PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 7 years of experience in the industry, which includes expertise in the areas of Routing, Switching and Firewall.
• 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.
• Implementation traffic filters on Cisco routes using Standard, extended Access list.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, troubleshooting, configuring of Cisco 7200, 3800, 3600, 3400, 2800, 2600, 2500 and 1800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 2950 and 3500XL series switches.
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models. In - depth knowledge and hands-on experience in Tier II ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Subnetting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 / GigE circuits, Firewalls.
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• In-depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.
• Cisco ASA Firewall troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments that either come on line or that may have been altered during various planned network changes on the network.
• Extensive Knowledge on the implementation of Cisco ASA 5500 series
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500 security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Hands on experience working with Cisco Nexus 7K, 5K & 2K Switches.
• Experience in Cisco ACE 4710, F5 load balancers
• Strong hands on experience in installing, troubleshooting, configuring of Cisco 7200, 3800, 3600, 3400, 2800, 2600, 2500 and 1800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 2950 and 3500XL series switches.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Experience in working with video from end-point in the network to the backend.
• Experience in the setup of Access-Lists, and RIP, EIGRP, and tunnel installations
• Strong knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MSTP.
• Experience in working with Windows power shell scripting to maintain and administrating server environments.
• Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols like LDP, RSVP/ TE, QOS, L2 VPN and MPLS,
• Experience in configuring HSRP and redistribution between routing protocols troubleshooting them.
• Experience on Virtual Private Network (VPN) for operating Network and Data Center.
• Experience in Network Management Tools and sniffers like SNMP, HP-Open view, Wireshark and Cisco works to support 24 x 7 Network Operation Center.
• Experience with Internet/Intranet Networking Protocols and Services
• Implementation of HSRP, VRRP and GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Access control server configuration for RADIUS & TACAS+.
• Excellent qualities such as Teamwork, Negotiation, Analysis and Communication

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Routers: Cisco 2600, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600, ASR 9001

Switches: Cisco 2960, 3750, 4500, and 6500 and Nexus 2K/3K/5K/7K series

Routing Protocols: RIP V1/V2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Summarization, Route Filtering, Redistribution and static routing

Switching: VLANs, Dot1Q, VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST+, VLAN Maps, Inter VLAN, Routing & Multi-Layer Switching, Ether channels (LACP, PAGP), CEF, Port Security

Gateway Redundancy: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP

Firewall: Cisco ASA, PIX

Load Balancer: F5

WAN Technologies: Frame relay, (E1/T1/E3/T3) lines, PPP, HDLC

System Administration: Windows 7, 10 Windows 2008,2012,2016 server

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Network Architecture development, Validation and content (documentation and video) creation based on the architecture for Dell Networking Products.
• Successfully Configured ISCSI.
• Responsible for configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting routing protocols BGP, EIGRP and
• OSPF on Cisco Devices
• Experience with migration of datacenter switches from 6500 based data center to Nexus based data center.
• Experience configuring OSPF and BGP on branch routers with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design Document. Established redundancy at critical sites for high availability.
• Responsible for layer 2 securities which was implemented using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports, setting the user ports to non-trunking, deployed port security when possible for user ports.
• Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment to other network segment between different vendor switches (Cisco, Juniper).
• Replace branch hardware with new 2900/3900 routers and 3850 switches.
• Responsible for managing activities, Upgrading IOS - Upgrading hardware and installing new devices, tuning (Configuration), make standardization for the topology.
• Implement and configured GLBP (on core switching and for VPN redundancy), HSRP on different location of office on the switched network and managing the entire multilayer switched network.
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, IPsec and GRE Tunneling, VLANs, EtherChannel, Trunking, Port Security, STP and RSTP.
• Configuring and troubleshooting network equipment in order to execute topology validation in a test lab environment.
• Working on Solution projects that cover server, storage and networking switches (L2/L3).

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Handling, maintaining and monitoring the entire Confidential Network
• Managing customer Confidential ’s LAN/WAN networks in working environment under Incident Management
• Troubleshooting issues such as node and interface down, link down, link and interface intermittent, packet drops, latency and network slowness
• Isolating the network issues by analyzing logs, routing protocol and interface status and configurations in routers, switches and wireless access points
• Configuring routers, switches and access points and documenting the configuration changes in trouble ticket
• Coordinating and helping vendor’s onsite technician to replace, reboot, configure and test routers, switches, access points and modems
• Network Migration from RIP to OSPF and EIGRP.
• Implementation of DMVPN, MPLS, IPSEC S, MPLS Site VPN in the service provider network to support connectivity inside and outside Confidential network.
• Network infrastructure support to routing and switching equipment.
• Design the layout for cable installations.
• Involved in design and deploying various network security & High availability products like Cisco ASA and other security products.
• Support customer with the configuration and maintenance of ASA firewall systems.
• Develop, plan and maintain documentation necessary for operation in support of LAN to WAN connectivity.
• Maintain excellent communication with the IT Manager on all tasks and projects.

Confidential

Network Support

Responsibilities:

• Managing customer LAN/WAN networks in working environment under Incident Management
• Network monitoring and Technical support calls for internal customers
• LAN/VLAN/WAN/Wi-Fi planning, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Providing support to resolving Windows Support for Servers and client machines
• Knowledge in Routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, BGP
• Capable of independently handling Routers and Switch’s Installation
• VLAN changes and configuration of VTP
• In case of links going down taking necessary action to coordinate with the existing
• Service Provider for restoration of the same internet/WAN on priority
• Update network diagram and maintain the confidentiality