SUMMARY

• CCNP certified with7+years of Professional experience asNetwork Engineer in planning, designing, implementing, troubleshooting, optimizing and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF,IS - IS, RIP & BGPandSwitching onVLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP and Redundancy protocol HSRP, VRRP
• Enhanced level experience in working with CiscoRouters and Catalyst Switches using 3600, 3800, 6500, 7200, 7600; Nexus 7k, Nexus 5k, Nexus 2k, GSR 12000& ASR 9000, 1000 series routers
• Expertise on Juniper T-Series, J-series, M-Series, MX-Series routers, and Juniper: M320, MX80, MX480, MX960 and EX4200, EX8200 switches.
• Worked on network topologies and configurations, TCP/IP, UDP,MPLS, T1, T3, Frame Relay, bridges, routers, hubs, and Switches.
• Configuration and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether-Channel, STP, RSTP and MST.
• Excellent expertise in network management tools and sniffers like SNMP, HP-Open view, Wireshark and Cisco works to network Operation Center
• Proficient in load balancers like A10, Cisco ACE, F5 BIG IP and VIPRION systems.
• Basic understanding to work on Junos-Juniper router
• Hands-on experience and knowledge about VoIP technologies such as SIP, SIP Trunking, Cisco Call Manager, Asterisk
• Experience with Cisco firewalls PIX 515, ASA 5500 series and check point firewalls
• Administration, Troubleshooting and implementation of Brocade, McData and Cisco MDS switches
• Excellent interpersonal abilities, communication skills, time management and Team skills with the ability to interact effectively with employees at all levels within the organization.
• Maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing technical publications.
• Great team player and able to work under pressure 24x7 duty rotation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Networking: TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, WLAN, Aruba ARM, Cisco Clean Air,Air Magnet, Wireshark, Wave Deploy, Telnet, DHCP, DNS

Routing: RIPv1,RIPv2,IGRP,EIGRP,OSPF,BGPv4,MP-BGP,TCP-IP,UDP,HTTP

Switching: Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 4000, 4500, 5000, 6500, Nexus 3k,5k,6k,7k)

Security: VLAN, VPN, ACL, SSL, NAT, PAT, IDS, IPS, WEP, WPA, WPA-2(personal)

VoIP: WPA-2 (Enterprise using RADIUS)

Server Platforms: SIP, Cisco Call Manager (Version 8.0, 8.5, 8.6), Asterisk

Firewalls: VSX, IDS, IPS, checkpoint

Network Simulators: Packet Tracer, GNS3

Redundancy Protocols: HSRP,VRRP,RPR,NSF/NSR

Application: MS Visio, MS Project, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop

Operating Systems: Mac Os x, Windows 7, Windows 10 Pro, Ubuntu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Jersey city, new jersey

Sr. Network engineer

Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day responsibilities included troubleshooting various IP conflict problems, VLAN problems, 802.1x port-security issues with type 2 tickets.
• Maintained and configured Cisco enterprise devices such as Cisco 1900, 2811, 2900, 3900 Series ISR Routers, Cisco Switches 2960, 3560, 4500, 6500
• Installed and configured Cisco 6500 Series Wireless LAN Controller, Cisco 2500/5500 Series Standalone Controllers, Cisco 1140N AP
• Configuring routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, Route redistribution between OSPF and EIGRP, Route redistribution in multi-area OSPF network
• Generating RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for critical issues of layer1/layer2/layer3 problems
• Providing redundancy using redundant links, STP, RSTP, HSRP, VRRP
• Providing wireless connectivity to end clients and troubleshooting connectivity problems
• Deploying security solutions such as NAT, PAT, ACL, 802.1x, WPA-2 Enterprise
• Deploying VoIP phones and providing access to voice and data traffic with QoS policies
• Installing VoIP phones such as Cisco IP Phone 7962G, 7961G, 7942G, 7931G, 7911G and maintaining Cisco Call Manager
• Provide customer service for clients, in-network, and out-of-network using DoD sensitive networks remotely, via VOIP, telephone, email, and/or Support Web/e-Requestor ticketing system.
• Helped team members in configuration of Juniper 4350, 6350, and 2320 routers as well as EX 2200, 4200, 6200 and 8200 switches.

Confidential, charlotte, North Carolina

Network engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured networks using routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, BGP and manipulated routing updates using route-map, distribute list and administrative distance for on-demand Infrastructure.
• Configured OSPF redistribution and authentication with type 3 LSA filtering and to prevent LSA flooding.
• Configured OSPF over frame relay networks for NBMA and point to multipoint strategies.
• Implementing traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network using Frame Relay and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
• Provided redundancy in a multi homed Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network by tunings AS-path.
• Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco7600, 7200, 3800 series routers and Cisco 2950, 4500, 3500, 5000, 6500 Series switches. Also worked with IDS sensor.
• Strong understanding of the Global Traffic Manager and I Query functionality between LTM and GTM for a HA design.
• Responsible for High and low level design as it pertains to load balancing infrastructure and changes.
• Implementing security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPsec, SSL, VPN, AAA (TACAS+ RADIUS).
• Working knowledge of leveraging F5 BigIp to provide Load Balancing for server across multiple data centers
• Working knowledge of leveraging F5 devices for web acceleration and caching.
• Implemented various OSPF scenarios on networks consisting of 7600 routers.
• Configured policy based routing for BGP for complex network systems.
• Configured Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN with Routing Information Protocol (RIP) on the customer’s Site.
• Implementing and troubleshooting Cisco and Juniper firewalls.
• Tuned BGP internal and external peers with manipulation of attributes such as metric, origin and local Preference.
• Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows to authenticate users that connects to a VPN 3000 Concentrator.
• Application load balancing using Cisco ACE.
• Establishing and configuring Site-Site and SSL VPNs on checkpoint and Cisco Firewalls.
• Worked on FTP, HTTP, DNS, DHCP servers in windows server-client environment with resource allocation to desired Virtual LANs of network.
• Responsible for day to day management of Cisco Devices, Traffic management and monitoring.
• Involved in provide higher technical support to NOC and other operation teams regards to IP/MPLS infrastructure.
• Oversee/perform new and existing equipment, hardware, and software upgrades.

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Experience with Firewall administration, Rule analysis, Rule modification
• Experience on F5 load balancer in order to maintain balance in the network system with application specific usage
• Troubleshoot traffic passing managed firewalls via logs and packet captures
• Installing and configuring juniper M series router along with juniper switches QFX series
• Configured and resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment mostly on IPv4 and to some extent on IPv6
• Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team
• Hands-on experience with WAN (ATM/Frame Relay), routers, switches, TCP/IP, routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF), and IP addressing
• 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
• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms
• Deployed 7613 as PE and CE router and configured and troubleshoot the edge routers
• Excellent troubleshooting knowledge on T1, T3, OC-3 and OC-12
• Configured egress and ingress queues for ISP facing routers using CBWFQ
• Estimated project costs and created documentation for project funding approvals

Confidential

Network support engineer

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded, configured routers 2800 series, 3620, 3550 and cisco catalyst 4500, 4900 switches.
• Managed and directed voice, data and video communication over 400+ internal users.
• Configured and troubleshot VOIP based phone system
• Planning and Implementation of Sub netting, VLSM to conserve IP addresses.
• Working knowledge in IP Sub netting for Class A, B, and C networks.
• Understanding of routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, BGP, EIGRP.
• Analyzed and understood the issues related to DNS, DHCP and other IP conflicts.
• Responsible for Data Backup, System Update, Recovery and Restore, and Spyware removal.
• Installation and management of 600+ host systems.
• Document preparation of design, security requirements, validation and implementation criteria based on MS Visio and MS Office.
• Configuring Ethernet ports at various levels.
• Provided technical support for Windows 7, 2008, Macintosh OS 9, OS X, and Vista operating systems. Provided LAN / WAN / VLAN support and maintenance.