PROFILE SUMMARY:

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (switching & routing) with an extensive knowledge and around 3 years of experience on routing, switching and network security technologies.
• Configured OSPF, EIGRP, RIPv2, BGP and static routing protocols in various network devises.
• Strong hands on experience creating ACL, VPN, NAT and VLAN technologies. Familiar with network security concepts.
• Experience in physical cabling, IP addressing and subnetting with VLSM, configuring and supporting TCP/IP, DNS, installing and configuring proxies.
• Supporting and troubleshooting L2/L3 network issues related to LAN/WAN connections.
• Experience working with Cisco 7200, 3600, 2600 and 2900 series routers also Cisco 4500 and 6500 series switches.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco ASA 5500 security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NAT with the firewalls as per the design.
• Dealt with the escalation problems for Routing, Switching and WAN connectivity issues using ticketing system like ServiceNow Ticketing System.
• Proficient in using MS Visio to develop network topologies.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Farmington Hills, MI

Network Engineer (Intern)

Responsibilities:

• Configured and developed layer 2 and layer 3 protocols including Ethernet LAN Switching, Frame Relay, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP.
• Installation, Configuration, Trouble - Shooting and Maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS in physical and virtual Linux servers.
• Created ACLs according to the requirement and Implemented redundancy/failover with HSRP.
• Involved in troubleshooting VLAN, STP (Spanning tree protocol) & Switch Trunk and IP subnet issues.
• Involved in the redistribution into OSPF on the core Cisco ASA firewall.
• Configuring & Managing Remote access & Site to Site VPN tunnels in Cisco ASA 5520 firewalls.
• Created Firewall policies as per the requirements on Cisco ASA Firewalls.
• Configured and setting up DMVPN, GRE based VPN on Cisco-IOS based 7200 series routers.
• Planned and implemented OSPF protocol and internet EBGP, IBGP peering relationship with another ISP.
• Implemented Security Policies using ACL, IPSec, VPN, TACACS+, and RADIUS.
• Configured OSPF and EIGRP protocols on cisco routers like 7200, 3600 and 2911.
• Designed & implemented LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco 5K, catalyst 6500 switches.
• Handled maintenance of layer2 switching tasks which advocate VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST, RPVST, configuring of ether channel with LACP and PAGP along with troubleshooting of inter-VLAN routing.
• Configuring, implementing and troubleshooting VLAN's, VTP, STP, Trunking, Ether channels.
• Configured and performed software upgrades on Cisco devises.
• Troubleshooting and optimizing performance in CISCO based routers and switches.
• Verifying delivery of configured, installed and tested all equipment related to wireless deployment including physically mounting AP's, racking, stacking and cabling.
• Optimizing and troubleshooting the Wi-Fi, Ethernet and infrastructure usingSplunk.
• Developed network design documentation and presentations using MS Visio.

Confidential

Network Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Key contributions include trouble shooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• Configured RIP and EIGRP on 2600, 2900 and 3600 series Cisco routers.
• Performed Break Fix support through driving to different buildings, identifying the root cause of the hardware issues with switches and routers.
• Provided IP address management applying SUBNETING and VLSM.
• Involved in Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter VLAN routing, LAN security on Cisco catalyst 2960 switch.
• Implemented redundancy using STP protocol in switched Network. Involved in the installation and configuration of firewalls.
• Performed on-call support for installation and troubleshooting of the configuration issues.
• Done troubleshooting of TCP/IP problems and connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment
• Developed network drawings and documentation utilizing Visio, Word, and Excel programs
• Maintained an overview of network addressing schemes and documentation
• Responsible for special functions as directed by management and other duties as assigned.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured, managed and troubleshot networks using routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP and OSPF (Single Area and Multi Area).
• Installed and configured various types of Personal Computers and Printers. Installed different operating systems on Intel based PC's.
• Configured Cisco 4500 and 6500 series switches and created virtual LAN’s.
• InstalledLinuxOS, and configured required network on the virtual machines.
• Configured VLAN'S, VTP's, and enabling trunks between switches.
• Helped in designing and implementation of VLAN for the new users.
• Planed, coordinated and supported the LAN / WAN hardware, software and Internet /Intranet integration network connectivity, diagnose and resolve any network failures.
• Excellent Troubleshooting Skills and Customer Centric approach.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LAN Technologies: VLAN, VTP, Inter-VLAN routing, STP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1x

WAN Technologies: Frame Relay, PPP, ISDN, MPLS, Leased lines

Network Security: NAT/PAT, Load Balancing, Filtering, L2/L3 VPN, IPSec, ACL

Routing Protocols: RIP, RIPv2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, HSRP

Network Management & Monitoring: DHCP, DNS, ICMP, Telnet, SSH, SNMP, Puppet, Splunk

Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, ARP, 802.1q, MPLS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 802.11

Operating Systems: Windows (7,8,10), UNIX, LINUX (Redhat), Windows Server (2003 r2, 2008, 2012)

Monitoring Tools: Wire Shark, Network Analyzer, Packet Sniffer, Cisco Packet tracer

Programing Languages: C, Core Java

Scripting tools: SQL, Python

Documentation & Presentation tools: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project