SUMMARY:

• Considering my knowledge, I would like to obtain where my technical skills, positive attitude and responsibility will be utilized. This will allow me to significantly contribute to company’s vision and also to improve my skill.
• Network consultant having 10 plus years of diverse experience in Network Administration, Planning, Designing, Implementation and Troubleshooting of Data Center, Service Provider & Enterprise Networks
• Network technology expert with 10+ years of experience in network designing, implementing, streamlining, operations & architecture, revitalizing businesses and enhancing internal controls.
• An expert at recommending technical, functional & commercial solutions, promoting system usefulness, driving IT procedures, managing budgetary process, etc.
• Sound understanding of Cisco, Juniper, HP, Radware and PDSN.
• Proven skills in MPLS, BGP, MP - BGP, vDC, vPC, vSS, Security, Routing & Switching Technologies
• Bagged Customer Satisfaction of the Year (with the team) at Wipro and PCS
• Skilled in managing Data Centre, Internet Services Provider networs implemention & operations, integrating & virtualizing service functions with Business Application Models and interconnecting them to ensure workload mobility & disaster recovery

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platform: Cisco, Juniper, HP, Radware, PDSN, Sophos

Routers: Cisco 1700, 1800, 1900, 2600, 2800, 3700, 3800, 7200, 7600 & ASR

Switches: 2900, 3500, 3700, 3800, 4500, 4948, 6500, ME 6500, & Stack Switching

Firewalls: Cisco ASA (5505, 5510, 5520 & 5540)

Load Balancer: Radware Link Proof, AppDirector & AppXl and Cisco SLB ACE

Others: Cisco VPN Concentrator, Cisco WLC.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Network Review & Diagram Upgrade.
• Network Process Documentation.
• IOS Upgrade in WAN/LAN Network and Security Devices.
• LAN/WAN Zoning and Network Segmentation at Call Center Locations as per GSD.
• Data Center LAN / WAN Zoning as per GSD.
• Firewall ACL Improvement & IPS Implementation at Call Centers.
• Cisco Application Control Engine SLB Hardware and IOS Up-gradation at Data Centers with HA.
• Network Integration with Outsource & patrner Companies.
• EMOB App Implementation.
• OBE Preformation’s Upgrade Implementation.
• Application Firewall Implementation.
• Link Level Redundancy & Link Load Balancer Implementation.
• LAN/WAN Network Optimization.
• Hardware Redundancy for Network & Security Appliance.
• Proposing new design to improve the availability & performance
• Providing end-to-end technical solutions for ongoing & future expected issues to manage data & call centers, corporate offices network and security architecture
• Formulating BoM, ordering the devices through Cisco Ordering Tool and proposing to the respected company
• Understanding the business requirements of new project and proposing suitable solution to senior management
• Leading H/W troubleshooting and vendor coordination for hardware support & TAC cases
• Participating in knowledge transfer, documentation & information sharing
• Managing 30 network locations apart from data centers; providing support to 30 Local Engineers for incident & change management

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Cisco Globalization Fleet Standardization Program - Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi & Gurgaon
• WebEx Acquisition and Integration
• Cisco Globalization Core Network Fleet Standardization Program - Bangalore, Chennai
• Implementing and Interconnecting Partners with Cisco for ODC Set-up
• Cisco Internal Data Center Nexus 7k IOS Upgrade
• Cisco VTV Campus Standardization Data, Wireless, Hardware & Software and CatIOS to IOS
• Cisco Partner HCL and TCS New Site Implementation
• Cisco WAN Circuit Transformation
• Cisco Bangalore Campus Core Fleet Standardization
• Worked with Confidential s Project Implementation Team of Confidential s to design & implement new & existing sites as per Cisco Standards using topologies like VSO, L2, L2 Extended and Complex & Campus Sites
• Liaised Confidential & its partners to understand necessary business needs, translate into technical requirements and provide solution for the same
• Proposed the BoM and ordered the devices using Cisco Ordering Tool
• Created High Level Design (HLD) & Low Level Design (LLD) for the data network as per Cisco standards (Very Small Office, L2 topology with CAT3K, L2, CAT6k & 4k and Campus Design)
• Implemented technology type deployment for Cisco sites such as enabling of IPV6 in Cisco offices
• Visited Confidential, Corporate, Data Centers and Cisco Partner Offices for implementation of network infrastructure (data / wireless / voice)
• Integrated Cisco acquisition companies to Cisco core network and provided better network infra for them
• Checked all Cisco & partner networks in APJC region and performed the network up-gradation with latest Cisco network devices to achieve better performance

Confidential

Senior Customer Service Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Bi-directional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Implementation for VOD / IPTV Customers in Entire Network Devices to Reduce Path Convergence Time in OSPF
• DSL / IPTV Services Expansion for CWG Live Telecast in CWG Village
• PDSN & CSG IOS Up-gradation: Up-gradation of Software Related to PDSN & CSG in SAMI
• Implementation of LNS L2TP Network Services Router for Data Roaming Users and Replacement of Router from Cisco 3845 to Cisco 7201
• DNS Implementation & Up-gradation of Software
• Design & Solution of MPLS for Leading Telecom Company from Network & Telecom prospective and Migration of their Critical Services
• ESIC Datacenter Implementation (IT Infra): Entire IT infrastructure & Telecom Core Network Implementation for Datacenter & Disaster Recovery Center
• Worked on MPLS-Bharti- Confidential -ISP, MTS-CISCO PDSN and Bharti Confidential MEN Projects as Senior Customer Service
• Interfaced with Solution Architect for designing technical solution as per opportunities on IP/MPLS like RSVP, LDP, MPLS-TE, MP-BGP, VRF and OSPF
• Rendered support & solutions for PBR, ACL, Prefix-List, Static, various Routing, MPLS & Layer 2 Protocols like BGP & OSPF, Switching Technologies like OSPF, BGP, MPLS (L2VPN, L3VPN, VRF & X-Connect), MP-BJP, VRF, IPTV, BFD, CEF, STP, VTP, HSRP, VRRP, VLAN, Ether-Channel and other network security issues
• Liaised with Confidential Network Solution & Implementation Team for design & configuration of MPLS, VRF, L2VPN, L3VPN, PDSN, OSPF and BGP network
• Led commissioning & testing of MPLS in state (where Confidential expanded network)

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Data Center Implementation & Migration: Implementation of Firewall & FW Policies towards New Data Center, Routing Change and Migration of Existing IP Segment for Successful Migration of Existing Data Center
• WAN & LAN Optimization: WAN Communication IP Migration, Migration of LAN IP of User Zone and OSCC (Out Sourced Call Center) Zone
• Redundancy Project: Implementation of Additional Firewalls and L3 Switches as Failover to Ensure Maximum Availability and Performance of Network
• LAN-WAN Redundancy of Datacenter, Call Center and Critical Sites of Bharti Confidential Limited