SUMMARY

• CERTIFIED Network professional wif around 15+ years of experience in network design, implementation, and support. Routing, switching, firewall technologies, system design, implementation and troubleshooting of complex network systems.
• Excellent noledge in Routing, Switching, Firewall and Gateway technologies, system design, wireless design, data network design, capacity management and network growth.
• Exposure to LAN/WAN setup, Integration, configuration and troubleshooting.
• Hands - on experience on Up-gradation of Cisco IOS on different Cisco devices and modules.
• Provided services in many industries such as Consulting, Telecommunications and IT Infrastructure. Specializing in LAN, WAN, WLAN, and Data Center networks.
• Experienced in Troubleshooting for connectivity and hardware problems on Cisco Networks.
• Experienced in L2/L3 protocols like VLAN, STP, ISL, MPLS and Trunking protocols.
• Experience in set up, configuration and management of Cisco ASA Firewall in various domain such as Internet, DMZ, Business-Partner and Remote-Access VPN etc.
• Experience in creating DAP Policies on Cisco ASA for Remote-access users and Creating IPSEC tunnel on ASA wif Business Partner Firewall.
• Experience in configuring and Troubleshooting BIG-IP F5 load balancer LTM.
• Creating Virtual Servers, Nodes, Pools and iRules on BIG-IP F5 in LTM module.
• Experience in Layer 2 Routing protocol configurations: ATM/FRAME RELAY, IP services such as QoS and VPN technologies: IPSec & SSL.
• Configuring and troubleshooting security technologies like ACL (Standard & Extended), NAT (Static, Dynamic), and PAT, GRE Tunnels, VPN (IP-Sec, SSL, Site to Site), Network Access Control (NAC), AAA TACACS & RADIUS servers, Cisco Secure ACS, BIG-IP F5 Load Balancer LTM 6400, ASA 5500 Series, and Palo Alto Firewall.
• Implemented multiple Cisco Nexus based Data-Center environments, as well as 6500/4500/3750 series switches, 7200/3900/2900/1900 series router. Multiple data center migrations and transformation projects, wif great expertise on Wireshark.
• Extensive experience in configuring and troubleshooting of protocols EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and MPLS.
• Worked on network topologies and configurations, TCP/IP, UDP, Frame Relay, routers, hubs and switches.
• Hands on Knowledge/experience on F5 load balancers, its methods, implementation and troubleshooting on LTMs and GTMs.
• Worked extensively on Juniper SRX 3600, SRX 5600 & SRX 5800 Firewalls.
• Well experienced in configuring HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, PPP, PAP, OSPF, CHAP and SNMP.
• Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (3550, 3560X, 3750, 3850, 4500, Catalyst 9400, 6500 SUP 2A/720) Cisco Routers (2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, ASR1K & ASR9K)
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper Routers (M and MX-series).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco router platforms: 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700, 3800, 7200, 7609, ASR1k

Cisco Switch platforms: 2900XL, 2950, 2960, 3560, 3750X, 4500, 6500

Firewalls: Cisco ASA 5520, 5540, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Juniper

Network Configuration: Advanced switch/router configuration (Cisco IOS access list, Route redistribution/propagation)

Routing Protocols: IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGPv4, MP-BGP

WAN Protocols: HDLC, PPP, MLPPP

Packet Switched WAN: ATM, FRAME RELAY, MPLS, VPNs

Cisco Switches: 3550, 3560X, 3750, 3850, 4500, Catalyst 9400, 6500 SUP2A/720

Juniper Routers: MX240 & Juniper M Series

Cisco Nexus Switches: Nexus 2000, 3000, 5500, 6000, 7000, 7700 & 9000

Redundancy and management: HSRP, RPR, NSF/NSR

Layer 2 technology: VLAN, VTP, VMPS, ISL, dot1q, DTP, Spanning tree, PVST

Layer 3 Switching: CEF, MLS, Ether Channel

Switches: Catalyst 6500, 7600, 3700, 3500

LAN Technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, & 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Port- channel, VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, 802.1Q.

Software: Ethereal/Wireshark, Solarwinds, SevOne

Operating Systems: Microsoft XP/Vista/7, UNIX, Linux (Redhat, Fedora) Windows Servers 2003/2008, Windows MS-Office

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Edgemont, Pennsylvania

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring teh devices in standalone and clustered High Availability mode.
• Participated in progress meetings to present teh company plan/policies and explained implementation and standard on teh project.
• Develop technical standards, procedures, and guidelines used to govern data models
• Process elaboration, flowchart and network topology and several documentations.
• Designed and implemented switched highly available LAN IP infrastructure using VLANs, VTP, Spanning Tree, Fast/Gigabit Ethernet and Trunking/channeling technologies (Catalyst 2950, 3750, and 4500)

Confidential, Texas

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuring teh devices in standalone and clustered High Availability mode.
• Participated in progress meetings to present teh company plan/policies and explained implementation and standard on teh project.
• Develop technical standards, procedures, and guidelines used to govern data models
• Process elaboration, flowchart and network topology and several documentations.
• Designed and implemented switched highly available LAN IP infrastructure using VLANs, VTP, Spanning Tree, Fast/Gigabit Ethernet and Trunking/channeling technologies (Catalyst 2950, 3750, and 4500)

Confidential, Michigan

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support for teh client NetScaler Infrastructure, including vendor interaction and maintenance/upgrades as required.
• Support for teh client’s Citrix infrastructure, including troubleshooting, vendor contact, environment upgrades and maintenance as required.
• Develop technical standards, procedures, and guidelines used to govern data models
• Process elaboration, flowchart and network topology and several documentations.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Quality Control Manager
• Execute project plans for network system builds, migrations, integrations, and customization while accounting for risk and forecasting technical issues

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot teh network issues onsite and remotely depending on teh severity of teh issues.
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading, and verifying teh NX-OS operation system
• Extensive hands-on experience wif complex routed LAN and WAN networks, routers, and switches.
• Experience in Cisco switches and routers: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configurations (Frame-relay and ATM). NetScaler, Riverbed and Cisco ASA.
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet channel between switches.
• Worked wif enterprise level Wi-Fi configuration, troubleshooting, IP routing, protocols, and topologies
• Troubleshoot teh Network Issues onsite and remotely depending on teh severity of teh issues.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Technical Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supporting company software and providing technical support to Windows and Macintosh users resolving software as well as hardware issues. Install software and printer over teh Internet and provide technical support to staff.