SUMMARY:

• Well versed in Cloud/DC/ACI/LAN/WAN architecture, design and implementation.
• Network Infrastructure Performance, Optimization, QoS.
• Security Design/Implementation, VPN, Cisco ASA, FTD.
• Strategic Network Consulting, Pre - Sales Support for Datacenter, Enterprise and Service Provider Networks. Generate BOMs, SOWs and respond to customer RFPs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Data Center Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for LAN/WAN/Cloud and multi-tenant Datacenter architecture, design, implementation and support.
• Created HLD, LLD, document network standards, for highly complex network architectures.
• Technologies include BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, ACI, VDC, VMware, vPC, ASR/ISR/CSR, Nexus, FC, FCoE, UCS, run Python scripts, and Rancid.
• Responsible for network security infrastructure, ASA, VPN (Azure, L2L IKEv2, AnyConnect).
• Deployed FirePOWER 8350 IDS and FMC to meet Confidential DC InfoSec requirements.
• Research, recommend and test technologies to meet business requirements.
• Perform team lead duties for various projects.

Confidential

Sr. Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Perform Vblock/VxBlock/VxRack implementation, integration and testing into VCE’s customer datacenter environments.
• Perform onsite presentations to customer Management and Engineering staff.
• Responsibilities include consulting, testing, and software upgrades of teh Vblock/VxRack converged and hyper-converged infrastructure systems.
• Hands on experience with, Cisco UCS(5108, FI-62xx), Nexus (1K,3K,5K,7K,9K), Catalyst 35xx/37xx, VXLAN, MDS, FCoE, FC, zoning, BGP, EVPN, OSPF, Fabric-Path, vPC, vrf, RSTP.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide Network Architecture, route/switch Design and implementations using Cisco technologies IP/WAN/VPN.
• Provide Datacenter LAN/MAN/WAN Enterprise and Network Engineering services, IP routing strategies (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), converged network infrastructure, network virtualization, spanning-tree, network security and WAN integration (VRF, VDC, MPLS, IPVPN).
• Responsibilities include, developing complex network designs to meet business goals, network changes, project technical lead, problem resolution and research solutions.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide Network Architecture, Design and Implementation for Confidential data center and enterprise customers.
• Perform network capacity planning, design and implementation of converged network infrastructure and network virtualization, including producing low level designs for highly complex data center and enterprise networks.
• Products include Cisco IOS routers/switches, Cisco ASA, Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco MDS, Confidential Power Connect and Confidential Force10 Data Center switches.
• Perform on site network implementation, produce device configurations and provide as-built documentation.
• Project Technical Lead and provide network support.

Confidential

Network Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting clients in project definition and business requirement collection to provide evaluation and direction in both operational processes and technical network architectures. Pre-Sales support and generated BoMs and SoWs.
• Responsible for providing consultative, project team lead, proactive and/or reactive support to GDT datacenter, service provider and enterprise accounts.
• Perform network architecture, network design and analysis of highly complex network designs that consist of network virtualization, converged network infrastructure, route/switch, and security.
• Perform role of technical lead on large scale projects, responsibilities include teh planning, design, implementation, and optimization of network services.
• Generate HLD, LLD, system design specifications and as-built documentation.
• Generate standard project documentation including detailed acceptance test plans for highly complex networks.
• Perform proof of concept testing for clients on new products or technologies.

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Customer Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform network implementation and support for Cisco customers, ensuring business objectives are met.
• Perform network recreates to reproduce customer’s network and Cisco product issues to investigate and research teh problem, and provide work a rounds and solutions.
• Provide support to Cisco’s Service Providers and Enterprise customers with teh highest complexity issues for LAN/MAN/WAN network connectivity, routing, switching, MPLS, Traffic Engineering, load balancers and WAN optimization.
• Technologies and products include spanning-tree, HSRP, Ether-channels, QoS, multicast, routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, ISIS), MPLS VPN’s, VRF, VDC, Nexus, UCS, Catalyst switches, routers, ASA/PIX ACE, WAAS, CSS, POS, OCx, Frame-Relay, ATM, IPSec, PPP, DHCP.
• Produce network design summaries for all standard network solutions and non-standard network solutions.

Confidential

Connectivity Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing LAN and WAN designs to meet teh strategic objectives of Confidential &T’s ISP business customers.
• Lead Engineer in a project configuring BGP MD5 password autantication on ISP POP Cisco GSR routers that peered with customer’s EBGP neighbor routers.
• Received escalations and troubleshoot network connectivity issues until resolution.
• Provided network support, design and implementation of LAN, MAN, WAN, MPLS VPN, Metro Ethernet, QoS, VoIP, spanning tree, VRF, ether-channels, routing protocols including RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• Assisted sales executives by making technical presentations, answering technical questions and managing customer relations through email and phone.
• Troubleshoot customer PIX firewall rules, isolated DOS attacks, rogue IP host and worms on customer networks Confidential layer 3 and 4.
• Called out WAN circuits for testing and work with Local Exchange Carriers and transport carriers to troubleshoot circuits, transport protocols, network outages and network throughput problems.
• Proactively monitor customer’s WAN connections via Netcool SMARTS monitoring tool.
• Member of pilot team providing pre-sale support, network design and implementation for SBC Internet’s ( Confidential &T) hosted VoIP service HIPCS (Hosted IP Communication Service).

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided network/systems maintenance, installation and support for company clients.
• Responsible for design, implementation, maintenance and support for LAN/WAN hardware and software including Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Windows servers and PCs.
• Diagnosed, analyzed and reported WAN connectivity failures.
• Troubleshot LAN connectivity issues and cabled wiring closets.
• Responsible for teh primary administration of an SQL database system, including server hw/sw and related business applications. Performed system backups/recovery on network servers.