SUMMARY

• CCNA Certified Professional with 7 years of experience in Networking and Security, including hands - on experience in providing network support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN /WAN/WLAN communication systems. professional experienced in Network Designing, Deployment, Configuring, Troubleshooting and testing of networking system.
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models.
• Configured Routing protocols such as RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, static routing and policy-based routing.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP and RSTP.
• Maintain and configure HSRP & VRRP for consistency on all VLAN's across a redundant Core.
• Good knowledge and experience in Installation, Configuration and Administration of Windows Servers 2003/2008, Active Directory, FTP, NTP, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, WINS, Linux OS under various LAN and WAN environments.
• Program and install wireless products from HPE-Aruba.
• Maintain Aruba equipment and perform system upgrades including code and hardware upgrades and equipment moves.
• Build out and manage centralized management platform (Airwave) and add all sites and equipment.
• Strong experience with Aruba wireless design, configuration, implementation, and testing.
• Thorough experience with Aruba Airwave, Aruba Clear Pass architecture, Aruba Airwave architecture.
• Configuring and installing client and server network software for upgrading and maintaining network and telecommunication systems.
• Configuring Cisco switches to support LAN and data center networks.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of CISCO & ARUBA wireless devices
• Design, setup and configure complex wireless networking that supports open or secured access and the ability to support voice and video applications.
• Proficient in Cisco IOS, XR and XE for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, IS-IS and BGP.
• Experience in Infrastructure Topology Design, deployment and configuration of Cisco 6500, ASR 9000,9006,1001x,1002x series routers
• Experience in Infrastructure Topology Design, deployment and configuration of Cisco 2900, 3500, 3650, 3750, 4500-X,4506, 3850 series switches.
• Experience in Wireless Design, Deployment and configuration of Cisco 5500 series and Aruba 7200 series on Wireless LAN controllers.
• Deployment and configuration Cisco Wireless AP 1700, 1850 & 2800 series and Aruba 210, 220 and 300 series.
• Expertise in implementing L2 technologies including VLAN's, VTP, STP, RSTP, Port Channels & Port Security
• Hands on experience in configuring Nortel/Avaya switches 4800, 5600 and 8600 series L2 and L3 switches.
• High Level experience in Wireless network design & Site Survey using EKAHAU & AIR Magnet Tools.
• Experience in Subnetting & allocation of IPv4 & IPv6 on design topologies.
• Involved in managing & troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Understanding and Knowledge of Meraki MX Security appliance, POE Switches and troubleshooting through Dashboard.
• Performing IOS upgrades for Cisco switches and configuration.
• Responsible for day to day management of Cisco Devices, Traffic management and monitoring.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, troubleshooting, configuring of Cisco 7200, 3800, 3600, 3400, 2800, 2600, 2500 and 1800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 2950 and 3500XL series switches.
• Experience with converting WAN routing from EIGRP/OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which also involved converting from Point to point circuits to MPLS circuits.
• Extensive experience working with SSL VPN (both Cisco, Juniper), virtualized VPN Solutions and Mobility, Cloud based VPN solutions from Pulse Secure and Mobile Spaces
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Skilled & technically proficient with multiple firewall solutions, network security, and information security practices.
• Configuring Cisco switches to support LAN and data center networks.
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 7018, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices.
• Experience maintaining datacenters with heterogeneous environments. Multiple data-center migrations and transformation projects.
• Hands on experience on F5 load balancers and troubleshooting on LTMs and GTMs.
• Experience with Juniper Net screen and SRX Firewalls
• Strong hands on experience on CiscoPIX (506E/515E/525) Firewalls, ASA (5540/5550) Firewalls.
• Experience with Checkpoint Firewall R76/77.
• Experience in Checkpoint Firewall on SPLAT and VPN technologies, Stateful inspection, and Global rule base, address spoofing.
• Experience with Palo Alto Firewalls 3060, 5060, 7050.
• Implemented Security Policies using ACL, Firewall IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS).
• Configuration and troubleshooting of CISCO & ARUBA wireless devices
• Design, setup and configure complex wireless networking that supports open or secured access and the ability to support voice and video applications. professional experience in Network Designing, Deployment, Configuring, Troubleshooting and testing of networking system.
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models.
• Configured Routing protocols such as RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, static routing and policy-based routing.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP and RSTP.
• Maintain and configure HSRP & VRRP for consistency on all VLAN's across a redundant Core.
• Good knowledge and experience in Installation, Configuration and Administration of Windows Servers 2003/2008, Active Directory, FTP, NTP, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, WINS, Linux OS under various LAN and WAN environments.
• Hands on Knowledge on Web Application Firewall products. Working Knowledge on Citrix.
• Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.
• Tool Management: BMC Remedy 8.1, Service Now, HPNA, Wireshark, Microsoft Visio, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft SharePoint, SQL, External Python Scripting, RF wireless tools like Wi-Fi spy, fluke and Terms Investigation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Network Configuration: Advanced switch/router configuration.

Routing Protocols: IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, RIP, VRF.

Wireless Technologies: Cisco (5500 series) & Aruba (7200 Series)

Cisco: 1800, 2600, 2900, 3500, 3600, 3800, 4500, ASR 1k, ASR9k

Security: ACL, Routing Policies, RIB/FIB and Firewalls filters.

Redundancy and management: HSRP, VRRP, GLBP.

Physical Interfaces: Ten Gig & Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Serial Interface

Layer 2 technology: SNMP, VLAN, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, STP, RSTP, PVST+, MST, PVLAN, Ether channel (PAGP & LACP, Load Balancing), Optimizing STP (Port Fast, Uplink Fast, Backbone Fast, Root Guard, BPDU Guard)Layer 3 Switching CEF

Operating Systems: Microsoft XP/Vista/7, Windows Servers 2003/2008Windows MS- Office and Linux.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, administration & troubleshooting of infrastructure network devices in WAN, LAN, WLAN for LATAM & MUS Region.
• Design, Configuration & Deployment of Cisco Routers and Switches for MPLS sites, US sites between WAN Circuit and Building Routers and their downstream L2 Aggregation Switches, Access Switches, POE switches, Meraki, Aruba and Cisco WLC Controllers.
• Design, configuration & deployment of Cisco routers (ASR 1k & ASR 9k series, Cisco 4331, cisco 871) and switches 2900, 3500, 3600, 3800,4500 series) for L2 and L3 Services.
• Design, Experience, Configuration and troubleshooting on DMVPN VPN connectivity and tunneling.
• Design, Experience, Configuration and troubleshooting on Cisco integrated management controller (CIMC) on Cisco WLC 5520 and 5000 series.
• Design, configuration & deployment of wireless LAN controllers and Access point on Cisco and Aruba platform .
• Experienced, configuration and troubleshooting the connectivity issues in networks for OSPF ipv4 and OSPF ipv6, EIGRP, BGP, VRF, MB-BGP, IPsec, VPN and GRE Tunnels.
• Hands-on experience with Ether channels, Spanning tree, Trucking, VLAN Implementation, NAT & ACL.
• Interacting with planning and site team, understand their needs, provide network design and troubleshoot the issues.
• Experienced in managing, monitoring and configuration of wireless on Aruba Air wave and Cisco Prime.
• Intermediate level of experience in F5 Load Balancer LTM
• Experience in creating Virtual Servers, Pools Members, Nodes, Profiles, and Policies.
• Configuration of F5 rules to manage traffic in any way according to the requirement.
• Perform wireless site survey & RF tuning through Ekahua tools.
• Advance experience and Creating technical documentation through MS Visio.
• Meeting with internal stakeholders and infrastructure partners to understand networks deployments.
• Perform test, deployment, script update and configuration script through HPNA tool.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's routers, Switches etc.
• Experience in a large enterprise contact center environment.
• Performed site refreshes on Cisco switching and Aruba wireless infrastructure at several locations.
• Strong experience with Aruba wireless design, configuration, implementation, and testing.
• Thorough experience with Aruba Airwave.
• Design and maintain Document, configure and implement Aruba WLAN infrastructure.
• Working with market data networks and dealing with clients and deploying network designs.
• Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration across our global networks.
• Converting PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Experience in Wireless Design, Deployment and configuration of Cisco 5500 series and Aruba 7200 series on Wireless LAN controllers.
• Deployment and configuration Cisco Wireless AP 1700, 1850 & 2800 series and Aruba 210, 220 and 300 series.
• Monitored WLC, APs, Clients in Cisco Prime using heatmaps to detect coverage holes, RF interferences, signal strength, conducted site-surveys.
• Monitored WLC, APs, Clients in Cisco Prime using heatmaps to detect coverage holes, RF interferences, signal strength, conducted site-surveys.
• Added access-point, configured SSIDs & WLAN profiles, adjusted Tx power, DCA setting in WLC & Prime.
• Added access-point, configured SSIDs & WLAN profiles, adjusted Tx power, DCA setting in WLC & Prime.
• Monitored network performance, packet analysis, latency & throughput issues with Cisco Prime/SolarWinds
• Migration of existing IPSEC VPN tunnels from one Data Center to another Data Center, due to decom of existing Data Center, which involved working with Partner Companies.
• Working with design and deployment of MPLS Layer 3 VPN cloud, involving VRF, Route Distinguisher (RD), Route Target(RT), Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) & MP-BGP
• Used IPsec VPN tunneling to provide access to user machines and partners in another network. Provided application level redundancy and availability by deploying F5 load balancers LTM.
• Experience in a large enterprise contact center environment.
• Expert level proficiency in Cisco call center technologies such as Cisco ICM, Cisco CVP platforms and Contact Center scripting.
• Experience in Provide voice infrastructure support & implementation for the NYU Langone Medical Center’s Cisco Contact Center Express environment.
• Experience in a large enterprise contact center environment.
• Engineer and optimize Contact Center routing environment, including call ICM, CUSP, and CVP
• Experience in near field communication NFD.
• Experience in P2P mode, allowing the NFC device to exchange data with other NFC peers; this operation mode is used by Android Beam.
• Working with Card emulation mode, allowing the NFC device itself to act as an NFC card.
• Experience in emulated NFC card can then be accessed by an external NFC reader, such as an NFC point-of-sale terminal.
• Reader/writer mode, allowing the NFC device to read and/or write passive NFC tags and stickers.
• Performed site refreshes on Cisco switching and Aruba wireless infrastructure at several locations.
• Strong experience with Aruba wireless design, configuration, implementation, and testing.
• Thorough experience with Aruba Airwave.
• Design and maintain Document, configure and implement Aruba WLAN infrastructure.
• Developing and Experience in Aruba Clear Pass architecture.
• Developing and Experience in Aruba Airwave architecture.
• Knowledge and experience in developing power packs in ScienceLogic/EM7 tool.
• Using ScienceLogic EM7 runs on a single appliance, running a single code base.
• Experience in EM7 platform can be deployed as a hardware appliance, a virtual machine, as a software as a service (SaaS) or even as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
• Using EM7 can be deployed in virtually any network infrastructure.
• Using the SNMP protocol also permits active management tasks, such as modifying and applying a new configuration through remote modification of these variables.
• Using SNMP an extensible design which allows applications to define their own hierarchies and metadata.

Confidential - Redmond, WA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, Configuration & Deployment of Cisco Routers and Switches for CMPLS sites, Puget Sound Buildings between WAN Routers and Building Routers and their downstream L2 Aggregation Switches, Access Switches, POE switches, Aruba and Cisco WLC Controllers.
• Design, configuration & deployment of Cisco routers (ASR 1k & ASR 9k series) and switches 2900, 3500, 3600, 3800,4500 series) for L2 and L3 Services.
• Design, Experience, Configuration and troubleshooting on L2VPN for Pseudo wire connectivity.
• Performed switching technology administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, Trunking, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500 with ACL, NAT, Object Groups, Failover, Multi-Contexts
• Experienced in managing, monitoring and configuration of wireless on Aruba Air wave and Cisco Prime.
• Design, configuration & deployment of wireless LAN controllers and Access point on Cisco and Aruba platform with the coordination of MS NIS Team
• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications.
• Design, Experience, Configuration and troubleshooting on P2P and Broadcast network on OSPF.
• Configured & Troubleshooting with BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP.
• Configuring VLANs, STP, VTP and Inter-VLAN routing in LAN environment.
• Configured MPLS VPNS for Customers.
• Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco7600, 7200, 3800 series and ASR 9k, GSR 12K routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5000, 6500 Series switches.
• Configuring and troubleshooting with Cisco ASA (5550/5520), Juniper SRX(3600/650)
• Upgrading the network by translating protocol like EIGRP to OSPF.
• Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.
• Experienced with PPP and TCP/IP internals and debugging techniques
• Configured VTP domain, trunk links, ether channels and remote VLANs on Cisco and other vender’s switches
• Troubleshooting the network for the connectivity issues and network performance issues.
• Configuration, Installation and maintain IP Phone.
• Monitored network performance, packet analysis, latency & throughput issues with Cisco Prime/Solarwinds
• Laying down the network design for the premises and recommending the required equipment’s.
• Getting the issues solved in a timely manner and escalating the problems which require intervention from higher levels.
• Ensuring proper working of all the network equipment’s (routes switches & firewall).
• Black listing and White listing of web URL on Blue Coat Proxys
• Analyzed and tested network protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP) using Wireshark tool.
• Producing reports network productivity, plans and issues for higher management.
• LAN / WAN installation, Configuration and support / IOS update (CISCO routers, Switches).
• Implemented and administer Cisco LMS 4.0.
• Administer & troubleshooting Manage engine firewall analyzer, MRTG Graph for bandwidth utilization.
• Perl and shell scripts to collection and summarize server information for server monitoring improvement project.
• Responsible for network documentation and daily, weekly and Monthly Reports.
• Network connectivity troubleshooting, ping, tracert, telnet
• Responsible for communication protocols configuration and integration
• Investigating, diagnosing and resolve Level 1 & 2 network problem
• CISCO Switch configuration in particular VLAN configuration / troubleshooting
• Design, deployment and maintenance of enterprise networks and datacenters.
• Configured, maintained, and troubleshoot routers and switches ranging from the 1720 series through the 7200 series routers and the 2900 series through the 6500 series switches in a highly redundant dual-homed environment.
• Implementing and trouble-shooting load balancing in LAN/WAN configurations
• Worked extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with converting PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Installation and configuration of Cisco ASA firewall, failover, transparent firewall etc.
• Worked extensively in configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Content Switching (OSI Layer 4-7 Switching, Load balancers)
• Deployment of datacenter LAN using Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k switches
• Modified internal infrastructure by adding switches to support server farms and added servers to existing DMZ environments to support new and existing application platforms.
• Responsible for upgrades of existing VoIP infrastructure.
• Responsible for any issues related to the VoIP deployment after the cutover eg MOH, IVR.
• Deliver and deploy end to end Cisco VoIP solution.
• Performing installation of business class VOIP, High Speed Internet and Digital Video products for Commercial customers.
• Installing hardware for VoIP (Routers, switches, UPS and phones).
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.
• Experience in Aruba Mobility-Defined Networks automate infrastructure-wide performance optimization and trigger security actions that used to require manual IT intervention