Senior Network Engineer Resume
SUMMARY:
Highly skilled and seasoned Senior Network Engineer with over 10 years hands on IT experience. Extensive knowledge of network designs, LAN/WAN switching and routing, operational support, and configuration of networking components. Cisco Nexus Data Center experience in design and implementation of VDCs, VPC, OTV, Fabricpath, VLANS, Trunking, Ether channels, Spanning Tree, HSRP, and Ether channel. Hands - on experience in a multi-protocol environment including routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and ISIS. Experience configuring network technologies such as MPLS L2 and L3 VPNs, MPLS TE, CSC, VPLS, VRF-lite, IPSEC VPN, DMVPN and GRE Tunnels. Extensive experience in configuration, setup, troubleshooting and maintenance of Cisco Router and Switching equipments including Cisco 6513, 6509, Nexus 7710, 7010, Nexus 5000 5500, 4507RE and 3750. Robust internetworking expertise complemented by excellent interpersonal communication and organization skills.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Senior Network Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Designed and Implementing 2 x 100GB DWDM Data Center Interconnect using technologies such as MPLS and OTV
- Team lead in the implementation of the Data Center interconnect
- Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all Exelon Data centers and Nexus platforms including Cisco Nexus 7700, 7010 and 5500
- Manage multiple Data Centers including troubleshooting and deploying new devices
- Responsible for data center maintenance, device hardware and IOS upgrade
- Manage and troubleshoot technologies such as VSANS, FC, FCOE, NPIV and FCIP
Senior Network Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- As part of a team, implemented 100GB DWDM campus MPLS
- Worked on data center migration and upgrade to Cisco Nexus environment
- Designed guest network access control using Enterasys NAC, and Air Marshal captive portal
- Produced thorough network documentation to include, network matrix, backup configurations, and site network diagrams using Visio
- Monitored network environment using various network monitoring tools including Cisco Opsware and CiscoWorks
- Recommend preventive, mitigating, and compensating controls to ensure appropriate level of protection and adherence to the goals of the overall Network Access Control strategy
- Implemented network technologies such as MPLS L3VPN, VRF, and GRE over IPSEC and Multipoint GRE tunnels
Network Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Assisted in the design, upgrade and implementation of federal clients network infrastructure
- As part of a team, designed state of the art network architecture to collapse existing Cisco 6500 core and upgraded to Nexus 7000 and 5000
- Effectively troubleshot networking components such as routers and switches
- Managed all aspects of the LAN environment, including Cisco Routing and Switching
- Implemented and administered DMVPN, and ASA firewalls
- Troubleshot networking issues involving EIGRP, OSPF and BGP routing protocols
- Designed and deployed EIGRP/OSPF configurations, including route distributions and summarizations
Network Engineer
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for network administration activities to include help desk support, documentation of hardware and software inventory and network mapping
- Performed troubleshooting of network, hardware, and software issues
- Maintained and administered perimeter security systems such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
- Maintained logs for all outages, giving start and end times, duration and cause.
Network Administrator
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Troubleshot routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP and BGP
- Analyzed network traffic pattern and developed a VLAN (Virtual LAN) infrastructure among all switched networks for optimal performance.
- Developed a VLSM scheme
- Responsible for the administration of network, workstations help desk, hardware inventory, software inventory, network mapping, equipment purchasing, and software purchasing
- With a team of three, scheduled after hours installs, preconfigured and ran quality assurance checks on all devices before installation; kept documentation on progress.
- Created and maintained local, end to end VLANs, Ether channels and STP.
- Configured and maintained a network environment that includes access/edge switches, core/backbone switches, to service provider edge and DMZ.