Pranav Kumar Ungarala

201-***-****

acgdph@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Seeking a challenging position as a Network Engineer in a progressive organization where I can imply my technical skills, academic knowledge and experiences in the best possible way.

Professional background:

An enthusiastic and hardworking network professional with an experience of 8 years in facing and successfully completing the challenges put forth to me in the networking field.

? Proficient expertise in deploying, designing, troubleshooting and administering data networks for organizations.

? Extensive work experiences on Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, Load Balancers & Cisco Firewalls

? Experience in skillful deployment of Layer-2 technologies like VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, Inter-VLAN routing, VLAN Trunking, Ether Channels, VLAN access-maps and port security.

? Experience with working on latest cisco switches like Nexus 2000, 5000, 6000 and 7000 series switches while implementing advanced features like VDC, VPC, OTV and Fabric Path.

? Profound knowledge in deploying routing protocols like OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIP, policy based routing on Cisco routers like 2600, 2900, 3600, 3900, 7200 and 7600 series, configuring and troubleshooting route redistribution.

? Working expertise in troubleshooting, optimizing and documenting LAN/WAN technologies and T1/T3 WAN technologies.

? Expertise in configuring of SSH, TFTP, FTP, DNS, DHCP and Syslog.

? Intermediate level understanding of Juniper JUNOS, M series router and SRX

? Knowledge gained by working on Cisco firewall technologies like ASA 5580, AAA with cisco ACS.

? Efficient in configuring and implementing load balancers like F5 BIG-IP LTM, GTM series like 3900, 6900, 8900 and cisco CSM

? Experience in implementing network security using NAT, PAT, ACL, IDS, IPS and ASA firewalls.

? Hands-on experience in deploying frame-relay, GRE tunnels, Remote Access VPN and Site-to-Site VPN.

? Managed inventory of all network hardware, Management and monitoring by use of SSH, syslog, SNMP, NTP

Certifications:

? CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate

? CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional

Education:-Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering, JNTU,

Hyderabad, India.

Technical skills:

LAN Technology Ethernet, Frame relay, Gigabit Ethernet

Switches Cisco catalyst 2900,2960,3560,3750,4500,4900,6500 Nexus 2K/5K/6K and 7K series

Switching ARP, GARP, 802.1q, VLAN, VTP, STP (802.1d), RSTP (802.1w), PVST, RPVST and Ether-channels.

Routers Cisco 2600, 2900, 3600, 3900, 7200 and 7600 series

Routing Protocols OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, RIPV1/V2, PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization, and Static Routing.

WAN Technology MPLS, Frame relay, HDLC, PPP and E1,T1,E3& T3

Gateway Redundancy HSPR, VRRP& GBLP

Firewall Technology Cisco ASA 5580 series, Juniper SRX3600, Checkpoint and Palo Alto-5050 firewalls.

WAN Optimizer Riverbed Steelhead Appliance

Network monitoring and management tools Wireshark, SNMP Infoblox and Solar winds

AAA architecture TACACS+, Radius, Cisco ACS

Load Balancer Technology F5 BIG-IP LTM, GTM & CISCO CSM

Other Protocols DNS, DHCP, SNMP, NAT

Work experience:

NYPA, White Plains, NY

Sr. Network Engineer Jan 2012 - Till Date

Responsibilities

? Performing standard network operations via ITIL standard with Incident Management and Change Management.

? Performed Enterprise refresh on Switch block that involved replacing legacy catalyst 6509 with SUP-720, Catalyst 4507 with SUP-6 switches migration to Nexus 7K with SUP-2E.

? Deployed Nexus 2248 Fabric Extenders, 5548 series Fabric Interconnect and 7010, 7018 series core switches with features like VPC, VDC, OTV and Fabric Path for high availability and redundant server farm environment.

? Worked with Nexus 6001T switch which is used for low- port-to-port latency in the data center using cut-through feature architecture and configured VPC+ on these switches along with Nexus 2200 Fabric extenders.

? Worked on OTV to extend L2 VLANs between data centers over IP on Nexus 7018 switches.

? Configuring and managing layer-2 technologies like VLANs, STP, VTP & port-security.

? Providing gateway redundancy using HSRP & creating ACL for layer-3 security.

? Configuring and troubleshooting layer-3 routing protocols like OSPF, EIGRP & BGP.

? Creating IP-prefix-list, route-map, offset-list and distribution list for performing route manipulations.

? Creating BGP multi-homed network using BGP attributes like AS-PATH, MED and local-preference as per the environment.

? Configured IPSEC Site-to-Site VPNs to provide secure remote access to vendors and partners using SPA modules on Cisco 6500.

? Worked on Riverbed steelhead Appliance for WAN Optimization.

? Worked on commissioning WAN links and troubleshooting WAN outages.

? Worked on Infoblox DHCP and DNS Servers.

? Deployed Cisco 6500 series switches with SUP32 & SUP720 and, implemented VSS.

? Performed Network Security Assessment and implemented security features such as network filtering, SSH, AAA, SNMP access lists, VTY access lists and HSRP authentication.

? Maintained checkpoint 41000 and 61000 systems, juniper SRX3600 and PA-5050 firewalls

? Worked on Enterprise application load balancing using F5 BIG-IP LTM 6400 and Cisco CSM. Worked with application and system teams to investigate application high availability requirements to deploy the optimum Load Balancing mechanism and provided network oriented support for end-to-end application life cycle management.

? Worked on Firewall rule management as part of network operations to take care of Firewall ACL requests. Maintained ASA 5580 to ensure high end security on the network with ACLs and Firewall. I also performed firewall troubleshooting to resolve application issues in DMZ and server farm.

Corning, Secaucus, NJ

Network Engineer July 2009 - Dec 2012

Responsibilities:

? Worked on OSPF using features like TSA, SA, NSSA and route summarization. Configured EBGP/IBGP policies also tested BGP attributes such as Local preference, MED, AS-PATH, Community and Weight

? Configured route redistribution between EIGRP and OSPF.

? Worked on 2600, 3500, 7613 Cisco Routers and 4500 and 6500 series Cisco Switches.

? Performed Route Filtering and Route Manipulation by applying distribute-lists, route-maps, administrative distance and offset-lists.

? Provided support for troubleshooting and resolving customer reported issues.

? Configured Virtual-link between dis-contiguous backbone areas in the network.

? Building configurations for Cisco 6500(sup 720), 4500(sup 6) & 3750 catalyst switches with features like port security, VLANS, VTP, PVST+.

? Creating ACL policies for Cisco 5540 ASA firewall with access control to NAT and object grouping functions.

? Configured IPSEC VPN tunneling for client machines to access organizations network.

? Troubleshoot switching issues related to VTP and Trunking.

? Involved in design, implementation and configuration of HSRP for load balancing on L3 switches

? Worked on F5 BIG-IP LTM, configured profiles provided and ensured high availability.

? Designed WAN structure to prevent single point of failure in case of link failure.

? Proactive Monitoring and Alerting of client?s network for any alarms.

Toys R Us, NJ

Network Engineer Jan 2006 - June 2009

Responsibilities

? Providing documentation by creating MOPs and VISIO diagrams for the network designing team.

? Maintaining the networking devices which mean racking, stacking & cabling for the networking devices.

? Providing gateway redundancy for Cisco 2600, 2800 & 3600 routers using HSRP.

? Configuring routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF & BGP and troubleshooting layer3 issues.

? Implemented VTP and Trunking protocols (802.1q and ISL) on 3560, 3750 and 4500 series Cisco Catalyst switches.

? Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing issues and Updating IOS images using TFTP.

? Creating VLANS and enabling inter-VLAN routing.

? Configuring layer-2 technologies like STP, VTP with suitable parameters as per the network environment.

? Involved in trouble shooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.

? Managing network security with respect to port-security on access layer and access control lists on distribution layer.

? Provided Technical support for improvement, upgradation, and expansion of the existing network architecture.

? Troubleshooting of TCP/IP problems and connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment

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