SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience in routing, switching, firewall technologies, systems design, and administration and troubleshooting.
• Exposure to LAN/WAN setup, installation, configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience of routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, IS - IS and BGP, MPLS.
• Maintains a high level of technical knowledge ofF5and the relevant industry.
• Clearly articulate technical elements of theF5value proposition to customers and partners.
• Experienced in Troubleshooting for connectivity and hardware problems on Cisco Networks.
• Extensive experience with Cisco IOS, Windows client/server operating systems, Linux, Networking technologies, Firewalls.
• Experience in L2/L3 3 protocols like VLANS, STP, VTP, MPLS and Trunking protocols.
• Good knowledge in WAN Technologies like ACL, NAT and PAT, IPSec, IKE and VPNs.
• Worked in OSI model, TCP/IP, UDP, IP addressing and Sub netting.
• Hands-on experience in the setup of HSRP, ACL, and tunnel installations.
• Enhanced level of knowledge with IGRP, PPP, ATM, T1/T3 Frame-Relay.
• Extensive knowledge in different networking protocols DHCP, DNS, FTP, VOIP (SIP, H.323, MGCP), Quality of Service (QOS).
• Knowledge on Cisco CUCM, Cisco WAAS and Cisco ISE.
• Knowledge of Advanced acceleration techniques like TCP optimization.
• Knowledge of Patch management and version upgrading.
• In-depth of ASM design and troubleshooting in an enterprise environment.
• Basic understanding to work on Junos-Juniper router with MX and QFX series.
• Great team player and able to work under pressure.
• Exceptional skills in IPV4 and IPV6Sub-netting.
• Good Knowledge on AWS, PAAS, SAAS.
• Demonstrated success record in: Managing multiple tasks with proven ability to meet deadlines and proactively identifying the problem to solve complex technical issues.
• Highly enthusiastic, creative team player, project implementation, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LAN Technologies: VLAN, VTP, Inter-Vlan routing, IKE, STP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1x

WAN Technologies: Frame Relay, ISDN, PPP, ATM, MPLS, Channel & Leased lines

Network Securities: NAT/PAT, VPN, Filtering, Load Balancing, IDS/IPS, IPSec, ACL

Routing Protocols: RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, HSRP, IPv6

Routed Protocols: TCP/IP, IPX/SPX

Infrastructure Services: DHCP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, FTP, TFTP

Network Managements: SNMP, SSH, Telnet, ICMP

Firewalls: CISCO ASA, CHECKPOINT, PALO ALTO

Load balancer: F5(LTM,GTM), A10

IP Telephony: VOIP, FXO/FXS/E&M/T1/ISDN/ PRI, Call manager Express.

Operating Systems: Windows Vista/XP/NT/2003, MS DOS, UNIX, Linux

Comm. Protocols: ARP, Wi-Fi, WiMax, CDMA, 3G

Packages: Visual Studio 2008, OPNET, MATLAB, CAD, Flash, Dream weaver.

Languages/ Tools: C, Python

Monitoring Tools: Solar winds, Spirent, Wireshark, NetScout, SNMPv2/v3.,MRTG

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured Routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, static routing and policy based routing.
• Team member of Configuration ofCisco7206 router with VPN and Configuration of Catalyst switches.
• Configuration 7609, 7606 with BGP and catalyst 6505, 4500, 3550 switches with various VLAN.
• Create and testCisco router and switching operations using BGP routing protocol, ASA Firewalls, and MPLS switching for stable VPNs.
• Assigned new IP scheme, Documented, via Visio and excel, and labeled new 100+ cable layout.
• Configuration and troubleshooting link state protocols like OSPF in single area and multiple areas.
• Redesign of Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting bandwidth requirements.
• Configured HSRP and VLAN trucking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Installed configured and troubleshootedCiscoNCS4200 NCS4000 NCS2000 in a lab environment provides support to the customer labs and in the field.
• Optimized performance of the WANnetworkconsisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.
• Addressed technical issues and questions regardingCiscoISEincluding troubleshooting and feature changes and modifications.
• Install and administer Trend Micro Tipping PointIDS/IPS, Security Management System (SMS) and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) appliances.
• Oversee Cisco Source fireIDSsensors and Fire Sight Manager Console (FMC) implementation
• Reviewed the security controls relating toIDS/IPS, VPN, firewall, event correlation tools, identify management (authentication, authorization) cryptography and key management.
• Involved in Configuring and troubleshooting of F5 LTM/GTM/APM/ASM/ARM and WAF Management services under short time in an enterprise environment.
• Reviewed firewall/IDS/IPS& security configuration &identified the security issues.
• Also involved in upgrading firmware for LTM/GTM and SSL certificate management.
• Configured Cisco ASR 9000 (IOS-XR) and Cisco 6500.
• Implemented VPN connections using Palo Alto firewalls.
• Also involved in designing and deployment of Palo Altofirewalls.
• Having exposure of Symantec(SEP, ATP, PGP, DLP,VIP, etc.).
• Configured VLANs with 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 2500, 2600, 3000, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers.
• Participate in all technical aspects of LAN, WAN, VPN, IKE and security Internet Service projects including, short and long term planning, implementation, project management and operations support as required.
• Worked on Cisco Routers, Active /Passive Hubs, Switches, Cisco PIX Firewall, Juniper Firewalls, Nortel VPN Concentrators TCP/IP, NAT and Checkpoint ESX/GSX firewall.
• Having Data Center Design Experience, installing and Configuring Network Devices in a Data Center including patching the cables in the Patch Panel. Design and implemented network infrastructure and configured the entire network Infrastructure devices including Network Printers and Register.
• Hands-on experience in the network management of circuits using TDM and Frame Relay network, performing configuration and provisioning management, fault management and performance monitoring.

Environment: Cisco 2948/3560/4500/3560/ 3750/3550/3500/2960 6500 switches and Cisco 3640/12000/7200/ 3845/3600/2800 routers, Cisco Nexus 7K/5K,ASR1000, 1001X,ASR9000, 6500, Cisco ASA 500, Checkpoint, windows server 2003/2008: F5 BIGIP LTM, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, HSRP and IS-IS.

Confidential, Phoenix

Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Hand on experience the configuration and implementation of various Cisco Routers and L2 Switches.
• Extensive experience in configuring and implementing EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• Supported core network consisting of Cisco 7200 series routers running multi area OSPF
• Configuration of EIGRP and OSPF as interior gateway protocol with route filtering and route redistribution.
• Implemented stub/Totally stub areas and various OSPF features like route-summarization and SPF throttling.
• ConfiguredCiscoISEfor Wireless and Wired 802.1x Authentication onCiscoWireless LAN Controllers, Catalyst Switches, andCiscoASA Firewalls.
• Also, Configured and ImplementedCiscoIdentity Services Engine (ISE) with connectivity to Microsoft Active directory for Authentication including Certificate Based Authentication.
• Configuration and Integration ofCiscoIdentity Services Engine (ISE) 1.4.
• TroubleshootNetScalergateway for remote access.
• Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN,IPS/IDS, AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS) and deploying GRE Tunnel.
• Deployed Mandiant Fire Eye and managed it for a long time.
• Responsible for cross-training other team members on theAvayaplatform as well as the Remote Agent Voice product and assisting with completing on-going projects in remote centers.
• Integration of CUPS with SIMPLE, SOAP, and LDAP protocols to CUPC,CUCM, and Active Directory.
• Configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting of F5 load balancer.
• Managed 10G and 100G OpticalDWDMrouters, Decommissioned F5 load balancers.
• Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support
• Supporting EIGRP and BGP for problems of L2/L3 in internal teams & external customers.
• Providing daily network support for national wide area network consisting of MPLS, VPN and point-to point site.
• Configured virtual server, hosts or pool members and High availability and Load balancing algorithms configuration.
• Full hands on experience working on Automation Tools such as iTest for building the configuration onJuniperRouters as well as on Ciena devices.
• Configuration and maintenance of Juniper SRX firewalls 5800
• Configuring, troubleshooting and maintenance of Juniper MX240 Router.
• Upgrading Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.
• Configured and installed multi-protocol (IP, IPX) multi-interface Cisco routers.
• Design, WAN link using PPP Multilink and by implementing Cisco WAAS.
• Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.
• Configuring STP for switching loop prevention and VLANs for data and voice along with Configuring port security for users connecting to the switches.
• Worked on commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for various field offices.
• Network Cabling, dressing, labeling and troubleshooting various network drops onsite.

Environment: Cisco 3750/3550/3500/2960 switchesandCisco 3640/12000/7200/3845/3600/2800 routers,CiscoNexus3K,5K,7K,9K,ASR1000,1001X,ASR9000,PaloAlto,CiscoASA5510,Checkpoint,OSPF, BGP,VLAN,HSRP, LAN,WAN,IPV4, VMwareESXi 6.x and 5.x.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network.
• Responsible for administration, configuration and implementation of IP Telephony systems
• Studied and analyzed client requirements to provide solutions for network design, configuration, administration, and security.
• Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck with MRTG.
• Performed RIP & OSPF routing protocol administration.
• Configure and Troubleshoot CISCO Routers Switches and Firewalls, IP-phones.
• Configuring Cisco routers/switches and Ericsson ATM Switch.
• InstalledCiscoISE 1.2 and configured and customized Sponsored Guest Portal.
• Handle tasks of designing and maintaining documentation related tonetworklayout.
• Responsible for installing and troubleshooting telecommunicationsnetworkinfrastructure.
• Configure and implementvoicegateways (H323/MGCP/VOIP/SIP), SRST for remote sites.
• Deployed several multisite VoIP installations with centralized call processing using CUCM 7.x/8.x/9.x.
• Interacted with support services to reduce the downtime on leased lines.
• Troubleshoot problems on a day to day basis; provide solutions to fix the problems.
• Monitor the operability and reliability of the network.
• Maintenance and Troubleshooting of connectivity problems using Ping, Trace route.
• Managed the IP address space using subnets and variable length subnet masks (VLSM).
• Worked along with the team in ticketing issues; responsibilities included documentation and support other teams.

Environment: Cisco 4400/7200/3900/7600 Routers, Cisco3650, 6800/6500/3560 Switches.RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP,LAN, WAN, CISCO ASA 5500, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Nexus Switches 5K/7K, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, VLAN, QoS, Wireshark, Solarwinds, ASR9000, 6500, 4500, 3560, Aruba/Cisco wireless controllers, L3 and L2 protocols - OSPF, BGP, Multicast, LACP, LLDP, ECMP, VLAN, STP, MPLS, CMPLS, L3VPN, GRE, IPSec.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, IGRP, RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route.
• Worked on HSRP for hop redundancy and load balancing.
• Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATing Configured RSTP, MST, IKE and used VTP with 802.1q trunk encapsulation.
• Provided port binding, port security and router redundancy through HSRP.
• Designed ACLs, VLANs, troubleshooting IP addressing issues and taking back up of the configurations on switches and routers.
• Did labelling and dressed the cables neatly as indicated by management.
• Provided testing for network connectivity before and after install/upgrade.
• Documented all network changes and implementations, to include adding IP's and Circuit info to spreadsheets and IPAM, creating diagrams.
• Worked directly with WAN and internet carriers during implementations and outages.
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet channel between switches.
• Experience in Cisco switches and routers: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configurations.
• Configured Cisco ASR 9000 (IOS-XR) and Cisco 6500
• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external.

Environment: Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches, Cisco 2900/3900/6500/7500/7200 routers, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, RIP, EIGRP, LAN, WAN, CISCO IOS.