SUMMARY:

• Around 9 years of experience in Network Engineering and Administration.
• Experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting of Checkpoint Firewall and Juniper SSG series.
• Experience in adding Rules and Monitoring Checkpoint Firewall traffic through Smart Dashboard and Smart View Tracker applications.
• Configured Client - to-Site VPN using SSL Client on Cisco ASA 5520 ver8.2.
• Configured ASA 5520 Firewall to support Cisco VPN Client on Windows 7/XP/Vista.
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 3700 series, 6500 series)
• Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800, 1700, 800)
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper EX Switches (EX2200, EX2500, EX3200, EX4200, EX4500, EX8200 series).
• Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper Routers ( E,J,M and T-series)
• Configuration and Administration of Cisco Routers and Switches.
• Configuring RIP, OSPF, EIGRP BGP, MPLS, QOS, ATM and Frame Relay.
• Administration and diagnostics of LAN and WAN with in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, NAT, PPP, ISDN and associates network protocols and services.
• Expert in administration of F5 Load Balancer
• Worked on Load Balancer F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Configuring VLANs and implementing inter VLAN routing.
• Basic and advance F5 load balancer configurations, including migrating configurations from Cisco ACE to F5 and general troubleshooting of the F5 load balancers
• Upgrading and troubleshooting Cisco IOS to the Cisco Switches and routers.
• Configuring Site to Site to VPN connectivity.
• Experience in TCP/IP protocol suite and OSI Model.
• Hands on experience on network Layer 3 routing protocols (OSPF, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, BGP etc)
• Outstanding experience in designing and configuring of Layer 2 / 3 networking features such as VLAN, ISL, STP, VTP, 802.1X, Port Security, L2PT and SPAN.
• Configure Protocols MPLS: TDP, LDP, L2VPN, VPLS, AToM, RSVP-TE, QoS.
• Hands on experience on Authentication protocols (CHAP, PAP)
• Experience with implementation of DNS and DHCP protocols.
• Configuring firewall devices and configuring Access Control Lists (ACL).
• Strong experience in 802.11, WEP, WAP, ATM, Frame Relay, IPv6, IPSec.
• Strong knowledge of Cisco and Juniper software (IOS/XR and JunOS) and hardware.
• Excellent technical and project management skills combined with strong communication skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cisco Products: Routers Cisco, L2 & L3 Switches

Switching technologies: VLAN s, Inter-VLAN routing VTP, Ether channel (Static, PAGP,LACP) Spanning Tree Protocol (Common Spanning Tree, MSTP, PVST,RSTP), Basic Port Security, first-hop redundancy protocols (HSRP, VRRP,GLBP)

Routing Technologies: Static Routing, RIPv1, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP (Basics), TCP/IP, UDP,IP-sec, Basics of MPLS, Route Map, Route Filtering, Route Redistribution,Route Summarization, Access Lists

LAN/WAN technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring Encapsulation,Frame Relay, Fiber Optic circuits.

Security: AAA rules, TACACS, RADIUS, Check point, ASA.

OS products: Windows (2000/2003, XP, vista, 7, LINUX).

Infrastructure services: DHCP.

Documentation: MS office, MS VISIO, power point.

Network Monitoring: Orion Netflow Traffic Analyzer

Protocols & Standards: TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, OSPF, EIGRP, Rip, BGP, HSRP, L2/L3/L4/L7Switching, VLAN s, VTP, IPv4, IPv6, ATM, VoIP, LAN, SSL, SNMP V1, V2. T1, DS3.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Boston, MA

F5 Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured Nexus Switches in Datacenter environment
• Drew Rack Diagrams and Installed multi-vendor devices such as Infoblox, F5 load balancers, Cisco switches and routers in data centers and did the cabling
• Involved in Datacenter Migration
• Experience working with Fabric Extenders Nexus 2k
• Experience with configuring Cisco 6500 VSS in Distribution layer of the Data center network
• Configuration and Administration of Cisco and Juniper Routers and Switches
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5548, 5596, 2148, 2248 devices.
• Experience configuring VPC(Virtual Port Channel), VDC(Virtual Device Context) in Nexus 7010/7018
• Experience with configuring FCOE using Cisco nexus 5548
• Configured Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000 to connect servers and storage devices.
• Worked on Load Balancer F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Experience with setting up MPLS Layer 3 VPN cloud in data center and also working with BGP WAN towards customer
• Configure and troubleshoot Juniper EX series switches and routers
• Migrated to Juniper EX series switches from Cisco 3500 series and 6500 series switches
• Experience with moving data center from one location to another location, from 6500 based data center to Nexus based data center
• Network Redesign for Small Office/Campus Locations. This includes changes to both the voice and data environment
• Network security including NAT/PAT, ACL, and ASA/SRX Firewalls.
• Good knowledge with the technologies VPN, WLAN and Multicast.
• Well Experienced in configuring protocols HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, IGMP, PPP, PAP, CHAP, and SNMP.
• Installation and Configuration of Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 3750 & 3550 series and configured routing protocol OSPF, EIGRP, BGP with Access Control lists implemented as per Network Design Document and followed the change process as per IT policy It also includes the configuration of port channel between core switches and server distribution switches
• Experience with communicating with different with different customers, IT teams in gathering the details for the project
• Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, IPSec and GRE Tunneling, VLANs, Ether Channel, Trunking, Port Security, STP and RSTP.
• Worked with F5, CISCO ACE 4710 Load balancers, GSS and Wireless networks.
• Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP servers.
• Replace branch hardware with new 3900 routers and 2960 switches.
• Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which involves new wan links.
• Convert Branch WAN links from TDM circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to GetVPN.
• Responsible for layer 2 securities which was implemented using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports, setting the user ports to non-trunking, deployed port security when possible for user ports
• Involved in configuring Juniper SSG-140 and Cisco ASA firewall

F5 Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Support of network security and network devices such as routers, switches and wireless access points.
• Responsible for designing and implementation of Network Infrastructure.
• Implemented upgraded firewall platform built on Checkpoint Firewall Technologies.
• Involved in Building, Configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting network devices in the environment.
• Implemented upgraded firewall platform built on Cisco ASA’s.
• Involved in Migration of Juniper EX series switches to Cisco 3500 series and 6500 series switches.
• Coordinated and scheduled the delivery of F5 Professional Service implementations and consulting engagements
• Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Experience working with Nexus 7010, 5548, 5596, 2148, 2248 devices.
• Experience configuring VPC(Virtual Port Channel), VDC(Virtual Device Context) in Nexus 7010/7018
• Experience with configuring FCOE using Cisco nexus 5548
• Configured Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) which acts as a remote line card (module) for the Nexus 5000 to connect servers and storage devices.
• Experience with setup and troubleshooting of F5 BIG-IP load balancing administration
• Configuring objects such as Load Balancer pools for local traffic management on F5 Load Balancers
• Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.
• Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience
• Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across our global networks
• Experience with setting up MPLS Layer 3 VPN cloud in data center and also working with BGP WAN towards customer
• Configure and troubleshoot Juniper EX series switches and routers
• Migrated to Juniper EX series switches from Cisco 3500 series and 6500 series switches
• Experience with moving data center from one location to another location, from 6500 based data center to Nexus
• Design, and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls
• Experience with configuring BGP, OSPF in Juniper M and MX series routers
• Infrastructure trouble shooting and TCP/IP Protocols Experience.
• Assisted the Network team in maintaining the network in different locations
• Maintained a Network with more than 600 Network devices, some 25,000 end hosts, and the other Network devices like DHCP, DNS servers, Firewall servers.
• Responsible for Co-ordination with Hardware vendors, software vendors and service Providers.
• Involved in installing newer 3502 Wireless Access Points.
• Helped the Network team to install New switches and routers and configure the IOS according to the requirement
• Configured VLAN, OSPF, Sub-netting, EIGRP, BGP, VTP, spanning tree, IP Sub-netting, Wireless Access points.
• Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment to their segment between Different vendor switches (Cisco, Juniper)
• Convert Campus WAN links from point to point to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPsec/GRE to GetVPN.
• Assisted in backup, restoring and upgrading the Router and switch IOS.
• Attended Team meetings and provided comments on existing network and the recommendations to improve the current network Performance.
• Identifying technical problems and debugging hardware and software related to LAN’s/ WAN’s.
• Maintaining the health of 250+ wireless Access points in two locations.
• Interact effectively with other departments and staff to ensure satisfactory and timely resolution of their issues or problems.
• Involved in configuring Checkpoint firewall and applying rules to pass servers and switches through firewall.
• Involved in installation and configuration of Cisco 3500 and 6500 series switches.
• Involved smart view tracker to check the firewall traffic.
• Experience with deployment of Palo Alto firewalls for different NAT, Skype traffic

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Handling network devices such as Switches (Cisco Catalyst 2900 and 3500 series), Routers (Cisco 2600, 2800 and 7200 series), Firewalls, Load balancers etc.
• Experience configuring Virtual Device Context in Nexus 7010.
• Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.
• Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers.
• Implemented Voice VLANS, UDP, SIP, RTPand provide QOS by DSCP and IP Precedence.
• Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.
• Has a good experience working with the Trouble Tickets on F5 Load balancers.
• Implementation and configuration of F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers
• Integrate VoIP with PSTN and setup voice Gateway ensuring QOS for Cisco based Voice over IP and CDR for voice call Accounting.
• Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment to other network segment between different vendor switches (Cisco, Juniper)
• Hands on experience in F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Juniper M and MX series Routers
• Design, and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls
• Experience in working with Cisco Nexus 2148 Fabric Extender and Nexus 5000 series to provide a flexible Access Solution for a datacenter access architecture.
• Design and implement campus switch network with Cisco Layer 3 switches (3750, 4500, 6500) in multi VLANs environment and inter-VLAN routing, HSRP, ISL trunk, ether channel.
• Designed MPLS VPN and QoS for the architecture using Cisco multilayer switches
• Implement Cisco Works 2000 device to manage Cisco routers, switches, PIX and ASA firewall, Access Points, Concentrators.
• Experience in working with installing Nexus 7010 License upgrade.
• Experience in installing and configuring Checkpoint NGX R60.
• Maintain Security policy by monitoring PIX firewalls (515 and 520).
• Experience working with Network management software NSM primarily to manage the firewalls as well as performing changes as per the requirement.
• Involved in effective communication with vendors, peers and clients in resolution of problems, equipment.
• 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. Primary responsibility is to design and deploy various Network Security & High Availability products like Cisco ASA and other Security Products.
• Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series.
• Experience with converting PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Configuring SITE TO SITE VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall between Head office and Branch office
• Installation & configuration of Cisco VPN concentrator 3060for VPN tunnel with Cisco VPN hardware & software client and PIX firewall
• Configured Firewall logging, DMZs& related security policies & monitoring
• Planning and configuring the routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, and Static Routing on the routers.
• Performed and technically documented various test results on the lab tests conducted.
• Installed and configured Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall and configured remote access IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series
• Hands on experience in F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and their availability
• Worked on Cisco Layer 2 switches (spanning tree, VLAN).
• WAN Infrastructure running OSPF & BGP as core routing protocol.
• Support various Routers like 2600/3600/7200 series routers.
• Tested authentication in OSPF and BGP.
• Configured and troubleshoot OSPF and EIGRP.
• Hands on Experience working with security issue like applying ACL’s, configuring NAT and VPN
• Documenting and Log analyzing the Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall
• Responsible for Internal and external accounts and, managing LAN/WAN and checking for Security
• Work on different connection medium like Fiber and Copper Connectivity.
• In-depth expertise in the implementation of analysis, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN networking systems.
• Planning and configuring the entire IP addressing plan for the clients' network.
• Assist the certification team and perform configuration of LAN\WAN technologies such as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet.

Jr. Network engineer

Responsibilities:

• Work internally with a team of technical personnel in the configuration, installation and maintenance of
• corporate LAN, WAN, Wireless and virtualized network environments
• Troubleshoot routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Troubleshoot issue as VLAN, Trunk, STP, HSRP, GLBP
• Verify and Troubleshoot VTP and RSTP Configuration issues within the corporate network
• Firewall review, router rule base and validation for company employees
• Set up TFTP server to backup, and restored configuration and IOS image files for the PIX firewalls,Cisco routers, Catalyst switches
• Maintained WAN Circuits T1, T3.
• Troubleshoot configuration issues Cisco Campus Switch Network

Network Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Support for new store rollout, circuit and wan installations
• Configured and supported multiple remote site installations
• IP Address management using IPAM
• Maintain and troubleshoot Hub and spoke frame relay with EIGRP
• Installation & configuration of ISDN BRI/PRI circuits .
• Implement port security on Cisco switches
• Responsible for monitoring & operations of all data network related products and services