SUMMARY

• Over 13+ years of experience in networking, installing, configuring and monitoring network devices.
• Implementing IP addressing schemes, LAN/WAN protocols, IP Services, to meet network requirements in different environments.
• Experience on F5 creating new VIPs changing Pool members, I - Rules and Monitoring.
• Hands on experience in troubleshooting and deploying of various IP Routing protocols such as Cisco EIGRP, OSPF & BGP.
• Experience in VLAN configuration with 802.1q, VTP, STP and RSTP (802.1W). Implementation of HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Knowledge of Cisco PIX/ASA firewalls, IPS/IDS, F5 load balancers, AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS).
• Working knowledge of network monitoring/management tools such, Net flow, Wireshark, and TCP dump.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VLAN’s, Trucking, VTP, STP, PVST, RSTP, HSRP, 802.1q, and Ether-channels.
• Knowledge of VoIP, AAA, RADIUS, TACAACS+
• Working knowledge of Change Management Process and Trouble Ticket Escalation
• Organized, detail-oriented, self-motivated and committed to providing impeccable service and products.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers: Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 4400, 7200 Series

Switches: Cisco 2900, 3500, 3700, 5000, 6500 Catalyst Series Cisco 7000, 5000, 2000 Nexus Series

Routing Protocols: BGPv4, OSPF, EIGRP, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP

Switching Protocols: STP, RSTP, PVSTP, VTP, ARP

IP Services: DHCP, DNS, FTP, TFTP, SMTP

WAN technologies: ATM, ISDN, PPP, MPLS

Networking Technologies: IPsec, GRE, NAT/PAT, ACL, IPv6, Ether-Channel, VLANs, IP SLAs

Network Management: Cisco Prime, Wireshark. F5 LTM, GTM series like 4000, 6400, 6800

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed daily maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, installation and documentation of all network components with in the network.
• Configuring new VIPs, pool members, I-Rules and uploading certificate for new VIPs servers.
• Renewal the certificate and monitoring all the servers in F5.
• Deployed new server into MSC and tested for the web application installed on it.
• Configuration of CISCO Routers (2800 Series) and 3550, 6500 series switches.
• TCP/IP network planning, Implemented IPv4 addressing, subnetting, route summarization and distribution.
• Configured and upgrade projects acrossF5 BIGIP and monitoring.
• Configured routing with EIGRP, static routes and switching with VLANs, VTP, and STP.
• Configured new VIPs on F5 configuring Pool members, I-Rules and ensured high availability.
• Installed/upgraded operating system, anti-virus and monitoring tools. Setting up & maintenance of LAN and WAN networks.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in configuring and implementing of composite network models consists of Cisco 7200, 3800 series routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 3560,5000 Series switches.
• Configured networks using routing protocols such as RIPv2, OSPF and BGP.
• Maintained and managed networks running OSPF and BGP routing protocols.
• Configured route redistribution between OSPF and EIGRP in a multi-area OSPF network.
• Implemented Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) by tuning parameters like preemption.
• Implemented various OSPF scenarios on networks consisting of 3560 routers.
• Tuned BGP internal and external peers with manipulation of attributes such as weight, local preference.
• Actively involved in installation, configuration, post installation daily operational tasks and configuration of the deployment of Cisco Nexus 5K equipment.
• Daily monitoring of network traffic using sniffers (Wireshark) and access logs to troubleshoot and identify network issues.
• Worked with vendors and Engineering team to test new hardware and procedures.
• Consulted with engineering team to resolve tickets and troubleshoot L3/L2 problems efficiently.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built LAN/ WAN TCP/IP network comprised of Cisco switches (6500, 7000, 3750, 3500, and 2900).
• Involved in complete LAN, WAN development including IP address planning, designing, installation, configuration, testing, and maintenance.
• Hands on experience on subnetting and VLSM, STP, VTP, VLAN trucking.
• Performed switching technology administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, trucking, port aggregation & link negotiation.
• Installed and configured DHCP server. Involved in troubleshooting of DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Configured VPN, ACL, and NAT in the Cisco ASA firewall to allow only authorized users to access the servers of the internal network.
• Troubleshooting on all cisco IOS and catalyst switches on the network which included but was not limited to 3700, 3560 and 3550 series routers and catalyst 6513.
• Involved in troubleshooting various layer 2 and layer 3 issues related to multicasting, VRF and BGP routing using Wireshark.
• Worked with F5 load balancers and their implementation in various networks.
• Created domain services, users and groups using admin console.
• Used network monitoring tools to ensure network connectivity and protocol analysis tools to assess and pinpoint networking issues causing service disruption.
• Experience on designing and troubleshooting of complex BGP and OSPF routing problems.
• Experience in configuring VLAN’s STP (Spanning tree Protocol) and RTSP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol).
• Provided redundancy using redundant links, STP, RSTP, HSRP and VRRP.
• Experience in configuring and upgrading of Cisco IOS and backing up IOS files using TFTP Server.
• Designed the IP addressing scheme depending on the number of current users and scope of future growth.
• Installed and set up Cisco routers and switches according to deployment plans.
• Designed configured and implemented BGP, EIGRP, OSPF and RIP v2 in multi-protocol network environment.
• Performed daily maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, installation and documentation of all network components with in the network.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Experienced with cisco 2600/2900 series router and cisco 2900/3600 series switches.
• Experienced in design, configuration, implementation and maintenance of wireless network, wireless LAN controllers.
• Configured ACL to allow only authorized users to access the servers.
• Preformed installation, cabling and cable testing.
• Setup Access list and configured Firewall.
• Involved in network upgrades and implementation.
• Configured and implemented site-to-site VPNs at branch sites.
• Configured routing protocols: single-area OSPF in branch office network connectivity
• Implemented VLANs, DHCP server, DNS configuration, NAT/PAT in a small network environment.
• Reviewed, approved, procured various IT hardware and software products to fulfill strategic and operational needs of various departments.
• Responsible for day to day management of cisco devices, traffic management and monitoring.
• Worked on open source content management platform like Drupal
• Involved in switching technology using ether-channel, port security, and VLAN configuration
• Performed switching technology administration including VLANs, inter-Vlan routing, trucking, port
• Installed and configured DHCP server. Involved in troubleshooting of DHCP and other problems.
• Configured VPN, ACL, and NAT in the Cisco ASA 5550 firewall to allow only authorized users to access the servers of the internal network