PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 8 years of experience in Cisco, Security which includes designing, Deployment and providing network support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN / WAN protocols.
• Hands On experience Cisco IOS/IOS - XR/NX-OS, for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4, MPLS.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in Tier II ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Subnetting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls.
• Experience in Designing and assisting in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA.
• Extensive work experience with Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Load Balancers and Firewalls.
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting of Cisco 4300, 4400, 3900, 3600, 2900, 2600, 2500 and 1800 series routers, Cisco Catalyst, 3750, 2950 and 3850,3560,3650 series switches.
• Experience working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 7010, 5000 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for a datacenter access architecture
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Experience in managing routers such as, Cisco, and load balancers such as F5, Netscaleretc.
• Working knowledge of firewall technologies Palo Alto.
• Responsible for Check Point (Secure Platform R70) and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• VoIP Installation and troubleshooting, configuring and setting up VoIP over VLAN.
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus Switches and Virtual Port Channel configuration.
• PerformWireless assessments using AirMagnet Survey.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NAT with the firewalls as per the design.
• Worked extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525/) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series.
• Worked on MPLS while ensuring secure networking, improving the network performance by prioritizing network traffic and allocating bandwidth according to usage and service requirements.
• Excellent customer management/resolution, problem solving, debugging skills and capable of quickly learning, effectively analyzes results and implement and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team.
• Configuring Cisco Wireless Controllers and AP’s.
• Knowledge in configuring Cisco WAAS.
• Experience in testing Cisco routers and switches in laboratory and deploy them on site

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Networking Technologies: LAN/WAN Architecture, TCP/IP, Frame Relay, VPN, VLAN, VTP, NAT, PAT, STP, RSTP, PVST, MSTP

Networking Hardware: Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, ASA

Routing Protocols: OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, RIP, MPLS, IS-IS, BGP, Multicasting

Security Technologies: PAP, CHAP, Palo Alto

Network Monitoring: Cisco Works 2000, Wire Shark,, Solarwinds

Operating Systems: Windows, LINUX, Cisco IOS, IOS XR

Routers: CISCO 2600, 2800,2900,3600,3800,4321,4331,4431,7200, Cisco CRS-1, CRS -3, GSR

Load Balancers: F5 Networks (BIG-IP), Netscalar, Citrix

Cisco Switches: CISCO 2900, 3500,3560,3650.3850,4500,5000,6500, Nexus 7k,5k,2k

AAA Architecture: TACACS+, RADIUS, Cisco ACS

Features & Services: IOS and Features, HSRP, GLBP,IPAM IRDP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG

Application Tools: JIRA, Solar Winds, Lync. Secure CRT, Airmagnet

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, TX

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, support and troubleshoot large-scale network implementations based on networking designs.
• Actively participate in the assessment, planning, designing, and implementing of Network and Security solutions including high availability, routing/switching, VPN, security policies and address translation.
• Maintain, upgrade, and provide solutions to complex hardware/software problems.
• Worked on advanced networking technologies and solutions including IPV6, MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, OSPF, multicast, policy-based routing, ether-channel, QoS, traffic-shaping, load balancing, VPN tunnels, WAN Optimization, etc.
• Worked on advanced data center networking technologies and solutions including Nexus 9000/7000 series data center switches, catalyst 6800/6500 series switches, ASA 5500 series firewalls, ASR WAN routers, MDS Storage integration, collocation facility integration, DR integration, etc.
• Managed IP addressing and implemented IP Access Lists.
• Configuring Layer- 2& 3 switches (3560,3850,3650) and racking them into IDF’s under the supervision of Network Architect.
• Was Part of router refresh project where we migrated all Cisco 2800,2900 routers to 4300,4400 series routers.
• Update lab network according to production network and recreate reported issues in a lab environment with customer’s configuration and topology.
• Installation of Cisco 2504, WLC and NCS Prime Infrastructure per customer specifications.
• Work on network utility services including TFTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP, NTP, SMTP, SYSLOG, etc.
• Perform wireless site surveys in preparation for installation of network devices (routers, switches, access points, sensors)
• Configuring Cisco Wireless Controllers and AP’s.
• Hands on experience in configuration of Voice VLAN's (VOIP), prioritizing the voice traffic over the data traffic.
• Monitor network and telecommunications system performance and respond to anomalies and issues according to documented procedures.
• Point of escalation for level 3 support issues with on call rotation.
• Perform wireless site surveys in preparation for installation of network devices (routers, switches, access points)
• Install new network switch stacks and patch cables under the supervision of Network Architect.
• Responsible for conducting the Active Survey and analyzing the files of the AirMagnet to make a better Wireless Network Design.

Environment: Cisco 2800/2900/4331/4431/4321/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960/6500 Switches and Cisco 3650/3640/3845/3850/3600/ routers, Cisco 1200, Access Points, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K,, AirMagnet, Wireless, WLCs, BGP, LAN, WAN, VPN,VOIP

Confidential, Montgomery, AL

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring Static, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco1600, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7300 series Routers.
• Responsible for entire company network infrastructure that includes Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Access Points, Servers and PBX.
• Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Configured Easy VPN server and SSL VPN to facilitate various employees’ access internal servers and resources with access restrictions.
• Building the VPN tunnel and VPN encryption.
• Enabled STP attack mitigation (BPDU Guard, Root Guard), using MD5 authentication for VTP, disabling all unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN.
• Configured various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches and Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration.
• Implemented VPC, VDC on Nexus Switches and also configured FEX.
• Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.
• Configured inside ACL, outside ACL, inside/outside interfaces.
• Configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the network design.
• Configured EBGP load balancing and ensured stability of BGP peering interfaces.
• Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core Nexus 7K, 5K and its downstream devices.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of CSM, integration with ASA devices.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco ASA 5500.
• Install and configureAruba Wireless Controller APS
• PDesigned and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers & FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5500 Firewalls, CISCO PIX 506, PIX 515.
• Worked extensively on Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Worked on datacenter migration of existing PIX firewall to ASA firewall, PIX OS upgrade from 6.3 to 7.0.
• Worked extensively on Cisco ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with convert datacenter PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Worked on Palo Alto firewalls PA3020, PA5020 using Panorama servers, performing changes to monitor/block/allow the traffic on the firewall.
• Mapped, Network Diagrams and physical identification in MS Visio.
• Preformed IOS upgrades on Cisco routers and switches.
• Worked with engineering team to resolve tickets and troubleshoot L3/L2 problems efficiently.
• Server load-balancing utilizing F5 LTM-BigIP, including, APM and ASM modules.
• Maintaining and load balancing: web server traffic for customers using F5 load balancers.
• Worked as a team with other engineers to design, install, implement, and configure ASR 9K Network for interconnectivity, and egress redundancy.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960/6500 Switches and Cisco 3640/1200/ 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco 1200 Aironet Access Points, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/2K, Cisco ASA 500, Checkpoint, windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, VPN, HSRP.

Confidential, San Ramon, CA

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Working with Network Design and implementation teams on various projects across related to Brach, Campus and Data Center.
• Designing and deployment of Partner IPSEC VPN tunnels.
• Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4. Configured IP access filter policies.
• Deploying and decommissioning Cisco switches and their respective software upgrades.
• Converting CatOS to Cisco IOS Config Conversion on distribution layer switches
• Experience with manipulating various BGP attributes such as Local P, MED, Extended Communities, Route-Reflector clusters, Route-maps and route policy implementation.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Site-to-Site and Client to Site VPN’s on Cisco PIX/ASA Firewalls and IOS Routers.
• Used Palo Alto Dashboard to monitor servers and status of firewalls
• Configuring rules and maintainingPalo Alto firewalls & analysis of firewall logs using various tools.
• Directweb application testing for comprehensive policy learning
• Experience working on F5 load balancer, CitrixNetScaler, Cisco ACE load balancer.
• NAT and access rules on PIX/ASA Firewall
• Involved in originating VoIP telephone calls are similar to traditional digital telephony and involve signaling, channel setup.
• Troubleshoot network issues with Solarwinds Orion and Wireshark.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
• Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, Bundle Ethernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair.
• Responsible for Managing and supporting Netscaler SDX/MPX version 9.3 -10.5 and Implementing Command Center Server for Monitoring
• Configured CIDR IP RIP, PPP, BGP, MPLS and OSPF routing.
• Configuring and Troubleshooting of Multicasting.
• Performing the ACL requests change for various clients by collecting source and destination information from them.
• Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc.
• Performing troubleshooting on slow network connectivity issues, routing issues that involves OSPF, BGP and identifying the root cause of the issues.
• Configure Corporate, Wireless and Lab Devices which includes Bandwidth Upgrade, Adding New Devices, Decom the Devices, Testing( Pilot ) .
• Implemented DHCP, DNS, IPAM configuration on the servers to allocate, resolute the ip addresses from Subnet.
• Worked on Aruba Wireless LAN Implementation for 11n Infrastructure Across the Corporate Network.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/ switches and Cisco 3640/ 00/3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K, Solarwinds, Cisco ASA5510, CitrixNetScaler, Checkpoint, Aruba Controllers 6000, 3600, 3400,650: windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM, Voice(VOIP)

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot traffic passing managed firewalls via logs and packet captures
• Configured and resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.
• Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team. The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3550 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer.
• Worked with telecom vendors in regards to network fault isolation.
• Configured CIDR IP RIP, PPP, BGP and OSPF routing.
• Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, MPLS, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4. Configured IP access filter policies.
• Management and Deployment on Checkpoint Firewall.
• Used Checkpoint to establish Point-to-Point tunnels.
• Ability to use NAT and Firewall security policies in Checkpoint.
• Experience In working on Configuring Multicast.
• Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification
• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.
• Deployed 7613 as PE and CE router and Configured and troubleshoot the Edge Routers.
• Excellent troubleshooting knowledge on T1, T3, OC-3 and OC-12.
• Designing Networks for voice and data networks over LAN and WAN.
• Configured egress and ingress queues for ISP facing routers using CBWFQ.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco catalyst 6509, 7613 with supervisor cards.
• Experience with implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems (Cisco works and HP Open view) and experience with developing complex network design documentation and presentations using VISIO
• Estimated Project costs and created documentation for project funding approvals.

Environment: Net Flow,TACACS,EIGRP,RIP,OSPF,BGP,VPN,MPLS 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Fluke and Sniffer, Cisco 6509/ 3750/3550/3500/2950 switches, Checkpoint firewalls (SPLAT).

Confidential

System/Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Configured and supported TCP/IP networks.
• Monitored the network with Cisco Works 2000.
• Documented the design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures.
• Configured and troubleshoot VLAN, VTP, STP and Trunks.
• Responsible for procurement and installation of H/W, network drives and other IT infrastructure.
• Network Administrator responsible for the full Planning, designing, installation and administration of the Corporate WAN (wide area network).
• Worked on the datacenter environment, with routers and switches.
• Configuration, Management, Troubleshooting of Network devices (Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Servers, DSL Modems etc.). Maintained the Telecommunication Connectivity using DSL and T1 Lines.
• Install and maintain voice, video and data communications infrastructure systems and cabling.
• Maintained complex LAN/WAN networks with several VLANS and provided support for routing protocols.
• Managed IP addressing and implemented IP Access Lists.
• Evaluate and recommend inter-connectivity hardware, software, and services to fulfill various businesses needs as requirements develop.
• Worked on Routers Cisco 2620, 3750 and 2950 Switches & Link sys wireless access points.

Environment: TCP/IP networks, Cisco Works 2000, VLAN, VTP, STP, Trunks H/W, network drives, DSL, T1 Lines LAN, WAN, VLANs, IP Access List, Cisco 2620, 3750, 2950 and Link sys