SUMMARY

• Around 8 years of experience in Network Engineering and Administration.
• Experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting of Checkpoint Firewall and Juniper SSG series.
• Experience in adding Rules and Monitoring Checkpoint Firewall traffic through Smart Dashboard and Smart View Tracker applications.
• Configured Client - to-Site VPN using SSL Client on Cisco ASA 5520 ver8.2.
• Configured ASA 5520 Firewall to support Cisco VPN Client on Windows 7/XP/Vista.
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 3700 series, 6500 series)
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper EX Switches (EX2200, EX2500, EX3200, EX4200, EX4500, EX8200 series).
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper Routers ( E,J,M and T-series)
• Configuration and Administration of Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Configuring RIP, OSPF, EIGRP BGP, MPLS, QOS, ATM and Frame Relay.
• Administration and diagnostics of LAN and WAN with in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, NAT, PPP, ISDN and associates network protocols and services.
• Expert in administration of F5 Load Balancer
• Worked on Load Balancer F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Configuring VLANs and implementing inter VLAN routing.
• Upgrading and troubleshooting Cisco IOS to the Cisco Switches and routers.
• Configuring Site to Site to VPN connectivity.
• Experience in TCP/IP protocol suite and OSI Model.
• Hands on experience on network Layer 3 routing protocols (OSPF, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP etc)
• Outstanding experience in designing and configuring of Layer 2 / 3 networking features such as VLAN, ISL, STP, VTP, 802.1X, Port Security, L2PT and SPAN.
• Configure Protocols MPLS: TDP, LDP, L2VPN, VPLS, AToM, RSVP-TE, QoS.
• Hands on experience on Authentication protocols (CHAP, PAP)
• Experience with implementation of DNS and DHCP protocols.
• Configuring firewall devices and configuring Access Control Lists (ACL).
• Strong experience in 802.11, WEP, WAP, ATM, Frame Relay, IPv6, IPSec.
• Strong knowledge of Cisco and Juniper software (IOS/XR and JunOS) and hardware.
• Excellent technical and project management skills combined with strong communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco Products: Routers Cisco, L2 & L3 Switches

Switching technologies: VLAN’s, Inter-VLAN routing VTP, Ether channel (Static, PAGP, LACP) Spanning Tree Protocol (Common Spanning Tree, MSTP, PVST, RSTP), Basic Port Security, first-hop redundancy protocols (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP)

Routing Technologies: Static Routing, RIPv1, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP (Basics), TCP/IP, UDP, IP-sec, Basics of MPLS, Route Map, Route Filtering, Route Redistribution, Route Summarization, Access Lists

LAN/WAN technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring Encapsulation, Frame Relay, Fiber Optic circuits.

Security: AAA rules, TACACS, RADIUS, Check point, ASA.

OS products: Windows (2000/2003, XP, vista, 7, LINUX).

Infrastructure services: DHCP.

Documentation: MS office, MS VISIO, power point.

Network Monitoring: Orion Netflow Traffic Analyzer

Protocols & Standards: TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, OSPF, EIGRP, Rip, BGP, HSRP, L2/L3/L4/L7 Switching, VLAN’s, VTP, IPv4, IPv6, ATM, VoIP, LAN, SSL, SNMP V1, V2. T1, DS3.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Berkeley Heights, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Support of network security and network devices such as routers, switches and wireless access points.
• Responsible for designing and implementation of Network Infrastructure.
• Implemented upgraded firewall platform built on Checkpoint Firewall Technologies.
• Involved in Building, Configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting network devices in the environment.
• Implemented upgraded firewall platform built on Cisco ASA’s.
• Involved in Migration of Juniper EX series switches to Cisco 3500 series and 6500 series switches.
• Coordinated and scheduled the delivery ofF5Professional Service implementations and consulting engagements
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5548, 5596, 2148, 2248 devices.
• Experience configuring VPC(Virtual Port Channel), VDC(Virtual Device Context) in Nexus 7010/7018
• Experience with configuring FCOE using Cisco nexus 5548
• Configured Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000 to connect servers and storage devices.
• Experience with setup and troubleshooting of F5 BIG-IP load balancing administration
• Configuring objects such as Load Balancer pools for local traffic management on F5 Load Balancers
• Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience
• Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across our global networks
• Experience with setting up MPLS Layer 3 VPN cloud in data center and also working with BGP WAN towards customer
• Configure and troubleshoot Juniper EX series switches and routers
• Migrated to Juniper EX series switches from Cisco 3500 series and 6500 series switches
• Experience with moving data center from one location to another location, from 6500 based data center to Nexus
• Design, and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls
• Experience with configuring BGP, OSPF in Juniper M and MX series routers
• Infrastructure trouble shooting and TCP/IP Protocols Experience.
• Assisted the Network team in maintaining the network in different locations
• Maintained a Network with more than 600 Network devices, some 25,000 end hosts, and the other Network devices like DHCP, DNS servers, Firewall servers.
• Responsible for Co-ordination with Hardware vendors, software vendors and service Providers.
• Involved in installing newer 3502 Wireless Access Points.
• Helped the Network team to install New switches and routers and configure the IOS according to the requirement
• Configured VLAN, OSPF, Sub-netting, EIGRP, BGP, VTP, spanning tree, IP Sub-netting, Wireless Access points.
• Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment to their segment between Different vendor switches (Cisco, Juniper)
• Convert Campus WAN links from point to point to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPsec/GRE to GetVPN.
• Assisted in backup, restoring and upgrading the Router and switch IOS.
• Attended Team meetings and provided comments on existing network and the recommendations to improve the current network Performance.
• Identifying technical problems and debugging hardware and software related to LAN’s/ WAN’s.
• Maintaining the health of 250+ wireless Access points in two locations.
• Interact effectively with other departments and staff to ensure satisfactory and timely resolution of their issues or problems.
• Involved in configuring Checkpoint firewall and applying rules to pass servers and switches through firewall.
• Involved in installation and configuration of Cisco 3500 and 6500 series switches.
• Involved smart view tracker to check the firewall traffic.
• Experience with deployment of Palo Alto firewalls for different NAT, Skype traffic

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Handling network devices such as Switches (Cisco Catalyst 2900 and 3500 series), Routers (Cisco 2600, 2800 and 7200 series), Firewalls, Load balancers etc.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010.
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
• Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers.
• Implemented Voice VLANS, UDP, SIP, RTPand provide QOS by DSCP and IP Precedence.
• Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.
• Has a good experience working with the Trouble Tickets on F5 Load balancers.
• Implementation and configuration of F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers
• Integrate VoIP with PSTN and setup voice Gateway ensuring QOS for Cisco based Voice over IP and CDR for voice call Accounting.
• Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment to other network segment between different vendor switches (Cisco, Juniper)
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Juniper M and MX series Routers
• Design, and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000series to provide a flexible Access Solution for a datacenter access architecture.
• Design and implement campus switch network with Cisco Layer 3 switches (3750, 4500, 6500) in multi VLANs environment and inter-VLAN routing, HSRP, ISL trunk, ether channel.
• Designed MPLS VPN and QoS for the architecture using Cisco multilayer switches
• Implement Cisco Works 2000 device to manage Cisco routers, switches, PIX and ASA firewall, Access Points, Concentrators.
• Experience in working with installing Nexus 7010 License upgrade.
• Experience in installing and configuring Checkpoint NGX R60.
• Maintain Security policy by monitoring PIX firewalls (515 and 520).
• Experience working with Network management software NSM primarily to manage the firewalls as well as performing changes as per the requirement.
• Involved in effective communication with vendors, peers and clients in resolution of problems, equipment.
• 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. Primary responsibility is to design and deploy various Network Security & High Availability products like Cisco ASA and other Security Products.
• Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series.
• Experience with converting PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution

Confidential, Scarborough, ME

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Configuring SITE TO SITE VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall between Head office and Branch office
• Installation & configuration of Cisco VPN concentrator 3060for VPN tunnel with Cisco VPN hardware & software client and PIX firewall
• Configured Firewall logging, DMZs& related security policies & monitoring
• Planning and configuring the routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, and Static Routing on the routers.
• Performed and technically documented various test results on the lab tests conducted.
• Installed and configured Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall and configured remote access IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series
• Worked onCiscoLayer 2 switches (spanning tree, VLAN).
• WAN Infrastructure running OSPF & BGP as core routing protocol.
• Support various Routers like 2600/3600/7200 series routers.
• Tested authentication in OSPF and BGP.
• Configured and troubleshoot OSPF and EIGRP.
• Hands on Experience working with security issue like applying ACL’s, configuring NAT and VPN
• Documenting and Log analyzing the Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall
• Responsible for Internal and external accounts and, managing LAN/WAN and checking for Security
• Work on different connection medium like Fiber and Copper Connectivity.
• In-depth expertise in the implementation of analysis, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN networking systems.
• Planning and configuring the entire IP addressing plan for the clients'network.
• Assist the certification team and perform configuration of LAN\WAN technologies such as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet.

Confidential

Jr. Network engineer

Responsibilities:

• Work internally with a team of technical personnel in the configuration, installation and maintenance of
• corporate LAN, WAN, Wireless and virtualized network environments
• Troubleshoot routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Troubleshoot issue as VLAN, Trunk, STP, HSRP, GLBP
• Verify and Troubleshoot VTP and RSTP Configuration issues within the corporate network
• Firewall review, router rule base and validation for company employees
• Set up TFTP server to backup, and restored configuration and IOS image files for the PIX firewalls,Cisco routers, Catalyst switches
• Maintained WAN Circuits T1, T3.
• Troubleshoot configuration issues Cisco Campus Switch Network

Confidential

Network Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Support for new store rollout, circuit and wan installations
• Configured and supported multiple remote site installations
• IP Address management using IPAM
• Maintain and troubleshoot Hub and spoke frame relay with EIGRP
• Installation & configuration of ISDN BRI/PRI circuits.
• Implement port security on Cisco switches
• Responsible for monitoring & operations of all data network related products and services