SUMMARY:

• CCNA and CCNP certified professional with over around 5 years of experience in network design, implementation, and support. Routing, switching, firewall technologies, system design, implementation and troubleshooting of complex network systems.
• Extensive experience in configuring and troubleshooting of protocols RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, IS - IS, BGP and MPLS.
• Network Professional with experience in Designing and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, MPLS in Branch, Campus and Data Center environments.
• Extensive knowledge with VLAN’s, Trunking, RSTP, SNMP, Ether Channels, HSRP, Port Security, ACL’s, QoS, Traffic Policing, Shaping, EIGRP, OSPF, NAT, PAT, Inspections, VPN’s, DHCP, Wireshark etc.
• Expertise in configuring and troubleshooting of Palo Alto, Juniper NetScreen& SRX Firewalls and their implementation
• Expertise in network related issues with regards to Cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Cisco WebEx, Sales Force, Box, Office365, Blue Jeans.
• Expertise in maintaining servers and networking equipment such as Netscalers.
• Working Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Junos & basic Nexus (7K, 5K&2K).
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, VLAN, Ether Channel, STP and RSTP.
• Strong hands on experience on PIX (506, 515, 525, 535), ASA (5505/5510) Firewalls. Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS).
• Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Well experienced in configuring HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, PPP, PAP, CHAP and SNMP.
• Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server, IPAM- IPv4, IPv6
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 7600, 3700 series, 6500 series) Cisco Routers (4800, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2900, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Upgrading/Downgrading the Images on the ASR, CRS and NCS routers
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper Routers ( J,M and MX-series)
• Hands-on expertise with routers ASR-901, ASR-903,, ASR 5500, ASR-9010 and Juniper ACX, E, M, MX960 series
• Administration and diagnostics of LAN and WAN with in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, NAT, PPP, ISDN and associates network protocols and services.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Sub netting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, IPAM FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls.
• Experience in Net Scaler Platform for SDN.
• Experience in site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions.
• Experience in NOC(network operation Center) and DATA center
• Experience working with Nexus 7K, 5K and 2K.
• Experience with virtualized ISE deployment across two network enclaves
• Hands on Knowledge/experience on F5 load balancers, its methods, implementation and troubleshooting on LTMs and GTMs.
• Hands on experience installing, configuring and deploying Openstack solutions.
• Experience indesign, implementation, and support of F5’s Big-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) software component in a complex enterprise environment
• Knowledge on F5’s BIG-IP Application security management and Edge Gateway Solution
• Worked extensively on Palo Alto, Juniper Net screen, Fortinet and SRX Firewalls.
• Knowledge on cryptosystems such as RSA and AES.
• Experience Deploying, Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Open Stack application in a Cloud environment.
• Experience with design and deployment of MPLS Layer 3 VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, MPLS QOS
• Extensive experience in configuring Layer3 routing and layer2/3 switching of Juniper & Cisco based J2320,MX,EX,2950,2960,3600,3750,4500,6500,1700,1800,2600 and 3700 series routers & Switches.
• Hands on Experience testing iRules using Browser (IE), HTTP watch, curl, Scripts (shell/batch file/Perl) and host files
• Expertise in Linux system installation, configuration, administration, the development and testing of backup and recovery methodologies, troubleshooting, capacity and performance planning, performance tuning, preventative maintenance, monitoring and alerting setup and security hardening.
• Troubleshooting & implementation of Vlan, STP, MSTP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1Q, DTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, LACP, PAGP, AAA, TACACS, RADIUS, MD5, VTP & SVI.
• Knowledge on complex Checkpoint, Cisco ASA & Palo Alto firewalls Environment.
• Experience working with Cisco IOS-XR on the ASR9000 devices for MPLS deployments
• Experience in RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.
• IOS/JUNOS upgrade for Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches.
• Experience in testing Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches in laboratory scenarios and deploy on site for production.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Network Protocols: MPLS, VRF, OSPF, BGPv4, EIGRP, HSRP, VRRP, Policy-Based Routing (PBR), Route Redistribution, Static Routing, Web Cache Communication Protocol (WCCP), MPLS, Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), ISDN, PPP, VTP, STP, RSTP, VLANs, 802.1q/ISL, CDP, LACP

Cisco Router Platforms: 1841, 2611, 2621, 2800, 3600, 3845, 3900, 7206VXR

Cisco Switch Platforms: 2900XL, 2950, 2960, 3500, 3550, 3560, 3760, 4500, 6500Nexus 4k, Nexus 5k, Nexus 2k, Nexus 1k, Nexus 7k

Routing Protocols: EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, MPLS

LAN Technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Port Channel, TCP/IPVLSM, Cisco/Catalyst L2/L3 Switches, Wireless (802.11 a/b/g/n) Juniper/Netscreen/Cisco Firewalls

WAN Equipment: Cisco/Juniper Routers, Silver Peak NX-7xxx WAN AcceleratorsOC-192, OC-48, FRAME RELAY, PPP, T1/E1, HDLC, MPLS, DS3, Leased Lines,DSL Modems, ISDN(PRI/BRI), Fiber technology, Copper Cabling Technology

Network Management Tools: Cisco Works, Silver peak GMS, RSA Security Console, RSA Operations Console, VMware vSphere Client,TFTP, FTP, SSH IXIA, Spirent

Security Access Control/Policy: Cisco Secure ACS for Windows, RSA, AAA, TACACS+, RadiusIPSec, GRE, NAT/PAT, ACLs, Juniper SA SSLVPN w/DUO, Cisco Altiga SSLVPN, VeriSign

Operating Systems: Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Linux, Unix

Languages: C, C++, python scripting, Bash, Assembly, HTML, SQL, Oracle 10g

Software: Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft Office, AutoCad, Matlab

Network Operating Systems: Cisco IOS, Nexus OS, CATOS, Junos

Documentation Tools: Microsoft Office, Visio, Project, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Nashville

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Cisco Layer 3 switches 3750,4500,6500; Cisco Nexus 5596 and 7010 in multi VLAN environment with the use of inter-VLAN routing, 802.1Q trunk, ether channel
• Configuring objects such as Load Balancer pools for local traffic management on F5 Load Balancers.
• Configured Cisco ASR-9K, ISR 2800 & 3800 series routers with OSPF as an enterprise IGP
• Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET for remote login to the routers and SSH for secure login.
• Configuring and Maintaining TACACS+ for AAA.
• Migrated AAA server to ISE 2.0 from legacy ACS servers
• Managed IP addressing and implemented IP Access Lists.
• Worked extensively on Palo Alto, Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX &ASA 5500(5525/5585) Series.
• Knowledge on Palo Alto- OS: Version 5,6,7
• Install required Solarwinds applications and load balance across servers
• Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.
• Monitoring network access rules usage on Tufin Secure Track.
• Configuring Tufin and network devices for monitoring network rules.
• Monitor and configure performance tools within Solarwinds
• Experience with administering, troubleshooting and configuring / implementation (Cisco and Checkpoint) firewalls.
• Management of application load balancing using Citrix NetScaler load balancer.
• Involved in Switching technology Administration including creating and managing VLANS, Port security, Trunking, RPVST+, Inter-VLAN routing, LAN security etc.
• Worked on Disaster Recovery (DR) test plan and build an IPSEC tunnel site to site.
• Configured PVSTP+ for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.
• Set up VSS cluster, ether channel, VLAN trunking, VTP and inter-VLAN routing on 6506.
• Configure VDC and vPC on Nexus 7010 and Nexus 5596.
• Configures and managed Nexus 2248 and 2400 series of wireless controller.
• Implemented port aggregation & link negotiation using LACP and PAGP.
• Integrated OpenStack (Ice house) with OpenStack to create Software-Defined-Networking tenant, Service Provider Network and Routers.
• Configured site to site VPN technologies using IPSEC.
• Upgraded legacy Catalyst switches to 3750X for MACSEC and CTS rollout
• Involved in design, implementation and configuration of HSRP for load balancing on L3 switches on different location of office on the switched Network.
• Worked with Routing Protocols of OSPF, and BGP.
• Implementation of name resolution using WINS &DNS in TCP/IP environment
• Knowledge on DNS zone migration and DHCP scope migration
• Administer IP control Appliances for DNS/DHCP services
• Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 6900, configured profiles, and provided and ensured high availability
• Worked on F5and CSM load balancers deploying many load balancing techniques with multiple components for efficient performance
• Established an SSL VPN connection to F5 Networks' BIG-IP ASM security management, Edge Gateway, BIG-IP APM, and FirePass controllers.
• Implemented lead for load balancing solutions on Capital One projects leveraging F5 LTMs & GTMs to improve web application delivery speed and replication through and between distribute dglobal data centres.
• Working with deploying services to virtual environments like OpenStack, VMware, etc.
• Hands on experience with php IPAM IP address management
• Designed and implemented DMZ for Web servers, Mail servers & FTP Servers using Cisco ASA5585 Firewalls.
• Involved in complete LAN, WAN development (including IP address planning, designing, installation, configuration, testing, maintenance, troubleshooting etc.)
• Worked for change management procedure and implementation of configuration changes during non-production window
• Performed Network Security Assessment and implemented security improvements such as network filtering, SSH, AAA, SNMP access lists, VTY access lists, EIGRP MD5 authentication,RSA authenticationand HSRP authentication.
• Maintained an 8 node virtualized ISE deployment providing access layer security across two network enclaves for over 5000 end points
• Implementation of Juniper Firewall, SSG Series, Netscreen Series ISG 1000, SRX Series
• Implementation of HA-JSRP in JUNOS devices, SRX Series Router/Firewall in both A/A and A/P mode
• Implemented Zone Based Firewalling and Security Rules on the Palo Alto Firewall
• Used internal network monitoring tools to ensure network connectivity and Protocol analysis tools to assess the network issues causing service disruption.
• Experience working with Cisco IOS-XR on the ASR9000 devices for MPLS deployments in data center
• Consolidated remote and LAN access and wireless connections within a single interface to streamline access management.
• Provided Breakthrough Approach to Unifying and Optimizing Access to the Data Center using F5’s BIG-IP Edge Gateway Solution
• Implementation of name resolution using WINS & DNS in TCP/IP environment
• Ability to analyze, configure and troubleshoot networks

Environment: Cisco Routers 7600, 7200, 3800, 3700, 2800, 2500; Cisco Catalyst switches: 6500, 4500, 3500, 3750, 3850, 2900; Cisco ASA 5550, 5520; ASR-9K, Citrix NetScaler, ISR 2800 & 3800, VTP, and 802.1Q trunking; Routing Protocols OSPF, BGP, IP MPLS, IPSec, VLANs, Load Balancer: Big-IP F5, VOIP protocols: SIP; Sniffer tools: Wire shark, MS Visio, UNIX.

Confidential, Atlanta

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for large scale data center deployment including installation and configuration of Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS, IPS), F5 load balancers.
• Traveled to other data centers to assist in installation and training of other technicians.
• Configuring and testing Multicast for both IPv4 and IPv6 routing in Data Environment.
• Set up network management for several customers by setting up VPN and Solarwinds network monitoring.
• Created plans to make MNS a provided service.
• Involved in Re-Cabling or Re-wiring the devices in datacenter environment.
• Involved in installation and configuration of HAProxy in the CDN setup for load balancing
• Managed HAproxy load balancers for LDAP (layer 4) and web services (layer 7).
• Coordinated upgrade process and details for the transition of JA1500 to JA2500 appliances. (Juniper Junos Space)
• Analyzed the architecture of NSO detailing the scale points which may limit through-put requirements. (Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO))
• Systems engineer for the implementation of the RFC 6349 testing introduction. (Spirent STC Live)
• First field application test plans for Cisco Prime Networks and Alcatel-Lucent Service Assurance Manager. ( Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco)
• Provide Tier-2 support for Netbond/Networking related issues.
• Leading onboarding calls, presenting slide decks for which customer is interested to onboard with one of the cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web services, Cisco Webex, Sales Force, Box, Blue Jeans and addressing all technical networking questions.
• Walking customers during the call and have them activate Netbond Service
• Establish IPV4/IPV6 BGP Sessions and GRE Tunnels to Akamai scrubbing centers.
• Establish BGP session over MPLS links.
• Help customers to control and manipulate their routing from customers MPLV VPN to Cloud service providers and from Cloud service providers to customers MPLS VPN via Confidential tool kit called Route Management tool kit(RMTK).
• Navigate customers to Azure portals and help them in creating Express route, Vnet gateways and attaching vnets to express route.
• Providing support to create Virtual Private Cloud (VPCs) and gateways in AWS console.
• Ensured that all IPT implementation was conducted in accordance with customer requirements and local and state regulations.
• Familiarity with various MSIT Tools to check Networking connectivity, Testing, Configuration and Adding or Removal of IP address blocks, Decoding or Adding the Devices.
• Functioned as customer technical liaison.
• Coordinated with engineering teams on operational system expansion.
• Convert Branch WAN links from point to point circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to Get VPN.
• Experience working Juniper T-Series, M-Series, MX-Series, J-Series Routers.
• Understanding and troubleshooting the hardware architecture of routing platforms like Cisco CRS, ASR, NCS and its relevant line cards.
• Provided technical assistance to third-party and client operational staff.
• Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Customer Centric approach.
• Designed and implemented the Cisco VoIP infrastructure for a large enterprise and multi-unit office environment. Met aggressive schedule to ensure a Multi-office reconfiguration project, which was successfully delivered.
• Familiar with Remedy ticketing system.
• Providing on-call 24*7 support once a week in a month. Performed VOIP sector configuration and service administration.

Environment: leading the customer calls technically on cloud onboarding, working on BGP protocol for routes peering on different types of cisco and juniper switches, Cisco Routers 7600, 7200, 3800, 3700, 2800, 2500;Cisco Catalyst switches: 6500, 4500, 3500, 3750, 3850, 2900; Cisco ASA 5550, 5520; ASR-9K, Citrix NetScaler, HaProxy configuration,ISR 2800 & 3800, VTP, and 802.1Q trunking; Routing Protocols OSPF, BGP, IP MPLS, IPSec, VLANs, Load Balancer: Big-IP F5, VOIP protocols: SIP; Sniffer tools: Wire shark, MS Visio, UNIX.