SUMMARY

• Wif 7+ years of Network Engineering, Administration and general Infrastructure support experience. Has extensive exposure to IT support in Retail, Telecom and Pharmaceutical domain.
• Has extensive experience in setting up LAN and troubleshooting related issues. Has WAN awareness and assisted in setting up and troubleshooting various WAN related issues.
• Configured RIP, EIGRP, OSPF. Has in depth noledge and working experience on CATOS & Native IOS. Has experience installing and troubleshooting Cisco routers and switches.
• Has extensive experience managing small and large scale LAN projects mostly involving Switch and Router replacements, upgrades, cabling for servers in Data Center, Wireless site surveys and installation of Light weight access points (WAP).
• Worked on a wide range of network equipment including various kinds of switches and routers. Most prominently Cisco 6500 Catalyst switches (running in native IOS mode and hybrid mode).
• Has Extensive noledge of OSI Networking Model and various network protocols like (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, FTP, TFTP, UDP, ICMP, IPv4, HTTP, SMTP etc).
• Has good noledge of Blade center architecture and environment.
• Has excellent documentation skills. Worked on creating Network diagrams, standard operating procedures and workflows. Has excellent proficiency wif MS Office suite.
• Excellent team player and self - starter wif good communication skills. Demonstrated ability to finish tasks wifin deadlines. Familiar wif various industry standards like GMP (Good manufacturing practices) and strictly adhered to SLA’s.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Working experience wif CISCO Switches (2900, 3560, 3750 stack, 4000, 6500 series).
• Working experience wif CISCO routers (2500, 2600, 3000 series).
• Designing and Implementation expertise of network based of routing protocols such RIPv2, OSPF EIGRP, and BGP.
• Working experience wif Frame-Relay and MPLS.
• Experience in implementing HSRP and VRRP for campus network redundancy.
• Working experience wif 6500 series switches at layer 2 and layer 3.
• Expertise in designing, implementation and support of LAN.
• Wireless Design and engineering.
• Knowledge of IPSEC protocol for site-to-site VPN connectivity.
• Familiar wif Cisco IOS & CATOS.
• Experience wif Cisco Checkpoint and Cisco PIX.
• Expertise in creating groups and controlling traffic flow using VLAN, VTP, ISL, and 802.1Q.
• Configuration experience of STP, RSTP, PVRST, MST.
• Experience wif load balancing using BIG IP F5 and Cisco CSM.
• Implementation and Troubleshooting of WAN authentication protocols- PPP, CHAP and PAP.
• IP addressing and IP address scalability by configuring NAT/PAT.
• Implementing network security using Standard/Extended ACL.
• Upgrading CATOS and CISCO IOS for switches and routers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Engineer

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Managing and administrating teh CISCO equipment’s installed in teh organization.
• Managed LAN environment for a campus area network wif 180 Closet access switches, 30 routers, 14 Building distribution switches, 56 server access switches (Data center) and 2 core switches.
• Maintaining teh loop free environment in teh network using STP and guarding teh stable STP network using protocols such as Root guard, UDLD and BPDU guard.
• Maintaining teh routers running on EIGRP protocol.
• Upgrading CATOS and IOS versions on Supervisor Engine Modules.
• Manages day-to-day calls through HP Open view Service-center for various engineering and trouble-shooting tasks.
• Responsible for ordering and installing all copper and fiber cables for data center servers. Managing network for 1000+ servers in teh data center. Trouble-shooting fiber and copper cable related issues.
• Responsible for configuring and troubleshooting BIG-IP F5 Load Balancers.
• Monitored teh network wif Network Management platforms, such as Spectrum, Solar Winds and Cisco Works. Monitoring and responding to system and network alarms and alerts.
• Managed two different networks (Enterprise and Manufacturing) separated by ACL’s. Edited ACL’s as per requirements to allow or deny access.
• Responsible for configuration changes on Cisco Checkpoint.
• Worked in coordination wif teh team members in completing teh projects assigned.
• Responsible for managing teh Campus wireless network. Performed Site surveys, ordered equipment (Light weight access points, antennas etc.), working on installing and configuring access points as per customer requirements.
• Upgrade Wireless Access Controllers (WAC) for both manufacturing network and enterprise network from 4402 to 4404 in order to support 100 AP’S each.
• Packet level troubleshooting wif Sniffer.
• Updating teh Network Diagrams using Microsoft Visio.

Environment: Microsoft Visio, Windows Server 2003, HP Blade Servers, ESX Servers, EMC for storage, Data Center Management, Cisco Works, Putty, Cisco 6500 chassis Switches, Routers QIP, LAN & WAN Administration, EIGRP, Cisco WAC, AP’S, HP Open View, Wireshark and day-to-day End user and Data Center support.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Southlake, TX

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and setting of 3750 Stackable Switches.
• Dynamic routing protocol configuration (RIP, RIP V2).
• Installed and maintained network hardware and software.
• Upgrading workstations and printers from 10MBPS to 100MBPS, which significantly improves desktop connectivity.
• As a LAN Support point of contact responsible to initial trouble calls.
• Implemented Portfast and Uplink fast for a quicker convergence in STP environment.
• Responsible for configuring and troubleshooting Ether channels.
• Setting up VLANS and configuring 802.1Q trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches.
• Backing up configs from Network Switches/Routers to teh TFTP Server.
• Troubleshoot network problems using Packet Analysis tools like Wireshark.
• Performed onsite data center support dat includes monitoring of systems alarms, electrical power, server administration, network alerts.
• Planned and implemented IP address schemes and subnet masks.
• Responsible for Server Load Balancing on Cisco CSM.
• Responsible for documenting network related issues.

Environment: Microsoft Visio, RIP, Ether Channels, IP Subnetting, Wireshark, Vlans, STP, CSM, Cisco Works, Cisco Switches, and Routers and on call network support 24/7.

Network Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Configuring, Frame Relay, ATM Switches, ISDN, X.25 network for remote access
• Configuring Communication Server, Setting up Security using PIX, which includes Configuring AAA server.
• Setting up VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches.
• Designed and implemented Frame-relay network wif ISDN backup on Cisco 2500 Series Routers.
• Installed and configured Routers, Bridges, Terminal Servers and CSU/DSU’s to support WAN links.
• Troubleshoot ISDN lines, troubleshoot TCP/IP and IPX problems and troubleshoot connectivity issues in multi protocol Ethernet, Token Ring, and FDDI networks.
• Redistribution of routing protocols and Frame-Relay configuration.
• Implementing various routing protocols including RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, & BGP.
• Implemented SNMP on Cisco routes to allow for network management.
• Implemented traffic filters on Cisco routes using Standard and Extended access-list.
• Implementation of TCP/IP & related Services-DHCP/DNS/WINS/LMHOSTS/HOSTS

Environment: RIP V1, Static Routing, NAT/PAT, ACL, Copper and Fiber Cabling, Cisco Switches & Routers, Microsoft Visio, HP Service Center, TeraTerm, Frame Relay, CSU/DSU, PAP, CHAP, PPP.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assisting Lead Network Engineer in areas of design, configuration, testing, and implementation of IT solutions.
• Handle teh tasks of identifying, diagnosing, and resolving hardware and software problems.
• Perform routine network maintenance checks as well as configure and manage printers, copiers, and other miscellaneous network equipment.
• Maintained network infrastructure such as Switches and Routers.
• Evaluate and Update all teh Cisco 2948G switches to Cisco 3750 switches.
• Generated reports on Network performance to analyze and pinpoint areas of improvement.
• Redesign office copper and fiber cable plant scalability. Worked on Network migrations
• Work on day-to-day tickets to support teh end users connected to teh network for both Enterprise Network

Environment: 3750 switches, Cisco RDP, Microsoft Visio, Cisco CSM, Solar Wind, Remedy Ticketing, OSPF, RIP V2, NCM, Linux Servers, Cisco IOS, Hitachi Storage Systems, Citrix Servers, Wireshark.

Confidential

Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• As a LAN Support point of contact give response to initial trouble calls.
• Provide Level 1 assistance to customers and staff via phone, chat and email.
• DNS Management (IP addressing)
• Keep Site Document up-to-date.
• Help remote users to fix software problem over phone.
• Rolled out Desktop PCs and Laptop as needed.
• Responsible for determining software and hardware resolutions.
• Work as primary support analyst for company.
• Monitoring and responding to system and network alarms and alerts
• Escalations of critical issues to on call support staff.
• User administration (setup and maintaining account)
• Maintaining systems
• Quickly arrange repair for hardware in occasion of hardware failure
• Monitor system performance
• Create file systems Install software
• Create a backup and recovery policy
• Monitor network communication
• Update system as soon as new version of OS and application software comes out
• Implement teh policies for teh use of teh computer system and network

Environment: Windows Server 2003, Cisco Switches, QIP (IP Addressing), LAN Administration, End user support.