SUMMARY:

• A Network Engineering Graduate (Greencard based EAD) with about 2 years experience in the areas of routing and switching, bearing a comprehensive knowledge about networking devices, Firewalls, WAN, and LAN seeks to work as a network engineer for a reputed organization.
• Expert level knowledge in planning, implementing, optimizing, testing, and troubleshooting of static and dynamic routing protocols such as EIGRP, OSPF, BGP on Cisco high end routers 7200, 3900, 3800, 2900, 2900, 2800 series. Familiar with Cisco IOS - XE and XR & NX-OS.
• Experienced in implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies like VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST on 6500, 5500, 4500, 3800, 3600, 3500, 2900 series switches.
• Strong hands on experience on PIX Firewalls, ASA Firewalls. Implemented Security Policies using ACL traffic filters, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS).
• Extensive knowledge and experience in administration of Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, FTP servers.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Subnetting, VLSM, ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, and Ping Concepts.
• Extensive Knowledge of deploying & troubleshooting Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet.
• Implementation of IPv6, Transitions from IPv4 to IPv6, Multilayer switching.
• Experience with Virtualizing Technologies like VMWare, VIRTUALBOX.
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP, UDP and OSI models.
• Adept in configuring and troubleshooting HSRP, VRRP and GLBP for Default Gateway Redundancy and redistribution between routing protocols.
• Used Network monitoring tools to ensure network connectivity and Protocol analysis tools to assess and pinpoint networking issues causing service disruption.
• Profound knowledge on various WAN technologies like E1/T1/E3/T3, HDLC, Frame-Relay and PPP.Working experience in Cisco ACE and F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer.
• Good knowledge of Cisco NEXUS data center infrastructure with 5000 and 7000 series switches including Cisco NEXUS Fabric Extender.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with team members as well as strong management and negotiation skills to support personnel.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Routers: Cisco 2600, 2800, 2900, 3900, 7200, ASR 1000, ASR 9000 series.

Switches: Cisco 2900, 3500, 3600, 3700, 3800, 4500,5000, 5500, 6500 series. Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k series.

Routing: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP: 2, PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, Static Routing.

Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP, PVST+, RPVST+, Inter VLAN routing & Multi-Layer Switching, Multicast Operations, Layer 3 Switches, Ether channels, Transparent Bridging.

LAN: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, CDDI, Token Ring, ATM LAN Emulation.

WAN: Leased lines 64k: 155Mb (PPP / HDLC), Channelized links (E1/T1-E3/T3), Frame Relay, ISDN, Load Balancing, MPLS.

Firewalls: Cisco PIX 515, ASA 5505, 5510, 5515 X, 5500 X.

LoadBalancer: Cisco ACE, F5 BIG: IP

Network Diagnostic Tools: Putty, Wire shark, Windows Remote Desktop.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Extensive experience on deploying and configuring Cisco high end routers such as 7200, 3900, 3800, 2900, 2900, 2800 series and switches 6500, 5500, 4500, 3800, 3600, 3500, 2900 series.
• Configured Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 series routers with routingprotocols like OSPF, EIGRP and RIP v2.
• Built a network using CoreswitchesCisco 6500 seriesswitches, distribution layer switchesCisco 3850 seriesswitches, Access layerswitches Cisco 3750 seriesswitches and border routers.
• Configured HSRP between VLANs, Configuring Ether-Channels, and Port Channel on 6500 catalyst switches as well as working knowledge with 10 gigabit Supervisor Engine 720 on 6500 catalyst switches.
• Configured Cisco Catalyst 3500, 3800 series for implementing VLANs segmentation improve security, port-security, VTP, Rapid PVST+, Vlantrunking as dot1q in inter-Vlan routing.
• Configured HSRP on Cisco 2800, 2900 routers to obtain default gateway redundancy and high availability.
• Worked on Cisco ASR 1000 for protocol and session monitoring, auditing and network troubleshooting.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500, PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs, routing protocols, NAT with the firewalls as per the design. Configured remote access IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series
• Worked on F5LoadBalancers, Configured Irules, Profiles, NAT/SNAT,and multiple components for efficient performance and to increase reliability through redundancy.
• Configured AAA Security (RADIUS/ TACACS+)for network access servers and routers.
• Good experience in IPv6, L2/L3 VPN, and GRE over IPsec to client locations on Cisco 7200 routers also connected to Cisco PIX 535 security appliances providing perimeter based firewall security.
• Configured and troubleshoot VLAN, trunking, ether-channel, port-channel, inter-vlan routing, HSRP, LACP, PAGP on various distribution layer 3 switches like NEXUS 5010, 5020 Switches.
• Intermediate knowledge of upgrade the networking devices of Cisco, epld version on Nexus 7000, 5000, 2000, Catalyst 6500, 4900, 4500 and Load balancers like BIG-IP F5 LTM's. Familiarity of configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) that acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000.
• Worked with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000 series to provide a flexible Access Solution for datacenter access architecture.
• Administered the Network traffic using Wireshark and maintained the efficiency of the network by applying different switching and routing techniques. Implemented and verified WAN links.
• Installed a Virtualbox, Cisco ACS in VMWare software including active directory.

Confidential

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assisted Lead Network Engineer in the configuration, implementation and operation of Cisco 2811, 2611XM, 2514, 2522 routers as well as Cisco 5500 and 5000, 3550, 2950 switches.
• Configured VLANs, VTP, and RSTP in Cisco Catalyst 3800.
• Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and Default route.
• Installed and configured the DNS, DHCP, and FTP.
• Configured redistribution to share network details between existing OSPF and newly configured EIGRP areas.
• Configured and maintained NAT, ACL, and AAA in Cisco ASA 5505 firewall.
• Installed and configured Active Directory for AAA in Dell 1950 PowerEdge server.
• Assisted in configuration of frame relay to connect to other store locations.
• Prepared, updated, and maintained technical and logistical network documentation.
• Monitored core network services including anti-virus and back up.
• Installed and configured the Operating systems of Win 7, 8, Windows Server 2008.
• Configured Laser printers to be shared across the network.
• Provided testing for network connectivity before and after install or upgrades.