TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: Cisco Nexus Switches Nexus 9K/7K/5K/3K/2K, Catalyst Switches 6500/4500/3850/3750 , Routers 7600/7200/4000/2900/2800 , ASA 5585/5540/5525 , Checkpoint 4800, Palo Alto 3000/5000 firewalls, Cisco MDS 9000 and F5 BIG - IP Load Balancer, Viptela - vEdges (2000/1000/100 m), HP-ProCurve/Aruba (2920/2910al), Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller & Access Points (3700/3600), Opengear IM7200

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIPv1, RIPv2, Policy Based Routing, Multicast, Static routing, Redistribution

LAN/WAN Protocols: IEEE 802.1Q, STP, RSTP, PVST, MST, MPLS, VPN, VPLS, ISL, PPP, Frame Relay, HDLC, PPP, CHAP, Ether channel, VLAN, PVLAN, dot1q tunneling, VTP, Port security, Ethernet (Gigabit and Fast Ethernet).

Data Storage Networks: MDS 9000 Series Multilayer SAN Switches, Cisco Nexus 7K, Nexus 5K, FEX, Cisco UCS Manager and VMware Datacenter Platform Solutions.

Network Security: IPSec/VPN, NAT, PAT, AAA, RADIUS, IPS/IDS GRE Tunnels, ASA, Checkpoint & Palo Alto Firewalls.

SDWAN: Cisco Meraki MX 100, MX450.

CLOUD: Vmaware, Azure and Openstack.

Multimedia Networks: Basic understanding of VoIP, QoS tools and of CME, CUCM 6.0/7.0/8.0/9.0 , SRST, Gateways, Gatekeeper, MGCP, H323 RAS, SIP, SCCP and PSTN signaling FXS/FXO/E&M.

Network Services: HSRP, FHRP, DHCP, DNS, QoS, IPV4, IPV6, HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTPS, FTP, MS Exchange and Remote Desktop (using RDP)

Databases: SQL Server 2008/2005 and SQL Server 2000/7.0, Oracle 10g

Programming Languages (Core) / DBA: SQL, PL/SQL / Database Administration of MS SQL Server 2008, 2005, 2000

Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/7/10, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003/2008, UNIX

Ticketing Tools: ServiceCenter 5.1 IT, BMC Remedy, HPSM, Service Now

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Senior network engineer for Project NYCTA- Confidential LIRR. Working on Design and building network topology for Data Center.
• Working on Cisco ASR 9010, AS903, SW-3650, 3850 and Harden devices Siemens XM408, Contemporary Contractor switches, Tenda switches.
• Working on technologies Like MPLS services, BFD deployment, BGP, BGP path selection criteria, OSPF.
• Writing test Procedure like FAT (Factory Acceptance), LST/SAT (Local site test) and SIT (Site integration test). Build Network topology HLD, LLD, VLAN and traffic flow for network documents.
• Producing documents for Test cases, RCA, Knowledge data base(KDB), File tracker, MOM - tracking.
• Building ESxi 6.7 for Cisco prime installation and windows server 2006 for User Desktop.
• Working on QOS for all network edge devices, configuring Palo Alto and building BOM.

Network Consultant / Architect

Confidential, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Solution Architect for Project NYCTA, Delphi Auto Mobiles & USAC at DC. Review client provided High Level Design, cross-reference with Bill-of-materials and conduct gap analysis for specific sites as part of the Global LAN Refresh project.
• Implementing infrastructure for NYCTA BUS Radio Project and Responsible for DATA CENTRE & Remote location Network Design, Device Refreshment (EOL& EOS), WAN Link Up-gradation, MPLS services, OSPF Deployment of old network design & suppressing static routes.
• Writing LAB Procedure like FAT, SAT, SIT and UAT for NYCTA COE Project
• Hands on updating signature of IPS & IDS and other network defence, Building HLD, LLD Design, resolving Escalated issue with ISP or L2 engineers. Following process of ITL and six sigma for Change Mgmt. and Process Mgmt. at On Deck Capital
• Experience with forensic investigation of network breaches, participate in solution architecture meetings design meetings, RUN Book, SOP and SIP. Working as technical lead on complex security network troubleshooting issues and incoming design and architecture requests at USAC (Universal Service Administrative Company).
• Hands on experience with BIG-IP environment utilizing two or more of the following: GTM, LTM, APM or ASM.
• Dealt with creating VIP pools, nodes and created custom “iRules” for the virtual servers like cookie persistency and redirection of URL on F5 ASM cookies issues and configures ASM policies.
• Prepare Hardware/Device redundancy matrix, HLD & LLD Detailed Design document and review with client. Prepare Code recommendations for each of the hardware platforms based on the bug-scrubs with desired features running. Upgrade or Downgrade Firmware for Switches and other systems/appliances based on the design.
• Installed and configured Big IP i7000, i5000 and i-4000 ADC. Managing Upgrades for all devices across DC and involved in firmware hotfix 12.0.0 to 13.0.0.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• A Subject-Matter Expert “SME” for Data Centre, Routing, and Switching domains at the leading US, CHINA & INDIA Remote sites.
• Architect, design, and interpret the Data Centre Business strategies and requirement into successful implemented IT projects.
• Perform Periodic HLD, LLD, and NIP for the Apple store & Factory sites Projects. Deliver Training, KT, and mentorship for NOC.
• Responsible for implementing, refreshing, remote sites & DATA CENTRE Device across ASIA &USA that include Load balancers firewalls rules across the globe and deployment of Nexus 7K to 1 K. Provide Tier 2&3 support for Citrix NetScaler (17500, 7500 and 1250), Juniper Firewall SRX-240 and Cisco WC-5580.
• Building HLD and LLD for all remote sites across China and USA. Special attention on participation for Launch of MAC, IPHONE- 6 & new IS&T WEB server deployment.
• Team implementation lead for load balancing solutions on Confidential projects leveraging F5 LTMs & GTMs to improve web application delivery speed and replication through and between distributed global DC. Load balancing and application acceleration solution triples server capacity through a rich set of infrastructure optimization capabilities and reduces bandwidth costs through intelligent HTTP compression and bandwidth management by implementing CPU centric SSL offloading and acceleration.
• As part of the Disaster Recovery project team, implementing F5 GTM solution, users are directed transparently to the appropriate DC, during disasters or any other critical or unexpected large-scale outage, protecting business deliverables from DDoS attack outages and unforeseen volume spikes

Associate Network Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked on onsite project, which involves Transition of Unilever UK Datacentre at Chester gate and Brombrough. Providing tier 3 support to SAN and Citrix application development environment, which consisted of Cisco Catalyst and Nexus switching lines, Brocade VDX 8770, 6710, 6720 Platforms, Juniper-Net screen & Junos, Cisco ASA Firewalls, and CUCM deployment, Fortinet and Palo alto Firewalls. Troubleshooting Routing/switching, Nexus, ACE, GSS, F5 Load balancer. Working on ITIL operation and implementation process of ODC (Operational Data Centre).
• Lead implementation of remote sites and Data Centre that include Load balancers and Cisco 4700, 6509 cat-OS & IOS, Nexus 7K, 5K switches and Fibre extenders.
• Provide Tier 3 support for Citrix application development environment, which consist of Citrix NetScaler (17500, 7500 and 1250), Cloud birding (WAN Optimizer), XEN Desktop, Juniper Firewall SRX-240 and Cisco Wireless Contorller-5580.
• Managing and updating SOP, Run Book, HLD, LLD, cab meeting & change MGMT.
• Deploy, manage, and operate scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS
• Implement and control the flow of data to and from AWS
• Select the appropriate AWS service based on compute, data, or security requirements
• Identify appropriate use of AWS operational best practices
• Estimate AWS usage costs and identify operational cost control mechanisms
• Migrate on-premises workloads to AWS
• Transition of EIGRP to OSPF deployment and IPAM configuration.
• Lead implementation of new sites that include Load balancers and firewalls rules across the globe.
• Provide Tier 2& 3 support for Citrix application development environment, which consist of Citrix NetScaler (17500, 7500, 3800), Juniper Firewall SRX-240 and Cisco WC-5580.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead implementation of new sites that include commission of new Research Centre, Advancement of existing Infrastructure, Securing Access to LAB, Monitoring the Appliance and Managing server using SolarWinds.
• Managing cisco ACE Load balancers and firewalls rules across the North-America.
• Sending Notification to Transport system Truck and Tacking GPS alert for delivery of package suing Confidential -Monitoring tools.
• Working on Remedy and providing L2 /L3 escalation for Network down.
• Provide redundancy between Data Centre, Managing Backups.
• Working on Routing protocols Like OSPF, BGP, SNMP, DHCP, NTP.