SUMMARY

IT Professional with over 3 years of experience in implementation, administration, escalation support, change management, analysis, and troubleshooting various network systems which include proficiency in routing, routing protocols, switching, security, firewalls, wireless and data center.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers: Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600, ASR 9k Series RoutersSwitches Cisco Catalyst 2950, 3500, 3560, 3750, 4500, 5000, 6500 series and Nexus 2K, 5K, 7K & 9K series.

Firewalls: Cisco ASA, Checkpoint.

LAN/WAN Technologies: Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Point to Point, ATM, Frame Relay.

Switching Technologies: VLAN’s, Private VLAN’s, VTP, Optimizing STP (BPDU Guard, Port Fast, Root Guard), RSTP, DTP, MPLS.

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, ISIS, Redistribution, Route Filtering, Static Routing.

Redundancy and Load Balancing Protocols: GLBP, HSRP, VRRP

Load Balancers: F5 BIG - IP LTM, F5 GTM

Network Management & Monitoring Tools: Wireshark, TCPDUMP, Packet Capture sniffing, SNMP, Active Directory, VMwareOperating Systems Windows, Linux, Unix.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Engineer

Confidential, Wilmington, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• As part of teh network Engineering team, I supported teh design, architecture, implementation, security and maintenance of large multi - site, multi-vendor network communication environment.
• Responsibilities included taking care of teh IP Addressing in teh organization which included designing new subnets based on teh requirements.
• Strong Knowledge of Intrusion Detection systems (IDS)/Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).
• Managed core network infrastructure of LAN/WAN connectivity, to include: layer 2/3 switching, Cisco routers, Cisco firewalls, Cisco VPN, and Cisco access points, WAN load balancing/high availability.
• Experience working with Nexus switches 5k, 7k series, and cisco switches 4500, 5000, 6500.
• Monitor network for abnormalities using network monitoring tools and investigating reports from cyber security.
• Worked in a team to design, build, and implement various solutions on Check Point Firewalls, Blue Coat Proxies, F5 Load balancers and F5 Global Traffic Managers.
• Migrating Cisco ASA firewalls policy to new Checkpoint appliance with support of vendor specific tool.
• Understanding of Juniper EX/MX/SRX series architectures and JUNOS platform including hands on configuration.
• Troubleshoot and resolve network security incidents including Denial of Service attacks towards Internap and its customers through traffic/packet analysis and teh use of Access Control Lists (ACL) and null routing.
• Co-ordinate with teh Data network and Security team and come up with possible solutions.
• Worked on RADIUS and TACACS+ authentication methodologies.
• Implemented and troubleshooted complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, Ether channel and RSTP.
• Used ServiceNow ticketing system to resolve INCIDENTS, CHANGES, TASKS and PROBLEMS. Also, successfully worked on Comprehensive changes which effects production environment.
• Monitored and managed network equipment with SolarWinds and Cisco ACS.

Environment: Cisco routers/switches, Nexus Switches, Security, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, F5 Load Balancers, LAN, WAN, STP, RSTP, Solarwinds, Wireshark.

Jr. Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800 series and ASR 9k, ASR 5k, ASR 5500 routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5500, 6500 Series switches.
• Member of a team of engineers responsible for administration, escalation support and enterprise LAN/WAN environment for datacenters, corporate, WAN links, and branch offices.
• Point to Point, ATM, Frame Relay and BGP implementation for WAN Environment.
• Respond to user/admin inquiries regarding connection issues. Engage system admins if teh problem is not related to networking. e.g., Proxy or DNS related.
• Windows 2003, 2008 sever, DNS, DHCP, FTP, TFTP and Microsoft Exchange.
• Proactive monitoring including a weekly review of log files, reports, weekly knowledge base updates, etc. to determine teh health and performance of Secures appliances.
• Converted networks with multiple routing protocols RIP, IGRP, EIGRP into a single OSPF domain for future network scalability.
• Experience in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and teh changing teh metrics for teh primary and backup.
• Diagnosed and mitigated network intrusions using DDOS mitigating systems and their components.
• Implemented and troubleshooting VLAN s with 802.1q tagging, Private VLAN s, VTP for Inter - VLAN Routing, STP for loop prevention and Trunking on 3560, 3750 and 4500 series Cisco Catalyst switches.
• Implemented redundancy with HSRP, VRRP, GLBP and EtherChannel technology (LACP, PAgP).
• Troubleshoot MPLS issues with in teh core and edge.
• Data Center Experience, Installing and Configuring Network Devices in a Data Center including patching teh cables in teh Patch Panel.
• Troubleshooting of TCP/IP and connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment.
• Remote support of on-site engineers and end users/customers during installation.
• Rapidly establish a good working relationship with customers and other professionals, such as software developers.
• Worked very closely with teh IT support team to identify log and eliminate recurring network issues.
• Experienced with Microsoft Active Directory to manage network systems, providing roles and access to users.
• Provide User Support, Desktop Support, and local Network / Server Support.
• Used SolarWinds for monitoring network performance.

Environment: Cisco Routers, Switches, Data Center, Ether Channel, VLAN Trunking, DNS, DHCP Client/Server, LAN, WAN, VTP, RIP V2, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF.