SUMMARY

• Network Engineer with 7+ years of experience in Network escalation support, network administration, and systems administration. Skilled in delivering technical support, managing network operations, and maintaining enterprise - wide area networks across multi-platform and high uptime Data Center environments.
• Managed the design, installation, and management of organization-wide local area network, wide area network.
• Optimize network performance and reliability by maintaining hardware and software, analyzing technical issues, and ensuring availability to system users.
• Implement effective security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
• Deliver Tier 1 network ticketing support to resolve the issues.
• Execute the maintenance window changes for multiple locations, performing troubleshooting of routing and switching issues.
• Applied routing changes including BGP, OSPF which improved network/system performance.
• Monitoring computer systems to improve network performance for all systems
• Configured Cisco Meraki MX, MS devices on Dashboard
• Configured L3 switch Cisco 3850, 3650, router Cisco 2911,wireless access point 2602I, 2602E,2702 and wireless controllers 5520,5508
• Configured VLAN, VTP, NAT and DHCP Scope on Core switch.
• Resolve all IP network issues to minimize downtime while maintaining client SLA up-time.
• Resolved various wireless connectivity issues including fixing VLAN mappings, replacing AP’s.
• Maintain Configuration, network Documentation (VISIO’s), including each account’s network matrix, backup configurations and network diagrams.
• Configured and upgraded IOS to stack switches

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Linux-Ubuntu, Windows 7/8/XP/10

Networking: LAN, WAN, VPN, TCP/IP, Troubleshooting, Enterprise

Cisco: CCNA, CCNP, Routing and switching, Wireless Controllers, Nexus 9K, ACI

Backup/Monitoring Tools: Sevone, SWRAM

SD-WAN: Meraki MX and MS

Configuration Management: SWRAM

Build and Deploy Tools: Putty, Secure CRT, Wireshark, Visio

Routing & Switching Protocols: Static Routing, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IPSEC VPN, DNS, ACL, NAT, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, NTP, SNMP, Redistribution, STP, PVST, RSTP, MSTP, VTP, DTP, VLANs, Trucking, Ether channels

PAM: Providing access to Routers/Switches/Servers and monitoring the activity logs for audit purpose.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed in Confidential Communication (Telecommunication Mass Media) working as Network Engineer in Network Engineering Team.
• Handling the different customers/Accounts for the Confidential Cloud Services.
• Integrating, Migrating, Troubleshooting Internet Critical Small/Medium site
• Configuration and troubleshooting Switching and Routing issue
• New/Replacement of Routers, Switches and Meraki on customer site and configuration as per ROC (Record of change) and assist remotely to field engineer if the issue related to the connectivity
• IOS up gradation of customer router/switches
• Create ROC and update customer Network Diagram as per new changes for documentation and handover to NOC team for the future troubleshoot
• Process ESP order to manage customer device to NOC team after implementation and upload all activity related documents on ESP Tool
• Experienced in DHCP DNS, NIS, NFS, SMTP, IMAP, ODBC, FTP, TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, LDAP, HP RDP, security management, and system troubleshooting skills.
• Hands On experience Juniper JUNOS or configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP.
• Knowledge on Wireless Infrastructure such as Cisco controllers’ model 5508,5520 and Cisco AironetAPs.
• Configured L3 switch Cisco 3850, 3650.

Environment: Windows, Secure CRT, Meraki Dashboard, Tyra, SWRAM, Sevone, Smarts monitoring.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configure, Troubleshoot & Implement Configurations, Security technologies addressing, Router protocols, BGP, OSPF, Layer 2/3 switches.
• IPv6 routing and tunneling.
• Back-up of configurations and IOS and re-implementing the same at the time of Migration activity.
• Develops and implements test and acceptance criteria for network elements.
• Upgrading Cisco IOS for ASR series routers and back-up of routers at this process.
• Migrating existing 10Gig links to 50Gig & 100Gig for backend broadband high utilization.
• Providing L1 support to TAC, Field engineers, Enterprise Customer.
• Executing the project with field engineers by providing technical support by reporting day to day activities to management and meeting the challenges to commissioning the projects with documentations.
• Responsible for network performance, network traffic analysis, capacity utilization.
• Working closely with vendor team for new implementation of ASR9K series routers.
• Developing and maintaining several tools to assist the Network Engineering group in their tasks, including project management tracking.
• Troubleshooting hardware, software and IOS issues.
• Raising P.E for Planned Event for network change activity

Environment: Windows, Secure CRT, HPSM, CNAAP, Temip, Zabbix, Shell, NNMI, LSMR.

Confidential

System Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshooting of IP networks and windows domains
• Active Directory Services -- Managing Users
• Maintain of network cabling, switches, and isolation
• Managing Active directory
• Installing operating systems to windows server and workstations
• Configuration of user’s profiles in server
• Troubleshooting of problems related to LAN configurations.
• Taking DVR backup and maintain the IP camera's
• Giving support to remote users using Cisco WebEx.
• Configuring Internet mail service for outgoing SMTP mails.
• Creating users, grant permissions.
• Managing network printers.
• Creating profiles and configuring the group policies.
• Installation of software and programming languages
• Maintaining the LAN and sharing the Internet through proxy servers.

Environment: Windows server, VNC, IP Ping tools.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managing and Maintaining the Servers, PC’s, Routers and Switches.
• IP addressing, sub netting and Routing concepts
• Router: Basic Configuration and monitoring
• Securing network resources with shared folder permissions, Implementing file security system.
• Troubleshooting of various Network related and Connectivity problems.
• Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of MS Outlook 2003, 2007 and Outlook Express.
• Configuration of User profile, Home Folder.
• Installation, Administration and Configuration of DNS, DHCP.
• Maintaining the asset details of Desktop systems and server Systems.
• Troubleshooting of problems related to LAN configuration.
• Installing, configuring, and deploying the Antivirus (Symantec Endpoint protection manager,).
• Backup Management, Reporting and Recovery.

Environment: Windows server, VNC, IP Ping tools.