SUMMARY

• Engineer with over 10 years of hands on experience in managing, implementing, configuring and troubleshooting of Cisco, HP Aruba and Riverbed products.
• Strong experience in deploying Riverbed SteelCentral Flow Gateway, NetProfiler, NetShark and AppResponse 11.
• Extensive experience in planning, managing and implementing projects.
• Strong experience in assessing LAN/WANnetwork, performing network performance and WAN capacity.
• Experience with PCI compliance Network deployment.
• Expertise working with Conversion and Migration projects.
• Proven track record of delivering projects before or on - time.
• Ability to identify and resolve technical issues under critical conditions and possess strong ability to adapt to new technology with ease.
• Experience working with Non-Profit, Airline, Retail, Pharmaceutical and Financial Industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with customer to create process for using Riverbed SteelCentral tools by their teams
• Implemented and configured various OPNET-Riverbed SteelCentral products including Flow Gateway, NetProfiler, NetShark, NetExpress, AppResponse 11 and Portal
• Setup client environment using SteelCentral product suite to monitor network and application utilization and performance
• Worked with vendors and clients to setup TAPs, data aggregators and span ports to capture packets for interesting traffic on customer network
• Build service maps and administered various applications
• Build hostgroups for locations, functions and applications
• Define various applications using hostgroups and ports
• Build dashboards for Network traffic, interface, hosts and applications
• Build reports for WAN capacity planning, Network interface utilization and applications
• Worked on various network and application performance analysis and troubleshooting projects using NetShark and Packet analyzer plus
• Implement policies for Application, security and interface utilization
• Develop As-build document for clients to provide deployment details
• Trained & mentored client application, security and network teams on utilizing the Riverbed NPM tools after the deployment

Confidential

Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated network condition and Re-engineered entire network design to make it more simplified, efficient and cost effective for all IIE sites.
• Recommended architectural improvements, design solutions and strategies for improvements.
• Review and discuses RFPs from vendors, work with them on technology requirement and make sure all the areas are covered based on the requirement
• Managed ISP migration planning and implementation
• MPLS circuit capacity increased from 100 MB to 300 MB
• Implemented IP routing for new and existing IP network integration
• Network switching infrastructure upgrade from Cisco to HP Aruba
• Replaced Cisco 6500, 4500 and 3800 to Aruba 4510 and 3810 stack switches
• Implemented newly designed vlans
• Wireless Infrastructure upgrade from Cisco to Aruba
• Replaced Cisco wireless environment with Aruba IAP 315 and Cloud Central
• Firewall replacement from Cisco ASA to FortiGate
• Migrated, implemented rules and policies
• Implemented VPN solution on Fortigate firewall
• Setup HP iMC solution for network devices monitoring
• Implemented ClearPass solution for Guest WiFi and role-based access of the network devices.
• Redesigned and implemented IP address schema
• Identified deficiencies & vulnerabilities and made recommendations for immediate as well as long-term remediation.
• Developed documentation for newly built network and provided network diagrams.

Confidential

Senior Data Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reported to Director of IT Network Services and responsible for managing offshore team for on-time network service delivery
• Met deliverables consistently within the SLA.
• Responsible for Corporate and more than 1300 Ann Taylor retail store MPLS network.
• Managed Cisco ASR 1001, 7200, 3845, 2911 and 2811 series Routers and Cisco 3500, 4500, 6500 series as well as Nexus 2K, 5K and 7K switches.
• Deployed Network Instruments Gigastore device for continuous packet capture
• Designed and deployed PCI Compliance based network for retail stores and ensured all devices are compliant.
• Configured Cisco Nexus Switches and Virtual Port Channel.
• Establishing VPN IPSec Tunnels and configuring and implementing site-to-site VPN for vendors
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Setup netflow on router and switches to generate reports using Riverbed NetProfiler.
• Configure and troubleshoot WAN links. Maintain and troubleshoot Site to Site and IPSec, encrypted tunnels
• Managing and troubleshooting Wireless LAN connectivity issues.
• Data Center Disaster Recovery testing
• Interfacing with carriers to work escalated troubles and turn-ups for any WAN solution
• Extensively used NetworkManagement tools like SNMP, Netflow reports and Riverbed Shark
• Designing and installing new branchnetworksystems. Resolvingnetworkissues, running test scripts and preparingnetworkdocumentation.
• Proactive planning (use of project tracker, Resource Planner etc) and update documentation.
• Created and maintained proper documentation of all network topology including changes, interface updates, usage and configuration via Microsoft Visio and SharePoint.

Confidential

Data Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Inventive Network deployment and decommission of global network infrastructure
• Worked on various network integration, transformation and migration projects
• Involved in MPLS turn up projects and LAN setup for new and existing sites
• Worked out of London, UK Data Center for Network Re-IP project.
• Setup, configure and troubleshooting of Cisco devices mainly 2900 routers and 3560, 3750, 4510 and 6509 switches.
• Identify, communicate and monitor correct IOS versions for all new and existing network devices
• Installed and cabled new Cisco 6500 switches for EOL equipment.
• Plan and assist in migration from Site-to-Site VPN to MPLS
• Escalate issue to proper group for on time problem resolution
• Create new and update existing Network diagrams
• Supported off-shore team for network support handover
• Provide daily network operation support using CA and SNOW ticketing system
• Create Change Validation documents (Implementation plans) for each network change
• Provide daily support to clients for high priority business stability