SUMMARY:

• 8.3 years of professional experience in Planning, Implementing, Configuring, Troubleshooting of networking system on both Cisco and Juniper Networks
• Experience with the escalation problems for Routing, Switching and WAN connectivity issues using ticketing systems like remedy and Magic
• Experience of routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, and BGP
• Excellent knowledge of TCP/IP protocols IPV - 4 and IPV-6
• Worked on Cisco 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800 series Routers andCisco 2900, 3500,4500, 5500 Switches
• Worked on MX-80, MX-480, SRX-100, SRX-110, SRX-550 and EX-4200 Juniper devices
• Strong knowledge of VMware vSphere administration within Cisco Unified Computing System environment
• Extensive hands-on experience with complex routed LAN and WAN networks,routers and switches
• Hands-on configuration and experience in setting up Cisco routers to perform functions at the Access, Distribution, and Core layers
• Experience in the setup of Access-Lists, and RIP, EIGRP, and tunnel installations
• Proficiency in configuration of VLAN setup on variousCiscoRouters and Switches
• Experienced in trouble-shooting both connectivity issues and hardware problems on Cisco based networks
• Hands-on experience in using network stimulator tools like OPNET, Solarwinds Orion
• Experience deploying BIG-IP F5 LTM, GTM Load Balancers for load balancing and traffic management of application
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500 with ACL, NAT, Object Groups, Failover, Multi-Contexts
• Strong knowledge in HSRP, VRRP redundancy Protocols
• Experience in Network Management Tools and sniffers like SNMP, Wireshark and Cisco works to support 24 x 7 Network Operation Center
• Experience working with network Automation using Python
• Experience in physical cabling, IP addressing and subnetting with VLSM, configuring and supporting TCP/IP, DNS,VOIP-Cisco Call Manager installing and configuring proxies
• Access control server configuration for RADIUS & TACACS+
• Hands-on experience using Cisco Virtual Switching System (VSS)
• Knowledge of advanced technologies like Multicasting, MPLS and MPLS-VPN
• Good knowledge on Riverbed Virtual Services Platform (VSP) and Big-IP F5 Load balancers
• Ability to Install, Manage & Troubleshoot Large Networks & Systems Administration on Windows & Linux platforms in Development, Lab & Production Environments
• Good knowledge of CISCO NEXUS data center infrastructure with 5000 and 7000 series switches includes (5548, 7010) including CISCO NEXUS Fabric Extender (223, 2248)
• Hands-on Experience with CISCO Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, and Nexus 2000 platforms
• Knowledge of virtual firewalls like checkpoint VSX, IDS, IPS as well as encryption techniques
• Good knowledge on VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP)
• Design, configure, and implement LAN/WAN networking solutions for mid-sized to enterprise-level clients
• Conduct Wireless RF Surveys and document results
• Develop comprehensive project-based System Designs, Network Diagrams, Migration Plans, and Test Plans
• Effectively communicate with internal Account Executives and potential clients to assess and make solution
• Develop Bills of Materials (BOMs) and technical Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Great team player and able to work under pressure

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Routing Protocols: RIPv1, RIPv2, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, IGRP, EIGRP

Security: Cisco ASA, Check point, Juniper SRX, Palo Alto

Switches: Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3500, 3750, 3850, 4500, 4900, 6500, Nexus

2000, 5000 and 7000 series:

Routers: Cisco 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900, 7200 and 7600 series routersJuniper M & T Series

L2 Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, Dot1Q, RSTP, DTP, PVST and MST

L3 Switching: Ether channels, HSRP, GLBP

Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNP, ICMP, SNMP, ARP, RARP, PPP

WAN: Frame Relay, ATM, T1, T3, OC3, OCX, OC48, MPLS VPN

Physical: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial

Network Management Tools: MRTG, HP Open view, Cisco WAN manager and Cisco works

AAA Architecture: TACACS+, RADIUS, Cisco ACS

Tools: Wireshark, VMWare, tcpdump

Operating System: DOS, Windows XP, Vista/7/8/10, Cisco IOS, Linux, Mac OS, Cisco IOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Sr.Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented antivirus and web filtering on Juniper SRX 240 at the web server
• Dealt with creating VIP(virtual servers), pools, nodes and applying I Rules for the virtual servers like cookie persistency,
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5585 Security appliance
• Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Establish AWS technical credibility with customers and external parties
• Help customers build scalable, resilient, and high-performance applications and services on AWS
• Develop/capture/document architectural best practices for building systems on AWS
• Implementation and Configuration ( Profiles, I Rules) of F5 Big-IP LTM-3600 load balancers
• Provided Layer-3 redundancy by implementing HSRP and GLBP for High availability
• Experience configuring VPC, VDC and ISSU software upgrade in Nexus 7010
• Experience working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010
• Installed and configured Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall and configured remote access IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series
• Automated network implementations and tasks and designed monitoring tools using python scripting
• Upgraded load balancers from Radware to F5 BigIP v9 which improved functionality and scalability in the enterprise. Managed the F5 BigIP GTM/LTM appliances to include writing iRules, SSL offload and everyday task of creating WIP and VIPs.
• Migrating the policy from Cisco ASA firewall into Palo Alto.
• Experience with deployment of Palo Alto firewalls for different NAT, video conferencing traffic
• Implemented Positive Enforcement Model with the help of Palo Alto Networks
• Experienced with Palo Alto products installation and configuration
• Administration of ASA firewalls in the DMZ and FWSM in the Server Farm to provide security and controlled/restricted access.
• Implementation and Configuration ( Profiles, I Rules) of F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying NX-OS operation system with OSPF, BGP
• Troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP,
• Configure / Troubleshoot CISCO 12000, 7500, 3800, Juniper MX 480, MX960 series routers and EX4200 & EX3200, 3560 series switch for LAN/WAN connectivity.
• Implemented Access lists and policy mapping onJuniperrouter installed in each branch across all the locations.
• Worked on external customer wireless network infrastructure
• Supported day to day operational needs for customer infrastructure
• Support pre-sales wireless network engineering activities
• Leverage understanding of LAN/WAN technologies in order to support, design, and integrate complex wireless LANs
• Worked with a team on planning, designing, configurations, deployments and support of LAN/WAN/WLAN infrastructure
• Worked with VMware hypervisor and virtualization monitoring tools
• Participated in the evaluation of vendor hardware, software, and wireless communications products
• Operational support and troubleshooting of production wireless network issues
• Provided technical support case escalation for customer wireless infrastructure
• Documentation of advanced enterprise wireless solutions and designs
• Experience working with ASR 9000 series switches with IOS-XR
• Experience with deploying PIM Sparse-mode/Dense-mode multicasting in Campus locations.
• Actively involved in Switching technology Administration including creating and managing VLANS, Port security- 802.1x, Trucking 802.1Q, RPVST+, Inter-VLAN routing, and LAN security on Cisco Catalyst Switches 4507R+E, 6509-E and Cisco Nexus Switches 2232, 5596, 7009.
• Tests scope to include application modules, integration layer and full end-to-endtesting incorporating various device &WebTop clients
• Tested various networks which works on the protocols like of TCP/IP (IP, TCP, UDP, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, ICMP, SMTP, ARP, IPSEC, and NAT)
• Serve as part of a team of network engineers responsible for network upgrade from Cisco Layer 3 Catalyst switches to Juniper Layer 3 EX4200 & EX3200 switches across multiple offices.
• Design, implement and administer enterprisenetworkinfrastructure utilizing Juniperrouters across locations.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing, supporting, and maintaining 24x7 network services
• Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems with Wireshark, identifying and fixing problems
• Configured and troubleshooting BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, WAN, QoS and Route Maps
• Configure BGP features such as as-override, Local pre, EBGP load sharing on client connections
• Configured and resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment between multiple branch routers.
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs using various tools
• Configured and maintained IPSEC and SSL VPN's on Palo Alto Firewalls.
• Configuration and Administration of Palo Alto Networks Firewall to manage large scale Firewall deployments
• Upgraded load balancers from Radware to F5 BigIP v9 which improved functionality and scalability in the enterprise. Managed the F5 BigIP GTM/LTM appliances to include writing iRules, SSL offload and everyday task of creating WIP and VIPs.
• Deployment of datacenter LAN using Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k switches
• Providing technical security proposals, detailed RFP responses, security presentation, installing and configuring ASA firewalls, VPN networks and redesigning customer security architectures.
• Migrated to Juniper EX series switches from Cisco 3500 series and 6500 series switches
• Experience in working with cisco Nexus 5000 series switches for data center
• Experience working JuniperT-Series, M-Series, MX-Series, J-Series Routers
• Performed redistribution with OSPF, EIGRP to enable communication with backbone
• Troubleshoot connectivity issues involving VLAN's, OSPF, and QoS
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture
• Design and implement Catalyst/ASA Firewall Service Module for various LAN’s.
• Implemented, configured redundancy protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy
• ConfiguredJuniperMX480s, EX8200s, EX4500s, EX4200s, and SRX5800s from scratch to match design
• Managed the Cisco network infrastructure using Cisco Prime
• Supporting accounts on implementation and maintenance of DDI/IPAM Servers on various platforms
• Implementing Cisco VPN Solutions includingDMVPN
• Experienced with Juniper: EX-2200, EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480 and M Series, SRX210 and SRX240
• Establishing VPN Tunnels using IPSec encryption standards andalso configuring and implementing site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN
• Executed several implementations ofCiscoCME and Unity Express
• Maintain Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal
• Configured the Cisco ASR to use the VRF routing functions to completely split the traffic through the network.
• Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 8900, configured profiles, provided and ensured high availability
• Worked on F5 and CSM load balancers and multiple components for efficient performance
• Involved in Configuration of Access lists (ACL) on ASA firewall for the proper network routing for the B2B network

Confidential, Henderson, VA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support.
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Experienced with Juniper: EX-2200, EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480 and M Series, SRX210 and SRX240.
• Performed redistribution with OSPF and EIGRP to enable communication with backbone.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Hands-on experience with WAN (ATM/Frame Relay), Routers, Switches, TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF)
• Experienced in WAN environments, installing and troubleshooting data circuits (OC, T1, E1, T3, and MUXES).
• Installed and configured ASA 5500 Firewall
• Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500 security appliance
• Upgraded load balancers from Radware to F5 BigIP v9 which improved functionality and scalability in the enterprise. Managed the F5 BigIP GTM/LTM appliances to include writing iRules, SSL offload and everyday task of creating WIP and VIPs
• Built an accruing network via MPLS circuits to split the trusted and un-trusted traffic via a Cisco ASR Router
• Actively involved in Switching technology Administration including creating and managing VLANS, Port security- 802.1x, Trucking 802.1Q, RPVST+, Inter-VLAN routing, and LAN security on Cisco Catalyst Switches 4507R+E, 6509-E and Cisco Nexus Switches 2232, 5596, 7009.
• Maintaining Checkpoint security policies including NAT, VPN and Secure Remote access
• Responsible for installation and administration of Checkpoint Firewalls
• Building site-site VPN connections for third party connectivity using ASAFirewalls.
• Experience in network monitoring tools like Net flow, RSA envision and Cisco IPS event viewer.
• Implementing traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network using Frame Relay and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Involved in design and implementation of Data Center Migration, worked on implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks
• Configured Wireless Access Points in order to control them with RADIUS server
• Built site-to-site IPSec VPNs over Frame-relay & MPLS circuits on various models of Cisco routers to facilitate adding new business partners to new and existing infrastructures
• Involved in the team of Data Center Operations to perform duties like administration and deployment of Cisco Routers and Switches according to the organization requirements
• Worked with the data center planning groups, assisting with network capacity and high availability requirements.
• Configured VLAN's on Switches for Wireless Access Points
• Configured Access control list and also configured Cisco ACS for AAA services using Tacacs and Tacacs+.
• Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of firewall based security zones (DMZ*s).
• Provide support to internal project teams by adding firewalls, switches and routers to managed DMZs.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support Network Technicians as they require training & support for problem resolution including performing diagnostics, & configuring network devices.
• Configuring of IP Allocation and sub netting for all applications and servers and other needs throughout company using FLSM, VLSM addressing.
• Experience installing & configuring of Cisco PIX, ASA & FWSM (Firewall service module).
• Experience with convert PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution
• Worked on F5 Load Balancers, Cisco ASA 5540 Firewalls
• Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP and RIP.
• Tuned BGP internal and external peers with manipulation of attributes such as metric, origin and local Preference.
• Supporting EIGRP and BGP based on the network by resolving level 2 & 3 problems of internal teams & external customers of all locations.
• Performing troubleshooting on slow network connectivity issues, routing issues that involves OSPF, BGP and identifying the root cause of the issues.
• Experience in WAN connectivity using Cisco routers by using T1, T3 and frame relay connections and its troubleshooting issues.
• Design and implementation of the LAN IP infrastructure using Layer 2 / Layer 3 switching, STP, Gigabit Ethernet and Trunking / channeling technologies.
• Responsible for maintenance and utilization of VLANs, Spanning-tree, HSRP, VTP of the switched multi-layer backbone with catalyst switches.

Confidential

Network Technician

Responsibilities:

• Experience in Cisco switches and routers: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide AreaNetwork configurations.
• Managed IP addressing and implemented IP Access Lists.
• Documented the design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures.
• Involved in network monitoring, alarm notification and acknowledgement.
• Performed switching technology administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, Trunking, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation.
• Maintained complex LAN/WAN networks with several VLANS and provided support for routing protocols.
• Maintaining Network Integrity on LAN and WAN Networks.
• Configuring and Troubleshooting Routing protocols OSPF, RIP, EIGRP & BGP.
• Have sound knowledge of Firewall architecture, routing and VPN.
• Installed and configured the ACE and CSM for firewall/Server Load balancing for Cisco Catalyst switches.