SUMMARY:

• Over Fifteen years of experience in planning, design, implementation, configuration, troubleshooting of complex management of windows & Unix Servers and Data Networks.
• Extensive experience in troubleshooting routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP and IGRP).
• Extensive hands on experience in troubleshooting of network devices Cisco Switches (2900, 3750, 4500, 6500), Cisco Nexus Switches (7000, 5000, 2000) Cisco Routers (7200, 3900, 3600, 2900, 2600, 1800).
• Extensive experience on support and troubleshooting on Tier 4 issues.
• Extensive experience on Cisco UCS 6200 series Fabric Interconnects.
• Extensive experience on F5, Brocade, Kemp, and Cisco load balancers.
• Extensive experience in NOC and Data Center Operations.
• Extensive experience on configuring SNMP, Syslog, Voyence on various devices.
• Experience in TCP/IP Protocol, Subnetting, IP Addressing, DNS, DHCP, WINS, FTP.
• Applying latest service packs (patches) and update Production and development systems.
• Implementing corporate wide Virus Scanning.
• Expert level knowledge and experience in providing Layer1/2 and 3 supports.
• Implemented VPN (IPSEC and GRE tunnels) and Web servers (Apache and IIS)
• Experience in Sarbanes Oxley 404 Controls Documentation review and audit.
• Experience in handling production support calls for Global Investment banking division, Equities, Fixed Income, Foreign exchange.
• Experience in Network Designed & documentation in Visio & MS office.
• Excellent communication skills. Customer focused Team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• RIP, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP - 4, IS-IS and MPLS, TCP/IP, PPP, HDLC, Frame Relay, VOIP, LDP, NAT, HSRP, VRRP, DHCP,IPSEC, L2TP,
• ATM, ISDN, ARP, RARP, FTP, TFTP, E1, T1, LDAP, SIP,VLAN,VXLAN, STP, SMTP, POP3, NNTP, HTTP, LDAP, QOS, GRE, PAP, CHAP, IPX,
• SNMPV2C and V3, Netconf, OpenStack, SDN, Contrail, Windows NT 4.0/2000/2003/2008/2012, XP/98/95, Microsoft Visio, Sun Solaris 2.7, and Cisco IOS 12.X, Checkpoint, ACL & Cisco PIX, MS-Exchange Server 5.0/5.5/2000, Outlook 2010,2000/98 / 97
• MS-SQL Server 6.5/7.0/2000/, Oracle7/8i/9i, MS- Access97/2000, NIS, NFS, DNS, WINS, IIS, RAS, DHCP, VM Ware, EMC (NAS), NIS / DNS / NFS with automounter, IPX/SPX, Ethernet and RAS, Compaq, HP, IBM and Dell Servers /Desktops
• Sun Sparc Ultra 5 / 10 Systems, Cisco 7200, 3600, 2600 Routers, Cisco Nexus 7000/5000 Switches
• Cisco UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnects, Cisco 1900, 2900XL, 5000 and 6500 Catalyst Switches
• Cisco AS 5200 Universal Access Servers, Cisco PIX 515 Firewall, Juniper Routers, D-Link ISDN Router/Adapter, D-link 10 and 24 port Ethernet Hubs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Middletown, NJ

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured and certified Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000 and 2000 series switches.
• Worked and extensively VPC and Fabricpath on Cisco Nexus switches.
• Configured and certified Cisco UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnects for private cloud services to the customers.
• Configured and certified Cisco 6500, 4900, 3750, 2960 switches.
• Configured and certified Arista 7000 series switches.
• Implemented HSRP for redundancy on Cisco Nexus switches and Cisco 3600 routers.
• Worked extensively on M-LAG on Arista 7000 series switches.
• Worked on VMware 4.x and 5.x.
• Worked on Tier 3/ 4 support to production issues and simulated those issues in the lab, and certified resolution steps for production deployment.
• Configured and certified Kemp load balancers.
• Configured and certified BIG IP LTM and GTM.
• Worked with Application specific i App Templates on F5 load balancers.
• Worked on SSL accelerators and also worked on client side and server side SSL Terminations.
• Configured and certified Netscaler MPX 9500.
• Worked extensively on ASR 1000 Series, Cisco 3945, Cisco 2921, and Cisco 2911 routers. This includes dynamic routing, VRF, VPN, NAT, ACL, and QOS.
• Configured BGP, OSPF and VRF on Cisco routers.
• Configured and certified Gigamon 2404 traffic visibility switch.
• Configured and certified TeraGauge 2800 and10400.
• Coordinate in configuring and troubleshooting the Nortel equipment.
• Configured ATM, and Frame Relay on Cisco 3600 Routers.
• Monitor and troubleshoot network devices Cisco switches and routers.
• Worked on implementation of VLANS in multi spanning tree topology on Cisco and Arista switches.
• Configured basic polices on Pix and ASA Firewalls.
• Installed BladeLogic agent on Windows, Red hat Linux, and Sun Solaris servers.
• Installed and configured Windows and Linux servers in the lab.

Environment: CISCO Routers 7200, 3600, 4600, Cisco Switches 6500, 3550, 3500, 2960,Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000,Cisco UCS 6200 Fabric Interconnects, Cisco ASA 5000 series, Cisco PIX 525,515,BIG IP Foundry ServerIron 4G, ServerIron GT, Nortel Alteon 2424, 3408, Nortel Alteon Application Switch 2424, 3408, Nortel Application Accelerator 510, 610.

Confidential, Middletown, NJ

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured and certified Cisco 6500, 4900, 3750, 2960 switches, and Cisco 7200,3600 and 2800 routers.
• Configured and certified Cisco 2900, and 2800 Terminal Servers.
• Worked extensively with VizGems team tested SNMP, Syslog on Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Cisco ACE, F5, Brocade, and Nortel Alteon.
• Involved in Issues related to Active Directory and Domain controller, WINS, DNS, DHCP, ISA, PPTP/VPN/RADIUS, IIS, SMS, and Terminal Services.
• Involved in monitoring and troubleshooting of network devices CISCO Switches (6500, 4500,3500,2950), Cisco Routers (7200,3600,2600)
• Worked extensively with the Implementation of VLANS.
• Configured Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Power Edge M1000e Blade Enclosure.
• Involved in configuring and troubleshooting IPSec, GRE, EIGRP and OSPF, EIGRP, NAT protocols on corp. and client networks.
• Configured basic polices on Pix and ASA Firewalls.
• Implemented the changes on Cisco routers and switches
• Implemented IPSLAs on various Cisco Routers.
• Involved in preparing Network Validation Test procedure.
• Involved in migrating customers from the legacy environment to the new environment.

Environment: Cisco routers 7200, 3600, 2600, Cisco switches 6500, 5000, 3500, and 2950.

Confidential, Warren, NJ

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in solving network outages with N/W infrastructure team such as LAN/WAN connectivity troubleshooting switches and IP troubleshooting.
• Coordinated with various internet service providers manage the existing leased line circuits to ensure high uptime for WAN network.
• Monitored and troubleshoot lease lines and VPN Tunnels in terms of Uptime of Leased lines, Leased line reliability, Errors in Leased lines and Tunnels.
• Involved in fixing the Issues related to, WINS, DNS, DHCP, ISA, and IIS server.
• Worked on DNS using Bind 4.9.x on SUN UltraSPARC server, create and configuring zones, resource records, and troubleshooting the name resolution problems.
• Worked on implementation of VLANS on 3500, 4500, 6500.
• Implemented HSRP for redundancy on Cisco 3600,3500
• Coordinated in configuring and troubleshooting the Cisco equipment.
• Involved in Configuring and troubleshooting Inter VLAN routing,
• Involved in implementing Multi-Layer Switching.
• Implemented CSM on 6500 Switch.
• Involved in configuring basic polices on Pix version 6 on pix 515 box and configured NAT.
• Involved in the migration project from static routing protocols to OSPF across the corporate network.
• Monitored using the various tools like HP-Open view, Solarwinds, Whats up Gold, and MRTG.
• Standard/Advanced Access list configuration.
• Involved in CHANGE management process and implementing Moves, Changes, Adds, and Deletes on Cisco routers and switches.

Environment: CISCO routers 3500, 4500, 6500, Cisco switches 2900 XL, 5000, and 6500.

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Planed and utilized multiple ISP connections for redundant internet connectivity in office.
• Setup and maintained secure VPN access with clients using Cisco PIX firewall / Cisco 2600 Routers.
• Monitored LANs with Sniffers and other tools as part of preventive maintenance procedures.
• Configured and maintained 4 VLANs with CISCO 2900 switches.
• Implemented NAT.
• Involved in implementing IOS firewall feature set
• Installed and used network monitoring applications like MRTG and SNMP
• Experience in structure cabling / wiring (CAT-5 Optical fiber, Telephone/pots, twisted pair).
• Installed Windows 2000 and upgraded Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000.
• Configured Active Directory (Forests, trees, and Domains).
• Configured DNS Server and Migrated with Active Directory (DDNS)
• Configured DHCP server to allocate Dynamic IP addresses to all clients.
• User Accounts Management
• Secured Resources with NTFS Permissions and shared the resources and publishing in Active Directory.
• Installed Printers and published them in Active Directory.
• Configured Disk Quota’s to limit the Disk space for all users
• Implemented DFS for Shared Folders.
• Installed and configured cluster servers.
• Involved in migration from Windows NT/ 98 to windows 2000 Professional.
• Involved in gathering Software, Hardware Inventory and preparing summery for discovered Software and Hardware Components.
• Installed and configured Windows 2003 Terminal server.
• Patch management Updates for Servers/Workstations OS Security and Antivirus Application Distribution.

Environment: Windows NT/2000/2003/XP, HP, Compaq, Dell Servers, IIS 5.0/6.0, VERITAS Backup Exec, Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition, and HP Printers.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured clients in network with Windows NT workstation 4.0, Windows 95/98.
• Configured and Maintained CISCO 2600 Router.
• Implemented NAT with a pool of public IP addresses.
• Implemented Access lists to support the organizations Security Policy
• Implemented RAID 1, RAID 5 level for fault tolerance on NT Server
• Troubleshot the problems like booting device drivers, Virtual Memory, use of ERD.
• Setup, Maintained, Administered User accounts and Group Accounts.
• Planned and implemented strategies for backing up and restoring files.
• Performed system and software upgrades by installing appropriate service packs for operating systems and Antivirus from time to time.
• Troubleshot Network and Hardware Problems and also fine-tuned the Network.

Environment: Windows /NT, 98/95, Compaq, HP Servers, Sun Sparc Ultra 5/10 Systems, Desktops, Cisco Routers, Switches, ISDN Modems, HP, and Canon printers.