PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• Solutions - oriented professional with over 15 years of network architecture, design and engineering experience in Cloud Computing and Networking, Data Centers, Enterprise Data Networks and Service Provider Networks.
• Successfully planned, designed, and implemented resilient WAN infrastructure, HA Data Centers, cloud and IPv6 migrations, network capacity enhancements and secure networks.
• Designed and implemented resilient WAN infrastructure for Confidential Extranet and PNET connectivity to address the network latency and failover problems experienced earlier.
• Successfully designed and implemented network infrastructure changes for Confidential that enabled migration of all Desktops to Fusion, migrate from local ADs to global ADs, a high cost saving measure for Confidential .
• Planned, designed and implemented LAN and WAN changes for Confidential to establish connectivity to FDR for the new multi-million dollar Consumer Lending business venture.
• Helped Confidential achieve millions of dollars in savings by successfully planning, designing and completing PoC for NaaS and Cloud network-as-a-service solution to replace the expensive global MPLS network.
• Served as Technical Lead for a team of engineers in a 24x7 NOC environment for national and international enterprise business customers that generated over $22 million in revenue annually for Confidential
• Spearheaded project to migrate SPX Data Center from PA to Colocation facility in Phoenix; designed and implemented solution to make transition smooth and cause minimal impact to production
• Excellent consulting and presenting solutions in translating business requirements to network specifications for diverse business applications and adapting networks to newer technologies and standards.
• Winner of many Verizon Awards for technical contributions and customer Service. Recognized by Confidential as Top Netpro for contributions to Netpro community web portal.
• Hold expert level certification in Routing & Switching (CCIE #14532) and professional certifications in Network Security and Network Design

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Network Architecture Cloud Computing IPv6 Migration Enterprise Networks

Network Design Cloud Networking Disaster Recovery Data Center

Network Security Virtualization Capacity Planning Service Provider

Network Management SDN Risk Analysis Network Audit

Network Infrastructure IaaS SaaS Product Evaluation

TECHNOLOGIES, HARDWARE AND APPLICATIONS:

Cloud Computing and Networking: Office 365, AWS, MS Azure, VPCs, VPGs, SaaS, IaaS, NaaS and WaaS

Protocols and Technologies: SDN, IPv6, MPLS, L2VPN, L3VPN, MPLS TE, LDP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, STP, MPLS, Multicasting, PIM, QoS, VRRPv3, TACACS+, RADIUS, IPSEC, SNMPv3, DMVPN, WCCP

Routers: Cisco Series, ISRG1/ISRG2, ESR, GSR, CRS-1/CRS-3, ASR1K, ASR9K

Switches: Catalyst Series, Nexus 5000 and 7000, HP 5000 Series

Security Appliances/Other Hardware: ASA 5505/5510/5520 , Cisco NAC, ISE, Checkpoint, PIX 515/525, VPN Concentrator 3030, Cisco IDS, FWSM, IDSM, Bluecoat Proxy Servers, F5 Load Balancer, CSM, Content Switches, Riverbed Steelhead WAN Accelerator Appliance, Opnet NetMapper, Infoblox

Operating Systems: Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, IOS-XR, CatOS, Cisco NX-OS IPSO, GAiA, PIX OS, UNIX, Windows, HP-UX

MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Visio, Office 365

Software: Cisco VPN Client, IDM, IEV, PDM, ASDM, Concord, Remedy, Visionael, Netcool, Putty, CRT, Solarwinds, Cisco Secure ACS, Cisco Works, HP Openview, Netflow Analyzer, MRTG, Wireshark, Sniffer Pro, Opnet NetMapper, NetBrain, Smart Dashboard

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY:

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Senior Network Consultant/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented resilient WAN infrastructure for Barclays Extranet connectivity to Partners, Vendors and Private Network connectivity to address network latency and failover problems experienced earlier.
• Planned, designed and implemented LAN and WAN changes to establish connectivity to FDR for the new multi-million dollar Consumer Lending business venture.
• Successfully completed redesign of Barclaycard, DE Data Center for addition of ecommerce DMZ and standardized the DC network design as per Confidential standards.
• Successfully designed and implemented network infrastructure changes - readdressed overlapping IP addresses, completed associated Cisco NAC, Checkpoint firewall, Infoblox DHCP and DNS and Routing and Switching - that enabled migration of all Desktops to Fusion, migrate user accounts from local ADs to global ADs.
• Provide Tier 3 support for network incidents involving high complex outages and for issues requiring quick resolution.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected solutions and provided design for transformation of internal applications to AWS for PaaS and Office 365.
• Provided design for distributed Internet breakout solution and access to MS Office 365, Salesforce.com SaaS and other
• Cloud services through local egress for all remote locations resulting in efficient connectivity.
• Created architecture roadmap for the Enterprise based on business requirements and potential opportunities from emerging technologies and standards
• Evaluated products, Opnet NetMapper and Net Brain for Network documentation, Infoblox for DNS, DHCP and IPAM services and Riverbed Granite appliance for branch converged infrastructure

Confidential

Senior Network Consulting Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Served as Design Engineer in the Cisco SP core team supporting Verizon National Network Operations Design after serving as NCE supporting VzW SoCal Regional Engineering
• Planned, designed, tested and implemented IPv6 rollout for the Engineering Data Network in Dual Stack mode with IPv6 compatible protocols like MP-BGP, OSPFv3 and VRRPv3 etc
• Successfully planned and migrated EDN-IT communication to a new robust design using newer hardware and an efficient multi-homed design resulting in faster communication, predictable behavior and ease of management
• Diligently completed software risk analysis, design, deployment guide, FCAPS testing and FOA trials of 3945 ISRG2 platform that was accepted as standard hardware to replace the 600+ EoX 3845 nodes in the network.
• Migrated legacy Data Centers traffic to MPLS enabled backbone from ATM P2P inter-DC WAN links.
• Delivered knowledge transfer sessions & IC nuggets for customers and internal engineers on advanced topics
• Developed Software Strategy for ISRG2/ASR1K/ASR9K platforms based on Risk Analysis and feature requirements
• Proactively performed Risk Analysis and PSIRT/Field Notice Analysis of software releases to identify SS and other critical bugs ahead of time to prevent potential impact to production
• Conducted FOA testing for various new implementations, provided deployment guides, golden configs and MOPs

Confidential, Horsham, PA

Senior Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Planned, designed and implemented the US datacenter migration from PA to a co-location facility in Phoenix
• Successfully integrated a global network of a newly acquired business to the SPX corporate network
• Implemented VSS feature on the core 6500 switches doubling the bandwidth capacity to 1.4 Tbps in the core
• Setup LAN based failover on the firewalls at all the data centers and performed successful failover testing
• Managed the global network comprising 300 sites in 37 countries and 3 Data Centers hosting 400+ Servers
• Setup Extranet VPN connections to business partners/vendors networks and implemented appropriate firewall rules

Confidential, Frazer, PA

Principal Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided third level support for Routing and Switching, Firewall and VPN for VzB managed service customers
• Served as Tech lead for many VZB major customer account engineering teams resulting in multi-year contract deals
• Provided design, solution development, implementation and configuration assistance to pre-sales and account teams
• Served as subject matter expert in MNSO for managed LAN/WAN, Firewalls and VPN services
• Performed network assessments, audit of large networks, recommended solutions and re-engineered large networks
• Achieved customer SLA commitment over 95% of the time in resolving complex P1 network issues
• Trained Advanced Support Engineers on an ongoing basis on Firewall, VPN and Routing and Switching technologies

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided Tier 2 Support for VZB TAC Engineers on Managed LAN, WAN, Frame/ATM Watch and VPN Services
• Accepted escalation of problems from appropriate internal resources and resolved them on a timely basis
• Designed and implemented Disaster Recovery (DR) for Frazer managed network services infrastructure
• Successfully completed many complex T&M change management configuration projects for customers
• Provided product training and mentoring to other CSE's and assisted in problem resolution where required.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed day-to-day troubleshooting of network issues for Verizon’s Managed LAN/WAN Customers
• Installed, upgraded and configured new routers, switches, firewalls, CSU/DSU and other CPE as needed
• Resolved P1 and P2 issues in a timely manner as per SLA resulting in high customer satisfaction
• Periodically tested customer networks for Disaster Support readiness