SUMMARY

• Seven Years of experience in Designing, Implementing, Security and Troubleshooting Service Provider Network and Enterprise Network and Network administration, implementation, design, and troubleshooting Seeking a challenging and interesting opportunity in network engineering which enables me to maximize my technical and managerial skills.
• Strong knowledge in Cisco Routing, Switching and Security with Cisco hardware/software (heavy Cisco shop) experience.
• Experience working on Cisco Catalyst Series 3750, 4500, 4900, 6500; Nexus 2000, 5000, and 7000 series switches.
• Extensive work experience with Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Load Balancers and Firewalls.
• Experience in layer - 3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2Kseries, Cisco router models like 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series and Cisco catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900 series switches.
• Experience on F5 Local Traffic managers (LTM), Global traffic manager (GTM) of series 6400, 6800, 3400, 5100, 3600 and 3DNS migration to GTM.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST. Implementation of HSRP, VRRP for Default Gateway Redundancy.
• Configure VRRP, HSRP & GLBP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q & ISL, STP, Port Security on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Experience working with Juniper JUNOS version 12 and Version 13 for routing and switching protocols.
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus Switches and Virtual Port Channel configuration.
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability.
• Hands on experience in configuring and supporting site-to-site and remote access Cisco, IPSec, VPN solutions using ASA/PIX firewalls, Cisco and VPN client.
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers (MX960).
• Designed 10 gigabit networks using Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches, Checkpoint NGX firewall and Cisco 3800 series routers
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in Tier II ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Subnetting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, FT1 / T1 / FT3 T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls.
• Strong knowledge of TACACS+, RADIUS implementation in Access Control Network.
• Configuring and managingF5ASM (Application security manager). Develop security policies.
• Experience in Designing and assisting in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA.
• Experience in configuring and installing Brocade routers and switches.
• Understanding the JUNOS platform and worked with IOS upgrade of Juniper devices.
• Experienced in Troubleshooting layer 2 and 3 issues on Brocade Campus routers and switches.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco Platforms: Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, 1K

Juniper Platforms: SRX-Firewalls, MX-Routers, EX-Switches

Cisco Routers: 1700,1800,2500,2600,2800,3600,3800,3900,7200,7600

Cisco L2 & L3 Switches: 2900,3500,3560,3750,4500,4900,6500

Networking Concepts: Access-lists, Routing, Switching, Sub netting, Designing, CSU/DSU, IPsec, VLAN, VPN, WEP, WAP, MPLS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi

Firewall: ASA Firewall (5505/5510), Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, Palo Alto

Network Tools: Solar Winds, SNMP, Cisco Works, Wireshark

Load Balancers: Cisco CSM, F5 Networks (Big-IP)

Wan Technologies: Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM, MPLS, leased lines & exposure to PPP

Lan Technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, & 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Port- channelVLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, 802.1Q

Security Protocols: IKE, IPSEC, SSL-VPN

Networking Protocols: RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, STP, RSTP, VLANs, VTP, PAGP, LACP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBPTACACS+, Radius, AAA, IPv4 and IPv6

Network Management: TACACS, SNMP, Syslog, and Wireshark

Operating System: Windows 7/XP, MAC OS X, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Unix

Documentation: MS Office, MS Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Wilson NC

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Handle first level of designing and installing Cisco Call Manager and Associated Voice Applications
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers (MX960)
• Design, configuration, and support of Cisco Nexus Platforms (Nexus 2000/5000/7000 )
• Configured IPsec site-to-site VPN connection between Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator and Cisco 3800.
• Configurations of load balancing in F5, SSL/VPN connections, Troubleshooting CISCO ASA firewalls, and related network security measures.
• Creation of Firewall policies as per the requirements on Checkpoint, ASA, FWSM, and Juniper Firewalls.
• Hands on experience on 802.11(a-n), Configured EIGRP for Lab Environment.
• Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers.
• Configuring Static, IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco Routers.
• Experience working with ASR 9000 series Router with IOS-XR.
• Working on security devices ASA, Juniper, Palo Alto Firewalls, Routers, and Switches.
• Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP.
• Configured Cisco routers for MPLS VPN connectivity and VRF tables on edge routers for customer usage of the MPLS network.
• Built an accruing network via MPLS circuits to split the trusted and un-trusted traffic via a Cisco ASRRouter.
• Implemented antivirus and web filtering on Juniper SRX 240 at the web server
• Installation ofPaloAlto(Web Application and URL filtering, Threat Prevention, Data Filtering).
• Configuring and managingF5ASM (Application security manager). Develop security policies.
• Responsible for check point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Experience working with High performance data center switch like nexus 7000 series
• Experience working with Nexus 7010,7018, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices.
• Experience working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for a datacenter access architecture
• Helping to set up point to point OSPF connection on their Cisco and Juniper routers, MX, ISR, ASA, QFX devices with their current network.
• Performed upgradation ofPaloAltofirewall from old platforms to new platforms 6.1.5 to 6.1.10.
• Implemented MPLS, QOS, BGP, OSPF, IPSEC,L3VPN/ASA firewall configuration changes into Cisco 6500, 2800, switches/routers
• Cisco ASA/Checkpoint Firewall troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments that either come on line or that may have been altered during various planned network changes on the network.
• Monitoring of Check point firewall 9070 with Smart Tracker Checkpoint.
• Increase overall productivity by monitoring and troubleshooting network infrastructure including data and voice(VoIP) networks, routers, Ethernet switches, firewall configurations, virtual private networks (VPN) and data communication carrier services
• Designed 10 gigabit networks using Cisco Nexus 7000 series switches, Checkpoint NGX firewall and Cisco 3800 series routers
• Experience with Juniper JUNOS operating system and working on M and MX series routers.
• Knowledge in implementing and configuring F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers.
• Involved in design and implementation of Data Center Migration, worked on implementation strategies for the expansion of the VPN networks.
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs.
• Experience with Network Redesign for Company Campus Locations and Moving from 6500 based Data Center to Nexus based Data Center.
• Responsible for Updating Access-list, prefix-list to 2500 Retail Routers across the country. Experience with LAN protocols like STP, RSTP, MST, VTP, VLAN and Port Channel Protocols like LACP, PAGP.
• Installed high availability Big IP F5 LTM and GTM load balancers to provide uninterrupted service to customers.
• Troubleshot VoIP issues with Cisco Call Manager 8.6; Unity Connections and Presence.
• Creation of Firewall policies as per the requirements on Checkpoint, ASA, FWSM, and Juniper Firewalls.
• Experience working with migration from 6500 series devices to 4500 Series switches in Campus deployments at Core, Distribution and Access Layers.
• Responsible for managing activities, Upgrading IOS — Upgrading hardware and installing new devices, tuning (Configuration), make standardization for the topology
• Experience in designing and implementing IP addressing including IPv4 and IPv6 and familiar with working on Dual Stack Mode.

Confidential, Maplewood MN

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 2500, 2600, 3000, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers and CiscoASR9K/1K
• Installation, Configuration, Upgradation, Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Testing activities performed on Checkpoint and Juniper Firewalls.
• Experience with converting Cisco 6500 IOS to Cisco Nexus NX-OS in the data center environment.
• Responsible for check point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Worked and performed troubleshooting, implementing, optimizing and testing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP ability to interpret and resolve complex route table problems.
• Experience in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and the changing the metrics for the primary and Backup
• Migration from Cisco toPaloAltofirewall & Cisco to Checkpoint firewall.
• Implement changes on switches, routers, load balancer (F5 and CSS), wireless devices per engineer’s instructions and troubleshooting any related issues.
• Provide technical support in the implementation, testing and configuration of various network protocols to include: OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning-Tree, VRRP/HSRP, VPN, VRF, IPSEC and GRE Tunnels
• Responsible for adding Policies to the Juniper SRX 3600, 240, ISG firewalls and Check point Firewalls and monitoring the logs
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices
• Provided redundancy in a multi homed Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network by tunings AS-path.
• Upgrade Cisco Routers, Switches and Firewall (PIX) lOS using TFTP
• Experience with converting checkpoints VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA Solution. Migration with Cisco ASA VPN experience.
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability.
• Working on security devices ASA, Juniper, Palo Alto Firewalls, Routers, and Switches
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS, VTP, STP and configuring on Fast Ethernet.
• Firewall technologies including general configuration, risk analysis, security policy, rules creation and modification of Check Point Next-Generation Firewalls R65, R70 & GAIA R77.30, Net Screen Firewall, PaloAltoNext-Generation firewalls.
• Working knowledge of leveragingF5devices for web acceleration & caching.
• Configured and implemented Nexus 5K and 2K in lab environment
• Managed and coordinated the efforts with Vendors like Cisco, Juniper etc for implementing and staging the equipments and installing and finally configuring it for the required projects.
• Configuring and managingF5ASM (Application security manager). Develop security policies.
• Configuring, Installing and troubleshooting on Check Point Devices.
• Designed application mapping and application delivery using F5 BIG IP LTM.
• Experience in working with designing, installing and troubleshooting ofPaloAltofirewalls.
• Worked with software developers to enhance the features of F5 product, BIGIP.
• Worked on Juniper J series j230, M 320 routers and EX 3200 series switch.
• Assisted 2nd Level engineers with VOIP issues.
• Replaced old 6500 and WAN routers from DR testing site and Installed Nexus 7K and ASR 1006 routers.
• VLAN Configurations, troubleshooting and Firewall ACLs and Object-Groups configuration and Support
• Configured IPsec site-to-site VPN connection between Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator and Cisco 3800
• Configuring and Managing Cisco ISE, ACS for TACACS+, RADIUS
• Technical support to IPAM, DNS / DHCP, networking protocol, Sybase Database, and Active Directory.
• Managing a TACACS server for VPN user authentication and network devices authentication.
• Monitored all Cisco equipment using Cisco Works.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for configuring Cisco router 7000, 3800, 2800 series. Configurations involved routing protocols like OSPF, BGP, STATIC routes etc.
• Worked on Cisco switches 4500, 3500, 2900, 3750 series. Configurations involved trunking, VLAN, Layer 3 Switching. Involved in configuration of Cisco catalyst 4500 Switches.
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus Switches and Virtual Port Channel configuration.
• Configuring, Installing and troubleshooting on Check Point Devices.
• Isolated network traffic via F5 load balancers for GTMs and LTMs
• F5GTM/LTM infrastructure design and configuration for scalable software infrastructure.
• Created and design network layout and documented the network system design with detail information.
• Responsible for creating, modifying, removing VLAN configs as per the need.
• Configuring standard and extended access-lists for security purpose.
• Provide timely and accurate progress status on all ongoing support issues, with an emphasis on problems, issues, and concerns.
• Involved in setup of F5 Load Balancers.
• Responsible for check point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Experience with network redundancy, diversity and associated dynamic protocols, including HSRP, VRRP, BGP and EIGRP.
• Work and experience with Cisco Content Delivery Network.
• Support after hours cut-over/migration issues, opening trouble ticket with NOC for special support.

Confidential

Network Admin

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Configuration of Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 & 3550 series and configured routing protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design Document and followed the change process as per IT policy It also includes the configuration of port channel between core switches and server distribution switches
• Responsible for turning up BGP peering and customer sessions, as well as debugging BGP routing problems.
• Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF & BGP
• Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco7600, 7200, 3800 series and ASR 9k, GSR 12K routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5000, 6500 Series switches
• Designing and Implementation of (LAN) VLANs, VTP, Spanning Tree (STP), Trunking (dotlq and ISL) and Ether channel.
• Configured Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN with Routing Information Protocol (RIP) on the customer's Site.
• Assigned and configured IP VRF(Cisco) forwarding for customer usage of the MPLS network
• Involved in the redistribution into OSPF on the core ASA firewall.
• Installed and configured four PIX 525 and two ASA 5505 in customer locations. In addition to that, two PIX firewall configured for the Guest access.
• Configuring, Installing and troubleshooting on Check Point Devices.
• Troubleshoot and Worked with Security issues related to Cisco ASA/PIX, Checkpoint.
• Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATing Configured RSTP, MST and used VTP with 802.1 q trunk encapsulation.
• Installed, configured and troubleshootF5NetworkLoadBalancing BigIP's.
• Configure, troubleshootF5Big IPloadbalancers.
• Policy provisioning, access to specific segments of the networks through Cisco ISE.
• Configured network access servers and routers for AAA Security (RADIUS/ TACACS+)
• Responsible for Internal and external accounts and, managing LAN/WAN and checking for Security
• Implementation of name resolution using WINS & DNS in TCP/IP environment
• Key contributions include troubleshooting of complex LAN/WAN infrastructure that include
• Enabled STP Enhancements to speed up the network convergence that include Port-fast, Uplink-fast and Backbone-fast

Confidential

Network Admin

Responsibilities:

• Designing solutions for frozen requirements using Cisco Routers and Switches
• Configured EIGRP for Lab Environment.
• Implemented ISL and 802.1Q for communicating through VTP.
• Working with Client teams to find out requirements for their Network Requirements.
• Deploying the network infrastructure to meet the requirements.
• Created VLAN and Inter-Vlan routing with Multilayer Switching.
• Documenting and Log analyzing the Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems.
• Performed administrative support for RIP, OSPF routing protocol.
• Maintained redundancy on Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 routers with HSRP.
• Real time monitoring and network management using Cisco Works LMS (LAN Management solution).
• Provided technical support on hardware and software related issues to remote production sites.
• Responsible for LAN and internet connection file and print server.
• Maintained and installed new internet connections for customers.
• Handled installation of Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstations.
• Handled Tech Support as it relates to LAN & WAN systems.
• Create, Design and troubleshoot VRFneeds and environments