SUMMARY:

Having 7 years of experience in Networking and currently working on Telecommunication Network Engineering. Administration and general Infrastructure support experience. Have extensive exposure to IT having successfully managed customer and user expectations in both areas.

• Have extensive experience in setting up LAN and troubleshooting related issues. Have WAN awareness and assisted in setting up and troubleshooting various WAN related issues. Including frame relay and ATM technologies.
• Experience with dealing with individual and enterprise customers. L1 and L2 customer support for network troubleshooting.
• Configured RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.
• Experience with various change management tools including Vremedy and NCMS
• Work with the data center planning groups, assisting with network capacity and high availability requirements.
• Experience with firewalls on different platforms including DSLAMs and Cisco.
• Review all changes to network configuration for technical accuracy and impact and provide Multi-Protocol Network problem resolutions.
• Have extensive experience managing small and large scale LAN projects mostly involving Switch and Router replacements, upgrades, cabling for servers in data center, Wireless site surveys and installation of Light weight access points.
• Worked on IPAM. Experience with IP management, editing and corresponding changes.
• Experience with CITRIX web servers, SAM Service aware manager
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches.
• Have Extensive knowledge of OSI and various network protocols DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, FTP, TFTP, UDP, ICMP, IPv4/IPv6, NFS, HTTP, SMTP etc . Worked on network analyzers like Wire shark to troubleshoot network issues.
• Configuring static NAT, dynamic NAT, inside Global Address Overloading, Access-Lists.
• Path Control for Routing protocols.
• Redistribution between the routing protocols..
• Documental project for implementation of MPLS and leased lines including calculations for cost and failure analysis using OPNET Optical Networks software
• LAN Simulation MPLS
• Development of a device that can fetch co-ordinates from GPS satellites and transfer exact position to help center.
• CCNA, JNCIA, CCNP
• Have excellent documentation skills. Worked on creating Methods of procedures, Network diagrams, standard operating procedures and work flows, UML diagrams etc. Have excellent proficiency with MS Office suite.
• Skype Graduate Project
• Research paper evaluating functions, software, algorithm and protocol of Skype system.

Work Experience:

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer/Access

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include functions as site lead for migration of sites from ATM to Ethernet.
• Provisioning, troubleshooting on various calix devices including E and C series.
• Configuration and provisioning on cisco routers and switches 76, 65 seriess
• Configuration and Provisioning on ALU 7750 routers. Epipes building. Experience with SAM Service Aware manager .
• Configuration and provisioning on various platforms including calix C7, E5, E7 , Adtran 1148,1100,1248,1200,3K,5K and UMC 1000.
• Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP OSPF is used for local routing only which involves new wan links.
• Worked on the redistribution of connected routes on all OSPF devices so that all connected subnets are advertised via OSPF.
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Configuring IPSEC VPN on SRX series firewalls.
• Analysis of basic network designs and corresponding changes.
• Provisioning of Vlans and configuration on layer 2 and 3 aggregators like Cienna, Calix, Adtran, and AFC devices.
• Configuring DSL, ADSL devices for ATM to Ethernet changes.
• Troubleshooting of ADSL customers on routers and switches.
• Deploying and decommissioning the VLANs on core ASR 9K, Nexus 7K, 5K and its downstream devices.
• Experience with migrating from IOS to IOS-XR on ASR 9K.
• Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, BundleEthernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair.
• Designed and configured the commands for QoS and Access Lists for Nexus 7K and 5K.
• Responsible for turning up BGP peering and customer sessions, as well as debugging BGP routing problems.
• Performing troubleshooting on slow network connectivity issues, routing issues involves OSPF, BGP and identifying the root cause of the issues.
• Performed Break Fix support through driving to different buildings, identifying the root cause of the hardware issues with switches, routers.
• Experience in configuring vdc, fex pinning, fex port-channel, port-channel, peer keep alive, peer link.
• Experience in working and designing configurations for vPC, vPC domian, vpc peer-gateway, vPC peer-switch, auto-discovery, vPC single sided, vPC double sided, NX-OS, Vfr, Otv, fabric path.
• Deploying and decommissioning the TOR switches and their respective software upgrades.
• Performing the ACL requests changes for various clients by collecting source and destination information from them.
• Configure Corporate , Wireless and Lab Devices which includes Bandwidth Upgrade, Adding New Devices, Decom the Devices, Testing Pilot .
• Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc.
• Correspondence and fixing RCAs.
• Outages escalation and troubleshooting.
• Inband and out of band IPv4 management and maintenance on service provider and customer ends.
• Experience with testing and maintenance of various ATM, Ethernet and fiber links like DS1,DS3,OC3,T1s, IMA, GigE, 10 GigE
• Experience with various VPN technologies.
• Documentation with aid of various software tools like MS office suite, Excel spreadsheets, Lucid charts and Visio
• Worked with different DSLAM and router management tools like Calix CMS and IMS
• IP provisioning, IP changes on routers, monitoring performance of devices for particular IP range.
• Creation of MOPs Method of Procedure .
• Customer support
• Coordination of Speed tests and loop back tests for access devices DSLAM devices .

Confidential

Shared Computer Networks Technician

Responsibilities:

• Network Troubleshooting,
• Devices/ Hardware testing and maintenance,
• Troubleshooting tickets and providing on-site and off-site Client support
• Dealing with clients for resolving/troubleshooting issues on LAN
• Inventory management.
• Data center migration was involved in Access, Distribution and Core layers.
• Strong Knowledge in working with F5 Load Balancers and their Implementation in various Networks.
• Configuring various advanced features Profiles, monitors, iRules, Redundancy, SSL Termination, Persistence, SNATs, HA on F5 BIGIP appliances SSL termination and initiation, Persistence, Digital Certificates, Executed various migration/upgrade projects across F5 and hands on with F5 BIGIP LTMs/EM.
• Configured various Router interfaces like ATM interface, T3 Channelized T1 interfaces
• Configuring and troubleshooting CISCO catalyst 6509, 7609, 7613 with Supervisor cards, Cisco 3640, Cisco GSR 12416, 21418 with PRP and RPR processors
• Experience working Juniper T-Series, M-Series, MX-Series, J-Series Routers.
• Implemented WLAN CIsco Wireless Access Points 3500 and its Cisco Controllers 5500 at various corporate sites fort 11n Infrastucture and its legacy technologies.
• Experince in working with cisco Nexus 5000 series switches for data center.
• Configured various BGP attributes such as Local Preference, MED, Extended Communities, Route-Reflector clusters, Route-maps and route policy implementation.
• Converting CatOS to Cisco IOS Config Conversion on distribution layer switches.
• Configuring Vlan's, VTP's, enabling trunks between switches.
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configuring static NAT, dynamic NAT, inside Global Address Overloading, Access-Lists.
• Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment other segment between Different vendor switches Cisco, Juniper .
• Replace branch hardware with new 2851 routers and 2960 switches.
• Responsible for layer 2 securities which was implemented using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports, setting the user ports to non-trunking, deployed port security when possible for user ports.
• Assist with identification of root cause analysis for software and hardware issues.
• Technical assistance for LAN/WAN management and complex customer issues.
• Analyze Remedy Ticket issues for repeat issues and corrective actions.
• Path Control for Routing protocols.
• Basic Network implementation and monitoring, exposure to on site LAN troubleshooting.
• Maintenance of hardware and networks in a lab
• Providing support and troubleshooting over the phone
• IP address and server management
• Responsible for editing and maintenance of employee database
• Scheduling and time management using Kronos.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience with hybrid CatOS to Native Cisco IOS code migration involving Catalyst 6503 to Catalyst 6504 switches
• Experience with managing the completed end to end site solutions
• Implementing 3750 Rack/Stack switches using Cisco Stack Wise technology
• Experience with design and implementation of Virtual Switching System VSS for both User segment and server segment using 6509-V-E catalyst switches
• Converting CatOS to Cisco IOS Config Conversion on distribution layer switches
• Configuring PAGP and LACP protocol along with BFD link detection protocol
• Experience with design and implementation of Data center migration
• Data center migration was involved in Access, Distribution and Core layers.
• Configuring HSRP between VLANs, Configuring Ether-Channels, Port Channel on 6500 catalyst
• Handling network devices such as Switches Cisco Catalyst 2900 and 3500 series , Routers Cisco 2600, 2800 and 7200 series , Firewalls, Load balancers etc.
• Core network.
• Hands on experience installing Sup720 for Cisco 6509-E series and its Gigabit Ethernet port deployment in the
• and on CAT6500 in a complex datacenter environment
• Cisco IOS experience on 3600/7200 class hardware in complex WAN environment and experience on Cisco OS
• Designed MPLS VPN and QoS for the architecture using Cisco multi-layer switches
• Installed new purchased Hardware to the new DC, Migrate data over WAN connection, also greatly involved in virtualization of physical servers.
• Worked On Unix, linux, Windows Platforms and also involved in capacity planning of Network Maintenance.
• Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX 506E/515E/525/ ASA 5500 5510/5540 Series.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010.
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
• 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 migration of WLAN segment on the LAN Core. Also, involved in configuring wireless VLANS
• Experience with migration Hybrid based Cisco CatOS and Native Cisco IOS on 6500 catalyst switches.
• Strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks
• Coordinated with senior engineers with BGP/OSPF routing policies and designs, worked on implementation
• RADIUS and TACACS
• Experience in configuring routing protocols like EIGRP,RIP v2, OSPF BGP and Cisco ACS protocols like
• 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.
• Involved in effective communication with vendors, peers and clients in resolution of problems, equipment.
• Working knowledge of Firewall service module FWSM UPGRADE, FWSM RULESET conversion
• Coordinated precise scheduling for all migration events including all equipment and resources for the data center migration on an extremely accelerated schedule with for a high profile client.
• Involved in Datacenter build and support, Implementation, migrations network support, Interconnectivity between an old Datacenter and new Datacenter.
• Converting access-lists to Firewall rule sets on FWSM module with 6509-E Catalyst switches
• Involved in setting up Voice VLANs on distribution switches, and configuring access switches ports for AVAYA IP PHONES
• Upgrading IOS on 2960 and using 2960 switch as a PAGP between VSS
• Working knowledge of PPP Protocol with Enhanced Flex WAN module on 6500 catalyst switch
• Involved configuring PPP multilink group, dialer group, PPP authentication protocols like PAP, CHAP
• Working knowledge of Terminal server and the configurations
• Installation of L3 Switching Engine policy Feature Card Distributed Forwarding Card DFC3C

Confidential

Network Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented Cisco VoIP infrastructure for a large enterprise and multi-unit office environment. Met aggressive schedule to ensure a Multi-office reconfiguration project which was successfully delivered
• Configuring HSRP between the 3845 router pairs for Gateway redundancy for the client desktops.
• Configure VRRP GLBP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q ISL, STP, Port Security on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• Updated the HP open view map to reflect and changes made to any existing node/object.
• Handled SRST and implemented and configured the Gateways, Voice Gateways.
• Configuring STP for switching loop prevention and VLANs for data and voice along with Configuring port security for users connecting to the switches.
• Ensure Network, system and data availability and integrity through preventive maintenance and upgrade.
• Involved in L2/L3 Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-Vlan routing, LAN security.
• Creating Private VLANs preventing VLAN hopping attacks mitigating spoofing with snooping IP source guard
• Installed and configured Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall and configured remote access IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series
• Responsible for Configuring SITE TO SITE VPN on Cisco Routers between Head Quarters and Branch locations
• Implemented the security architecture for highly complex transport and application architectures addressing well known vulnerabilities and using access control lists that would serve as their primary security on their core failover firewalls
• Installation configuration of Cisco VPN concentrator 3060 for VPN tunnel with Cisco VPN hardware software client and PIX firewall
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems
• Implementation of name resolution using WINS DNS in TCP/IP environment
• Configured FTP server for inside/outside users vendors
• Used various scanning and sniffing tools like Wire-shark
• 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
• Settings of the networking devices Cisco Router, switches co-coordinating with the system/Network administrator during any major changes and implementation
• 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
• Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching
• to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.
• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers
• Identify, design and implement flexible, responsive, and secure technology services
• Completed service requests i.e. IP readdressing, bandwidth upgrades, IOS/platform upgrades, etc
• Worked on the security levels with RADIUS, TACACS .
• Supporting EIGRP and BGP based PwC network by resolving level 2 3 problems of internal teams external customers of all locations.