PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Confidential, a technical professional with over 10 years of experience as a Network Engineer. In his most recent projects he is working as a Sr Network Engineer supporting PSE Network and Network Automation Engineer supporting Fuel talent . Hemant has experience working in a Multi - Vendor working on Cisco, Juniper and routing protocols like OSPF and BGP. He primarily uses BGP within their WAN and their DC’s. He has redesigned and expanded DataCenter into multiple locations throughout the United states.
• Thorough understanding of TCP and IP addressing, subnetting.
• Experience in configuration of VLAN with 802.1q, VTP, STP and RSTP (802.1W).
• Hands on experience in troubleshooting and deploying of various IP Routing Protocols EIGRP, RIP OSPF, & BGP
• Proficiency in the configuration and troubleshooting of Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP and Layer 2 technologies: VLANs, VTP, STP, RSTP, And PVST.
• Experience in deployment and configuration of Cisco series routers and Cisco series switches.
• Experience in deployment and configuration of Juniper series router and Juniper Switches
• Experience in deployment and configuration of Arista switches
• Experience in deployment and configuration of Aruba series wireless controllers, APs, and Instant APs.
• Experience in working with Aruba Clearpass, Cisco ACS 4.3v for user authentication, site to site IPSEC VPN tunnels.
• Experience in working with F-5 load balancers, working with MPLS.
• Experience in configuring protocols HSRP, VRRP, ICMP, IGMP and SNMP.
• Well trained and working experience in Aruba clearpass, trained in Forescout.
• Experience in working with Nominum DHCP and DNS servers for resolving hostnames and creating pools for IP assigning.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Designing Automation script for Meraki switches and Cloud Genix.
• Involved in building automation factory for Washington Federal for network using python script, tools like Netmri, postman, rundeck as operation tool, integrating with splunk to generate alerts, TCL scripting on cisco routers using Cisco own language
• Automation project involves deploying remote bank sites,atm sites, Internet failover project, updating DNS records and DHCP con guration for infoblox.
• Involved in Upgrading the Legacy equipment using automation.
• Involved in Con guring protocols, BGP, BGP VRFs, MPLS, OSPF, Switching while designing and deploying the Substations
• Involved in Con guring ASR9ks,1ks CGR2010, CGS2050, T1 Links, HWIC Cards, Palo Alto
• Creating new TCL Scripts for Deploying Con guration on the routers for Substation Upgrades and Using them to Con gure CGR and CGS which involves con guration of BGP, BGP VRFS, TACACS, SNMP,Interface Con guration.
• Providing Daily support to Washington Federal sites

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Designing Power Substations for PSE and Deployment of the New Design.
• Involved in building automation factory for PSE for network using python script, tools like Netmri, postman, rundeck as operation tool, integrating with splunk to generate alerts, TCL scripting on cisco routers using Cisco own language
• Automation project involves Firewall Bypass, Updating network con guration on live devices, Internet failover project, updating DNS records and DHCP con guration for infoblox.
• Involved in Upgrading the Legacy Power Substations with new design.
• Involved in Con guring protocols, BGP, BGP VRFs, MPLS, OSPF, Switching while designing and deploying the Substations
• Involved in Con guring ASR9ks,1ks CGR2010, CGS2050, T1 Links, HWIC Cards. Creating new TCL Scripts for Deploying Con guration on the routers for Substation Upgrades and Using them to Con gure CGR and CGS which involves con guration of BGP, BGP VRFS, TACACS, SNMP, Interface Con guration.
• Providing Daily support to PSE Substations

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Working with Cisco Nexus 2248 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5500 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.
• Configured network using routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP and troubleshooting L2/L3 Issues User authentication using Cisco Radius and TACAS+ protocols.
• Coordinating with service providers for WAN link outages.
• Configure the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for the monitoring and management of devices in a network.
• Configuring and troubleshooting issues related to STP, RSTP and VLAN’s allocation in Organization for maintaining Layer 2/3 Switching intact.
• Configure different end of series of Cisco WLAN Controllers from 5210,3504,2800 Direct escalation path for all wireless issues within the company.
• Configure and support Cisco core and distribution switches at local and remote sites Configure site to site IPSEC VPN tunnels peered with different clients having different specifications of phase 1 and phase 2 policies using cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Configured load balancing pools in F5 BIG IP LTM.
• Configured SSL vpn to facilities various employees access internal servers and resources with access restriction.
• Configured BGP on customer end with service provider for MPLS connection.
• Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for branch offices.
• Travel when needed to remote sites to conduct onsite deployments.
• Attend planning and design meetings for remote site deployments, make improvements/suggestions for future network build out.

Confidential

Network Deployment Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configure ISIS on juniper routers during deployment between sites
• Configure RSVP on juniper routers during deployment between sites
• Calculated the ISIS metric needed between the sites in order to make sure there is a proper load balance happening between the sites
• Corrected the process Python scripts used in deployment process to update with new developed process for deployment.
• Troubleshooted with careers for circuits supported by them from layer 1 to layer 3
• Was able to perform the work in fast paced environment and time continent work space Configure eBGP with carriers and unfiltered/Filtered routes as per the needs of the business Troubleshooting with the carrier regarding BGP to come up with them.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployment of the entire datacenter at Confidential sites, India, China, Brazil and USA. Configure the Switch L3 VLAN’s, L2 VLAN’s on 3750 and 6500
• Configuring, upgrading and deployment of Nexus 7010, 5596 and 2248
• Working with Cisco Nexus 2248 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5500 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.
• Configured network using routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP and troubleshooting L2/L3 Issues User authentication using Cisco Radius and TACAS+ protocols.
• Coordinating with service providers for WAN link outages.
• Configure the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for the monitoring and management of devices in a network.
• Configuring and troubleshooting issues related to STP, RSTP and VLAN’s allocation in Organization for maintaining Layer 2/3 Switching intact.
• Configuring different end of Juniper router series
• Updating Network documentation using Google Docs
• Deploy, configure, and support Aruba wireless controller and AP devices globally
• Experience in working with Aruba Clearpass and helped my current team to deploy Clearpass Servers for authentication of wired and wireless clients.
• Direct escalation path for all wireless issues within the company.
• Configure and support Cisco core and distribution switches at local and remote sites Configure site to site IPSEC VPN tunnels peered with different clients having different specifications of phase 1 and phase 2 policies using cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Configured SSL Vpn to facilities various employees access internal servers and resources with access restriction.
• Configured BGP on customer end with service provider for MPLS connection.
• Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for branch offices.
• Travel when needed to remote sites to conduct onsite deployments.
• Attend planning and design meetings for remote site deployments, make improvements/suggestions for future network build out.
• Work in a multi-vendor environment supporting Cisco Juniper MX/SRX Aruba Arista Brocade Palo Alto firewalls and F5 load balancers.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installing, Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Routers (ASR1002X, 3945, 3845, 2800, 3600) and Switches (6509E, 4507, 4500-X, 4900M, 3850, 3650, 2960) to perform functions at the Access, Distribution, and Core layers.
• Configuring, upgrading and deployment of Nexus 7010, 5596 and 2248
• Working with Cisco Nexus 2248 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5500 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.
• Configure various LAN switches such as CISCO 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches and Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration. Experience working with Juniper devices like EX-2200,EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX650, SRX240
• Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Configure Virtual Servers, Nodes, and load balancing Pools in F5 BigIP LTM.
• Configured Session based persistence and configuring i-Rules for specific redirection purpose and also i-rules for persistence
• Configure SSL VPN to facilitate various employees access internal servers and resources with access restrictions
• Responsible for entire company network infrastructure that includes Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Access Points, and Servers.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured network using routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, BGP and troubleshooting L2/L3 Issues Configure the Switch L3 VLAN’s, L2 VLAN’s on 4548 and 6500
• User authentication using Cisco Radius and TACAS+ protocols.
• Coordinating with service providers for WAN link outages.
• Configure the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for the monitoring and management of devices in a network.
• Configuring and troubleshooting issues related to STP, RSTP and VLAN’s allocation in Organization for maintaining Layer 2/3 Switching intact.
• Configuring different end of Juniper router series
• Configure and support Cisco core and distribution switches at local and remote sites Configure site to site IPSEC VPN tunnels peered with different clients having different specifications of phase 1 and phase 2 policies using cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Configured load balancing pools in F5 BIG IP LTM.
• Configured SSL vpn to facilities various employees access internal servers and resources with access restriction.
• Configured BGP on customer end with service provider for MPLS connection.
• Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for branch offices.
• Travel when needed to remote sites to conduct onsite deployments.
• Attend planning and design meetings for remote site deployments, make improvements/suggestions for future network build out.