SUMMARY

• Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 8 years of professional experience in Network engineering, performing Network analysis, design, Implementing, capacity planning with focus on performance tuning and support of large Networks and 6 years of Desktop support / Lab Administration
• Responsibilities also included serving as a subject matter expect on DS0, line share, DS1, Ethernet over Copper, Cisco/Red back routers, Nokia D50 DSLAMs, Cisco BPX/SES switches, andOSIModel layer1 to 3 troubleshooting.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, troubleshooting, configuring of Cisco ASR, 7200, 3900, 3800, 2900, 2800, and 1800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 2950 and 3500XL series switches
• Strong knowledge in Cisco Routing, Switching and Security with Cisco hardware/software (heavy Cisco shop) experience.
• Working experience on Pa - 5000 series Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of CSM, integration with ASA devices.
• Experience in managing security policies with CSM, integrated with ASA 5500 devices.
• Experience in set up, configuration and management of PIX firewall and ASA 5500 appliances.
• Strong Knowledge in WAN technologies including T1,T3, ISDN, HDLC, Point to Point, ATM and Frame Relay.
• Good at OSI Layers concepts.
• Experience in Configuring and implementing VLAN, VTP, LAN switching, STP and 802.x authentication in access layer switches.
• Access Control Server configuration for RADIUS and TACACS+.
• Have knowledge on various advanced technologies like VOIP, H.323, SIP, QOS, IPv6, Multicasting, and MPLS.
• Experience in Routing protocol configurations (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP).
• Designing and implementing F5 BIG-IP load balancer.
• Strong knowledge and experience in implementing, configuring VPN technologies like IPSEC, MPLS.
• Strong problem-analysis talent, driven by global view/attention-to-detail approach. “Hands on” technical knowledge.
• Experience with different Network Management Tools and Sniffers like Wireshark (ethereal), HP-Open view, RSA envision, and Cisco works to support 24 x 7 Network Operation Center.
• Experience with Project documentation tools & implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems and experience with developing network design documentation and presentations using VISIO
• Experience in monitoring and analyzing the load balancing of network traffic using KIWI Solar winds.
• Experience with network emulation hardware/software tool SHUNRA.
• Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing, configuring and supporting TCP/IP.
• Strong general management, negotiation, inter-personal, communication and team building skills.
• Efficient at use of Microsoft VISIO/Office as technical documentation and presentation tools.
• Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability.
• Experience working with Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K devices.
• Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience.
• Designing and implementing F5 BIG-IP load balancer.
• Strong knowledge and experience in implementing, configuring VPN technologies like IPSEC, MPLS.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: DOS, Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8

IP Routing: RIPv1, RIPv2, BGP, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP

Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, ICMP, SNMP, ARP, RARP, PPP, HDLC and ISDN

Topologies: Frame Relay, ATM, T1, T3, OC3, OC12, OC48, Ethernet, Cable Modem, xDSL and Wireless

Network Peripherals: Hubs, Cisco switches (2900, 2924, 2950, 3550, 3560, 4000, 5500, 6500, 6509, 6513,), Cisco routers (2600, 2800, 3640, 3700, 3825, 7200, 7204, 7206), Cisco PIX500 series, Cisco ASA 5500 series, Cisco 1200 Aironet Access Points, CSU/DSUs, network cards and Modems

Network Management Tools: Whatsup, MRTG, HP Open view, Cisco WAN manager, Cisco works 2000

Sniffers: Ethereal (Wireshark)

Software: Microsoft Office 97/2000, MS Visio

Firewall Security: Cisco ASA, Juniper SRX, Checkpoint, Palo Alto.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Santa Ana, CA

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco ASA's 5585.
• Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.
• Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.
• Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems, identifying and fixing problems.
• Experience working in Datacenters environment, configuration changes as per the needs of company.
• Troubleshotlayers1, 2, and 3 of theOSImodel on a daily basis with customers and partners.
• Innovated with support of Palo Alto for remote and mobile users and for analyzing files for malware in a separate (cloud-based) process that does not impact stream processing
• Experience in migration of VLANS.
• Performed Configuration on ASR 9K Pairs includes HSRP, Bundle Ethernet Config, Assigning DHCP profiles
• Extensive Knowledge on the implementation of Cisco ASA 5500 series and checkpoint R 75 firewalls
• Configuring objects such as Load Balancer pools for local traffic management on F5 Load Balancers
• Configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the network design.
• Experience in establishing NIC bonding/ teaming, IP aliasing.
• Worked on Transformation project.
• Extensive Knowledge on the implementation of Cisco ASA 5500 series and checkpoint R 75 firewalls
• TracedOSIlayersand extracting the packet information at each and everylayer. Worked on Wireshark, TCP/IP, andOSILayersfor packet tracking and Drafted & finalized progress reports, final report. Technologies: Java, JSP, Servlets, Wireshark, TCP/IP, JQuery
• Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core ASR 9K, Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K and its downstream devices and also configure 2k, 3k,7k series Routers
• Configuring and resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.
• Implemented, configured BGP WAN routing, converting OSPF routes to BGP (OSPF in local routing).
• Installed and maintained Cisco and F5 Load Balancer and documentation
• Installing, configuring Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 & 3550 series and configured routing protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design.
• Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP etc.
• Good knowledge in systems integration, software hardware emulation experience.
• Perform setup of test scenarios, both hardware and software components, and perform troubleshooting.
• Created documents for various platforms including Nexus 7k, ASR9k, and ASR1k enabling successful deployment of new devices on the network
• Configuring, implementing and troubleshooting VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Trunking, Ether channels.
• Designing, implementing LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco 5K, catalyst 6500 switches.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7k series switch.
• Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching.
• Designed, configured, implemented site-site VPN on cisco ASA 5500 firewall.
• Implemented, configured redundancy protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Experience with configuring Load Balancing methods in F5 LTM and also configured the virtual server.
• On Catalyst 6500 switches configured VLAN Routing
• Working with Checkpoints, ASA’s (Other Remote sites), Palo Alto’s
• Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits.
• Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like Wire shark, Solar winds etc.
• QRF for transformed sites as per the client requirement.
• Provided proactive threat defense with ASA that stops attacks before they spread through the network.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/ switches and Cisco 3640/1200/7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, OSI, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K, Cisco ASA 500, Checkpoint, windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, VPN, HSRP

Confidential, Weston, FL

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500.
• Experience in migration of VLANS.
• Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.
• Configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the network design.
• Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.
• Hands on experience with the Shunra network emulation device and Performance suite tools.
• Good knowledge on HP Performance center/ load controller /load generator.
• Experience with deployment of Palo Alto firewalls for different NAT, Skype traffic
• Performing software upgrades on HP load controllers and generators.
• Experience in establishing NIC bonding/ teaming, IP aliasing.
• Good knowledge in systems integration, software hardware emulation experience.
• Worked on change management documentation of Network infrastructure design using Microsoft Visio.
• Configuring, Installing and troubleshooting on Check Point Devices
• Experience with CSM, F5 (LTM) Load balancers to provide efficient switching and routing for local and global traffic
• Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, Bundle Ethernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair
• Perform setup of test scenarios, both hardware and software components, and perform troubleshooting.
• Experience working in DataCentre environment, configuration changes as per the needs of company.
• Configuring, implementing and troubleshooting VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Trunking, Ether channels.
• Designing, implementing LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco 5K, catalyst 6500 switches.
• Installing, configuring Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 & 3550 series and configured routing protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design.
• Experience in configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5020, 2148, 2248 switches.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7k series switch.
• Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching.
• Designed, configured, implemented site-site VPN on cisco ASA 5500 firewall.
• Implemented, configured redundancy protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for branch offices.
• Configuring and resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment,
• Implemented, configured BGP WAN routing, converting OSPF routes to BGP (OSPF in local routing).
• Performed load balancing and application level redundancy by deploying F5 BIG-IP LTM 3900
• Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems with Wireshark, identifying and fixing problems
• Adding and removing checkpoint firewall policies based on various project requirements
• Commissioning and decommissioning, configuring, URL and Web filtering, SSL Certificates, monitoring, SNMP traps, logging, blocking on Palo Alto devices, migrating from one network to other.
• Troubleshooting of Cisco 2800, 2900, 3900, 7200, 7600, ASR9k, CRS Series routers
• Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP etc.
• Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like Wireshark, Solar winds etc.
• Provided proactive threat defense with ASA that stops attacks before they spread through the network.
• Adding and removing checkpoint firewall policies based on the requirements of various project requirements.
• Provided application level redundancy and availability by deploying F5 load balancers LTM
• Designed and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers & FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5500 Firewalls.
• Worked extensively on Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Worked on migration of existing PIX firewall to ASA firewall, PIX OS upgrade from 6.3 to 7.0.
• Design and Implement DMZ for FTP, Web and Mail Servers with CISCO PIX 506, PIX515
• Worked extensively on Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Building the VPN tunnel and VPN encryption.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/ switches and Cisco 3640/1200/7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K, Cisco ASA 500, Checkpoint, windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, VPN, HSRP