PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 7+ years of experience as a Network & Security Engineer in Administration of LAN, WAN, Wireless and Security Technologies and Products including installments and configurations of physical networks (servers, switches, routers, panels, ports & hubs).
• Extensive experience in installation, administration and networking in various MS Windows OS environments.
• Assisted in designing, development and implementation of security policies on an organization level. Information security and systems administration, technical Support and consulting.
• Implementation, trouble shooting, development and maintaining enterprise date network systems and Implementation of enterprise networks by dealing wif Cisco routers, Cisco Catalyst switches, Cisco Firewalls, Load balancers.
• Expertise in deployment of Routers, Switches, Hubs, Firewalls, IDS, load balancers, VPN Concentrators.
• Familiar wif Remedy, Secure Computing's Sidewinder Firewall, Cisco PIX Firewalls and ASAs, SSGs, Firewall Switch Modules, BlueCoat Proxy devices, Wise Package Studio, Symantec Ghost and Antivirus.
• Networks and Security administration including routers, switches, firewalls and VPNs
• Experience working wif Cisco Switching, Routing, Reverse Proxy appliance and Security products.
• Configure and maintain Site - to-site VPN and VPN concentrators solution for Remote users.
• Design and implement security policies using ACL, PIX firewall (515, 520) and security gateway.
• Configuration of Cisco routers (2600/3600/7500 series) and switches (1900/4000 series).
• Extensive noledge and experience in routing protocols as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP.
• Hands on experience of firewalls Cisco PIX and Cisco ASA, Checkpoint R75.
• Planned and managed Disaster Recovery and Backups.
• Hand-on experience in installation and maintenance of windows NT/2000/2003/2008/2008R2.
• Networks and Security administration including routers, switches, firewalls and VPNs
• Configuring, Administering and troubleshooting the Checkpoint and ASA firewall.
• Perform Custer configuration, backup and restore the current Gateway installation
• Using SmartUpdate, User Management and Authentication in Checkpoint Firewall.
• Strong working experience wif Static, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF & BGP Routing protocols
• Design, implement and managing Wide Area /Local Area Networks and Networking Devices administration.
• Configure and Troubleshoot IPSec S2S, Remote Access and SSL VPN on ASA firewall and Checkpoint Firewalls.
• Monitoring Traffic and Connections in Checkpoint and ASA Firewall.
• Hands on experience on all software blades of checkpoint firewall.
• Knowledge of Intrusion Detection, DMZ, encryption, IPsec, proxy services, Site to Site VPN tunnels, MPLS/VPN, SSL/VPN
• Installation of Windows 2003 enterprise and standard editions, R2, Windows 2000 standard and advanced server editions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technical Skills Operating Systems: Windows 2000/2003/2008/2012 Server, Windows XP

Routers: Cisco 2600, 2800, 3800, 3900, 7200 & 7600 seriesSwitches Cisco 3550, 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500 & NEXUS 7K series.

Firewalls: Checkpoint, ASA 5500Networking Hardware Cisco Switches & Cisco Routers.

Load Balancer: CISCO CSM, ACE Module, GSS & F5 LTM

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP, PBR, LAN/WAN

Technologies: Ethernet, Frame Relay, T1/DS3/OC3

Protocols: IP, IPv6, TCP, UDP, ICMP, NAT, DNS, DHCP, SNMPServer Load balancers BIG IP F5 Load balancers. LTM and GTM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, MA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementing new Firewalls requirements pertaining to Checkpoint Firewalls
• Configuring and maintaining the firewall, analyzing the firewall syslog and performing rules reconciliations and capacity planning in every quarter year using Algosec.
• Configuring Site-to-Site IPSEC VPN and RA VPN for the Customers' requirements.
• Reviewing the Change request plans created by L1 and L2 administrators.
• Analyzing Checkpoint IPS syslog and closing the vulnerabilities in the network.
• Performing Vulnerability Analysis test for Firewalls and other network devices and providing the closures for vulnerabilities.
• Primarily focused on Reverse Proxy management, operations, documentation, Reverse Proxy configuration and maintenance.
• Designing and implementing Wireless network in the Campus for both internal and project requirements.
• Configuring and Maintaining Cisco Wireless LAN controllers, Access points and Airtight Sensors and SpectaGuard.
• Analyzing and closing the Vulnerabilities found in the Wireless using Airtight SpectaGuard.
• Configured and Maintaining Cisco ACS 1121 Appliance running wif 5.3 for Network devices access and Guest WIFI solution. Designing and implementing new Firewalls requirements for Customers such as Cisco PIX, ASA, Checkpoint UTM, Fortigate and Juniper SSG and SRX Firewalls.
• Integrated Cisco Security Manager wif Cisco ACS Server 4.1, Bluecoat Cisco SSL VPN, Clean Access and ACS
• Configuring and maintaining the firewall, analyzing the firewall syslog and performing rules reconciliations and capacity planning in every quarter year using Algosec.
• Configuring Site-to-Site IPSEC VPN and RA VPN for the Customers' requirements.
• Reviewing the Change request plans created by L1 and L2 administrators.
• Analyzing Checkpoint IPS syslog and closing the vulnerabilities in the network.
• Performing Vulnerability Analysis test for Firewalls and other network devices and providing the closures for vulnerabilities.
• Designing and implementing Wireless network in the Campus for both internal and project requirements.
• Configuring and Maintaining Cisco Wireless LAN controllers, Access points and Airtight Sensors and SpectaGuard.
• Analyzing and closing the Vulnerabilities found in the Wireless using Airtight SpectaGuard.

Confidential Tampa, Florida

Network Security Engineeer

Responsibilities:

• Servers Installation, Configuration & Administration.
• Building, configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting the firewalls. Develop and implement the company's security policies, and rules implementation. Coordinate lab testing of new software to ensure stable implementation.
• Installation and administration of Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls, Cisco 3500, 4500, 6500 series switches and Checkpoint R 75.40 Firewall.
• VLAN and Port channel configurations on Cisco 4500 and 6500 series switches and SSL VPN configuration on F5 Firepass 4300.
• Provided Information Security Risk Assessment and consulting for internal projects.
• Coordinated wif network operations center (NOC) for change notifications, alerts and escalation of security incidents.
• Provided support to halp desk for complex/major network problems. Build the rules for the application access across the IPSEC VPN tunnel.
• Configured IPSEC VPN tunnels between Checkpoint and other non-Checkpoint endpoint devices using IKE pre-shared keys, 3DES and MD5.
• Performed daily network operations, on-call, and other duties and tasks as required.
• Monitor the ticket queue for incoming tickets, update tickets in accordance to Service Level Agreement (SLAs) requirements and, escalate based on severity levels.
• Performed network security, administration, analysis, and problem resolution for networks, including NT 4.0, Windows 2000, UNIX (Solaris & BSD), CISCO, TCP/IP, and Checkpoint firewalls.
• Implemented enterprise wide network infrastructure and ecommerce support solutions including, network intrusion detection, encryption and monitoring.
• Performed business migration planning including location change, platform introduction and integration. Worked on creating network documentation using Microsoft Visio 2007.

Confidential, Mountain View CA

Firewall Admin- Networks

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring and managing Active directory, DHCP, DNS, Windows 2003 and 2008 servers.
• Installation of various Type of operating systems WIN2k server, WIN2k3L.
• Maintain the network connectivity of 1000 IBM Computer wif in team.
• Configuration of Cisco 4500, 2950, catalyst 500 switches and assign switch port to particular VLAN and Password recovery of Switches
• Configuration of Cisco 2600 series routers and monitoring router function and WAN link Connectivity.
• Coordination wif MTNL and VSNL ISP provider When any problem wif WAN Link.
• Monitoring MacAfee server Update and all client machine updates and scanning of client machines.
• Coordination wif UK & US employees if they face any problem wile connecting server through VPN
• Monitoring proxy server utilization and bandwidth.
• Maintain daily SLA of router, core switches, DNS Server, WAN Link, SAP Server, Domain Controller, Data base server, SAN Box FTP Servers, Internet proxy, MacAfee Anti-Virus.
• Installation of Microsoft outlook and configuring outlook through RPC over HTTP.
• Extensive experience in deploying and managing Cisco PIX/ASA and NetScreen Firewalls.
• Auditing rules (policies) on firewalls.
• Assisting and supporting Web Applications, Microsoft Active Directory Domain controller, reverse-proxies, socks and many others.
• Finding out the security zones & Global Approved Service Matrix (GASM) result for those policies.
• Remediating those rules/policies Checkpoint, Windows vista Bit Locker, PGP
• Monitor firewall, VPN, IDS/IPS
• Maintained security of voice and data networks and equipment.
• Monitored and maintained physical and logical security and access to systems.
• Responsible for support of existing security policies and procedures as well as creation and implementation of new security procedures.

Confidential

Network/Technical Support Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Monitored Multi-customer ISP network and troubleshooting issues in a 24 X 7 Environment
• Experienced in LAN/WAN topologies and transport methods includes TCP/IP, Routing (RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP), VPN, ATM, Frame Relay, X.25, HDLC, PPP, ISDN, Communication Server, Protocol Translator, TACACS, RADIUS, RSRB, DLSW+, STUN, SDLLC, QLLC, CIP, VoIP, VLAN, QOS, DSCP, OTN, IPSec, SONET, SHNS, ISDN (BRI & PRI), iSCSI, SNMP, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 10GigEthernet
• Documented network assessment including technical and operational
• Investigated issues involving T1, DS3, ATM, Frame Relay, MPLS, IP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and RIP
• Worked wif customer for troubleshooting, resolving LAN/WAN and DNS issues
• Escalated trouble calls: worked closely wif higher Tier and other group for resolution
• Configured router from basic to advanced including ACL, SNMP, NAT/PAT
• Troubleshooting and resolving incidents (Hardware and Software) related to desktop, Thin clients, Laptop, IP phone and Network connectivity (LAN) issues
• Worked on configuration and installation of new desktops for users using GHOST, EZ copy and Dist.-to-Disk copy
• Develop and implement strategies to support the current and future needs of the company.
• Strategies include operating systems, virus protection, mail systems and Internet services.
• Updated the anti-virus, spam blockers, and other security software so dat the systems are always secured
• Resolved all computer related problems, monitored and maintained system functionality and reliability by identifying ways to prevent system failures
• Managed and Maintained Windows Software including PC troubleshoot and halp desk
• Optimized Windows and improved Windows Performance
• Used tools to support the OS, Task Manager, MSconfig, Service Console, Computer Management, Microsoft Management Console
• Fixed Problems caused by Hardware and Applications and Troubleshoot Startup problem and Blue Screen Errors
• Managed and Troubleshoot Cisco routers and switches up to layer 1/2/3 of OSI model
• Configured LAN/ WAN infrastructure and Troubleshoot Layer 1/2/3 of OSI model.