SUMMARY

• Sr. Principal Network Infrastructure Consultant.
• Over ten years of experience in computer networking infrastructure from designing and implementing large complex networks to conducting comprehensive audits and making recommendations.
• Areas of expertise include, security vulnerabilities, Confidential Switching and Routing, patch management and compliance governance.
• Led and accomplished various network infrastructure projects using project teams for large customers.
• Extensive understanding of all aspects of the network infrastructure, enabling recommendation of processes, policies and guidelines with regards to its administration.
• Resourceful and innovative in strategizing and implementing tools and techniques for productive and efficient auditing of various sized network framework and architectures.
• Worked with components manufactured by major vendors such as Confidential ®, Confidential ®, Confidential ®, Confidential ® and others.
• Effectively initiate, execute, manage and control client expectation
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Professional work done with quality documentation and deliverables received with admiration
• Outstanding ability to lead, manage and coordinate configuration and maintenance tasks
• Successful participation in project planning, providing technical tasks and duration inputs, and status tracking to completion
• Capability to work with leads, the business end users and stakeholders
• Admirable interpersonal communication, verbal and written delivery
• Self - motivated and able to work with a minimal amount of supervision
• Excellent time management, capable of prioritizing tasks with the ability to adjust as required
• Looking for an organization that values innovation, proficiency and adaptability
• Certifications obtained are CCNA, CCNP Routing and Switching, CCDA, CCDP and ITIL 2011 foundation
• Professional Training obtained are AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Confidential DCUFI and CISA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New Jersey

Network Delivery Architect

Responsibilities:

• Re-designing the network design for strengthening current capabilities to support the business requirements and new offerings.
• Defining and implement the Next Generation Office (NGO) infrastructure standards and design a modular technology
• Implementing a new RBAC capability which will provide a consistent user access experience
• Audited the NTP’s Network Infrastructure and provided the recommendations in meeting the standards
• Senior network design architect with expertise in switching, routing and network design and its subsequent implementation and maintenance
• Extensive understanding and configuring of Confidential Routing protocols includes EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Experience in LAN infrastructure including design and troubleshooting
• Experience working with High performance data center switch like nexus 7000 series
• Fundamental mastery of the AWS cloud computing platform and its many dimensions of scalability
• Extensive understanding of AWS concepts including VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), EC2, AWS Storage services and AWS monitoring services
• Physical server room and data center audits including making recommendations
• Member of the team responsible for creating and updating audit templates in-line with the developed network standards for the client
• Performed technology GAP analysis and made recommendations for complying to Standards for Clients (closure initiatives)
• Instrumental in providing the architectural, design and integration for complex network infrastructure solutions for Clients

Confidential, New York

Technology Infrastructure Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Performed technology GAP analysis and made recommendations for complying to Standards for Clients (closure initiatives)
• Worked closely in bringing the Confidential network during the inititial phase of Design and deploy to a standard
• Performed device configuration audits against the developed standards and revisions for Clients
• Performed device configuration audits against the developed standards and revisions for Clients
• Helping to expand, improve, and maintain the audit and compliance function for the Client
• Member of the team responsible for creating and updating audit templates in-line with the developed network standards for the client
• Developed and revised standard for audit and performed regular tests to ensure standards compliance
• Worked closely with business customers to capture requirements for compliance reporting and management
• Experience with LAN protocols like STP, RSTP, MST, VTP, VLAN and Port Channel Protocols like LACP, PAGP
• Member of the team who provided the architectural, design and integration for complex network infrastructure solutions for Clients
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Confidential 's ASA 5500 with ACL, NAT, Object Groups, Failover, Multi-Contexts
• Responsible for layer 2 securities which was implemented using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports, setting the user ports to non-trucking, deployed port security when possible for user ports
• Enabled STP attack mitigation (BPDU Guard, Root Guard), using MD5 authentication for VTP, disabling all unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN.
• Implemented Site-to-Site VPNs over the internet utilizing 3DES, AES/AES-256 with ASA Firewalls.

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Senior Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Member of the team who provided the architectural, design and integration for complex network infrastructure solutions for Clients
• Experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2K series, Confidential router models like 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series and Confidential catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900 series switches
• Strong hands on experience on PIX Firewalls, ASA (5540/5550) Firewalls. Implemented Security Policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA(TACACS+ & RADIUS)
• Performed technology GAP analysis and made recommendations for complying to Standards for Clients (closure initiatives)
• Active member in the performing Network solution evaluation and recommending the sutable solution to meet the standard
• Conducted data center physical server room audits against set industry standards and made recommendations
• Performed device configuration audits against the developed standards and revisions for Clients
• Member of the team responsible for creating and updating audit templates in-line with the developed network standards

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided Tier-2/3 support for all troubleshooting of LAN/WAN issues for Confidential
• Designed and Implemented Telecom infrastructure for a new Confidential office location as per the standards
• Implementation, Configuration and Troubleshooting of Confidential ® Family LAN switches and routers
• Periodic audit checks to ensure all the Confidential ® equipment are implemented as per defined group policies
• Trained a group of 15 members in monitoring and managing all Network/Telecom related devices
• Monitoring and managing the WAN which included link availability, health and bandwidth of the network