SUMMARY

• CCNP Enterprise, CCNP R&S, CCNP Security, CCDP, CCNA R&S, CCNA Security, CCDA, CCIE Written, PCNSE7 Certified
• Cisco certified network engineer with experience in Network Planning, Implementing and troubleshooting of complex Multi - protocol IP networks, extensively worked on L2/L3 switches, Load balancers, firewalls and VPN’s.
• Focused and dynamic Security Professional with demonstrated expertise in all phases of network security domain.
• Proficient in management, configuration, maintenance and migration of security devices.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the critical ability to identify security issues and quickly apply effective resolutions.
• An effective communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills and customer relationship management skills.
• Experience with Load Balancing using F5 Network Load Balancers.
• Experience in configuring and managing F5 BIG-IP LTM
• Support, implements, and manage Cisco platform (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, and static routing).
• Coordinate changes with the Network Operations Center, and other departments.
• Providing daily network support for VLAN management throughout the whole network
• Troubleshooting Network outages, T1, T3 circuits, BGP, OSPF, static routes, Access Control Lists, and Network Address Translation. Work with Carriers regarding T1, T3 circuits, BGP Peering and PPP Links failures.
• Deploying router configuration remotely to financial centers on a daily basis. Enabling/disabling BGP peering, internal routing during network outages and deployment.
• Configuring and troubleshooting site-to-site VPN Tunnel for Financial Customers.
• Providing routine maintenance such as, IOS upgrades, shutdown circuits, clearing serial, controller counters and setup controller loopbacks for testing.
• Implementing, migrating, and monitoring MPLS Customer Edge Router (CE) routers with the LSR over Label Distribution Protocol (LDP).
• Creating, resolving tickets, monitoring e-mail queue, and answering incoming phone calls.
• Working with Cisco routers series 2500, 2600, 2800, 7200, Cisco switches series 3550, 2950, and 6509 switches
• Configured, managed Palo Alto Firewalls, Checkpoint firewalls, Sonicwall firewalls
• Experience with SSL Decryption, network segmentation, PKI, Intrusion Prevention System, BYOD, threat hunting, etc.
• Extensive technical experience working with VPN technologies (IPSEC, SSL VPN, WebVPN, AnyConnect, DMVPN etc.).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, GRE, EIGRP, OSPF, OSPFv2, BGP, RIP IPv4 And IPv6 Addressing, Lan Switching, Network Topologies, Static and Dynamic Routing Troubleshooting, 802.1x, ty, AAA, Advanced IP Addressing And Routing, Cisco IOS, Cisco StackWise, DNS,DHCP, Dynamic Multipoint VPN, Infrastructure Security And Services, LAN/WAN, Layer 2, Layer 3, Network Management, VSS (Virtual Switch Services)
• Trunking, VTP, STP, MST, RSTP,Port Mirroring, EtherChannel (PAGP & LACP, load balancing), Optimizing STP (Portfast, Uplink fast, Backbone fast, Root Guard, BPDU Guard), 802.1Q
• CISCO Routers 1700, 1800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 36003800, 7200. CISCO Switches 1900, 2950, 2950, 2960G, 9300, 9400. CISCO Campus
• Switches 550XL, 4948 Core Catalyst 4503, 4507 RE, Catalyst
• 6500/6503/6507 , Cisco PIX 500 series, Cisco ASA 5500 series, Cisco 1200 Aironet Access Points, CSU/DSUs, network cards and Modems, Hubs, Juniper F5 BIG-IP LTM.
• Zenoss, Solar Winds
• RADIUS, TACACS+, digital certificates.
• Wireshark
• Windows 2000/2003/2008/2012 server,Windows XP/7VPN
• IP Sec VPN, VPN, Remote/Secure client, Site to site VPN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Extensive Knowledge on Administration of Cisco ASA firewalls And Palo Alto firewalls.
• Configured HSRP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500,9400 switches.
• Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging . Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 2500, 2600, 3000, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers.
• Providing Technical Support and solutions for complex Network issues
• Implementing NAT solution's on wan applications.
• Planned, tested and evaluated various equipment’s, systems, IOS and procedures for use within the Network / security infrastructure.
• Upgrading IOS and troubleshooting network outages.
• Continually monitor, assess and improve network security, test and implement new security technologies.
• Configuring various advanced features (Profiles, monitors, iRules, Redundancy, SSL Termination, Persistence, NAT, HA on F5 BIGIP appliances SSL termination and initiation, Persistence, Digital Certificates, executed various migration/upgrade projects across F5 and hands on with F5 BIGIP LTMs/EM .
• Participate in all technical aspects of LAN, WAN, VPN and security Internet Service projects including, short and long-term planning, implementation, project management and operational support as required.
• Worked on Cisco Routers, Active /Passive Switches, Firewalls, VPN Concentrators TCP/IP, NAT
• Implemented and deployed of various Cisco and Meraki devices
• Configured and deployed many Cisco and Meraki devices in various environments
• Worked on many projects to configure and deploy the network devices
• Configured VLAN’s , configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture .
• Configured and troubleshot Cisco ASR 1002, ASR 9000, 2500, 2600, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers.
• Worked with giant vendors like Cisco, Arista, Sonicwall, complex Network issues ·
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Subnetting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented and deployed of various Palo Alto , Cisco , Meraki devices
• Configured and deployed many Cisco and Meraki devices in various environments
• Worked on many projects to configure and deploy the network devices
• Configured VLAN’s , configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture .
• Configured and troubleshot Cisco ASR 1002, ASR 9000, 2500, 2600, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers.
• Worked with giant vendors like Cisco, Arista, Sonicwall, complex Network issues ·
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Subnetting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Extensive Knowledge on the implementation of Cisco ASA firewalls, Palo Alto firewalls.
• Implemented and troubleshot complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Etherchannel, STP, RSTP and MST. provided IP ranges, subnetting for the client environment.
• Redesign of Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting the bandwidth requirements.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, STP, RSTP and other spanning tree features.
• Provided technical support and solutions for the Network Problems.
• Configured Trunk groups, Etherchannels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/Distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Performed number of Internal DNS and External DNS configurations .
• Cisco ASA troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments that either come online or that may have been altered during various planned network changes on the network.
• Responsible for Cisco ASA and Palo Alto firewall administration across global networks .
• Reconfigured Cisco Routers and Switches Catalyst 6807/3750v2/3945, ISR4451 Nexus 5K/2K (5548/56128/5672 )
• Supported different protocols including MPLS, VRF, HSRP, VRRP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, GLBP, GRE, MSTP, RSTP, PVRSTP, DMVPN, VLAN
• Creating and supporting VPNs tunnels and profiles.
• Identify, diagnose and resolve problems affecting network performance
• Assist with network and system performance analysis and tuning optimizations
• Performed up checks on the various applications to ensure connectivity
• Monitored network to ensure its availability to users
• Processed and prioritized network impacting issues
• Configuration and troubleshooting link state protocols like OSPF in single area and multiple areas.
• Redesign of Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting bandwidth requirements.
• Extensive Knowledge on the implementation of Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls, Palo Alto firewalls.
• Provided all the IP ranges for the environment.
• Configured HSRP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500,9400 switches.
• Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging . Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 2500, 2600, 3000, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers.
• Providing Technical Support and solutions for complex Network issues
• Implementing NAT solution's on wan applications.
• Planned, tested and evaluated various equipment’s, systems, IOS and procedures for use within the Network / security infrastructure.
• Upgrading IOS and troubleshooting network outages.
• Continually monitor, assess and improve network security, test and implement new security technologies.
• Configuring various advanced features (Profiles, monitors, iRules, Redundancy, SSL Termination, Persistence, NAT, HA on F5 BIGIP appliances SSL termination and initiation, Persistence, Digital Certificates, executed various migration/upgrade projects across F5 and hands on with F5 BIGIP LTMs/EM .
• Participate in all technical aspects of LAN, WAN, VPN and security Internet Service projects including, short and long-term planning, implementation, project management and operational support as required.
• Worked on Cisco Routers, Active /Passive Switches, Firewalls, VPN Concentrators TCP/IP, NAT
• Discover and migrate to Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Creating and supporting VPNs tunnels and profiles on ASA and Palo Alto Firewalls
• Reconfigured Cisco Routers and Switches Catalyst 6807/3750v2/3945, ISR4451 Nexus 5K/2K (5548/56128/5672 )
• Supported different protocols including MPLS, VRF, HSRP, VRRP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, GLBP, GRE, MSTP, RSTP, DMVPN, VLAN
• Identify, diagnose and resolve problems affecting network performance
• Assist with network and system performance analysis and tuning optimizations
• Perform up checks on the various applications to ensure connectivity
• Monitor network to ensure its availability to users
• Process and prioritize network impacting issues
• Configuring, troubleshooting various LAN/WAN Protocols such as Ethernet, PPP (PAP, CHAP), HDLC and Routing Protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IGRP, RIP, STATIC).
• Experience in Cisco switches (L2/L3) configuration VLAN, Inter-VLAN routing, Port Security, VTP, STP, 802.1Q.
• Experience in configuring ACLs, NAT, Subnetting, VLSM
• Configured and managed Cisco Routers (2800, 2900, 3600, 3800,7200) with Routing protocols such as OSPF, Static and Inter-VLAN Routing.
• Configured and managed Cisco Switches (2950, 2960, 3700) with STP, VTP, VLAN.