SUMMARY

• Over 8+ years of experience in design, implementation, trouble shooting, development and maintaining enterprise server and network systems and Implementation of enterprise Server networks equipment from DELL, CISCO,HP
• Installing and configuring Confidential PowerEdge servers R610,R630,R720, Confidential Poweredge blade servers M series .
• Installing and configuring iDRAC for server management
• Installing and configuring Confidential Open Manage for server management, creating automated profile management
• Managing firmware, bios updates using Open Manage, integrating Confidential Open Manage with Nagios and other monitoring tools, orchestration tools for automating the deployment of the servers
• Installing and configuring rack mounted HP servers, configuring HP iLO management
• Installing and configuring HP C7000 Blade servers, configuring HP virtual connect, with HPOneview for the management of the servers
• Installing and configuring Cisco UCS blade and rack mounted servers, management of the UCS servers with UCS manager.
• Implementing CISCO UCS, VMWARE AND NSX
• Extensive Experience in implementing VXRAIL, VBLOCK, NUTANIX HyperConverged infrastructure
• Expert in CISCO NETWORKS ACI, VSCALE
• Installing, configuring and troubleshooting of network devices like Cisco Routers, Nexus, ASR and Cisco Switches.
• Extensive expertise in Windows Active Directory
• Extensive expertise in VMWARE and hyper - v
• Extensive hands on experience of firewalls Cisco ASA, Palo alto and Firepower
• Extensive Cisco and Palo Alto NextGen Firewall deployments.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in routing protocols as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP.
• Extensive knowledge and experience on MPLS technologies such as L3 VPN, L2 VPN.
• Network sniffing tools like Wire shark/nmap.
• Network Automation using Python and Ansible
• Expertise in CISCO ISE, and threat detection
• Expertise in Network troubleshooting.
• Experience in preparing Technical documentation using Microsoft VISIO/Office.
• Experience in configuring SDWAN using viptela
• Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting and written documentation skills.
• Experience in loading the routers with Cisco IOS from TFTP and vice versa.
• Configure and maintain Site-to-site VPN and VPN concentrators solution for Remote users.
• Knowledge on working with multicasting protocols such as IGMP and PIM.
• Planned and managed Disaster Recovery and Backups.
• Configuration & management of the changes, additions and deletions from the network and Wan Technologies: FRAME RELAY, ATM, MPLS, SONET, SDH, DWDM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Server Automation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed Open Manage Enterprise edition
• Created Server templates
• Deployed and automated BareMetal deployment using open manage
• Integrated ANSIBLE automation with
• Deployed 40+ Confidential servers and automated using Open Manage
• Deployed VMWARE through Confidential open manage
• Deployed and configured VMWARE HA/DRS
• Deployed and configured CISCO MDS switches
• Configured SAN BOOT and one button deployments
• Manage server profiles and templates on Open Manage

Confidential, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project planning, considering requirements for a robust and healthier network and then implementing to connect with existing network is my daily activities.
• Installing and configuring Confidential PowerEdge servers R610,R630,R720, Confidential Poweredge blade servers M series .
• Installing and configuring iDRAC for server management
• Installing and configuring Confidential Open Manage for server management, creating automated profile management
• Managing firmware, bios updates using OpenManage, integrating Confidential OpenManage with Nagios and other monitoring tools, orchestration tools for automating the deployment of the servers
• Worked on deploying UCS Blade and HP Blade servers in the Datacenter
• Installing and configuring Cisco UCS blade and rack mounted servers, management of the UCS servers with UCS Central.
• Managing 1500 plus servers across the globe
• Automating OS and hardware deployment using orchestration and other scripts.
• Automating BareMetal install on UCS, VMWARE and other Hypervisor
• Managing VMWARE HA /DRS, deploying VMWARE NSX switch, integration with
• Worked on code and firmware upgrades on CISCO routers, Switches and Blade servers
• Worked on EMC and NetApp Storage deployed in DC
• Installed and configured 40+ VxRail servers, Software defined storage throughout the organization, SCALEIO SERVERS
• Installed and configured VMWARE VSAN
• Installed and configured Nutanix Hyperconverged system
• Installed and worked with EMC VMAX3/UNITY, ISILON
• Implemented SNAPVX/SRDF, Data Migration using NDM AND OPEN replicator
• Installing and configuring rack mounted HP servers, configuring HP iLO management
• Installing and configuring HP C7000 Blade servers,Configuring Virtual connect, configuring with HPOneview for the management of the servers
• Implementing Hyper-v and VMWARE on the blade servers
• Implementing one button deployment of operating systems using PXE and other tools.
• Implementing network, servers and troubleshooting the same.
• Automated deployments using Ansible and Python
• Extensive Datacenter experience with the TOR, AGG and Core architectures.
• Implemented 30+ Firepower firewalls, configured with ISE and other threat identification mechanism
• Integrating ISE with Active Directory, managed and implemented radius server with Active directory
• Trouble shooting HP and Cisco servers Network connectivity, performance, Storage connectivity
• Implementing VMWARE, NSX, Linux and Hyper-v on the servers
• Installed and configured CISCO ACI network with VMWARE NSX and EMC vScale fabric
• Tune network and Servers for QOS and optimal throughput
• Deployed Networking in the AWS and Azure CLOUD using VPC
• Secured cloud using NSG, security groups, palo alto firewalls, routing, vpc peering, transit vpc etc.
• Worked on Cisco Catalyst 9000/6500, Nexus 5000 & 7000 and Cisco 4948, 7200 series Routers as well as ASR 9k.
• Implementing Storage and Server integration, implementing single authentication in the network and server environment/
• Deployed route reflector successfully to make the network redundant.
• Daily activities as taking requirements from the customer and providing them with the feasible changes to the network and deploying as per the need.
• Was providing on call support to customers and on escalations.
• Extensively worked on OSPF, BGP, configured MPLS VPN, IPsec and DMVPN
• Redistribution of the routes. Troubleshooted route propagation and route leaks

Confidential, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of new sites from scratch and projects with phases, like project planning, considering needs and requirements for completion and then implementing to connect with existing network.
• Installing and configuring Confidential PowerEdge servers R6xx,R7xx, Confidential Poweredge blade servers M series .
• Installing and configuring iDRAC for server management
• Installing and configuring Confidential Open Manage for server management, creating automated profile management
• Managing firmware, bios updates using OpenManage, integrating Confidential OpenManage with Nagios and other monitoring tools, orchestration tools for automating the deployment of the servers
• Installing and configuring rack mounted HP servers, configuring HP iLO management
• Installing and configuring HP C7000 Blade servers, configuring with HPOneview for the management of the servers
• Installing and configuring Cisco UCS blade and rack mounted servers, management of the UCS servers with UCS manager.
• Worked with Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3500, 2900, Nexus 5000 & 7000 and Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200 series Routers.
• Worked with Routing Protocols of RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.
• Very good experience in implementing the BGP protocol.
• Worked with IGMP and PIM Multicast protocols.
• Configuration of various modes of Multicast distribution trees.
• Router disaster recovery from crashes and checking logs for reason for crash and verifying if hardware or software issues on production routers.
• Configuration of different routing protocols to work with WAN and LAN.
• VLAN configuration to differentiate applications with VTP, RSTP, HSRP, PVST, VRRP, GLBP, servers and users.
• MPLS configuration between the company branches with routing protocols.
• GRE tunneling & Site-to Site VPN configuration between other two sites in USA.
• Configuring to allow Employers applications and machines into our network and vice versa.
• Wireless installation and configuration of Cisco Wireless controller 4402/4404, Cisco WCS, and LWAPP.

Confidential, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of new sites from scratch and projects with phases, like project planning, considering needs and requirements for completion and then implementing to connect with existing network.
• Worked with Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3500, 2900, Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200 series Routers.
• Worked with Routing Protocols of RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.
• Very good experience in implementing the BGP protocol.
• Worked with IGMP and PIM Multicast protocols.
• Configuration of various modes of Multicast distribution trees.
• Router disaster recovery from crashes and checking logs for reason for crash and verifying if hardware or software issues on production routers.
• Configuration of different routing protocols to work with WAN and LAN.
• VLAN configuration to differentiate applications with VTP, RSTP, HSRP, PVST, VRRP, GLBP, servers and users.
• MPLS configuration between the company branches with routing protocols.
• GRE tunneling & Site-to Site VPN configuration between other two sites in USA.
• Configuring to allow Employers applications and machines into our network and vice versa.
• ASA 5510/5520 econfiguration and Implementation for the network.
• Implemented redundancy for Routers, Switches and Firewalls.