OBJECTIVE

• Looking forward to an opportunity to utilize my skills, abilities and experience in the industry that offers professional growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.

SUMMARY

• Network Engineer with 7 years of experience in the industry, which includes expertise in the areas of Routing and Switching.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST.
• Have Experience in Global ITIL Network Support.
• Expert in Cisco CLI and Cisco IOS
• Worked with various Linux Distributions like Ubuntu, Red Hat
• Implementation traffic filters on Cisco routes using Standard, extended Access list.
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models.
• In - depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Experience in configuring HSRP and redistribution between routing protocols troubleshooting them.
• Technical Knowledge on Cisco ASA 5500 series Routers.
• Knowledge on Cisco Nexus 5k and 7k Switches.
• Exposure to Cisco ASA/Checkpoint Firewall and F5 Load Balancer.
• 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.
• Expert knowledge of cable connectors and replacement as RJ-11, RJ-45, V.35, RS-449.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with team members and support personnel and also can act as a mentor to less experienced personnel.
• Technical understanding of wireless standards.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers: (1800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, CRS 1).

Cisco Switches: (2900, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 6500, Nexus 5k & 7k) and Cisco IDS sensors.

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

Operating Systems: Cisco IOS, Cat-OS, Nexus-OS, Cisco CLI, Linux, Ubuntu, Redhat

Management tools: Active Directory, SNMP, Syslog, Sniffer, and Wire shark, HP Service Center 6.8, QIP, VMware

Monitoring Tools: Netscout, HP OVO and Node Manager, Solarwinds

LAN Technology: VLAN, VTP, Inter-vlan routing, ISL, dot1q, STP, RSTP, PVST, HSRP, GLBP, Ethernet, Port security.

WAN Technology: Frame Relay, X.25, E1/T1/DS1/DS3, PPP, MPLS

Network Security: Knowledge of Cisco ASA, Layer 2 Security, VPN, IPSec and load balancing, VOIP

Network Management: SNMP v2, Cisco Works NCM, 3Com Network Analyzer, MRTG, Solar Winds NPM, TACACS

Documentation: Microsoft Office, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Raymond James Memphis Branch Data Center, Included Cisco 6500, 3750, Avaya IP-Phone system, DMZ area, Third Party area.
• Configuration and troubleshooting Nexus 7k, 5k, and 2k of multiple data centers for Raymond James. managing and troubleshooting Nexus VDC VPC technologies in a Data Center environment
• Installation and configuration of Cisco Switches, Routers, Access points of many types in various branches across the country.
• Installation and configuration of Riverbed WAN Optimization
• Upgrading Cisco IOS for routers and switches across the enterprise.
• Involved in complete LAN, WAN development (including IP address planning, designing, installation, configuration, testing, and maintenance)
• Configuration and troubleshooting WAN connections.
• Mirroring links to remote data center locations as redundant links and load balancing
• Configuring/Troubleshooting LAN Switching * VLAN, STP, EtherChannel.
• Performed Change Management and Incident management

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementing and maintaining 2800,2900,3600 Series Routers and 2900,3650,3750 Series Switches
• Troubleshooting all network devices like Routers and Switches across the enterprise
• Communicating with Vendors and Telcos to resolve network outages and periods of reduced performance
• Upgrading and Expanding network systems and their components.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Maintained redundancy on Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 router with HSRP.
• Worked along with the team in ticketing issues.
• Worked on monitoring tools like Net Db, Netcure, StatSeeker, NagiOS, AppCritical, Cisco Works, Service Center, Salesforce, Nexus- PeopleSoft

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in buildup network topology according to client requirement and verification of network topology.
• Worked with Linux Ubuntu, Maintained and managed Linux servers
• Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco 3900 and 2900 series routers and Cisco 3750, 4500 and 6500 Series switches and large Scale router like CRS-1
• Also involved in configuration of ASR 1K and 9K. e.g. ASR 1002, ASR 9006.
• Also worked as team member of Network Security. Where helped team members to in designing, configuration and implementation of different Network Security devices.
• Implementing traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network using Frame Relay and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). Implemented various OSPF scenarios on networks consisting of 7600 routers.
• Also involved in Configuration of Nexus 7010 including NX-OS Virtual Port Channels, Nexus port profiles, Nexus Version 4.2 and 5.0, Nexus VPC peer links.
• Worked with Cisco CRS-1/CRS-3 and GSR platforms.
• Upgraded IOS on various Cisco Routers like 3945 and 2911 as well as switches like 3750, 4500 and 6500.
• Work on different networking concepts and routing protocols like OSPF,DNS and other LAN/WAN technologies.
• Configured networks using routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF and BGP.
• In-depth expertise in the implementation, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN networking systems.
• Implemented standard configuration template scripts in various network devices for snmp v2, logging, and ntp.
• Created standard access lists to allow snmp, ntp and logging servers.
• Replaced 6500 from access layer and Installed 3750s Switches.
• Installed PVDM, Network module, VWIC card, secondary power supplies and additional memory to 3900 series routers.
• Worked with Cisco ASA/Checkpoint Firewall and F5 Load Balancer.
• Co-ordinate with the Data Network and Security team and come up with possible solutions.
• Also involved in Cisco ACE configuration and deployment.
• Work on Physical site Inventory verification, gather information of various Cisco Network devices and Security Devices to develop Run book and Spec Book.
• Identify additional Network operations requirement and improvement opportunity.
• Also, worked as a member of Voice team is the same project.
• Deployment of Cisco IP phones - series 7945, 7965, 7916, 9971.
• Also worked with different WLAN devices e.g. WAP, Wireless Access Controller etc.

Confidential

Jr Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the configuration, implementation and operation of Cisco 3745 routers Cisco 6509 and 3560 L2/L3 switches.
• Removed Cisco 3600 and 2600 series routers and Cisco 2900 series switches from the current infrastructure and replaced them with the Cisco 6509 or 3560 L2/L3 switches.
• Configured RSTP, MST and used VTP with 802.1q trunk encapsulation. Provided port binding and port security wherever required. Provided router redundancy through HSRP.
• Configured ether channels using PAgP and LACP.
• Designed ACLs, VLANs, troubleshooting IP addressing issues and taking back up of the configurations on switches and routers.
• Provided testing for network connectivity before and after install/upgrade.
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet channel between switches.
• Experience in Cisco switches and routers: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configurations (Frame-relay and ATM).
• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external.
• Escalation procedures and customer notifications.
• Design service for /upgrade/configure ALU’s IP/MPLS products e.g. 7705 SAS, 7210 etc.
• Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, IGRP, RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route.
• Worked on HSRP and GLBP for first hop redundancy and load balancing.
• Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATting.
• Prepare, update, and maintain technical and logistical network documentation.
• Member of Network Test team and responsible for routine Network test.
• Responsible for resolve any issue in routine Network test and need to escalate higher technical team, if there is any major issue.
• Worked on comprehensive test strategy and test plan based on the features to be tested, with focus on customer deployment and use-case scenarios.