SUMMARY:

• With over 15+ years in the IT industry, supporting major Telecommunication and Financial Services as a Network Administrator and IT Project Support.
• I have demonstrated commitment and stability to the customer with the ability to successfully complete any task put in front of me.
• Configured and installed Branch CE routers 2900, 1900 ISR’s and ASR 1000 ASR for connection to new ISP PE routers.
• Some were configured as peer to peer via BGP and others ran OSPF & EIGRP to the CE router from 3850 stackable and 3750, 3560 switches. Support of the Nexus 7K, 5K and 2K switches; competencies included creating vPC Peerlinks between 7K’s vPC links between the 5K & 7K and vPC to the downstream 2K. Created the VDC on 7K allocated the modules/interfaces.
• As well as configured the vPC Domain and set priority on 7K. Installed FEX and created Port Channel. IPsec site to site tunnels and ASDM configurations. ACE 4710 Load balancers. Proficiency in network monitoring tools Solar Winds and Wireshark.
• Successfully replaced and upgraded 90+ Branch Warehouses & Sales offices with new routers and engineered configuration WAN circuits, so OSPF could redistribute those networks to BGP and created prefix - list to advertise the routes to Internet.
• Completed the rollout of Mondelez International’s expansion of wireless infrastructure in North American & Canadian Region. Implementing and assist in the design and growth of WAP.
• Configuring WLC’s 5508’s and 3560 series switches and AirAP1242AG’s.Switch refresh project for NA region.
• Replaced all routers & circuits in 90 Branches and Sales Offices.
• Major role in the design and deployment, merging Confidential & Confidential merger in which more than 3000 user move and over 100 mainframe printer configurations.
• Created user accounts, group printers, Servers and computers in Active Directory.
• Created Group Policy Objects for printer access and shares for users. Network SOT build outs.
• Supported over 500 hundred Branches with any new technologies added to the production environment.
• Built over 100 SOT locations (office of convenience) office's this included 2500 router and 3750 switches configuration.
• Improved client relationships and project predictability through shared business and technical perspectives, agreed project roles, risk assessment and used cases that were transparent business-aligned development efforts and time-boxed delivery.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cisco Router configuration

Cisco Switch configuration

Functional knowledge of VTP and VLAN creation. VXLAN

Functional knowledge of all routing protocols.

ISR Router hardware 1000 9001

Campus LAN Switches 3560 and Campus LAN Distribution 6500 VSS switches.

Operational knowledge of installing NX-OS Nexus 7K, 6K, 5K and 2K.

Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 server builds.

Active Directory & Server Administration

Live Vault backup systems.

MS SQL Server 6.5 administration.

Bloomberg and Thomson One configuration.

VM WARE and VDI administration

Functional Knowledge of Cisco Viptela.

Functional Knowledge of AWS.

OTV Overlay and Underlay technology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, East Rutherford, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configure support and maintain client's newly installed infrastructure, which consist of campus network devices 9500 & 9300. Cisco 9K ACI configuration, as well as 9500 Aggregate 9300 Access switches and 2960 for management.
• Cisco Fire Power NGFW and Solarwinds for monitoring any outages.
• VLAN configuration, Maintaining WLAN environment with Fire Power.
• Working with the Netbox tool to manage all of devices.

Confidential, Middletown, NJ

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• In a Pre-Production environment configure and maintain:
• Cisco & Juniper ISP Platforms- Juniper MX480, QFX5100, EX4300 and Cisco Fabric Extenders. Switches & routers.
• Policy Based Routing BGP, OSPF, RIP, HSRP Build routing strategies for internal site and external site Failover & DR- responsibilities
• Performed extensive lab testing of new IOS’s and patches and then deploy to Production.
• Change Control process. Create IPsec Tunnels via SRX 2100 and FortiGate device for cloud application testing for cloud, and vulnerability assessment.
• F5 Load Balancer configurations.
• Expertise with security best practices.
• Extensive research and testing for network development.
• Guide vendors and developers so the digital communication products and software programs they create can interoperate, and to facilitate a clear framework that describes the OSI functions of a networking or telecommunication system.

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network Operation Engineer Supporting Chassis based devices like Cisco 6500, Nexus, or Juniper Enterprise and Service Provider network hardware platforms like MX series, SRX, PTX series and architectures including data center switching platforms.
• Troubleshooting knowledge of routing protocols like - OSPF, BGP Working experience with switching technologies/ concepts like STP, VLANs, VTP
• Troubleshooting skills and resolution skills on the optical network infrastructure devices, fiber cables, Optical interfaces (SFPs/ CFPs), Working with principal vendors like Cisco/ Arista Juniper TAC for RMA (hardware replacement)
• Metro Ethernet concepts and associated Fiber DWDM equipment like Cyan, Ciena 6500, Infinera etc.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations and utilize troubleshooting skills, systems and tools, and creative problem-solving abilities under pressure. Competencies in all layers of OSI Model

Confidential, NY

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Short term contract to clean up EIGRP and build Stack Wise switches
• Install & Support the deployment and troubleshooting of the Cisco 3850 Nexus 9K platforms.

Confidential

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Install &Support the deployment and troubleshooting of the Cisco Nexus 2k/5k/9K platform
• Work with Confidential field resources for Migrating from Legacy Catalyst Switches to Nexus Platform and connecting to the Confidential vBlock.
• Customer interfacing role to help communicate and deliver UCS best practices in a vBlock environment
• Prepare customer for ACI Ready environment, created EPG’s for APIC Controllers. NSX configuration

Core Competences: Cisco Nexus 5k/7k/9k, Switching & Routing Networking, Enable PIM on 9K’s for Auto- RP for message action Windows/UNIX/Linux OS and VMware.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Data Center Network Enablement | Infrastructure & Platform Deployment (IPD)
• The IPD Data Center Network Enablement is responsible for project-based implementations of data center routing and switching infrastructure builds, network router and switch decommissions, and network capacity upgrades within JPMC global data center and strategic network footprint. Primary focus
• Nexus 7K, 6K, 5K and 2K builds and VRF configurations.

Confidential, New York, NY

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Move/add changes on switch - level devices; (installations, relocations and upgrades)
• Ability to troubleshoot issues to test connectivity. Cisco switching (3750x)
• Nortel 5520, 8600 configurations, rack and stack the equipment.
• Connect and trace copper/fibers in the building. Tone and trace copper cable
• Perform cross connection of copper/fiber cables.

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the level II support.
• Participates in the implementation and support function of data communications networks.
• Provides network project support to team and strategic technology projects.
• Thorough knowledge of data communications technologies including routers, modems, advanced networking methods, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, QOS, and SIP trunking methodologies.
• Cisco networking equipment including Nexus 7K 5K 2K, ACE 4701 Load Balancers, & ASA 5525.
• Iron Port, Wireless Controllers, and Riverbed WAN Optimization.
• Built Steelhead Appliances InPath to support traffic compression to reduce number of round trips 64K bit hade to traverse the network.
• Used CMC to monitor traffic and top talkers, as well as upgrade the devices to latest software version.
• Used Riverbed Cascade Shark for continuous packet capture, storage and analysis.

Confidential, Kenilworth, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed IP telephony setup for 300+ Subscriber multisite campus with centralized call processing using CUCM 8.6.27 and UC 8.6.2.
• Support for enterprise environment with distributed call processing.
• Designed, operations, management and evaluation of complex voice over IP systems for lab.
• Troubleshoot IPT from end to end; including IPT voice quality issues between and within locations.
• Configured and installed VOIP devices and IP Phones such as 7940, 7942, 7960, 7961, 7971G-Ge, 7975G. Jabber Voice Migrations.

Confidential, East Hanover, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated successful design, planning and implementation of wide and local area network architecture, including troubleshooting and capacity planning.
• Expertise working on a team with motivated cross functional individuals focused on a common goal of delivering cutting edge solutions to meet aggressive business demands in an ever-changing environment to achieve on-time and on budget completion of projects.
• Cisco 2500 series routers and 2900 & 3750 switch configurations
• Created SSID’s on Access Points in over 130 locations and performed wireless surveys.
• Configuring WLC’s 5508’s and 3560 series switches and AirAP1242AG’s.
• Switch refresh project for NA region. HP 5800 switches. WLC’s
• Cisco 2500 series routers and 2900 & 3750 switch configurations.
• Configured of Fortinet FW and Exinda appliances WAN Optimizers. Installed a Riverbed Cascade appliance to collect data flow from network devices and application data to integrate them for a complete view of network performance.
• Minor MPLS configuration on data plane during the migration to dedicated circuits. Needed to forward traffic on the bottom path where best bandwidth was.

Confidential, NY

Network Engineer/Sr. Tech Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Cisco router & switches configuration. DMVPN, MPLS (WAN circuits, LAN and DNS configuration).
• Participated in MPLS roll out. Enabled MPLS on PE to CE routers
• Thomson One Reuters and Bloomberg connectivity, wire and check traffic printing connectivity projects Mac’s and the administration of all servers' workstations.
• Configuration of Cisco 2500 series routers and 2900 & 3750 switch configurations. Worked on Enterprise MPLS migration.
• Active Directory migration and configuration, SMS, SQL, Live Vault backups, SNA and full support of NextGen environment. Windows Administration expertize on 2000, 2003 servers.
• Supported over 500 hundred Branches with any new technologies added to the production environment. Built over 100 SOT locations (office of convenience) build out included configuration of Cisco 2500 series routers and 2900 & 3750 switch configurations. Worked on Enterprise MPLS migration.
• Duties also included travelling throughout the country and setting up and supporting high level Financial Advisors Confidential remote locations to give them access to their systems remotely and wireless access.