL/SQL
• Manage IBM (X225 Series), Hp Proliant, Dell Blade and Power Edge Servers
• IPsec, PPTP, Cisco any connect, and WatchGuard MUVPN
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013
• Oracle, Microsoft SQL - Server, and MS Access
• Comptesia, and Selenium
• Dell MDi3200 and EMC
• Windows 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012 Servers, Sun Solaris and Linux
• Windows 9x, 7, Vista, and Linux
• Zenith’s 24x7 monitoring tool, LogMeIn and VNC
• Double Take, and Peer Sync
• Amazon Web Services, AWS EC2 Deployment
• Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Unity and voice vlan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network and Security Specialist

Confidential, Washington DC

Responsibilities:

• Disaster Recovery site relocation and design and build new site network infrastructure: Relocated DR data center to new Confidential Business Continuity Site. Built new DR network from the ground up with Internet and WAN connectivity. Built new DR Switch network on Cisco 6506E and Cisco 3850 and configure 3850 as stack
• Design Install and configure Wireless Network: Configure Wireless Controller on the Cisco 3850 switch and configure wireless LAN on the 3850 switch to make the site as completely wireless site.
• New Fiber over Ethernet Point to Point between sites: Cutover DS-3 P2P circuit, design and configure new Point to point connection between Headquarter and new Business Continuity Site.
• Design, configure and Implement Site to Site VPN between Sites
• Implement new ASA at BCS Site: Install and configure ASA 5550 Active/Passive pair at the new Business Continuity Site. Configure NAT, Routes, Security policies, Access Rules on the ASA pair.
• Implement new ASR Router 1002x: Install and configure new Cisco ASR Router 1002x with fiber connections at the new BCS to be used as border router.
• Implement new Cisco 6506E Catalyst Switch: Configure and install new 6506E catalyst switch to be used as new core switch at the new Confidential BCS Data Center.
• Implement new Cisco 3850 Switch Stack: Configure and install new 3850 switches to be used as access switches at the new Confidential BCS Data Center and also configure them as stack active/passive pair.
• Accountable for Installing, Managing and configuring following network devices:

Sr. Network/System Engineer

Confidential, VA

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for Microsoft ISA Server - creating security policies, virtual networks and configuring SSL certificates in conjunction with Web servers
• Replication management - configure Double Take and Peer Sync Real Time software to manage replication between main production and disaster recovery site
• Instrumental in configuring and managing Cisco ASA and Cisco PIX firewall, creating access list, security policies, NAT, site-to-site VPN and SSL VPN, configuring trusted and demilitarized zone (DMZ)
• Configure Symantec backup exec policies for regular, tape back-up, and ensure proper back of every day’s data from 50 different servers

Sr. Network/System Consultant

Confidential, Herndon VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided consulting services on IPv6 Project and was a member of Advance technology group o Responsible for setting up test bed and testing of IPv6 protocol on DHCP Server o Instrumental in installing, configuring and testing of Proprietary DHCP Server for Confidential o Extensively worked on Lua file and LDAP Protocol for testing of IPv6 o Accountable for creating test plan for IPV 6 testing and update existing test plan/test cases
• Provided consulting services on systems, network, server migration and network security related projects.
• Instrumental in installing, configuring, upgrading, maintaining, and troubleshooting networks on layer 1, 2, and 3 and firewalls, software, hardware, packet filter, proxy, application layer, and stateful o Designed, installed, configured, and maintained Window Server 2003, 2008, Active Directory
• Services (ADS), group policies, Microsoft Exchange, Linux, Samba, DNS, DHCP, WINS, FTP, and SQL Server.
• Extensively worked on remote monitoring and troubleshooting of client’s servers and desktop installed at various sites by using RDP, LogMein and Zenith remote tools o Installed, configured, maintained and troubleshoot Sonicwall, WatchGuard, Untangle firewalls and Raid system
• Configured, installed and monitored Nova backup, Shadow Protect, VERITAS and CA Backup exec. o Played a key role on server migration projects from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 o Performed feasibility studies, provide network and system design