OBJECTIVE:

• To obtain a networking position that will allow me to utilize my hands-on technical skill-set and educational background, to achieve management expectations and objective. For last past six years
• I have worked with several national and international organizations. Strong attitude to learn and aggressive problem solver

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• MS in Telecommunication with more than 6 years Industrial Experience designing LAN/WAN network architecture used in several Public Safety and Commercial area Data Center/RF/Dispatch Sites
• Good Understanding of Routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, BGP , Switching architecture and protocols VLANs, Trunking and Spanning Tree
• Worked extensively in configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting Cisco ASA 5505, 5510, 5512X Firewall, NAT/ACL's, Object-group, Failover
• Experience in implementing site-to-site and remote access VPN Technologies using GRE, IPSEC MPLS.
• Sound knowledge of Transmission network Alcatel, T3, Fiber, Avita
• Efficient use of Microsoft VISIO/Office for technical documentation and presentation tools.
• Strong experience in configuration and troubleshooting of routing protocols PPP, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, IP, IGMP, Multicast, QoS, and SNMP with excellent documentation skills
• Good knowledge and experience with layer 2 protocols like ARP, Proxy ARP, VLANs, VTP, layer 2 loop-prevention techniques STP, RSTP , EtherChannel
• Experience in configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining Cisco routing and Switching used in various Cisco platforms in production environment as well as live system
• Experience testing Cisco Routers and Switches in laboratory scenarios and then design and deploy them for productions
• Configure / Troubleshoot 1700, 1800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3200, 3600, 3700, 3800, 4000, 7200 and 7600, 2900, 1900, ASR 1001, Cisco switches: 2900 series, 3560, 3750, 4500, 6500 and Layer 2/Layer 3 Service module for LAN/WAN connectivity
• Hands-on experience in securing layer 2 architecture by creating port security and dot1x authentication in layer 2 switch
• Experience in creating IP addressing Subnetting/VLSM scheme for LAN/ WAN network
• Hands-on experience on Up-gradation of Cisco IOS and Cisco OS on different Cisco devices and modules
• Adept in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, custom designing solutions, troubleshooting for complex information systems management.
• Working Knowledge in configuring 2921 Communication Manager Express router to support VoIP calls SIP
• Moderate knowledge in configuring and troubleshooting Wireless Network: Net gear, Wireless Security Basics, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g, RF spectrum characteristics as well as WAN testing
• Knowledge on Nexus 2K, 5K, 7K series router
• Used RF optimization tools like WindCatcher and BenchMarker
• Experience in generating congestion analysis and traffic utilization reports for bandwidth analysis and network optimization purpose

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Planning and Implementation Engineer

Confidential

• Responsible for several Public safety mission critical projects to include Orleans County New York, Wethersfield, Chester county, City of Macon, Duck River, Saudi Ministry of Defense, Saudi Ministry of Health, Saudi Petrokemya, Trilink Philippines, Atlantic County News York, Metrocrest.
• Designed, configured, installed and supported networks in multiple projects Networks ranged from 10 to 120 sites each with a maximum of 15,000 users
• Configured, Diagnosed and Troubleshoot all the standard networks used with the Harris VIDA network including hardware failures, software bugs, routing issues and performance concerns
• Provided networking expertise to the implementation System Engineers during design reviews
• Implemented/Up-gradated at Onsite/Remote to public safety and government sector networks located worldwide
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance,
• Failover DMZ zoning configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Experienced working with Network management software NSM.
• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing
• DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.
• Provided Layer-3 redundancy by implementing HSRP and VRRP for High availability
• Troubleshot complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS
• Configured / Troubleshoot 1700, 1800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3200, 3600, 3700, 3800, 4000, 7200 and 7600, 2900, 1900, ASR 1001, Cisco switches: 2900 series, 3560, 3750, 4500, 6500 and Layer 2/Layer 3 Service module for LAN/WAN connectivity.
• Implemented Access lists and policy mapping on Routers/Firewall installed in each branch across all the states.
• Configured CME router to support VOIP calls
• Experienced in working with TCL/TK scripting
• Involved in design and implementation of Data Center Migration, worked on implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks
• Maintained security policies including NAT, VPN and Secure Remote access
• Experienced working with ASR 1001 series switches with IOS-XR
• Experienced working with design and deployment of MPLS Layer 3 VPN cloud, involving VRF, Route Distinguisher RD , Route Target RT , Label Distribution Protocol LDP MP-BGP
• Functional and Regression Testing.
• Worked on different phases of testing such as Sanity Testing, Functionality Testing, Smoke Testing, System Testing, Installation Testing, Compatibility Testing, Regression Testing, Stress Testing and UA Testing.
• Upgrading Cat OS to Cisco IOS on the Cisco Switches/Routers
• Experience with deploying PIM Sparse-mode/Dense-mode multicasting in Several projects
• Actively involved in Switching technology Administration including creating and managing VLANS, Port security- 802.1x, Trucking 802.1Q, RPVST , Inter-VLAN routing, and LAN security on Cisco Catalyst Switches
• Assisted in the development of the Network Excellence team and guided all new team members during knowledge transfer activity
• Tests scope to include application modules, integration layer and full end-2-end testing incorporating various device web-top clients
• Tested various networks which works on the protocols like of TCP/IP IP, TCP, UDP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, ICMP, SMTP, ARP, IPSEC, NAT
• Wrote Test cases Test scripts for the application functionality
• Worked on configuration and commissioning of the MPLS circuits for various branch offices.
• Serve as part of a team of network engineers responsible for base wide network upgrade from Cisco Layer 3 Catalyst on Open Sky and PR9D system release systems
• Designed, implemented and administered IPv4 enterprise network infrastructure
• Tested routers and modems, troubleshot issues related to broadband technologies for Public Safety and Commercial Sector Networks
• Used various scanning and sniffing tools like Wire-shark
• Performed basic security audit for routers and firewall, identifying missing ACL's, configuration of standard and extended ACLs for Security
• Enabled STP attack mitigation BPDU Guard, Root Guard, PortFast disabling all the unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN and ensuring DHCP attack prevention where needed

Customer Support Engineer

Confidential

• Assisted customers and clients with WindCatcher Plus and Bench Marker products for RF optimizations used in Wireless Technologies
• Created, maintained and logged incidents for each assisted WindCatcher and BenchMarker post processing products
• Interacted with Verizon, AT T, Huawei, Sprint, Ericsson, US Cellular, MetroPCS customers
• Conducted demos and acted as a technical point of contact for sales team
• Resolved issues by coordinating with customers and the development team on all new features
• Provided clear and concise solutions to sales team
• Developed and implemented innovation idea to add vale and satisfy customer needs
• Working experience with technologies including GSM/UMTS, CDMA/EvDO and LTE
• Monitored progress on customer issues and assure compliance with engineering requirements

Telecom Engineer

Confidential

• Installed, configured and maintained multi vendor equipments such as Alcatel RAD DCMEs, Alcatel Lucent Switch, International Transmission Center Earth Station.
• Generated test plans and conducted acceptance testing when new nodes and prefixes were added in the network as well as during network cutover
• Worked with Network Operations Center and Customer Service Teams for capacity planning, system performance, system up-gradation, and network disaster recovery
• Performed outage supports and escalated link issues with the senior team to ensure minimum downtime
• Isolated and resolved system issues by analyzing the system alarms and health of live network
• Performed and maintained the international switching center including international transmission center, RBT switch and SMS switch routine backups, log maintenance, and unit cleaning
• Created new POI Point of Interconnections with national and international carriers.
• Conducted international test calls for proper routing, for quality control standards and for proper billing.
• Configured VTP to manage VLAN database throughout the network for Inter-VLAN Routing.
• Worked in setting up inter-vlan routing, redistribution, access-lists and dynamic routing.
• Involved in configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco 3750, 2620 and, 1900 series routers and Cisco 2960, 3500 Series switches.
• Implemented various Switch Port Security features as per the company's policy
• Configured RIP, and EIGRP on 2921 and 3925 Cisco routers.
• Configured VLANS to isolate different departments and Trunks, Spanning Tree protocol, Port-Security, VLAN-MAPs and DOT1X for Switches and Wireless
• Troubleshot issues related to VLAN, VLAN Trunking, HSRP failovers, related issues.
• Planned for upgrade of IOS on devices and performing the upgrade.
• Vendor Course: Alcatel Lucent 7705
• Proficient in measuring equipments for E1, Agilent-spectrum analyzer, Agilent-ETHERNET Analyzer, Optical/electrical tester, Optical power Analyzer, PDF power tester, PFA-35 power tester, BR Bit Error Rate meter.
• Enabled STP attack mitigation BPDU Guard, Root Guard, PortFast disabling all the unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN and ensuring DHCP attack prevention where needed
• Performed basic security audit for routers and firewall, identifying missing ACL's, configuration of standard and extended ACLs for Security
• Involved in Local Area Network LAN design, troubleshooting, and maintenance as per company's requirements
• Assisted in the architecture, evaluation and recommendations related to purchasing and installing Hardware, software related to IP Networking.
• NPS Live training: SR10A/ PR9D system release
• Effective listening and Effective Mentoring