SUMMARY:

• CCNP certified - 8 years of professional experience in Network Designing, Deployment, Configuring, Troubleshooting and Testing of networking system.
• Experience in Layer 3 Routing Protocol configurations:RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.
• Experience with ITIL processes for ticketing system, tools such as MAXIMO and BMC remedy.
• Great experience indocumentation such as in technical reports and bill of materials (BOM).
• Strong hands on experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco 7600, 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500 and 1800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 6509, 4500, 3750, 3850, 2950 and 3500XL series switches.
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, IPSec and GRE Tunneling, VLANs, Ether Channel, Trucking, Port Security, STP and RSTP.
• Network security including NAT/PAT, ACL, VPN Concentrator and Checkpoint Firewalls.
• Proficiency in configuration of VLAN setup on various Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Experience with F5 load balancers - LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability.
• Experience in Network Management Tools and sniffers like SNMP, HP-Open view, Wireshark and Cisco worksto support 24 x 7 Network Operation Center.
• Experience in physical cabling, IP addressing and subnetting with VLSM, configuring and supporting TCP/IP, DNS, installing and configuring proxies.
• Experience working with Nexus 7010,7018, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices
• Experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2K series, Cisco router models like 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series and Cisco catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3850, 3500, 2900 series switches
• Strong hands on experience on Checkpoint Firewalls, ASA (5550) Firewalls. Implemented Security Policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA(TACACS+ & RADIUS)
• A highly organized individual who adopts a systematic approach to problem solving, effectively analyzes results and implements solutions.
• Provided 24x7x365 availability and on-call support as required by the projects
• Excellent working knowledge of TCP/IP protocol suite and OSI layers
• Good knowledge and experience in Installation, Configuration and Administration of Windows Servers 2003/2008, Active Directory, FTP, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, Linux OS under various LAN and WAN environments

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Cisco Switches (2900, 2924, 2950, 3550, 5500, 6500, 6509, 6513), Cisco routers (2600, 2800, 3640, 3700, 3825, 7200, 7204, 7206)

Firewalls and Sniffers: ASA, Check Point, WIRESHARK

Protocols: RIP, RIP2, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, DHCP, SMTP, ICMP

WAN Protocols and Technologies: HDLC, PPP, FRAME RELAY.

LAN Technologies: Ethernet, TCP/IP, CDP, STP, RSTP, VTP, VLAN, Ethernet channel.

Redundancy Protocols: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP.

Servers: DHCP, DNS, VPN, NAP, WSUS, Email Server, Bluecoat Proxy Servers, FTP Servers

Operating Systems: Windows 2008, windows XP/7, LINUX, UNIX, MAC

AntiVirus & Internet Security: MacAfee and Symantec.

Bills of Materials: BOMtotal, MasterControl, ROBO

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Niles, OH

Position: Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience working with market data networks and dealing with clients and deploying network designs
• Experience working with design and deployment of MPLS, involving VRF, Route Distinguisher(RD), Route Target(RT), Label Distribution Protocol (LDP).
• Documented all data such as technical reports and bill of materials(BOM).
• Responsible for Checkpoint firewall administration across our global networks
• Experience working with High performance data center switch like nexus 7000 series.
• Experience working with Nexus 7010,5020devices.
• Managed the F5 BigIP LTM appliances to include writing iRules, SSL offload and everyday task of creating WIP and VIPs
• Experience with converting WAN routing from EIGRP/OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which also involved converting from Point to point circuits to MPLS circuits.
• Experience with LAN protocols like STP, RSTP, MST, VTP, VLAN and Port Channel Protocols like LACP, PAGP
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500 with ACL, NAT, Object Groups, Failover.
• Responsible for layer 2 securities which was implemented using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports, setting the user ports to non-trucking, deployed port security when possible for user ports
• Enabled STP attack mitigation (BPDU Guard, Root Guard), using MD5 authentication for VTP, disabling all unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN
• Responsible for managing activities, Upgrading IOS - Upgrading hardware and installing new devices, Tuning (Configuration), make standardization for the topology
• Configured, installedVRRP/GLBP, &managed DHCP and DNS Servers.
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying NX-OS operation system with OSPF, BGP
• Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP
• Provide front end on-call network support 24x7x365 for all network infrastructures in the co-operation.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Position: Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured OSPF redistribution and authentication with type 3 LSA filtering and to prevent LSA flooding.
• Implementing traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network using Frame Relay and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on JuniperM and MX series Routers
• Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on EX series switches
• Design, and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Worked on HSRP for load balancing.
• Documentation of all data such as technical reports and bill of materials.
• Experience in designing data communications and networks utilizing that utilize a mixture of frame relay,
• Involved in design and implementation of Data Center Migration, worked on implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks
• Experience converting Cat OS to Cisco IOS on the Cisco 6500 switches
• Designed MPLS VPN and QoS for the architecture using Cisco multi layer switches
• Cisco IOS experience on 3600/7200 class hardware in complex WAN environment and experience on Cisco OS and IOS on CAT6500 in a complex data centre environment
• Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers.
• Experience in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and the changing the metrics for the primary and backup paths for the packet prioritization and EIGRP tuning
• Experience on a mesh 6500 and 5500 series routes and switches to support the core trading system. Involved
• Manage Cisco Routers and troubleshoot layer1, layer2 and layer3 technologies for customer escalations
• Taking Regular backups & testing the backups by restoring in test lab frequently
• Managing a TACACS server for VPN user authentication and network devices authentication
• Handled Corporate and Review Audits from the perspective of IT Security for Network Devices and Servers under our control
• Configuring IPSEC VPN on SRX series firewalls
• Troubleshooting and installing of CRS, ISR, GSR, ASR9000 and Nexus devices.
• Installation, Configuration and Administration of ADS,DNS,DHCP and Web proxy(ISA)server
• Upgrade Cisco Routers, Switches and Firewall (PIX) IOS using TFTP
• Implemented the concept of Route Redistribution between different routing protocols
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS, VTP, STP and configuring on Fast Ethernet
• Monitored all Cisco equipments using Cisco Works
• This includes Artifacts for regular Health Checks, IP and System Integrity, Change management, Problem management, Logical Access Controls, Network Connectivity, Service Registration and Performance Management
• Installed and configured the Cisco routers 2800 in two different customer locations. It includes coordinating with Verizon and AT&T in order to bring the serial interface up for T3 link. Also, configuration includes frame relay, BGP and VPN tunnel on GRE
• VLAN Configurations, troubleshooting and Firewall ACLs and Object-Groups configuration and support
• Configured IPSec site-to-site VPN connection between Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator and Cisco 3800

Confidential

Position: Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Configuration of Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750, 3850& 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
• Router/ Microsoft VPN Server in order to access certain limited network resources from customer locations
• Involved in the redistribution into OSPF on the core ASA firewall.
• Experience on HSRP for load balancing.
• Involved in the removal of EIGRP from all devices and making OSPF the primary routing protocol.
• Performed RIP and OSPF routing protocol administration.
• Supporting EIGRP and BGP based company network by resolving level 2 & 3 problems of internal teams and external customers of all locations.
• Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows to authenticate users that connects to a VPN 3000 Concentrator.
• Responsible for turning up BGP peering and customer sessions, as well as debugging BGP routing problems.
• Designing and Implementation of (LAN) VLANs, VTP, Spanning Tree (STP), Trunking (dot1q and ISL) and Ether channel.
• Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP
• Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco7600, 7200, 3800 series and ASR 9k, GSR 12K routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5000, 6500 Series switches.
• Configured networks using routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, BGP and manipulated routing updates using route-map, distribute list and administrative distance for on-demand Infrastructure.
• Implemented Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) by tuning parameters like preemption.
• Worked on FTP, HTTP, DNS, DHCP servers in windows server-client environment with resource allocation to desired Virtual LANs of network.
• Responsible for day to day management of Cisco Devices, Traffic management and monitoring.
• Experience in HSRP standby troubleshooting & Experience in configuring & upgrading of Cisco IOS
• Installation, Configuration and troubleshooting Cisco switches and Firewall on multi-mode context based environments
• Implemented various OSPF scenarios on networks consisting of 7600 routers.
• Configured policy based routing for BGP for complex network systems.
• Configured Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN with Routing Information Protocol (RIP) on the customer’s Site.