PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 8 Plus years of experience in Network design, deployment and operations of both Cisco and Juniper Networks
• Design, develop, and document comprehensive test plans to setup of test scenarios, both hardware and software components.
• Experience testing Cisco & Juniper routers and switches in laboratory scenarios and then deploy them on site for production.
• Very sound knowledge IPV4/IPV6, implementation of Sub - netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Moderate knowledge in configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Wireless Networks: LWAPP, WLC, WCS, Standalone APs, Roaming, Wireless Security Basics, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g, RF spectrum characteristics.
• Designed and deployed new Cisco catalyst 6513 and 6509 with dual Supervisor Engine 720 at both Distro and Core layer.
• Experience with Checkpoint Firewall policy provisioning
• Experience on setting up ClearPass Policy manager Cisco Switch Setup with CPPM by integrating Aruba Networks Wireless Hardware with ClearPass 6.0.1.
• Experience working with OTV & FCOE on the Cisco Nexus 7010/5548 between the datacenters
• Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration across our global networks
• Hands on experience on Up-gradation of Cisco IOS of different Cisco devices & modules.
• Well Experienced in configuring protocols HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, ICMP, IGMP, PPP, HDLC, PAP, CHAP, and SNMP.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k, Cisco 7600, 7200, 3800, 3900, 2800, 2900 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 2960 and 3750 Stack Switches.
• Provides technical leadership forproblem escalation and resolution.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently or as an integral part of a team and Committed to highest levels of professional.
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls
• Implemented traffic filters using Standard and extended access-lists, Distribute-Lists, prefix lists and Route Maps.
• Wide range of successfully deployed VoIP services and applications
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability.
• Good understanding and extensive knowledge in scripting languages (Python, TCL)
• Experience on working with application, Desktop virtualization and server management software CITRIX
• Experience and excessive knowledge on operating system AIX,

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows (Server 2003/2008, Vista, Windows 7), Linux OS

Routers: Cisco GSR12016, ASR1001, 2900, 3900, 7200, 7600 & ASR9000

Switches: Cisco 3750, 4507, 4510 & 6500 series switches, Nexus 7010, 5548, 2448

Routing: MPLS, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP-2, PBR, IS-IS, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, Static Routing

Switching: LAN, VTP, STP, PVST+, RPVST+, Inter VLAN routing & Multi-Layer Switch, Multicast operations, Layer 3 Switches, Ether channels, Transparent Bridging.

Network security: Cisco (ASA, PIX) 5510, ACL, IPSEC VPN, GRE VPN

Load Balancer: F5 Networks (Big-IP) LTM Module, Cisco ACE 30 load balancer

LAN: Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet.

WAN: Leased lines 128k - 155Mb (PPP / HDLC), Channelized links (T1/DS3/OC3/OC12), Fiber Optic Circuits, Frame Relay, ISDN, Load Balancing. Various Features & Services: IOS and Features, HSRP, GLBP, IRDP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, TFTP and FTP Management

AAA Architecture: TACACS+, RADIUS, Cisco ACS

Network Management: SNMP, Solar Winds, HP open view, and Wire shark

Reports and Network Diagrams: Microsoft (Visio pro.)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lees Summit, MO

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Working in high availability Nexus Environment and provide Level 3 Network Support.
• Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
• Providing Level 3 support to customers, resolving issues by attending to conference calls.
• Designing and installing new branch network systems. Resolving network issues, running test scripts and preparing network documentation.
• Translating Cisco IOS Route maps to Cisco IOS XR Routing policies.
• Working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5500 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Ensuring problems are satisfactorily resolved in a timely manner with focus in providing high level of support for all customers.
• Working with wireless technologies troubleshooting and configuration.
• Working with BGP, OSPF protocols in MPLS Cloud.
• Establishing VPN Tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configuring and implementing site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• Working with Juniper JUNOS on M and MX series routers.
• Providing daily network support for national wide area network consisting of MPLS, VPN and point-to-point site.
• Configuring HSRP between the 3845 router pairs of Gateway redundancy for the client desktops.
• Configuring GLBP, VLAN Trunking 802.1Q, STP, Port security on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support.
• Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco’s ASA 5500 security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning and configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Converting Cisco IOS to Cisco IOS XR configurations.
• Configuring BGP, MPLS in Cisco IOS XR.
• Configuring multiple route reflectors within a cluster.
• Working on HP open view map for Network Management System and Ticketing.
• Working on a broad range of topics such as routing and switching, dedicated voice access, planning and implementation, large-scale high-visibility outages, change management coordination, proactive monitoring and maintenance, disaster recovery exercise and core network repairs.
• Involved in L2/L3 Switching technology administration including creating and maintaining VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter Vlan Routing, LAN security.
• Working on security levels with RADIUS, TACACS+.
• Experience on writing and working on scripting language TCL and Python
• Experience on working with application, Desktop virtualization and server management software CITRIX
• Experience and excessive knowledge on operating system AIX,

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed network engineering, design, planning (WAN & LAN) & implementation. Studied single point failures & designed WAN structure in such a way that there are no failures in network in case of any device or link failure.
• Configured and designed LAN networks with Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches.
• Setting up VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between Switches.
• Deployed a large-scale HSRP solution to improve the uptime of collocation customers, in the event a core router became unreachable.
• Configuring Virtual Chassis for Juniper switches EX-4200,Firewalls SRX-210
• Implementing, Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Convergence in Frame-Mode MPLS inside the core.
• Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on EX series switches
• Knowledge of and experience using Blue Coat Reporter and othersimilar Internet proxy reporting tools
• Experience and knowledge with Bluecoat packet shaper
• Experience in monitoring and performing various VOIP operations.
• Developed deployment solutions for network technologies, including Optical, VoIP, VPN, SAN, switching and routing.
• Experience working on Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure Support Specialist professionals understands how to deploy and optimize Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Service Modules and Nexus 7k, 5k and 2k.
• Understand the JUNOS platform and worked with IOS upgrade of Juniper devices
• Experience in configuring bluecoat proxy SG with AV medium priority
• Designed and implemented security policies using ACL, firewall.
• Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco (506E/515E/525/) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Configured routing policy for BGP. Switching related tasks included implementing VLANs and configuring ISL trunk and 802.1Q on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches
• Implemented Cisco IOS Firewall IDS using 2600 series router.
• Troubleshooting on network problems with Wire shark, identify problem and fix.
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for
• Understand the JUNOS platform and worked with IOS upgrade of Juniper devices
• Redistribution of routing protocols and Frame-Relay configurations.
• Configuring and troubleshooting type of routing to route traffic flow per customer requirement as primary, backup/load balanced and load splitting.
• Performed the maintenance of Active Directory and replication scheme, DNS/DHCP services and time services; wrote step-by-step procedures for implementing upgrades.
• Dealt with creating VIP(virtual servers), pools, nodes and applying iRules for the virtual servers like cookie persistency, redirection of the URL
• Configured VLANs on a switch for inter-VLAN communication. Configured VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) on Core Switches. Configured various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches for STP, VTP Domain, VLAN, Trunking, Fast Ether Channel configuration.
• Documented all the work done by using Visio, Excel & MS word.
• Experience on working with application, Desktop virtualization and server management software CITRIX
• Experience and excessive knowledge on operating system AIX,

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring objects such as Load Balancer pools for local traffic management on F5 Load Balancers.
• Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET for remote login to the routers and SSH for secure login.
• Has expertise in LAN/WAN technologies (fast Ethernet, Layer2 & 3 switched/routed LAN, and Frame Relay).
• Enabled GSR RPR+ mode, installed Engine 5 SIP cards, Upgraded Cisco GSR routers GRP-Bs to PRPs (RPP+), PRP 1 to PRP 2 and IOS levels as well.
• Tested various BGP features like local-p, MED, Weight and replicated customer issue problems in the testing environment lab.
• Performed various Line card memory upgrades, PRP memory upgrades and fabric upgrades on Cisco 12000 series routers.
• Handle customer escalations related to Internet connectivity issues, VPN issues (OSPF sync issues), etc; work with various technical teams to find a resolution in a timely fashion.
• Created load balancing policies using BGP attributes such as Local P, AS-Path, MED, Community etc.
• Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team. The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3550 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer.
• Installed and maintained Cisco and F5 Load Balancer and documentation.
• Improving OSPF convergence by controlling SPF algorithm, LSA/SPF throttling.
• Participate in all technical aspects of LAN, WAN, VPN and security internetworking projects including, short and long term planning, implementation, project management and operations support as required.
• Experience working with SONET controller interfaces in the Cisco IOS-XR .
• Writing rules in such a way that they append various properties that define pool selection process.
• Configured policy maps, class maps and access lists on GSRs.
• Worked with JTAC and Cisco to troubleshoot various problems.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured L2 and L3 security features on devices
• Experience with design and implementation of Virtual Switching System (VSS) on 6500 Switches
• Manage a very large DNS environment using Lucent QIP and manual management of DNS for DMZ/External servers broad Hands on Experience in Inter-vlan routing, redistribution, access-lists and dynamic NAT
• Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience
• Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525/) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series.
• Experience with CSM, F5 (LTM) Load balancers to provide efficient switching and routing for local and global traffic.
• Configured RIP, OSPF and Static routing on JuniperM and MX series Routers
• Configured VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on Juniper EX series switches
• Designed and implemented remote dial up solution for clients
• Installed and configured workstations for IP based LAN’s
• Installed and configured DHCP Client/Server
• Implementation Route redundancy protocols like HSRP,VRRP,GLBP
• Configured and managed networks using L3 protocols like RIPv2,
• Configured VLANs, Private VLANs, VTP and Trunking on switches.
• Recommended Security considerations for the Intranet data center, integrating security, providing solution design details and configuration details
• Configuration of Access List ACL (STD, Ext, Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.
• Convert Branch WAN links from TDM circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to GetVPN.
• Efficient in cabling as per co-location contracts with loop-back testing, including all DS1, DS3, T1, T3, CAT 6 and CAT 5 connections as per defined cabling procedures.
• Good understanding and extensive knowledge in scripting languages Tcl, Python.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Was Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches, fixes, and all around technical support
• Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on EX series switches.
• Configured and debugged policy based routing for special traffic, route filtering with route maps, route redistribution.
• ConfiguredVLANTrucking802.1Q, STP, and Port Security on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Ensurednetwork, system and data availability and integrity through preventativemaintenance and upgrade.
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and BGP Static Routing on JuniperM and MX series Routers.
• Performed OSPF, BGP routing protocol administration.
• Router memory & IOS upgrade with TFTP.
• Implement Cisco IOS Firewall IDS using 2600 series router
• Network Assessment and Documentation (including technical, operational, and economic assessment)
• Responsible for designing and implementation of customers network infrastructure
• Help negotiate hardware, software, and circuit contracts for customers
• Redesign customers office copper and fiber cable plant for scalability
• Build and maintain Visio documentations for Clients
• Implemented Splunk to drive reporting and search for data collected from Cisco firewall devices - FWSM, Pix and ASA.