SUMMARY

• More than 6+ year of experience in Technical Support, System and Network Administration, Developing and testing software.
• Extensive hands - on experience in IPnetwork design, networkintegration, deployment and troubleshooting.
• Design and Implementation of IP Routing Protocols like RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP and BGP on CISCO Routers, using LAN Technologies like Ethernet.
• Worked on Cisco 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800 series Router andCisco 2900, 3500,4500, 5500, 6500, series switches.
• Extensive hands-on experience with complex routed LAN and WAN networks,routers and switches.
• Hands-on experience with Ether Channel, Spanning Tree, Trunking, ACLs, Syslog.
• Hands-on configuration and experience in setting up Cisco routers to perform functions at the Access, Distribution, and Core layers.
• Working experience with VPNs, DHCP servers, Access-Lists and tunnel installations.
• Proficiency in configuration of VLAN setup with 802.1q, VTP, STP and RSTP (802.1W) on variousCiscoRouters and Switches.
• Proficient with TCP and IP addressing and IP Sub-netting.
• Experienced in trouble-shooting both connectivity issues and hardware problems on Cisco based networks.
• Enhanced level of experience with OSPF, BGP and TCP/IP.
• Excellent leadership with good written and oral communication.
• Great team player and able to work under pressure. 24x7 duty rotation.
• Good System Administration knowledge, experience working with AAA servers.
• Ability to configure switches and routers to implement Access Control Lists and NAT.
• Securing the small/medium sized network by configuring the firewalls on routers, switches and disabling unused ports and services.
• Experienced in evaluating security of a system/network using tools like Packet Tracer, Wireshark.
• Proficiency with programming languages like C and C#.
• Experience in installation, troubleshooting, updating, and maintenance of Windows systems.
• Experienced in performing administrative tasks like user access setup and remote access in Windows environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers: (1800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800 )

Cisco Switches: (2900, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5500, 6500).

Routing Protocol: (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IGRP, RIP, IS-IS), Routed Protocol TCP/IP.

Management tools: SNMP, Syslog, Sniffer, Cisco Works, Wireshark.

MPLS VPN Service: VRF VPN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Minneapolis, MN

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the WAN Utilization (Maximo Clocking Issue) using Netvoyant and suggest some recommendations to reduce the Utilization, Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
• HPNA: Adding, deleting and changing Policies. Importing and exporting Policies.
• Preparing Cut Sheets for Wireless Team using the IP Angry Scanner and AP’s.
• Extensively worked on Cisco PSIRT stuff get-ride or mitigate the vulnerabilities.
• Extensively worked on Cisco PE&O stuff where best cisco network performance practices are analyzed and applied to the devices.
• Decommissioning of Vendor circuits and return the equipment accordingly.
• Extensively worked on Vendors both U.S. and Canada by participating in the network design, implement the design in lab environment, order the circuits from the SP, order the required equipment and configure the equipment accordingly, ship them to the vendors National and International, interact with the Vendor Teams and provide them the cabling instructions, do the head end work on the shipped routers on the distribution switches and routers, test the head end to remote connectivity.
• IOS and ROMMON upgrades.
• Extensively worked on documenting the Vendor Network Diagrams, update them accordingly.
• Creating Work Order to get the devices added to the DNS.
• Adding the extra blades to Distribution Switches.
• Configuring the routers and Modems and ship them.
• Worked on Cisco 7206, 6509, 3925, 3845, 2921, 2821 and 2811 extensively.
• Register, Add or Delete the IP addresses to the IP Plan.
• Used to create RFC’s in the HP Service Desk and then migrated to Service Now.
• Add the devices to LMDB and CMDB to get monitored.
• Worked extensively on MPLS, HSRP and VRRP environment.
• Designing network plan of routing policies with route maps, distribution lists, access-list and named access-list.
• Coordinate with customers and circuit vendors.
• System testing with PPP, L2TP, STP, ACLs enabled.
• Configure AAA, SNMP and TACACS to get the devices turned to NMS for Monitoring.
• Extensive experience with network security design and implementation, firewall/DMZ configuration and operations and overall security monitoring.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Very broad technical knowledge and understanding of large scale, LAN/WAN Networks.
• An advanced understanding of EIGRP/BGP routing protocols, Switching VLAN design and setup. Experience in MPLS on an LDP switched networks.
• Experience in data networking supporting wireless services. Performing complex assignments and providing support for troubleshooting and maintaining IP networks, concentrating on facilitates ranging from gigabit Ethernet to OC192.
• Extensive Experience deploying and configuring Cisco high end routers and switches (CRS, 12416 (GSR), 7613, 6509, 4800, 3600, 2900) and solid background in digital/SONET facilitates provisioning and troubleshooting.
• Good experience in IPv6, VRF, L2/L3VPN, GRE over IPsec, and GRE Tunnels on ATM links to client locations on Cisco 7200 routers as per client requirements and DWDM.
• Implement and configure ACLs, site-to-site IPsec tunnels over internet, based on encryption such as RSA authentication, AH and MD5.
• Experience in Configuring VPN concentrator using console and with MS RADIUS. Expertise in configuring a webVPN tunnel between a Cisco SSL VPN (SVC) and the Cisco VPN 3000 series concentrator.
• Good technical knowledge on Cisco 1142/1252 Access Points, able to configure and troubleshoot Cisco autonomous APs. knowledge of encryption like WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
• Responsible for securing the company s private network by using ACL, PKI certificate and NAT/PAT on routers which are connected through internet from unauthorized users.
• Experience in configuring and troubleshooting of OSPF routing protocol features such as stub area, totally stubby area, NSSA, virtual link and MD5 authentication.
• Extensive experience with network security design and implementation, firewall/DMZ configuration and operations and overall security monitoring.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created network diagrams (using Microsoft Visio) and documentation.
• Configured the switch from scratch with IP addressing, access and trunk ports, VLANs, VTP, STP (Spanning Tree Protocol), Trunking, IP routing, Interface configuration, LACP, Ether Channel, Port Channeling, VRRP, SNTP, SNMP.
• Established internal connectivity using OSPF on 3 layer 3 Cisco 3560 switches and established connectivity towards core layer router using EIGRP on layer 3 Catalyst 6500 switch and thus configured redistribution.
• Was responsible for the maintenance and troubleshooting of the WAN configuration of the 7200 router which involved MPLS.
• Implemented multicast addressing for nodes with IGMP, IGMP Snooping.
• Was responsible for the network setup for the 3G and radio device testing.
• Was involved in functional and performance testing.
• Observed the behavior of the User Equipments such as iPhone (IOS), iPad (IOS), Motorola Galaxy (Android based), Laptop.
• Run performance testing with “Pureload” system to generate load and to analyze the system performance.
• Was completely responsible for troubleshooting which included connectivity, interface configuration, switch behavior or any abnormal behavior observed in the network.
• This was achieved with different show commands on the switch, monitoring of the ports for any change in the behavior, monitoring network packet transfer using tools like Wireshark and Tcpdump.
• Extensive experience with network security design and implementation, firewall/DMZ configuration and operations and overall security monitoring.

Confidential, Arkansas

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured Dedicated VPN and Hybrid Private WAN + VPN connectivity For Main Office
• Designed, planned and implemented Site-to-Site VPN for seven sites including Regional Office and remote offices, configured and installed 200 VPN connections for mobile users
• Manage VPN connectivity using IPSec and GRE tunneling technology
• Configuring, troubleshooting, redistributing, loop prevention of routing Protocols BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP
• Execute functional and black box test procedure for ICMP messages, Multicast and 802.1Q (VLAN).
• Functional test for routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, RIP).
• System testing with PPP, L2TP, STP, ACLs enabled.
• Building regression test bed
• Monitor and test network performance and provide network performance statistics and reports.
• Handling trouble tickets for network and related issues like latency, packet drops and link failure.
• Designing network plan of routing policies with route maps, distribution lists, access-list, named access-list.
• Coordinate with customers and circuit vendors.
• Extensive experience with network security design and implementation, firewall/DMZ configuration and operations and overall security monitoring.

Associate Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Helped in providing support to ISP customers (SOMA) for internet connectivity issues as well as internal computer hardware and network infrastructure support
• Assisted in creating Perl and Visual Basic scripts for BSS
• Assisted in monitoring, maintenance and upgrades of the company’s data center serving a nationwide subscriber base

Associate Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided Tier II carrier-grade support for optimal service availability
• Assisted in server maintenance and upgrades for mobile telecom carriers primarily CELTEL and MTN
• Facilitated presentations as part of ongoing internal skill development