SUMMARY

• Network Engineer with 7+ years of experience in the industry, which includes expertise in the areas of Routing, Switching and Firewall.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, troubleshooting, configuring of Cisco ASR, 7200, 3900, 3800, 2900, 2800, and 1800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 2950 and 3500XL series switches.
• Hands on experience working with Cisco Nexus 7K, 5K & 2K Switches.
• Expert level knowledge of troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP ability to interpret and resolve complex route table problems.
• Implementation traffic filters on Cisco routes using Standard, extended Access list.
• In - depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.
• Experience with Cisco Wireless infrastructure planning, deployment and troubleshooting.
• Worked on NXOS, IOS, and IOS-XR and N7K-NXOS.
• Experience in Cisco ASA Firewall deployment, maintenance and troubleshooting including implementing adding, removing and editing firewall policies and rules as per requirement.
• Experience in F5 Load balancers.
• Excellent knowledge in providing traffic management solutions using F5 Viprion Systems.
• Experience in providing traffic management solutions.
• Experience deploying BIG-IP F5LTM Load Balancers for load balancing and traffic management of business application.
• Network Design Engineer/Network Design Engineer - Switching/Routing, Juniper Firewall, Local Area Networks, Network Standards
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Design Voice solutions for business applications and infrastructure technology.
• Voice network planning, design, and standard configurations.
• Cost benefits analysis of voice network solutions as they apply to business objectives.
• Design, Install, Configure, Maintain, and troubleshoot VOIP (SIP) servers, infrastructure, and applications
• Work internally with client departments to meet the needs in planning, designing, building, and managing the VOIP network
• Configure and Deploy VOIP servers, hardware, applications, and monitoring tools
• Evaluate and Certify SIP PBX equipment and software
• Strong knowledge with Nexus 5K’s, Cisco UCS and Cisco 1000v’s.
• Provide direct day to day support for various technologies such as: WAN technologies (MPLS, MetroE, etc.), Data Center infrastructure (VLANs, trunks, teaming, L2 & L3, etc.), Campus switching, Load Balancer and Virtualization, Routing protocol support (BGP, IEGRP & OSPF), VPN technology support, VoIP communications and infrastructure, enterprise wireless, RADIUS services, enterprise DNS / DHCP and other various enterprise technologies and services.
• Experience in working with Windows power shell scripting to maintain and administrating server environments.
• Experience in configuring HSRP and redistribution between routing protocols troubleshooting them.
• Experience on Virtual Private Network (VPN) for operating Network and Data Center.
• Experience with Internet/Intranet Networking Protocols and Services
• Implementation of HSRP, VRRP and GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Excellent qualities such as Teamwork, Negotiation, Analysis and Communication.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Networking Technologies: LAN/WAN Architecture, TCP/IP, VLAN, VTP, NAT, STP, DHCP, DNS, IPsec, VPN, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP.

Routing Protocols: OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, RIP, MPLS, IS-IS, BGP, Multicasting

Voice Protocols: MGCP, H.323, SIP

Network Monitoring: Cisco Works 2000, Wire Shark, SolarWinds

Operating Systems: Windows 7, Linux, Cisco IOS, IOS XR

Routers: CISCO 7500, 7200, 4000, 3700, 3600, 2800, 2600 Juniper M & T Series

Switches: CISCO 6500, 5000, 4500, 3550, 3524, 2900, Nexus 7k,5k,2k

Programming Languages: Python, C, C++

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, MA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in complete LAN, WAN development (including IP address planning, designing, installation, configuration, testing, maintenance etc.).
• Experience in deployment of Nexus 7010, 5548, 2148T, 2248 devices
• Experience working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Installation and maintenance of Cisco Layer 3 switches 3750, 4500X, 6500 in multi VLAN environment.
• Maintenance and configuration of Cisco ASR1000 series and 7200VXR routers at data center and deployment of 3900, 3800, 2951 and 2821 for branch connectivity.
• Experience with upgrading firmware of Cisco UCS, Cisco and Nexus switches in a virtual environment.
• Support fully virtualized production data centers using Cisco UCS environments
• Working on Cisco 6509 and 4507 series switches for LAN requirements
• Configuration, installation and troubleshooting of Juniper SRX 650s and SSG-550Ms
• Involved in migration from Site-to-site GRE tunnels network to MPLS-based VPN for customer's WAN infrastructure.
• UCS Operational Validation & Troubleshooting
• Involved in Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANS's, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter VLAN routing, LAN security etc.
• Configured BGP, EIGRP and OSPF and Policy based Routing.
• Design Voice solutions for business applications and infrastructure technology.
• Design, Install, Configure, Maintain, and troubleshoot VOIP (SIP) servers, infrastructure, and applications.
• Participated in the deployment of QoS in the network focusing mainly on VoIP services in the network.
• Configure and Deploy VOIP servers, hardware, applications, and monitoring tools
• Provide Tier II Load Balancer expertise on F5 BigIP Local Traffic Managers (LTM).
• Designing F5 solutions/support for migration work of applications and websites from Cisco CSS Load Balancers to the F5 BigIP Load Balancers.
• Once trouble ticket has been created keep customer informed of status of ticket and estimated time to repair.
• Coordinating with service providers for WAN link outages.
• Used load balancers ACE and load balancing technique with multiple components for efficient performance and to increase reliability through redundancy.
• Used Network monitoring tools to ensure network connectivity and Protocol analysis tools to assess and pinpoint networking issues causing service disruption.
• Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.
• Managed the F5 BigIP GTM/LTM appliances to include writing iRules, SSL offload and everyday task of creating WIP and VIPs.
• Other responsibilities included documentation and supporting other teams.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Install and configure cisco routers, switches and firewalls of various models. Upgrade codes, IOS, and patches for different network devices.
• Performed TCP/IP networking based administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, Trunking, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation and port security
• Configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: Static, OSPF and EIGRP and BGP.
• Troubleshooting LAN and WAN problems, Application working slow problems.
• Configuring network devices for TACACS+, Syslog, SNMP, DHCP and DNS.
• Configuration of 2500, 4000 series Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers for access points.
• Planning the placement of wireless access points and maintaining wireless devices to provide seamless connectivity.
• Backing up and upgrading Cisco IOS using TFTP server
• Monitor/maintain network connectivity & traffic using network monitoring tools to ensure optimal performance
• Responsible for researching new technology directions and making recommendations for improving the reliability & functionality of LAN & WAN.
• Prepare Design documents Visio diagrams & Implementation plan for all projects on network environment
• Monitor network performance, trouble shoot using Solar winds
• Documentation: MS Word, PowerPoint and vision to maintaining core, logical and rack diagram.
• Monitoring base line of traffic to analyze growth or find out any issues on the network.
• Monitoring syslog to troubleshoot different Network Alerts.

Confidential, AZ

Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Experience with migrating from OSPF to BGP WAN Routing protocol.
• Network Redesign for Small Office/Campus Locations. This includes changes to both the voice and data environment.
• Working with Cisco Catalyst/Nexus/UCS/MDS, and F5’s including ASM’s
• Installation and Configuration of Cisco Catalyst switches 6509, 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.
• Support ongoing efforts in defining best practice policies for Juniper product applications used by Customer
• Experience with setting up MPLS Layer 3 VPN cloud in data center.
• Experience in communicating with different customers, IT teams in gathering the details for the project.
• Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA Firewalls, and MPLS switching for stable VPNs.
• Redesign of Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting bandwidth requirements.
• Configured HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, and VLAN trucking 802.1Q on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.
• Design Voice solutions for business applications and infrastructure technology.
• Configured routers/ firewalls to allow voice and video traffic priority (QoS)
• Voice network planning, design, and standard configurations.
• Cost benefits analysis of voice network solutions as they apply to business objectives.
• Configure and Deploy VOIP servers, hardware, applications, and monitoring tools
• Evaluate and Certify SIP PBX equipment and software
• Provide direct day to day support for various technologies such as: WAN technologies (MPLS, Metro Ethernet, etc.), Data Center infrastructure (VLANs, trunks, teaming, L2 & L3, etc.), Campus switching, Load Balancer and Virtualization, Routing protocol support (BGP, IEGRP & OSPF), VPN technology support, VoIP communications and infrastructure, enterprise wireless, RADIUS services, enterprise DNS / DHCP and other various enterprise technologies and services

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of Access List ACL (Std., Ext, Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.
• Perform routine network maintenance checks as well as configure and manage printers, copiers, and other miscellaneous network equipment.
• Configuring of IP Allocation and sub netting for all applications and servers and other needs throughout company.
• Troubleshot the issues related to routing protocols.
• Installing operating systems, software and hardware on computers.
• Assisting Junior and Senior Engineers, on-site management of cable-wiring technicians
• Troubleshot problems on a day-to-day basis and documented every issue to share it with design teams.
• Worked with Network Design and implementation teams on various projects across related to Brach, Campus and Data Center.
• Implemented and maintained various WAN equipment such as Cisco 2800, 3800 and 7200 routers, ASR 1006.
• Experience working with Cisco 3750, 4948, 2811, 2600, 7200, 6500, series switches. Designing and deployment of Partner IPSEC VPN tunnels.
• Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP. Configured IP access filter policies.
• Deploying and decommissioning Cisco switches and their respective software upgrades.
• Experience with manipulating various BGP attributes such as Local Preference, MED, Extended Communities, Route-Reflector clusters, Route-maps and route policy implementation.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010
• Experience with converting Cisco 6500 IOS to Cisco Nexus NX-OS in the data center environment.
• Configured CIDR RIP and OSPF routing.
• Performed Break Fix support through driving to different buildings, identifying the root cause of the hardware issues with switches, routers.
• Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc.
• Performing troubleshooting on slow network connectivity issues, routing issues that involves OSPF, BGP and identifying the root cause of the issues.
• Configure Corporate, Wireless and Lab Devices which including Bandwidth Upgrade, Adding New Devices, Decommissioning the Devices.
• Troubleshoot the Network Issues onsite and remotely depending on the severity of the issues.
• Installed, configured and maintain with the latest updates on the 3700, 3800, 7200 and 7600 Cisco Routers and 2960, 3750, 3560, 6500 Switches.
• Configuring all the end ports as access ports using port fast and implementing BPDU guard.
• Monitoring the network, troubleshooting network problems, implementing changes, provided Cisco IOS.
• Upgrades and backups of Cisco router configuration files to a TFTP server.