PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Certified Lead Network Engineer with over 10+ years of extensive experience in increasingly responsible positions in Networking.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Have expertise across consulting, designing, deploying, Implementing, administrating, maintaining and upgrading enterprise, LAN, WAN,Campus and Data Center Locations networks.
• Have technical expertise in Cisco routers, switches, VoIP, Collaboration, Security, Wireless, Meraki Cloud, Virtualization vmware, AWS, MS - Azure, Citrix XEN, Window Server 2003/2008/2012, DHCP, DNS, Active Directory, Radius, AAA, TACACS+, Fortigate, Dell Sonicwall, Cisco ISE, Solarwind NPM & NCM, Kiwi & Kabana syslogs, Netflow, Manage Engine, LabTech, Cisco Jabber, Skype and webex.
• Thorough understanding of TCP/IP UDP, RIP, RIPV2, OSPF, EIGRP, IBGP EBGP, STP NAT, ACL, route-maps, redistribution, Static Routing, HSRP, VRRP, LACP,PAGP, VTP, Vlan routing, QOS, SNMP, SSL VPN, IPSEC, DMVPN, MPLS, Dark Fiber and many other Protocols.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Lead Global Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, designing, implementing and deploying a global LAN, WAN and Data Center network solutions in the APAC, EMEA and North America regions.
• Responsible for managing, upgrading, troubleshooting, monitoring the global network infrastructure and also configuring, deploying and documenting new infrastructure for new facilities.
• Guiding and working with system administrators with designing, deploying and securing the new current and new system infrastructure on the global network platform.
• Responsible for designing and building multiple forensic platforms.
• Coordinate on day to day with various different IT vendors and Internet service providers.
• Manage and coordinate bi-weekly with the global network, security and system administrator teams on various projects.
• Provide technical assistance on global network and security issues.
• Provide assistance on building development, forensic and testing environments.
• Manage the global network inventory, certifications, DNS records, Smart net license and vendor accounts.
• Coordinate with international vendors and travel to oversea sites to deploy network and security solutions to integrate them with the global network.
• Responsible for designing, managing and integrating AWS VPCS with the production network.
• Manage the quarterly objectives and prepare the strategy to complete those projects in the timely manners.
• Provide cost effective solutions and strategies to the internal global leadership team to invest in multiple network and security projects.
• Provide training and technical resources to IT, System Admin and Security engineers.
• Manage quarterly projects in Jira and Confluence to achieve bi-weekly sprint tasks.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Network Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, designing, implementing and deploying various network solutions.
• Coordinated with multiple different vendors for business development and pre sales-activities.
• Assisted customers with the Data Center Rack, Space, Location, Power and Bandwidth lease options.
• Responsible for developing Systems, Security, Applications, Back up, Video Conferencing and System utilization policies.
• Responsible for recommending the best cost effective solution to maximize client value of their technology investments.
• Provided a lead role in new network deployments.
• Effectively communicating with the team members, Company and Clients.
• Deployed and maintained WAN, LAN networks including routers, switches, Firewalls, WLCs, LAP, VOIP, Meraki Cloud Networking, Storage & Server Applications, Video Conferencing and related hardware.
• Troubleshot, identified and repaired complex network issues for WAN, LAN, Internet and End Users issues while mentoring secondary Local admin staff.
• Provided recommendations to client regarding product / vendor selection, Technology evolution and design strategies.
• Provided emergency support to customer engineering, management and sales teams.
• Set up equipment for demonstrations to existing and prospective customers.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planned, Designed, Implemented and deployed Cisco Routing, Switching, Security, Wireless, Voice & Video, and Cisco Meraki.
• Designed, Configured and Administered multiple different technology dense LAN & WAN networks.
• Coordinated with Project managers and executed proper planning to complete projects.
• Managed and troubleshot Cisco, Crestron and Tandberg Collaboration MX, SX, CTS, Profile, Immersive Telepresence, EX and DX series devices.
• Configured and Managed Cisco Web Ex, Jabber, TMS and CUCM servers
• Configured, Managed and Troubleshot Cisco 7800, 7900, 8 800 and 99 00 series VOIP Phones.
• Configured and Troubleshot RIPV2, OSPF, EIGRP, Static Routes, SVI, Redistribution Routes, BGP, NAT, ACL, Route Maps, STP, RSTP, Ether Channel (Lacp, Pagp) VLANS, HSRP, VTP, VRRP, GRE, IPsec, SSL, Trunking, DHCP, DNS, protocols.
• Designed, Configured and Managed next generation Cisco ASA 5500 series Firewall with FirePower services.
• Configured and Troubleshot IPSec Site to Site Tunnels and Provided SSL VPN access to 1000s of end Remote Users.
• Configured Proxy, Web Content and Application filters to secure the company's data and network.
• Designed, Deployed and configured Cisco Lwapp and Cisco Meraki MX, MS and MR solutions.
• Installed and Configured Cisco 2900, 3500,3600,3700, 4 500 and 65 00 series switches.
• Installed and Configured Cisco Small Business, Branch and Network Edge Routers.
• Monitored and tracked network response time and availability using Solar Winds NPM and Lab Tech.
• Planned and implemented various security projects including (Intrusion Detection System Deployment, network monitoring, and network architecture).

Confidential, Bethesda, Maryland

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported 1000s of users nationwide and provided assistance and training to end users of the network, workstation and application utilization.
• Monitored and troubleshot network, servers and storage equipment 24/7 with the corporate licensed tools.
• Supported Active Directory, Exchange, DHCP, DNS,Radius,Replications, GPO Policies and Back up.
• Provided VPN access to 1000s of remote users and secured network traffic with the IPSEC, GRE & SSL configurations.
• Configured and Managed Cisco VOIP Phone 6900, 7800, 7900 series model.
• Prepared new and refresh systems for the end users and installed corporate licensed applications.
• Maintained network and workstation systems inventory.
• Provided remote assistance to end users and troubleshot hardware and software issues.
• Handled issue tickets related to network, servers and end users.
• Configured and Managed Cisco Routers, Switches and Firewall devices.
• Participated in multiple projects related to system migrations and system upgrades.
• Managed audio & video conference rooms.
• Managed Cisco wireless environment and supported both 802.11a (5GHz) and 802.11b/g (2.4GHz) technologies.
• Monitored, tested and verified for any backdoors or loopholes in the running mission.
• Configured and troubleshot RIPv2, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, Inter VLAN, NAT, Static Routes, ACL, Redistribution Routes, VLANs, STP, RSTP, Ether Channel (LACP & PAGP) VTP, HSRP, VRRP and Trunk (802.11) Protocols.