SUMMARY

• Over 7 years’ experience in electrical and Telecom Industry, including:
• Experience of routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, and BGP.
• Worked on Cisco routers such as 2900,3900,7600,7200 series andCisco 6500,4500,3750 series switches.
• Troubleshooting & implementation of Vlan, STP, MSTP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1Q, DTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, LACP, PAGP, AAA, TACACS, RADIUS, MD5, VTP & SVI.
• Experience with design and deployment of MPLS Layer 3 VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, MPLS QOS
• Diverse industry exposure - telecom, consumer goods, health care and IT consulting
• Strong hands on experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2K series, Cisco router models like 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series and Cisco catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900 series switches
• Technology and Infrastructure consultant for Cisco and Juniper design and implementation projects. Specific tasks include installations, configurations, support and maintenance of routers and switches.
• Experience working with Cisco IOS-XR on the ASR9000 devices for MPLS deployments
• Knowledge in Password Recovery and trouble shooting of Cisco & Juniper device.
• IOS/JUNOS upgrade for Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches.
• Strong hands on experience on PIX (506, 515, 525, 535), ASA (5505/5510) Firewalls. Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA(TACACS+ & RADIUS)
• Experience in testing Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches in laboratory scenarios and deploy on site for production.
• Native communication skills and a team player, Effective inter-personal skills, adaptive to any environment, with the latest technologies and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team
• Experience in RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.
• Working Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Junos & basic Nexus (7K, 5K&2K).
• Efficient designing of IP Addressing Scenario using VLSM and Sub netting.
• Good at OSI Layers concepts.
• Proficient in setting up IT infrastructure including wide area networks (WAN) local area networks (LAN), security management systems network device administration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Network Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Using documentation and standard operating procedures for smooth functioning of IP telephony systems.
• Maintained and provided support for LAN/WAN infrastructure as needed. This included working on specific hardware such as switches, routers, PIX, wireless APs, VPN Concentrators, frame relay, IPsec VPN and other entities.
• Worked on Security Zones, Policies and Intrusion detection on Palo Alto firewalls.
• Worked on F5 Load Balancers - Configuring Irules, Profiles, Nats/Snats, Load Balancing
• Involved in configuring and implementing of composite Network models consists of Cisco7600, 7200, 3800 series routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5000, 6500 Series switches.
• Configured Nexus 7010 including NX-OS Virtual Port Channels, Nexus port profiles, Nexus Version 4.2 and 5.0, Nexus VPC peer links.
• Participated in the installation, configuration, and post installation daily operational tasks and configuration of the deployment of Cisco Nexus equipment
• Designed 10 gigabit networks using Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches, and Cisco 3800 series routers
• Worked on inter-operability issues involving 3rd party firewalls like Cisco ASA/PIX,, Juniper, and Cisco IOS routers.
• Collaborated with thenetworkengineers to identify areas of high risk that can be resolved using ISE
• Worked on Riverbed devices for WAN bandwidth Optimization in the data centres for the sensitive market data applications
• Implementing VoIP solutions using SIP & H.323, also have sound knowledge of Avaya VoIP products
• Working on APARS and Ability to verify Server logs for the accuracy of server & with the requested date and time duration.
• Ensure APARS do not go over due by either getting it closed or taking necessary extension.
• Worked on troubleshooting the connectivity to servers with fabric extenders.
• Ability to apply concepts to prevent, detect and implement processes, procedures and controls needed to mitigate risks.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Setting up VoIP Phones for the entire office environment.
• Replaced 6500 from access layer and Installed 3750s Switches.
• Racking and Stacking of Cisco 3750 Switches.
• Configured and maintained Cisco ASA firewall.
• Upgrading L2 and L3 devices and providing remote support for upgrade.
• Responsible for the configuration, implementation and operation of Cisco 3745 routers Cisco 6509 and 3750x L2/L3 switches.
• Configuration and maintenance of OSPF protocol which was the enterprise IGP. Configuration included deploying of new branch locations or new network devices in the existing infrastructure. Creating Stub Areas & configuring Summarization for effective Routing.
• Using PBR with Route Maps for route manipulation/filtering. Troubleshooting routing issues like suboptimal routing and asymmetric routing
• Worked on BGP configuration for providing redundant internet connectivity using BGP attributes, Route maps, prefix-lists etc.
• 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
• 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
• Configuring SIP issues and wall jack issues while troubleshooting IP addressing problems.
• Support Engineer in Installation of firstISEappliance
• Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATting.
• Experience in Cisco switches and routers: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area.
• Develop documentation in support of meeting and exceeding a 90 percent ticket resolution SLA (Service Level Agreement) for theACESupport Team.
• Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, IGRP, RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route.
• Experience on troubleshooting Cisco catalyst switches 3750g 48 port switch.

Confidential, Albany NY

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Upgrading L2 and L3 devices and providing remote support for upgrade
• Troubleshooting IOS related bugs based on past history and appropriate release notes.
• Installing, Managing &Troubleshooting CATOS issues
• Creating CMR and documentation of the issues resolved
• Hand on experience the configuration and implementation of various Cisco Routers and L2 Switches.
• Exhaustive hands-on experience on Cisco, Juniper and network testing gears which include Ixia, breaking point etc. Testing includes multicast, BGP, IS-IS and OSPF
• Deployment of 802.1x protocol to over 400 LAN edge switches in order to mitigate the risks in an observed LAN vulnerability
• Configuring VLAN’s, Trunking and routing part for Cisco Catalyst 6506.
• Worked on EIGRP routing protocol on the VSS core
• Management tools such as Cisco prime infrastructure
• Setting up Cisco wireless router and setting up access points.
• Check the IP address, default gateway and subnet mask are all correct. performed configuration of LAN\WAN technologies such as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet
• Involved in installation and configuration of CISCO ACE switches documentation of all the documents necessary for the upgrade
• Placing cable and equipment’s orders.

Confidential, Murrysville, PA

Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network of 100 hosts.
• Studied and analyzed client requirements to provide solutions for network design, configuration, administration, and security.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Maintained redundancy on Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 router with HSRP.
• Created a backup and recovery policy for software application and verified peripherals are working properly.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck and configured ios.
• Performed RIP & OSPF routing protocol administration.
• Interacted with support services to reduce the downtime on leased lines.
• Troubleshoot problems on a day to day basis & provide solutions that would fix the problems within their Network.
• Monitor the operability and reliability of the network.
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting of connectivity problems using Ping, Trace route.
• Managed the IP address space using subnets and variable length subnet masks (VLSM).
• As a Team member also worked with F5 load balancer and SONET technology.
• Responsible to help team for troubleshoot, configure and resolve the issues regarding F5.
• Support design and planning of Juniper MX, EX and TX Series network routing products within the Customer infrastructure.
• Support ongoing efforts in defining best practice policies for Juniper product applications used by Customer.
• Proactively perform corrective maintenance for IP/MPLS network.
• Review and evaluate all ITC technical documents related to IP/MPLS network.
• Helped team to build up SONET Networks.
• LAN cabling in compliance with CAT5 standards.
• Worked along with the team in ticketing issues.
• Daily responsibilities included monitoring remote site using network management tools, assisted in design guidance for infrastructure upgrade & help LAN administrator with backbone connection and connectivity issue Other responsibilities included documentation and support other teams.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported over 200 users on workstations running Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, and SUNMicrosystems operating systems
• Ensured resolution of hardware- and software-related issues while providing technical leadership in support of several Quick Reaction Capability projects worldwide
• Part of a technical team that provided installation and configuration of all 80thArea Support group servers and workstations running Windows NT and Windows 2000
• ConfiguredNICs, hard drives, CD-ROMS, memory, and various software applications on desktop computers
• Developed knowledge of Microsoft Office, Internet, Comm. protocols, TCP/IP, & Ethernet topology
• Spearheaded unit upgrade project and ensured full accountability and inventory of over $1,027,000 of computer equipment