SUMMARY:

• Experienced Senior Network Engineer with around Nine years of experience in activity related network planning, designing, implementation, troubleshooting, and migration network through local and remote environments.
• Good hands experience in security, routing - switching, Data Centre management and service provider technologies.
• Holding multiple certifications (2 x CCIE #36921(Sec & SP), PA(PCNSE7),ITIL,CCNA, CCDA)
• My exposure covers different market sectors including Banking, Service Providers, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Governmental, General Business, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Security & Firewal: ASA NGFW, Firepower, Palo Alto, vSRX, IPS, ACS, ISE

VPN: GETVPN, DMVPN, IP Sec Site to Site, SSL VPN, Any Connect

Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP

Routers & Switch: 65xx, 45xx, 38xx, 37xx, 3650, 29xx, Nexus 5k, 2K & 800, 2800, 2900, 3900, 7200, ASR 1000 - x, Brocade VDX 4760 /6940

Service Provider: MPLS, L2VPN, L3VPN, VPLS, TE

Cisco Wireless Platforms: WLC 2504, 5508, WLC Virtual appliance

F5 LTM: VIPRION 2200, BIG-IP 2000, Virtual Appliance

Cisco WAAS (Accelerator): Accelerator, controller, AppNav cluster

Network Management Tools: Spectrum, Solar winds, Firemon

Virtual Platform: VMware Workstation, ESXi Server, Virtual Box, GNS, UNetLab

Scripting Language: Basic knowledge of TCL/Python

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Deploying new Provider Edge solution.
• Troubleshooting network issue with client.
• Providing inputs to R&D team for product enhancements.
• Verifying new & existing architecture.
• Finding the bugs in the build & discuss the possible remedy.
• Preparation of deliverables including CRD (Customer Requirements Document), HLD (High Level Design), NIP (Network Implementation Plan), and NFRU (Network Ready for Use) Documents.
• Testing the new solution & product upgrades on test labs before deploying in production.
• Creating, updating product reference guide.
• Reproduce the major issues in the lab and provide the solution.
• Coordinating with other team such as server, storage, backup operations.
• Providing support to Lab & Production team.
• Manage Customer Support cases and activities
• Troubleshoot and analyze network-related performance issues
• Improve existing architecture to deliver a highly reliable and scalable network
• Provide work-rounds for network issues
• Help develop and implement ongoing processes and procedures

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Network device upgradation.
• Consulting Network solutions to the clients
• Configuring Cisco ASA with firepower.
• Migration from ASA firewall to Palo alto firewall
• Configuring Global connect on Palo alto
• Migration from Cisco ACE to F5 load balancer
• Creating server pool, Virtual servers on F5 load balancer
• Design, build and implement Cisco security solution across the enterprise network
• Design, build and implement LAN, WAN and Datacentres
• Configuration and troubleshooting Routers, Switches, Firewalls
• Configuration and troubleshooting VPN Network - IPSEC, GRE, SSL, MPLS
• Creating the Migration plan, design and managing the activity
• Handles Enterprise network migrations with minimal downtime
• Migrating catalyst 6500 to nexus 5000 and 2000 FI switches.
• Maintaining & Implementing SLA
• Take ownership of problem, follow-up until resolved & create incident report for the same
• Organize training for provide sufficient manpower to the client
• Providing remote support to various clients through various remote applications.
• Demonstrate proof of concept to customer
• Configuring cisco Wireless Lan controller with Access Point for Guest access.
• Performing automated task using python script for routine password change, configuration backup.

Confidential

Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Network consultant for security and enterprise routing and switching domain.
• Handling multiple projects such as,
• BH - Wide Area Application Services, Data centre migration, Network Optimization, Firewall migration, VPN migration, INET migration.
• Performing daily network operations.
• Providing L2 / L3 support.
• Creating sales lead.
• Actively participating in Audit process

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuring each nation and individual participant sites, which are participating in the Milan EXPO
• Configurations of the devices according to the requirement
• Configuration of core router, Firewall (ASA) Configuration of IPS (Source Fire) and adding it into Fire Sight Connecting network to GPON, Internet and MPLS Adding the Devices in the ISE and available network & register

Confidential

NOC L3 engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing the L3 support to Confidential and all the customer in Milan EXPO
• Creating centralise management environment for post-production support for NOC.
• Inspecting the site reliability, security policies and service assurance before handover by the Confidential
• Configuring new requirement specified by the customer.
• Troubleshoot the issue raised by customer. Regular device check and monitoring

Confidential

Datacentre Migration

Responsibilities:

• Migrating server farms from Brocade BIG IRON BI-RX-32 to Brocade VDX cluster
• To demonstrate the possible solution to the customer and develop a Low Level Design (LLD) according to it
• Create Brocade VCS distribution cluster using VDX 6740 and attaching VCS Access Cluster 6940
• Creating test environment before migrating one server farm subnet
• Migrating each server farm to VCS Access Cluster 6940
• Deploy New Network, Migrating and upgrading the Network.
• Managed Identity Service Engine (ISE), Cisco Prime, and CSM on the Existing network.
• Implement Cisco ASA, Switches, Routers, Wireless Lan Controller, IPS, UCS.
• Provided technical consultation to clients related to network design and implementation.
• Prepared documentation for network implementation.
• On-site troubleshoot with the customer.
• Implemented Switching functions like VLAN, port security.
• VPN: Site to Site, Any Connect, DMVPN, RA VPN integrating with ACS and AD.
• Consulting Security solutions to the Customer.
• Take ownership of problem, follow-up till resolved & create incident report for the same.
• Organize training for provide sufficient manpower to the client.
• Provided remote support to various clients through VPN & various remote applications.
• Created a Lab Environment of a New Network Design