SUMMARY

• Network Engineer with Master’s degree and over 10 years of proven hands - on experience in Network Support, Operations, Network engineering and project management using various networking technologies in a Global Network Environment.
• Seeking a Network Engineer’s role to continue grow and establish myself in a challenging environment.
• CCNA CCNP certified professional in configuring cisco routers, switches and checkpoint firewall.
• Over all 9 plus years of IT professional experience of which 8 years in cisco Routing, Switching, and Network engineering, Planning, Design,
• Implementation, Deployment, Troubleshooting and Maintenance.
• Extensive knowledge in configuring and troubleshooting of protocols EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, and BGP and HSRP, GLBP redundancy protocols.
• Worked on Cisco 7200, 4300, 2800, 2600 series Routers and Cisco 2900, 3500, 4500, 5500 series Switches, Meraki Switches and SDWAN.
• Hands-on Experience in Switches Cisco 3550, 3650, 3750, 4500 series, Nexus 2k, 5k, 7k & 9K
• Experience in Routing RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP-2, Redistribution, Summarization, Static routing
• Experience in Network Management SNMP, HP open view, SNMP v2, Cisco Works, Tetration,
• Multisite Orchestrator, Network Analyzer, SolarWinds, Cisco prime, Ethereal / Wireshark, TCP, Firemon,
• MS- VISIO, Infoblox, HP Network, Domain servers, DNS servers, Mail Servers, Proxy Servers, Print Servers, Application Servers, FTP Servers, Storage.
• Extensive knowledge with VLAN’s, Trunking, RSTP, SNMP, Ether Channels, HSRP, Port Security, ACL’s, QoS, Traffic Policing, Shaping, EIGRP, OSPF, NAT, PAT, Inspections, VPN’s, DHCP, Wireshark etc.
• Hands-on experience in configuring and setting up Cisco routers to perform functions Confidential the Access, Distribution, and Core layers. proficient in Tufin Orchestration Suite and Bluecoat Proxies, ticketing tools like HP Service manager, BMC Remedy, Service Now, Python/scripting and Knowledge of Incident management and change management
• Knowledge in configuring VPN tunnels using IPsec encryption standards and configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN in checkpoint firewall and AWS Cloud training.
• Experience in Configuring the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for Nating Configured RSTP, MST and used VTP with 802.1q trunk encapsulation.
• Hands-on Experience in using network monitoring tool SolarWinds and Net profiler.
• Training & Certified in Palo Alto.
• Excellent team player with good written and oral communication.
• Adept in requirements analysis, network design, installation, configuration, maintenance and administration.
• Review all changes to network configuration for technical accuracy and impact and provide Multi-Protocol
• Network problem resolutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Irving, TX

Senior Network Operation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Working on switching technologies (VLAN’s, STP, RSTP, VTP, 802.1x, VCP), Routing (EIGRP, BGP, redistribution, summarization), IP (subnets, CIDR, NAT, ACL’s, DNS, DHCP, WINS), VoIP, multicast protocols (PIM, IGMP, CGMP), TCP/IP, QoS and Cisco IOS.
• Participate in pre-Installation site surveys, AP installation/selection and post-installation surveys.
• Design and implement Data Center routers.
• Experienced in VXLAN.
• Working on Cisco DCNM, Cisco ASR’s, Nexus, Catalyst 6500 series switches, 2800 series, 3800 series, 2900 series, and 3900 series routers, including Core Cisco switches like 3850,3750,4506,3650,2960, Cisco Multisite Orchestrator, Tetration, Juniper SRX security gateway & EX switches while monitoring the whole Corporate & 7-Eleven Stores network for degradation.
• Working with Cisco Unified Wireless (WLC) deployments, performing site surveys, design tools, heat map generation and hardware configuration.
• Design and implement Meraki Switches and SDWAN on sites.
• Using analysis tools like Infoblox, Wireshark and SolarWinds.
• Troubleshoot day to day Data Center Wan issues
• Troubleshoot day to day 7-Eleven store network issues.
• Working in a Data Center and understand structured cable system design and implementation methods. Must be able to read and interpret technical documents and procedural manuals.
• Using analysis tools like Wireshark and SolarWinds.
• Working on escalated Operation tickets.
• Working on Service Now ticketing tool.

Confidential, Mount Prospect, IL

Network Engineer level IV

Responsibilities:

• Worked on console and remote configurations of network devices using Telnet and SSH protocols.
• Monitored and troubleshoot network problems, implementing changes on network designs.
• Configuring and maintaining routers.
• Configured HUB and SPOKE setup, multiple sites connect to one HUB Confidential the Datacenter.
• Design and implement Site routers.
• Troubleshoot WAN issues.
• Configure and implement Viptela SDWAN.
• Experienced in VXLAN.
• Implement and manage WAN development leading to a scalable and flexible infrastructure for over 600 national sites and 200 international sites.
• Decommissioned EOL Cisco Routers.
• Used analysis tools like HPNA, Infoblox, Tetration, Orchestrator, Firemon and Riverbed.
• Design and create network and network-related diagrams in Microsoft Visio tool.
• Optimizing WAN traffic on Cisco ISR 2800, 2900,4300, 4400, and ASR 1001 using Riverbed Technology.
• Policy Reviewing, Audit and cleanup of the un-used rule on the firewall using Tufin and Splunk.
• Experience in using Riverbed WAN optimizer for running reports on utilization, Qos policing, latency issues.
• Experienced in AWS and AZURE.
• Troubleshoot: OSPF, EIGRP, eBGP/IBGP, DMVPN, HSRP, Access Control Lists, DHCP,
• Static and default routing, Route redistribution, route summarization, Route-Maps, MPLS, PPP, T1, IPsec VPNs.
• Configured DMVPN and GRE Tunnels connecting United's sites and a third-party firewall service for Internet-Offload.
• Optimize performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 4300/4400 routers by configuring GRE, and DMVPN tunnels for Internet Offload.
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting of LAN, WAN and guest WIFI connectivity problems to back office by using Ping, Trace route.
• Studied and analyzed client requirements to provide solutions for network design, configuration, administration, and security.
• Implementing and configuring WAN routers
• Troubleshooting L2&L3 Network connectivity issues.
• Traffic monitoring deployed resolving Latency issues using Riverbed WAN optimizer.
• Manages 3rd party relationships relating to Network Operations (i.e. SITA, Verizon, Confidential &T, etc.) to ensure service levels agreements are met.
• Configuring QOS and Cost of service policies where needed. Configuring NetFlow.
• Responsible to gather monthly WAN utilization reports a Bandwidth utilization reports from Net profiler.
• Snow request to application to submit change request.

Confidential, Hoffman Estate, IL

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided Development support, production support, and design review and Develop test release cycles in a complex environment.
• Responsible for Java Application and System support.
• Responsible to resolved production issues for GCSM and EPROV Application.
• Worked in the SOLARIS operating system Environment.
• Extensively working on Firewall Rules IP Addresses, Domain names, Protocols, Ports and Keywords.
• Used to build and deploy scripts in UNIX.
• Wrote Stored Procedure and functions in DB2.
• Responsible for Sev1, Sev2 and Sev3 Supports for User- Reported Trouble Defects and Trouble Analysis and Resolution of Trouble Tickets.
• Resolve Root Cause Analysis, Troubleshot and diagnosed systems problems, Installed and configured varied applications.
• Designs, codes programs from moderate to high complexity, creates test transactions and runs tests, revises as necessary.
• Conducts systems analysis of organizational needs and goals for the development and implementation of application systems.
• Coordinated with Development team in planning and executing test cases for integration testing, ensuring adherence to standards and design specifications.
• Develops domain expertise in specific technical skills, tools, and techniques.
• Preparing and Running SQL Scripts on Production Servers.
• Managed software and configuration changes on Test and Production environments along with IT support for production related issues.
• Participated in the deployment of applications across multiple sites and platforms.
• Analysis & Troubleshoot Java application.
• Used analysis tools like Splunk and SolarWinds.
• Working on Escalations, modified existing interfaces, Reports and Processes, Designed and Developed the data conversion process.
• Managed daily modifications to support customer's business and technical specifications
• Manage System Administration tasks and ensuring 24*7 System Support for the mission Critical Data in production environment.
• Experience in REMEDY software.