SUMMARY

• Experienced Networking Professional with over 20 years of Network Hands - ON Engineering experience with a heavy background in Data Center and Network Architecture, Design and Troubleshooting experience with over 12 years of experience building and implementing High-Frequency Trading, Ultra-Low Latency and Low Latency Multicast network trading infrastructures.
• Heavy IP multicast experience with 17 years of experience in WAN, MAN, LAN, Arista; Cisco, Juniper Routers/Switches and multi-casting.
• Extensive Arista and Cisco Nexus 3000 low latency systems
• Extensive trading floor design; working with Equities, Options, Futures, FX traders
• Extensive APAC HFC colos; data centers design and support
• Extensive travel to APAC;
• Server Farms; Solaflare; TIBCO; 29West; possible Solace appliance integration to provide fast messaging bus
• Ultra-Low latency WDM; Optical Cross Connect; EDFA; RAMAN; Ethernet Framing over WDM design between data centers and colo
• Smart Order Routing (OSNR) systems and Trading applications
• Low latency network measurement tools: Corvil, and Correlix
• Trading network and trading floor network management and support: upgrades; troubleshooting; problem solving
• SDN/NFV subsystems: Open vSwitch, OVSDB, Opencontrail; Opendaylight; ONS; openNVF; ETSI NFV Cloudstack; ETSI NFV-MANO (Management and Orchestration)
• Feed Handlers on FPGA system architecture
• FIX; troubleshooting FIX network
• R&D IP Multicast distribution schemers design for financial vertical
• Data centers APAC: Telehouse Singapore (KDDI); KVH Tokyo Data Center 1 and 2; KVH Osaka Data Center; Telehouse Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea; Mumbai, India; Europe: Equinix LD4 Slough; USA:Chi1;Chi2; Equinix, Secaucus,NJ;Broadway,NYC;Metrotech;XAND,NY; NYSE Data Center Mahwah,NJ40G cross-connect; NASDAQ Carteret,NJprimarydata centerand the Ashburn, VAback up facility
• Heavy experience in the creation and design of QoS configurations.
• QOS models; DiffServ; Precedence; 802.1p; MPLS Exp/COS; Congestion avoiding schemes; Standard and Hierarchical QOS configurations development
• Expert level in troubleshooting and repair network problems
• PIM-SM; Auto-RP; Anycast-RP; MSDP; PIM-DM;PIM-SSM;PIM-BIDR; IGMP v1/v2/v3;
• Experience creating the first MPLS network with extensive MPLS experience dating back since 1995.
• MPLS VRF Light; MPLS VPN; MPLS TE; RSVP TE;CR LDP; VPLS; MPLS DiffServ
• Extensive Cisco IOS; Cisco Nexus 7k;5k,2k; 7600;7200; CRS;Catalyst 6500, 4000; 3700, Arista, Juniper data center design and configuration
• Cisco UCS; Cisco USC Cisco training Confidential
• Probes: Netscout nGenius; Endance; Correlix
• Route Maps, Route filtering; access-lists; redistribution; PIM RP filtering;
• OSPF, RIP2, BGP; EIGRP;HSRP; GLBP;VRRP,VLANs, Spanning tree, LACP Etherchannel, VoIP, RADIUS and TACACS
• Wireless access points, WiFi 802.11 a,b,g,n; CDMA;TDMA;GSM
• R&D IP Multicast distribution schemers design for financial vertical
• Layer 2 ultra-high speed design and deployment; layer 2 replication
• Extensive troubleshooting of Cisco, Juniper and Arista equipment
• IPSEC VPN; NAT;PAT;
• Cisco ASA; PIX; Juniper SSG; Check Point; Unix Based Firewalls; VPN SSL appliances
• Juniper EX; Virtual Chassis; MX;M; JunOS; Netscreen
• Load balancers
• SIP;H323; SIGTRAN;SS7;Cisco Call Manager; UNITY; Avaya 8700; 8300; Moduler Messaging
• VMWAre; VDI; SAN storage; server farms;
• FCOE
• SNMPv2/v3; Netflow, JFlow; OpenFlow; NMS; OSS;HP OpenView; Whats’up gold; Cisco works; Solarwinds; Zenoss Core; SevOne
• UNIX; Windows
• Sniffers; TCPDUMP; Network probes; Test equipment
• ROADM; WDM;CWDM; Tunable Lasers; VCSELs; Wavelength selective switching; Long haul SONET; Raman Amplification; EDFA
• Tail-f NCS, NSO, GPON ME 4620, Cisco Open SDN controller, Cisco Nexus 3548 low latency platforms, Cisco 3172 Nexus Data broker, Cisco APIC, TRILL, BGP Link State extensions,VXLAN, BFD, IS-IS
• IETF, OIF,MEF; MPLS forum, IEEE

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• MWAre
• VDI
• SAN storage
• Cisco ASA
• PIX
• Juniper SSG
• Unix Based Firewalls
• VPN SSL appliances
• SNMPv2/v3
• Netflow
• JFlow
• OpenFlow
• NMS
• OSS
• HP OpenView
• Cisco works
• Solarwinds
• Zenoss Core
• SevOne

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed ultra low latency network architecture using Cisco next generation network components
• Developed data center network architecture
• Developed architecture for WAN
• Cisco laboratory network configurations validation and development
• New features definition and development
• Worked on next generation Cisco SDN components deployment and integration
• Testing Opendaylight SDN system
• IP Multicast, MPLS TE, MPLS FRR, TRILL, BGP, OSPF, Low Latency switching platforms
• Tail-f NCS, NSO, GPON ME 4620, Cisco Open SDN controller, Cisco Nexus 3548 low latency platforms, Cisco 3172 Nexus Data broker, Cisco APIC, TRILL, BGP Link State extensions,VXLAN, BFD, IS-IS

Confidential

Sr. Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed low latency IP forwarding network Confidential 40G and 100G
• Developed high density 10G edge network
• Developed architecture OPRA feed network capacity upgrade
• Developed normalized feeds multicast transport
• Worked on network discovery using NetBrain
• IETF member: MPLS TE; MPLS VPN; MP-BGP, etc.
• Developed PIM-DM and PIM-SM network
• Developed Visio, documentation
• Developed configuration scripts, tested new systems and deployed new networks
• Provided network support for production systems
• Led development of NFV/SDN architecture
• Led network and data center automation project
• Led analysis and deployment of SDN and NFV subsystems: Open vSwitch, OVSDB, Opencontrail; Opendaylight; ONS; openNVF; ETSI NFV Cloudstack; ETSI NFV-MANO (Management and Orchestration) for new network design
• Arista, Metamoko, Plexi, Cisco Nexus platforms, Ciena 6500 systems, ROADMs, Optical cross connects; passive optics

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr, Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Ultra low latency network optimization
• Low latency switches
• Optical cross connect
• Low latency market to market connectivity
• Developed Thomson Elektron worldwide feed design
• Developed liquidity feeds connectivity to Morgan Stanley
• Developed BGP;OSPF and firewall architectures
• Developed multicast PIM network
• Cisco Nexus Data centers design
• Developed MPLS networks
• Low latency network measurement and instrumentation
• Arista, Cisco low latency systems

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• High Frequency Trading Microwave network design between major ECN data centers
• Worked on development of layer 1 and layer 2 low latency network for High Frequency trading companies
• Led integration of Smart Order Routing (OSNR) systems;
• Worked on Ethernet over WDM network; using Arista and Ciena product line
• Data center network design, Colo; Cooling; UPS; Redundant Circuit design; MDF, IDF, Rack Space; Cable Management
• Developed MPLS point to multipoint network using RSVP TE signaling
• Developed MPLS DiffServ domains using E-LSP and L-LSP
• Developed VPLS network using Kireeti Kompella BGP signaling
• Complex world wide BGP/MPLS network redesign for network core and retail branches around the world
• Developed IP TV and IP and TDM Voice networks
• Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 3k, 2k; Cisco Catalyst, Arista, Juniper SSG; Cisco ASA
• RSVP Integrated Services model for QOS; RSVP TE for MPLS TE tunnels and QOS
• Manage large IP Multicast networks over MPLS VPN
• PIM,BGP,OSPF;IGMP
• Developed MPLS TE network using Juniper MX 480 Virtual Chassis
• Cisco Catalyst 6900; 7600; 4900; Cisco ASR 9000; Cisco ASA; Juniper SRX
• Worked on optimization of Zenoss Core and SevOne NMS systems
• Developed comprehensive test plan for evaluation of NMS systems
• Led NMS system POC

Confidential, New York, NY

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Connection-oriented Ethernet network design using PBT; OSPF; eBGP;iBGP
• Developed MPLS network
• Worked with Confidential on product optimization
• Developed optimized architecture for HP Open view
• Cisco Catalyst 6900; 7600; 4900; Cisco ASA

Confidential

Principal Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed colo data centers in APAC for HFC trading companies to connect them to NYSE; NASDAQ; ISE and Goldman Sachs
• Worked with FX and Options application developers to tune network
• Tuned TCP/IP stack
• Performed IP Multicast troubleshooting for customers in ASIA; Europe and Americas;
• Develop design, configurations and manage ECN, Trading Companies and Investment banking IP Multicast and low-latency trading network infrastructure
• Led troubleshooting and network support
• Firewalls management
• Develop and test complex router and switch configurations prior production deployments
• Manage large IP Multicast networks over MPLS VPN
• PIM,BGP,OSPF;IGMP
• HFC trading floor, design, troubleshooting and support; UNIX systems, TCP/IP stacks
• Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 3k, 2k; Cisco Catalyst, Arista, Juniper SSG; Cisco ASA
• EX3300 Ethernet switch with Virtual Chassis technology
• Developed end to end QOS design to map multiple services through BT fabric: Voice; Video; Data; Business class services; Internet services, etc;
• Developed Cisco router QOS configuration utilizing edge and core systems for 802.1P; DiffServ; IP Precedence; Congestion Avoiding Queuing schemes; utilizing both standard and Hierarchical QOS Models
• Tested QOS configurations in the laboratory
• Deployed QOS configurations in production network

Confidential

Market Data Network Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led Market Data Feeds IP Multicast development project in APAC
• HFC APAC multicast market data
• Exchange Data feeds connectivity for Equity and Options Exchanges (NYSE, NASDAQ, OPRA, CME, TSX, etc.)
• Market Data co-located facilities development.
• Led development of automatic provisioning of Logical Virtual Connection via MPLS transport across the backbone.
• Led Market Data Feeds IP Multicast over MPLS development.
• Led architecture and development of specifications for Market Data Feeds IP Multicast based OSS provisioning system.
• Developed network optimization to provide low-latency trading.
• Worked with algorithm trading and high frequency trading networks.
• NetEffect Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)-capable 10GbE Network Interface Cards (NICs) from Intel, Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches and Cisco RDMA Accelerated Buffers (RAB) drivers.
• NX-OS.
• FIX.
• POC: Test Long-Distance InfiniBand (WDM; Obsidian and Voltaire) for low latency trading.

Confidential

Sr NETWORK ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Cisco Nexus 7k,5k,3k,2k ;Cisco 6500; 4900;CRS
• Led network design and troubleshooting of high frequency trading network
• Led development of large IP Multicast network over MPLS for ECNs IGMP; PIM-SM; PIM-SSM; PIM-BIDR OSPF; iBGP; eBGP.
• Led development of QinQ architecture for carrying customers 802.1Q VLANS across Service provide 802.1Q VLANS.
• Led QOS architecture for MPLS EXP (COS) / L2 (COS) / L3 ( Diffserv).
• Led development of FIX network.
• Led development of MPLS network.
• Led development of the large fiber network using Cisco ONS DWDM for 10 Gigabit Ethernet transport and Xponder for 1 Gigabit Ethernet switching.
• Developed Data Centers and 24/7 operational support and troubleshooting.
• Implemented local and global load balancing network.
• RDMA, InfiniBand, IP/TCP/UDP offload ASICS/FPGAs.
• FIX FAST.
• Sniffers; TCPDUMP; Probes; Dicode; WireSharck; Ethereal.

Confidential

Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led network design for high frequency trading.
• Developed Data Centers and 24/7 operational support and troubleshooting.
• Led architecture and development of MPLS network systems components.
• Led LAN and WAN network design.
• Implemented local and global load balancing network.
• Led Internet Network integration with optical backbone.
• Managed schedules, project management and led negations with service providers and vendors.
• PIM-bidr; PIM-SSM; PIM-SM; PIM-DM; OSPF; eBGP and iBGP.
• QOS: 802.1p to MPLS exp Cos to VPLS Cos to DiffServ.
• 802.1Q engineering; SPT and RSPT; multicast over Layer 2.
• Developed LAN carrier grade redundancy architecture and IP Nonstop Forwarding.
• Developed STP BPDU Cost redundancy architecture.
• BGP BFD; OSPF NSF.
• Developed architecture for VOIP control and forwarding planes.
• Cisco Catalyst 6509; Cisco 7200; Catalyst 3750G; Cisco core routers.
• Large global and local load balancing networks: F5; CTRIX; etc.

Confidential

Principal Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Confidential starfire nationwide MPLS, IPTV and VOIP network.
• Residential VPLS network.
• Developed Data Centers and 24/7 operational support and troubleshooting.
• Developed architecture to implement nationwide MPLS transport for IP TV and Data services.
• Developed QOS architecture for IP to MPLS exp and VPLS CoS for the edge and core.
• Built a team of network engineers and UNIX software developers to develop network infrastructure and manage the network.
• Developed architecture for OSS and Perimeter Security.
• Developed capacity planning model to provide HD and SD IPTV services for large and small apartment complexes.
• Led conference calls; meeting agendas and project management schedule.
• Set up processes for managing MPLS LSRs; configuration and code release.
• Developed specifications for transporting IP Multicast via VPLS network.
• Defined VPLS Mac broadcast domains and complex H-VPLS design to overcome VPLS protocol design issues and vendor MPLS router software architecture limitations.
• Developed pseudo-wire architecture for transporting Voice TDM traffic across IP backbone.
• Developed recommendations for implementation of GFP across optical backbone to transport multiple services across
• Nokia IPSO Check Point firewall systems
• SONET, CWDM, DWDM, O-UNI; E-UNI; O-NNI; E-NNI.

Confidential - Newark, NJ

SR Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led and instrument broadband and residential packet cable telephony products and services launch for multiple Cable Operators, Internet Service Providers and large Enterprises.
• Led development of large-scale backbones for USA and Europe, ASIA and South America Confidential /IDT markets.
• Designed, implemented and configured end-to-end QOS backbone for Voice traffic.
• Designed, implemented and configured OSPF backbone for Voice traffic on Cisco 3750 platform.
• Designed IS-IS to OSPF redistribution network for VOIP and IP video network.
• Implemented MPLS TE using RSVP and CR LDP signaling protocols for setting MPLS TE tunnels.
• Deployed MPLS DiffServ architecture for expedited MPLS QOS forwarding.
• Implemented eBGP peering arrangements with multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 ISP.
• Implemented iBGP route reflectors architecture.
• Designed, implemented Frame-Relay, HDLC and ATM access networks.
• Deployed 1G and 10G Ethernet interconnect networks.
• Lead product definition for integration of NSC (MGCP RFC 3661) and SIP protocol for launching SIP service.
• Worked on Resilient Packet Ring IEEE 802.17 product architecture.
• Worked on RPR’s Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) adaptation layer over SONET architecture.
• IP service via Digital Wrapper over DWDM.
• Worked on point-to-point Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) connections Virtual Concatenation Group (VCG) over SONET to construct an XxSTS-1 sized pipe for packet traffic.
• Worked on architecture definition of Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS), as defined by the ITU (per ITU-T recommendation G.7042) to allow hitless adjustment of the size of a virtually concatenated group of channels.
• Worked on architecture deploying JDSU 32 channels Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer.
• Worked on architecture of deploying 10 Gigabit Ethernet over long haul DWDM.
• Led SIP, MGCP, Embedded and Routing software development.
• Led SIGTRAN (SS7 over IP) software porting and system integration on Linux.
• Led IP video carrier grade system development, Linux IP Video Engine with home gateway set-top box.
• Led product definition of IPTV Quality and Service Assurance platform based on RFC 4445 (A Proposed Media Delivery Index (MDI)).
• Developed product specification for Optical UNI and DOCSIS meet-me-point.
• Developed product road map specification for wavelength on demand product using MPLS RSVP TE to set up wavelengths on demand service.
• Developed product requirements for monitoring of DOCSIS MTA and CM.
• Developed specification for border gateway peering product to allow VoIP traffic exchange among MSOs and between MSOs and other service providers.
• Developed project plan for introduction of Cable Labs DOCSIS 2.0 and eDOCSIS and led development.
• Developed Data Centers and 24/7 operational support and troubleshooting.
• Developed project plan for introduction of end to end Dynamic Quality of Service (DQoS) for packet telephony QoS.
• Worked on Remote Voice gateway with Cedar Point.
• Hold presentation meetings with "C" level executives.
• Led development of packet cable telephony RFPs for MSOs.
• SIP, IETF, OIF, and MPLS Forum.
• FreeBSD, Solaris, Linux kernel.
• Installed ADTRAN 2829 DS3 M13 multiplexers.
• CMTS uBR 10012; CMTS uBR 7200; Catalyst 6509; Catalyst 3750; Cisco XR 12000.