SUMMARY

• Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 3+ years of experience in the industry which includes Designing, Implementation, Installation, Configuration, Deployment, Troubleshooting, Network Operations, Administration Support and Network Security.
• Strong hands on experience in layer - 3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Has experience on Cisco switches (2900, 3550, 3750, 6500, MDS 9000, 5000), Nexus (3k & 5k), Juniper (EX, QFX, QFabric) switches, Juniper (MX960, MX480) routers, Cisco (2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200) series Routers.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST.
• Strong Knowledge of the 7 layers, TCP/IP, IP Addressing and IPV6.
• Efficient at use of Microsoft VISIO / Office as technical documentation and presentation tools.
• Experience securing and managing remote access using various VPN technologies like IPSec and GRE.
• Reviewing all changes to network configuration for technical accuracy and provide solutions to Multi-Protocol Network problems.
• Hands on experience on Cisco WLC’s and Access Points. Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing (IPv4 & IPv6), Wide Area Network configurations (Frame-relay & MPLS).
• Specializing in Network design, implementation, configurations, Metro Ethernet Services and supervising permanent and contract personnel as well as excellent communication skills with the ability to interface at all levels
• Authorized to work in United States for any employer.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: C Programming, Embedded C.

Designing Languages: MATLAB, Simulink ISE Design Suite, Modelsim, Xilinx ISE, Keil uVision, Multisim.

Office Tools: MS Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Visio.

Operating Systems: Cisco IOS, Junos AOS, Windows Server 2008R2

Networking Tools: ITSM Remedy, Open NMS, BNA, Infoblox.

Networking Software: Cisco Packet Tracer, GNS3, Putty and Secure CRT.

Cisco router platforms: 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700, 3800, 7200, 7609.

Cisco Switch platforms: 2900XL, 2950, 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, and 6500.

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP Protocols, Ethernet, Frame Relay, NAT, MPLS, HSRP, HSPA, Basic Switching Concepts, Vlan’s, Vlan Trunking, Ether Channels, Network Segmentation, Route Map/Distribution, Access Lists, Firewalls, Configuring Routers, Ping Utilities, Routing Protocols OSPF, EIGRP, BGP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Spring, TX

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Configuration of Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 & 3550 series and configured routing protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design Involved in the redistribution into OSPF on the core
• Troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network as per the company requirements.
• Experience in configuring security policies includes PAT, VPN, NAT, Access-control lists and Route-maps.
• Performed IOS upgrades 2500, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200 series routers with HSRP.
• Configured routers using routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF and BGP.
• Coordinated with various telecom carries to troubleshoot and fix network issues and with onsite/colocations technicians to build, install and connect routers, switches and terminal servers.
• Design, implementation and troubleshooting (disaster recovery) of the LAN IP infrastructure using Layer 2 / Layer 3 switching, STP, Gigabit Ethernet and Trunking / channeling technologies.
• Troubleshooting of protocol-based policies on Palo Alto firewalls and changing the policies as per the requirement and as per traffic flow.
• Configuring, Managing and Maintaining Networking Equipment's such as Nexus 5000, 7000, Catalyst 6500.
• Performed migration project involving migration of edge routers cisco 7600 to Juniper MX 240 and MX 480 as a part of data center edge routers migration.
• Worked in configuring and troubleshooting switching and routing protocols on Juniper EX series switches.
• Experience working with Skype for Business to communicate. Create design documentation including logical diagrams.
• Experience in ASR routers ASR 5k, ASR 9k and ASR 9000 in enterprise network environment.
• Configured STP for loop prevention on Cisco Switches.
• Managed Core network upgrade, Unified Communications & Identity Services Engine (ISE) deployment.

Environment: Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, LAN, WAN, ITSM BMC Remedy, Jupiner devices.

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring Static, IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco 1600, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7300 series Routers.
• Configured, installed software applications, anti-viruses, drivers and security software on user devices, maintained and troubleshoot desktop, laptop and peripheral equipment.
• Performed hardware and software diagnostics, fault isolation and coordinate repairs and/or replacement of faulty equipment.
• Maintain logs of network and bandwidth utilization of servers and network devices and create utilization report based on the logs
• Design network and create physical and logical network layout diagrams
• Write and maintain technical documents describing implemented technologies and architecture
• Provided consultation services to clients for installing and configuring Cisco routers and switches
• Configured Site-to-Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Responsible for maintaining and designing the budget for the networks according to client needs.
• Configured VLAN’s, Private VLAN’s.
• Configure various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches.
• Configuring access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration.
• Configured inside ACL and interfaces, outside ACL and interfaces.
• Configured NAT and PAT policies.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.
• Design OSPF areas for reliable Access Distribution and for Core IP Routing.
• Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET for remote login to the routers and SSH for secure login.
• Has expertise in LAN/WAN technologies (fast Ethernet, Layer2 & 3 switched/routed LAN, and Frame Relay)

Environment: Cisco Routers ASR1002X/ 3945/3845/2800/3600 , Cisco ASA Firewalls, STP, VLAN, VTP, VPN, NAT, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.

Confidential, Edison, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Have ability to install and maintain Microsoft Exchange and worked extensively on different applications.
• Created network diagram for employees using the Microsoft Visio.
• Preparing Client Machines for users with Operating Systems, Software, antivirus and required utilities and mailing clients.
• Primarily responsible in designing and maintaining the budget for the whole network.
• Perform daily maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, and installation of all network components.
• Configuration of CISCO Routers 3600, 4000 Series and 3550, 4500 series switches.
• TCP/IP network planning, Implementation and Management with subnets.
• Enabled SNMP traps for our Cacti Monitoring tool to monitor traffic and check the regular health of Servers and Network Devices.
• To transmit highly broadcast services using fiber optic cables for more reliability.
• Implementation of Virtual LANs across Routers and Switches.
• Implemented and Configured IP Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, and RIPv2.
• Implemented and configured LAN Protocols: Ethernet, VLANs, VTP and STP.
• Worked with Remedy Ticketing tool in maintaining and keep a track of logs/monitor.
• Designed and implemented IP Addressing, Subnetting, Route Summarization and Route Distributions.
• Monitoring the Servers and Networks.

Environment: LAN, WAN, Subnetting, VLAN, VTP, VPN, NAT, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.

Confidential

Student Co-op

Responsibilities:

• Basic Training in configuring and troubleshooting CISCO switches and routers.
• Got basic training in Production Support.
• Good knowledge in configuring Cisco routers (1800,1900,2800,2900,3800) and Cisco Catalyst Switches (2950, 2960, 2970, 3550, 3750, 4500).
• In-depth knowledge of IP routing protocols like BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IGRP, RIP.
• Good knowledge of redundant router protocols like HSRP, and VRRP.
• Substantial knowledge of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST), Rapid STP (RSTP) and Rapid per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST+).
• Knowledge of WAN technologies.
• Thorough experience in configuring Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN) with IEEE 802.1Q, VLAN Trunking protocol (VTP), and shortest path bridging.
• Basic understanding of Cisco ASA Firewall and F5 BIG-IP load balancers.
• Basic knowledge of ticketing tool Service Now.