ASHLEY PRASHANTH

j7tqdh@r.postjobfree.com

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Apt # 2

Ozone Park,

New York 11416.

contact #718-***-****

SUMMARY

A Network Engineer with 5 years of experience in Information Systems Management, Networking with technical expertise in the implementation, operations and support functions of mission-critical business solutions

Worked extensively on Large-scale Enterprise Projects.

Wide exposure in networking having worked with various types of Cisco, Juniper, Nortel and Riverbed products.

Experience in Implementing & Troubleshooting LAN, and WAN Solutions.

In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP) and common LAN/WAN (leased line, FR, ATM) technology.

Very good experience in troubleshooting IPSEC VPN’s of all types

Adept in developing effective network policies and procedures and project documentation.

CERTIFICATIONS

Cisco Certified Voice professional (CCVP), (Qos, C voice, C Ipt 1)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), (R & S)

Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Network Administrator Voice (CCNA Voice)

Cisco Routing and Switching Field Specialist

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Riverbed (Training Completed)

JNCIA – M series (Training Completed)

NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT DETAILS

Switching: (VTP, VLAN, HSRP, STP, Ether Channel, CEF, Multicasting, 802.1x, Dot1q Tunneling)

Routing: (RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Route Redistribution / Filtering, PBR)

Remote Access: (ATM, Frame-Relay, ADSL, Leased Lines, ISDN BRI Lines with Backup)

Quality Of Service: (Priority/Custom Queuing, CBWFQ & LLQ, WFQ, NBAR, Traffic Shaping/Policing)

VPN Technologies: (IPSec VPN, PPTP, GRE, DMVPN, SSL/WEB VPN)

Network Sniffer (Wire Shark, Minerva)

NETWORK DEVICES DETAILS

Working Experience on 7600, 7500, 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800, 800 series routers.

Working experience on 6500, 4500, 3560, 2960 series catalyst switches.

Working experience on Cisco Wireless LAN Controller

Working experience on Cisco Wide Area Application service (Appliance as well as router module)

Working experience on Cisco Call Manager.

Working experience on Juniper – M series

Working experience on Alcatel Lucent 7470 and 7670 ATM (5620), 7300 ASAM (5620 AND 5523 AWS), 7302 ISAM (5523 AWS), 7342 GPON (5523 AWS), 7340 BPON (5528), 7450 and 7750 (5620 SAM)

Working experience on Riverbed 250, 550 and 1100 series devices

Working experience on Nortel contivities and Altions

ORGANISATIONAL DETAILS

Telecom NZ (CISCO Gold Partner)

Network Engineer May 2007 – Till Date (I.e June 2010)

Telecom NZ is New Zealands largest ISP that provides Network solutions to Clients, by facilitating Network Infrastructure, Security and Cisco IP Telephony Solutions that meets clients requirements. (Telecom NZ is spread across Australia and USA)

Job Responsibilities

Installed and configured (WAN, LAN) for all type of customers (Enterprise, Medium and small).

Perform, analyze, diagnose, and resolve complex networking problems.

Define, plan, test, and implement projects to satisfy customer requirements and lead the associated implementations.

Provide Professional Technical Proposal based on Best Practices.

Prepare Project Documentation.

I am a part of a team which consists of second level Technical Analysts and Technical Specialists, who specializes in management of Cisco/Nortel LAN and WAN, Voice/VoIP network environments. We look after a number of enterprise customers.The team performs a number of functions which fall into the following categories according to the ITIL framework:

· Incident Management

· Problem Management

· Change/Release Management (Implementation)

Capabilities

The team capacities are centre around the Tier 2 support in the following areas

Cisco Data LAN, WAN switching and routing, QoS

Nortel Data switching, routing, IP Sec support on Nortel Secure routers and Cisco routers

Support of Riverbed Optimization Devices

EDS (General Motors – North America)

Network Analyst July 2005 – March 2007

Job responsibilities

Implementation of the new networking projects, troubleshooting network problems and conflicts.

Evaluating and implementing new and advanced networking technologies

Support implementation of the IP network for the clients including LAN, WAN and Security.

Being a Network Engineer I had to resolve the escalated and upper technical level issues. Supported team members in administering customer's networks. Deal with the senior level staffs at all clients. Involved in conducting in-house training pro grammes and rendered IT consultancy services to the clients as and when required. 

Responsible for Print Server Administration, User/Group Account Administration and Shared and user level Permissions.

Responsible for the system wide virus protection system, data backup strategy, and disaster recovery strategies for the clients.

Updated and managed Active Directory to ensure proper user rights according to client’s IT policies.

Created and managed system images using Norton Ghost imaging software to ensure desktop level fault tolerance and data recovery.

Work hand in hand with users and management personnel to resolve any outstanding and escalated issues thru proper channels.

Visit customers place for troubleshooting their run-time problems in Computers and Peripherals.

Pro-active monitoring and daily operations maintenance of Leased and ISDN circuits for various Clients.

Installation , Maintenance and configuration of  software’s, Hardware’s peripherals at client’s offices

ACADEMIA

Post graduation of Computer Science from Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Auckland, New Zealand

B.Tech Computer Science JNTU.

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