SUMMARY

• Around 8 years of work experience in networking based on industry standards.
• Experience with Cisco Switches: 2360, 3560X, 3750 stack switch, 4506E, 4500X, 4948, 6500 series and Nexus 3k, 5k, 7k and 9k.
• Experience with Cisco Routers 2851, 3951, 7206 and ASR 1001, 9000 series.
• Hand’s on experience in maintaining an organization's LAN with Cisco Routers and Switches including installation, configuration and troubleshooting.
• Experience and extensive knowledge in routing and switching protocols like EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and Spanning tree protocol.
• Experience in designing, implementing and Managing LAN, WAN solutions for different client setups.
• Experience in troubleshooting issues on NAT.
• Hands - on experience withCisco firewall and monitoring network traffic.
• Experience in Cisco ASA 5505 series firewalls configuring Remote-Access VPN’s.
• Hands-on experience in Network security including NAT/PAT, ACL, VPN Concentrator and installing services such as Access list, site replication, active directory, NAT, Terminal service, DNS, SSH, DHCP.
• Implemented traffic filters on CISCO routers using Standard Access List and Extended Access list.
• Changing sup cards for 6500 and nexus.
• Experience on racking, stacking and cabling devices.
• Experience on adding controllers and AP’s in Airwave for monitoring.
• Hands-on experience in system application monitoring SAM, Network Performance Monitor NPM, Network Flow Traffic Analyze NTA, Intenerated Virtual Infrastructure Monitor IVIM and IP address monitor IPAM .
• Hands-on experience in diagnosing network traffic using tools like ping, trace route, wire shark and tcpdump.
• Involved in working with complex routed LAN and WAN networks, and preparing technical documentation.
• Involved in troubleshooting network traffic and its diagnosis using tools like ping, trace route, wire shark, tcpdumpand Linux operating system servers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routing: EIGRP, OSPF, IP addressing, IP routing mechanism and principles. Border Gateway protocol (BGP)

Switching: VLAN, inter-VLAN routing, Spanning tree, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), Trunk, Ether-channel management features.

LAN Topologies: Star, Ring, Bus, Tree and Mesh.

LAN Types: Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring.

Various Features & Services: IOS and Features, IRDP, NAT, PAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, DNS, TFTP and FTP Management, CDP, Frame-relay, PPP, Access Control List (ACL). Cisco PIX, FWSM, ASA, Check Point, OPNET, WIRESHARK, ESXI, F5.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, installed, and maintained various WAN technologies and applications connecting remote sites to corporate headquarters.
• Configured, implemented, and troubleshot routers and switches with various account settings, permissions, and parameters including security firewalls.
• Configured EIGRP and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco ASR 9001, 9006, 6500 series, 2600, 2800, 3900, 7200 series Routers.
• Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Responsible for maintaining entire company’s network infrastructure that included Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Access Points, and Servers.
• Performed bandwidth upgrade for various remote sites for CMPLS circuits.
• Experienced in monitoring tools like Men & Mice, HPNA.
• Configured Aruba 7200 series mobility controller for various SSID and AP-groups for AP 225.
• Configured Aruba controller for Failover scenarios.
• Configured NAT and PAT policies.
• Experienced in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and changing metrics to modify inbound and outbound filtering.
• Experienced working with Nexus 7010, 7018, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.
• Supported the project manager in defining the work and the associated effort, duration, and resource needs to deliver the solution.
• Configured various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches and Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN and Ether Channel configuration.
• Worked with networking protocols including but not limited to TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, VPN, Terminal Services, Routing and Remote Access, Network Design, wiring and cabling.
• Configured various advanced features (Profiles, monitors, iRules, Redundancy, SSL Termination, Persistence, SNATs, HA on F5 BIGIP appliances SSL termination and initiation, Persistence, Digital Certificates, Executed various migration/upgrade projects across F5 and hands on with F5 BIGIP LTM.
• Configured IPSec site-to-site VPN connection between Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator and Cisco 3800.
• Communicated status to the project manager to ensure completion status of the assigned tasks, estimate the remaining effort required for completion and associated issues/risks.
• Based on defined technical requirements and architecture blueprints, worked with a cross-functional team to develop a detailed network design and associated network specifications as part of an overall solution design.
• Documented test cases, performed operational readiness testing to ensure the networking environment performance as required and documented the actual results.

Environment: Routers: Cisco 2600, 2800, ASR 9000, 9006, 9001, And 7200 series Switches: Cisco 3500, 4500, 4948, 2360, 6513, 6509, 6506 TACACS, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, MPLS, Ether Channels.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

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).
• Assisted with troubleshooting all network issues with routers and switches when necessary and consulted with on call tech as needed for client.
• Validated existing infrastructure and recommended new network designs.
• Managed network device configurations, logical names and addresses, network design and implementation.
• Configured and designed LAN networks with Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches.
• Designed and configured OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.
• Configured IPSEC VPN on SRX series firewalls.
• Improved OSPF convergence by controlling SPF algorithm.
• Participated in all technical aspects of LAN, WAN, VPN and security internetworking projects including, short and long term planning, implementation, project management and operations support as required.
• Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET for remote login to the routers and SSH for secure login.
• Good experience in working with IBM Net cool and IBM Impact tools to reduce outages, automate and to gain visibility and control the network.
• Estimated Project costs and created documentation for project funding approvals.
• Installed and configured DHCP, DNS Server.
• Managed various teams involved in site surveys, cabling specifications, Network equipment installation and configuration.
• Planned resources and presented project status to higher management.
• Have expertise in LAN/WAN technologies (fast Ethernet, Layer2 & 3 switched/routed LAN, and Frame Relay).
• Routing Protocols, Networking Layer1, 2, 3 Switching concepts, LAN/WAN technologies, Wireless Networking, TCP/IP concepts.
• Worked with Cisco and Juniper equipment to troubleshoot various problems.
• Modified router configurations programming with additional VLANs, port assignment.

Environment: Routers: Cisco 2600, 2800, 7300 series Routers, Switches: Cisco Distribution layer switches such as 4510, 4948, 4507, firewalls 5GT, 208, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF and BGP.

Confidential, Oaks, PA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed network engineering, design, planning (WAN & LAN), & implementation.
• Managed Access list for PIX and Routers (Priority based, time based).
• Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team. The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3550 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer.
• Tested routers and did Performance Analysis of both LAN/WAN infrastructure.
• Interacted with business users from a service delivery and service support perspective.
• Hands-on experience in WAN (ATM/Frame Relay), Routers, Switches, TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (BGP/OSPF) and IP addressing.
• Design, implementation and operational support for routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, etc.
• Planned, tested and evaluated various equipment, systems, IOS’s and procedures for use within the network / security infrastructure.
• First and second level user support troubleshooting desktops, laptops, servers, Cisco switches, Cisco routers, Cisco IPT phones, Frame Relay,T1and DSL.
• Cisco products/hardware including Nexus 7k, 5k and 2k switches.
• Worked in Multi-vendor environment containing Juniper, Cisco and Arista routers.
• Troubleshot LAN/WAN issues.
• Configured multiple domain name services (DNS), email services (Exchange Server), web and file transfer protocol services (FTP) for various platforms including line leasing through DHCP servers.
• Configured, managed and troubleshot networks using routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP and OSPF (Single Area and Multi Area).
• Troubleshot MPLS issues within the core and edge.

Environment: Routers: Cisco 2800, 3900, 7300, Switches: Cisco Distribution layer switches such as 4510, 4948, 4507. EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, CISCO ASA, DHCP, DNS, SAN, Spanning tree, Windows Server, Windows NT

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured Static, IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco 2600, 2800, 7300 series Routers.
• Worked on troubleshooting EIGRP, OSPF, BGP issues.
• Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and with each client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.
• Configured VLAN’s, Private VLAN’s.
• Configured various LAN switches such as CISCO CAT 2900, 3550, 4500, 6509 switches.
• Configured access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration.
• Configured inside/outside ACL and interfaces.
• Designed OSPF areas for reliable Access Distribution and for Core IP Routing.
• Supported the project manager in defining the work and the associated effort, duration, and resource needs to deliver the solution.
• Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET for remote login to the routers and SSH for secure login.
• Have expertise in LAN/WAN technologies (fast Ethernet, Layer2 & 3 switched/routed LAN, and Frame Relay).
• Experienced in new employee mentoring, training and coaching.

Confidential

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Technical Support Executive providing Level 1 support for broadband connection customers.
• Resolved customer complaints and inquiries regarding their Internet connection via inbound customer calls.
• Resolved a wide range of technical support/connectivity issues such as connection speed, loss of synchronization, authentication and e-mail configuration.
• Troubleshot and managed LAN, WLAN and CPE Modem Routers like Belkin, D-LINK, Dynamode, Cisco-Linksys, NTL 250, MOTOROLA and TERAYON.
• Assisted customers in setting up Airtel PC Secure (Antivirus program) at their Home Networks with firewall.
• Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET to remotely login into the routers and SSH for secured login.