SUMMARY

• Over 8 years of Hands on experience. CCNA and CCNP Certified Professional with experience in routing and switching technologies, system design, implementation and troubleshooting of complex network systems including high - end routers: Confidential GSR, ASR1K, ASR9K, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7200, 12000 Series Routers, and Catalyst 4500, 6500, and 7600 switches.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting network hardware
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP, Spanning-tree, and OSI models.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST.
• Implementation of HSRP, VRRP for Default Gateway Redundancy
• Expert knowledge in implementing filters on routes using Standard and Extended access-list.
• Experience in site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions.
• In depth understanding of IPV4 implementation of Subnetting.
• Configured security policies including NAT, PAT, and VPN, Route-maps, Prefix lists and Access Control Lists.
• Extensive experience in WAN Technologies, Switching Technologies along with Failover Mechanisms and Inter Vlan Routing types.
• Good knowledge with the technologies VPN, WLAN and Multicast.
• Extensive experience in configuring and troubleshooting of protocols RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and MPLS.
• Worked on network topologies and configurations, TCP/IP, UDP, Frame Relay, Token Ring, ATM, bridges, routers, hubs and switches.
• Well experienced in configuring HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, PPP, PAP, CHAP and SNMP.
• Experienced in configuring and deploying CBWFQ, WRED, LFI, QoS technologies.
• Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server.
• Excellent communication skills, enthusiastic, motivated and a team player.
• A highly organized individual who adopts a systematic approach to problem solving, effectively analyzes results and implements solutions.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently or as an integral part of a team and committed to highest levels of professional.
• Experience with Change management process and Project documentation tools like Excel and VISIO.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routing Technology: RIPV1, RIPV2, IGRP, EIGRP, IS-IS, OSPF, BGP.

Network Products: Confidential Routers 1700, 1800, 2500, 2600, 2800. Confidential High End Routers 3600, 3800, 7200, 12010, 12404. Confidential Switches 1900, 2950, 2950, 2960G. Confidential Campus Switches 3550XL, 4948 Core Catalyst 4503, 4507 RE, Catalyst 6500/6503/6507 , Nexus 2000, 5000, 7000 series

Antivirus & Endpoint protection: Confidential CSA, Symantec Enterprise Edition, MacAfee Enterprise Edition.

Security & VPN: ASA 5505 Firewall, AIP SSM, CSC SSM, FWSM, Fortigate, Confidential CSM, ACL-Access Control List, IPS/IDS, NAT, PAT, Confidential ACS, Juniper Net Screen firewall, Palo AltoFirewalls, Windows Patch Management (WSUS).

LAN Technology: IEEE 802.11, Token Ring, Workgroup, Domain, HSRP, DNS, Static, VLAN, STP, VTP, Ether Channel, Trunks.

WAN Infrastructure: Leased Line, ISDN/Dial-Up, Frame Relay circuits, Metro Ethernet.

WAN Technologies: HDLC, PPP, ATM, SONET, MPLS, VPN, IPSec-VPN.

Wireless & Wi-Fi: Canopy Wireless Device (point to point/point to multipoint), DLink Wireless (point to point), DLink Access Point, Confidential 1200 series Access Point, and Linksys Wireless/Wi-Fi Router.

Operating Systems & Tools: Confidential IOS, Windows NT 4.0 (Desktop/Server), Windows 2000/2003/2008 Server, Windows XP/Windows 7/8, LINUX, Solaris, Active Directory, Apache Server, MS Exchange server, VERITAS Volume Manager.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience working with data center deployment where we converted from Confidential 6500 to Nexus.
• Experience working with Nexus 5020, 2148, 2248 devices
• Experience configuring VPC (Virtual Port Channel), VDC(Virtual Device Context) in Nexus 5020
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus5000
• Experience working with Juniper devices like EX-2200, EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX650, SRX240
• Troubleshoot wan related problems including OSPF, EIGRP, BGP routing and design
• Supporting EIGRP, OSPF and BGP based network by resolving level 2 & 3 problems of internal teams & external customers of all locations
• Deploying Confidential routers and switched such as 7200, 3800, 3600 and 3500,4500, 5500.
• Management tools, SNMP, Syslog, Sniffer
• Worked on Checkpoint NGX R65 firewallsfor building the ACL rules for the extranet connectivity and implementation of the rules on the corporate firewalls and monitored logs for the issues.
• Managed inventory of all network hardware, Management and Monitoring by use of SSH, Syslog, SNMP.
• Implemented and configured SNMP, Syslog and traps on Confidential routes to allow for network management.
• Proficient in Confidential IOS for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4, MPLS

Confidential, Brea, CA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Working with data center deployment group for data center refresh project
• Implementation and upgrading core and distribution layer including multiple server farms silos with Nexus 5K and 7K.
• Involved in the deployment of Confidential Nexus 7k, 5k and 2K along with ASR 9K, 6509s (Sup 720), Confidential 4900, 3750, 2960 switches.
• Experience configuring VDC,VPC in Nexus 7010
• Configuration of routing protocols OSPF, BGP and policy based routing
• Providing support for the Layer 2 and Layer 3 devices in the Network.
• Perform IOS upgrades in Confidential Routers and Switches including Nexus 3K and 5K.
• Design OSPF Areas for reliable Access Distribution and for Core IP Routing.
• Redistribution of routing protocols and Frame-Relay configurations
• Involved in Network Migration from EIGRP to OSPF
• Responsible for Implementation and configuration of VPN Tunnels.
• Configured HSRP and VLAN trunking 802.1Q, VLAN routing on catalyst 6500 switches.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Study single point failures & design WAN structure in such a way that there are no failures in network in case of any device or link failure
• Setting up VLANS and configuring inter-VLAN routing, Trucking, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation on Ethernet channel between switches
• Implementing, Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Convergence in Frame-Mode MPLS in the core.
• Worked on GTM, LTM 3600 load balancers to configure Nodes, Pools and VIP’s on a need basis.
• Implemented and maintained Big-IP F5 load balancing solution (LTM and GTM) across multiple datacenters using OTV.
• Created security policy according to user’srequirement in Confidential ASA-5580, Juniper-SRX-5800&ISG-1000 fire-wall using CLI & GUI
• Configuration and set up of Juniper SRX firewalls for policy mgmt. and VPN's
• Provided firewall policy configuration and services with Juniper SRX 240 & 650 service gateways
• Understanding the JUNOS platform and worked with JUNOS upgrade of Juniper devices
• Troubleshoot and Worked with Security issues related to Confidential ASA, andIDS/IPS firewalls
• Perform Wireless Administration and troubleshooting for the corporate Wireless infrastructure.
• Build Logical design and Implementation of Wireless Solution
• Working on various 802.11x technologies for additional regulatory domains, Quality of Service, Inter Access Point Protocol etc.
• Performed day to day network operations using Remedy and HP Service Manager Tool for ticketing system and change management.
• Policy provisioning, access to specific segments of the networks through Confidential ISE.
• Engineered, configured and deployed routers using Confidential ISE.
• Installed 3502 Wireless Access Points WAPs at various locations in the company

Confidential, Virginia Beach, VA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation & configuration of enterprise network connectivity between multiple branches
• Involved in configuring Confidential routers and switch administration with enterprise level Confidential Routers such as Confidential ASR1004, 7200 series, 3800 series, 3700 series, 2800series, and Confidential catalyst series switches like 6500, 3750 and 4500.
• Configuring and troubleshooting of routing protocols such as OSPF, MP-BGP, EIGRP, and BGP v4.
• Configuration and Installation of Confidential ASR1002, 3845 routers for the migration of branches to new MPLS cloud rollout.
• Migration of network connections from unsecured connections to secured connections. Such as Internet VPN to MPLS networks as main connections to the MPLS network.
• Provisioning and troubleshooting Ethernet services, Gigabit networks and Connectivity issues with WAN circuits connecting branches.
• Configuring site to site to VPN connectivity
• Designed VLAN’s, access lists (ACL), troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images and other hardware installations
• Experience in troubleshooting VLAN, STP (Spanning tree protocol), & Switch Trunk and IP subnet issues.
• Configuration of Access lists (ACL) for the proper network routing for the B2B network connectivity.
• Responsible forCheckpointand Confidential ASA firewall administration across global networks
• Experience working with Juniper EX-Series Ethernet Switches
• Experience working with Juniper SRX Series.
• Dealt with NAT configuration and troubleshooting issues related access lists and DNS/DHCP issues within the LAN network.
• Managing and configuring Confidential Switches and Firewalls independently.
• Monitoring Network infrastructure using SNMP tools like HP Open view.
• Dealt with the escalation problems from Leve1, Leve2 & level 3 for routing, switching and WAN connectivity issues.
• Worked with Operations in troubleshooting issues related to connectivity, STP, VLANs, Inter VLAN routing, VTP, Ether channels, Layer 2/3 switching, log messages.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and experience developing and maintaining technical procedure and documentation

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and Deployed LAN networks with Access/Distro/Core layer switches such as Confidential 4510, 3750, Switches
• Design OSPF Areas for reliable Access Distribution and for Core IP Routing and Using BGP as a WAN routing protocol
• Implementing, Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Convergence in Frame-Mode MPLS inside the core.
• Designed, validated and implemented LAN, WLAN & WAN solution to client’s requirements
• Experience working with Confidential ASA 5585-X firewalls with Firewall rules, IPSEC VPN, NAT, Active-Standby Failover, OSPF and Any Connect VPN technologies
• Experience working with data center migration project with converting 6500 Based environment to Confidential Nexus based data center.
• Experience working with Nexus 7k, 5K, 2K with VPC, VDC, ISSU Software upgrades
• Implement ATM/Frame Relay between data centers utilizing Confidential routers & switches.
• Experience working with Juniper Routers (MX960, MX480, M320) and Switches (EX2400, QFX Virtual Chassis Switches) with BGP, OSPF, VSTP, MST layer 2 and layer 3 Technologies
• Configurations of Confidential Routers and Switches. Participated in a rotating 24x7 support schedule for the Network operation Center.
• Deployed a large-scale HSRP solution to improve the uptime of collocation customers, in the event a core router became unreachable.
• Troubleshooting and monitored routing protocols such OSPF, EIGRP & BGP.
• Designing and Implementation of (LAN) VLANs, VTP, Spanning Tree (STP), Trenching (dot1q and ISL) and Ether channel.
• Provided Load Balancing towards access layer from core layer using F5 Network Load Balancers.
• Managed the F5 BigIP GTM/LTM appliances to include writing IRules, SSL offload and everyday task of creating WIP and VIPs.
• Configured ACL & NAT through CLI.
• Working with Juniper JUNOS operating system and working on M/ MX/ series routers. And SRX devices
• Implemented TCP/IP and related services like DHCP/DNS/WINS.
• Configured and troubleshooting of HSRP on Confidential routers.
• Responsible for turning up BGP peering and customer sessions, as well as debugging BGP routing problems.
• Implemented SNMP on Confidential routes to allow for network management.

Confidential, New York

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creating a ruleon the checkpoint firewall for a NAT (used ACLs to block unauthorized users) to the VLAN IP and allowing the IPSec traffic.
• Implement Confidential Works 2000 & ALTERPOINT device to manage Confidential routers, switches, firewall, Access Points, Concentrators.
• Configured JuniperM320routers andT640routers.
• Redistributed static routes intoOSPFusingJuniper M320.
• Plan and implement Juniper Netscreen 204.
• Configured and maintained juniperSRX210,220,240,650routers.
• Installing and configuring Checkpoint NG R55 & NGX R60
• Monitoring and maintaining LAN/WAN networks using Snort and sniffer trace.
• Design and Implement Remote access VPN server using Checkpoint NGX R60 and NG R 55 & Confidential ASA.
• Big IPF5Load Balance experience; setting up, monitoring and configuringF5load balancer.
• Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers.
• Time to time upgrade network connectivity between branch office and regional office with multiple link paths and routers running HSRP, EIGRP in unequal cost load balancing to build resilient network.
• Configured and installed multi-protocol (IP, IPX) multi-interface Confidential routers.
• Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.
• Implement ACLs and authenticate (EIGRP, BGP) to ensure high security on the network.
• Time to time upgrade network connectivity between branch office and regional office with multiple link paths and routers running HSRP, EIGRP in unequal cost load balancing to build resilient network.
• Used Protocol analysis tools to assess and pinpoint networking issues causing service disruption