PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A dynamic Networking Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in Tech Infrastructure and support. Insightful experience in Infrastructure Deployment / Management, Network Security, Network Design, Service Desk Management, Meeting SLA, Planning, Resource Allocation, Server Management (HP, IBM, and DELL), IT Procurement, IT / System Audits & Tech MIS.
• Actively led large bandwidth solutions such as MPLS and IP sec and SSL VPN.
• Significant Experience in management of requirements from design to sustaining stages in a global financial service company.
• Hands On experience Cisco IOS RIP OSPF BGP MPLS.
• Knowledge of implementation and troubleshooting Firewall and maintain Standard and Ex - tended ACL.

STRENGTHS:

• Insightful experience in configuring in Firewall, IDS, IPS, Packet Capturing, Anti-Virus, Malware detection, Penetration Testing, IT Audit, New Branch Project and Email Server Migration, MPLS Network, Disaster Recovery, Procurement and follow-up with vendor.
• Proven skills in working collaboratively with global clients.
• Expertise in configuring LAN AND WAN, and network topology and cabling such as fiber and System X and Panduit cat 6 cabling, fluke testing and network certification and Report. Excellent interpersonal skills with proven abilities in resolving complex networking.
• Understanding of network protocol such as DNS, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS
• Experience in Traffic Capturing through firewall and other network Tool Sniffer, Wire shark. Bandwidth Management with Solorwinds and Du-meter and Configuration of SNMP. Active Cisco Certifications CCNA and CCNP and MCP.
• Outstanding Performance Award for the year in 2005 and 2010.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Confidential, Santa Rosa, CA

Responsibilities:

• Currently Working in Graton Resort Casino at Rohnert Park CA for Full time.
• Responsible for Active Directory Server and Solving User Network and desktop and printer related Issue.
• Follow up with IT Vendor and sort out if any service down issue.
• Performed configuration of Cisco routers in each Spoke locations with centralized Hub.
• Handled subsidiary offices for implementation of MPLS project from designing infrastructure to troubleshooting managed services.
• Provided connectivity solutions, Infrastructure solution and technical support from beginning to end for new branches.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for entire company network infrastructure that includes Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Access Points, Servers and PBX.
• Provided new branch infrastructures as per branch and Business Requirements and Installation and provided technical branch support such as issue in HTTP, SMTP, POP3, outlook express or Microsoft outlook or VPN tunneling Etc.
• Monitoring Network Traffic such a tool like Sniffer or wireshark for MPLS and Lease line network. If multicast or any other types of network attack then we can isolate and solve the issue.
• Handled more than 150 subsidiary offices for implementation of MPLS project from designing infrastructure to troubleshooting managed services.
• Led and worked with national bandwidth vendor/s for feasibility of MPLS across India and Singapore. This included auto fallback infrastructure design, maintenance, optimization feasibility and negotiation till SLA.
• Performed configuration of Cisco routers in each Spoke locations with centralized Hub.
• Proficiently installed, configured, upgraded and maintained Network and equipment like IBM and HP Servers including BLADE Servers and ILO Servers, routers and switches and virtualization.
• Helped in determining Firewall Servers and policy in accordance with company policies and requirements. Led and implemented VPN Firewall policy for concurrent 800+ clients including trouble shooting.
• Acted as an escalation gate to resolve critical issues of team members.
• Conducted various training sessions for enhancing performance and quality of service.
• Provided connectivity solutions, Infrastructure solution and technical support from beginning to end for new branches.
• Regularly raised exception report to Management with complete issue details and provided solutions for preventing issue recurrence.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Efficiently completed the project of internal WAN Network which had more than 250+ Ku Band Broadband VSATs and 125+ Extended C Band VSATs, including requirements, technical planning, scheduling, design, implementation, testing, and post-implementation support.
• Actively installed, configured, and supported broadband email, automated log emailing, DNS, and IP networks.
• Upgrade multiple Checkpoint firewall and NG on distributed NT environment. And manage network security policies which include access control, NAT, content security and authentication.
• Configured & Managed Web and Database Servers.
• Strong experience in Network Security using Checkpoint, Cisco IDS/IPS and IPSEC/SSL VPN.
• Improve overall performance of applications by decreasing the burden on servers associated with managing and maintaining application and network sessions, as well as by performing application-specific tasks using F-5 load balancer.
• Acted as an escalation gate to resolve critical issues of team members.
• Conducted various training sessions for enhancing performance and quality of service.
• Provided connectivity solutions, Infrastructure solution and technical support from beginning to end for new branches.
• Regularly raised exception report to Management with complete issue details and provided solutions for preventing issue recurrence.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successfully implemented Backup Policy of database servers and application servers.
• Handled Procurement of B/W, Servers, Microsoft License, renewal AMC like UPS, Servers and Desktop Maintenance, Recording Machine and Firewall.
• Checking Utilization of critical Trading Server RAM/CPU/Storage and if any pre-failure warning then sorts out issue as per AMC support.
• Experience configuring and administering Cisco/Juniper/Palo Alto firewalls (NAT/PAT, ACL, VPN)
• Managing and administering User accounts, assigning Group policies for computers and users.
• Managing disk space, user profile creation and user rights management.
• Configuring and maintaining web server and mail server.
• Handled Procurement of B/W, Servers, Microsoft License, renewal AMC like, Servers and Desktop Maintenance, Recording Machine, Firewall, MPLS and Lease line, Routers and Switches
• Sort-out 150 branches Hardware and software related issues and provided reports to Management.