SUMMARY

• CCNA, CCNP, JUNIPER and AWS CERTIFIED professional with Over 8 years of experience in network design, implementation, and support. Routing, switching, firewall technologies, system design, implementation and troubleshooting of complex network systems.
• Extensive experience in configuring and troubleshooting of protocols RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and MPLS.
• Extensive knowledge with VLAN’s, Trunking, RSTP, SNMP, Ether Channels, HSRP, Port Security, ACL’s, QoS, Traffic Policing, Shaping, EIGRP, OSPF, NAT, PAT, Inspections, VPN’s, DHCP, WireShark etc
• Expertise in configuring and troubleshooting of Palo Alto, Juniper NetScreen & SRX Firewalls and their implementation
• Extensive Working Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Junos & Nexus (9k, 7K, 5K&2K).
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, VLAN, Ether Channel, STP and RSTP.
• Strong hands on experience on PIX (506, 515, 525, 535), ASA (5505/5510) Firewalls. Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS).
• Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Experience in testing Cisco routers and switches in laboratory and deploy them on site production.
• Hands of experience on AWS (Amazon Web Services).
• Expertise on complex Checkpoint, Cisco ASA & Palo Alto firewalls Environment.
• Has experience in working on cloudAWScloud EC2, S3, RDS, Load Balancer, Auto Scaling withAWScommand line interface andAWSpython SDK.
• Experience with convertCheckpointVPN rules over to theCiscoASAsolution. Migration with bothCheckpointandCiscoASAVPN experience.
• Systems integration projects included Routers, Switches, Load balancers, DNS Servers, Firewalls, Virtualized servers, Multimedia, Remote Access, Wireless, Proxy servers, File Servers, Main Frames,multicastnetworks and much more
• Experience in physical cabling, IP addressing and subnetting with VLSM, configuring and supporting TCP/IP, DNS, installing and configuring proxies.
• Experienced in Cisco and Juniper design and implementation projects. Specific tasks include Integrated, Integrations, configurations, support and maintenance of routers and switches.
• Designed, configured and implemented LAN/WAN/Wirelessnetworksin 30 remote offices domestic and globally consisting of Cisco 4510R - E and 3850X Core switches, Cisco 2921 WAN router,Aruba Mobilitycontroller, and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Well experienced in configuring HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, PPP, PAP, CHAP and SNMP.
• Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 7600, 3700 series, 6500 series) Cisco Routers (4800, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2900, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper Routers (J, M and MX-series)
• Experienced in Administrating and diagnostics of LAN and WAN with in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, NAT, PPP, ISDN and associates network protocols and services.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Sub netting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls.
• Experience in site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions.
• Multicastrouting/switching, Rosen draft, mLDP, IPTV solutions
• Hands on Knowledge/experience on F5 load balancers, its methods, implementation and troubleshooting on LTMs GTMs and ASMs
• Worked extensively on Palo Alto, Juniper Net screen and SRX Firewalls.
• Provided services in many industries such as Consulting, Telecommunications and IT Infrastructure. Specializing in LAN, WAN, WLAN, and Data Center networks
• Experience with design and deployment of MPLS Layer 3 VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, MPLS QOS.
• Deployed 6ArubaRAP controllers (Remote Access Points) in the DMZ to provide direct secure connection from remote locations to corporate LAN.
• Worked with team to implement NAC solution onArubawireless and LAN.
• Extensive experience in configuring Layer3 routing and layer2/3 switching of Juniper & Cisco based J2320,MX,EX,2950,2960,3600,3750,4500,6500,1700,1800,2600 and 3700 series routers & Switches.
• Troubleshooting & implementation of Vlan, STP, MSTP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1Q, DTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, LACP, PAGP, AAA, TACACS, RADIUS, MD5, VTP & SVI.
• Proficient in setting up IT infrastructure including wide area networks (WAN) local area networks (LAN), security management systems network device administration.
• Experience working with Cisco IOS-XR on the ASR9000 devices for MPLS deployments
• Experience working with ARISTA switches like 7100, 7500 for cloud computing, datacenter and low latency networks
• IOS/JUNOS upgrade for Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches.
• Experience in testing Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches in laboratory scenarios and deploy on site for production.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently or as an integral part of a team and committed to highest levels of professional.
• Experience with Change management process and Project documentation tools like Excel and VISIO.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Protocols & Standards: LAN, WAN, WLAN, VRF, VDC, TCP/IP, NAT, PAT, MPLS, GETVPN, GDOI, DMVPN, IPv4, IPv6, VPN,L2TP, IPSec / ISAKMP, IKE, VoIP, VSS, OSPF, OSPFv3, EIGRP, BGPv4, VLANs, ACLs, Layer 3, Switching, HSRP, GLBP, AWS, VRRP, QoS, TACACS+, RADIUS, 802.1X, PKI, LDAP, POE

Cisco Platforms: Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K, 2K & 1K, Cisco routers (7600,7200, 3900, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series) & Cisco Catalyst switches (6500, 4900, 3750, 3500, 4500, 2900 series) Huawei AR Series Routers

Juniper Platforms: M, J and MX Series Routers

Firewall: Cisco ASA/PIX/FWSM, Checkpoint (IP Series/NGX R65/IPSO), Palo Alto, Juniper NetScreen and Juniper SRX

Load Balancers: F5 Networks (Big-IP/IQ)

Network Tools: IBM ITNM, Splunk, StealthWatch, Solarwinds, SNMP, CiscoWorks, Wireshark

WAN technologies: Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM, MPLS, leased lines & exposure to PPP, DS1, DS3, OC3, T1 /T3 & SONET

LAN technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, & 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Port- channel, VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, 802.1Q

Networking Protocols: RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, MULTICAST, BGP, STP, RSTP, VLANs, VTP, PAGP, LACP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, TACACS+, Radius, AAA

Security Protocols: IKE, IPSEC, SSL-VPN

Operating System: Windows 7/XP, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Unix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Deer Field, IL

Senior Network / Security Technical Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible in Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Configuring, testing, troubleshooting multiple vendor device platforms like Cisco routing and switching: Cisco ASR9010, ASR901, ASR903, Catalyst Cisco 7609, 2960, and Juniper routing and switching devices: MX960, MX 480 and SRX5200, ACX2200, ALU service aggregation router 7705 and 7750 service router.
• Networking includes rebuilding existingmulticastnetwork infrastructures. Technologies included Cisco Routers,Nexusswitches, Juniper FWs, BGP, EIGRP, sparse mode multicasting, MSDP and IP PIM Anycast.
• Security policy review and configuration in Palo Alto and Juniper SRX Firewall in Datacenter.
• Troubleshooting of CISCO routers like ping, trace route and basic issues.
• Configured Splunk onAWSVPC that collects and indexes log messages, analyses them to deliver real time operational intelligence anywhere across the organization
• Ensuring connectivity and communication among networks, servers and clients inside and outside department.
• This global role helped expand my expertise into other areas such as Cisco UCS, Checkpoint Firewalls, Cisco ASA, and VMware NSX.
• Migration from Cisco to Palo Alto firewall & Cisco to Checkpoint firewall.
• Troubleshoot of LAN, WAN networking issues using Wireshark,Netflowand other advanced tools and methodologies.
• Support Checkpoint firewall and Provider 1 versions of R55, R65, R70, SPLAT, and VSX.
• Monitor and configure Alta Vista, Check Point, Cisco firewalls and IDS, and F5 Load Balancers.
• Responsible for all Cisco, Juniper,Aruba, and telecommunications contracts and maintenance agreements.
• Resolved downed backup VPN tunnels giving visibility to potential ISP out stages usingNetflowAnalyzers.
• Designed, Installed and configuredArubaWirelessnetworkin an HA environment using AGN 125 accesspoints with 802.1X authentication.
• Responsible for distributed applications across hybrid AWS and physical data centers.
• Configuredmulticastgroups and QoS.
• Creating and testing Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA Firewalls for stable VPNs.
• Design and Implementmulticastin networks
• Installed controller and light weight access point coordination with JTAC.
• Maintenance and trouble-shooting of LAN, WAN, IP Routing, Multi layers Switching.
• IOS upgrade for Cisco routers & switches.
• Responsible for DNS, and TCP/IP support.
• Integrated, Integration and trouble-shooting of routing protocols like static and dynamic.
• Implemented site to site VPN in Juniper SRX as per customer.
• Configuring & managing around 500+ Network &Security Devices that includes Cisco Routers & Switches, Nexus Switches, Juniper and Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 Big IP Load balancers, Blue Coat Proxies and Riverbed WAN Optimizers.
• Installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 7600, 3700 series, 6500 series) Cisco Routers (4800, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2900, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Operations and management of company LAN, WAN, and wireless networks, including routers, switches, Access Points, Firewalls and other network i.e. Riverbed, Bluecoat, F5 LTM/GTM/ASM.
• Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
• Re-designed and implemented in-house network to support VoIP andmulticasttraffic
• Designed and maintained the VLAN architecture, IP address scheme,securityarchitecture, securitypolicies, OS hardening, ADS architecture, and DNS Name Space across a Globally dispersed infrastructure. Implemented various EX, SRX & J series Juniper devices.
• Maintain high level Run manuals and SOP's on each project implemented includingArubawireless, Ciscoswitches, and firewall solution.
• Procured, installed, configured, and maintained Cisco switches, Cisco routers,ASA/PIX firewalls,CheckpointFirewalls(on Sun Solaris hardware),f5Big IP Load balancers, Nortel VPN Hardware, Avaya Firewall/VPN Hardware, and Dell Windows 2000/2003 Servers.
• Regular upgrade and maintenance of Infrastructure including Cisco Router and Switches, Juniper Routers and Firewalls, Nexus 9k,7k,5k & 2k, f5 BIG IP/IQ, Palo Alto Firewalls, BlueCoat Proxy and Riverbed Steelhead appliances.
• Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.
• Create and maintain documentation and Visio diagrams as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and service records.
• Ensure network connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, fax machines, and other network appliances.
• Experience with Virtualization technologies like Installing, Configuring and administering VMware and created and managed VMs (virtual server) and also involved in the maintenance of the virtual server.
• Improved network capabilities and reliability by evaluating, testing, purchasing, and implementing new SONET, SDH, DWDM, IP/MPLS, Ethernet, and wireless technologies
• Practice network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information.

Environment: Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Juniper Routers, Juniper Switches, Nexus 9k/7k/5k/2k Routing protocols, Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Aruba, F5, Load Balancer, AWS, BlueCoat, HSRP, VRRP, IPSEC VPN, VPN, QOS, ASA firewall, Load balancer, SONET, Multicast, MPLS, VLANS, VTP, RSTP, ACL, NAT, IDS/IPS, SIP, RTP, RADIUS, TACACS+, Juniper SRX, ASR 9000, Catalyst 6500, CRS, Cisco ASR Firewall.

Confidential, Providence, RI

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in Integration, configuration and maintenance of Cisco Router, Catalyst Switches and Firewalls.
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Juniper M and MX series Routers.
• Datacenter upgraded from C6500s to Nexus 7k/5k/2k, double-VPC between distribution and access, single-VPC to servers
• Responsible for all routing, switching, VPN, network security, and server load balancing.
• Using PBR with Route Maps for route manipulation/filtering. Troubleshooting routing issues like suboptimal routing and asymmetric routing.
• Have created lot of site to site IPSEC VPN tunnel with Checkpoint, Juniper Netscreen firewalls and Cisco ASA firewalls.
• Monitored regular tasks like traffic, applications, routers, switches, firewall, attacks, protocols, QoS and other reports and activities onNetflowAnalyzer.
• Very good Experience in using and maintaining various network monitoring tools like Solarwinds, Fluke, Splunk.
• Troubleshoot firewall and network issues using CLI for all devices managed as well as using GUIs such as: Juniper NSM, Checkpoint Smartview Tracker, and Lucent Brick LSMS.
• Performed performance testing of IPMulticastand Class of Service over the Service Provider network using Spirent SmartBits test equipment
• Configuring various advanced features (Profiles, monitors, iRules, Redundancy, SSL Termination, Persistence, SNATs, HA on F5 BIGIP appliances SSL termination and initiation, Persistence, Digital Certificates, executed various migration/upgrade projects across F5 and hands on with F5 BIGIP LTMs/EM.
• Configured PPP, HDLC, BGPv4, EIGRP, MPLS and OSPF routing.
• Configured CIDR, IP, RIP, PPP, BGP and OSPF routing.
• Implemented SNMP on Cisco routes to allow for network management. Completed the installation and Configuration of CSU/DSU, T1, T3 & OC3 circuits
• Improved network capabilities and reliability by evaluating, testing, purchasing, and implementing new SONET, SDH, DWDM, IP/MPLS, Ethernet, and wireless technologies
• Configured Juniper MX480s, EX8200s, EX4500s, EX4200s, from scratch to match design.
• Has a good experience working with the Trouble Tickets on F5 Load balancers on LTM module
• Switch experience includes Cisco Catalyst switches: CISCO 3750, 4500, 6500 series switches.
• Configuration and maintenance of OSPF protocol which was the enterprise IGP. Configuration included deploying of new branch locations or new network devices in the existing infrastructure. Creating Stub Areas & configuring Summarization for effective Routing.
• Provided technical support for full setup, debugged the problems of OSPF, switching and HSRP.
• Implemented and used SDM to configure Cisco IOS security features and network connection.
• Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA Firewalls for stable VPNs.
• Monitored and troubleshoot WLAN, LAN infrastructure.
• Configured Object Grouping, Protocol Handling and Code up gradation on ASA Firewalls.
• Implementation and maintained intrusion detection/ prevention (IDS/IPS) system to protect enterprise network and sensitive corporate data. For Fine-tuning of TCP and UDP enabled IDS/IPS signatures in Firewall.
• Made a Couple of Cleanup Configurations on the Cisco ASR.
• Implemented, reviewed and approved the MOP's of every task created.
• Created a L2L tunnel for the Billing Access between Cisco ASA's.
• Configuration the access-list rules, network object-service group based on well-known port the port i.e. FTP/SFTP, SSH, HTTPS/HTTPS (SSL) and etc
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANs, VTP and configuring and maintaining multi VLAN environment and inter-VLAN routing on Fast-Ethernet channel.
• Worked with different vendors and implement Site-to-Site VPNs over the Internet.
• Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• Security policy review and configuration in Palo Alto and Juniper SRX Firewall in US offices and Datacenter.
• Working knowledge of the UNIX and CLI based command to implement the networking tools.
• Configured and monitored Firewall logging, DMZ’s and related security policies.
• Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches, fixes, and all around technical support of 24*7.
• Configuration of ACLs in Cisco 5540 series ASA firewall for Internet Access requests for servers in LAN and DMZ and also for special user requests as authorized by management.
• Involved in L2/L3 Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-Vlan routing, LAN security.
• Implementing, configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols such as OSPF (v3, v2), RIPv2, BGPv4, EIGRP, HSRP, GLBP and MPLS

Environment: Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Juniper Routers, Juniper Switches, Nexus 7k/5k/2k Routing protocols, Palo Alto,ArubaControllers 6000, 3600, 3400,650 Checkpoint, F5, Load Balancer, BlueCoat, HSRP, VRRP, IPSEC VPN, VPN, QOS, ASA firewall, Load balancer, SONET, Multicast, MPLS, VLANS, VTP, RSTP, ACL, NAT, IDS/IPS, SIP, RTP, RADIUS, TACACS+, Juniper SRX, ASR 9000, Catalyst 6500, CRS, Cisco ASR Firewall, UNIX, Solarwinds, Fluke, Splunk.

Confidential, Warren, NJ

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring various advanced features (Profiles, monitors, iRules, Redundancy, SSL Termination, Persistence, SNATs, HA on F5 BIGIP appliances SSL termination and initiation, Persistence, Digital Certificates, Executed various migration/upgrade projects across F5 and hands on with F5 BIGIP LTMs/EM.
• Regular upgrade and maintenance of Infrastructure, Installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 7600, 3700 series, 6500 series) Cisco Routers (4800, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2900, 1800, 1700, 800) Cisco Router and Switches, Juniper Routers and Firewalls, Nexus 7k,5k & 2k, f5 BIG IP, Palo Alto Firewalls, BlueCoat Proxy and Riverbed Steelhead appliances
• Configuring various BGP attributes such as Local Preference, MED, Extended Communities, Route-Reflector clusters, Route-maps and route policy implementation.
• Deployed the Nexus 7000/5000/2000 architecture into production securing competitive advantage across multiple verticals.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Juniper security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATTing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Converting CatOS to Cisco IOS Config Conversion on distribution layer switches
• Convert Branch WAN links from TDM circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPsec/GRE to Get VPN.
• Worked on Cisco Routers, Active /Passive Hubs, Switches, Cisco PIX Firewall, Nortel VPN Concentrators TCP/IP, NAT and Checkpoint ESX/GSX firewall.
• Handling Complaints for Intranet and Extranet over MPLS backbone. Checking the connectivity between different locations.
• Installed doors on Cisco ASR9010s that do not currently have them.
• Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which involves new wan links.
• Planning, Designing and assisting in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA.
• Involved in Configuration of Access lists (ACL) on Juniper and Palo Alto firewall for the proper network routing for the B2Bnetwork connectivity.
• Switching technologies like VLAN, Inter-VLAN Routing, Ether-channel, VTP, MLS, HSRP, VRRP, UDLD, Spanning Tree Protocol 802.1d, 802.1s and 802.1w.
• Experience of IP/MPLS/Optical Transmission network for access transport & back haul network to facilitate 2/3/4G Network.
• Multisite distributed ISE 2.0 (10 VM nodes) Design, Implement, Configure, Planned and migrated ACS existing configured devices like WLC, Radius, Tacacs+,802.1x, Guest portal, posture policies and VPN authentication
• Experience in design and troubleshoot of WLAN.
• Understanding of mobile backhaul network on IP, Ethernet, ATM, PW & TDM.
• Knowledge of BTS/ BSC/ NB/ RNC integration on IP network, MPBN integration with SGSN/GGSN including the interfaces like Gi/Gn/Gb/Iub/Gy/Gx/IuPS/IuCS
• Understanding of 2/3G services and traffic flow.
• Troubleshooting and management Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Redback and Extreme devices.
• Troubleshooting and management of NetScreen and SRX Firewalls.

Environment: Nexus 7K, 6K, 5K, 2K; 4500, 6500 VSS pairs; Cisco IOS, Arista switches; Cisco IOS & IOS-XE routers; ASA, Checkpoint and Juniper Firewalls; F5, Cisco aACE load balancers; Cisco UCS, Dell, HP Chassis; Linux, Python 2, BASH, VMware.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Migration of RIP V2 to OSPF, BGP routing protocols.
• Configured EIGRP for Lab Environment.
• Implemented ISL and 802.1Q for communicating through VTP.
• Working with Client teams to find out requirements for their Network Requirements.
• Designing solutions for frozen requirements using Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Deploying the network infrastructure to meet the requirements.
• Created VLAN and Inter-Vlan routing with Multilayer Switching.
• Documenting and Log analyzing the Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck.
• Performed administrative support for RIP, OSPF routing protocol.
• Maintained redundancy on Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 routers with HSRP.
• Real time monitoring and network management using Cisco Works LMS.
• Provided technical support on hardware and software related issues to remote production sites.

Environment: Cisco Nexus switches 7010, 5020, 2248, VPCs, VDCs, Cisco 7200, 3600, 2600 routers, ASA 5505, 5510, 5515, SRX 220, 1400 Firewalls, AAA servers, Palo Alto, Juniper, GLBP Load balancing, Cisco GSR 7600, MPLS, PPP Multilink, IPsec, Cisco WAAS, site-to-site VPN.