OBJECTIVE:

• To obtain a networking position that will enable me to use my strong technical skills, educational background and ability to work well with people. I have 8 years of experience in this field and in all these years I have put diligent efforts in order to increase my ability in this competitive field of networking and simultaneously utilize my skills to enhance the reputation of the organization I work for.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Excellent working experience on Nexus 2148T,2224T, 5548P, 5596T,6000, 7009, 7018switches.
• Extensively worked on Cisco catalyst 6509and implemented VSS on it. Also implemented VDC and VPC on the Nexus 5505, 7009 switches.
• Assisted in deployment of edge routers of Juniper MX 240 and MX 480 with service providers.
• Detailed understanding of different layer 2 like VTP, VLANs, STP, Port Security, VSS, and layer 3 technologies like NAT, PAT.
• Expertise in implementing redundancy gateway protocols like HSRP, VRRP and GLBP.
• Hands on experience in performing various configurations on Access, Distribution and Core layer switches like Cisco Cat 2960, 3750, 4507,4010, 6506,6509 switches.
• Implemented route manipulation and route filtration with the usage of Off-set lists and distribution-list,access-lists respectively.
• Worked with MPLS in establishing peer ship with BGP protocol.
• Profound knowledge on various WAN technologies like E1/T1/E3/T3,HDLC,Frame-Relay, PPP.
• In-depth knowledge in the usage of ether channels for effective usage of bandwidth with aggregation protocols LACP and PAGP.
• Performed security operations on ASAfirewalls.
• Migrating firewalls from Juniper Netscreen 500 to SRX 650.
• Detailed understanding of the Palo Alto series firewalls like PA 200, PA 5000, and PA 3000.
• Managed enterprise grade server/application load balancing usingF5 LTM/GTM.
• Performed deep packet analysis to troubleshoot application issues using tools like Wire-shark.
• Excellent inter-personal skills with an ability to work in a team of large members and also with minimum supervision necessary.
• Experienced in Microsoft Visio creating a detail physical and logical network diagrams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• LAN Technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, LWAPs.
• WAN Technologies: HDLC, PPP, Frame Relay, Channelized links E1/T1/E2/T2 .
• Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP v1/v2, PBR, Route redistribution,Route filtering, Summarization, Static route.
• Routers dealt with: Cisco 7606, 7609, 3845, 3660, 2921, 2691, 1812,Juniper MX series and T series routers.
• Switching Technologies: VLANs, Inter VLAN routing and Port Channels, VTP, Spanning Tree Protocols like PVST , RSTP , Multi-Layer Switching, Port security, VSS, CEF and DCEF.
• Switches dealt with:Nexus5548, 5596, 6000, 7009, 7018 Cisco Catalyst: 6506, 6509, 4928, 4948, 4507,4510, 3750,3560,and 2960.
• Network Security Technologies: ASA 5550/5540 Firewalls, Juniper SRX Firewall, PaloAlto firewall PA 200, 3000,Check points, Access Control Lists, IPsec, IDS, and IPS.
• Load Balancers: F5 Network Big-IP LTM 8900 and 6400.
• Redundancy Protocols: HSRP, GLBP, VRRP.
• NEXUS Features: VDC, VPC, FEX, F M Series line cards.
• VPN Technologies: GRE Tunneling, Remote Access VPN, Site-to-Site VPN.
• Operating Systems: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8.1 , Linux.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

ROLE:Sr.Network engineer

RESPONISIBILITIES INCLUDED:

• Involved in the activity of migrating regular Cisco catalyst switches with the new Nexus 2148, 2224T,5548, 6018, 7010using F3/M3 line-cards with 10GE 40GE interfaces and Supervisor 2E.
• Performed Legacy Catalyst 6509 with SUP-720, Catalyst 4507 with SUP-6 switches migration to Nexus 7k with SUP-2E as part of the data center refresh.
• DeployedVSS on Cisco Catalyst 6509 switches and provided post-deployment support for issues.
• As part of DC fabric remediation/refresh project, deployed Cisco Nexus switches and implemented features like FEX Links, VPC, VDC, OTV Fabric Path.
• Configured and deployed VPC between Nexus 7010 and Nexus 5596,5548 switches along with FEX 2248.
• Involved in the troubleshooting aspects of complex network infrastructure using the routing protocols like EIGRP,OSPF BGP.
• Involved in configuration and implementation of the MPLS with BGP protocol.
• Configured and deploying Cisco catalyst 6506, 4948E, 4510 switches and Cisco 3660, 3845, and 7609 series Routers.
• Migrating firewalls from Juniper Netscreen 500 to SRX 650.
• Involved in Replacement of FPCs, PICs onJuniper M320 and T640 router.
• Applied ACLs for Internet access to the servers using Cisco 5520 ASA firewall, performed NAT.
• Designed and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5500 Firewalls.
• Good knowledge and hand on experience of implemented firewall policies on Cisco ASA, Cisco PIX, Checkpoint Provider-1/SiteManager-1 NGX R65, Firewall-1/VPN-1 NGX R65 Gateways, Fortinet-20C,110, Palo Alto PA-4060, PA-4050 and Secure Platforms.
• Performed Security operations in terms of pushing new policies and deploying new rules. Performing security troubleshooting in terms of checking ACLs and ACEs and traffic flow analysis using packet capture features.
• Performed load balancing and application level redundancy by deploying F5 BIG-IP LTM 3900.
• Involved in the configuration and maintenance of IPsec Site-Site VPN.
• Gave support in giving access the User machines and partners exterior to the network using IPsec VPN tunneling and SSL.
• Dealt with the service providers in the case of WAN outages.
• Responsible for simulating network operations with the usage of packet analyzer like Wire shark, and use to resolve tickets whenever there is an issue.

Confidential

ROLE:Network Engineering

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED:

• Key responsibility of LAN and WAN maintenance and troubleshooting any network related problems.
• Tuned according to the requirements of the organization for deploying and maintaining the routers and switches.
• Tasks involved in making sure that customers are satisfied for their high level of usage of the resources.
• Also involved in upgrading the necessary IOS and making sure that there is high data availability.
• Hands on experience on upgrading of JUNOS.
• Configured policies and troubleshooting on Juniper SRX 3600 to allow customer traffic.
• Helped in setting up the GRE tunneling over IPSEC between to data centers.
• Provided high level of security to the network by installing ASA 5510 along with ACLs.
• Extensively worked on layer 2 features like STP, VLAN, and VTPand implemented them on new switches and used to troubleshoot any issues.
• Tasks included in performing network administration issues like configuring RPVST , Port security etc.
• Also gave technical support in the issues which involved tasks of debugging OSPF and HSRP features.
• Dealt with troubleshooting the EIGRP and OSPF protocols during the process of migration and establishing new client setups.
• Worked on OSPF using features like TSA, SA, NSSA and route summarization. Configured EBGP/IBGP policies also tested BGP attributes such as Local preference, MED, AS-PATH, Community and Weight.
• Migration of Checkpoint R54 to SPLAT.
• Co-ordinate with peers and customers dealing with wireless network innovations also responsible for maintaining wireless IPS infrastructure.
• Used to be responsible for resolving the service request tickets from the help desk which involved in providing entire technical support.
• Had hands on experience on configuring and implementing Prefix-lists, Route-maps, Ether-channels.

Confidential

ROLE: Jr.Network Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED:

• Documented the company's design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures.
• Monitored the Network performance based on company's Service Level Agreement SLA .
• Configured VLANs with 802.1Q tagging according to the Server team's requirements.
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Performed IOS upgrades on various catalyst series switches and maintained latest IOS versions according to company's policy.
• Responsible for cabling and labeling based on day to day requirement, and Racking Stacking of various network equipments.
• Used to make sure that there are no connectivity related problems using PING and Trace route.
• Provided Helpdesk support by:

• Identifying and escalating the tickets to the specific groups.
• Resolving all computer related problems, such as troubleshooting operating system failure, scheduling and updating virus checks on servers and desktops.