SUMMARY

• 8 years of experience in the design, implementation, analysis, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN networking systems in Branch and Data Center environments,
• Experience and having multiple Certifications Cisco (CCNA&CCNP), Juniper (JNCIA) and Experience with in designing, architecting, deploying and troubleshooting Network & Security infrastructure on routers, switches (L2/L3) & firewalls of various vendor equipment.
• Extensive work experience with Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Load Balancers and Firewalls.
• Experience in layer - 3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2Kseries, Cisco router models like 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series and Cisco catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900 series switches
• Configured ASA 5520 Firewall to support Cisco VPN Client on Windows 7/XP/Vista.
• Installation, advanced configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco and F5's load balancing devices.
• Experience with designing, deploying and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, Frame-Relay, Ether-channel, IP Routing Protocols - (RIPV2, OSPF, EIGRP & BGP), ACL's, NAT, VLAN, STP, VTP
• Experience with Checkpoint Firewall policy provisioning
• Experience working with OTV & FCOE on the Cisco Nexus 7010/5548 between the datacenters
• Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration across our global networks
• Hands on experience on Up-gradation of Cisco IOS of different Cisco devices & modules.
• Implemented redundancy with HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, Ether channel technology (LACP, PAgP) etc.
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers (MX960, MX480) and SRX Firewalls(SRX240, SRX550)
• Expertise in configuration of routing protocols and deployment of OSPF, EIGRP, BGP and policy routing over Cisco routers.
• Experience with design and deployment of MPLS Layer 3 VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, MPLSQOS
• Experience in adding Rules and Monitoring Checkpoint Firewall traffic through Smart Dashboard and Smart View Tracker applications.
• Configured Client-to-Site VPN using SSL Client on Cisco ASA 5520 ver8.2
• 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)
• Experience working with Cisco IOS-XR on the ASR9000 devices for MPLS deployments
• Knowledge in implementing and configuring F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers.
• Efficient designing of IP Addressing Scenario using VLSM and Sub netting.
• Experience on Palo Alto Firewall.
• Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN's and Access Control Lists.
• Extensive experience using Microsoft suite like Word, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint
• Excellent technical and project management skills combined with strong communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco Platforms: Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K & 1K, Cisco routers (7600,7200, 3900, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series) & Cisco Catalyst switches (6500, 4900, 3750, 3500, 4500, 2900 series)

Juniper Platforms: SRX, MX, EX Series Routers and Switches

Networking Concepts: Access-lists, Routing, Switching, Subnetting, Designing, CSU/DSU, IPSec, VLAN, VPN, WEP, WAP, MPLS, VoIP, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi

Firewall: PIX Firewall (506/515/525/535 ), ASA Firewall (5505/5510)

Network Tools: Solar Winds, SNMP, Cisco Works, Wireshark

Load Balancers: A10 Networks(AX2500),Cisco CSM, F5 Networks (Big-IP)

WAN technologies: Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM, MPLS, leased lines & exposure to PPP, DS1,DS3,OC3, T1 /T3 & SONET

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

Security Protocols: IKE, IPSEC, SSL-VPN

Networking Protocols: RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, STP, RSTP, VLANs, VTP, PAGP, LACP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, TACACS+, Radius, AAA

Languages: Perl, C, C++, SQL, HTML/DHTML

Operating System: Windows 7/XP, MAC OS X, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Unix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York City, NY

Sr.Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience with Supporting bothNetworkand Security infrastructure in data center environment and Campus environment, which involved with devices such as routers, switches, firewalls and wireless access points.
• Experience with moving data center from one location to another location, from Cisco 6500 based data center to both Cisco 6500 & Nexus based data center.
• Strong hands on experience on ASA (5505/5510) Firewalls. Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA(TACACS+ & RADIUS)
• Experience in adding firewall rules,Networkaddress Translation and also in creating multiple security contexts (virtual firewalls).
• Involved in setting up IP sec VPN between ASA firewalls.
• Experience with implementing Cisco 6500 VSS on the User distribution switches.
• Upgraded IOS on the ASA 5520 firewalls
• Working with MPLS Designs from the PE to CE and also configuring VRF on PE routers
• Experience with designing and deployment of MPLS Traffic Engineering
• Configuring RIP, OSPF, EIGRP BGP, MPLS, QOS, ATM and Frame Relay.
• Involved in design and implementation of Data Center Migration, worked on implementation
• Strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPNnetworks
• Working Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Cisco IOS-XR, Cisco Cat OS, Cisco NX-OS, JUNOS
• Experience with configuring BGP in the data center and also using BGP as a WAN protocol and manipulating BGP attributes
• Design and deployment of MPLS QOS, MPLS Multicasting per company standards.
• Implemented site to site VPN in Juniper SRX as per customer.
• Implemented various EX, SRX & J series Juniper devices.
• Experience with deploying Fabric Path using Nexus 7000 Devices
• Experience with configuring VPC, VDC and OTV between the data centers as a layer 2 extension.
• Experience with configuring FCOE using Cisco Nexus 5548.
• Installed controller and light weight access point coordination with TAC.
• Maintenance and trouble-shooting of LAN, WAN, IP Routing, Multilayer Switching.
• Performing onsite data center support including monitoring electrical power, switch alarms,network alerts and access logs.
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Juniper M and MX series Routers
• Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on EX series switches
• Dealt with monitoring tools like (Solar Winds, Cisco Works),networkpacket capture tools like Wire shark
• Implemented the Client based Internet gateways withPaloAltoFirewall.
• Maintained aNetworkwith more than 600Networkdevices, some 25,000 end hosts, and the other Networkdevices like DHCP, DNS servers, Firewall servers.
• Installed new Cisco routers/switches/ASA's, Juniper andPaloAlto, F5 firewall
• Co-ordination with Hardware vendors, software vendors and service Providers.
• Assisted in backup, restoring and upgrading the Router and switch IOS.
• Attended Team meetings and provided comments on existingnetworkand the recommendations to improve the currentnetworkPerformance.
• Maintaining the health of 250+ wireless Access points in two locations.

Confidential, Burns Harbor, IN

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing and implementation of customer's network and Security infrastructure.
• Involved in complete LAN, WAN, Extranet redesign (including IP address planning, designing, installation, pre configuration of network equipment, testing, and maintenance) in both Campus and Branch networks
• Experience working with ASR 9006 with IOS-XR
• Experience with converting Cisco 6500 IOS to Cisco Nexus NX-OS in the data center environment.
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices
• Experience with configuring Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000
• Experience configuring VPC, VDC and ISSU Software upgrades on Cisco Nexus 7010
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system
• Responsible for Cisco ASA firewall administration across our networks
• Support customer with the configuration and maintenance of ASA firewall systems
• Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Configuring IPSEC VPN on SRX series firewalls
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Provided Load Balancing towards access layer from core layer using F5 Network Load Balancers.
• Managed the F5 BigIP GTM/LTM appliances to include writing iRules, SSL offload and everyday task of creating WIP and VIPs
• Other responsibilities included documentation and supporting other teams
• Experience working with BGP attributes such as Weight, Local-Preference, MED and AS-PATH to influence inbound and out bound traffic
• Involved in Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Intervlan routing and LAN security.
• Use and maintain routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF and BGP on the Routers in the network & also worked on BGP Route Reflectors, Confederations
• Deployed a large-scale HSRP solution to improve the uptime of collocation customers, in the event a core router became unreachable.
• Configured and designed LAN networks with Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches.
• Installed new Cisco routers/switches/ASA's, Juniper andPaloAlto, F5 firewall
• Configuring Virtual Chassis for Juniper switches EX-4200, Firewalls SRX-210
• Implemented HSRP on the Cisco 2948G Layer 3 switches and EIGRP, OSPF on 2 Cisco 2610routers, the Layer 3 switch, 3 Cisco 350XL Switches, Cisco 3524XL switches for load balancing and fail over.
• Configuring ASA Firewall and accept/reject rules for network traffic.
• Extensive knowledge and troubleshooting in data communication protocols and standards including TCP/IP, UDP, IEEE 802.3, Token Ring, Cable Modem, PPPOE, ADSL, Multilayer Switching, DoD standards.

Confidential, Wickliffe, OH

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configuration and Administration of Cisco and Juniper Routers and Switches.
• Administration and diagnostics of LAN and WAN with in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, NAT, PPP, ISDN and associatesnetworkprotocols and services.
• Involved in design and implementation of Data Center Migration, worked on implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPNnetworks
• Router/ Microsoft VPN Server in order to access certain limitednetworkresources from customer locations
• Installed and configured four PIX 525 and two ASA 5505 in customer locations. In addition to that, configured two PIX firewall for the Guest access
• Experience in migration of Frame-relay based branches to MPLS based technology using multilayer stackable switch like 6500 series and 2800 series router
• Configuring VLANs and implementing inter VLAN routing.
• Testing E911, voicemail, Media gateways.
• Upgrading and troubleshooting Cisco IOS to the Cisco Switches and routers.
• Configure and troubleshoot Juniper EX series switches and routers.
• Configuring Site to Site to VPN connectivity.
• Implementation of HSRP, IPsec, Static Route, IPSEC over GRE, Dynamic routing, DHCP, DNS, FTP.TFTP, RAS
• Involved in configuring Cisco Net flow fornetworkperformance and monitoring.
• Involved in designing and implementation of wireless IPT devices.
• Involved in Disaster recovery, like diverting the from one data center to different data center when disaster occurs.
• Involved in configuration of Cisco 6500 ACE switches
• Configuring IPSLA monitor to track the different IP route when disaster occurs.
• Involved in Implementing, planning and preparing disaster recovery.
• Having meetings with the application group and gathering requirements for disaster recovery.
• Involved in configuring Juniper SSG-140.
• Involved in smart view tracker to check the firewall traffic.
• Troubleshooting hardware andnetworkrelated problems.

Confidential, Tulsa, OK

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Experience in configuring routing protocols like EIGRP,RIP v2, OSPF & BGP and Cisco ACS
• Protocols like RADIUS and TACACS
• Coordinated with senior engineers with BGP/OSPF routing policies and designs, worked on
• Implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks
• Involved in IP Quality of Service (QoS) implementation including Priority and Class-Based Weighted
• Fair Queuing, IP Precedence, DiffServ
• Hands on experience with Cisco 3500, 6500 series equipment and configuring and deploying
• From the scratch and fixing them with various modules like Gig card, VPN SPA Card, T1-WIC card
• And other modules
• Experience in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and the changing the metrics for the primary and
• Backup Paths for the packet prioritization and EIGRP tuning
• Involved in designing data communications and networks utilizing that utilize a mixture of frame relay,
• Point to pointT1, T3 & OC3 lines
• Involved in designing and applying QOS to 2600 series routers for all the branches
• Worked on Riverbed devices for WAN bandwidth Optimization in the data centers for the sensitive
• Marked data applications
• Experience on designing and troubleshooting of complex BGP and OSPF routing problems
• Experienced in SYSLOG analysis & Proxy servers
• Experience with network based F5 Load balancers with software module GTM & Checkpoint
• Experience with connectivity of Cisco Networking Equipment with F5 Load Balancer
• Experience with GTM F5 component to provide high availability with providing services across data centers