SUMMARY:

• IT Professional administering large - scale systems and building infrastructures.
• Work with enterprise management teams on various projects.
• Skilled at analyzing and solving complex problems.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Team player focused on offering services that exceed internal and external customer expectations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OPERATING SYSTEMS:  RED HAT LINUX, CISCO (IOS, XE, XR, NX-OS), JUNIPER JUNOS

ROUTERS/SWITCHES:  CISCO CRS, NCS and ASR 1K, 5K, 7K, 9K series; CISCO NEXUS 7K, 9K; CAT 3900, 3800, 6500; UCS460, 220 JUNIPER MX960, MX480, MX2010, M320, QFX5100, SRX210, T640, EX4300 ARISTA 7100 series NOKIA SR7710; 7850 HP C7000 BLADE SERVER CHASSIS, HP D3700, HP DL360, HP 5900 DELL S4048 AND S6000 CIENA 6500

FIREWALL/LOAD BLANCERS:  F5 BIG IP CHECKPOINT A10 ASA SRX

HYPER-VISOR OS:  VMware ESXi Red Hat Linux OPENSTACK

TOPOLOGY:  TCP/IP, UDP, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, IPv4, IPv6

REDUNDANCY PROTOCOLS:  VRRP, HSRP

WAN/LAN TECHONOGY:  ETHERNET 10G/40G/100G; CPAK FIBER OPTIC (SMF, MMF, MTP SPF) VPN, VRF, VLAN, STP, VTP, IPSEC, ACL IEEE 802.11n/802.3ae/802.1q,T1/T3/PVC SCRIPTING PYTHON, JAVA

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NJ

NETWORK LAB ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Manage multivendor infrastructure, installing, configuring and implementing designs on topologies.
• Support network routing and switches: Cisco Nexus 7k, 9k, Catalysts 6500, 3900, 3800, ASR, NCS, CRS, UCS; HP 5900-AGG, DELL 6000 and Juniper MX960, MX480
• Support IP routing protocols BGP, OSPF, VLAN, VRF, VTP, STP.
• Work with security engineers installing, configuring and troubleshooting problems with Firewalls and load balances.
• Support Cloud Computing environments on HP, DELL and CISCO devices.
• Hyper-Visor Administrator for OS, Red Hat OpenStack and VmWare ESXi.
• Install, configure and troubleshoot network hardware supporting Cisco UCS-B-Series, UCS-C-Series and HP C7000
• Manage images supporting MOPs, and create scripts supporting the Automations process.
• Design Network setups and test data flows with Fabric routing.
• Participate in team meetings reviewing business requirements for VZW network project plans.
• Project manager, designing, developing and implementing core migration project.
• Responsible for maintaining cabinet, rack space and Fabric cabling for all lab equipment.

Confidential, NJ

NETWORK/SYSTEM ENGINEER

• Provide network testing for L1-L3 on multivendor environment Cisco, Juniper, Arista Ciena.
• Design, develop and implemented test plans for topologies testing new features and network interoperability.
• Test IMS network Mobility infrastructure, analyzing problems with SIP, PSTN and VoIP internet telephony.
• Installed and configured VMware ESXi, administrator for virtual environments, spin up Virtual Machines.
• Support network IP routing protocols BGP and OSPF, L2 VLANS, VRF and STP.
• Work with different network tools to monitor traffic generators
• Work with team engineers to design and implement network solutions.
• Install and configured IOS images on routers and switches (IOS, IOS-XE, XR, NX-OS).
• Created scripts for configuration deployments for Operations teams with (MOP) documentation.
• Interacted with external vendors, Cisco, Ciena, Juniper, IXIA, Spirent and other team Engineers.

Confidential, AVENEL, NJ

NETWORK ENGINEER

• Managed Network infrastructure for customers, supporting L2/L3 and ACLs security policies.
• Provide technical support for Oracle databases using SQL managing SAP.
• Installed Wireless network, configured Cisco 2504 controller using AIRONET 1250 Access Point
• Provided Tier3 support, resolving network issues with routing protocols BGP and OSPF.
• Monitored network performance and maintained system availability, reliability and Firewall Checkpoint
• Developed and Implemented process documentation for configuration changes on topologies.
• Worked with external vendors BT, Cisco and Juniper resolving network problems.
• Administrator for Cisco Unified Call Manager.
• Deployed Windows images, maintained DHCP servers, AD and DNS configurations.
• Performed Asset Management, Change Management, Disaster Recovery and Network backups
• Managed HP ticketing system; resolving system servers and network connectivity problems.
• Project manager for the network transformation projects and deployment of VoIP phone system.

Confidential, NJ

NETWORK ANALYST

• Monitored traffic flow tests on L2 Ethernet Switches.
• Managed Firewalls SRX210, SRX240 and Cisco 7200 broadband routers and Agilent devices
• Supported Voice/Data circuits using network tools.
• Worked with NOC providing Tier3 support for SONET, Ethernet switches and routers.
• Performed RCA audit reviews, troubleshooting and resolving problems for network outages.
• Supported ticket process capturing all incidents.

Confidential, HAZLET, NJ

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

• Supported ERP SAP on Red Hat LINUX servers, interacting with client services to resolve network issues.
• Managed Ethernet L2/L3 network devices, provided network security with firewall polices.
• Monitor network and preformed analysis using Cisco Works.
• Performed application tests on new technology, upgrades and patches for Cisco IOS in Lab environment.
• Developed technical specifications for purchase of networking hardware and software products.
• Interacted with other team engineers to design and develop technical solutions for network issues.
• Support 24/7 Global Data Center.
• Configured and Managed Windows servers, maintained upgrades, DHCP servers, DNS and AD.
• Implemented ITIL procedures with Change Management.
• Configured VMware ESX Servers and spin up virtual machines.
• Created scripts automating tasks with packages in SCCM for deployments of software.

Confidential, CRANBURY, NJ

APPLICATION MANAGER

• Supported used to deliver internet e-commerce products and services.
• Developed and implemented procedures for production environments on various BEA applications.
• Managed Change Management process for requests in environments (QA and Production).
• Supported implementation plans for application deployments.
• Worked with business partners to analyze issues and develop solutions to support applications.
• Developed and implemented documentation to test applications and ensured production capabilities.

Confidential, PRINCETON, NJ

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

• Managed Windows server and clients, network security for remote sites.
• Managed SMS, performing deployments, updates and patches.
• Supported developers, analyzing issues with applications and designed solutions.
• Managed Exchange servers, setting up new accounts and performing all directory services
• Support network core switches and backups, documented procedures for disaster recovery team.
• Managed and implemented Windows migration from Windows 95 to Windows 2000.
• Developed procedures and processes for activities to meet goals and objectives.
• Managed a staff of 5 systems administrators providing support for the desktop migration.
• Performed product evaluations and proof of concept testing to automate the desktop builds and software distribution solution.