SUMMARY:

Highly accomplished Datacenter Network and Security engineering professional with 8+ years of experience in designing, deploying, migrating and supporting critical multi - site redundant datacenters. Proven ability to manage all phases of project life: inception, documentation, procurement, deployment, and turnover for monitoring and administration.

EXPERIENCE IN CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF:

Routing and Switching Protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRIP, RIP, STP, VTP, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP Firewalls Administration such as CiscoASA, IPS/IDS, Palo Alto, WatchGuard, Correro, FireEye, Incapsula Layer - 2 and Layer-3 Switches and Security- Cisco 3500/4500, Nexus 5k, 2k. ASA 5525, Palo Alto

F5 Load Balancer: Virtual Servers- iRules

Network Monitoring Tools: Solar Winds, EIQ, Wireshark, WhatsUp Gold, Pingdom, Zabbix VoIP systems. Asterisk, Cisco CUCM

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Routing protocols: RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP

Security Protocols: IPSEC, VPN, Access-Lists, SSL/TLS,, SSH

Switching Protocols: Switch Configuration, VLANs, VTP, STP, RSTP

WAN Technologies: MPLS,HDLC, ISDN T1,T3,E1, Frame Relay, PPP

LAN Technologies: Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) Technology, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Cable testing, Structure Cabling, WAN, Multicasting and ARP

Data transport technologies: Ethernet and 802.11a/b/g.

Networking Concepts: Classless IP addressing Techniques, VLSM, Route distribution, HSRP, VRRP, NAT/PAT

VoIP Systems: Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), Asterisk, Elastix Server, ATCOM (IP0X), MY PBX Yeastar, Grandstream, Polycom, Aastra, Snom, Yealink, ATCOM. Quintum Tenor, Cisco Linksys, Digium, NewRock. CyberData Pagers, etc.

Tools: Packet tracer, GNS3, OPNET, Wireshark, Snort, NetStumbler, inSSIDer, Zone Alarm, EnCase, FTK AccessData

Network Monitoring Tools: Netflow Analyzer, Cisco Network Assistant, NetBrain, Solarwinds, SpiceWorks, OpenNMS, Zabbix, Pingdom

Applications: BackTrack Linux V. 5, VMware, Cisco IOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network/Security Administration at Confidential Data Center.
• Installing, maintaining, troubleshooting Cisco catalyst switches, 4500 series and Nexus 5K, 2K. Cisco ISR
• Firewall administration including Cisco ASA 55XX, Corero, Palo Alto, Fireeye and Incapsula WAF.
• Installing, configuring and supporting of Cisco/Brocade routers, switches, and security devices.
• Configuration of F5 load balancer.
• Virtual Servers, iRules Creating engineering design documents and technical documentation
• Providing ongoing support and maintenance in the Data Center environment.
• Engaging in capacity planning and performance monitoring
• Designing the network infrastructure for our new branch based on MPLS WAN connection By using Cisco 4500 Catalyst switches BGP, OSPF, and L3 switching..
• Migrating WatchGuard Firewalls to Cisco ASA 55XX Firewalls for branch offices (more than 300 branches)
• Configuring ACL, NAT and Business to Business (B2B) VPN Connections, IPsec tunnels in ASA Firewalls
• Configuring Cisco Aironet 802.11n Single Band Access Point. And Cradle Point.
• Web content filtering, DLP filtering and Application Layer rules in Palo Alto
• Working with different Security Appliances including DDoS Attack Protection, Web sense URL Filtering Firewall. Palo Alto, Fireeye, Correro, Alert Logic, WAF, Creating Rules and policies in the Firewalls including Cisco ASA and Palo, Updating Cisco Firewall IOS, IPS/IDS signatures, Fireeey Firmware Creating, Customizing iRules, Virtual servers, and nodes in F5 load balancer.
• Changing Active Directory policies in Windows 2012

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Network Admin, Director of IT

Responsibilities:

• Supported Cisco router/switch (2800 and Cisco Catalyst 3500) and Allworx VoIP System.
• Provided ongoing network maintenance (servers and workstations), including updates and security patches.
• Monitored network traffic and performance, used SolarWinds Tools
• Managed and performed routine data backup tasks for VoIP System, Used Office Safe Backup software for Allworx VoIP system.
• Set up and support Teleconference (video and audio) environment for clients, Supported and Troubleshoot client’s systems.
• Worked with vendors for equipment purchase and license and service renewal.
• Managed documentation regarding inventories, hardware setup, software installation, vendor list, service.

Confidential

VoIP Engineer

Environment: VoIP and Video Conference solutions for enterprise networks.

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implement 5 Enterprise projects such as Meli Bank’s Wireless VoIP Communications, VoIP Conferencing System for Mashhad University of Technology with its branches in other cities, Tamin Insurance VoIP system and etc.Involved in troubleshooting VoIP issues.
• Hands on experience in DHCP Server Configuration, Call Routing Configuration, Device Configuration, Gateway Configuration, Cisco Unified IP Phone Configuration, Trunk Configuration, IP Camera Configuration.
• Management and troubleshooting of Analog and Digital voice gateways and devices.
• Deployment and management of Elastix, Microsoft (OCS) Lync, ATCOM (IP0X), MY PBX Yeastar
• Configuration of call signaling protocols on Voice Gateways H.323, SIP, MGCP and SCCP
• Configuration and Instillation of Voice Interfaces like E1 & T1 Lines, FXS, FXO
• Configuration of Voice Gateways, e.g. Quintum Tenor, Cisco Linksys, Digium, NewRock.
• Configuration of IP phones, e.g. Grandstream, Polycom, Aastra, Snom, Yealink, ATCOM, Polycom DECT products.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Environment: Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches and Panduit Structure cabling solution for LAN and WAN network.

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network of 100 hosts.
• Studied and analyzed client requirements to provide solutions for network design, configuration, administration, and security.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Created a backup and recovery policy for software application and verified peripherals are working properly.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems.
• Interacted with support services to reduce the downtime on leased lines.
• Troubleshoot problems on a day to day basis & provide solutions that would fix the problems within their Network.
• Monitor the operability and reliability of the network.
• Provided first-level contact and problem resolution for all issues around the VIOP Phone and troubleshoot the system.
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting of connectivity problems.
• LAN cabling in compliance with CAT5 standards.