PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 4 years of Experience and having multiple Certifications Cisco CCNA CCNP in designing, architecting, deploying and troubleshooting Network Security infrastructure on routers, switches L2/L3 and firewalls of various vendor equipment.
• Working Knowledge of Cisco IOS.
• Efficient designing of IP Addressing Scenario using VLSM and Sub netting.
• Good at OSI Layers concepts.
• Strong hands on experience on PIX, ASA 5505/5510 Firewalls. Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA TACACS RADIUS
• Strong hands on experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt Cisco routers and Cisco catalyst series switches.
• Technology and Infrastructure consultant for Cisco design and implementation projects. Specific tasks include installations, configurations, support and maintenance of routers and switches.
• Diverse industry exposure telecom, consumer goods, health care and IT consulting
• Extensive experience in configuring Layer3 routing and layer2/3 switching of Cisco based routers Switches.
• Troubleshooting implementation of Vlan, STP, MSTP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1Q, DTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, LACP, PAGP, AAA, TACACS, RADIUS, MD5 and VTP.
• Proficient in setting up IT infrastructure including wide area networks WAN local area networks LAN , security management systems network device administration.
• Experience in RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.
• IOS upgrade for Cisco routers cum switches.
• Experience in testing Cisco routers cum switches in laboratory scenarios and deploy on site for production.
• Native communication skills and a team player, Effective inter-personal skills, adaptive to any environment, with the latest technologies and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team
• Knowledge in Password Recovery and trouble shooting of Cisco device.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Routers:

Cisco based J2320,MX,EX,2950,2960,3600,3750,4500,6500,1700,1800,2600

Switches:

Cisco 3550, 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500.

Firewalls:

ASA

Routing:

OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP, PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, Static routing

Switching:

VLANs, Dot1Q, VTP, STP, RSTP, VLAN, HSRP, GLBP, CEF, DCEF, Port Security

LAN/WAN Technologies:

Ethernet, Frame relay, MPLS, HDLC, PPP

Protocols:

IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, NAT, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, IPSEC, SSL, HTTP, SSH.

VPN Technologies:

IPSEC, SSL

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience with convert PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution
• Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture. Perform extensive testing around the upgrade, migration and configuration functionality of our software.
• Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching
• Dealt with monitoring tools like Cisco Works , network packet capture tools like Wireshark
• Implemented configuration scripts and necessary changes on switches routers as per IBM.
• Experience with moving data center from one location to another location, from Cisco 6500 based data center to both Cisco 6500.
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, IPSec and GRE Tunneling, VLANs, Ether Channel, Trunking, Port Security, STP and RSTP.
• Network security including NAT/PAT, ACL, and ASA/PIX Firewalls.
• Good knowledge with the technologies VPN, WLAN and Multicast.
• Involved in design and deploying various network security High availability products like Cisco ASA and other security products.
• Implemented Site-to-Site VPNs over the internet utilizing 3DES, AES/AES-256 with PIX Firewalls
• Migration of existing IPSEC VPN tunnels from Pre-Shared key to Certificate Authority for purpose of scaling
• Best practice implemented on Cisco and switches.
• Extending end to end network support on L2 and L3 switches.
• Installation and Configuration of Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 3550 series and configured routing protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design Document and followed the change process as per IT policy It also includes the configuration of port channel between core switches and server distribution switches
• Act as first point of contact to diagnose an issue and drive it to closure
• Troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF BGP.
• Experience with communicating with different customers, IT teams in gathering the details for the project.
• Implement changes in configuration as per task assigned within scheduled change window and ensure backups of device before and after the change.
• Trace ports of user via trace route and ping to process change in vlan assignment as requested by user.
• Coordinating with various teams as Project Manager, Onsite Manager and client and field technician to implement and drive issues to closure.
• Coordinate with monitoring team for change notifications, alerts and escalation of security incidents.
• Contribute to the output of the team and ensure SLA deliverables are met.

Environment: Cisco Catalyst switches 6500,3750,3550 , Site-to-Site VPN, Routing Protocols EIGRP, OSPF, BGP ,Switching protocols VTP,STP , Cisco ACS,ASA firewall.

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managing health check of Network devices that involves upgrading IOS on every quarter after checking the vulnerability of IOS and reviewing the configuration
• Preparing weekly reports and follow- up with clients.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, sales and call center customer service to deliver best quality of service to the customer.
• Installation Maintenance of switches, routers firewalls.
• Maintenance and trouble-shooting of LAN and IP Routing.
• Performing onsite data center support including monitoring electrical power, switch alarms, network alerts and access logs.
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Routers
• Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on switches
• Developing access lists to meet user specifications.
• Supporting core layer, distribution layer and access layer issues.
• Installation and trouble-shooting of routing protocols like static and dynamic.
• Implemented site to site VPN as per customer.
• Tracking and installation of requirements development by working with client and related teams to implement changes.
• Maintain and track the status of device supplied to the client.
• Implemented Cisco firewall switches.
• Have worked with Netapp.

Environment: Routers, Routing Protocols EIGRP,RIP,OSPF , Switching , protocols VTP, and STP .