SUMMARY:

• 4+ years of Experience in network engineering, designing, integration, deploying, maintaining and supporting broad range of LAN/WAN communication systems and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, MPLS in branch, campus and Data center environments.
• In - depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN.
• Demonstrated abilities with large enterprise wide network design, implementation as well as support and network integration.
• Worked on Remedy and ServiceNow ticketing systems.
• Created VLAN’s for the Cisco UCS environment and managed UCS VNIC Templates.
• Developed network design, implementation materials and procedure (Technical Implementation Document).
• Coordinated change execution with central change implementation team and cross functional teams.
• Worked on multiple projects related to Branch networks, Campus networks, extranet clients and Data Center Environments involving in data center migrations from one data center to another.
• Implement and manage Cisco Meraki routing, switching and WIFI infrastructure for corporate office.
• Expert Level Knowledge of TCP/IP and OSI models.
• Worked on Riverbed Wan Optimization.
• Experience with 802.11x wireless technology.
• Replacement of Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall with next generation Palo Alto PA5000 Firewalls.
• Knowledge with procedures and guidelines for selecting, installing and deploying integrated solutions and platforms within the VoIP environment.
• Studying the Network Infrastructure to maintain PCI, SOX standards.
• Setup Inflobox for local DHCP & DNS configuration.
• Advance Knowledge in configuring and installing IOS security features and IPS.
• Hand on working with F5 Local Traffic Manager/Global Traffic manger of series 6400, 6800, 8800.
• Experience with connectivity of Cisco Networking Equipment with F5 Load Balancer.
• Involved in Big-IP F5 load balancing for internet traffic across web servers using I-rules.
• Develop Engineering Documentations to record F5 environment and change processes LTM/GTM/iRules.
• Experience working with JUNOS OS on Juniper Routers and Switches.
• Worked on Juniper models EX-2200, EX-4200, MX-480, SRX 210 and SRX 240.
• Seasoned professional in Checkpoint firewall policy administration and support between various zones.
• Configuration and Administration of Palo Alto Networks Firewall using to manage large scale Firewall deployments.
• Installed, configured and administered Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience with configuring Clientless, Anyconnect SSL VPN and Site-to-Site IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA Firewall.
• Experience in Network Intrusion detection/Intrusion Prevention Systems and Firewalls.
• Expertise in installing, configuring and maintaining Cisco switches such as 2900, 3500, 7600, 3700 series, 6500 series and Cisco routers like 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Routing Protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, RIP (V1, V2), IS-IS

Switching Protocols: VTP, STP, RSTP, MST, VLANs, 802.1q trunking and tunneling

VOIP Protocols: H.323, SIP, MGCP, RTP, RTCP

VOIP Platform: UC520, Cisco IP phones, FXS/FXO

WAN Protocols & Tools: PPP, Frame Relay, HDLC, ATM, ISDN, Wireshark 1.2.3, ethereal 0.99.0, Airopeek, Tcptrace, Xplot, Labview.

WAN Technologies: Frame relay, ISDN, MPLS, Lease Lines, DSI, DS3, OC3, E1/T1 & SONET

LAN Technologies: VLAN, PVLAN, VTP, Inter-VLAN Routing, ISL, dot1q, STP, RSTP, MSTP, HSRP, GLBP, VPC, VDC, Port Security, Ethernet, Port-channel, Span Ports

Network Protocols: TCP/IP, LTP/UDP, STP, RSTP, ICMP, DNS, DHCP, FTP.

Network Security: GRE, IPSEC, ISKAMP, IKE, DMVPN SSL-VPN(Clientless/AnyConnect), TACACS, RADIUS.

Operating Systems: Window7/XP, MAC OS, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Unix

Languages: SQL, Python, HTML

Documentation: Microsoft Office, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform network engineering, design, planning (WAN & LAN) & implementation. Studied single point of failure & designed WAN structure in such a way that there are no failures in network in case of any device or link failure.
• Experience in testing Cisco routers and switches in laboratory and deploy them on site production.
• Worked on Remedy ticketing systems.
• Provided support for two separate Active Directory domains.
• Managed the Cisco network infrastructure using Cisco Prime.
• Organized change dependencies like rack space, site access, and cabling.
• Developed network design, implementation materials and procedure (Technical Implementation Document).
• Implement and manage Cisco Meraki routing, switching and WIFI infrastructure for corporate office.
• Performed data center migration in Access, Distribution and Core layers.
• Configuration and Administration of Palo Alto PA 5000 Firewall using to manage large scale Firewall deployments.
• Worked on Riverbed Wan Optimization.
• Experience with 802.11x wireless technology.
• Configured installed and administered switches, routers, Qos, VOIP, telephony, security apps, network protocols and firewalls.
• Hands on experience on inspection, data loss prevention, content caching and bandwidth management using bluecoat proxy.
• Studying the Network Infrastructure to maintain PCI, SOX standards.
• Familiar with Cisco ACI implementation and worked for adding App as per requirement.
• Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core ASR 9k, Nexus 9K, 7k, 5k and its downstream devices.
• Setup Inflobox for local DHCP & DNS configuration.
• Configure Virtual Device Context (VDC) and vPC on Nexus switches.
• Configuring, administering and troubleshooting the Check Point, Palo Alto and ASA Firewall.
• Installed, configured and administered Palo Alto firewalls.
• Involved in complete LAN, WAN, Extranet redesign (including IP address planning, designing, installation, pre configuration of network equipment, testing and maintenance) in both Campus and branch networks.
• Designed a test manual and automated test cases which are perform using Networking testing tool IXIA and Spirent.
• Experience working with BGP attributes such as Weight, Local-Preference, MED and AS-PATH to influence inbound and outbound traffic.
• Maintained network with more than 600 Network devices, some 20,000 end hosts, and other devices like DHCP, DNS servers.
• Troubleshooting LAN, WAN, WLAN, VoIP network issues Wireshark, TCPdump, Netflow, and Syslog.
• Hands on experience with Python Scripting and Linux.
• Responsible for documentation using Visio, Excel & MS word and supporting other teams.

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provided load balancing towards access layer from core layer using F5 Network load Balancers.
• Worked on Juniper EX series routers and switches.
• Configured Routing protocol such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, Static routing and policy based routing.
• Configured HSRP between VLANs, configuring Ether Channels, Port Channel on catalyst switch.
• Performed data center migration in Access, Distribution and Core layers.
• Implemented redundancy in BigIP F5 load balancers to provide uninterrupted services to clients.
• Configured and edited policies on F5 network access control.
• Configured Palo Alto Networks Firewall models.
• Experience with Juniper Netscreen 520M Firewall and Palo Alto network firewall.
• Configured Vlans with 801.1q tagging. Configured Trunks groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/Distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Configured and troubleshoot link state routing protocols like OSPF in single and multiple areas.
• Upgraded Cisco ASA 5510 firewalls using 6500/7600 catalyst modules for enhanced performance, security and reliability
• Installed and configured DHCP & DNS server.
• Involved in troubleshooting of DHCP and other IP Conflict problems.
• Troubleshoot and worked with security issues related to Cisco ASA/PIX, Checkpoint, IDS/IPS and Juniper Netscreen Firewall.
• Implemented ACLs and authenticated (EIGRP, BGP) to ensure high security on the network.
• Providing daily network support for national wide area network consisting of MPLS, VPN and point-to-point site.
• Negotiated VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• In-depth expertise in the implementation of analysis, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN networking systems.
• Participate in on call support to troubleshoot the configuration and installation issues.

Confidential

Network Support

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed client requirements to provide solutions for network design, configuration, administration and security.
• Assisted in troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Managed the IP address space using subnets and variable length subnet masks (VLSM).
• Interacted with support services to reduce the downtime on leased lines.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck.
• Performed RIP & OSPF routing protocol administration.
• Troubleshoot problems on a day to day basis and provide solutions to fix them.
• Maintaining and Troubleshooting of connectivity problems using Ping, Trace route.
• Worked on HSRP for hop redundancy and load balancing.
• Configured Cisco routers & switches for NATing, RSTP, MST, and used VTP with 802.1q trunk encapsulation.
• Provided port binding, port security and router redundancy through HSRP.
• Provided testing for network connectivity before and after install/upgrade.
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunks on Fast-Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet channel between switches.
• Experience in Cisco switches and router with Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configuration.
• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking.