SUMMARY

• Solutions - oriented, highly analytical, and resourceful IT Professional with extensive experience in financial institution’s IT support.
• Proven ability to provide creative and effective server and networking strategies and tactical solutions.
• Daily job focus on: Cisco networking, IT security, including support and troubleshooting of Routing, Switching, Network security, Active Directory and issues related to DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, OSPF, EGRIP, RIP and routers/switches/firewall. Proven aptitude for working at all levels of internal and external clients with exceptional technical and communication skills.
• Around 7 years of Network operations of Cisco Network& Security Professional with experience in Securing LAN, WAN, VPLS, MPLS in Branch, Campus and Data Center environments.
• CCNA, CCNA Security professional with over 7+ years of experience in network design, implementation, and support.
• Practical experience in the IT field as a network engineer, with Strong hands-on experience in the areas of Wi-Fi portfolio, Routing, Switching, Firewall and Troubleshooting.
• Routing, switching, ASA firewall technologies, Palo alto NGFW - Firepower, system design, implementation and troubleshooting of complex network systems.
• Experience in Cisco 9800 WLC and 9120 Wireless and Aurba/fortinet WLC and APs.
• Experience in site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions - IPSec.
• Worked on network topologies and configurations, TCP/IP, UDP, routers and switches.
• Experience in Cisco Catalyst 9600/9500/9300, 3850, 2960 switches and Cisco 3900, 4400 for an enterprise network.
• Knowledge on Nexus 5k, 7k for Cisco data center.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex L2/L3 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP Ether channel, STP, RSTP, MPLS and MST.
• Configuration of wireless networks 802.11g/n/ac; controllers and management tools
• Experience in Configuring and implementing VLAN, VTP domains, LAN switching and STP/RSTP
• Experience in Cisco: WAN, Routing protocol configurations (BGP, EIGRP, OSPF), Firewall
• Experience working in Cloud infrastructure with VMware vSphere ESXi Server platforms, for application servers. Network Configuration for server apps and app migrations support.
• Excellent communication skills, enthusiastic, motivated and a team player.
• Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server.
• Experience with Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 R2, Domain controller, Active directory
• Working noledge with NIST Cybersecurity framework (CSF), NIST SP 800 series, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA etc.
• Manage and conduct penetration testing and vulnerability assessment engagements.
• Provide forensics and technical investigations for merchants and service providers with Encase, FTK, Burpsuite, Metasploit, Kali framework etc.
• Monitor, implement revisions and improvements to IT Security Governance, Risk Management and Compliance controls and processes.
• Providing network security, cyber security, application security consulting service on UNIX/Linux, AIX, Windows operating systems, Cisco networks, ASA firewall, IDS/IPS, Vulnerability Scan/Monitoring service etc.
• Experience with enterprise endpoint systems management -SIEM, such as Splunk, McAfee, Nessus, PRTG
• Experience with data center, database (Oracle, SQL Server, mySQL), Java scripting, C# etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop automation with Cisco DNA Center
• Responsible for installation, troubleshooting of Cisco Wireless - 9800 WLC and 9120 APs
• Responsible for installation, troubleshooting of firewalls (Palo Alto NGFW) and related software, and LAN/WAN protocols.
• Planning, Designing and assisting in deploying enterprise wide Network Security for Palo Alto NGFW, Cisco core 9600 and Cisco ISE.
• Manage SIEM components, IDS/IPS, parsing/normalization of logs, rule engine, log storage, source device, log collection and event monitoring including Solarwinds, PRTG.
• Configuring VPN, clustering and ISP redundancy Palo Alto firewall.
• Configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting IPS.
• Configured redundant interfaces, DHCP server, DHCP relay, ntp settings, and sub interfaces on firewalls.
• Maintain, upgrade and troubleshooting switches (L2/3), Nexus 9/5/2K, load balance, firewalls, IPSec VPN, ACLs.
• Strong skills to perform advanced troubleshooting using Packet tracer and tcp dump on firewalls.
• Switching technologies like VLAN, Inter-VLAN Routing, Ether-channel, VTP, MLS, HSRP, VRRP.

Confidential

Security network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop automation for configuring Cisco and other Enterprise Network hardware
• Responsible for installation, troubleshooting of firewalls (Cisco ASA with Firepower) and related software, and LAN/WAN protocols.
• Planning, Designing and assisting in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA.
• Manage SIEM components, IDS/IPS, parsing/normalization of logs, rule engine, log storage, source device, log collection and event monitoring including QRADAR, PRTG, SPLUNK, Nessus
• Configuring VPN, clustering and ISP redundancy ASA firewall.
• Configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting IPS.
• Configured redundant interfaces, DHCP server, DHCP relay, ntp settings, and sub interfaces on firewalls.
• Maintain, upgrade and troubleshooting routers, switches (L2/3), Nexus 9/5/2K, load balance, firewalls, IPSec VPN, ACLs.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting using Packet tracer and tcp dump on firewalls.
• Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which involves new wan links.
• Switching technologies like VLAN, Inter-VLAN Routing, Ether-channel, VTP, MLS, HSRP, VRRP.

Confidential

Security network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop automation for configuring Cisco and other Enterprise Network hardware
• Provides enterprise IT consulting and support to small medium businesses
• Develop customer specific hardware automation applications
• Maintain daily network, patching, upgrading

Confidential

Network Security Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provides enterprise IT consulting and support to small medium businesses
• Provides custom web development and cloud based IT solutions with cost effectiveness
• Provides consulting and interpretive analysis of website analytics to improve over all web presence
• Microsoft Consulting Projects: Windows server applications performance tuning; Windows Server conversion project
• Lead and direct the planning, design and support of wireless LAN solutions
• Amazon Web Services, MS Hyper V, VMware ESXi framework
• Managed IT Support: Wireless LAN site optimization, WAN PTP VPN troubleshooting; CISCO router/switch configuration modifications
• Provide IT Security Solutions for compliance: PCIDSS, HIPAA etc

Confidential

Security Consultant /Network engineer

Responsibilities:

• Conduct business development calls and prepare proposal with potential clients to architect solutions for complex business challenges.
• Responsible for network troubleshooting, router and switch upgrades, provided end to end connectivity to end user desktops.
• Network Administrator to multiple 24/7 TS LAN/WANs and Point to Point Networks.
• Planning, Testing, Configuring, Maintenance of all Server, Workstation, Laptops, Switches, Routers, Troubleshoot Ethernet/Fiber, TCP/IP, DHCP, LAN/WANs.
• Performed multiple network installations, system/server builds and backups of servers.
• Manage and conduct penetration testing and vulnerability assessment engagements.
• Provide forensics and technical investigations for merchants and service providers with Encase, FTK, Burpsuite, Metasploit, Kali framework etc.
• Prepared and closed numerous client proposals for various consulting service engagements.
• Experience for installation, troubleshooting of firewalls (Cisco firewalls, Checkpoint firewalls and Juniper firewalls,) and related software, and LAN/WAN protocols.
• Administering multiple Firewall of Juniper/Net Screen, in a managed distributed environment. Fulfilling routine change requests of Net Screen OS Firewall and resolving trouble tickets, maintain and monitoring firewalls using scanning software Nesses.
• Configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3560, 3750, 3850, CGS-2520) Cisco Routers (CGR-2010, 2811, 4300)
• Manage SIEM components, IDS/IPS, parsing/normalization of logs, rule engine, log storage, source device, log collection and event monitoring with Splunk, Confidential SEIM.