PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 6 Plus years of experience in Networking Security, including hands-on experience in providing network design, deployment, support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN / WAN using both Cisco and Juniper
• Experience working with Cisco IOS, IOS-XR, NX-OS for configuration troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4, MPLS.
• Experience with Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k Switches and Virtual Port Channel configuration.
• Strong knowledge of TACACS , RADIUS implementation in Access Control Network.
• Experience in Designing and assisting in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA.
• 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.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST. Implementation of HSRP, VRRP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Experience in testing Cisco routers and switches in laboratory and deploy them on site production.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in Service Provider Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Subnetting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls.
• Worked extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX 525, 535 ASA 5500 5520/5540/5550/5585 Series
• Knowledge in preparing Technical Documentation and presentations using Microsoft VISIO/Office.
• 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.

Core Competencies

• Network Configuration: Advanced switch/router configuration Cisco IOS access list, Route redistribution/propagation .
• Routing Protocols: IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGPv4, MP-BGP
• WAN Protocols: HDLC, PPP, MLPPP
• Layer 2 technology: VLAN, VTP, VMPS, ISL, dot1q, DTP, Spanning-tree, PVST
• Layer 3 Switching: CEF, MLS, Ether Channel
• QOS: CBWFQ, LLQ, WRED, Policing/Shaping.
• Circuit switched WAN: T1/E1 T3/E3/OCX Channelized, Fractional full .
• Packet Switched WAN: ATM, FRAME RELAY, MPLS VPNs
• Security Technologies: Cisco FWSM/PIX/ASDM, Nokia Checkpoint NG, Juniper SRX
• Cisco Routers: Cisco GSR 12416, 12418, Cisco 7200vxr, Cisco 3640, Cisco 3600
• Redundancy and management: HSRP, RPR, NSF/NSR
• Physical interfaces: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial, HSSI, Sonet POS
• Switches: Catalyst 6500, MSFC, MSFC2, 7600, 3700, 3500
• Operating Systems: Microsoft XP/Vista/7, UNIX, Linux Redhat , MAC
• Windows Servers 2003/2008 Windows MS-Office.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuration troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4.
• Deploying and decommissioning of Cisco Routers, Cisco switches and their respective software upgrades.
• Converting CatOS to Cisco IOS Config Conversion on Access, distribution Core layer switches
• Experience with converting Cisco 6500 to Cisco Nexus in the data center environment.
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender FEX which acts as a remote line card module for the Nexus 5000
• Worked on SSL Termination which occurs at the transaction of the server ends of a SSL connection.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system
• Experience with configuring OTV between the data centers as a layer 2 extension.
• Experience with upgrading NX-OS to version 6.1 on the cisco Nexus 7010
• Performing the Firewall ACL requests change for various clients by collecting source and destination details
• Working with Network Design and implementation teams on various projects across North America.
• Experience with manipulating various BGP attributes such as Local Preference, MED, Extended Communities, Route-Reflector clusters, Route-maps and route policy implementation.
• Experience in deployment of F5 load balancers, migrating Cisco ACE load balancers to F5 load balancers, ensure network interoperability, document existing and propose load balancing infrastructure, maintain relationships with Product Engineering and other teams within GNS, and provide fourth tier load balancing troubleshooting and support.
• Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core ASR 9K, Nexus 7K, 5K and its downstream devices.
• Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, Bundle Ethernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair.
• Experienced in BIG-IP APM that can help to free up valuable IT resources and scale cost-effectively
• Configured CIDR IP RIP, PPP, BGP, MPLS and OSPF routing.
• 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.
• Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc.
• Developed Visio Documentation to give complete picture of network design for each building.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960 6500 switches and Cisco 3640/12000 /7200/3845/3600/2800 routers , Cisco Nexus 7K/5K, Cisco ASA5510, Checkpoint, Aruba Controllers 6000, 3600, 3400,650: windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Plan Design and assist in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX 506E/515E/525/ ASA 5500 5510/5540 Series.
• Configuring routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, MPBGP, LDP and BGPV4.
• Convert Branch WAN links from point to point circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to GetVPN.
• Configuring HSRP between VLANs, Configuring Ether-Channels, Port Channel on 6500 catalyst
• Switches Replace branch hardware with new 2851 routers and 2960 switches.
• Experience working Juniper T-Series, M-Series, MX-Series, J-Series Routers.
• Implemented WLAN Aruba Wireless Access Points and its Controllers at various corporate sites fort 11n Infrastructure and its legacy technologies.
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus 5000 series switches for data center.
• Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP OSPF is used for local routing only which involves new wan links.
• Experienced in BIG-IP APM that can help to free up valuable IT resources and scale cost-effectively
• Win 2K03 2K08 Servers within the iPad General Discussions forums, part of the Apple iPad Discussions category I use logmein to connect to several servers but have a large number where I am forced to connect via RDP over VPN.
• Worked on SSL Termination which occurs at the transaction of the server ends of a SSL connection.
• Worked On UNIX, Linux, and Windows Platforms and also involved in capacity planning of Network Maintenance.
• Experience with design and implementation of Data center migration at NBC Universal
• Data center migration was involved in Access, Distribution and Core layers.
• Wrote IOS and CAT OS upgrade procedures and Pre/Post checks for customer production upgrades.
• Excellent Troubleshooting Skills and Customer Centric approach.
• Strong Knowledge in working with F5 Load Balancers and their Implementation in various Networks.
• Actively participated in upgrading fast Ethernet, Layer 3 switched/routed LAN infrastructure from Cisco 3640 to Cisco 2811 ISR routers and switches at access level to 2950, 3550.
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured various Router interfaces like ATM interface, T3 Channelized T1 interfaces
• Experience in deployment of F5 load balancers, migrating Cisco ACE load balancers to F5 load balancers, ensure network interoperability, document existing and propose load balancing infrastructure, maintain relationships with Product Engineering and other teams within GNS, and provide fourth tier load balancing troubleshooting and support.
• Configuring and troubleshooting CISCO catalyst 6509, 7609, 7613 with Supervisor cards, Cisco 3640, Cisco GSR 12416, 21418 with PRP and RPR processors

Environment: Cisco 3750/3550/3500/2960 switches and Cisco 3640/12000 /7200 /3845 /3600 /2800 routers, Cisco ASA5510, Checkpoint, Aruba Controllers 6000, 3600, 3400,650, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K, 2248/3560/5020/6509.

Confidential

Network Deployment Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.
• Excellent troubleshooting knowledge on T1, T3, OC-3 and OC-12.
• Configured egress and ingress queues for ISP facing routers using CBWFQ.
• Generating RCA Root Cause Analysis for critical issues of layer1/layer2/layer3 problems.
• Configured CIDR IP RIP, PPP, BGP and OSPF routing.
• Involved in the configuration troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4. Configured IP access filter policies.
• Identify, design and implement flexible, responsive, and secure technology services
• 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.
• Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification
• Troubleshoot traffic passing managed firewalls via logs and packet captures
• Configured and resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.
• Worked on SSL Termination which occurs at the transaction of the server ends of a SSL connection.
• Win 2K03 2K08 Servers within the iPad General Discussions forums, part of the Apple iPad Discussions category I use logmein to connect to several servers but have a large number where I am forced to connect via RDP over VPN.
• 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.
• The SOCKS5 protocol was originally a security protocol that made firewalls and other security products easier to administer
• Hands-on experience with WAN ATM/Frame Relay , Routers, Switches, TCP/IP, Routing Protocols BGP/OSPF , and IP addressing.
• Ability to analyze, configure and troubleshoot networks
• Analyzed customer application and bandwidth requirements, ordered hardware and circuits, and built cost effective network solutions to accommodate customer requirements and project scope

Environment: Net Flow,TACACS,EIGRP,RIP,OSPF,BGP,VPN,MPLS,CSM,SUP720, Ether Channels, Cisco 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, Fluke and Sniffer, Cisco 6509/ 3750/3550/3500/2950 switches, Checkpoint firewalls SPLAT .

Confidential

Network Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented 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
• Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support
• Supporting EIGRP and BGP based PwC network by resolving level 2 3 problems of internal teams external customers of all locations.
• Updated the HP open view map to reflect and changes made to any existing node/object.
• Handled SRST and implemented and configured the Gateways, Voice Gateways.
• Configuring HSRP between the 3845 router pairs for Gateway redundancy for the client desktops.
• Configure VRRP GLBP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q ISL, STP, Port Security on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• Configuring STP for switching loop prevention and VLANs for data and voice along with Configuring port security for users connecting to the switches.
• Ensure Network, system and data availability and integrity through preventive maintenance and upgrade.
• Involved in L2/L3 Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-Vlan routing, LAN security.
• Worked on the security levels with RADIUS, TACACS .
• Completed service requests i.e. IP readdressing, bandwidth upgrades, IOS/platform upgrades, etc
• Identify, design and implement flexible, responsive, and secure technology services
• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.
• Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching

Environment: Cisco 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, TACACS, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, Ether Channels, Fluke and Sniffer.