SUMMARY

• 4+ years of Experience in network engineering, designing, integration, deploying, maintaining and supporting broad range of LAN/WAN communication systems and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, MPLS in branch, campus and Data center environments.
• Extensively worked on remote management of customer network that provide Data, voice, ISDN, frame relay and ATM services.
• Hands on experience in installation, configuration and administration of cisco routers (2600, 3600,7200).
• In - depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN.
• Installation and configuration ofApache/Web logic on Solaris, Linux and Windows.
• Enterprise Server administration ofSun SolarisandLinuxInstallations includingSun Fire series
• Created VLAN’s for the Cisco UCS environment and managed UCS VNIC Templates.
• Cisco ASA, PIX phase out to Palo Alto, Check Point and Juniper replacements.
• Juniper NSM and Juniper CLI for SSG and SRX, Juniper SSL-VPN, OS upgrades, CLI changes, scripting, troubleshooting, configurations, rule re-ordering and optimizations
• BAU Juniper, SSL VPN, TACACS, Juniper, Bluecoat, F5, DNS and network troubleshooting
• Developednetworkdesign, implementation materials and procedure (Technical Implementation Document).
• Coordinated change execution with central change implementation team and cross functional teams.
• Experience with converting Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience.
• Implement and manageCiscoMerakirouting, switching and WIFI infrastructure for corporate office.
• Expert Level Knowledge of TCP/IP and OSI models.
• Developing RF Data Sheets (RFDS) for STX/NTX Market
• Worked on Riverbed Wan Optimization.
• Experience with 802.11x wireless technology.
• Replacement of Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall with next generation Palo Alto PA5000 Firewalls.
• Knowledge with procedures and guidelines for selecting, installing and deploying integratedsolutions and platforms within the VoIP environment.
• Studying the Network Infrastructure to maintain PCI, SOX standards.
• Setup Inflobox for local DHCP & DNS configuration.
• Advance Knowledge in configuring and installing IOS security features and IPS.
• Hand on working with F5 Local Traffic Manager/Global Traffic manager of series 6400, 6800, 8800.
• Experience with connectivity of Cisco Networking Equipment with F5 Load Balancer.
• Involved in Big-IP F5 load balancing for internet traffic across web servers using I-rules.
• Develop Engineering Documentations to record F5 environment and change processes LTM/GTM/iRules.
• Experience working with JUNOS OS on Juniper Routers and Switches.
• Worked on Juniper models EX-2200, EX-4200, MX-480, SRX 210 and SRX 240.
• Seasoned professional in Checkpoint firewall policy administration and support between various zones.
• Configuration and Administration of Palo Alto Networks Firewall using to manage large scale Firewall deployments.
• Installed, configured and administered Palo Alto firewalls.
• Experience with configuring Clientless, any connect SSL VPN and Site-to-Site IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA Firewall.
• Experience in Network Intrusion detection/Intrusion Prevention Systems and Firewalls.
• Expertise in installing, configuring and maintaining Cisco switches such as 2900, 3500, 7600, 3700 series, 6500 series and Cisco routers like 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routing Protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, RIP (V1, V2), IS-IS

Switching Protocols: VTP, STP, RSTP, MST, VLANs, 802.1q trunking and tunneling

Firewalls: Palo Alto PA-4000/PA-2000 series, Check Point Provider-1 R55, R60, R65, R71, R75, Nokia, VoIP, VPN, Clustering, QOS, VSX, Sofa ware, Edge, Cisco CSM ASA PIX, Juniper SSG, Juniper SRX, Juniper NSM, Juniper Appliance

VOIP Protocols: H.323, SIP, MGCP, RTP, RTCP, SUP, SCCP, TCAP, SIGTRAN

VOIP Platform: UC520, Cisco IP phones, FXS/FXO

WAN Protocols & Tools: PPP, Frame Relay, HDLC, ATM, ISDN, Wireshark 1.2.3, ethereal 0.99.0, Airopeek, Tcptrace, Xplot, LabVIEW.

WAN Technologies: Frame relay, ISDN, MPLS, Lease Lines, DSI, DS3, OC3, E1/T1 & SONET

LAN Technologies: VLAN, PVLAN, VTP, Inter-VLAN Routing, ISL, dot1q, STP, RSTP, MSTP, HSRP, GLBP, VPC, VDC, Port Security, Ethernet, Port-channel, Span Ports, RF Design

Network Protocols: TCP/IP, LTP/UDP, STP, RSTP, ICMP, DNS, DHCP, FTP.

Network Security: GRE, IPSEC, ISKAMP, IKE, DMVPN SSL-VPN(Clientless/AnyConnect), TACACS, RADIUS, Checkpoints

Operating Systems: Window7/XP, MAC OS, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Unix

Languages: SQL, Python, HTML, Tk Scripting

Documentation: Microsoft Office, VisioProfessional Experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform network engineering, design, planning (WAN & LAN) & implementation. Studied single point of failure & designed WAN structure in such a way that there are no failures in network in case of any device or link failure.
• Experience intestingCiscoroutersand switches in laboratory and deploy them on site production.
• Worked on Remedy ticketing systems.
• Obtaining the CCIE Routing and Switching.
• Managed theCisconetwork infrastructure usingCiscoPrime.
• Organized change dependencies like rack space, site access, and cabling.
• Developednetworkdesign, implementation materials and procedure (Technical Implementation Document).
• Implement and manageCiscoMerakirouting, switching and WIFI infrastructure for corporate office.
• Performed data center migration in Access, Distribution and Core layers.
• Configuration and Administration of Palo Alto PA 5000 Firewall using to manage large scale Firewall deployments.
• Worked on Riverbed Wan Optimization.
• Strong experience in Network security using ASA Firewall, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Cisco IDS/IPS and IPSEC/SSL VPN and implementing security rules
• Configured installed and administered switches, routers,Qos, VOIP, telephony, security apps, network protocols and firewalls.
• Achieved two professional level certifications and two CCIE lab attempts in after work studies.
• Studying the Network Infrastructure to maintain PCI, SOX standards.
• Familiar with Cisco ACI implementation and worked for adding App as per requirement.
• Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core ASR 9k, Nexus 9K, 7k, 5k and its downstream devices.
• Preparing Test plans, Test cases, Automated Tests and Test Data and executing the same.
• Configure Virtual Device Context (VDC) and vPC on Nexus switches.
• Configuring, administering and troubleshooting the Check Point, Palo Alto and ASA Firewall.
• Installed, configured and administered Palo Alto firewalls.
• Involved in complete LAN, WAN, Extranet redesign (including IP address planning, designing, installation, pre configuration of network equipment, testing and maintenance) in both Campus and branch networks.
• Designed a test manual and automated test cases which are perform using Networking testing tool IXIA and Spirent.
• Hands-on experience ofPython scripting, automationusing Python,string parsing, libraries, API's, regexpand more.
• Maintained network with more than 600 Network devices, some 20,000 end hosts, and other devices like DHCP, DNS servers.
• Troubleshooting LAN, WAN, WLAN, VoIP network issues Wireshark, TCPdump, Netflow, and Syslog.
• Hands on experience with Python Scripting and Linux.
• Responsible for documentation using Visio, Excel & MS word and supporting other teams.

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provided load balancing towards access layer from core layer using F5 Network Load Balancers.
• Worked on Juniper EX series routers and switches.
• Configured Routing protocol such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, Static routing and policy based routing.
• Configured HSRP between VLANs, configuring Ether Channels, Port Channel on catalyst switch.
• Performed data center migration in Access, Distribution and Core layers.
• Implemented redundancy in BigIP F5 load balancers to provide uninterrupted services to clients.
• Configured and edited policies on F5 network access control.
• Configured Palo Alto Networks Firewall models.
• Experience with Juniper Net screen 520M Firewall and Palo Alto network firewall.
• Check Point SME for over inter-connectivity 150 firewalls Check Point, Juniper, ASA, PIX
• Updates at OS level, firmware and application level on Check Point, Juniper, Cisco, Sourcefire Devices
• Configured Vlans with 801.1q tagging. Configured Trunks groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/Distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Configured and troubleshoot link state routing protocols like OSPF in single and multiple areas.
• Upgraded Cisco ASA 5510 firewalls using 6500/7600 catalyst modules for enhanced performance, security and reliability
• Installed and configured DHCP & DNS server.
• Installation ofSSL certificates Linux servers
• Configuration and administration ofWeb (Apache), DHCP and FTPServers in Linux and Solaris servers.
• Troubleshoot and worked with security issues related to Cisco ASA/PIX, Checkpoint, IDS/IPS and Juniper Netscreen Firewall.
• Implemented ACLs and authenticated (EIGRP, BGP) to ensure high security on the network.
• Providing daily network support for national wide area network consisting of MPLS, VPN and point-to-point site.
• Negotiated VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• In-depth expertise in the implementation of analysis, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN networking systems.
• Participate in on call support to troubleshoot the configuration and installation issues.
• Plan, develop, and implement telecommunication infrastructure
• Resolve telecommunication circuit issues and network hardware and software problems
• Manage call management system and associated software

Confidential

Network Support

Responsibilities:

• Expert in design, implementation, operation and business management of telecommunications networks, services and telecom application systems.
• Demonstrated deep and broad understanding of all state of art telecom technologies, standards and networks convergence.
• Analyzed client requirements to provide solutions for network design, configuration, administration and security.
• Assisted in troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Managed the IP address space using subnets and variable length subnet masks (VLSM).
• Interacted with support services to reduce the downtime on leased lines.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck.
• Performed RIP & OSPF routing protocol administration.
• Troubleshoot problems on a day to day basis and provide solutions to fix them.
• Maintaining and Troubleshooting of connectivity problems using Ping, Trace route.
• Worked on HSRP for hop redundancy and load balancing.
• Configured Cisco routers & switches for NATing, RSTP, MST, and used VTP with 802.1q trunk encapsulation.
• Provided port binding, port security and router redundancy through HSRP.
• Provided testing for network connectivity before and after install/upgrade.
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunks on Fast-Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet channel between switches.
• Experience in Cisco switches and router with Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configuration.
• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking.
• Planned, configured, and installed voice and data infrastructure
• Provided technical support for voice and data issues