Network Engineer

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**** ***** *****, ***** *** *****.****@*****.***

Greenville, IL 62246 Mobile: 618-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Aspire to work in a growth-oriented environment as a network engineer and serve the

company to the best of my ability utilizing all the knowledge I have gained.

SUMMARY

• Cisco Certified Network Associate

• Quick learner with strong knowledge of software, hardware, networking, and

various operating systems.

• Extensive experience with LAN bridging and switching on Cisco and Juniper

environment.

• Knowledge of various Cisco routers and switches.

• Network Security experience configuring and designing ACLs, firewalls, NAT.

• Excellent analytical and trouble-shooting skills.

• Experience in operation, configuration and troubleshooting of various routing

protocols which includes RIP, RIPv2, OSPF, and EIGRP.

• Experience in operation, configuration and troubleshooting of various WAN

technology protocols such as Frame Relay, HDLC and PPP.

• Effective human relations and teamwork skills.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Major – Computer Networks

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois

General GPA: 3.57/4.0 and Specialization GPA:4.0/4.0

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad, India

GPA:3.5/4.0

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Programming Languages: C, C++, Perl script programming

• Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/Vista, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, FreeBSD

• LAN/WAN Technologies: Ethernet, Frame Relay, HDLC,PPP, VLAN, VPN

• Other technologies: TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, BGP, RIP, RIPv2, IGRP/EIGRP, OSPF,

VTP, STP, DNS,DHCP, SNMP, SMTP, FTP, Wire Shark, CDP

CERTIFICATIONS

• CISCO Certified Network Associate- CCNA Cisco ID: CSCO11834724

• EMC certified Storage Area Network Associate EMC ID: EMC254114

WORK EXPERIENCE

National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Reston, VA Oct 2008 to Feb 2010

• Worked on a project to make Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique (MPPT)

for multiple photovoltaic arrays operating under different levels of radiance and

temperature to extract maximum power from photovoltaic arrays using PSoC

microcontroller in which programming is done in C language.

• Attended Fellowship Training session at NWF

Network Security and Administrator June-2006 to May-2007

Gateway Techno labs, India

• Analyzed existing network architecture and preparing network infrastructure

design diagram.

• Scale VLAN's for the new Data Center.

• Load Balance based on the application architecture

• Performed network troubleshooting to isolate and diagnose common network

problems.

• Created access lists based on the application connectivity and applying

firewall rules.

• Monitor network logs to ensure no security risks.

• Performed troubleshooting TCP/IP problems in Windows Server

environment.

• Troubleshoot Windows Environment, using Windows Remote Desktop.

• Provided support for all software and hardware related problems.

• Upgrade the operating systems and firmware on all the computers.

ACADEMIC NETWORKING SKILLS

• Developed a Program in C/C++ language to read a 10Mbps Ethernet frame.

• Configured a standard PC with FreeBSD OS 7.0 to operate as a NAT capable

router which can route traffic between ‘world’ interface and two internal

interfaces, one is Ethernet and other is wireless interface.

• Configured DNS for the internal networks.

• Configured DHCP addresses for the internal networks.

• Configured NAT for the internal networks so they can use

private network addresses and still communicate to the world.

• Enabled VLAN tags on SIUE university network interfaces and set up FreeBSD system

to route between different VLANS.

• Configured OSPF interior routing protocol to make computer acting as a router for

VLANs and to discover other networks in the laboratory.

• Configured VRRP to implement router redundancy with neighbor computer.

• Configured primary and secondary DNS servers and Created different zones and performed

zone transfer from master zone to slave zone.

• Perl script written to check if systems connected in the LAN are internet accessible. If the

systems are offline automatic email notification about unavailability is performed.

• Configured host and client servers on FreeBSD OS to create and test VPN server, NFS,

SAMBA and unsecured web servers.

ACADEMIC NETWORK SECURITY SKILLS

• All user passwords are encrypted using md5 algorithm and crack software is installed

and run to check if weak passwords are unencrypted.

• SSH and telnet access is blocked and wire shark package is installed to capture network

packet and understand the details of all seven network layers in the packet.

• Free radius is installed and configured on FreeBSD that acts as a RADIUS server to

authenticate users coming from several types of locations (wireless AP, NAS server, Ethernet

switch, etc.)

• Installed Netscreen5xp firewall and setup is done to communicate via serial port with

FreeBSD machine.

• Configured the Netscreen 5XP to send syslog messages to the attached FreeBSD machine.

• Configured Netscreen 5XP firewall and established a connection between two different

network via firewall (one is trusted zone and second network is untrusted zone).

• VPN is also established to prevent unauthorized access from internet to untrusted network.

• NTP server is configured on the FreeBSD machine.

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