SUMMARY

• A Networking Engineer having more than 6 Years of Work experience in network implementation, routing, switching, troubleshooting of network and testing network with test cases and test scenarios.
• Highly skilled CCNA and CCNP having experience in Network Operations in router and switch configurations.
• Hands on working knowledge of Cisco Works LAN Management Solution (LMS), Cisco Configuration professional, Cisco Network Assistant for configuration administration, monitoring and troubleshooting Cisco routers and Switches.
• Hands on working knowledge of Cisco ASDM for configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting Cisco ASA 5505 firewall.
• Knowledge of F5 load balancer platform and Cisco ACE load balancer for server load balancing.
• Hands on working experience on Wireless LAN controller and Access Point for wireless LAN.
• Working knowledge of Kiwi Syslog server for monitoring log files and wire shark for packet analyzer and isolating problems using ping, trace route commands.
• Experience in troubleshooting, implementing of static and dynamic routing protocols such as IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP.
• Experience in implementing and troubleshooting network related issues.
• Experience in configuring complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP, RSTP and PVST.
• Knowledge Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for network layer redundancy.
• Experience in implementation of HSRP, and configuration of HSRP.
• Experience in LAN, TCP/IP and OSI models.
• In - depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Subnetting, VLSM.
• Network connectivity troubleshooting using ping, trace route, telnet, SSH.
• Good understanding of network monitoring and management tools.
• A highly organized individual who adopts a systematic approach to problem solving, effectively analyzes results and implements solutions.
• Ability to work effectively both as an individual and as part of a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco Routers: 1800, 2600, 2800,3600,3700 series router

Catalyst Switches: 2950, 3550, 3560,2960, 3560 series Switches

Network Configuration: Cisco CLI, Switch configuration, Router configuration, advanced switch/router configuration (Cisco IOS access list, Route redistribution)

Routing Protocols: RIP v1 & v2, EIGRP, OSPF

LAN Switching: STP, Trunking, VTP, VLAN & Inter-VLAN routing

Security: Cisco ASA, ACL (Standard, Extended), NAT, PAT, AAA

Security Server Protocols: TACACS+, Radius

Physical interfaces: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial interfaces

Networking Tools: Kiwi Syslog server, Cisco CCP, Cisco SDM, Cisco ASDM

Microsoft Office: MS Excel, Access, Word

Operating Systems: Windows 98/2000/2003 , vista, DOS

Languages and Tools: Programming with C, HTML, Visual Basic

Documentation: MS Word, Excel, Microsoft Visio

Network Simulators: Cisco Packet Tracer and GNS3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Moors town NJ

Network Engineer

Environment: Cisco Routers 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700; Cisco Catalyst switches 2950, 3500; Routing Protocols EIGRP, OSPF, RIP; VTP, STP, VLAN;

Responsibilities:

• Familiar with configuring Cisco Routers (2600, 2800 and 3600 series), Cisco Catalyst Switches (2900 and 3500, 3750 series) and Firewall (Cisco ASA).
• Experience in troubleshooting network and isolating the problems using tools, ping and trace route and debug commands.
• Hands on experience of Cisco works and Cisco configuration professional tools used for Network discovery, topology views, end-station tracking, and VLAN management.
• Responsible for Monitoring and tracking of network response time and availability.
• Used Wire Shark Network Packet Analyzer for capture live packet data from network interface and troubleshoot network related problems.
• Knowledge of Manage Engine Op Manager and PRTG for Monitoring, analyzing and availability of network traffic.
• Performing installation and upgrading recommended hardware and/or software in a manner that is timely and non-disruptive to end user.
• Implementing and maintaining backup schedule.
• Conceptual and working knowledge of RIP, OSPF, EIGRP routing protocols.
• Created network diagrams using Microsoft Visio and trained the work-center on proper. troubleshooting procedures as well as implementation of new firewall rules.
• Created and configured VLANS and inter-VLAN routing with Cisco Catalyst 3550 and Cisco 3750 series switches.
• Designed basic security and implemented Access Control Lists, static routes, route redistribution.
• Provide technical support and Investigating, diagnosing and resolve network problem.
• Provide timely and accurate progress status on all ongoing support issues with an emphasis on problem, issues and concerns.
• Implemented IDS and IPS solutions.
• Implemented Layer 2 switch security including port security, disabling all unused ports & putting them in unused VLAN.
• Implemented Cisco router and switches hardening.
• Enable STP attack mitigation BPDU guard, Root guard, Loop guard.
• Configured 802.1x authentication in switch ports.

Confidential, Blooming IL

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• LAN design and implementation using hubs and switches.
• Provide training to staff at the customer location.
• Experience in Implementation of SNMP on devices to allow for network management.
• Hands on experience in Implementation of traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists, Distribute-Lists, and Route Maps.
• Implementation of HSRP, DHCP, DNS, FTP, TFTP.
• Build and maintain Visio documentations for Clients.
• Configured troubleshoot and managed layer 2 and layer 3 switches.
• Experience in configuring and troubleshooting OSPF, EIGRP, RIP routing protocols.
• Experience in configuring Router using Cisco Configuration professional.

Confidential, Austin, TX

Network Admin

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing & operations of Cisco 2600 series, 2800 series router, as well as 2900 series, 3500 series Cisco switches.
• Implemented SNMP on devices to allow for network management.
• Involved in lab testing using Gns3 and validation of network modifications before implementation.
• Configuration of SSH on all network switches and routers for secure management purposes.
• Experience on security applications like standard ACL, Extended ACL, NAT & PAT.
• Experience of configuring and monitoring Cisco router using Cisco Configurational professional.
• Created OSPF multi area summarization plan, and created stub, totally stub areas.
• Configured, managed and troubleshooting IP routing using a combination of static routing and dynamic routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP, RIP etc.
• Installed redundant paths on devices using HSRP.
• Performed switching technology administration including VLANS, inter-VLAN routing, Trunking & Ether-channel.
• Enable STP attack mitigation BPDU guard, Root guard, Loop guard.
• Configured VLANs, Private VLANs, VTP and Trunking on switches.
• Installation and configuration of new devices on LAN.
• Configured 802.1x authentication in switch ports.
• Implemented Layer 2 switch security including port security, disabling all unused ports & putting them in unused VLAN.
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly to non-technical person.
• Generate network diagrams, drawings and documentation of procedures in Microsoft Visio, word, excel.
• Upgrading and backups of Cisco router configuration files.

Confidential

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed the IP address space using subnets and variable length subnet masks (VLSM).
• Translate technical terms into non-technical language for Client.
• Draw network diagram using Microsoft Visio.
• Identifies, troubleshoots and resolves hardware, software and network-related problems encountered by end-users of the network.
• Installing network equipment.
• Documenting problems and resolution in Microsoft Word.
• Maintaining Excel Sheet for individual device’s device name, device model, description, IP address, MAC address, physical location, uplink switch & port, and VLAN.
• Maintaining text files for Router and Switch configuration.
• Upgrade Cisco routers, Switches IOS using TFTP.
• Documenting network changes and updating diagrams accordingly.
• Hands on experience in solving Network connectivity troubleshooting using ping, trace route, telnet, SSH.