SUMMARY:

• Accomplished network and security engineering professional with over 7+ years of real time experience in designing, deploying, migrating and supporting critical multi - site redundant network environments
• Extensive hands-on experience with complex routed LAN and WAN networks, Cisco routers, switches, ASA’s and firewall’s
• Extensive knowledge of deploying & troubleshooting L2/L3 TCP/IP, Multilayer Switching, IPSec, UDP, WLAN, MPLS, Multicasting, Ethernet, IP Routing Protocols RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, GRE& BGP Cisco routers, switches, ASA and PIX firewall deployment.
• Hands on with corporate compliance programs such as SOX, NERC CIP, PCI environments.
• Worked on cisco 3900, 2900, 2800, 800, 1700 series routers and 1000 series ASR's.
• Worked on cisco 3500, 3700, 2900, 6500, 4500, 3500X series, POE and non-POE switches.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST
• Knowledge and experience with Cisco product line, including routers, switches (Catalyst and NEXUS), firewalls (ASA/PIX) and UCS platforms
• Implemented traffic filters on Cisco routes using Standard and extended Access lists
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP and OSI models
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts
• Troubleshooting & implementation of Vlan, STP, MSTP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1Q, DTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, LACP, PAGP, AAA, TACACS, RADIUS, MD5, VTP & SVI.
• Having deep knowledge in Cisco security: Telnet, SDM, NAT/ACLs, AAA, Layer 2 security, Layer 3 security, IPS/IDS, Cisco (ASA, PIX) 5510, Cryptography, VPN, IPsec.
• Well experienced in configuring HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, PPP, PAP, CHAP and SNMP.
• Experience in configuring HSRP and redistribution between routing protocols troubleshooting them
• Proven knowledge of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (DSS), Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), HIPAA and HiTech
• Knowledge on TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, MPLS, IPAM, VPN protocols and concepts
• Worked on autonomous WAP's 1142 series
• Exposure to Cisco ASA/ Firewall and F5 LTM (Versions 10.x and 11.x) 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 level knowledge in AFT/Secure file transfer support for mission critical applications Connect Direct file transfer support for several mission critical applications Enterprise Extender Migrations Netview Support.
• Expert knowledge of cable connectors and replacement as RJ-11, RJ-45, V.35, RS-449
• Experience with Aruba wireless controllers & Access points
• Technical understanding of wireless standards and experience in data packet capture and analysis
• Experience in Network Analysis, Optimizations, Enhancements and Implementations
• Expert knowledge with configuring routers and switches from ground UP and from scratch to deployment
• Evaluated and tested network systems to eliminate problems and make improvements.
• Excellent customer management/resolution, problem solving and debugging skills with good verbal/written communications and presentation skills
• Having Experience on creating and updating the Various PowerShell Scripts for windows, Active Directory, AzureAD and o365.
• Knowledge in Citrix XenServer
• Good Knowledge on Juniper SRX configurations on various platforms of Junos
• Ability to work in team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment and Analytical skills
• Expert Knowledge on ICAP, IWA and BCAAA.
• Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment.
• Installed and configured Xen Hypervisor and then installed Linux.
• Working experience with the web based technologies like SOAP, XML, REST
• Working experience in Core technologies include Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1, Mac OS, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, WLAN, ATM / Circuit / IP Routing, Routers, Switches, Modems, and DSLAM.
• Develop an understanding of the complete feature set and operation of Republic Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products and Session Internet Protocol (SIP).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Static, Dynamic: RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP-V4

Routers: Cisco (7600,7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800, ASR 920, 1000, 5000 series)

LAN Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, MST, ETHERCHANNEL, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, Port Security

Switches: Cisco (6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900, series), Nexus 5500

Firewall 506/515/525/535:

Access: lists, Routing, Switching, Subnetting, Designing, CSU/DSU, IPSec, VLAN, VPN, WEP, WAP, MPLS, VoIP, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi

Protocols: FTP, TFTP, STP, MSTP, VTP, HSRP, VRRP, DHCP, SNMP, NAT, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS,SNMPV3,SNMPV2,WAN Optimization, Extrahop, Diameter (S6b, SWx, Wa, SWm, Radius, LDAP

TCP/IP Services: DNS, DHCP, SNMP, NAT, FTP, TFTP, SIP

F5 Load Balancers: VIPRION 4400, 2400.

Security: Checkpoint, Juniper, Nortel, Cisco PIX & ASA Firewalls, Access lists and Policy based routing, Firewall Design, VPN Configuration, Internet Content Filtering, Load Balancing, IDS/IPS,HIDS,HIPS,NAC,DLP.

Firewall: Checkpoint Console R75.40 & R77.10, Cisco PIX - 506, 515, 525 Series

Cisco ASA: 5510,5000, 5540 5550 Series, Juniper SSG Juniper Firewalls,Fortinet, Netscaler, Panorama.

Wireless Controllers: Cisco 4400, 5500, Aruba, Aerohive.

Access Points: Cisco 1242, 2400 & 3500

Infrastructure services: DHCP, DNS, SMTP, FTP, TFTP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, New jersey

Responsibilities:

• Configuring Static, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco1600, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7200, ASR 920, 1000, 5000 series Routers.
• Responsible for entire company network infrastructure that includes Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Access Points, Servers and PBX.
• Configuring and implementing BFD Neighbors.
• Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Building the VPN tunnel and VPN encryption.
• Configured various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509. And Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches and Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco ASR 5000
• Hands on experience working with the different health checks for the devices Cisco ASR 920,1000,7200, 5000, 9000 series using CLI.
• Working experience with the different vendors like Cisco, juniper and Nokia
• Gained hands on experience with VLSM, STP, VTP, VLAN Trunking.
• Configured and involved in troubleshooting site-to-site IPSEC VPN tunnels using Cisco ASA 5540 for third party connectivity.
• Migrated data to cloud environment. Good working knowledge of Azure and AWS.
• Implemented SNMPv3, GLBP, Rapid STP, regular scheduled IOS updates, and configured network components of Video Teleconferencing deployment across HRSA.
• Configured policies on ASM using manual policy enforcement and auto policy enforcement with F5 ASM, LTM, and APM.
• Designed and configured of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Installed and set up Cisco routers and switches according to deployment plans.
• Change management, monitoring network performance with network tools.
• IP Distribution for existing devices and new devices as they were added.
• Knowledge and experience of 802.11 a/b/g/n Ethernet standard for wireless Technology.
• Worked with other team members in testing of the network architecture.
• Implemented, configured redundancy protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Working experience with the rconfig using centos, Ubuntu and testing with the lab environment like GNS3.
• Designed the Migration Process for Citrix from Cisco ASA to Fortinet .
• Handled all the Fortinet Migrations from Cisco ASA to Fortinet on a Global Scale.
• Having Experience on riverbed that develops products to improve application performance across WAN Optimization
• Provide tier III service assurance support to managed and hosted customers utilizing Cisco Unified Communications products totaling 20,000
• end users. Products supported include Cisco Call Manager 10.x, Cisco Unity Connection version10.x, UCCX version 10.x, Cisco Unified Presence Server version 10.x, Cisco Unified Workforce Optimization, H.323 gateways, SIP CUBES, MGCP Gateways, Call Manger Express routers, Cisco Unity Express and UCS Servers which include ESXI and CIMC and authored Standard Operating Procedures that became the baseline for designing Cisco UCS and vCenter.
• Riverbed products reduce latency and bandwidth constraints in delivering applications via WANs to multiple locations across long distances. It also develops products to support network and application performance management .
• All VMware resources including 30+ ESXi hosts on 3 continents with over 250 VMs.
• Architecture & health of the internal corporate network & all internet connections in 18 offices & 4 datacenters spread over 3 continents.
• Lead Appliance hardware configuration, troubleshooting, replacement across all Appliance models.
• Manage implement of Symantec DLP software (12.0-14.6) fine tuning, lessons on best practices, upgrades and troubleshooting.
• Provide direct daily support to customers via INSIGHT DLP appliances
• Executed additional development work including Python, Windows batch scripts , VERITAS and Symantec APIs including custom integration scripts, as well as the home-brewed API for the Appliances.
• Functional SME for company engineers on Linux/Unix, the Appliances and related hardware, infrastructure, general systems administrative knowledge and theory.
• Participate in company Proof of Concepts for DLP and the Appliances.
• SAN & disk array resources including zero downtime upgrades, migrations & maintenance.
• Design & testing of backup & disaster recovery resources including replication of critical systems to a secondary datacenter.
• Eliminated the need for expensive MPLS links between offices & datacenters through the creation & implementation of WAN optimization technologies.
• Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA Firewalls, and MPLS switching for stable VPNs.
• Worked on Cisco Routers, Active /Passive Hubs, Switches, Cisco PIX Firewall, Cisco ASA, NOKIA Firewalls, Nortel VPN Concentrators TCP/IP, NAT and Checkpoint ESX/GSX firewall.
• Writing Netscaler policies to remove security vulnerabilities
• Installation and repair of all Uverse and IP - DSLAM Systems, wiring and equipment.
• Working experience in Core technologies include Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1, Mac OS, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, WLAN, ATM / Circuit / IP Routing, Routers, Switches, Modems, and DSLAM.
• Creating trouble tickets in CRM and dispatches.
• Involved in Cabling like Pulling and route CAT5, CAT5E, CAT6, CAT6A and fiber in a construction commercial environment
• Multiple installation process includes: cable pathway system (cable trays, cable racks, J-hooks, dress, route, terminate, label and test)
• Fire -stop various types of cable penetrations
• Set up telecommunications and equipment rooms (dress and route cable into telecommunications rooms, ladders rack and patch panels)
• Maintaining a safe work environment by following codes, standards, and legal regulations.
• Diagnosed and corrected copper wire problems. Performed cable splices for copper cables. Removed and demolished abandoned cables.
• Maintained and referenced industry standards including ANSI, EIA/TIA and local and national Electric Code.
• Troubleshoot computers for internet connectivity.
• Provide Tier III level of support to TAC (Technical Assistance Center) across various access technologies and protocols including: IPTV, Active Ethernet, GPON, L2/L3 applications, DPoE, DPoG, VoIP (SIP).
• Demonstrates technical expertise on network management, including, setting up networks, allocating IPS, TDM techniques, VoIP installation and configuring electronic equipment.
• Responsible for troubleshooting issues related to Linux server's file systems, memory usage and experience in installing several packages/software on Linux servers and providing support for them.
• Worked on installing RedHat Linux using kickstart and applying security policies for hardening the server based on the company policies.
• Successfully converted the entire facility of over 600 users to the VoIP-Call manager system
• Clear communication with the customer. Instructing on the proper use and functions of the VoIP system. Cable management and termination.
• Having Experience on setting Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams include the audio conferencing feature for just this situation
• People can call in to Skype for Business or Microsoft Teams meetings using a phone, instead of using the Skype for Business or Microsoft Teams app on a mobile device or PC.
• Working experience on Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 and Linux servers in large environment.
• Help Implement/integrate and managed Unified Communication System (UCC)
• Managed Exchange, Skype for Business, Shoretel and deployed Audio/Video Polycom conference solution across the company.
• Installed/configured Web logic for APEX installation on Red hat Linux servers. Install and manage Tomcat & Apache web servers.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Washington DC

Responsibilities:

• Involved in configuring and implementing of composite Network models consists of Cisco 7600, 7200, 3800 series routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5000, 6500 Series switches
• Involved in Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLAN’s, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-VLAN routing, LAN security etc. Deploying Layer 2 security in Server Farms by configuring switch for 802.1x port based authentication.
• Day-to-day work involves scheduling firewall policy provisioning and working with users to identify connectivity related issues and troubleshoot using both Smart Utilities and CLI.
• Worked on Managing and administering Palo Alto and Checkpoint Firewalls at various zones including DMZ, Extranet (Various Business Partners) and ASZ and internal.
• Involved in Troubleshooting Firewall Connectivity related issues using Smart view tracker on Checkpoint.
• Working on Cisco, HP, Aruba, Brocade, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Blue coat, Infoblox, Solar winds, F5 load balancers and having Experience working in a highly regulated environment ( MICS, PCI, SOX ) Training and ITSM practices.
• Configured and Administered Cisco ASA Firewalls (5585, 5550, and 5540) and used command line CLI, Cisco CSM, and ASDM for day-to-day administration.
• Configured rules, maintained Palo Alto firewalls, and analyzed firewall logs using various tools.
• Configured VDCs and implement Layer2 topologies using Fabric path, vPC+, L2-L3, VRFs, HA, Port Channel and OTV functionality.
• Deployed a large-scale HSRP solution to improve the uptime of collocation customers, in the event a core router became unreachable
• Analyze syslog generated by IDS, IPS, Firewalls, Routers, and Switch devices.
• Manage third party connections using Cisco ASA Firewalls
• Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, BGP and OSPF.
• Configuration, Testing, Planning, Design of Cisco routers, Cisco Catalyst 2900,3570 and 6500 switches and Cisco AirNet and wireless appliances
• Implementation and Configuration of F5 BIG-IP LTM-6400 Load Balancers.
• Migration for Frame-Relay/ATM network to MPLS based VPN for customer's WAN infrastructure.
• Troubleshooting latency and throughput issues on MPLS and dedicated internet access circuits.
• Configured Cisco 7204 routers which were also connected to Cisco ASA security appliances providing perimeter based firewall security.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix operating system and shell scripting.
• Configured Juniper QFX 5100 switches for managed co-location customers.
• Configured Nexus 7010 including NX-OS Virtual Port Channels, Nexus port profiles, Nexus Version 4.2 and 5.0, Nexus VPC peer link.
• Worked on troubleshooting for Layer 2 LAN technologies including but not limited to Ethernet (Switched, FastE, and GigE), Spanning-Tree, VLANs, VTP, and Trunking (802.1q) and Aruba Wireless platform.
• Coordinated with LAN/WAN engineers the development and implements security policy.
• Installed patches and packages on Linux/Unix Environment
• Involved in administration duties including managing Axway Secure Transport 5.X on Linux SUSE Server 11 and PKI management using Axway Certificate Manager Software.
• Configured HSRP and VLAN trucking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Cisco IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS and CatOS, JUNOS, Juniper Netscreen CLI, Nortel 8600, Alcatel-Lucent SROS 9.0/TiMOS, F5 TMOS (LTM), Gigamon H-series, ExtraHop .
• Configuration, troubleshooting, and management of ExtraHop physical and virtual nodes & ECAs
• Configuring, updating, and troubleshooting Gigamon maps and port configs.
• Updating and creating documentation and diagrams.
• Perform Infosec and Controls review for new project requests from various teams. Manage projects and make purchasing decisions relevant to Infosec and audit areas, including Enterprise Single-Sign-On, Encryption and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and develop and mature Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) processes for cyber security initiatives.
• Partnered with field techs to troubleshoot signal strength degradation, as well as perform Redback server and DSLAM provisioning testing.
• Assisted end users with installation, update and configuration for gateway, modem, and router equipment.
• Supported computers and devices based on Android OS, iOS, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
• Supplier and stakeholder management and Loading of contracts on SRM and Contract Management system.
• Performing supplier performance management and supplier development.
• DHCP: Creating and Managing the Scopes, Providing the Backup, Creating the Scopes for WDS.
• Supported network security devices such as firewalls and proxies with emphasis on remote access technologies such as VPN and Citrix NetScaler.
• Experience with data/audio collaboration systems including: Polycom, Cisco Telepresence, Jabber, Skype, Go-To-Meeting, WebEx, BlueJeans.
• Ability to support and maintain audio/visual integrated systems including: PA systems, AV Racks, document cameras, projectors, flat screens, AMX, Creston and Panja touch screen control panels, Extron computers, audio/visual interface and distribution systems
• Designed the Migration Process for Citrix from Cisco ASA to Fortinet.
• Deployed New Fortinet Firewalls for New Location in Washington, DC.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Utah

Responsibilities:

• Configured and integrated new and existing network devices based upon client requirements
• Implemented network designs based upon design documents on timely basis
• Designed and implemented network solutions according to client requirements
• Involved in Site Survey team that covers around 95 sites across NSP, PSCO and SPS for the Site Improvement Infrastructure(SII) project which includes analyzing overall network environment for every single site and then suggesting recommendations by speaking with Network Architects in order to upgrade the network environment
• Conducted Pre-site surveys by preparing a checklist obtaining WAN, LAN ports quantity and type, VLAN information, physical connectivity network diagrams, IP ranges, NAT policies, QoS policies, network equipment inventory lists, network cabling plan for every single network equipment and reviewed Network trouble tickets for every site
• Conducted Site Surveys, Hands-on experience with Cisco L2/L3 equipment, L2/L3 engineering, Performed Physical and Logical IMAC, Network Troubleshooting, and Operationalization functions for project-related activities
• Project multiple Datacenters.
• Experience with Checkpoint Firewall policy provisioning.
• Proficient using the F5 based profiles, monitors, VIP's, pools, pool members, iRules for virtual IP's
• Configured and Maintained the Local Network using 2900, 6500 series Switches and 2800 series Routers. Configured and installed the 3600 series Router.
• Implemented Site-to-Site VPNs over the Internet utilizing 3DES, AES/AES-256 with ASA Firewall 5505 .
• Configured Protocol Handling, Object Grouping and NAT on ASA Firewalls (5505
• Configured Firewall logging, DMZs and related security policies and monitoring.
• Design and Engineer Trunk Groups, Pro vision SIP Services ( IP CONTROL, TRANSIT, MFGD , PSTN, LD, LOCAL TERM ) Process ASR's to LEC for DS3 and trunk groups orders/interconnection for ALL RBOC's / Independents/ CLEC's and etc. Issue Route Set (SS7) orders, Interaction with internal and external customers; such as LEC/Vendors/Peerless NOC/Peerless Translations/Sales Support/Net Eng/Peerless Customers.
• Provide internal/external customer support via email and phone
• Administrative functions - tracking orders, follow up on orders from start to finish using MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Performed remediation of non- compliant transfers and performed security upgrades. Software used includes Axway Secure Transport and Axway B2B software, IBM Sterling Connect Enterprise, FileZilla, and WinSCP.
• Installation of Harris Link (Aviate) for shared and leased lines.
• Assisted architects with design solutions and review and validate designs of network systems
• Worked on Remedy and Mercury tools for ticketing system and authentication
• Captured Network Interface Percentage and Network Interface Throughput reports for various sites using Quest Foglite NMS to check the bandwidth utilization rate and suggested WAN upgrade of T1, T3, DS3 or OC3 connected to ATT-MPLS-BGP cloud based on the incoming and outgoing traffic
• Created documentation for network implementation which is followed after site surveys
• Responsible for Firewall rule set migration from Cisco ASA to newly implemented Palo alto.
• Worked with Palo alto firewalls PA3020, PA5020 using Panorama servers, performing changes to monitor/block/allow the traffic on the firewall.
• Troubleshooting the issues with the application owners hosted on the F5 environment in the 3- tier environments
• Configuring rules and maintaining Palo alto firewall & analysis of firewall logs using various tools.
• Centrally managed all Palo alto firewalls using Palo alto Panorama M-100 management server.
• Perform firewall rule audit and optimization using Algosec.
• Worked on F5 VIPRION4800 series BIG IP devices, configured VIP's with HTTP/SSL profiles, pools, configured iRules and ensured high availability.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Managed Cisco Routers 3600,7200,5500,7600 series routers And Cisco Switches 3800 and 6500 series
• Project involved was upgrading Cisco nexus 2000 series switches with Cisco nexus 5000 series switches
• Configured OSPF over frame relay networks for NBMA and point to multipoint strategies
• Implemented traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network using Frame Relay and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Configured Net Screen Firewall to allow site to site VPN access and configuring authentication, encryption, compression, ACL to ensure better security
• Applied effectively various routing protocols including EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Worked on Spanning tree design to help create a loop-free network topology
• Isolated and diagnosed network problems, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, involving TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Deployment & support of Microsoft Active Directory Services
• Hands on experience with Cisco VoIP
• Supported design and planning of Juniper MX, EX and TX Series network routing products within the Customer infrastructure
• Supported ongoing efforts in defining best practice policies for Juniper product applications used by Customer
• Proactively performed corrective maintenance for IP/MPLS network
• Involved in implementation of Wireless LAN, Wireless Access Point and Hotspots for our various clients and troubleshooting of Wi-Fi related problems faced
• Experience with the MUX’s, PBX’s configuring and connecting the circuits
• Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls configuring and upgrading them, as well as with Check points
• Managed Servers using Hardware Load balancer F5and Cisco ACE load balancer by managing internal customized tools and creating of SSL and Digital Certificates
• Provided support for teams in activities such as Load testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning
• Hands on experience with Nexus data center environment and usage of POD’s for migrating the server loads from one to another locally and trucking
• Configured standard and extended ACL’s on the servers to limit its access
• Configured static NAT, dynamic NAT, inside global address overloading, TCP overload distribution, overlapping address translation
• Hands on experience with PLC’s and included VRP in IP for allowing multiple instances in routing table and with UCS Blades, as well as with Sonic firewalls
• Provided routing support including configuration and troubleshooting of various routers
• Implemented IP, RTP, TCP, UDP, IPV4 Data Packets capture and analysis using WIRESHARK

Network Engineer

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Responsibilities:

• Configured juniper ACX 1100, Cisco 3900 & 2900 routers and Cisco 4500 and 3750 catalyst switch using routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP also utilized juniper EX3200 Ethernet switch.
• Configured and monitored the status of printers and other peripherals. Actively provided phone support for hardware and software to other colleagues and customers.
• Worked on set up and troubleshoot secured wireless access points (WAP) and wireless LAN controller (WLC) for broadband internet.
• Installed Cisco routers, switches and various hubs. Successfully engineered a virtual private network (VPN) solution utilizing Windows 2003 Server. Held responsibilities to configure, install and administer network infrastructure and telecommunication systems.
• Established new IT policies, which define acceptable use of IT assets within the organization.
• Worked on building, configuring, installing, troubleshooting and maintaining routers, switches, bridges, and CSU/DSU s manufactured by D-Link, Cisco.
• Configured Cisco Catalyst Switches for Dot1x support & testing the IOS compatibility with ISE.
• Integrated & Configured Cisco ASA Firewalls with ISE to the Posture policy compliance & performed CoA for remote VPN (IPSec, SSL & AnyConnect) users.
• Author and execute test plans and MOPs for the deployment of IPTV, Data and VoIP services.
• Review, document and troubleshoot network implementations for FOA trials as well as post sales deployments.
• Troubleshoot, analyze and solve network and product problems.
• Interface directly with the Development group in identifying and delivering bug fixes.
• Telecommunications: Knowledge of TDM, transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems including VoIP, SIP and MQTT technology
• Configured IP Allocation and subnet for all applications and servers and other needs using VLSM addressing.
• Hardware Monitoring Systems: Extra Hop, Dictatrix, HP BSM, Foreseer, M3W Facilitator Workstation
• Access Multiplexers (DSLAM) in optical network SSH, and all of their relevant configurations nodes Certified technician.
• Working experience on proxy SG in various deployment scenarios like INLINE, EXPLICIT and TRANSPARENT.
• Strong experience w/VoIP process and administration of distributed Cisco Unified Call Manger (CUCM 8.x), Unity Connection 7.x (UCM), Cisco Emergency Responder (E911) with 500+ end users.
• Extensive knowledge of Passive Optical Networks Hands-on experience with Cisco router configuration.

Support Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked in Multi-vendor environment containing Juniper, Cisco and Nortel routers.
• Worked as a member of NOC and involved in troubleshooting LAN/WAN issues.
• Designed, implemented and provided operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc
• Determined cost effective network modifications, applied network and traffic engineering principles and used database analysis systems to develop network architecture plans. Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team. The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3550 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer.
• Tested routers and Line Cards using SmartBits and done Performance Analysis of both LAN/WAN infrastructure.
• Interacted with business users from a service delivery and service support perspective.
• Hands-on experience with WAN (ATM/Frame Relay), Routers, Switches, TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF), and IP addressing.
• Implemented BGP capabilities like ORF, Route refresh and Extended communities, for various customers.
• Configured, managed and worked on troubleshooting networks using routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP and OSPF (Single Area and Multi Area).
• Troubleshoot MPLS issues with in the core and edge.
• Planned, tested and evaluated various equipment, systems, IOS's and procedures for use within the network / security infrastructure.