SUMMARY:

• Over 5 years + of experience in design, development, implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of complex network systems and 2 Years of Data Center experience.
• Experience in Layer3 routing dealing with router configurations like ASR 1001&1006, Nexus 9k&5k, Cisco2900&2800 and Layer 2 Switching dealing with switches like Cisco catalyst switches like 6509, 6500, 5060, 4500, 3750, 2900 3850 and 3500XL series.
• Configuration, Troubleshooting and Maintenance of Palo Alto Firewalls (160+ firewalls) - PA200, PA2000 series, PA3000 series, PA4000 series and PA5000 series.
• Worked extensively on Cisco Firewalls like Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series and configuring Check Point Smart Dashboard and Smart View Tracker.
• Troubleshoot and hands on experience on security related issues on Intrusion Detection System(IDS) and Intrusion Prevention System(IPS).
• Experience in troubleshooting of DNS and NAT IP conflict problems.
• Hands on experience in configuring Cisco ACE, F5 LB.
• Experience on SSL Devices and remote-access issues.
• Experience in troubleshooting Network performance issues using NetQoS.
• Worked on MPLS-VPN designs and MPLS-QoS for the migration of Frame relay to MPLS system.
• Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.
• Worked on designing VPN with IPSEC security layer.
• Experience in Configuring and implementing VLAN, VTP, LAN switching, STP and 802.x authentication in access layer switches.
• Good knowledge with the technologies VPN, B2B VPN’S WLAN and Multicast.
• Experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing, configuring and supporting TCP/IP.
• Strong general management, negotiation, inter-personal, communication, team building and documentation skills.
• Experience in IP Subnetting and worked on various design and allocation of various classes of IP address to the domain.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cisco Routers: Cisco GSR 12416, 12418, Cisco 7200vxr, Cisco 3640, Cisco 3600

Redundancy and management: HSRP, RPR, NSF/NSR

Network Configuration: Advanced switch/router configuration (Cisco IOS access list, Route redistribution/propagation).

Routing Protocols: IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGPv4, MP-BGP

WAN Protocols: HDLC, PPP, MLPPP

Circuit switched WAN: T1/E1 - T3/E3/OCX (Channelized, Fractional & full).

Packet Switched WAN: ATM, FRAME RELAY, MPLS VPNs

Security Technologies: Cisco FWSM/PIX/ASDM, Nokia Checkpoint NG, Juniper SRX

Physical interfaces: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial, HSSI, Sonet (POS)

Layer 2 technology: VLAN, VTP, VMPS, ISL, dot1q, DTP, Spanning-tree, PVST

Layer 3 Switching: CEF, MLS, Ether Channel

QOS: CBWFQ, LLQ, WRED, Policing/Shaping.

Switches: Catalyst 6500, MSFC, MSFC2, 7600, 3700, 3500

Operating Systems: Microsoft XP/Vista/7, UNIX, Linux (Redhat, OpenSuse, Fedora) Windows Servers 2003/2008 Windows MS-Office.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

NETWORK ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 9236, 5596, 5545 series to provide a Flexible Access Solution for a datacenter access architecture.
• Working with BGP, OSPF protocols in MPLS Cloud.
• Worked on security Infrastructure for Laniakea build out for velocity in the recent project for the vendor Verizon.
• Worked on opening the required ports for the application access through the velocity Nework on Cisco ASA 5545 & 5585 Firewalls.
• Have Hands on experience in implementing F5 BIG-IP load balancer.
• Creating the partitions on F5 to separate each application traffic and create new VIPS as per client request.
• Worked on configuring the ASR 9000&9900 series routers in place of upgrade road map for Velocity.
• Worked on creating MOP for the change CR received through work front and document the changes implemented on the Network side.
• Worked on troubleshooting the VPN issues for the newly built site to site or IPSEC VPN tunnel between Verizon and Confidential .
• Participated in on call for the memory and bandwidth upgrade for the Velocity core devices.
• Involved in designing & troubleshooting of VPN issues and fix the issues on call and build GRE tunnels for encryption of data flow from source to destination.
• Understanding & Implementation of IPSEC & GRE tunnels in VPN technology.
• Configuring Cisco 2921 terminal server from the scratch and participated on call to bring them up remotely.
• Experience with Project documentation tools & implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems and experience with developing network design documentation and presentations using VISIO.
• Assigning IP subnets for the new applications built out in velocity and documenting them in Gestioip database.

Confidential, TEMPE, AZ

NETWORK ENGINEER.

Responsibilities:

• Experience in troubleshooting NAT configurations, Access-Lists(ACL), and DNS/DHCP related issues within LAN Network.
• Worked on Layer 2 protocols such as STP, VTP, RSTP, PVSTP+, MST and other VLAN troubleshooting issues and configuring switches from scratch and participated on call for network deployment.
• Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches.
• Worked on Nexus-OS upgrades VDC, VPC, VRFs. Proficient in operation of Cisco Nexus 5K switches with Fabric Extender using VPC, VLAN, STP and LACP.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010.
• Configured and deployed VPC, OTV, FABRIC PATH between Nexus 7010 and Nexus5596, 5548 switches.
• Configured VPN for the remote and site-to-site access.
• Involved in the configuration & troubleshooting of routing protocols: MP-BGP, OSPF, LDP, EIGRP, RIP, BGP v4.
• Worked on Cisco workforce enablement for the utility with secure VOIP network.
• Experience with working on Juniper Routers like, M320 and MX80, MX960, MX480.
• Experience with working on juniper switches like EX2200, EX2500.
• Experience with working on Cisco firewall series like ASA5510, 5520, 5550.
• Configured IP access filter policies & Configured all Palo Alto Networks Firewall models (PA-2k, PA-3k, PA-5k etc.) as a centralized management system (Panorama) to manage large scale firewall deployments.
• Upgrade firewalls in accordance with change management & Document changes to firewalls.
• Experience in deploying BIG-IP F5 LTM load balancer for load balancing and traffic management for business applications.
• Hands on Experience working with security issue like applying ACL’s, configuring NAT and building IPSEC VPN Tunnels.

Confidential

NETWORK ENGINEER.

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and analyzed the network traffic using Cisco IPS event viewer and used sniffers like ethereal.
• Monitored and analyzed network traffic and syslog’s using tool called RSA envision.
• Maintaining Cisco hardware and Cisco IOS upgrade.
• Plan and install data center network & server hardware according to present and future requirement.
• Installation and Configuration of LAN (Ethernet)/ WAN set up for Clients. Design, configuration and Installation of Cisco routers and Cisco catalyst switches like 6500 & 3700.
• Experience in supporting VOIP network in a Cisco centric network.
• Worked with the Call manager installation for deploying Cisco VOIP.
• Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network configurations (Frame-relay, ISDN, ATM).
• Responsible for configuring and implementing QOS.
• Configured Access control list and configured Cisco ACS for AAA services using Tacacs and Tacacs+.
• Experience in network monitoring tools like Net flow, RSA envision and Cisco IPS event viewer.
• Configuring numerous LAN/WAN technologies including leased point-to-point circuits, MPLS, ISDN, various Ethernet speeds/media.
• Involved in the redistribution into OSPF on the core ASA firewall.
• Involved in the removal of EIGRP from all devices and making OSPF the primary routing protocol.
• Involved in the modification and removal (wherever necessary) of BGP from the MPLS routers.

Confidential

Jr. NETWORK ENGINEER.

Responsibilities:

• Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications. Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, RIP, RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route.
• Configuring routers and send it to Technical Consultants for new site activations and gives online support at the time of activation.
• Supporting Development team for the access to corporate network and outside world. Providing access to specific IP, Port filter and port access.
• Switching (Ethernet) related tasks included implementing VLANS and configuring ISL trunk on Fast-Ethernet channel between switches.
• Configured ASA 5510 appliance and VPN.
• Responsible for implementing QOS prioritizing voice traffic over a data.
• Implemented SNMP on Cisco routes to allow for network management. Completed the installation and configuration of T1, T3 & OC3 circuits.