OBJECTIVE

• Seeking a challenging position as a Network Engineer in a progressive organization where I can imply my technical skills, academic knowledge and experiences in the best possible way.

SUMMARY

• A dedicated Professional with Eight (8+) years of expertise in Designing, Implementation, Administration, Operations and Troubleshooting of enterprise data networks as a Network Engineer.
• Experience working with 2600, 2900, 3600, 3900, 7200, 7600 series Cisco Routers.
• Proficient hands on experience in configuring Cisco Catalyst 2900,2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500series and Nexus 2248, 5548, 7009 and 7018 switches.
• Extensive work experiences on Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Load Balancers & Cisco Firewalls.
• Worked on Nexus platform 7018, 5K,9k series (5548, 5020 and 5010) and FEX (2248, and 2232) and deployed VPC, VDC, Fabric path and OTV and successfully implemented VSS on the Cisco catalyst switches.
• Proficient in the operation and administration of Juniper SRX - series services gateways, Juniper Net Screen/SSG-based firewalls, Juniper J/M/MX-series routers
• Hands on experiences with MX5, MX10, MX40, MX80, MX240, MX480 Juniper Routers.
• Hands on experiences with EX2200, EX3200 Juniper switches and with SRX100, SRX210, SRX 1400 and SRX 1400 Juniper Firewalls.
• Experience in skillful deployment of Layer-2 technologies like VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, Inter-VLAN routing, VLAN Trunking, Ether Channels, VLAN access-maps and port security.
• Experience with working on latest Cisco switches like Nexus 2000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 series switches while implementing advanced features like VDC, VPC, OTV and Fabric Path.
• Profound knowledge in deploying routing protocols like OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIP, policy based routing on Cisco routers.
• Experience configuring Brocade devices for network monitoring and for carrier caching.
• Managed application delivery controller for next-generation data centers using Brocade Serveriron ADX 1000 and 4000 switches.
• Knowledge gained by working on Cisco firewall technologies like ASA 5580, AAA with Cisco ACS.
• Expertise in configuring of SSH, TFTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP and Syslog.
• Experienced in configuring and implementing load balancers like F5 BIG-IP LTM, GTM series like 3900, 6900, 8900 and Cisco CSM.
• Worked on T1/E1/T3 technologies and different LAN & WAN technologies.
• Expertise in configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols and deployment of OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, IP Multicast and Policy routing over Cisco Routers.
• Possess strong network troubleshooting, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient in using MS Office- Visio, Excel, Word for documentation.
• Testing different platforms using different version of codes.
• Excellent inter-personal skills with an ability to work in a team of large members and also with minimum supervision necessary.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers: Cisco 1900, 2600, 2800, 2900, 3600, 3800, 3900, 7200, 7600

Switches: Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500 & Nexus 2000, 5000, 6000 and 7000

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP, PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, Static routing.

Switching Protocols: VLANs, Dot1Q, VTP, STP, RSTP, VLAN Maps, HSRP, GLBP, CEF, DCEF, Port Security, Nexus OTV and Fabric path.

LAN/WAN Technologies: Ethernet, Frame relay, HDLC, PPP, T1, T3, OC Standard, DSL, ISDN.

Protocols: IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, NAT, DHCP, SNMP, IPSEC, SSL, HTTP, SSH, DNS, PAT

Firewalls & Load Balancers: Cisco ASA 5540 series, IPSEC and SSL VPN, HTTP, IPS/IDS, IOS Firewall features, DMZ set up, F-5 LTM (3900, and 6400).

Brocade Serveriron ADX: 1000, 4000 and 10000 Switches.

Monitoring and Configuration Tools: CA Spectrum, Wireshark, Solar Winds, GNS3, Tera Term and Putty.

Operating Systems: Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8.1/10), Window 2003/2008, HP Blead Server

Other Tools: Oracle VM Virtual Box, VM Workstation, Team Viewer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Providence, RI

Responsibilities:

• As part of data center refresh project, I performed migration from Cat 6513 Switches with Sup 720 and WS-X6148A-45AF Line cards of version Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SXI2 to Nexus 7009 and 7018 Switches with Nexus 7000 Sup2E, N7K-F312FQ-25 F3,N7K-M206FQ-23L M2 line cards of version NX-OS Release 5.2(1), Nexus 5548UP Switch and Nexus 2232TM-E Switches.
• Also performed Dual-homing on nexus based platforms using the feature VPC and also managed to do Virtualization on the nexus platforms using the feature VDC and also maintained VRF’s in those VDC’s.
• Used Fabric Extenders like 2248TP GE series for the top of the rack solution and used 5548P for the end of the row solution.
• Performed OTV to extend L2 VLANs between data centers over IP on Nexus 7018 switches using DATA CENTER Interconnect and underlying MPLS network.
• Performed FABRIC PATH to enable L2 routing in Data Center’s for providing stability and scalability on F1 and F2 module cards.
• Configured OSPF and BGP for communication between the data center and WAN.
• Designed and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers & FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5500 Firewalls.
• Implemented firewall policies on Cisco ASA.
• Applied ACLs for Internet access to the servers using Cisco 5550 ASA firewall.
• Performed load balancing and application level redundancy by deploying F5 BIG-IP LTM 3900.
• Provided VPN services to site-to-site and, Remote access VPNs using IPSec and GRE tunneling mechanisms.
• Worked on troubleshooting, installing and configuring Brocade Serveriron products.
• Experienced in brocade application delivery controllers for next generation data centres using Brocade serveriron ADX 1000, 4000 and 10000 switches.
• Worked on design and implementation of distribution frames(IDF/MDF) over copper, data, fiber & voice
• Design of Main Distribution Frames(MDFs) in a data center environment to connect inside to outside of network to work as a termination point for WAN links and to test both directions.
• Designed and deployed Intermediate Distribution Frames (IDFs) to connect end users, workgroup switches and local resources for network access. Configured connections from IDFs to MDF.
• Performed network administration tasks such as creation and management of VLANS, Port security, Trunking, RPVST+, Inter-VLAN routing, and LAN security.
• Configured policy statements, and routing instances.

Network Engineer

Confidential, New York

Responsibilities:

• Migrating Cisco catalyst switches with the new Nexus switches.
• Involved in migration of cisco switches like Catalyst 6509, Catalyst 4506, Catalyst 3560, Catalyst 2950 to Nexus 5k & 2k switching infrastructure with Nexus 56128P, 2232PP, 2248TP.
• Mapping old switch ports using Netbrain tool and also physical trace of the cables.
• Documentation of each old switch port with their end system’s application name, host name, application owner, ip address, dns, port speed and duplex, vlan and checkout resources from server team.
• Staging the new nexus devices and configured the new nexus 56128P switches with redundancy.
• Configured and deployed VPC between Nexus 7010 and Nexus 56128P.
• Installation of new cables for new nexus switching infrastructure with CAT 6 copper cables, OM3 and OM4 Multimode fiber cables, TwinAX Cables.
• Configured and deployed Juniper SRX security platforms like SRX100, SRX210 and SRX 1400.
• Worked on configuring and troubleshooting MX5, MX10, MX40, MX80, MX240, MX480 Juniper Routers and EX2200, EX3200 Juniper switches.
• Configured and deployed BIG-IP LTM 6400 for providing application redundancy and load balancing.
• Provided VPN services to site-to-site and configured client less SSL VPN on Cisco ASA 5550 and IPSec VPN on PA 5050.
• Configure IPSEC VPN tunnels over backup Internet connections for increased availability.
• Performed network administration tasks such as creation and management of VLANS, Port security, Trunking, RPVST+, Inter-VLAN routing, and LAN security on 6500 and 6807-XL switches and 7200 series routers.
• Performed Network Security Assessment and implemented security features such as network filtering, SSH, AAA, SNMP access lists, VTY access lists, EIGRP MD5 authentication, and HSRP authentication.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, LAN/WAN, Switch/Routing protocols
• Troubleshooting complex LAN /WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF.
• Configured Access-lists, Distribution-lists, Offset-lists and Route Redistribution.
• Configured Ether channels, Trunks, Vlans, HSRP in a LAN environment. Configured STP for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.
• Configured PVSTP+ for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.
• Implemented port aggregation & link negotiation using LACP and PAGP.
• Involved in design, implementation and configuration of HSRP for load balancing on L3 switches on different location of office on the switched network.
• Responsible for performing administration on OSPF routing protocols. Implemented route redistribution between OSPF and EIGRP.
• 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.
• Worked on installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN (ISDN, Frame relay, NAT, DHCP, TCP/IP). Configured STP for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.
• Configured Access List (Standard, Extended, and Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.
• Done troubleshooting of TCP/IP problems and connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment.
• Worked on network-based IT systems such as racking, stacking, and cabling.