SUMMARY

• Over 7 years of Experience in Designing, Deployment and Operations of complex enterprise and service provider networks. Adept in managing service functions & streamlining teh working standards operating system for project rollout, design and development of Telecom solutions.
• Provides technical leadership forproblem escalation and resolution.
• Expert level noledge of troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF,BGP ability to interpret and resolve complex route table problems.
• Implementation traffic filters on Cisco routes using Standard, extended Access list.
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models.
• Virtualization: Experience with Vmware (Workstation, Vcenter, Vmotion, ESXI hypervisor)
• In - depth expertise in teh analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.
• Cisco ASA Firewall troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments dat either come on line or dat may have been altered during various planned network changes on teh network.
• Extensive Knowledge on teh implementation of Cisco ASA 5500 series and checkpoint R75 firewalls.
• Hands on experience working with Cisco Nexus 7K, 5K & 2K Switches.
• Comprehensive noledge of wireless networking systems and protocols.
• 3 years of experience in working with operating systems like Linux, Unix and Ubuntu.
• Worked on NXOS, IOS, and IOS-XR BXB to N7K-NXOS (MPLS) system test.
• Experience in F5, Cisco ACE 4710 Load balancers, Aruba wireless acess points and controllers.
• Familiar working with alcatel-lucent networks, BENU appliances and network observer gigastor.
• Experience with Vsat, Voip and WAN optimization techniques.
• Extensive understanding of teh Application Security Module (ASM) technology.
• Experience in working with load balancer for converting CSS to ACE.
• Experience deploying BIG-IP F5LTM Load Balancers for load balancing and traffic management of business application.
• 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.
• In-depth noledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Experience in working with video from end-point in teh network to teh backend.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST.
• Experience in working with Windows power shell scripting to maintain and administrating server environments.
• Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols like LDP, RSVP/ TE, QOS, COS L2 VPWS and VPLS, FRR.
• Responsible for network design, projects and support across teh globally co-located data center networks.
• Experience in configuring HSRP and redistribution between routing protocols troubleshooting them.
• Createtestingtools and scripts as needed to support system leveltestingactivities.
• Experience developing and maintaining comprehensive system test plans
• Experience writing Linux shell scripts
• Experience innetworkperformancetesting
• Extensive experience with Juniper: EX-2200,EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX210, SRX240
• Worked on Load Balancer F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for teh corporate applications and their availability
• Strong grasp of current and future technologies including TCP/IP, IPv4/v6, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Frame Relay, ACL, VPN, Wireless LAN and configuration of VLANS.
• Experience with Firewall Administration, Rule Analysis, Rule Modification.
• Built stable, productive and profitable operations within highly technical environment.
• Highly motivated with teh ability to work independently or as an integral part of a team.
• Strong Analytical, Problem Solving, Technical Troubleshooting, Decision-Making, Customer Service Skills, Results-Driven.
• Attend and participate in system-level design meetings in order to addresstestingissues early in teh software development process.
• Enterprise Switching with VLANs, Trunks, Spanning Tree, Port Spanning etc.
• Effectively managed process according to ITIL framework standards implemented in teh organization.
• Steered efforts for providing presentation and seminar to teh customers for in-house projects to introduce about teh projects Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists, Distribute-Lists, and Route Maps.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Georgetown, KY

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configure, troubleshoot, and upgrade Juniper and Checkpoint Firewalls for clients, which included network and/or resource access, software, or hardware problems.
• Involved in configuring and implementing of composite Network models consists of Cisco
• 7600, 7200, 3800 series routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5000, 6500 Series switches.
• Configured Nexus 7010 including NX-OS Virtual Port Channels, Nexus port profiles, Nexus Version 4.2 and 5.0, Nexus VPC peer links.
• Strong networking capability and noledge of different firewall platforms to halp in random identification and isolation of issues during outages and incidents.
• Participated in teh installation, configuration, post installation daily operational tasks and configuration and deployment of Cisco Nexus equipment.
• Designed 10 gigabit networks using Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches, and Cisco 3800 series routers
• Managed rules on Cisco checkpoint NGX firewall.
• Worked with Juno OS and Juniper M&T series switches.
• Worked with Cisco ACE GSS 4400 Series global site selector Appliances.
• Good working noledge of common end user operating systems and internal/external DMARC identification.
• Experience with email security standard implementation policies such as SPF, DMIK and DMARC.
• Configured OSPF redistribution and autantication with type 3 LSA filtering to prevent LSA flooding and also Configured OSPF over frame relay networks for NBMA and point to multipoint strategies.
• Implemented traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network using Frame Relay and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
• Worked with Host Master for shared web hosting.
• Supported a user base of more TEMPthan 30000+ active accounts across multiple domains.
• Administered Windows server 2003 active directory and like creation and deletion of user accounts, managing access controls and domain structure configurations.
• Worked with Processes like RFI, RFE and RFP.
• Experience in working with Network automation tools and testing for network change and configuration management.
• Worked with HP Network Automation software dat automates teh complete operational lifecycle of network devices from provisioning to policy-based change management, compliance, and security administration.
• Provided redundancy in a multi homed Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network by tunings AS-path.
• Experience working with Exchange 2010 SP3 for planning and deployment.
• Worked with Management tools like CSM and Cisco ACS.
• Worked with Cisco IOS, NX-IOS, IOS-XR.
• Worked with MPLS to improvequality of service (QoS) by defining LSPs dat can meet specificservice level agreements (SLAs) on trafficlatency, jitter, packet loss anddowntime .
• Worked with Load balancing device like F5 Big-IP local traffic manager (LTM) 1600.
• Experienced in working with BIG-IP Edge Portal and BIG-IP Edge Client.
• Worked with Windows Power shell and power shell plus.
• Implemented Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) by tuning parameters like preemption.
• Implemented various OSPF scenarios on networks consisting of 7600 routers.
• Configured policy based routing for BGP for complex network systems.
• Develop, implement and update security principals supporting customer migrations, configurations and implementations.
• Open, resolve, or update Tier II Support tickets for Firewall clients and provide them with regular status reports of their trouble tickets.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Dealt with creating VIP(virtual servers), pools, nodes and applying iRules for teh virtual servers like cookie persistency, redirection of teh URL
• Support customer with teh configuration and maintenance of PIX and ASA firewall systems
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010
• Juniper: EX-2200,EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX210, SRX240
• Responsible for Checkpoint and Cisco ASA firewall administration across our global networks
• Experience developing and maintaining comprehensive system test plans
• Implementing and Maintaining Network Management tools (OPAS, Solar Winds, Cisco Works)
• Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which involves new wan links.
• Convert Branch WAN links from TDM circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPsec/GRE to GetVPN.
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for teh Nexus 5000.
• Write test cases from a variety of documentation types; business requirements, system requirements & design documentation.
• Executes and update test cases.
• Designed, validated and implemented LAN, WLAN & WAN solution to suite client’s needs.
• Configured and designed LAN networks with Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches.
• Worked on Load Balancer F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for teh corporate applications and their availability
• Experience in working with Nexus 7010, 5548, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices.
• Extensive experience with Juniper: EX-2200,EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX210, SRX240
• Experience in configuring vdc, fex pinning, fex port-channel, port-channel, peer keep alive,peer link.
• Experience in working and designing configurations for vPC, vPC domain, vpc peer-gateway, vPCpeer-switch, auto-discovery, vPC singlesided, vPC double sided, NX-OS, Vfr, Otv, fabric path
• Logs and triages defects and test multiple mobile devices across multiple applications.
• Tests & Quality assurance of web client and service level software delivering unified messaging, address contacts and digital media experience to mobile device & WebTop subscribers.
• Involved in teh modification and removal (wherever necessary) of BGP from teh MPLS routers.
• Configuring IPSEC VPN (Site-Site to Remote Access) on SRX series firewalls.
• Responsible for Checkpoint firewall management and operations across our global networks.
• Working with Checkpoint Support for resolving escalated issues.
• Responsible for procurement and installation of Hardware, network drives and other IT infrastructure. Documented teh design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures with Method of Procedure (MOPS).
• Documented all teh work done by using Visio, Excel & MS word
• Applies test expertise and experience to craft & execute test plans, conduct negative/exception tests, verification, performance and regressiontestingof RIA, HTML, AJAX, Mobile Web client, integration services, enablers & platforms
• Facilitated teh up-gradation of 10G throughout teh NLD network.
• Tracked teh rearrangement of teh channel as per teh requirement of teh customer.
• Addressed teh problem related to DCN network which included Routers & Switches.
• Involved in DWDM ring up gradation & channel up gradation activity.
• Designed and configured teh commands for QoS and Access Lists for Nexus 7K and 5K.
• Responsible for turning up BGP peering and customer sessions, as well as debugging BGP routing problems.
• Reviewing, analyzing, approving and executing all changes in teh network. All Configurations of Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Involved in teh removal of EIGRP from all devices and making OSPF teh primary routing protocol.

Confidential, Burns Harbor, IN

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.
• Integrate VoIP with PSTN and setup voice Gateway ensuring QOS for Cisco based Voice over IP and CDR for voice call Accounting.
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000series to provide a flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Design and implement campus switch network with Cisco Layer 3 switches (3750, 4500, and 6500) in multi VLANs environment and inter-VLAN routing, HSRP, ISL trunk, ether channel.
• Designed MPLS VPN and QoS for teh architecture using Cisco multilayer switches
• Implement Cisco Works 2000 device to manage Cisco routers, switches, PIX and ASA firewall, Access Points, Concentrators.
• Experience in working with installing Nexus 7010 License upgrade.
• Handling network devices such as Switches (Cisco Catalyst 2900 and 3500 series), Routers (Cisco 2600, 2800 and 7200 series), Firewalls, Load balancers etc.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010.
• Extensive experience with Juniper: EX-2200,EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX210, SRX240
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying teh NX-OS operation system.
• Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers.
• Implemented Voice VLANS, UDP, SIP and RTP and provide QOS by DSCP and IP Precedence.
• Experience in installing and configuring Checkpoint NGX R60.
• Maintain Security policy by monitoring PIX firewalls (515 and 520).
• Experience working with Network management software NSM primarily to manage teh firewalls as well as performing changes as per teh requirement.
• Involved in effective communication with vendors, peers and clients in resolution of problems, equipment.
• Worked extensively in configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs / Routing / Netting with teh firewalls as per teh design. Primary responsibility is to design and deploy various Network Security & High Availability products like Cisco ASA and other Security Products.
• Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series.
• Experience with converting PIX rules over to teh Cisco ASA solution.
• Implemented Splunk to drive reporting and search for data collected from Cisco firewall devices - FWSM, Pix and ASA

Confidential, MONTVALE, NJ

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Deployed a large-scale HSRP solution to improve teh uptime of collocation customers, in teh event a core router became unreachable.
• Configured RSTP, LACP and VTP on Nexus devices.
• Performed RIP & OSPF Routing Protocol Administration.
• Monitored performance of Network and Servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck.
• Worked on 4500 Catalyst switches for teh purpose of LAN requirement and for troubleshooting LAN issues.
• Experience in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and teh changing teh metrics for teh primary and backup
• Maintaining Checkpoint security policies including NAT, VPN and Secure Remote access
• Configuring IPSEC VPN (Site-Site to Remote Access) on SRX series firewalls.
• Maintained Corporate Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs using various tools. Configured and troubleshooting of HSRP on Cisco routers.
• Network consists of Heavy Cisco equipments such as Cisco 2500, 2600, 3640, 3945, 7200 series Routers, Cisco 6500, 4500, 3560, 2950, 2924 Switches, Cisco Pix firewall 500 series and Wireless Access points Cisco 1230.
• Involved in New Branch Network Systems. Resolved Network Issues, Ran Test Scripts and Prepared Network Documentation.
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting of LAN connectivity problems using Ping, Trace route.
• Experience on a mesh 6500 and 5500 series routes and switches to support teh core trading system. Involved
• Involved in designing and applying QOS and policy MAP QOS to WAN to 2800 series routers for all teh branches
• Involved in Troubleshooting IP Addressing Issues and Updating IOS Images using TFTP.
• Troubleshooting problems on a day to day basis & providing solutions dat would fix teh problems within their Network.
• Worked on Riverbed devices for WAN bandwidth Optimization in teh data centers for teh sensitive
• Involved in Troubleshooting of DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Performed Switching Technology Administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN Routing, Trunking, STP, RSTP and Port Aggregation & Link Negotiation.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Splunk to drive reporting and search for data collected from Cisco firewall devices - FWSM, Pix and ASA
• Moved Core switches and several non-Cisco devices under strict deadlines to maintain network functionality
• Satisfactorily Resolved Problems in timely manner with focus on providing a high level of support for all customers.
• Prepared Engineering documents and Network diagrams in Microsoft Vision.
• Delivered Departmental Efficiency through advanced engineering, technical support, and documentation procedures.
• Scheduled preventive maintenance for fire-protection systems, including new protocols. Utilize MS Windows, Word, and Excel for reporting/documenting process.
• Provide high level technical support, including identifying and resolving problems on Cisco supported products for e-Commerce infrastructure. dis included external routing and internal/intranet routing for DMZ servers.
• Implemented new ultra secure networks in multiple data centers dat included Cisco 6500 s, Juniper security devices, and F5 Big IP’s.
• Implement QOS for Voice, Video against DATA by Ip Presidence and DSCP.
• Designed VLAN’s and set up both L2 and L3 logicals to have it communicate to teh Enterprise network.
• Juniper: EX-2200,EX-4200, EX-4500, MX-480, M Series, SRX210, SRX240
• Implemented cable multi-service operator (MSO) to capture traditional Telco subscribers with IP telephony and provide relevant QOS.
• Configured EIGRP, BGP, and MPLS.
• Implemented Load Balancing between Cisco L3 Switch by HSRP and GLBP.
• Configure Firewall, IPS and QOS by SDM and provide security by Prefix list, Access- List and By Distributions.