SUMMARY

• Around 8 Years of experience as Network Engineer.
• Complete understanding of architecture and management in LAN and WAN Network.
• Expertise in configuration and installation of routers, switches, access points.
• Worked on Cisco Catalyst series 2900, 3560, 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500 and Cisco 1800, 2600, 3600, 7200,7600 routers
• Experience on Nexus 7000/5000/200 series switches and fabric extenders.
• Implemented redundancy wif HSRP, VRRP, Ether channel Technology(LACP, PAgP).
• Managed inventory of all network hardware, Management and Monitoring by use of SSH, Syslog, SNMP,NTP.
• Experience in WAN environment .Provisioning configuration on PE routers.
• Experience on various servers like OP Manager for monitoring, Confidential, and KiwiSyslog server.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, excellent communication, presentation skills and a good team player.
• Hands on WAN Optimizer Riverbed. Configuring optimization rules. Generating system dumps for troubleshooting and monitoring the health status of device. Checking the system and user logs periodically to see any issues wif optimization

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Switches: Cisco 3750, 2960, 2950, 3560, 4500.

Nexus: 2248, 5548, 7010

Juniper: EX 3300

Routers: 12000 series

Firewall: Cisco ASA 5510.

Proxy: Blue Coat SG

Wireless Networking: Access point Cisco 1130 & 1131 access point

Server: Installation and configuration of the following

servers: Solar Winds, OPManager, KiwiSyslog server, Confidential, DHCP server.

Microsoft Technologies: Microsoft Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Hands on Blue coat proxy SG. Adding rules in various layers in VPM in order to allow or deny the user access. Creating policy trace for checking the location where the proxy is blocking the access in order to troubleshoot any proxy related issues.
• Configuring Cisco 6500, 4500, 3850 switches. Upgrading Cisco IOS XE on the same .
• Adding devices to Solar Winds. Classifying and organizing them according to area and device type for easy management. Generating reports.
• Hands on riverbed. Configuring optimization rules. Generating system dumps for troubleshooting and monitoring the health status of device. Checking the system and user logs periodically to see any issues wif optimization.
• Handling tickets in ITSM and resolving it as per the SLA.
• Investigating incidents reported via the Service Desk relating to communications through the BD global network infrastructure
• Executing requested changes in accordance to Enterprise Technical Change Management process.
• Creating detailed rack diagrams in Microsoft Visio.
• Hands on Palo Alto Firewall (PA - 500).

Confidential, CA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• IOS upgrade of the L2 switches (3750 series)
• Configuration of L2 switches
• Appling mac security. And clearing the mac security to support the field engineers wif new PC installation.
• Adding the switches for monitoring in monitoring servers.
• Providing Wi-Fi connectivity by configuring access points and adding them to controllers.
• Physical installation of switches in IT rooms, stacking them and establishing connectivity wif L3 switches.
• Created network diagram in Microsoft Visio.

Confidential

Network Provisioning Enginee

Responsibilities:

• Deploying configuration on PE routers.
• Configuring BGP on PE routers (12000 series).
• Change in configuration for speed upgrade or change in QoS.
• Testing of the access line path remotely by coordinating wif field engineer for checking delay and bit errors.
• Creating L2 path using GUI tools (L2 devices used are Sycamore DNX88 and ALCATEL Multi service Platform ATM Switch)
• Checking of the parameters to be configured as mentioned in Service Order.
• Adding circuits for monitoring in network monitoring tools.
• Trouble shooting issues faced during deploying for making the circuit up.
• Hands on Juniper EX series switches.
• Also was part of port reservation team which had responsibility to maintain port availability and reserve ports to be used during configuration.
• Given training for new process to be followed for port reservation and document same.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring switches (200switches) and Access Points (600 AP) on RCP (Reliance Corporate Park) location and remote sites. Troubleshooting the same .Using OPManager and Cisco Works for monitoring.
• Installation and Configuration switches (3750, 3560, 2960, 2950) and AP (AIR-AP1131AG-A-K9).
• IOS upgrading of L2 and L3 switches.
• Opening ports in access lists on L3 switches.
• Configuration L2 switches wif port security, arp access list, dhcp snooping, changing vlans.
• Monitoring switch logs on Solar Winds syslog server.
• Identify and resolve daily LAN and wireless related issues and maintenance of them.
• Schedule and execute preventive maintenance.
• Using Confidential for centralize Authentication & Authorization for Network Devices.
• Done Installation & configuration of Confidential, FTP server, Syslog server & DHCP server for testing purpose.Various projects undertaken in Reliance Ind. Ltd are as follows:
• Replaced Baystack switches wif Cisco switches for efficient network management of a remote site. Also created network diagram in Microsoft Viso for overview of the network
• Configuration and IOS Upgrade of switches at remote site. Also checked the internet speed of leased line
• Configuration and installation of LAN and Wifi at remote office. Configured 14 AP’s wif WPA PSK security. Mounted and checked the range of AP's at remote office
• Installed and configured OPManager server for monitoring the switches at remote site. Added switches to it for monitoring
• Done IOS image upgrade of two 4402 series WLC and Created a backup of existing WLC
• Hardened three OPManager servers as per the baseline requirement of security team. Done scanning of three OPManager servers through Tenable Security Center 3. Manually changed the policy, service and registry settings to meet the baseline requirement of security team.

Testing and Learning

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installed and configured Confidential for testing Authenticating, Authorization and Accounting. Installed ACS for testing and configured the same.
• Tested the following successfully:
• To provide authentication per user or per group.
• To provide authorization per user or per group.
• To see accounting of logged in users.Kiwi Syslog server
• Installed and configured Kiwi Syslog server. Having noledge about syslog server, and about the levels of syslog messages. Applied filters for messages and taking action like sending email on receiving critical syslog messages.Cisco Nexus 5548 and Nexus 2248 switches
• Worked on nexus switches. Implemented VPC

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Documented the company’s design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures.Installation and Configuration switches (3750, 3560, 2960, 2950) and AP (AIR-AP1131AG-A-K9).
• Performed routine network maintenance checks as well as configure and manage printers, copiers, and other miscellaneous network equipment.
• Performed scheduled Virus checks and updates on all servers and desktops.
• Got Hands-on experience in maintaining and troubleshooting RIP, OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols.
• Configured RIP and EIGRP on 2600, 2900and3600series Cisco routers.
• Implemented VTP and trunking protocols (802.1q and ISL) on 3560, 3750 and 4500series Cisco Catalyst switches.
• PerformedIOS upgradeson 2900, 3500 series Cisco Catalyst switches and 1800, 2600,3600 series Cisco routers using TFTP.
• Worked on installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN(ISDN, Frame relay, NAT, DHCP, TCP/IP).
• ConfiguredAccess List (Standard, Extended, and Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.
• Configured STP for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.
• Done troubleshootingof TCP/IPproblemsand connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment.
• Worked on network-based IT systems such as Racking, Stacking and Cabling.