SUMMARY

• Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 3 years of experience in Designing, Implementing and troubleshooting various Network Technologies
• Background includes hands - on experience, specialization in Cisco Environment in LAN / WAN, Network Implementation, Monitoring and Network Administration
• Experienced in installation & configuration of Cisco Switches 2900, 3500, 3700 series, 6500 series and 4500 series
• Experienced in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (ISR 4431, 4331, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600)
• Worked on Cisco catalyst 6509 and under the Supervision of Principle Network Engineer implemented VDC and VPC on Nexus 5K/7K switches
• Configuring and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST
• Extensive knowledge of implementing, configuring and troubleshooting Routing Protocols such as Static Routing, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routers: Cisco Router ISR 4431, 4331, 7200, 3825, 3700, 3600, 2811, 2600, 2500 series

Cisco Switches: Nexus 5K/7K, Catalyst 6509, 4506-E, 4507 R+E, 3850-x, 3750-x, 3750, 3560, 3550, 2900, 3550, 3560, 3750, WS-3750,3850 stack.

Routing Protocol: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIPv1/v2, PBR, Route Filtering,Redistribution, Summarization, and Static Routing

Applications: HP NNMi, HP Opsware, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Net terrain, MS Visio, Wireshark

Connectivity: Ethernet Cable lying, Punching, Crimping RJ Connectors, Fiber connectivity, Transceivers, MRO tech CSU/DSU, E1, T1, DS3

Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008, Mac OS X, Windows XP/7/10 /Linux

Wireless: Cisco AIR-CAP3602I, 3502, 3702I, Aironet 1252 AG, LAP-1141N, CAP-1552E

Wireless: controller 4402, 5508,5520.

Virtualization: VMware

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Confidential , Inc. is one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving about 2 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland and New Jersey.
• As a Network Infrastructure Engineer, I handle Network operations at more than 17 sites that include Customer payment centers, Substations and Energy centers.
• Configure Cisco routers and switches and test pre-& post circuit migration.
• Performed field installations and inspection of fiber optic cables, connectors, and TDM MUXs.
• Support on client’s network issues on add, move or new installation.
• Open Cisco case, request RMA and troubleshoot, resolve network issues.
• Phone Support for Internal and external customers and resolve hardware, IOS issues.
• Schedule and open change management tickets for the cutover.
• Migrate circuits from existing production environment to the new IOS ring.
• Implement changes within the time window and test the new circuits.
• Configure Cisco routers and switches and test pre-& post circuit migration.
• Attend weekly project management meetings and update project info.
• Identify and Upgrade current equipment according to the spec.
• Trouble-shoot, configure the Cisco Switches and IOS upgrades on 6509, 4500 series with sup 720, sup32, sup 8,7, 3650,2950), NX-OS Cisco Nexus 5K/7K.
• Worked on Cisco catalyst 6509 and under the Supervision of Principle Network Engineer implemented VDC and VPC on Nexus 5K/7K switches.
• Real time network support by monitoring, trouble-shooting network alert from HP NNMi and open HP Service Manager Tickets.
• Create a full document for each site including connection chart to each equipment, port, and IP address.
• Resolved networking issues involving layers L1, L2 and L3 of the OSI model on TCP/IP network.
• Upgraded the IOS versions of all routers and layer 3 switches in all the sites that I handle using Cisco Prime Infrastructure, TFTP Server and USB.
• Troubleshooting of LAN, WLAN and WAN.
• Preparing presentations for Project team prior to new implementation for approvals.
• Updating Network diagrams on NetTerrain about the upgraded Networking Equipment, cabling, power and rack capacity.
• Handling vendor coordination of proposals and other IT network requirements such as IOS switch version, feature licensing and hardware module requirements.
• Frontline support for network related issues, day-to-day addition and movement requests.
• Installed indoor and outdoor wireless AP’s at all the sites and updated them accordingly on Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
• Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF and BGP etc.
• Troubleshooting of Cisco 2900, 3900, 6500, 7500 and 7200 Series routers.
• Configured static NAT, dynamic NAT, dynamic NAT overloading.
• Implemented VTP and Trunking protocols (like 802.1q and ISL) on cat 3560, 3750 and 4500 switches.
• Installation, Maintenance, Troubleshooting Local and Wide Areas Network (ISDN, Frame relay, NAT, DHCP, TCP/IP).
• Configured STP for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.

Jr. Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot Office Networks (LAN).
• Identified the exact issues by having the end user explaining how normal operation appears, and then demonstrated the perceived problem; recreated the problem if possible; localized and isolated the root causes of the issues.
• Investigated the root causes of the network problems such as switches, VLANs, VLAN Trunking Protocol, misconfiguration issues; routing protocol issues such as OSPF and BGP, troubleshot and configured devices such Cisco switches and routers.
• Also checked for excessive utilization, too many errors, incorrectly assigned VLAN, traffic priority issues, damage network devices, incorrect device configurations, and insufficient network bandwidth.
• Used IT Direct for trouble ticket creation and revision; planned maintenance processing and contact local ISP to follow up on issues.
• Documented issues and solutions as well for future to help troubleshooting the same or similar problems.