SUMMARY

• A result - driven IT professional with extensive experience in the area of Network engineering, systems administration and support of mission critical information system.
• Proven ability to create and deliver solutions that meet corporate objectives tied to business and technology performance.
• Comfortable operating in a wide range of platforms and environments.
• Effective communicator, ability to explain complex process in easy-to-understand terms for end users.
• Skilled in proactive identification and resolution of critical systems and network issues.
• 6+ Years of Extensive networking experience in Network Provisioning, deployment and management. Planning, Implementing, Configuring, Troubleshooting and Testing of networking system on both Cisco routing/switching and Juniper Network
• Deployment for network systems such as servers and firewalls, knowledge of routing and switching
• In depth engineering experience on F5 load balances, including and understanding of application layer protocols including TTP, SSH, SSL, and DNS have an understanding of load balancing strategies/techniques, expertise in application switching/traffic management, knowledge of persistence and SSL certificate
• Experience on F5 versions v10.X, F5 Modules LTM, GTM, APM.
• Able to complete basic configurations on the F5 including; OS upgrades, Trunking, and general troubleshooting of the device. Advanced skills of designing, coding, and troubleshooting iRules and iControls
• Able to understand HTTP & HTTPS predicted behavior as well as read the packet content to create or modify custom settings on such behavior Understanding of the generic and the ability to create custom monitors
• Strong understanding of the different load balancing options & features to include, Persistence SSL offload functions, HTTP profiles
• Have an understanding of the Global Traffic Manager and Query functionality between LTM & GTM for a HA design
• Worked on F5 Local Traffic managers (LTM), Global traffic manager (GTM) of series 8900, 6400, 6800, 3400, 5100, 3600 and 3DNS migration to GTM
• Installation, and support for Remote Access and Firewall Infrastructure and related technology, Collaborate with internal Information Protection organization to determine the most appropriate technical solution to addressSecurityPolicy
• Have a strong understand Web traffic load balancing function and manipulation procedure Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services design experience
• Troubleshooting and Support of Security environment with VPN, Firewalls, NAT, Proxy, DMZ Solution, IPSEC, Intrusion Detection System(IDS), Intrusion Prevention System(IPS), Public Key Interchange (PKI) & SSL

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, RIP 2, BGP

Switching Protocols: STP, RSTP, VSTP, MSTP, LACP, PAGP

Internet Protocols: TCP/IP suite (IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IGMP), ARP, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, DNS, NAT, DHCP, MPLS, SS7, STP, 802.1q, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, LDP, VRF, VPC, VTP.

Tools: & Packages Wireshark, MS Visio, Cisco Packet Tracer, MS Office Tools (Strong in Excel), HTTP Debugger, TCPDump, Xplico ( Open source Network Forensic Analysis), NS3

Wireless Networks: 802.11 b/g/n (Wi-Fi), Planning and Optimization of Wireless Networks, Cellular Network Systems.

Broadband Network: Routing/switching, High Speed Switches and Optical Networks, DWDM, VLAN, IP assignment, Wireless Access, IP Scanning

LAN: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit, 40 Gigabit

WAN: Leased lines 64k - 155Mb (PPP / HDLC), Channelized links Ethernet(E1/T1/E3/T3), Fiber Optic Circuits (OC12/OC18/OC192), Frame Relay, ISDN, and Load Balancing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Minneapolis

Responsibilities:

• Have an understanding of load balancing strategies/techniques, routing/switching expertise in application switching/traffic management, knowledge of persistence and SSL certificates
• In depth engineering experience on F5 load balances, including and understanding of application layer protocols including TTP, SSH, SSL, and DNS, Experience on F5 versions v10.X
• Able to complete basic configurations on the F5 including; OS upgrades, Trunking, and general troubleshooting of the devices
• Advanced skills of designing, coding, and troubleshooting iRules and iControls are required
• Able to understand HTTP & HTTPS predicted behavior as well as read the packet content to create or modify custom settings on such behavior
• Understanding of the generic and the ability to create custom monitors
• Have a strong understand Web traffic load balancing function and manipulation procedures
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services design experience
• Experience in web traffic support and implementation, Along with sizing and capacity planning based on a high availability or DR design
• Have an understanding of the Application Security Module (ASM) technology. Able to create custom security perimeters within ASM around the dependencies of the application flow
• Have an understanding of the Global Traffic Manager and Iquery functionality between LTM & GTM for a HA design
• Worked on F5 Local Traffic managers (LTM), Global traffic manager (GTM) of series 8900, 6400, 6800, 3400, 5100, 3600 and 3DNS migration to GTM.

Confidential, Providence, RI

Network Operation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• f5 Network Engineer, Duties Look over the project plans and designs for the implementation to understand and provide input on the project direction
• A key member in all stages of testing, validation and final implementation
• 5+ year in enterprise level load-balancing tools. F5 product experience supporting load balancing (LTM, GTM) is required. iRules implementation
• Knowledge of Web Application Firewall and Application Security Module (ASM) Skills in building server pools, advanced health checking, application Experience coordinating and deploying changes through a formal change management structure
• Skills for f5 Network Engineer Create, test and implement Virtual Services and iRules Create ASM for load balancing configuration Implement F5 WAF and ASM
• Troubleshooting and Support of Security environment with VPN, Firewalls, NAT, Proxy, DMZ Solution, IPSEC, Intrusion Detection System(IDS), Intrusion Prevention System(IPS), Public Key Interchange (PKI) & SSL
• Configured Check Point clusters with Nokia box and crossbeam. Worked on IPSO 2.0, IPSO 4.0, IPSO 5.0, Exposure in Microsoft Virtual Server, Power Convert, Cisco works 2000 and VMware ESX server virtualization
• Troubleshooting and Support of Security environment with VPN, Firewalls, NAT, Proxy, DMZ Solution, IPSEC, Intrusion Detection System(IDS), Intrusion Prevention System(IPS), Public Key Interchange (PKI) & SSL
• Excellent experience in Customer service management, Problem documentation, Enterprise project management, State of Wisconsin Server or Network environments, Windows NT 4.0 to Active Directory migration
• Experience with Juniper/Netscreen and PaloAlto firewalls, Experience with Juniper and Cisco Router ACLs
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and analytical abilities including packet capture analysis
• Knowledge of network routing and security protocols and implementations: TCP/IP, SSL, IPSEC VPN, SSL VPN, VLANs and BGP
• Good understanding of OSI Model, TCP/IP protocol suite (IP, ARP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, SNMP, FTP, TFTP).
• Experience in IPSEC VPN/SSL-VPN/NAT/GRE
• Experience in building network management tools and creating detailed documentation, review Client’s server / systems configuration & make recommendations as to best location for each system based on Client's target state Domain Boundary architecture
• Installation, and support for Remote Access and Firewall Infrastructure and related technology, Collaborate with internal Information Protection organization to determine the most appropriate technical solution to addressSecurityPolicy
• Worked on Juniper Net-screen Firewalls like, NS50,SSG 550M, SSG520M, ISG 1000, ISG 200
• Deployed Net-screen firewalls ISG 1000, ISG 2000 for financial domains.
• Experience on Check Point Firewalls NG, NGX, NG R55, NGX 60, NGX R65, R70, R75
• Implementing standard security measures on all the Routers and Switches. Configuring AAA on all network devices with TACACS+ using Cisco ACS.

Confidential

System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform the day-to-day operation, administration and maintenance of F5 load balancing units located in multiple data centers.
• Analyze current F5 Server Load Balancing configurations and determine implementation requirements.
• Configure server load balancing equipment to place servers in/out of service, adding/removing virtual IP addresses (VIPs), troubleshooting connection issues, updating network documents
• Upgrade configuration of existing server load balancing equipment to support new features and functions.
• Assist in the evaluation of potential server load balancing products or technical solutions.
• Test newly released equipment software and operating system for security vulnerabilities and make changes to mitigate the risk.
• Perform on-going management of server load balancing server installations and upgrade projects and maintain deployment schedules.
• Provide third-level support and troubleshooting of network problems. Periodically provide after-hours and weekend support.
• Maintain and extend expertise in applicable areas of network and computer hardware and software technology.

Confidential

Network Support / Change Management Engineer

Responsibilities:

• The Change should meet the stated business outcomes, to build and test process identified any additional risks, and to address such risk on priority.
• Is the business ready for the change at the proposed time
• To complete implementation plan and to make sure that ITMC, NOC staff are trained and prepared for a successful implementation.
• Interact regularly with senior or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, regions, and/or business partners.
• Make effective decisions on internal operational matters and ensures achievement of objectives.
• Establish strategy and tactics within area of responsibility, and contribute to KP-IT strategy formulation.
• Act as a change leader and drive change, process improvements and cultural transformation both internally within the respective department and in collaboration with other managers.

Confidential

Network Executive BOP

Responsibilities:

• Part of Voice/Network provisioning to deploy Data, IP, Peering, Voice backbones
• Maintain the MTTR as per defined SLA & execution of proper escalations, both functional and hierarchical.
• To check the feasibility of the network, to support the requested customer services & define service on the switch
• Routing feasibility and coordinate mapping with transmission team
• Responsible for service turn-up and testing (Level 1, 2, 3, 4) with regional & International ITMC
• Liaison with Configuration Management NOCs, different international ITMCs, switch and special service configuration teams for different network operations.