EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• CCNP certified IT professional over ten years of experience as a network engineer.
• I have worked in an enterprise environment extensively with various Confidential, Arista and Juniper routers, switches, such as Confidential series switches 2960, 3560, 6500, and Confidential series routers 1841, 2811, 7200, 2800, 2900, 3800, Juniper, Arista, firewall, Nexuus, Wireshark, Avaya, Apc & Ups.
• Configured, installed, maintained and upgraded several different routers, switches..
• I have configured and troubleshooted EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, RIP, RIPv2 and IPV6 routing and I am an experienced SAN/LAN/WAN engineer and have served as team lead in a datacenter design, architecture and implement any projects going into enterprise environment SAN/LAN/WAN. I'm local to the Chicago area.
• I am a proficient leader, with great managerial skills and the cognitive ability to detect and diagnose network inefficiencies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Route: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, RIP, RIPv2, IPV6 Routing, (Routing and Routed Protocols)

Supporting Technologies: Route - maps, Redistribution, Policy-Based, Virtual-Link, VPN

Switch: Vlans, Trunking, DNS, DHCP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, Wireless deployments, security, voip, monitoring, Access, Core and distribution

Supporting Technologies: VLANs, 802.q, ISL, VTP, STP/RSTP/MST, PAgP, LACP, HDLC, PPP, Frame Relay, ISDN, syslog, snmp

Languages/Software Development: Java I & II, SQL Server, Oracle, Perl, E-Commerce, Web Browser, SAS, CSV, BAT, WPower Shell 2.0, VMWare, citrix, BO, BI, Crystal Reports

Wireless: Site Surveys, Lan Design, Redundancy,, Access Controllers, AP, Lightweight AP, PoE, rf, wgb, csma/ca

Monitoring: IP LSA, Wireshark, tamit & ccmdb, syslog, snmp, Angry IP, Putty, Network Authority, NIS, Ip scan, zoc terminal, packet trap, managed switch port, telnet terminal

VoIP: PBX, Avaya, CME, CUE, UC500, cdp, udp, h.323, g.711, g.729, sccp, mgcp, sip, rtp, PoE, Inline Power, dual vlans, pstn, QoS

Hardware: Routers (1841, 2811, Pix, Juniper, 7200), Switches (2960, 3560, 6500, ATM), Catalyst Switches, Nexus Switches, Juniper, ASA, Hubs, Bridges, Servers, Printers, Adtran, IP Phones, Fiber Optics, Cat6

Operating Systems: Microsoft Suite (95, 98, Me, NT, XP, 7, Vista), Unix/Linux, Novell, MacOS, Redhat, fedora

Security: 802.1x, aaa, md5, port-security, dhcp snooping, DAI, utm, firewalls, policy-based provisioning

Others: Telnet, SSH, SSL, Remote Desktop, VPN, Vnc, T1, T3, OC3/12/48, CLI, GUI, Ipsec, ISP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Asia refresh project, configured all switches and routers
• Additional routing and switching expertise exercised in Brazil, Wireless
• Solarwinds, Netscout, IPam, SNOW, CiscoGui
• Exceptional Reporting to AT & T for switches, routers, etc.
• Mpls, Inet, Cos, Call Center reporting, All circuit utilization
• TOR switches, aggregate switches, Nexuus, spf, uplinks, dmz, vlans, extranet, static routes for application servers, MLag, portchannels
• Daily perform troubleshooting,wireshark, monitoring the network periodically to check any existing problems in the network, arp, syslog, snmp, netstat, ping, traceroutes, nagios, layer2 & 3 protocols.
• Issue static and dynamic ip addresses assignments according to the schematic with subnet mask, gateways and vlan assignments, packet troubleshooting, Great peer synergy.
• Perform and duties, assigned and regulated to switch ports, security and configurations
• Have great relations with a number of vendors to actively keep our process effectively managed

Network Engineer

Confidential

• Local area network engineer with exceptional customer service skills.
• Route and Switch port implementation and configuration of layer2 and layer3 internationally.
• Avaya, Polycom, XO, VoiP, Sip, H.323, pbx, sip, sdp, rtp, rtsp,
• VHD ticketing system, Spearheaded major drop in ticket turnaround days
• Patch ports, fiber (mm & sm), spf, VOIP, data, video, cable differentiation, port differentiation and Dns registration and dhcp
• TOR switches, aggregate switches, Nexuus, spf, uplinks, dmz, vlans, extranet, static routes for application servers, MLag, portchannels
• FCoE, OTV, Darkfiber, fabricpath, Vpc, Nexus
• Nagios monitoring tool, actively diagnose any network issues, snmp, first to issue alert warnings
• Daily perform troubleshooting,wireshark, monitoring the network periodically to check any existing problems in the network, arp, syslog, snmp, netstat, ping, traceroutes, nagios, layer2 & 3 protocols.
• Issue static and dynamic ip addresses assignments according to the schematic with subnet mask, gateways and vlan assignments, packet troubleshooting, Great peer synergy.
• Perform and duties, assigned and regulated to switch ports, security and configurations
• Have great relations with a number of vendors to actively keep our process effectively managed
• XO, TWC (Time Warner Cable), Sprint, Cogent, TW telecom, Zayo, etc.

Network Engineer

Confidential

• Coordinated network rollout for Enbridge vendor specifications and design, architect, specializing in wireless, UTM and BGP.
• Configured and troubleshoot EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, RIP, RIPv2 and IPV6 routing.
• Maintained labor equipment, material reports and projection of current projects.
• Designed and architect work with the ISP provider to lay CAT 6 cabling for the LAN.
• Worked with active directories to make sure that users were set up with correct VPN.
• Installed various Confidential routers and switches per the design specifications from managers.
• Performed troubleshooting, monitoring the network periodically to check for any existing problems in the network.
• Diagnosed the routing protocols, mpls to make sure they were configured correctly.
• Installed the DHCP server and performed diagnostics on the system.
• Performed disaster recovery to create a backup for the system.
• Utilized IPS, IDS, SNMP, AAA, and firewalls for security measures.

Network Engineer

Confidential

• Configured and maintained local network using Confidential series switches 2960, 3560, 6500, and Confidential series routers 1841, 2811, 7200 2800, 2900, 3800, Nexus, Juniper and ASR 1001.
• Set up and troubleshot routing protocols BGP and OSPF.
• Collaborated with the wireless team, VPN team and UTM team.
• Established all Access controllers on the 2950 switch and configured six access points on POE switch to sync with WC.
• Carried out troubleshooting of any and all expected problems in the design.
• Worked with Fortigate, firewalls, security stage base and1 and 2 router configurations with BGP.
• Troubleshot any and all layer 2 and 3 design configurations that may occur at any site.
• Implement routinely IP phones and configure switch ports for VoIP phones and QoS scripts to configuration.
• Configure 2960s PoE switches to replace the existing 2950.
• Design the logical topology using Visio.
• Work on a design move - laid patch and install (CAT 6) patched switch ports (PoE).
• Built training classroom including cabling, desktops, hardware and software (installed, imaged and updated applications) configurations.
• Utilized ATA (analog telephone adapter) /ASA (to allow QoS for VOIP traffic).

Network Engineer

Confidential, Chicago

• Configured, Installed maintained and upgraded several routers, switches and servers.
• Redistribution, route-maps, confederate divides of the autonomous system.
• Worked on several projects to upgrade network hardware and software
• Responsible for users accessing the network (LAN or WAN) via email, remote desktop, vpn, vnc or ssh
• Team lead in testing environment to design and implement any projects going into production.
• Responsible for all staff with any internal or external access to the network
• Responsible for off-site backup recovery system.
• Used system log as a monitoring tool, setup all conference rooms and training centers for video and conferencing.
• Initiated multiple technical projects that improved performance and business functionality.
• Integrated VMware on servers for test, applications, performance and storage.
• Active in disaster recovery system and 24 X 7 support