SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of practical experience in the IT field as a Networking and Cyber Security, Network Automation, Incident response and management with proficient hands on experience in the areas of Wi - Fi portfolio, Routing, Switching and Troubleshooting Strong knowledge in configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols like RIP, OSPF, VOIP, IS-IS, SNMP, EIGRP and BGP.
• Proficient in design, implementation, management and troubleshooting of Check Point firewalls, Cisco PIX, NetScreen Firewalls, Check Point Provider-1 / VSX, Nokia VPN, Palo Alto IDS, Foundry / F5 Load Balancers, and Blue Coat Packet Shaper systems
• Strong-hands on experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco ASR 1000, ISR 1800, 1900, 2800, 2900, 3800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 6509, 4500, 3750, 3850, 2950 and 3500XL series switches.
• Installing and Configuring Cisco switches 2960, 3560, 4500, 6500, 4900, 2900, 3750, Nexus 5000, Nexus 7000, WS-C4948, Juniper EX, QFX and Alcatel 7705 SAR series.
• Installation & configuration of Cisco VPN concentrator 3060 for VPN tunnel with Cisco VPN hardware & software client and PIX firewall.
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/802.1q, IPSecand GRE Tunneling, VLANs, Ether Channel, Trunking, Port Security, STP and RSTP. Provide SOC support for monitoring, initial analysis (triage), and initiation of necessary action to address anomalies to normal, or baseline, operation of systems under SOC observation.
• Hands-on expertise with routers 2600, 2900, 3600, 3900, 7200, 7600, ASR-901, ASR-903, ASR 5500, ASR-9010 and Juniper ACX, E, M, MX960 series.
• Working Knowledge on Devices like Juniper SRX240, Alcatel5620 SAM, 9500 MPR and Omni switch 6400.
• Implementation, working analysis, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN, WAN & WLAN architecture with excellent work experience on IP series
• Experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2K series.
• Strong working knowledge of Cisco 5508, 4400 wireless controllers (WLCs), Cisco 1140, 1250, 1260, 2600, 3600, 3602, 3702 Access points.
• Configuring & managing Network & Security Devices that includes Cisco Routers & Switches, Nexus Switches, Juniper and Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 BigIP Load balancers, Blue Coat Proxies and Riverbed WAN Optimizers
• Provided technical support for issues related to life cycle management, assurance visibility for the users in WAN networks and data centers.
• Experience with deploying of Cisco Unified Wireless Network (CUWN) and Cisco Unified Access (US) technologies and implementing Cisco Wireless LAN Controller, Wireless Access Points, performing site survey and predictive analysis.
• Extensive experience in configuring and troubleshooting various Switching protocols which includes VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST, MSTP, creating VLANS and Ether Channel (PAgP, LACP) and implemented inter-VLAN routing besides creating SVI’s and VLAN Trunking using 802.1q
• Worked with F5 Load balancing, IDS/IPS, Bluecoat proxy servers and Administrating
• Well Experienced in configuring protocols HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, ICMP, IGMP, PPP, HDLC, PAP, CHAP, and SNMP.
• Experience in wireless RF site surveys and RF spectrum analysis, documenting results, and provide recommendations on optimization and performance improvements.
• Configuring and managing AP’s, WLC using Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
• Switching tasks include configuring VLANs, VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, IPsec and GRE Tunneling, Ether Channel (PAgP, LACP), Trucking, Port Security, STP, PVST+ and RSTP.
• Experience in Layer 3 Routing Protocol configurations OSPF, EIGRP and BGP.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers: Cisco ASR 1000, ISR 1800, 1900, 2800, 2900, 3800

Switches: Catalyst 6500, 6509, 4500, 3750, 3850, 2950, 3500XL, Nexus 5k, 6k

Wireless: Cisco 4400, 5508 WLCs. 3702, 3602 and 2600 Light Weight Access Points.

Routing: RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Redistribution, Summarization, Static

Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST+, Inter VLAN routing & Multi-layer switch, Ether channels (PAgP, LACP), Optimizing STP (Port Fast, Uplink Fast, Backbone Fast, Root Guard, BPDU Guard).

Wireless Technologies: CAPWAP, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Access Points.

Network Protocols and Technologies: Routed Protocols: TCP/IPv4, UDP, and IPv4/IPv6.

Network Tools: AWS, ns-3, ITIL, putty, Packet Tracer, Wireshark, VMware, X-Lite, Asterisk, SharePoint

Load Balancing: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP

Wireless: CAPWAP, LWAPP

LAN/WAN: DHCP, PPP, HDLC, Frame Relay, DNS, Layer2/3 switching

IDE’s, Tools: Eclipse, GIT, Rally and JIRA, CA Spectrum, Wireshark and GNS3, Solar winds.

Databases: Oracle 10g/9i, MYSQL, DB2, SQL Server

Protocols: TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, FTP, RTSP, LSCP

Load balancer: F5 load balancer

VPN: IPsec & SSL VPN both Site-to-site and Remote VPN

Network Monitoring and Management tools: CA Speectrum, Wireshark and GNS3, Solar winds.

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, LINUX, UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Santa Clara CA

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed switching technology administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation.
• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications.
• Configured &Troubleshooting with BGP OSPF, EIGRP.
• Hands on experience on F5 BIGIP LTM 11.2, F5 BIGIP GTM, F5 BIGIP APM and F5 BIGIP ASM.
• Configuring VLANs, STP, VTP and Inter-VLAN routing in LAN environment.
• Configuring and troubleshooting with Cisco ASA (5550/5520), Juniper SRX (3600/650)
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Configuration & maintenance of Cisco 2600 series routers with OSPF protocols.
• Significant experience integrating with internal and external systems through REST and Thrift APIs.
• Upgrading the network by translating protocol like EIGRP to OSPF.
• Security Implementation (SSL/TLS)/ Python SSL module & Open SSL
• Microsoft Windows Azure queues, storage, database, C# 4.5, jQuery Product owner for internal 10th Magnitude application development framework
• Implemented Gx & Rx Diameter Application Protocols for policy and charging Rules Function (PCRF) node on the control plane of the wireless network using C++ and Sandvine Sandscript
• Contributed to senior network operations project of migrating hosted cloud SIP/trunking from legacy production Kamailio SIP server to updated version
• Messaging for unified communications, Avaya SES for cisco SIP phones, Avaya CMS( Call Management System) and CMS reports.
• Knowledge in design and deploy of F5 LTM,GTM,APM,ASM solutions
• Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.
• Implemented Cisco IOS Firewall IDS using 2600 series router.
• Bluecoat Proxy and F5 LTM/ASM/GTM/APM, Cisco Routing/Switching, BGP, OSPF & MPLS
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Juniper M and MX series Routers
• Experienced with PPP and TCP/IP internals and debugging techniques
• Developed DOCSIS 1.0/1.1 Test Automation Script with Tcl. MAC, SF(Service Flow), MAC/PHY and OSSI ATP(Acceptance Test Plan
• Engineered, Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution in Fortinet technologies
• Designed network architectures and implementation of network Switches.
• Manage AWS EC2 instances utilizing Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing and Glacier for our QA and UAT environments as well as infrastructure servers for GIT and Chef
• Configured VTP domain, trunk links, ether channels and remote VLANs on Cisco and other vender’s switches
• Proficient in Palo Alto Next-Generation Bluecoat web proxy, HP ArcSight, Splunk Enterprise, Wireshark, FireEye, and various internet tools to assist in analysis.
• Create a Virtual Network on Windows Azure to connect all the servers.
• Creating and updated network shares, adding permissions software and groups for users through Windows server Active Directory.
• Standalone/Blade Brocade Fibre Channel Switches, DMVPN and P2P IPSEC, static, EIGRP and BGP routing protocols
• Responsible for design and implementation of Wireless Network in all warehouses of NACA Group of Companies for Barcode cargo scanning
• Experience of 3GPP, SIP, UMTS, IMS, IN and LTE feature Testing and functional Testing for Flexi MME
• Configuring & managing Network & Security Devices that includes Cisco Routers & Switches, Nexus Switches, Juniper and Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 BigIP Load balancers, Blue Coat Proxies and Riverbed WAN Optimizers.
• Troubleshooting the network for the connectivity issues and network performance issues.
• Laying down the network design for the premises and recommending the required equipment’s.
• Getting the issues solved in a timely manner and escalating the problems which require intervention from higher levels.
• Knowledge in new technologies likeSDN, Openflow protocol and NOX controllerPython based
• Support Asterisk platforms used for ACD and Voicemail service as part of the VOIP network
• F5 ASM Implementation
• Responsible for Design and Implement Security, Network and Monitoring System Infrastructure utilizing Fortinet Technology for customers
• Expertise in Firewall technologies including general configuration, risk analysis, security policy, rules creation and modification of Check Point Firewalls up to GAIA R77.30, Palo Alto Next-Generation firewalls, Bluecoat proxies and Cisco ASA.
• Built a DR Hot site including 6509 core, ASA5200 with DMZ, ACE and GSS Provided On-site support of remote offices (voice, data and wireless) for both national and international locations Conducted network refresh to replace VPN3000, Aventail EX-1500 and PIX525 with two ASA5200 in HA mode Provided tier 2-3 support for routers, switches and wireless controllers for those issues Confidential the role of the off-shore support (tier-1)
• Documented network topology, datacenter, IDF in Visio and Excel
• Implemented modern front end web UIs utilizing Angular, Sails.js, to provide less tech-savvy peers aesthetically pleasing interfaces tied to a Flask/Python JSON REST API
• Designing and Consulting Security Engineering, Information Security Solution Architecture, Security Product Management, F5 ASM, F5 APM etc
• Extensive technical experience of VoIP technologies, business continuity, and disaster recovery processes as they pertain to voice services
• An expert troubleshooter with comprehensive knowledge of networktechnologies, such as AWS, NX-OS, IOS/XE, VLANS, STP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, DMVPN, Firewall, VMware, f5 andLinux.
• Network Node Manager, Cisco Prime Lan Management solution, Network Flow Analysis, NetQoS, Infoblox, Wireshark
• Ensuring proper working of all the network equipment’s (routes switches & firewall).
• Producing reports network productivity, plans and issues for higher management.
• LAN / WAN installation, Configuration and support / IOS update (CISCO routers, Switches).
• Administer & troubleshooting Manage engine firewall analyzer, MRTG Graph for bandwidth utilization.
• Responsible for network documentation and daily, weekly and Monthly Reports.
• Management of the of SolarWinds Orion Suite Network Performance Monitor, Network Configuration Manager,Network Traffic Analyzer, User Device Tracker, Voice & Network Quality Manager and Kiwi Cat ToolsServes as the representative for the Network Infrastructure Team on the IT Department's Change Advisory
• Provided load balancing towards access layer from core layer using F5 Network Load Balancers
• Responsible for communication protocols configuration and integration
• Working on Cisco NAC ISE to authorize users based on protocols PEAP and EAP-TLS, also manage and monitor user's access privileges
• Experience coding and developing in Golang, Ruby, Python and PHP
• Developed DOCSIS 1.1/CableHome 1.0 ATP automation tools by Tcl using SmartLib on MS Windows platform
• Investigating diagnosing and resolve Level 1 & 2 network problem
• CISCO Switch configuration in particular VLAN configuration / troubleshooting

Environment: Cisco routers (7200, 3800, 2800) and Cisco switches (6500, 3700, 4900, 2900), Nexus(7K, 5K & 2K), IPV4, IPV6, Routing Protocols (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP), Switching protocols (VTP, STP, GLBP, HSRP), Cisco PIX(525, 535), ASA(5505, 5510) firewall, Azure.

Confidential, Hanover, NJ

Network/Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Part of a Global Network deployment team that manages Network Infrastructure and provide Tier 2/3 technical support.
• Deployed and implemented F5 VIPRION chassis and configured the LTM and GTM using vCMP as guest OSes
• Configuration and Installation of Cisco ASR 1004 to replace aging 7200VXR and maintenance/upgrading the 6509E, 4507, 3750X, 3650 series routers and switches.
• Configured, installed and deployed Nexus 7K, 5K and 2K series switches.
• Migration of the company's core to the new MPLS backbone and implementation of L3 MPLS- VPN for all remote locations.
• Defined and implemented ITIL based service standards and procedures that served as benchmark for quality in service delivery
• Design and Implement Security, Network and Monitoring System Infrastructure utilizing Fortinet Technology
• Hands on experience with F5 GTM3600 and LTM1600 configuring device pools, nodes, virtual ip's
• Experience on checkpoint Firewalls NG, NGX, NGX R65, R70,R75
• Design and implement numerous multi-generation Cisco WAN solutions including iWAN, ISR 4000, WAAS, DMVPN, PfR, APIC-EM, BGP, EIGRP
• Experience with IT Automation on Python/Shell Scripts and Ansible
• Experience working with Nexus 7010/Nexus 7018, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices
• Experience configuring VPC (Virtual Port Channel), VDC (Virtual Device Context) in Nexus 7010/7018
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000
• Familiar with managing Cisco Unified Call Center Managers, UNITY voicemail systems, H323 and SIP voice gateways
• Resolved high number of critical escalated incidents and client queries on timely basis as per the ITIL standards
• Configuring & managing Network & Security Devices that includes Cisco Routers & Switches, Nexus Switches, Juniper and Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 BigIP Load balancers, Blue Coat Proxies and Riverbed WAN Optimizers
• Configured and resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment on CISCO 2800, 3945.
• Configuration and maintenance of checkpoint NGX R65.
• Tuned BGP internal and external peers with manipulation of attributes such as metric, origin and local Preference.
• Configured & managed Network & Security Devices that includes Cisco Routers & Switches, Nexus Switches, Juniper and Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 BigIP Load balancers, Blue Coat Proxies and Riverbed WAN Optimizers.
• Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows to authenticate users that connects to a VPN 3000 Concentrator.
• Proficient in troubleshooting H.323 and SIP connections for packet loss, latency, jitter, and QoS issues using both Polycom diagnostic tools and network packet captures
• Experienced in Linux Administration, Specializing in Voice Switch Engineering (Broadworks, Asterisk, MetaSwitch and Broadsoft M6) and Network Engineering
• Experience in Network Security technology including 802.1x NAC, PEAP, EAP-TLS, LEAP, Certificate based authentication, Cisco ACS, RADIUS, VLAN ACLs, dynamic VLANs, and guest traffic management
• Configuring, Installing and troubleshooting on Check Point Devices.
• Good knowledge on Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention System.
• Knowledge on multiplex techniques such as DWDM.
• Troubleshoot and Worked with Security issues related to Cisco ASA/PIX, Checkpoint, IDS/IPS and Juniper Netscreen firewalls.
• Configured Fortinet (80CM) via FortiManager (3000C).
• Implemented DMVPN WAN, Cisco IWAN Cisco ASA, Ironport WSA, and ACS network security Cisco ASA site to site and RA any connect VPN Worked with Cisco ISE
• Implemented first hop redundancy protocols (FHRP) i.e., GLBP and VRRP.
• Enabled OSPF between Access routers and Core routers and used area-range command to summarize the prefixes.
• Configured L2/L3 Ether-Channels to increase bandwidth on core and distribution switches.
• IOS Upgrade in CISCO 6500 switch and 2800, 3845, 3945 routers.
• Primary responsibility is to design and deploy various network security & High Availability products like Cisco ASA other security products.
• Involved test case automation and manual testing of CLI’s of various networking protocol for a new feature in Zebos Release
• Tested intrusion prevented capabilities of fortinet firewall,web filtering, and VPN
• Juniper EX2200 for Access, Cisco ASA VPN Firewalls, Cisco Out-of-Band Terminal Servers, and F5 VIPRION Load Balancers (Including iRules and LB Configurations)
• Worked on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series.
• Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.
• Predominantly set up, configured and maintained a Windows server and Network Equipment on a TCP/IP network.
• Working knowledge of configuring routing protocols such as RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• Extensive network troubleshooting experience and understanding of quality of service from LAN through WAN.
• Provided ITIL based 3 tier support for escalated production Incidents/Problems as part of Incident/Problem Management and performed live remote system troubleshooting
• Proficient in data technologies such as Qos, Routing and switching. Experience working with different protocols such as H.323,SIP,QSIG,RTP and RTCP
• Proficient in design, implementation, management and troubleshooting of Check Point firewalls, Cisco PIX, NetScreen Firewalls, Check Point Provider-1 / VSX, Nokia VPN, Palo Alto IDS, Foundry / F5 Load Balancers, and Blue Coat Packet Shaper systems
• Responsible for the design and deployment of a Yellowpages.com Internet Services Data Center in consisting of Juniper MX80 Edge Routers, Juniper SRX3600 Firewalls in a High Availability Cluster, Juniper 8216 Layer 3 Switches for Data Center Core, Juniper EX4500 Switches for Distribution, Juniper EX2200 for Access, Cisco ASA VPN Firewalls, Cisco Out-of-Band Terminal Servers, and F5 VIPRION Load Balancers (Including iRules and LB Configurations)
• Managing IP space on divisional Networks.
• Checkpoint VSX firewall managed by provider-1.

Environment: Cisco 6500/4500/3750/3650 switches, Cisco 2800/3845/3945 routers, ITIL, Incident Management, Nexus 7K,5K and 2K switches, MPLS, RIP, OSPF,EIGRP, BGP, MPLS-VPN, HDLC, PPP, NTP, WCCP, WAAS, VLANs, VTP, STP, MSTP, RSTP, PAGP, LACP and 802.1Q,ACL,SSH,ASA firewall 5500 series, WIPM, BGPMON, and OSPFMON.

Confidential, Cleveland, OH

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• In depth knowledge of voice gateway configuration (ISR Cube, IPIPGW, 38XX series) and deployment as well as interoperability and troubleshooting Configured Routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, static routing and policy based routing.
• Troubleshooting Cisco routers, APs, Switches, Fortinet Devices and Meraki appliances
• Team member of Configuration of Cisco 7206 router with VPN and Configuration of Catalyst switches.
• Installed and tested Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA Firewalls, and MPLS switching for stable VPNs.
• Installed and configured vCloud Automation Center 6 SSO, vCAC Appliance, Infrastructure as a Service IaaS, Postgre Database Server and MS SQL Database server, Active Directory
• Domain knowledge of GSM, 3GPP, UMTS, LTE (MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC, NAS),IMS, SIP and got training from Nokia Siemens Networks and Ericsson TSP Server
• Developed new and enhance existing network and operating system infrastructure in support of the Commission's databases, web sites, document management and workflow environments including Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, System Center, Cisco IOS, IronPort appliances, TACACS, two factor authentication VPN, traffic shaping/QOS, network monitoring and risk mitigation in a complex Microsoft Windows, Unix, Cisco Unified Communications and OS/400 integrated LAN and WAN environment
• Processed work orders In-house commercial, maintained vehicle utilization information, produced vehicle reports through Crystal Reports VBX, maintained vehicle history information, managed Part Inventory, had Bar Code capabilities for Inventory and Invoice tracking, and uploaded and downloaded information from the mainframe system
• Designed and implemented F5 Viprion Chassis for Application Service Delivery, deployed vCMP to host GTM and LTM guest Operating Systems and created multiple Route Domains to separate the traffic between different tenants
• Configured and performed troubleshooting on link state protocols like OSPF in single area and multiple areas.
• Migrated from CheckPoint to Cisco ASA firewall. Implemented BlueCoat Proxy 810 security devices. Third party security appliances to Cisco technologies.
• Configure and Support Hub and Spoke Cisco routers within DMVPN IWAN solutions
• Troubleshoot Fortinet Firewall, issues, edit policies and create rules
• Responsible for network installation & operational maintenance of CISCO IPCC solution .
• This solution includes Cisco Intelligent Contact Management (ICM), Cisco CallManager, Cisco Customer Voice Portal (CVP), Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) Gateways and Cisco Phones
• Strong knowledge of various network platforms such as Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto Networks, and Juniper.
• Redesigned Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting bandwidth requirements.
• Configured HSRP and VLAN trunking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.
• Experience on IPSEC Peer VPN Tunnel on Cisco ASA firewalls for Security Purposes and on Checkpoint VSX, GAIA along with site to site VPN
• F5 GTM, LTM, ASM, Viprion, 4200, 3600, 1600
• Physical installation, staging and basic configuration as per the implementation/LLD and integration testing: Cisco ASR 9K, Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5000 switches, Cisco 3750 switch stacks, Foundry EdgeIron, NetIron, BigIron, and ServerIron switches, F5 VIPRION, 11050, 8900 and 6900
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco Nexus switches 2000, 3000, 6500, 7004, 7009, 7700 Series.
• Continually monitored, assessed and improved network security along with testing and implementing new security technologies.
• Hands on troubleshooting includes switch translation. VOIP protocols, IP network design,. CODECs, SS7, CAS,SIP,-I-T, SBC
• Strong ability to manage Cisco Contact Centre Design, Implementation and Support for UCCE / UCCX encompassing Cisco Unified Communication Manager,Cisco Unity, Cisco Voice Gateway and Third Party Soft Wares for Voice and Screen Recording
• Developed strong understanding of a network infrastructure & familiarity with congestion avoidance techniques to ensure high voice quality Installation, design, configuration, and integration of the CUCM
• Security infrastructure engineering experience as well as a Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Checkpoint Firewalls, Juniper firewalls, PIX firewalls, Bluecoat Proxies, Juniper Intrusion Prevention devices, and wireless switch Security Management.
• Fortinet Experience with Fortigate, Fortimail and/or Forti-Analyzers
• Worked on USP, SDM/HSS, SDM/DRA SDS 1360 COM for CVOIP,F5 Load Balancer, Gigamon and Inflobox, Bluecat and Bluecoat proxy
• Racking, Stacking, configuring, Nexus 5K, 7K and 9K, Static pinning fabric interface connection, Port Channel fabric interface connection, configuring a Fabric Port Channel Created Build-Outs of New Safe Zone in Palo Alto Panorama VLANS, VIP, IP, VRF, BGP.

Environment: Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches, Nexus 2K and 7K switches, Cisco 7206 router, OSPF, BGP, VPN, ASA firewall, MPLS, HSRP, VLAN, STP, CUCM, ISR Cube, IPIPGW, 38XX series.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring Static, IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco 1900, 2600, 2800, 2900, 3600 series Routers.
• Responsible for managing the security tools such as CheckPoint Firewall, Nokia IP390, RSA Security, ISS Site Protector and Nortel Contivity VPN server.
• Level 1 system and network administrator for solving common technical difficulties for users with assistance from senior engineers.
• Identifying and correcting common problems associated with IP addressing and host configurations.
• Configuring, verifying & troubleshooting of static and default routes for a given specific requirement.
• Manage IOS configuration files. (Including: save, edit, upgrade, restore).
• Implementing basic router security. (Assigning user mode, privilege mode passwords)
• Configuring and verifying a basic WAN serial connection.
• Configuring and verifying a PPP connection between Cisco routers.
• Implemented Zone Based Firewalling andSecurityRules on the Palo Alto Firewalls and centralized GUI Panorama.
• The APIC-EM delivers SDN to the Enterprise to the WAN, Campus and provide centralized automations of policy-based application profiles
• Support, administration and installation of F5 Load Balancers, Gigamon Network TAP, FireEye IDS, VMWare ESX/NSX (vSphere, vCenter and SDN Network Long-Term Strategy planning), HP Blade Enclosures, Hitachi Storage Solutions and Office 365 Migration
• Drafted and installed Checkpoint Firewall rules, ACL on Bluecoats with regular upgrades on firewalls and Bluecoats.
• Configured Firewall to allow site to site VPN access and configuring ACL to ensure bettersecurity, migration of VPN tunnels.
• Troubleshooting WAN connectivity issues.
• Verifying router and switch operations using basic utilities (including ping, trace route, telnet, SSH, ARP, ipconfig), SHOW & DEBUG commands.
• Installed operating systems in client desktops and updated patches.
• Installing new routers, switches, and wireless access points at the client location and performing the basic configuration.

Environment: TDM, Frame Relay, Datacenter, WLAN, Nexus 5k/7k, WAP, Unix, Linux, Trunking, F5 Load Balancer, FTP, BPDU Guard, Wi-Fi, CDMA, Cisco IOS-XR, ASR9000 devices, Nexus 7k, 5k and 2k switches, Subnet, VLSM, Check point, Juniper routers.

Confidential

System/ Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Level 1 system and network administrator for solving common technical difficulties for users with assistance from senior engineers.
• Identifying and correcting common problems associated with IP addressing and host configurations.
• Configuring, verifying & troubleshooting of static and default routes for a given specific requirement.
• Manage IOS configuration files. (Including: save, edit, upgrade, restore).
• Implementing basic router security. (Assigning user mode, privilege mode passwords)
• Configuring and verifying a basic WAN serial connection.
• Configuring and verifying a PPP connection between Cisco routers.
• Troubleshooting WAN connectivity issues.
• Advanced knowledge, design, installation, configuration, maintenance and administration of CheckPoint Firewall R55 up to R70 version, SecurePlatform Installation, VPN
• Verifying router and switch operations using basic utilities (including ping, trace route, telnet, SSH, ARP, ipconfig), SHOW & DEBUG commands.
• Installed operating systems in client desktops and updated patches.
• Installing new routers, switches, and wireless access points at the client location and performing the basic configuration.

Environment: LAN, WAN, Initial configuration, Cisco 2600, 2800, 2811XM routers, Cisco catalyst 3550, 2900 switches, Cisco WAP’s, Windows operating systems.