SUMMARY:

• 18 years+ of professional experience in planning, designing, implementing, installing, Testing, Commissioning, maintaining, and troubleshooting IP/TDM based transport network including MW / Fiber Backhaul, Long Haul Transmission network, Core & Backbone Network Integration, Networking and RF / Wireless Communications Networks.
• Cisco ASR 9K/76k/65k/49k/45k/40k/36k/29k/26k, NEXUS 7K/5k/2k, ALU 7750/7705/7450/6850/6900. Cisco IOS/Catalyst/NX - OS, Cisco PIX 500/ASA 5500/FortiGate/Juniper Firewall, Cisco/F5/A10 load balancer, Cisco Call Manager Express (CME), Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM), Windows 2000 Advanced server, Windows 2000 Professional client, SUN Solaris 2.5.1, Windows NT 4.0, IIS 4.0, DNS, ADIUS/TACACS/TACACS+, Microsoft Exchange, Apache, Squid, SMTP, POP3, UNIX (HP-UX), Linux (Red Hat) Server.
• Juniper ISG 1000/2000, MX 480, MX960, Netscreen, NetScaler, CheckPoint, BlueCoat, Arrista, Palo Alto
• Layer 2/3 network, LAN/WAN protocols, OSI model, TCP/IP, DHCP, IP Addressing/Routing, VLAN, Inter-VLAN routing, VTP, STP, RSTP, RPR, IP/ MPLS, VPN, WiFi/WLAN, VoIP/IP Telephony, WEP, IPsec, IKE, PKI, CA, ISAKMP,IPS/IDS,DES/3DES/AES,MD5/SHA,DMZ,ACL,NAT/PAT/SNAT/CGNAT,QoS,RAID,SAN/DAS/NAS/ESCON/FICON, Fiber Channel, LNA, LNB, VSAT and Satellite Modem.
• Software defined network (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Openstack, Openflow, Orchestration, Hypervisor, Kernel Virtualization Machine (KVM), Cloud Computing, Data Center, VMware, vCenter, vMotion, vShield, CMP (Clustered Multi Processing), vCMP.
• Cisco ONS 15454, Huawei OSN 6800, Siemens HiT 7070, HiT 7050, ZXSM-150, NSN FMX II/CMX, TimeSource 3000, SSU2000e (Symmetricom), Athena Frame Relay Switch 8 (Develcon)
• Cisco Wireless, Meraki, Aruba, BreezeACCESS XL, WALKair 1000/3000 (Alvarion), Canopy 400 (Motorolla), xDSL (Dasan, D-Link), Fiber Modem (RAD, Patton), ZXJ10 (V.4), ZXJ10 (V.10), ZXSM150 (ZTE).
• Programming skill in HTML, C, C++, PERL, Python and Shell scripting. Ping, Traceroute, Ipconfig, ftp, tftp, sftp, cuteftp, ICMP, SMTP, NNTP, NFS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL, TLS, SSH, PPP, L2TP, PPTP.
• RIP V.1/V.2, IGRP, EIGRP, IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, iBGP, route reflector, confederation, route distribution, route map.
• TL1, SNMP, HP Open View Node Manager 7.0, NetViewer 9.0, TNMS 10.0, Mini Link Manager 7.1
• SDH/SONET, Ethernet over SDH/SONET, DXX/CWDM/DWDM/ADM/ROADM, GFP, LCAS, xPON/FTTx, xDSL, Fiber Modem, Leased Line, Frame Relay, Network Synchronization, NTP Server, Signal monitoring, Digital Cross-connect Systems (DCS), DS0, DS1, DS3, T1/E1, E3/T3, OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64 etc.
• NCM (Network Configuration Manager), NRM (Network Resource Manager) of MDOCS-CRAMER, GRANITE, WebXing, IWOS, ROC (Roll Out Controller), ERP software.
• Pathloss 4.0 and 5.0, MapInfo 10.5, Google Earth. MW link plan, design, re-route, optimization, performance measurement, improvement, link budget, propagation modelling, site survey, LOS checking, freshnel zone calculation, interference checking, availability, reliability calculation, topology, protection mechanism, capacity management.
• IEEE standards, such as G.7xx, G.8xx, G.9xx, G.6xxx. G.7xxx, G.8xxx, H.7xx (ISUP, SS7, H.323, SIP), IEEE 802.1d, 802.1w, 802.1q, 802.11 a/b/g/n, etc. Asynchronous and Synchronous protocols V.11, X.21, V.35, TIA-232, RS232, RS530/RS422, G.703, G.704 and interface converter - Patton, D-Link, RAD.
• Knowledge on RF Propagation, GSM, UMTS, W-CDMA, WiMax (16.d and 16.e), Node B, RNC, RAN, HSPA, Uu, Iu-PS, Iu-CS, Iub, Iur, Codec, X.25, ATM, ISDN, Carrier Ethernet, MEF, HFC, CMTS, DOCSIS.
• GPS, BER Tester, OTDR, Power Meter, Protocol Analyzers, and Spectrum Analyzers.
• MS office suite, MS Project, MS Visio. Putty, Notepad++, Beyond Compare, Secure CRT, Sharepoint.
• IP Networking real life hands-on skill sets equivalent to CCNA, CCNP and CCIE.
• Nokia Confidential - Confidential NRS - I Certified

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Confidential, New Castle, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• Configuring, upgrading, migrating, troubleshooting the DOCSIS devices Arris E6000, C4, Cisco cBR-8, 10k
• Working on Cisco ASR9k, 7600and Juniper MX960 routers
• Working on DOCSIS/HFC technology, IS-IS routing protocol, multicasting
• Configuration verification, validation, correction, execution and ticket resolving
• Circuit, port, device decommissioning, IOS-XE, JUNOS
• Work on 24/7 NOC environment

Data Network Engineer

Confidential, Wilmington, Delaware

Responsibilities:

• Creating, modifying, updating the Network Technical Design documents (nTDD) and Engineering Order (EO) for the network changes.
• Configuring B2B VPN (Site to Site VPN), GET (Group Encrypted Transport) VPN, MPLS, QoS, VLAN, VRF, L2/L3, ip routing, access-list, extended access-list, prefix-list, route-map, BGP, MPLS.
• Working on cisco ASR1006, 7206 VXR, 6504-E, 6509, 3845, Nexus 7010, 7018, F5, CheckPoint R76.
• Providing solution to the clients, troubleshooting client’s problems and network devices like servers, routers, switches, Firewalls and Load Balancers.
• Updating network diagram, IP addresses in the Easy IP system. Work on Change Order (CO) on HPSM.
• Attending daily meeting, nTDD and EO approval meeting.

Network/Data Engineer

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Creating, editing, updating, validating, testing, executing and troubleshooting the configuration file for ALU Service router 7750, 7450 for NSIT Lab for IPTV project.
• Creating, modifying, updating and verifying physical and logical network connectivity diagram for IPTV network.
• Creating, modifying, updating and verifying Master Spread Sheet for VHO, SHO for Confidential & Confidential IPTV network.
• Providing delta configuration for ALU 7750 and 7450 for NSIT Lab.
• Configuring port, mda, vlan, vlan encapsulation, lag, QoS, bgp, ospf, mpls, rsvp, lsp, ldp, igmp, pim, ssm, sdp, sap, IES, vpls, vprn, ipv4, ipv6.
• Working with weblib, sharepoint, IBM Rational ClearQuest, JIRA 5.2, P8 application.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Creating, editing, updating, validating, testing, executing and troubleshooting the configuration file for ALU Omni switch 6850, 6900 and ALU Service router 7750, 7450 for IPTV project.
• Creating, modifying, updating and verifying physical and logical network connectivity diagram for IPTV network.
• Creating, modifying, updating and verifying wirelist for IPTV server connectivity.
• Creating, modifying, updating and verifying Master Spread Sheet, vlan assignment for IPTV network.
• Creating, modifying, updating and verifying Master Spread Sheet for IAC, VHO for Confidential & Confidential U-verse IPTV.
• Providing delta configuration for Cisco 6500, Nexus 7K for Confidential & Confidential U-verse IPTV .
• Configuration for Content Delivery Network (CDN), VoD Server, Channel Backhauling etc.
• Work with Juniper MX480, MX 960 routers, Juniper ISG 1000, ISG 2000 Firewalls, Forgate firewall router and Blue Coat web proxy router for IPTV network.
• Confguring port, mda, vlan, vlan encapsulation, lag, QoS, bgp, ospf, mpls, rsvp, lsp, ldp, igmp, pim, ssm, sdp, sap, IES, vpls, vprn, ipv4, ipv6.
• Working with weblib, sharepoint, IBM Rational ClearQuest application.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Frisco, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Creating, modifying, updating, reviewing, validating, approving and executing of MoPs for NGMSO integration and migration for core and access transport network devices (ORC, DRC, BRC, ASM, ASA etc.) under engineering and operation team.
• Design reviewing, validating and approving L2/L3 network, BGP, OSPF, IP/MPLS, Access list, route redistribution, route filtering, Sigtran tunnels configuration, modification and migration.
• Working with ASR9K, Cisco 7600, 6500, 4900, 4500, Nexus7K
• Migrating more than 50 devices from cisco 6500/7600 to ASR9k/Nexus7k
• Working with GRANITE, IP Controller, HOMER, NICEE, HP-NA applications and utilities.
• Joining daily conference call with vendor and cross-functional teams.

Services Engineer

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Layer 2 design (Customer Bridge, Provider Bridge, Provider Backbone Bridge, Carrier Ethernet, Metro Ethernet, VLAN tagging, Q-in-Q) for Ethernet based MW backhaul for different markets.
• Carrier Ethernet characterization testing (RFC 2544) such as interface verification, UNI Ethernet frame verification/ MAC address scalability, Service Multiplexing and Bundling, Jitter and Latency, VLAN Filtering, VLAN Leakage, VLAN Preservation, Priority bit preservation, Ethernet service transparency, Flow control, Class of Service, Service Frame Delivery, L2 protection.
• Plan, design and optimize MW links in 6, 11, 18, 23, 38 and 80 GHz bands for ethernet based MW radios (Mini Link TN) using pathloss 5.0 for different markets.
• MW network topology and architecture design (Access ring, Transport ring, Necklace, Hub, MiniHub, Remote site, Spur node, Hub and Spoke etc),
• Link budgeting, propagation modeling, freshnel zone calculation, availability and reliability calculation, capacity calculation, frequency, modulation and radio system selection, protection systems design (ERP, STP, RSTP, MSTP, G.8031, G.8032, BFD)
• Network design along with all network related information updated in Visio and MapInfo.
• LoS survey checking and approval
• Confidential SP 310 L2 switch studied.