SUMMARY:

• Over 8 Years of extensive hands on experience in Networking, which includes expertise in the areas of Routing, Switching, Wireless Access points, VOIP, Firewalls, BIG - IP F5 load Balancers and Datacenter Infrastructure Management.
• Experienced with an array of Cisco, juniper and Palo alto networking hardware and software.
• Worked extensively in configuring and troubleshooting Cisco, Juniper Router and Switches.
• Hands on experience in Installing and Configuring Cisco Catalyst Switches 2960, 3650, 3850, 4500, 4900, 6500, 6800, Nexus 3000, 5000, 7000 Series, Juniper EX 4300, 4200, 3300, 2300 Series, QFX 5100, 5200 Series.
• Worked on configuring Aruba Controllers ( 3200 , 3400 , 3600 , 6000 and 7000 series).
• Hands on experience in Installing and Configuring Cisco Routers 2800, 2900, 3800, 3900, 4000 and ASR 1000, 9000 series and Juniper ACX 2100, 2200, 4000 and PTX 3000, 5000, 7000 and MX 240, 480, 960 series.
• Knowledge in configuring and troubleshooting SRX 1400, 3400, 3600, 4000 firewalls.
• Experienced in Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco ASA 5500 (5550, 5555) firewalls.
• Installing and configuring Checkpoint NG R55 & NGX R60, Blue Coat Proxy Server Secure Platform Installation, VPN.
• Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST.
• Strong knowledge in IP addressing (IPv4, IPv6) and subnetting (FLSM, VLSM) concepts.
• Experienced with various Static and Dynamic network protocols OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, VRRP, BGP, VLAN, Spanning Tree, Frame-relay, MPLS, and IPsec VPN.
• Hands on Knowledge/experience on F5 load balancers, its methods, implementation and troubleshooting on LTMs and GTMs.
• Worked extensively on firewalls and VPN gateways Checkpoint, Blue Coat Web Gateway, CISCO, Juniper, Fortigate GUI and Shell.
• Designed and implemented Cisco VoIP infrastructure using CUCM for a large enterprise and multi-unit office environment.
• Managing and configuring Aruba Wireless devices and Cisco Access Points.
• Comprehensive knowledge of wireless networking systems and protocols.
• Responsible for design, implementation, & configuration of several advanced networking solutions to include: IP management using VLSM, QOS, SIP, HSRP & VLAN management.
• Managing data center and network by using solar winds NPM, NTA, NCM and F5 load balancer, citrix load balancer also working on troubleshooting, implementing and configuring new devices and helping them to build new data center and moving devices from one data center to another by moving all devices.
• Hands on experience with F5 load balancers - LTM series like 3600, 4000, 7200v-f and GTM series 2200S,4200V for the corporate applications and their availability.
• Virtualization: Experience with VMware (Workstation, Vcenter server, Vmotion, ESXI hypervisor).
• Experience with vBlock Cloud infra such as VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Director and Veeam Backup.
• Experienced in configuring and troubleshooting NAT, PAT, VPN, Route Maps and Access control lists.
• Planned and implemented network designs, including WAN, LAN, MPLS.
• Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical support.
• Good understanding of security infrastructure including Antivirus, Encryption, DLP, SIM, IDS and IPS.
• Hands on experience with packet sniffer, TCP DUMP, Solar Winds and Wireshark for packet monitoring.
• Configuring URL filtering, site-to-site VPN tunnels, Net flow, file blocking, Anti-virus blocking in Palo Alto firewalls.
• Configuring, Administering and troubleshooting the Palo Alto firewall.
• Experience with Palo Alto Networks Next Gen firewalls.
• Configuring & Managing LAN, WAN, VPN and Firewall of Cisco Routers for End Users.
• Configuration VPN, Firewall rules on SRX series firewalls.
• Implemented Checkpoint FW Interface, NAT and VLAN using R77 GAIA Smart Dashboard.
• Strong implementation and Administration experience in Service Now, HP Service Manager /Service Center, BMC Remedy, Confidential Service Desk and IT Automation.
• Developed a platform both to host all Spirent products which now facilitates unified hardware across product lines and common methods for software development, hosting, testing and release.
• Communicating and managing relationship with external & internal customers and ensuring customer satisfaction of service delivery in accordance to their quality & consistency of State of Work & Service Level Agreements.
• Ensuring network availability, vendor management, fault management.
• Strong general management, negotiation, inter-personal, communication and team building skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Networking Technologies: LAN/WAN Architecture, TCP/IP, Frame Relay, VPN, VLAN, VTP, NAT, PAT, STP, RSTP, PVST. Wireless networks such as microwave point-point, point- multipoint and CISCO ACI.

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, ISIS, VRF, PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, and Static Routing.

Switching: SMTP, VLAN, Inter-VLAN Routing, VTP, STP, RSTP, MPLS, PVST+, Multi-Layer Switch.

Cisco Switches: Cisco Catalyst Switches 2960 - X/XR, 3650, 3850, 4500,6500,6800, Nexus 3000, 5000, 7000 series, WS-C4948E-F.

Cisco Routers: 2800,2900,3800,3900,4000 and ASR 1000/9000 series.

Juniper Switches: Juniper EX 4300/4200/3300/2300, QFX 5100/5200 Series.

Juniper Routers: ACX 2100/2200/4000, PTX 3000/5000 MX240/480/960 series

Wireless: Cisco Meraki Appliance MX (400, 80, 60) and Meraki wireless Access points (MR66, MR74, MR84), Aruba Access points IAP-92, IAP-93

Networking Software: IOS, IOS-XR, IOS-XE, NX-OS, JUNOS

Firewalls: Cisco ASA 5500-X (5505/5510/5550, 5555), Palo Alto firewalls (PA-2k, PA-3k, andPA-5k ), Juniper SRX (1400/3400/3600/4000 ), Checkpoint R75, R76 firewalls, Checkpoint NGX R65, Checkpoint IPSO, SPLAT,GAIA.

LAN Technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet, Light weight access point, ARP, wireless Lan controllers.

WAN Technologies: Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, (E1/T1/E3T3), DS3, Fiber optic circuits.

Network Tools: Wire shark, Fiddler, Solar Winds, and RSA Security console, Network sniffer & packet analyzer, HR Ping, Infoblox.

Ticketing Systems: Service Now, BMC Remedy, HP Service Manager

Load Balancer: BIGIP 2000, 4000, 5000, 7000 series, F5 LTM 8900, 6400, 6800, BIGIP-GTM, Citrix NetScaler, Citrix,NetScaler ADC.

AAA Architecture: TACACS+, RADIUS, Cisco ACS, LDAP

OS products: Windows (2000/2003/2008, XP), UNIX, LINUX.

Features & Services: IOS and Features, HSRP, GLBP, IPAM IRDP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, DNS, TFTP and FTP Management, Net Flow, Open Stack, IVR s, HLD and LLD documents, Dell equal logics, Microsoft Visio diagramming, Microsoft Office.

Scripting: Python, Shell

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Las Vegas,NV

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Strong experience in Networking, including hands-on experience in providing network support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN/WAN communication systems.
• Worked with Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, and 3560, 2960 switches and Cisco 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600 Series Routers.
• Deployed and configured Cisco ASR 1000, 7000, 9000 series routers.
• Involved in the team for designing and Configured Nexus 7000/5000/2000 in Top of Rack & End of Row Architecture for a Scalable Production Network that supports Rack & Blade server architecture in a Multi-Tenancy environment using VPC, VDC & VRF.
• Dealt with Aruba/cisco wireless access points 205,300 series supporting 802.11 ac.
• Setting Aruba Access to link distribution switch system and then to WLAN controller.
• Configured Nexus 5020, 5548 7010 and 7702 with multiple distribution VDC’s running EIGRP for route propagation between them.
• Configuration of Palo Alto firewalls for remote site implementation.
• Familiar with the working environment of Palo Alto networks.
• Experience in Configuring and troubleshooting Palo alto switches PAN 5060.
• Assist customer team with the design and placement of Palo Alto Networks devices.
• Implement & troubleshooting of Juniper switches, routers and Firewalls.
• Configuration remote access VPN and site-site VPN on Juniper platforms.
• Worked with Juniper Net Screen 500/5200 and juniper SRX 650/3600.
• Configuration VPN, Firewall rules on SRX series firewalls.
• Worked with Enterprise Intrusion Detection / IPS (Snort, Source fire, Juniper IDP, Confidential ISS).
• Experienced in Configuring/Troubleshooting Dynamic Routing Protocols EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS and BGP.
• Strong knowledge on configuring and troubleshooting Cisco software and hardware.
• Troubleshooting issues related to L2 technologies like - VLAN , VTP, STP , RSTP .
• Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP, Spanning-tree, and OSI models.
• Planned and implemented network designs, including WAN, LAN, MPLS.
• Configuring and implementing F5 BIG-IP, LTM, GTM load balancers to maintain global and local traffic.
• Configuring objects such as Load Balancer pools for local traffic management on F5 Load Balancers.
• Configuration and troubleshooting F5 LTM, GTM series like 6600, 6800 for different applications and monitoring the availability.
• Worked on migrating the F5 LTM 5100 version 9.2 to 5100 LTM version 9.4 and F5 GTM configurations.
• Migration of servers from one datacenter to another, providing switch connections to the new servers, updating Check Point Firewall rules for the new servers, A10 to F5 load balancers Migration.
• Worked on configuring and troubleshooting Nodes, Pools, Profiles, Virtual Servers, SSL Certificates, iRules, and SNATs on the F5 Big IPs using the Web GUI and CLI.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of CSM, integration with ASA devices.
• Experience in managing security policies with CSM, integrated with ASA 5500 devices.
• Experience in set up, configuration and management of PIX firewall and ASA 5500 appliances.
• Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.
• Strong Knowledge in WAN technologies including T1, T3, ISDN, HDLC, Point to Point, ATM and Frame Relay.
• Involved in the Team of Data Center Operations to perform duties like administration and monitoring of Cisco Routers and Switches according to the organization requirements.
• Configuring and implementing Remote Access Solution: IPsec VPN, AnyConnect VPN and SSL VPN.
• Proficient in checking the network’s security protocols, system features and good hands on experience in the manual testing of L2, L3 protocols.
• Implementation of Spine leaf architecture, Equal cost Multi Pathing.
• Relocated and reconfigured Cisco routers, Wireless AP's and HP Pro curve switches as needed.
• Troubleshoot network Topology specifying the whole infrastructure for wireless LAN that includes access points, Distributed system switch, wireless LAN controllers.
• Daily work involved supporting local LAN HP Pro Curve switches and Cisco WLAN.
• Experience working with Cisco IOS-XR on the ASR9000 devices for MPLS deployments.
• Implementing and troubleshooting (on-call) IPSec VPNs for various business lines and making sure everything is in place.
• Maintenance of citrix-Netscalar 9800 load balancer to monitor the traffic at the severs end.
• Configured F5 load balancer and Citrix NetScaler to monitor the network, load balancing and also, GLBP, creating a site for web interface for the internal clients.
• Experience in implementing LDAP security models. Utilized Resource Analyzer and log analyzer for performance testing and troubleshooting and Knowledge on managing LDAP Policy store
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Subnetting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.
• Assisted users with-in the Department of Health with any Network or VoIP issues and trouble tickets.
• Working knowledge in VOIP environments and installing security, SAN and VM Ware as well as IVR and CVP.
• Developed deployment solutions for network technologies including Optical VoIP VPN SAN switching and routing.
• In-depth knowledge of Cisco Unified Communications like UCM, UCCX, MPE, Unity, NSTS, Automated call

Confidential,Seattle WA

Senior Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Proficient with network hardware and technologies including routers, switches, firewalls, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Frame Relay and Wireless devices.
• Troubleshooting issues related to STP, RSTP, VLANs and VTP trunking for maintaining Layer 2/3 Switching intact.
• Experience in layer-3 Routing and layer-2 Switching. Dealt with Nexus models like 7K, 5K, 2Kseries, Cisco router models like 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500 series and Cisco catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750, 3500, 2900 series switches.
• Installed and configured Meraki (MX80, MX60) Appliance via Meraki MX400 Cloud.
• Installed and configured Cisco Meraki (MR66, MR74, MR84) wireless Access points in the warehouses.
• Troubleshooting Cisco routers, APs, Switches, Fortinet Devices and Meraki appliances.
• Configured Policy statements, Route-maps, Access-lists, Routing instances.
• Manage vendor relations and placement of orders to support successful deployment of projects, both on the Edge and Core.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, following established guidelines.
• Monitored and troubleshoot the protocols EIGRP, OSPF and MPLS.
• Writing the Deployment Guides and MAPS for production network.
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper EX Switches (EX2200, EX2500, EX3200, EX4200, EX4500, EX8200 series.
• Configured Remotely Cisco routers, switches and ARUBA access points.
• Managed Aruba wireless access controllers and troubleshooting Aruba Access points.
• Configuration, Installation and troubleshooting of juniper devices like PTX5000, PTX3000, T4000, MX960
• Configuring & managing around 500+ Network &Security Devices that includes Juniper SRX Firewalls 1400, 3400, 3600, 4000 Firewalls, F5 BIGIP Load balancers and Nexus Devices.
• Responsible for Juniper and Cisco ASA firewall administration across global networks.
• Implemented MPLS VPN (RFC 2547) Mechanisms on Cisco IOS and JUNOS.
• Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 8900, configured profiles, provided and ensured high availability.
• Worked on F5 and CSM load balancers deploying many load balancing techniques with multiple components for efficient performance.
• Worked on configuring and troubleshooting Nodes, Pools, Profiles, Virtual Servers, SSL Certificates, iRules, and SNATs on the F5 Big IPs using the Web GUI and CLI.
• Implemented F5 ASM for Internet Facing LTM virtual servers providing applications layer 7 firewall protection, configuring and managing F5 Web Accelerator module and Application Security Module (ASM) technology or with similar/competing ADC and Security product solutions
• Implemented Zone Based Firewalling and Security Rules on the Palo Alto Firewall.
• Configuring rules and Maintaining Palo Alto Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs using various tools.
• Configuring Site-to-site VPNs and Netflow using Palo Alto firewalls.
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto firewalls for remote site implementation, web filtering and application control.
• Worked on Palo Alto PA-3000 Series to manage network traffic flows using dedicated processing and memory for networking, security, threat prevention and management.
• Configuring and troubleshooting Edge and Core routers in MPLS domain. Implementing MP-BGP Session between PE Routers.
• Managed complex wireless network strategies and imparted support to operational wireless computer networks.
• Maintained wireless IPS infrastructure and coordinated with management, customers and peers regarding wireless network innovations.
• Offered users with wireless network technical support and handled indoor and outdoor site surveys.
• Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 8900, Citrix and Net scalar configured profiles, provided and ensured high availability.
• Experience with Citrix NetScaler where I configured load balancing, SSL certificate installation, monitoring the network, creating site for web interface.
• Transitioned Load Balancing efforts for Citrix products from F5, to NetScaler.
• Maintained complex LAN/WAN networks with several VLANS and provided support for routing protocols and provided secure sessions over internet using IPsec and SSL encryption.
• Installing & troubleshooting of Checkpoint Firewall, Bluecoat Proxy. Experience of converting the HLDs into LLDs and carrying out the implementation of the LLDs
• Worked on the migration to new Checkpoint R75 firewalls from Juniper firewalls.
• Managed corporate Checkpoint smart console R77, R75.20 and R75.40 implementing security rules, experience on using Smart Dashboard, Smart view Tracker to mitigate network attacks.
• Worked on bluecoat proxy to optimize WAN Performance by analyze and scan malwares to protect the infrastructure and URL filtering.
• Configuration of Checkpoint R77.30 series firewalls and implementation for outbound traffic via blue coat proxy server.
• Excellent Ping test and Network Validation Test after Deployment of the Routers in the Network Design and deployment of Large scale SONET, MPLS, BGP network architecture design.
• Experience in handling and implementing automated call Distribution, General interaction recording, Media control platform in supporting the clients in the working environment.
• Worked on troubleshooting Production issues related to MPLS VPN involving PE configuration, PE-CE link issues such as routing protocol configuration, Layer1 / Layer2 issues, BGP address-family related issues, MP-BGP.
• Developed a system that uses data from LDAP and local templates to dynamically provision and reprovision virtual domains.
• Provided ongoing administration and support for authentication service using RSA SecurID and Cisco RADIUS servers for internet-based remote access VPN solution.
• Experience in Token based authentication or supporting RSA Authentication Manager/ SecurID.
• Monitoring IP address blocks, Address inventory, DHCP scopes for all the inside network infrastructure through IPAM Infoblox.
• Worked on Route-Reflectors to troubleshoot BGP issues related to customer route prefixes, BGP route filtering policy problems, ORF etc.
• Performed migration of legacy BIGIP and 3-DNS devices to newer version of LTM 8900 boxes.
• Configured and maintained Cisco catalyst switches with HSRP for redundancy and migration of existing infrastructure to GLBP for unequal load balancing in critical sites using weighted technique according to company policies.
• Played important role in managing timelines during the deployment process of network assets (routers, cards, facilities, Fiber Drawers, etc.,) and integration.
• Configured and tested server features such as Response Rate Limiting, Response Policy Zone.
• Expertise with creation and configuration of Service Now Applications, Modules, Business Rules, Client Scripts and UI Policies.
• Experience in working with Service Now Workflows, Import Sets, and Update Sets.

Confidential,Charlotte NC

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installing, Configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Routers (ASR1002X, 3945, 3845, 2800, 3600) and Switches to perform functions at the Access, Distribution, and Core layers.
• Configuring, upgrading and deployment of Nexus 7010, 5596 and 2248.
• Designing, implementing LAN/WAN configurations on Cisco Nexus 5K, catalyst 6500 switches
• Configuring and resolving various OSPF issues in an OSPF multi area environment.
• Implemented, configured BGP WAN routing, converting OSPF routes to BGP (OSPF in local routing).
• Expertise in maintenance of layer2 switching tasks - VLAN, VTP, STP, RSTP, configuration of ether channel with LACP and PAGP along with troubleshooting of inter-VLAN routing.
• Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists, Distribute-Lists, Route Maps and route manipulation using Offset-list.
• In-depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.
• Worked on L2 and L3 Protocols and troubleshooting experience with network equipment and network protocols including IP, L2, L3 protocols.
• Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems with Wireshark, identifying and fixing problems
• Implementing, configuring, and troubleshooting various routing protocols - EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP.
• Performing network monitoring, providing analysis using various tools like Wireshark, Solar winds etc.
• Configuring Inter-VLAN routing using 802.1q encapsulation
• Hands on in deployment of GRE tunneling, SSL, Site-Site IPSEC VPN and DMVPN.
• Experience working in Datacenter environment, configuration changes as per the needs of company.
• Responsible for Check Point, Cisco ASA and Palo-Alto firewalls configuration and administration across global networks for providing IPS/IDS.
• Manage project task to migrate from Cisco ASA firewalls to Check Point firewalls
• Redesigned Internet connectivity infrastructure for meeting bandwidth requirements.
• Installing, configuring Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 & 3550 series
• Experience in configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
• Managed inventory of all network hardware, Management and Monitoring by use of SSH, Syslog, SNMP, NTP.
• Configured and managed Cisco access layer routers and switches
• Provided support for troubleshooting and resolving customer reported issues
• Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM 8900, configured profiles, provided and ensured high availability.
• Worked on F5 and CSM load balancers deploying many load balancing techniques with multiple components for efficient performance.
• Configured and managed OSPF redistribution and authentication with type 3 LSA filtering and to prevent LSA flooding and configured OSPF over frame relay networks.
• Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with Cisco ASA VPN experience.
• Implemented site-to-site VPN in Juniper SRX as per customer.
• Implemented various EX, SRX & J series Juniper devices.
• Configuring HSRP for network redundancy and High availability.
• Involved in designing of LAN (Ethernet) and WAN infrastructure for the new Data Centre Using MS Visio.

Confidential

N etwork Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Setup, configuration, troubleshooting and testing of IPSEC site-to-site VPNs and SSL VPN on Cisco ASAs, Checkpoint.
• Network Operations and support by providing Tier-2 and Tier-3 support to WAN and LAN related issues including HSRP, VLANs, VTP, STP, RSTP, TRUNKING, SPAN and RSPAN, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP.
• Ensure network availability and integrity through preventive maintenance and upgrade
• Assign RSA token to the users, investigate RSA token related issues and help users login to VPN.
• Configure and support NATs, access-lists, and routing on Cisco routers Cisco ASA/PIX firewalls, routers and switches.
• Supported core network consisting of Cisco 7200 series routers running multi area OSPF. Implemented stub/Totally stub areas as per requirements.
• Implemented IP addressing, Subnetting, Route summarization and Distribution.
• Configured Routing protocols such as VLANs, VTP, STP, MSTP, VRRP and HSRP.
• Configured STP for switching loop prevention, and VLANs for data and voice along with configuring port security for users connecting to the switches.
• Configuring VPN for site-site and remote access.
• Maintaining Cisco hardware and Cisco IOS upgrade.
• Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPSec encryption standards and configured and implemented site to site VPN and remote VPN
• Configured policy based routing for specific traffic, route filtering with route maps and route redistribution.
• Stacked, configured 2960 series switches and connected with Nexus 7000 series switches creating Vpc, spanning tree, Trunk and redundancy for failover.
• Monitored and analyzed Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) & Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to identify security issues for remediation.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Manage installations, configuration and administration of Cisco equipment in IT architecture of organization.
• Configure IT LAN/WAN elements and held responsibility of maintaining and monitoring performance of network.
• Provide Tier1 technical support, assisting users facing network problems. Perform advanced troubleshooting, diagnostics and provide tier/level-1 solutions to network failures.
• Network Migration from RIP to OSPF and EIGRP.
• Familiar with Physical connecting media like Ethernet, OC3, DSL, T1, etc.
• Network infrastructure support to routing and switching equipment’s.
• Redistribute routing protocols and Frame-Relay configuration.
• Design the layout for cable installations.
• Involved in design and deploying various network security & High availability products like Cisco ASA and other security products.
• Support customer with the configuration and maintenance of ASA firewall systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolved dynamic routing, Ethernet switching and host connectivity issues in a window and network environment.
• Troubleshoot wiring problems and serial communication lines.
• Develop, plan and maintain documentation necessary for operation in support of LAN to WAN connectivity.
• Virtualization of network using VMware.
• Worked with CLI of Linux OS hosts.
• Maintain excellent communication with the IT Manager on all tasks and projects.