SUMMARY:

• I am CCIE (Routing & Switching) - written, CCNP, CCNA, MCSE and MCP+Internet with more than Eleven years of IT & Telecom industry experience and a strong expertise in networking and support in areas of Network administration, Designing, Planning, Installation, and maintenance of Cisco/Nortel Routers & Load Balancer (F5 & Foundry GLE/GTE).
• Knowledge of telecommunication & network protocols - Router, Switches, Hub, and other networking standards including Cisco Series Routers & Switches (7500, 7200Vxr, 6500 catalyst switch, 4500 catalyst switch, 3700, 3500, 2600, 1800). Experienced in networking protocols including MPLS, BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, IGRP, and ISIS.
• Experienced in Cisco routers & switches for implementation of equipment and test ISDN circuits. Involved in connectivity to Internet with configuration of Firewalls, Proxies, Mail and Web Servers. Expertise in installing and supporting Confidential Windows NT/Windows 2000 and Redhat Linux System administration with DNS, DHCP, WINS, Active Directory implementation, Windows 2000 migration and installing/supporting Proxy/ISA Server, IIS Server. Extensively worked in Network planning (Capacity planning, network layout and addressing, Product selection), configuration of Cisco Routers & Juniper Routers, Switches (Cisco, Nortel & D-Link) and other communication equipment for terrestrial networks.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

NetworkCisco Routers: 7500, 7200Vxr, 6500, 4500, 3600, 2600, 2500 & 1800 Switches. Catalyst 6500, 4000 Series multi-layers.

Nortel Routers: ASN, ARN, BLN, BCN Routers. Nortel 8600 L3 Switches, Nortel Baystack (425,450) L2 Switches.Juniper Routers- M40e, T320, M20, M10 and M5.

Hardware: IBM Blade Center Servers, HP Series Servers, Compaq/IBM/Dell/Desktops, IBM /Compaq /Toshiba laptops

Operating Systems: Confidential Windows 2000/NT 4.0, Confidential Windows 95/98/ME/XP/2000,Redhat Linux Version-7/8/9,Sun Solaris, QNX

Data Center Administration: IBM BladeCentre Servers, Web Servers (IIS), FTP & Proxy server setup, Squid & the Fetch mail servers for Internet & Mail applications.

Network ProtocolsSignaling Protocols: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, PPP, ATM, Frame Relay, X.25, ISDN, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, SNMP, NIS, NFSRSVP, LDP, SS7, H.323, ISUP

Network Security: VPN Routers, Physical Security, Operating System Security, Configuration, PIX Firewall & LNS using IPSEC & L2TP protocols, Routing Protocol Security, Out of Band Management. VPN Consideration, Applying Firewall Filters for Each VPN, NTP (Network Time Protocol). Central Authentication. Checkpoint Firewall 2000, Cisco PIX, Cisco ACLs, Cisco IDS 4210, Cisco IOS Firewall Feature Set, Network Sniffer Tools, Radius/TACAS Server (Cisco Secure Access Server)

Network Management: Netcools EMS System, familiar with HP Open-view (NNM), Cisco Works, MRTG, Whatsup gold

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Middletown NJ

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designing, testing and certification in the Lab environment of Cisco Devices (7200Vxr, catalyst 6500, Cisco nexus 5010 with fabric extender 2148, 4948-10GE Switches, 2800,2621/2651Xm, 1841) Series Routers & Switches.
• Creating a Lab setup environment similar to production environment and testing & upgrading the hardware, IOS image, after certification of devices implemented in the production network.
• Experienced in network design and implementation. In-depth knowledge of Enterprise core IP routing protocols including RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• IOS upgrades of Cisco routers, switches using TFTP Server (Solar wind Server).
• Involved in the design for the Disaster Recovery site for Webtrend Servers using IDNS services.
• Configuration of VLAN for security purpose & apply trunking and Intervlan routing for Layer 2 and Layer 3 devices.
• Installation, configuration, operations and management of Cisco pix firewalls 5.15 & 5.25 using Cisco pix device manager.
• Involved in troubleshooting the hardware of Cisco & Nortel routers (Big Iron) & also coordinating with Cisco & the Nortel vendor to troubleshoot the problem.
• Configuration of NT/DOS sniffers for troubleshooting the Application related issue & tuning the bandwidth utilization, slowness for end users on WAN & LAN, also for any DOS attacks.
• Involved in documentation of Design and the Certification of Devices and upload on the intranet site for the operation.
• Certified the Foundry GTE/GLE in the testing environment, Testing, configuration done to certify the code & the hardware.
• Involve in design & configuring F5 load Balancer for the OCS/Director Servers using EDGE Servers (Vmware) for the client to login using RDP protocols.

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco routers 7500,6500,4500,3500 & 2600 Series & also working with Multilayer switches (6500) using Cat IOS.
• Experienced in network design and implementation. In-depth knowledge of Enterprise core IP routing protocols including RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Nortel routers - ASN, ARN and BLN/BCN series connected on wan topology using frame relay using 2Mbps pipe with ISDN as a backup.
• Providing Network connectivity around 1500 nodes on WAN and IBM Blade Center servers on switched LAN consisting of Catalyst 6509 with dual redundancy used for Trading for end users.
• IOS upgrades of Cisco routers, switches using TFTP Server & Sun Solar wind Server.
• Responsible for the management and implementation of the technical infrastructure and relocation of affected employees to Disaster Recovery site.
• Involved in the design for the Disaster Recovery site, installation and configuration of Cisco 7500, Catalyst 6500, 4000 routers & 2900 switches.
• Configuration of VLAN for security purpose & apply Trunking and Intervlan routing for Layer 2 and Layer 3 devices.
• Installation, configuration, operations and management of Cisco pix firewalls 5.15 & 5.25 using Cisco pix device manager.
• Presently working on the EMS Management System Software Netcool & Remedy Trouble tickets System.
• Configuration & troubleshooting with VC1000 (Telenex), CSU/DSU, Adtran & coordinating with different vendor (MCI, AT&T & Sprint) for troubleshooting the frame relay & the point to point circuit.
• Involved in troubleshooting the hardware of Cisco & Nortel routers & also coordinating with Cisco & the Nortel vendor to troubleshoot the problem.
• Configuration of NT/DOS sniffers for troubleshooting the network & tuning the bandwidth utilization, slowness for end users on WAN & LAN, also for any DOS attacks.
• Configuration and troubleshooting with Cisco Cabletron (8600) used for connectivity of IBM trading Servers.
• Configuration and troubleshooting with Nortel Accelar 1200 used for connectivity of Main Frame servers, AS400 servers & the UNIX servers.

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and maintenance of Cisco routers 7200, 6513, using different routing protocol, defining policies using ACL, route summarization.
• IOS upgrades of Cisco routers, switches using TFTP Server & Sun Solar wind Server.
• Configuration of VLAN for security purpose & apply Trunking and Intervlan routing for Layer 2 and Layer 3 devices.
• Interacted with customers on day-to-day basis to understand new requirements & problems and to provide on-site network design consultation.
• Involved in operation & maintenance of WAN also r esponsible for defining the security policies for the enterprise wide network.
• Planning, installation, configuration, optimization and support for Confidential Windows NT / 2000 Networks.
• Migration of large-scale Windows NT servers in the domain architecture to Windows 2000 Active Directory Services.
• Responsible for the security of all web servers in DMZ and the Intranet, providing web services to intranet users and external users.
• Involved in the study of WAN links bandwidth requirement depending upon the number of users at each location and finalizing the hardware requirements for the servers at each location.
• Installation, configuration, operations and management of Checkpoint Firewall 2000 in failover mode
• Hardening of the Operating Systems security for all Windows 2000 and Solaris Servers in the DMZ and the Intranet LAN.
• Analyzing network traffic and performing Network Audit using LAN Sniffer tools & MRTG.
• Configuring Access Lists on router for security and troubleshooting internal & external Routing issues.
• Creation of data-center requirements, software security procedures & plans and planning backup facilities procedures & plan.
• Implemented a Cisco Security Solution for using Cisco PIX Firewall 525 with Fail over option using Pix Device Manager (PDM).

Environment: Windows NT / 2000 Server, Compaq Proliant Server, Active Directory, Cisco routers 7500/5400/5300/3600/2600, Catalyst switches 6500,4500 series, ISDN PRI, AAA Radius, Checkpoint NG upgrade, Pix525, PDM, Sniffer, Frame-relay, LAN, WAN, IDS, Citrix connectivity.

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed a network for Internal clients using Cisco routers, running routing protocols OSPF, RIP & ISIS for controlling out of band traffic for management of all the Transport Devices (Nortel Devices) and the EC1 servers, OMPFX terminals, mate clients for Switches.
• Designed a network for external clients using Juniper technology providing services like L2 and L3 VPN (Kompella and Martini methods), Leased Lines, provisioning E1 on channelized STM cards.
• Traffic engineering in the network using RSVP & LDP protocols for signaling and reservation of bandwidth and MPLS protocols for security using constraint routing.
• Involved in studying and analyzing the purpose of network and the applications to be used and regarding application growth in future and effect on the bandwidth requirements.
• Responsible for backups and restoring of data on periodical basis and planning the redundancy for different environments.
• Installation & configuration of Cisco AS5300 range of access servers, for providing dial-in access for the dial-up customers connected back to back with Cisco 7206 VXR as a VPN termination router.
• Did mapping of available/suitable technology vis-à-vis the requirement and recommended the correct technology after evaluation. Evaluate backbone technologies (ATM vs. Gigabit Ethernet & DS3 connectivity) and suggested appropriate design(s) with commercial implications.
• Designed the complete sizing document, denoting the estimated bandwidth requirements.
• Involved in technical network requirement for the WAN setup and propose campus network design. Recommend appropriate network technologies (Leased line, Frame-relay etc.) and also take care of contingencies, future expansion and suggest backup network solution using alternate technologies (ISDN etc.)
• Configured SNMP on all Cisco routers and installation of Ciscoworks on windows for remote management of Cisco network devices.
• Responsible for IP Address allocation for effective route summarization to save bandwidth.
• Implemented Reliance’s Data Telemetry Network based on Cisco Routers where in all the Transport Equipment, Switches- Wireless & Wireline, STP, Access Devices management traffic carried on the same network upto the centralized NOC wherein the respective DATA gets distributed to the various team for management.
• Installed and configured Juniper Routers acting as a Backbone Network for Reliance Enterprise carrying the Customer Traffics for different Services
• Installed and configured Cisco VXR-7404 & 5400 Series as an ISP setup for Internet services & VPDN Solution for security.
• Involved in implementation, testing and maintenance of VoIP and VoATM for Reliance ILD (International long Distance) projects.
• Involved in ATP (Acceptance test Planning), Physical Installation and LAN cabling. Worked with Cisco in implementing Cisco VoIP and VoATM solution.
• Configured SLT (Cisco 2621), Gatekeeper (7206 VXR), Gateway (AS 5400).
• Involved in maintenance activities including upkeep of PSTN and Internet E1 Links. Testing with VoIP Carriers.
• Monitored health of networking devices like SLT (Cisco 2621), Gatekeeper (7206 VXR), Gateway (AS 5400), Firewall (PIX), Catalyst Switches (Cisco 4003), Provisioning in MGC (PGW220)
• Involved in operations and maintenance activities including upkeep of E1 links to PSTN testing Voice. Fax calls over the ATM network using various codec classes.
• Worked with Transport team for telecommunication Devices DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) & SDH & Sonnet.

Environment: Juniper Routers M40e, T320, M20, M10, Cisco routers 7500/ 5400/ 5300/ 3700/ 3600/ 2600, Catalyst switches 6500/4500/3500 series, Nortel Switches 8600,Baystack Switches 420/450 Series, ISDN PRI, AAA Radius, Syslog, Frame-relay, LAN, WAN, IDS, L2 and L3 VPN for security, LAN Configuration, Leased lines. Internet connectivity. L3 VPN, L2 VPN, Bandwidth, Dialup, VOIP traffic, VOATM Traffic.

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Dealt with other 3rd party vendors for various Infrastructures needs, responsible for Implementation and troubleshooting of Cisco products like 1800 Routers, 2900 Switches, D-Link Switches for internal LAN connectivity with VLANS.
• VPN configured for various Clients, which are basically e-com, Financial, Purchase and Share dealing clients.
• IP-Sec implemented on these links with NAT overloading feature, to also permit encrypted VPN client connections into central site, with wildcard pre-shared keys. Routers configured with access-list for Internet traffic. Local Directors were configured for load balancing the web servers.
• Responsible for maintaining and configuration of Internet Servers and Mail Server on Windows 2000 Server.
• Responsible for total WAN and Internal branch Call operation. Doing hardware sizing for new sites and integration of the same into existing network.
• Responsible for providing Network Support to various Internal Customer Networks at Network Management Centre. Interacted with various customers on day-to-day basis understanding new requirements & problems.
• Maintained Web Mail Server, Squid Server, Fetchmail Server and Sendmail Server on Linux 7.3 ver.
• Maintained QNX Server that is connected to Embedded System (RTP-6800 Controller).
• Maintained Postmaster and Lotus Domino Server on Windows 2000 Operating System.
• Installed & maintained IIS Server, DNS Server, DHCP and WINS Server on IBM Infinity Server.
• Installed and configured Oracle 9i server on Linux 7.3 Ver.
• Supported and administered NT Servers in the entire network running on Compaq Proliant Servers and IBM Netfinity Servers.
• Implemented the Win Proxy Server 3.0 and Virtual Private Network. Win Proxy server acting as a firewall for the company and is also running the total virus detection software to capture the virus-infected files at the Proxy Server level.
• Involved in re-engineering of existing internal network and configuration of VLAN.
• Involved in configuration of hardware RAID 5 on NT 4.0 server as a backup solution for internal clients.
• Installed and configured Windows NT PDC server and establishing trust relationship with the remote domains.
• Installed and configured PC Anywhere for remote administration of all remote servers from single central location.
• Configured Remote Access Service for allowing certain users to dial-in to the network and access mails.

Environment: Cisco Routers 2600,Cisco ACL’s, IIS4.0, DNS Server, DHCP Server, Win Proxy Server, Squid Server, Fetchmail server, Cisco Local Director, QNX server, Lotus Domino Server.

Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for entire LAN and Internal branch Call operation.
• Involved in LAN Administration & administration of the Hardware of the window Servers and the Desktops.
• Designed, Installed, and configured Ethernet, Fast Ethernet technology based networking solutions.
• Interacted with clients by way of making onsite visits.
• Gathered requirements and gave demonstrations of networking products and solutions.
• Responsible for designing and planning the LAN and WAN infrastructure with security of all servers.
• Installed and configured Switched Ethernet Networks with Spanning Tree, VTP domain features.
• Responsible for maintenance of http, mail services, servers for mail administration and proxy servers for Internet access.
• Performed backups, restores, disaster recovery on Windows workstations, servers, and HP, Compaq & Dell boxes.
• Provided support and troubleshooting network access and desktop related problems.
• Monitoring of network systems operations and conducting systems performance evaluations and system diagnostics. Performed workstation migration from DOS/Windows to Windows 95.

Environments: Windows NT Servers, Sun Solaris 2.4, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, Avaya Routers, Switches, Hubs, Ethernet, Windows 95.