SUMMARY

• Accomplished Senior Network Engineer with Hands - On experience on Cisco Enterprise Network Infrastructures
• Experience with monitoring tools Solarwinds, Splunk, LogiMonitor, Dotcom Monitor, Nagios, Rancid, MRTG
• Extensive datacenter experience including Fiber/Ethernet/Twinax cabling, Rack and Stack
• Experience in Datacenter migrations both Site to Site and to managed cloud services (AWS/Azure)
• Expertise in Client/Clientless VPN connectivity
• Experience with telecom Vendors
• Solid project management experience. Excellent Interpersonal Skills and has the ability to interface with non-technical clients
• Works extremely well with diverse groups and has proven collaboration skills.
• Is highly self-motivated and is adept in solving complex Networking and IT problems
• HE has over 19 years in the Information Technology field with 12+ years directly working in large Corporate and Datacenter environments. 12+ years installing, managing and upgrading Network devices on large Enterprise networks. 10+ years’ experience with BigIP F5 LTM configuring Nodes, Pools, Profiles, SSL offloading, iRules and VIPs.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Network Hardware List: Cisco Routers 4881 ISR series, Cisco ASA 5500 series, Cisco Switches - Nexus 5K, Nexus 9K, CAT 6500 2960 series, BigIP F5 LTM version 9.3 through 11.5, Digi and Lantronix console servers, Extreme (switches), 3-COM (switches), Omni (switches), Synoptics/BayNetwork (hubs), cabling (Twinax, Ethernet, Fiber Optic, Coaxial), Racks, Patch Panels, UPS.

Hardware List: Cisco appliance, Dell Servers, HP Servers, Lenovo Laptop, Toshiba Laptop, IBM Laptop, IBM Microchannel PC, Generic PC, PC peripherals - Monitor, keyboard, mouse, video, sound systems, USB port devices, etc., Macintosh.

Hardware Experience: System Boards (Motherboards) - Installation/Troubleshooting, CPU Processor Installation/Troubleshooting/Configuration, Network Interface Cards (NIC) (3-COM, SMC, Compaq NetFlex, etc), SCSI Adapters - Installation/Configuration (Adaptec, BusLogic, Symbios), Video Adapters, Video Bus Accelerators, add-on Video Memory, etc., Sound Cards - Installation/Configuration, Scanners - Installation/Configuration, Printers (standalone/network) - Installation/Configuration

Software List: VMWare, Veeam, NXOS, Salesforce, Remedy, ServiceNow, Solarwinds NPM, NCM, Splunk, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SMS, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft SQL, MS 2008/2012/2016 Server, Office365, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, MSMail, Internet Mail, Microsoft Access, FrontPage, RealServer, RealPlayer, HomeSite, Wordperfect, Jet FormFlow, PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, Timbuktu, LawPack, Act, Adaptec CD Creator, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Eudora, TextPro (OCR), Microsoft Agent, Adobe Acrobat, Ghost, Netmeeting, HEAT, Vantive, Mac OS, BE OS, Linux RedHat, RHEL, Filemaker Pro, Roxio, Sonic RecordNow, Microsoft Windows MovieMaker, Norton Firewall, Norton Anti-virus, McAfee anti-virus, AutoCAD, MS Visio, Junos, Cisco AMP.

Protocols and Scripting: BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, VPLS, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, TCP/IP, DNS, FTP, SSH, ACS, TACACS+, RADIUS, ACL, VLAN, DMZ, VPC, VTP, VDC, Spanning Tree, VRF, LAN, WAN, WiFi, WLAN, Microsoft AD, PERL, Python, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), DMVPN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage Network Infrastructure at multiple office sites and datacenters. Cisco ISR, Nexus, WAN, LAN, Azure
• Manage NetScaler Load Balancer, Imperva WAF, Cisco ASA/VPN, Pulse Secure, Call Manager, DUO
• Monitor network, SolarWinds, LogicMonitor, Dotcom Monitor, AlertLogic
• Manage Microsoft AD, Office 365, Cisco UCS ESXi, Pure Storage, Nimble Storage
• Manage Server Environments using vCenter/VMWare, deployments and patching/upgrades
• Document processes and diagram network infrastructure. Detail oriented, organized, technical writer

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Datacenter management of Cisco Nexus Infrastructure to include Cisco ASA, Cisco MDS, Juniper Firewalls, BigIP F5, Cisco Call Manager
• Monitor infrastructure with Solarwinds NPM and NCM, Splunk and Nagios
• Manage Axway for API Access, manage Cisco ACS TACACS, and RADIUS for authentication and authorization
• Expertise in video collaboration equipment and software to include Cisco Telepresence, Microsoft Surface/Skype, RingCentral and Zoom
• Project management of building renovations and office upgrades to include all network components, plans and implementation
• Work with all network vendors to include Telcos and Datacenters
• Expertise in enterprise Cisco Wireless design, implementation and management. WLC (controller) and AP install and configuration.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performs the installation, maintenance, repair, and monitoring of all Cisco LAN/WAN infrastructure in large Enterprise Network, including associated software and hardware components such as firewalls, routers, CSU/DSUs, and any telecommunications cabling or wiring
• Manage multiple Online Banking production environments using BigIP F5 LTM processing millions of transactions daily
• Maintain 100+ production VIPs on F5 for diverse Online Banking and EBPP environments
• Responsible for installing, upgrading and patching F5 LTM - versions 9 through version 11 (F5 does not have any upgrade tools, extensive experience with fixing syntax and configuration issues as it relates to major version upgrades)
• Certificate management using OpenSSL as it relates to F5 client and server profiles
• Troubleshoot F5 connectivity issues using TMSH shell, CLI, QKView and TCPDump
• Provide network support by responding, troubleshooting, and resolving incidents using Salesforce
• Ensure optimal network performance by conducting performance monitoring by using Solarwinds NPM, Splunk and Vigilant
• Perform network capacity analysis and planning
• Create network asset documentation and diagrams using MS Visio
• Plan and address network hardware and software concerns (High Availability, end of life, Security patches, bugs, capacity, etc.)
• Partner with peers from other Confidential teams and assist in aligning the Confidential network infrastructure to meet strategic objectives
• Work extensively with Project Managers implementing new services and clients.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Management of Enterprise Network Infrastructures
• See to the day to day operations of large Cisco Network environment for a complex Datacenter Infrastructure supporting 300+ connections; VPN, B2B, L2L, IPSEC, MPLS, T1, T3, Ethernet, OC3
• Monitoring and configuration management of all Network Devices using Solarwinds NPM/NCM, Nagios, Rancid, MRTG and Big Brother
• Duties include daily interaction with banking and retail clients for new implementations and projects
• Support multiple corporate offices in India and across the US
• Support and management of Cloud services
• Management of all BigIP F5 devices including VIPs, Nodes Pools, Profiles, SSL Offloading, iRules and HA
• Management of DR environments for multiple sites. Maintenance of Checkpoint Firewalls, VSX
• Interface with Vendors Verizon, AT&T and L3
• Open tickets as it relates to circuit outages and troubleshooting
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis and troubleshooting complex network issues