Engineer Network

[pic] CHINTAN N. SHAH

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? ****, Edith Ave, Apt 104, Alhambra, CA-91803 ? Phone: 714-***-**** ? E-

mail: ************@*****.***

Summary:

? CCNA (640-802), certified network engineer with 2 years of experience in

IT industry, which includes expertise in the areas of Routing, Switching,

Firewalls management, VPN management, VOIP and Video solutions.

? Excellent communication skills to interact with team members and also

highly organized and responsible

Certification:

? CCNA - CSCO11823910

? MCTS - SQL Server 2005

Hardware and Software skills:

Routers: Cisco routers (1700, 1800, 2500, 2600, 3200)

Switches: Cisco switches: - Layer 2 (2900 series), Layer 3 (3560, 3750)

Firewalls: CISCO (ASA, PIX)

Network Management Tools: IDS & IPS, ACL, Network Analyzer, Packet Sniffer,

OPNET, BOSON, PACKET TRACER, wire shark.

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/20003/NT, UNIX

Network/ Security Services: DNS, DHCP.

Protocols/ Services: Routing Protocols (RIP (v1 & v2), IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF,

BGP), TCP/IP, PPP, HDLC, Frame Relay, ATM, PNNI, QOS, MPLS

IPV4, IPV6, Routing, Switching, VLAN, LAN/WAN, VOIP, ASA/PIX Firewall, VPN,

Wireless Network.

Technical Support Designing, Testing, Installation, Troubleshooting.

Programming Skills: C, C++, Matlab, 8085 (micro processor), 8051 (micro-

controller)

Training attended:

. CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)

. CCNA Security (640-553)

. BSCI (642-901) - Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks.

. BCMSN (642-812) - Building Cisco Multilayered Switched Networks.

Description of duties:

Routing and Switching (WAN):

. Planning, Designing, Installing, Configuring of Cisco Routers using

various protocols

like RIP (v1 & v2), IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP in MPLS VPN

network.

. Configuring Route-maps, ACL, NAT and CAR to secure and reduce the

complexity of

the network.

. Troubleshooting connectivity issues and application problems.

. Installing and configuring L2 & L3 switches.

. Configuring STP, VTP, VLAN, SPAN port and Port binding.

. Designing LAN network as per Cisco 3-tier architecture (Core,

distribution, access).

Firewall Management:

. Installing and configuring firewalls (Cisco ASA, Cisco Pix and ISA).

. Verifying and Configuring rules in firewalls.

. Maintaining Corporate Firewalls & Analysis of firewall logs using

various tools like

Eventia reporter.

. Configuring NAT according to connectivity requirements

. Planning & implementing information security guidelines as per the

security standards.

. Implementing security policies using ACL, PIX firewall, ASA and

Routers.

. Upgrading firewall versions to the latest versions / IOS & applying

Hot-fixes.

. Taking Regular backups & testing the backups by restoring in test lab

frequently.

. Troubleshooting problems related to firewalls, VPN connectivity

issues.

. Disaster Recovery Planning.

Network Management:

. Configuring IPS using Cisco routers and IDS using SNORT.

. Configuring Cisco call manager for VOIP solutions.

RELATED TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

MG Technology Group, WA (May'10- July'10)

(2 months)

Jr. System Administrator

. Experience working with Management and Exchange servers, Virtual

Machine Manager,

SCOM, Share point, Microsoft online services Migration projects.

. Working remotely for deployment and configuration of Windows

servers and Virtual Machines.

. Troubleshooting Tasks for Share point and scan engines.

. Able to complete the projects in time and work independently.

California State University, Los Angeles (March '08 - March'10)

(2 Years)

Jr. IT Support & Network Engineer

. Assist Sr. Network Engineer for design, implementation and

troubleshooting of LAN

connection of campus network which include ip addressing and sub

netting, cabling and

physical security for computer labs.

. Maintenance of the campus network setup involving configuration

of Cisco switches

(Layer 2 and layer 3), routers and firewalls

. Setup the Network connectivity by enabling switch ports to

providing internet

connectivity for faculty and students in the class and also for

remote access connection.

. Provide Technical Support for system and server upgrades,

hardware/software installation

& configuration of components which includes switches and

firewall IOS upgrade,

installation of switches and configure VTP.

. Configuring ACL to allow only authorized users to access the

servers and deny classrooms for

Internet connection.

. Routing related tasks included providing Cisco router

configuration and troubleshooting the

configuration and installation issues.

. Monitoring the network via Network monitoring tool like Cisco

works and wire shark for

network management.

. Installation & configuration of Access points and check the

signals strength, cables (cat 5, coax, fiber), hard drives, memory.

. Responsible for hardware inventory

California State University, Los Angeles (Jan'08-May'08)

(6 months)

Research Assistant

. Model and simulate the HUD IT Network using OPNET IT Guru with

the use of Routers, Internet, Servers and LAN computers.

. Analyze the network traffic simulation results to eliminate

the network bottleneck and improve the network performance.

. Analyze the performance of Firewall and TCP protocol under

different scenarios.

Reliance Communications-Gujarat, India (June'06- June '07)

(1 year)

Telecom Engineer

. Responsible for Installation of BTS (Base Transceiver Station)

and Antennas of CDMA.

. Alignment of antennas as per the specification and Clamping and

routing the cables.

. Installation and Commissioning of TX equipment, battery backup,

alignment of LOS and

commissioning.

. Restoring of faulty cards and replaced with new cards E1/T1.

. Fixing cable tray and Grounding of equipments.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical Engineering (March 10)

GPA: 3.37

California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications (Aug 07)

GPA: 3.80

Gujarat University, INDIA

SPECIALIZATION COURSEWORK:

Cisco Network Security and Router Configuration, Computer Data

Networking & Security,

Ad- hoc Networking, Computer Architecture, Multi-media

processing, Digital Image Processing,

Advanced Digital & Wireless Communication, Coding for

Communication, DSP

TEAM BASED PROJECTS:

Firewall and TCP Performance: (Jan'08)

. Model and simulate the Network using OPNET IT Guru with the use

of Firewall, Routers,

Internet, Servers and computers.

. Apply different firewall settings to check the Data, voice and

video traffic and to protect the

Private Network from the vulnerabilities attacks from outside

network.

. Analyze the network traffic simulation results to eliminate the

network bottleneck and improve the

Network performance.

. Analyze the performance of TCP protocol under different

scenarios.

Distance Vector Routing: (Nov' 07)

Implement a C code to design Distance Vector Routing algorithm

to find shortest path to the

destination from any of the router in the network.

TECHNICAL PAPERS:

. Presentation on IP Routing and RIP.

July'10

. Presented term paper on Single-Sign on Passport protocol.

Jun '08

. Presented paper on the AODV algorithm.

May '08

. Willingly

Relocate anywhere in USA .

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