SUMMARY:

• Having 5 plus years of experience in Design, implementation, analysis, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN.
• Having 5 plus years of experience in Designing, architect, deploying and troubleshooting Network & Security infrastructure on routers switches (L2/L3) & firewalls.
• Extensive work experience with Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Load Balancers and Firewalls.
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs using various tools.
• Experience work with layer - 3 Routing and layer-2 Switching.
• Configured ASA 5520 Firewall to support Cisco VPN Client on Windows 7/XP/Vista.
• Installation, advanced configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco and F5's load balancing devices.
• Worked on Checkpoint Platform including Provider Smart Domain Manager. Worked on configuring, managing and supporting Checkpoint Gateways.
• Experience with convert Palo Alto VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both Palo Alto and Cisco ASA VPN experience.
• Experienced in Deploying Wireless Network Infrastructure and Wireless Survey Best Practices Advanced knowledge in TCP/IP suite and IPAM, routing protocols, such as OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, and BGP.
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on cisco routers.
• Expertise in configuration of routing protocols and deployment of OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and policy routing over Cisco routers.
• Efficient designing of IP Addressing Scenario using VLSM and Sub netting.
• Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN's and Access Control Lists.
• Extensive experience using Microsoft suite like Word, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint
• Expertise in network protocols, Firewalls and Communication Network design.
• Advanced knowledge, design, installation, configuration, maintenance and administration of Juniper SRX Firewall, Juniper EX and Juniper MX devices.
• Implemented Cisco solutions such as Cisco CUCM, Unity Connect.
• Experience with designing, deploying and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, Frame-Relay, Ether-channel, IP Routing Protocols - (RIPV2, OSPF, EIGRP), ACL's, NAT, VLAN, STP, VTP
• Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration across our global networks
• Hands on experience on upgradation of Cisco IOS of different Cisco devices & modules.
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Worked on physical and virtual networks to provide functionality on additional layers on VMware NSX
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on cisco routers
• Expertise in configuration of routing protocols and deployment of OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and policy routing over Cisco routers.
• Efficient designing of IP Addressing Scenario using VLSM and Sub netting.
• Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN's and Access Control Lists.
• Extensive experience using Microsoft suite like Word, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint
• Excellent technical and project management skills combined with strong communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows7/XP,Windows server 2008,2012,2016,Mac OS

Computer Networking: TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, RIP, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP, SSL, ARP, VLAN, Ethernet, 802.11, VPN, SNMP

IDS/IPS/AntiVirus Software: ESET, McAfee Total Protection, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Sophos Mobile Security

Firewalls: pfSense

Cloud infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform (Google Compute Engine)

Virtualization environments: VMware Workstation

Wan Technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, & 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Port- channel, VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, 802.1Q

Networking Concepts: Access-lists, Routing, Switching, Sub netting, Designing, CSU/DSU, IPsec, VLAN, VPN, WEP, WAP, MPLS, VoIP, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi.

Load Balancers: Cisco CSM, F5 Networks (Big-IP), LTM, GTM, Citrix NetScaler.

Networking protocols: RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MP-BGP, LDP STP, ATM LANE,RSTP,VLANs, VTP, PAGP,LACP, MPLS HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, TACACS+, Radius, AAA, RSVP-TE,MP-BGP,MCAST - NG, ASM, SSM, IGMP, MVR, FHRP, ELP. Ca

Communication Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, ICMP, SNMP, ARP, RARP, PPP, HDLC and I9SDN.

Firewall Security: Cisco PIX 500 series, Cisco ASA 5500 series, Checkpoint, Juniper SRX, Palo Alto, Fire Eye NX.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Analyst

Confidential

• Formulating systems and methodologies as well as responding to security related events.
• Configuring, implementing and maintaining all security platforms and their associated software, such as routers, switches, firewalls, intrusion detection/intrusion prevention, anti-virus, and SIEM.
• Ensuring network security best practices are implemented through auditing router, switch and firewall configurations, and monitoring logs.
• Performs security/performance monitoring, configuration management, issue escalation and resolution, systems engineering, administration, security documentation, and strategic technical planning.
• Implemented Zone Based Firewalling and Security Rules on the Palo Alto Firewall.
• Worked on IPsec VPN tunneling, configuring the tunnel on both the end routers, Hub routers and event routers during Hackathon Events.Worked on infoblox to assign IP addresses to applications.
• Worked on DHCP store and DNS servers and worked on the DHCP lease times of the AP's when we were swapping/upgrading the Aruba 135 to 225 models and worked on WLANS and Aruba and cisco LAN controllers, provisioning the AP's.
• The AP's on the Wireless Controllers (WLC's), Cisco Prime. Hard resetting the AP's.
• Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like WireShark, Solarwinds etc.
• Firepower Series using Cisco ASA for additional vulnerability scanning.
• Licensing, Provisioning and installing of F5 devices, RMA of F5 and F5 software upgrade- version 11.5.1.
• Worked on F5 devices, health monitoring of servers and load balance solutions.
• Build, set up and configure VPX NetScaler's and XenApp 7.6/7.8 Provisioned Citrix farms.
• Deployed and Configured vShield & VMware NSX for network segmentation and host based Anti-Virus solutions.
• Experience with convert Palo Alto VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both Palo Alto and Cisco ASA VPN experience
• Administered and developed Citrix XPE and 5.0, 4.5 consisting of 10 Citrix farms, 1000 servers and 600 applications. Performed general application support, scripting and standardization on server builds and applications.

Environment: Palo Alto 5020, 5060, Infoblox, Checkpoint 41K and 61 K series, Routing Protocols (EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP), Cisco 6513, 6504, 6503, 6506, 6500 series switches, Switching protocols (VTP, STP, GLBP), Citix, F5. Cisco, F5 Load Balancer, SIEM,Network, Monitoring

Jr. Network Engineer

Confidential - Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Performed Configuration and troubleshooting of multi-customer ISP network environment.
• Involved in network monitoring, alarm notification and acknowledgement.
• Implemented new/changing existing data networks for various projects as per the requirement.
• Configuration of Checkpoint R77.30 series firewalls and implementation for outbound traffic via blue coatproxy server
• Performed troubleshooting of complex networks layer 1, 2(Point to Point, ISDN) to layer 3 (routing with MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF and RIP protocols) technical issues.
• Used Wireshark for network packet capture. Provided support to networks containing more than 2000 Cisco devices.
• Performed troubleshooting for IOS related bugs by analyzing past history and related notes.
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs using various tools.
• Provide NSX Micro-Segmentation Security for ASW Data Center
• Carried out documentation for tracking network issue symptoms and large scale technical escalations.
• VLAN Configurations, troubleshooting and Firewall ACLs and Object-Groups configuration and support.
• Redistribution from RIP to OSPF and vice versa by implementing Hub and Spoke topology with a Frame Relay Switch.
• Configuration & maintenance of Cisco 2900 series switches including VLANS &TRUNKING protocols.
• Managed the service request tickets within the phases of troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, fixes, patches and providing all-round technical support.
• Performed Commissioning and Decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for various field offices.
• Prepared feasibility report for various upgrades and installations.
• Performed installation and maintenance of new network connections for the customers.
• Configured all the required devices and equipment for remote vendors at various sites and plants.
• Installed new equipment to RADIUS and worked with MPLS-L3VPN and TACACS configurations.
• Installed and maintained local as well as network printers.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/3750/3550/3500/2960 6500 switches and Cisco 3640 /12000 /7200/ 3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K, Cisco ASA 500, F5 BIGIP LTM,RIP,OSPF,BGP,EIGRP,LAN,WAN,VPN,HSRP

Network Administrator

Confidential

• Experience in configuring routing protocols like EIGRP,RIP v2, OSPF & BGP and Cisco ACS Protocols like RADIUS and TACACS
• Coordinated with senior engineers with BGP/OSPF routing policies and design
• Implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks.
• Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on Juniper EX series switches.
• Hands on experience with Cisco 3500, 6500 series equipment and configuring and deploying.
• Palo Alto design and installation (Application and URL filtering, Threat Prevention, Data Filtering).
• Experience with converting Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with Cisco ASA VPN experience.
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager Support Configuration and Integrations
• Install, Maintain, upgrade, and implement improvements to the VMWare ESXi infrastructure
• Performs technical analysis, installation, maintenance and modification of operating system software
• Experience on Check Point Next-Generation Firewalls R65, R70, R75
• Performing backups, troubleshooting and problem resolution for servers associated with a VMware virtual infrastructure
• Good knowledge of external Disk Arrays, RAID levels, NFS
• Administering Microsoft technologies including Windows Server (NT, 2000, 2003, 2008, and 2012), Active Directory, and Microsoft SQL Server (2000, 2005, 2008, and 2012).

Environment: Cisco routers and switches, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, NIC cards, TFTP, Net rep, Solar winds and OSPF.