SUMMARY

• Network engineer wif 4 years of IT experience wif a focus on designing and developing security solutions.
• Strong knowledge based in the planning, design, and implementation of Information Systems and Network Technologies.
• Experienced in design, installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN infrastructure and security using Cisco routers/Switches/firewalls.
• Enterprise Routing experience using protocols RIP v1 & 2, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
• Enterprise Switching wif VLANs, Trunks, Spanning Tree, Port Spanning etc.
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, IPSec and GRE Tunneling, VLANs, Ether Channel, Trucking, Port Security, STP and RSTP.
• In depth understanding of IPV4 and implementation of Subnetting.
• Experience in configuring Site - to-site and remote access VPN solutions.
• Experienced in troubleshooting various network related problems by using sniffing tools.
• Network security including NAT/PAT, ACL, VPN Concentrator, IDS/IPS, and ASA/PIX Firewalls.
• Network technologies including Optical VoIP VPN SAN switching and routing.
• 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)
• Primary responsibility is to design and deploy various network security & High Availability products like Cisco ASA and other security products.
• Experience wif F5 load balancers - LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability.
• A highly organized individual who adopts a systematic approach to problem solving, TEMPeffectively analyzes results and implements solutions.
• Provided 24x7x365 availability and on-call support as required by the projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, self-motivated, self-managed, result oriented, practical, always looking to learn and contribute.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Routing and switching Protocols: RIP, RIP2, PPP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP, SNMP, HTTP, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, DHCP, SMTP, ICMP VLAN, VTP, STP, PVST+, RPVST+, Inter VLAN routing &Multi Layer Switching, Multicast operations, Layer 3 Switches, Ether channels.

Firewalls and Sniffers: Cisco PIX, FWSM, ASA, Check Point, OPNET, WIRESHARK

WAN Protocols and Technologies: HDLC, PPP, ATM, FRAME RELAY, IDSN, Metro Ethernet

Routers: Cisco 7609, 2600, 2800, 3800, 3640, Cisco 3745, 7200 Series

Switches: Cisco 3500, 5000, 6500 Catalyst Series Cisco 7000, 2000 Nexus Series

Network Equipment: CISCO 2950,3500,4500,6500 series Switches, CISCO 800, 1600, 2500, 2600,3700,3800,7200 series Routers, Cisco wireless access points.

Operating System: Windows XP/7/8, UNIX, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured Routing protocols such as OSPF and policy based routing.
• Create and testCisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol.
• Configuration and troubleshooting link state protocols like OSPF in multiple areas.
• Configuration 7609, 7606 wif OSPF and catalyst 6505, 4500, 3550 switches wif various VLAN.
• Developed deployment solutions for network technologies including Optical VoIP VPN SAN switching and routing
• Configured HSRP and VLAN trucking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500 switches.
• Optimized performance of the WANnetworkconsisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.
• Configured VLANs wif 802.1q tagging. Configured Trunk groups, ether channels, and Spanning tree for creating Access/distribution and core layer switching architecture.
• Team member of Configuration ofCisco7206 router and Configuration of Catalyst switches.
• Configured BPDU Guard, port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 2500, 2600, 3000, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series routers.
• Developed deployment solutions for network technologies including Optical VoIP VPN SAN switching and routing
• Responsible for managing activities, Upgrading IOS - Upgrading hardware and installing new devices, Tuning (Configuration), make standardization for the topology
• Configure switch ports for VOIP phones and add Qos scripts to configuration
• Implement and configured HSRP/VRRP/GLBP (on distro/core switching), HSRP on different location of office on the switched network and managing the entire multilayer switched network

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, RIPv2, EIGRP,BGP, Static and default route.
• Experience in Cisco switches and routers: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configurations.
• Responsible for Internal and external accounts and, managing LAN/WAN and checking for Security
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet channel between switches.
• Designed ACLs, VLANs, troubleshooting IP addressing issues and taking back up of the configurations on switches and routers.
• Worked on HSRP for hop redundancy and load balancing.
• Provided port binding, port security and router redundancy through HSRP.
• Configured the Cisco router as IP Firewall and for NATing Configured RSTP, MST and used VTP wif 802.1q trunk encapsulation.
• Assisted in backing up, restoring and upgrading the Router and Switch IOS
• Assisted university campus for VOIP network management and troubleshoot
• Implementation of name resolution using WINS & DNS in TCP/IP environment
• Configured FTP server for inside/outside users & vendors
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability.

Environment: Cisco 7200/3845/3600/2800 routers, TACACS, EIGRP, RIP,, Vulnerability Assessment tools like Nessus, Red Hat, Solaris, Juniper VPN’s, SSL.