SUMMARY:

• Cisco Certified Network Engineer with 8 years of experience in teh industry, which includes expertise in teh areas of Routing, Switching, ASA Firewall and VPN.
• Exposer to Cisco products like Routers - 2600, 2800, 3600, Switches- 2900, 2950, 3550, 3560 and Firewalls - ASA 5510 (Version 8.x).
• Proficiency in OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, STATIC & DEFAULT Route.
• Expert in Network and security Administration.
• Possesses abilities in leading dedicated teams for running successful process operations and experience of developing procedures and service standards for business excellence.
• Experience in Network engineering, performing Network analysis, design, Implementing, capacity planning with focus on performance tuning and support of large Networks
• Competent in planning and executing various projects at client’s end.
• Proficiency in network LAN/WAN setup, network security, windows and upgrades with best fault tolerance to avoid network and service downtimes.
• Experience in teh setup of Access-Lists, and RIP, EIGRP, and tunnel installations.
• Possesses abilities in leading dedicated teams for running successful process operations and experience of developing procedures and service standards for business excellence.
• Possessing valuable insights, keen analysis and team approach to implement best practices to achieve business excellence.
• Proficient in self adaptation within a dynamic environment.
• Skilled team member with proven ability to lead and motivate teams to maximize productivity.
• Dedicated and highly ambitious to achieve personal as well as teh organizational goals.
• Expertise noledge and experience in networking devices like Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, F5 Load Balancers, Proxy and Firewalls.
• Provide scalable, supportable military grade TCP/IP security solutions along with expert TCP/IP network designs that enable business functionality.
• Worked four years vastly with IP multicast services like PIM, IGMP, MSDP protocols
• Responsible for Configuring SITE TO SITE VPN on Cisco Routers between Head Quarters and Branch locations
• Implemented DHCP, DNS configuration on teh servers to allocate, resolute teh IP addresses from Subnet.
• Configuring IPSEC VPN (Site-Site to Remote Access) on sonic wall firewalls.
• We will make sure all Cisco routers are running with SNMP, SSH, Syslog, AAA, IP Flow and latest Cisco IOS.
• Configuring VLANs, VTP’s, enabling trunks between switches.
• In-depth noledge and hands-on experience in Tier II ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Subnetting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls.
• Knowledge of JUNOS platform and worked with IOS upgrade of Juniper devices.
• Experience with different Network Management Tools and Sniffers like Wireshark (etheiral), HP-Open view, RSA envision and Cisco Works to support 24 x 7 Network Operation Center.
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus Switches and Virtual Port Channel configuration.
• Experience in deployment of Layer-2 technologies like VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, VLAN Trunking, Inter-VLAN routing, VLAN access-maps and port security, Ether- channels.
• In-depth noledge in deploying routing protocols like RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, policy based routing (PBR) on Cisco routers.
• Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists, Firewall Filters.
• Dealing with Juniper, Cisco, checkpoint, Fortinet Tech support and Raising RMA for teh faulty equipment.
• Strong hands on experience in installing, troubleshooting, configuring of Cisco Meraki, cisco Asa 5500-X firewalls, ASR 1000 series routers as zone based firewalls.
• Experience in working with voice from end-point in teh network to teh backend.
• Experience on Virtual Private Network (VPN) for operating enterprise and store Network and Data Center.
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Thorough understanding of VPN technologies like IPSec, GRE tunneling, DMVPN and MPLS for remote access security.
• Thorough understanding of alarm correlation, route cause orchestration and platform scaling metrics for different platforms.
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for teh corporate applications and their availability
• Expertise in sniffers tools like Wireshark.
• Expert level noledge in Symantec end point security
• Expert in onsite support maintaining LAN infrastructure CAT/fiber and MPLS WAN BGP/OSFP network Services in a Cisco environment.
• Experience with Change management process and Project documentation tools like Excel and VISIO
• Strong hands on experience on Sub-Netting,IPV4.0,IPV6.0,VLAN, VTP,DTP,QOS,
• Knowledge on protocols, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP.
• Expert level Knowledge of STP(CST,MST,PVST,PVST+)TCP/IP, RIP,RIPV2.0,IGRP,OSPF,BGP.
• Expert level E1 Leased Links, ISDN BRI & PRI, P2P, HDLC, PPP, PSTN.
• Expert level Knowledge of Ether-Channel (PAGP, LACP).
• Expert level Knowledge Inter VLAN Routing in Cisco and juniper devices.
• Expert level Knowledge of using SNMP to allow network management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential -Los Angeles, CA

Senior Network Engineer

Environment:Cisco catalyst 3750/3550/3500/2960/6500 and SG300-52P POE switches,Cisco ASR 1000, Cisco ISL 891F, 3640 /7200/3845/3600/2800 routers.Cisco ASA5520,HPE FF 5940 48SFP+ 6QSFP+ Switch, 5510 24G 4SFP+, HPE 5130 48G POE+ 4SFP+,McAfee web gateway,Symantec End point security,Cisco 5520 wireless controllers and 2800 access points,Motorola AP-5131 access points, Aruba 93,105,205 access points.Riverbed WAN Optimizer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for complete network infrastructure including multiple Datacenters, enterprise network, warehouses and hundreds of stores.
• Assists in LAN Design & support.
• Responsible for support and maintenance of over 400 store and datacenter network with PCI DSS standards.
• Replaced end-of-life routers and switches within teh environment.
• Experience with Migrating from cisco to HPE, also implementing HPE FF 5940 48SFP+ 6QSFP+ Switch, 5510 24G 4SFP+, HPE 5130 48G POE+ 4SFP+ switches.
• Involved in teh Team of Data Center Operations to perform duties like administration and deployment of Cisco Routers and Switches according to teh organization requirements
• Configuring store Cisco ISL 891F routers and SG300-52P POE switches for every 99 Cents Only Store.
• Maintaining and troubleshooting different models of Cisco WS-C6509/WS-C3750G/ WS-C3560/ WS-C2960G switches and Cisco ASR1001, 3825, 3640 series routers and Wireless Access points (Aruba, Motorola)
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASR 1000, ASA 5520 security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with teh firewalls as per teh design.
• Configuring dual internet and vpn connectivity between store and datacenter.
• Creating Standard operation procedures for future references to easy configuration and troubleshooting.
• Setup simplified and traditional VPN communities, and Cisco Any connect
• Configuration 7609, 7606 with OSPF and catalyst 6505, 4500, 3550 switches with various VLAN
• Experience with moving data center from one location to another location, from cisco 6500 based data center to HP based data center
• Configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols like OSPF, BGP and EIGRP on Cisco routers
• Having Data Center Design Experience, installing and Configuring Network Devices in a Data Center including patching teh cables in teh Patch Panel. Design and implemented network infrastructure and configured teh entire network Infrastructure devices including Network Printers and Register
• Worked on change management documentation of Network infrastructure design using Microsoft Visio.
• Working on ticket manager and solar winds to monitor teh network with priority.
• Working on resolution of internet slowness issues.
• Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and also configured and implemented GRE Tunnels, DMVPN.
• Responsible for LAN and internet connection file and print server.
• Deploying and maintaining Symantec end point security in an enterprise and datacenter networks.
• Testing wireless signal strength by regular periods using Air magnet Wi-Fi analyzer tool.
• Working on Riverbed WAN optimizer to set QOS based on teh network traffic flow requirement.
• Work closely with network personnel to ensure dependencies are maintained.

Confidential - Plano, TX

Network Engineer

Environment: Cisco 3500/3550/4500/6500 switches and Cisco 2500/2600/3000/6500/7500/7200 routers, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, Cisco Nexus7K/5K/2K,LAN,OSPF,BGP,RIP,EIGRP.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and configuration of LAN and WAN.
• Installing and configuring checkpoint 3-Tier architecture with different location secure gateways.
• Maintaining FSD documents for teh easy understanding in rules arrangement in firewalls.
• Installing and configuring network devices like NIC cards, Switches, routers and firewalls
• Designing, configuring, implementing and troubleshooting (LAN) VLAN’s, VTP, Spanning Tree (STP), Trunking (dot1q and ISL) and Ether channel.
• Installing and Upgrading Antivirus software’s like, NORTON, MACAFEE etc.
• Discussing and resolving issues directly with clients on a need basis.
• Plans, coordinates, implements and supports teh LAN / WAN hardware, software and Internet /Intranet integration network connectivity, diagnose network failures and resolve any problems.
• Restricting access level permissions to users and blocking/filtering network using checkpoint firewall.
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo AltoFirewalls& Analysis offirewalllogs using various tools.
• Successfully installed Palo Alto PA 3060firewallsto Protects Data Center and provided L3 support for routers/switches/firewalls.
• Implemented Positive Enforcement Model with teh halp of Palo Alto Networks.
• Configured and maintained IPSEC and SSL VPN's on Palo AltoFirewalls.
• Implemented Zone Based Firewalling and Security Rules on teh Palo AltoFirewall.
• Exposure to wild fire feature of Palo Alto.
• Possess good experience in configuring and troubleshooting WAN technologies like MPLS, T1, T3, DS3 and ISDN.
• Implementing and managing traffic engineering on top of an existing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network using Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).
• Implemented, configured and installed new Cisco catalyst 6513 and 6509 with dual supervisor engine 720’s from teh scratch for teh core group
• Installed configured Firewall Services Module (FWSM) on catalyst 6500 switch.
• Working with Cisco, checkpoint, MacAfee TAC for any unresolved issues to fix teh issues as early as possible,
• Provided redundancy in a multi homed Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) network by tuning AS-path.

Confidential - Kansas City, MO

Network Engineer

Environment:Cisco Router 2911, 3945, 1841,Cisco Switch 6509, 4500, 2960, 2950,Cisco Firewall: PIX, ASA 5500

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco and juniper Routers, switches, Cisco L2 & L3 switches.
• Configuration of HSRP, VRRP, GLBP to provide fully redundant network architecture.
• Deployment of VTP in Cisco devices to manage VLANs across teh campus network.
• Deployment of STP for optimization of traffic flow and to ensure a loop free environment.
• Configuring of Static Routing for network traffic policy implementation on intranet routers and internet routers.
• Configuring and applying all types of Access-lists for traffic filtering.
• Configuration of trunk Links, Ether-Channel/Port Channel for providing maximum Throughput.
• Configuration and Troubleshooting OSPF on Cisco and juniper Routers.
• Configuration of BGP (EBGP, IBGP) on Cisco Routers.
• Implementation of VPN (site to site, Remote) between Cisco Routers and Firewall to provide secure access to Servers.
• Configuring and applying STP(Port Fast, Uplink Fast-Backbone Fast,Root Guard,BPDU Guard, Loop Guard,UDLD)
• Maintaining IP addressing of more TEMPthan 400 offices.
• Maintaining configuration-using tools (Smarts, NMSL, Expedio, Putty, GSAM, Intelliden, and Config Store).
• Troubleshooting of issues IP Traffic Management with Access Lists and QoS.
• Responsibilities to solve technical Problems related to LAN / WAN of teh Organizations as well as Our Clients.

Confidential

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Migration of RIP V2 to OSPF, BGP routing protocols.
• Configured EIGRP for Lab Environment.
• Implemented ISL and 802.1Q for communicating through VTP.
• Working with Client teams to find out requirements for their Network Requirements.
• Designing solutions for frozen requirements using Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Deploying teh network infrastructure to meet teh requirements.
• Created VLAN and Inter-Vlan routing with Multilayer Switching.
• Documenting and Log analyzing teh Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall.
• Configured & maintained LAN, WAN, VPN and firewall on Cisco Routers for end users.
• Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck.
• Performed administrative support for RIP, OSPF routing protocol.
• Maintained redundancy on Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 router with HSRP.
• Real time monitoring and network management using Cisco Works LMS.
• Provided technical support on hardware and software related issues to remote production sites.