AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• System Definition Req.
• Test Plan Design Definition, Implementation and automation.
• Network Design LAN/WAN
• Network Operations
• Design of Protocol Stacks
• System/Network test and verification.
• Network Integration.
• Network Security.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Protocols: TCP/IP, BGP - 4, IS-IS, LDP, RSVP, OSPF, RIP (2), MPLS VPN, H.323, SIP (VoIP), MGCP, FRF.5/.8, SS7, VLAN, G729/ G723.1 (Voice Compression), SNMP, SONET, IPSEC, xDSL, PPP, GSM, PKI Security, ATM/IMA, Frame Relay, SS7, IPv6, GPRS, IPSEC, WAP, Soft switch, Multicast IPv4/IPV6

Operating Systems: Linux (Red Hat 7.2), Windows NT, UNIX, Fedora

Test Equipment: IXIA 400/ 1600/ (SPIRENT) SmartBit6000/ADtech4000/HP, GLCOMM DCOS (Digital Central Office Simulator), Abacus II (Advanced Bulk Call Simulator), BroadSoft (Centrex Services), Agilent N2X

Network Management: HP Open View, SNMP Based, Cisco View, NSM (NEO)

Platform/Switches: Nortel Passport Families - 15000, 7480, 8600 (VLAN), 6400 (VoIP); ARN/ Nortel BCN Routers. Kentrox ATM Family, Cisco IGX/ BPX Family, NET Family, NewBridge (Alcatel), Ascend (Lucent) family, Cisco 12000, 7000, 7200 VXR, Network Management (Cisco/ Nortel/ Ascent, NET), GGSN, SGSN, BTS and BSC

Firewalls: ASA 5510-40, ASA 5585 with SP20 FWSM, PAN 5000 Series

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Contractor/Consultant/Cloud/Service Provider

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Extensive experience with Datacenter Class Switches such as Nexus 7.x 9000/7000/6000/5000/3000/2000/1010 and UCS5108, OTV, Fabric Path, VXLAN,IP SLA, Unicast, Multicast, NPV and integrated Traffic Director .
• Extensive experience with Cisco Cloud implementation and troubleshooting with Flexpod Datacenter class. Nexus 7000/5000/3000/9000/2000/1010 and UCS5108 with VMware vSphere and Vcenter.
• Creating Cloud environment such as Cloud Computing Service Models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), involve with amazon E2 Capabilities. Open Stack environment creation. Software Define Network (SDN). Utilizing Cumulus Linux to configure open stack switches.
• Extensive network design and implementation of Palo Alto Networks (PAN) 5040 in data centers. Advance ASA configurations with PAN interoperability.
• Extensive network design and implementation of ASR 9K/1K-X utilizing IOS-XR 5.x.
• Extensive Experience with B2B and B2C ecommerce, to provide solutions from customers to Cloud or Cloud to Cloud solution
• Extensive design and implementation of F5/Citrix load balancing, SSL offloading.
• Traffic segregation utilizing PAN Security Zone, Nexus VRF and F5 ASM and iRule.
• Hands on Configurations of SRX 5800 Security Fire wall and working on Junos 12.4, Junos security 11.2
• Configuring complex BGP, OSPF and Regular Expression route map and tracking and BGP communities.
• Complex Trouble shooting on MPLS, MBGP, OSPF,LDP and ISIS.
• ASA 5500 platform with emphasis on interoperability between Juniper and Cisco Platforms.
• Cisco Nexus 9000/7000/6000/5000/2000/1010 platform Architect, design and implementation. Extensive trouble shooting with variety of platforms. Configuring DMVPN, ASR 1000/1000-X and implementing QoS over DMVPN. Utilizing EIRGP, IP SEC and VRF.
• Extensive experience with roll out of the IPV6 for large international service.
• Extensive experience with multicast PIM-SM and PIM-bidirectional.
• Implementation of end-to-end QoS in multivendor environment. Juniper/Cisco/Arista.
• Implementation of l2 technology VPC and FabricPath and OTV.
• Extensive experience with implementation and troubleshooting with DMVPN and Flex VPN, connectivity to remote offices Using IKEV1,IKEv2 SHA512.
• Extensive experience with Cisco Cloud implementation and troubleshooting with Flexpod. Nexus 7000/5000/3000/9000/2000/1010 and UCS5108 with VMware vSphere and Vcenter.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• In Charge of Cisco Advance Services for major Data Centre Customers, hands on Configuration and troubleshooting for platforms such as ASR9000, Nexus 7000, Nexus 5500, Nexus 2000, Nexus V1000, 6500 Series,7600 series and 4900.
• Nexus 3000, BGP, OSPF, Working with TAC Engineer. Updating cases in real time, Route Cause Analysis (RCA), Collecting required command for different Bus. Attaching to the hardware and collecting low level ASIC commands for the developers and BU.
• Monitoring each cases to insure TAC has satisfactory analysis. Perform analysis and provide work around.
• Direct conversation with BU’s Developers and RCA for Local Packet Transport System (LPTS).
• Extensive configurations with PAN and F5 for security Zones and load balancing.
• Separation of traffic based on VRF, Zones, Sub-interface and security policies for SSL offloading.

Confidential

Data Centre Virtualization

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect and implementation of FlexPod Design and implementation of the Nexus 7K, 5K,2K Nexus 1010,v1000 (VSM), Fiber interconnect (FI) 6200, to provide virtual data Center for majority of the Cisco customers.
• Involve with NetApp, VMware, and Checkpoint Firewall. Editing and writing RBAC for SAN and FCOE design. Connectivity to Centerand Motion thru VEM (Virtual Ethernet Module).
• Providing Port-profile, System and Control VLA with Multiple system uplinks. Connectivity and load-balancing with F5 Big-IP V10.2 and 11. Interoperability Utilizing ASR 9000 as core backbone (IOS-XR)