Network/cloud Engineer Resume
Nyc, NY
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
- Seven (Seven) years of professional experience in Network engineering including hands - on experience in providing network support, installation and analysis for broad range of LAN/WAN/MAN communication systems with Unix/Linux Administration and Cloud Computing technology OpenStack.
- Experience in writingscriptsusingBash, Pythonfor process automation of databases, applications, backup and scheduling.
- Installed and configured OpenStack Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Horizon, Cinder, Heat OpenStack on Cent OS 7. Worked on OpenStack Liberty, Newton Releases.
- Proficient in Cisco IOS for configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, MPLS, IPSEC and BGP v4 and Expert level knowledge on OSI model and TCP/IP protocol suite.
- Excellent knowledge in Routing, Switching, Firewall and Gateway technologies, system design, wireless design, data network design, capacity management and network growth.
- Performed Network analysis, design, Implementation, capacity planning with focus on performance tuning and support of large Networks.
- Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether-channel, STP, RSTP and MST and layer 3 technologies such as HSRP, VRRP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
- Strong knowledge of TACACS+, RADIUS implementation in Access Control Network. Strong Knowledge in WAN technologies including T1, T3, ISDN, HDLC, Point to Point, ATM and Frame Relay, Cisco Routing, Switching and Security with Cisco hardware/software.
- Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/Routing/ NATing with the firewalls as per design.
- Designing and implementing F5 BIG-IP load balancer. Experience in managing security policies with CSM, integrated with ASA 5500 devices.
- Strong problem-analysis talent, driven by global view/attention-to-detail approach. “Hands on” technical knowledge. Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing, configuring and supporting TCP/IP.
- Experience with different Network Management Tools and Sniffers like Wireshark (ethereal), Solar wind, TCPDUMP and analyzed the load balancing of network traffic using KIWI Solar winds.
- Well-versed in LINUX/Unix system installation and administration which includes configuring, backup, upgrades, monitoring system performance.
- Experienced in Performance Monitoring, Security, and Troubleshooting, back up, Disaster recovery, and Maintenance and Support of UNIX systems.
- Managed the user accounts, partitioning, making zones, mounting and maintaining file systems, system security, change management, documents, Performance tuning of Sun Solaris Red Hat Linux servers using tools like vmstat, iostat, sar, top, pmstat, free, prtconf, syststat, iostat, netstat etc.
- Excellent customer management/resolution, problem solving, debugging skills and capable of quickly learning, effectively analyzes results and implement and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, NYC, NY
Network/Cloud Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Managing and configuring Cisco Switches, Cisco Access Points and Routers independently.
- Providing Technical Support and solutions for Network Problems. Creating and managing user accounts to all team members in partner environment.
- LAN cabling in compliance with CAT 6 standards; Installing new hardware and swap out hardware physically.
- Managed VPN, IPSec, Endpoint-Security, status policy, Application control, IPS, Monitoring, Anti-Spam, Smart Provisioning, DLP using ASA Firewalls.
- Communicating and escalating tickets with service providers for network outage issues.
- Configuring and implementing F5 BIG-IP load balancers to maintain global and local traffic.
- Monitoring Network infrastructure using SNMP tools Solar-winds. Escalation of procedures and customer notifications.
- Worked on Physical site; latency and slowness issues in transmitting results within internal quest network. Installed, configured and set security policies on cisco firewalls, VPN.
- 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.
- Project of building the EDGE server and shipping it as a product to internal customers.
- Worked on Wind River version of Titanium OpenStack. Validated Wind River Titanium OpenStack by creating Instances, Flavors, Volumes, Images, Networks, Projects and Users with multiple different combinations and possibilities.
- Designed and architected cloud application deployment in OpenStack with Nova, Neutron, Keystone command line clients.
- Installation and configuration of OpenStack Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Horizon, Cinder, Heat and Administration on OpenStack Services like Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Horizon, Cinder, Heat.
- Manage OpenStack Liberty via Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Horizon, Heat and Cinder
- Configured networks for guest servers using Neutron. Used Neutron with Linux bridging to create virtual sub-nets for individual tenant projects.
- Troubleshoot IP networking and created virtual network (routers, subnet, switches) for virtual machines by using neutron
- Regularly using OpenStack command-line-interface tools (Nova, Keystone, Glance, Cinder, Neutron) to manage hypervisors, autantication, system images, storage, and networking respectively
- Applying company security policies using Security groups and Network ACLs for instance and subnet level security as per project requirements.
- Setting up private networks and sub-networks using Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and creating security groups to associate with the networks. System efficiency and performance monitoring, disk and network usage.
- Automated deployment of OpenStack Clouds in data centers and availability zones. Deep understanding of all OpenStack services including Nova, Neutron, keystone, Chrony, Swift, Cinder etc.
- Created and managed provider networks and public networks shared by different projects or tenants in OpenStack Neutron.
- Helped Users create VMs in Nova, create public and private networks in Neutron and setup appropriate security groups for security
ENVIRONMENT: Python, VPN, IPSec, OpenStack, Nova, Neutron, keystone, Chrony, Swift, Cinder, VPC, hypervisors, Titanium OpenStack, F5 BIG-IP, SNMP, CAT 6.
Confidential, MA
Network/cloud engineer
Responsibilities:
- Configuring and resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment,
- Implemented, configured BGP WAN routing, converting OSPF routes to BGP (OSPF in local routing).
- Commissioning and decommissioning, configuring, URL and Web filtering, SSL Certificates, monitoring, SNMP traps, logging, blocking on firewall devices, migrating from one network to other.
- Troubleshooting of Cisco 2800, 2900, 3900, 7200, 7600. Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP etc.
- Configuring, implementing and troubleshooting VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Trunking, Ether channels.
- Designing, implementing LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco 5K, catalyst 6500 switches. Configured Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7k series switch.
- Strong knowledge on networking concepts like TCP/IP, Routing and Switching.
- Designed, configured, implemented site-site VPN on cisco ASA 5500 firewall.
- Implemented, configured redundancy protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
- Worked in projects converting P2P circuits into MPLS circuits, commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits.
- Performed network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like Wire shark, Solar winds.
- Provided proactive threat defense with ASA that stops attacks before they spread through the network.
- Experience automating routine tasks utilizing a programming language (Python); and configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible/Puppet).
- Designed, Deployment and maintenance of Linux Servers Systems to run OpenStack Cloud Environment.
- knowledge on installing and configuring Docker Containers on CentOS 7. Deployment and support of OpenStack Cloud based on CentOS 7.
- Installation and configuration of OpenStack liberty with multiple Compute nodes. Installation and configuration of OpenStack Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Horizon, Cinder, and Heat.
- Create and manage instances using Nova Compute. Knowledge on Heat Orchestration Service and create and manage the instances. Manage and troubleshoot the Heat templates. Creating and customizing the flavors.
- Launching instances or virtual machines on cloud to provide IaaS. Create and manage users, tenants, roles using Keystone as Identity Service. Create, retrieve and manage Images using Glance Image Service.
- Create and manage Cinder volumes in OpenStack Cloud. Setting up Linux virtualization platform using VMware, KVM.
- Identifying and troubleshooting OpenStack components related issues. Creating virtual machines using command line and Dashboard.
- Everyday observation on OpenStack Services to make sure all components are up and running.
- OS process administration and management (Monitoring, start/stop/kill various process and sub processes), Cron job scheduling.
- Writing python programs to assist with various system administration tasks. User management (Creating users, giving permission and SUDO access).
- Configuring NFS environment and mounting and ownership management for the NFS file system.
- Launch stacks from templates and manage stacks using the Heat Orchestration Service. Monitoring running stacks including events & resources on OpenStack Cloud.
- Used Nova commands to build and manage OpenStack VMs of different flavors and different images.
ENVIRONMENT: Python, OpenStack, Keystone, Glance, Nova, Neutron, Horizon, Cinder, Heat, Centos7, VMware, KVM, Cron, NFS, Docker, Puppet, Cisco 2800/ 2900/ 3900/ 6500/7200/ 7600, OSPF, BGP, SSL, ASA 5500, SNMP, EIGRP, VLAN’s, VTP, STP, Trunking, Ether channels, VPN.
Confidential, Utica NY
Network Administrator
Responsibilities
- Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco ASA's 5585.
- Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification. Implementation of Access Lists for allowing/blocking desired traffic.
- Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems, identifying and fixing problems.
- Implementing, configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols such as OSPF (v3, v2), RIPv2, BGPv4, EIGRP, HSRP, GLBP and MPLS.
- Worked in Datacenters environment, configuration changes as per the needs of company.
- Responsible for managing activities, Upgrading IOS - Upgrading hardware and installing new devices, Tuning (Configuration), make standardization for the topology Configured, installed, & managed DHCP, DNS, & WINS servers
- Configuring objects such as Load Balancer pools for local traffic management on F5 Load Balancers.
- Experience in establishing NIC bonding/ teaming, IP aliasing. Configured VLANs/routing/NAT with the firewalls as per the network design.
- Deploying and decommission of VLANs on core ASR 9K, Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K and its downstream devices and also configure 2k, 3k,7k series Routers.
- Configuring and resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.
- Installed and configured Cisco PIX 535 series firewall and configured remote access IPSEC VPN on Cisco PIX Firewall
- Responsible for day-to-day management of Cisco Devices, Traffic management and monitoring.
- Installation, configuration and administration of RHEL 4, 5,6, Debian 4.0, Fedora. Ubuntu in LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment.
- User administration, User/Group Quota, ACL’s, LVM, System/Network troubleshooting.
- Administration of Red Hat Linux DNS, Web Server, SAMBA Server, FTP servers as SSH, TELNET, Yum Server/Client, Printer.
- Installation/administration of send mail, pop3, pop3s/IMAPS, NIS Server/Client, NFS server for Storage, Firewall with IPTABLES, Apache with SSL, Web, Proxy servers running on Linux.
- Installation, configuration and administration of Bandwidth management & Gateway Firewall
- Implemented the SSL certificated on the apache-based Website for secure communications, performing the Virtual hosting to run multiple websites on single IP on Production servers, making the site password protected, to perform name based virtual hosting.
- Took the backup of a database, home directory and full back up of the Website using command line interface. Took Weekly backups of the Demo site placed on Lamp server with database backup.
- Troubleshooting issues related to NFS, SSH, NIS, DNS, FTP, VMWARE, NETWORKER BACKUP, VERITAS (VCS), ZONES, LVM, RAID, File System, Permissions, Performance Monitoring, IP Bonding, Multipathing, NAS, SAN, Storage, V-Center, etc.
ENVIRONMENT: Nexus 9K/7K/5K, Cisco 2k/3k/7k, Cisco ASA 5585, F5, Cisco PIX 535, pop3s/IMAPS, IPTABLES, SSL, FTP, SSH, TELNET, NFS, SSH, NIS, DNS, FTP, VMWARE, NETWORKER BACKUP, VERITAS (VCS), ZONES, LVM, RAID, SAMBA, Debian 4.0, Fedora, Ubuntu, LVM, Red hat 4/5/6.
Confidential
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Key responsibility of LAN and WAN maintenance and troubleshooting any network related problems.
- Hands-on experience with WAN (ATM/Frame Relay), Routers, Switches, TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF), and IP addressing.
- Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, and BGP v4. Configured IP access filter policies, CIDR, IP, RIP, PPP, BGP and OSPF routing.
- Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q etc.
- Analyzed customer application and bandwidth requirements, ordered hardware and circuits, and built cost effective network solutions to accommodate customer requirements and project scope.
- Generated RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for critical issues of layer1/layer2/layer3 problems. Ability to analyze, configure and troubleshoot networks.
- Worked on Linux and Windows Platforms and involved in capacity planning of Network maintenance. Identify, design and implement flexible, responsive, and secure technology services.
- Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification. Troubleshoot traffic passing managed firewalls via logs and packet captures.
- Added and removed firewall policies based on the requirements of various project requirements. Configuring, Installing and troubleshooting on ASA Devices.
- Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco catalyst 6509, 7613 with supervisor cards.
- Deployed 7613 as PE and CE router and Configured and troubleshoot the Edge Routers.
- Deploying and decommissioning the TOR switches and their respective software upgrades
- Installed different software on the systems. Install and managing network devices including Hubs, Switches. Excellent troubleshooting knowledge on T1, T3, OC-3 and OC-12.
- Planned resources and presented project status to higher management. Created and delivered internal trainings for BGP.
- Experience with implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems (Cisco works and HP Open view) and experience with developing complex network design documentation and presentations using VISIO.
- Installed, upgraded and configured SUN Solaris 9/10 on Sun Servers. Configured DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
- Administration of Red Hat Linux DNS, Web Server. Wrote bash script to create Users and Groups for certain departments.
- Supported applications on AIX, managing volumes, file systems and configuring the connectivity networking.
- File system administration and management like monitoring logs, files system size for optimization of space and performance
- Monitoring System performance of virtual memory, managing swap space, disk utilization and CPU utilization.
ENVIRONMENT: Cisco 6507/3750/3550/3500/2950 switches, Cisco 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, ASA firewalls, Net Flow, TACACS, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, MPLS, Ether Channels, Sun Solaris 9/19, DHCP, Red Hat, Bash, AIX.
Confidential
Junior Network Engineer
Responsibilities
- Experience in working with application layer protocols such as Telnet, FTP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, SSL and DNS.
- Responsible for day-to-day management of Cisco Devices, Traffic management and monitoring.
- Ensure Network, system and data availability and integrity through preventive maintenance and upgrade. Configured and resolved various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.
- Configuring HSRP between the 3845-router pairs for Gateway redundancy for the client desktops.
- Handled SRST and implemented and configured the Gateways, Voice Gateways.
- Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team.
- The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3750 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer. Configure VRRP & GLBP and VLAN 802.1Q & ISL, STP, Port Security on Catalyst 6500 switches.
- Configured STP for switching loop prevention and VLANs for data and voice along with port security for users connecting to the switches.
- Performed IOS upgrades on various catalyst series switches and maintained latest IOS.
- Expert knowledge of cable connectors and replacement as RJ-11, RJ-45, V.35, RS-449.
- Responsible for cabling and labeling based on day to day requirement and Racking & Stacking of various network equipment and made sure that there are no connectivity issues using ping and tracert.
- Resolving all computer related problems, such as troubleshooting operating system failure, scheduling and updating virus checks on servers and desktops.
- Provided Helpdesk support that involved identifying and escalating the tickets to specific groups.
ENVIRONMENT: Cisco 3845/3750/6513, OSPF, VLAN 802.1Q & ISL, STP, Port Security, RJ-11, RJ-45, V.35, RS-449, Telnet, FTP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, SSL and DNS.