Engineer Management
Resume:
Kirit Patel
Email: *********@********.***
Address: ** ******* ***
City: Princeton/Newark/Plainsboro
State: NJ
Zip: 08852
Country: USA
Phone: 732-***-****
Skill Level: Senior
Salary Range: $145,000
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
KIRIT PATEL
*********@********.***
SUMMARY:
. Proficient in troubleshooting, diagnosis and timely repair of problems
occurring at all layers of the OSI Model.
. Skilled in the installation and configuration of the entire line of Cisco
Routers, Switches and Internet products including the GSR 12000, Catalyst
6500 and PIX Firewall.
. Supported WAN technologies in Frame Relay, Point to Point circuits,(T1,
FracTS, DS3 ).
. Extensive knowledge of all major routing protocols including OSPF, BGP,
IGRP, RIP.
. Working knowledge of all LAN protocols/technologies including IP, IPX,
Appletalk,
Fast/Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, Wireless, Token Ring, DLSW+, Spanning Tree,
802.1q, ISL and Ether Channel.
. Security Technologies include encryption, remote access and site to site
VPNs utilizing Cisco Firewall IOS, Checkpoint Firewall and Netscreen
Firewall.
. Strong Knowledge of F5 LTM and GTM.
. Strong communications, personnel and organizational skills.
CERTIFICATIONS:
CCSE,CCSA, CCNA and preparing for CISSP
SKILLS:
Hardware: Compaq, Dell, IBM XL, 3Com hubs & Switches/Cisco
routers, PIX Firewall
Operating: IBM MVS/VM, VMS, MS-Windows NT v.4, 2000, 98,
95.
Systems ULTRIX, SUN/OS, Solaris 2.x, HP-UX 9.x/10.0,
MS/DOS, OS/2
Languages: C++, Pascal, Basic, LISP, Assembler, VAX-11/780,
COBOL,
RPG, Fortran, DCL, SAS, CSH, SH, AWK,
SED, Perl.
Software: Oracle, Ingres, Dbase IV, Sybase SQL, MS-Windows,
Word, Excel,
Access, Powerpoint, Explorer, Internet,
Lotus Notes R4, Novell 3.12.
Applications: Network Management, Security & Backup,
Multiple Accounts,
Remote accounts and connectivity,
Internet,
Standards: IEEE, CCITT, ISO
Topologies: Lantastic, Novell, 10Net, Ethernet, Token Ring,
FDDI.
Protocols IEEE 802.2/802.3/802.5,TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, SNA,
HDLC, IPSEC
Network
Management: HP OpenView, Cisco Works, MicroMuse, Optivity,
StrataView, SPECTRUM
EXPERIENCE:
August 2007 to Present
Mcgraw-Hill and Companies
Consultant
. Currently implementing Sourefire IDS and defense center for our EDMZ.
. Responsible for migrating CSS and Ace modules to F5 ltms .
. Responsible for upgrading F5 LTMS and GTM to 10.x version
. Migrated cisco GSS Global Load balancing to f5 GTM.
. Responsible for deploying 8 Crossbeam x40 chassis for production network
. Upgraded 100+ firewalls to R75.40
. Responsible for day to day troubleshooting firewall and Load balancing
issues with clients .
. Responsible for implementing Cisco 1105 content switches on the web layer
. Responsible for implementing new infrastructure for the new data center
at East Windsor
. Responsible for implementing ACE (Application Control Engine) for Layer-
1 and Layer-2 at East Windsor Data Center
. Implemented Juniper SRX 3400 firewalls and and Netscreen 5200 firewalls
for NAS solution .
December 2003 to July 2007
Checkfree Corporation
Senior Security Engineer
. Migrated all the management servers to Provider-1.
. Migrated Smartcenter Servers to Secureplatform from NG to NGX
. Implemented 18 crossbeam chassis.
. Responsible for upgrading all the Crossbeam chassis (X40,x80) to 7.0.4
release.
. Currently implementing chassis-to-chassis redundancy for Crossbeam
chassis.
. Currently working on migrating all the firewalls to NGX.
. Migrated all the firewalls to crossbeam x40 and x80 platform.
. Responsible for implementing firewall infrastructure for the company.
Implemented
. Checkpoint AI R55 on a Nokia IP380 platform and Solaris Platform.
. Implemented VPN site-to-site solution using Checkpoint AI R55 and VPN-
edge
. Appliances.
. Implemented VPN Client-to-Site solution using Checkpoint
Secureremote/SecureClient for
. 2000 users.
. Responsible for implementing HA management solution to manage all the
enforcement
. modules.
. Responsible for implementing Cisco Content CS11500 load balancer .
. Implemented ISS Intrusion detection system.
July 2002 to June 2003
CIBC World Markets
Consultant
. Responsible for migrating 25 Checkpoint firewalls from Solaris Platform
to Nokia Platform. Migrated from FP1 to FP2 to FP3.
. Implemented DMZ networks for Market Data and Development/QA environment.
. Implemented WebSense Proxy Server .
. Installed and configured Nokia Horizon Manager for backups and
maintenance of Nokia devices.
. Deployed HIDS/NIDS at strategic infrastructure servers and networks
utilizing Black Ice and ISS Real Secure.
. Trained Support personnel on Checkpoint Firewalls and day to day
troubleshooting.
. Responsible for implementation of VPN solution using SecureRemote
scalable for 4000 users.
. Implemented VRRP on all the firewalls.
. Upgraded IPSO for all the firewalls from IPSO 3.5-FCS6 to 3.7 build 29.
. Responsible for Supporting Market Data Group on all market data
applications like Reuters,Bridge,Bloomberg, ILX,ADP
. Responsible for implementing RSA SecurID with Citrix .
. Monitored all the firewalls using Firemon.
June 2001 to July 2002
Bristol-Myers & Squibb
Consultant
Responsible for the design, testing and implementation of a Network/Host
based Security Intrusion Detection system using NFR and ISS Real Secure
systems product.
. Design, implementation of an E-Security product to collect and
consolidate information from all network devices, firewalls into a single
centralized console system.
. Conduct system penetration/vulnerability testing and provide
recommendations.
March 2001 to April 2001
The New York Times
Consultant
Responsible for implementation, testing and fine tuning of HP OpenView
v6.1, Cisco Works 5.2 and Optivity 9.1. in a distributed environment.
March 2000 to March 2001
VerticalNet, Inc.
Senior Principal/Network Engineer
Responsible for project management of 4 Network Engineers for the
implementation
of an enterprise Firewall Solution using Checkpoint 4.0.
Established firewall policies and security practices for internal
networks/clients.
Proposed, designed and implemented encrypted GRE tunnels for customers
needing secure connection across the public internet.
Implemented Netscreen Firewalls for 10 remote sites and Managed it
using Global Pro.
Design/Implement EIGRP over LAN and 16 Frame Relay sites.
Implemented network Infrastructure for new Web Hosting site in
Philadelphia
using Cisco 6509 switches, Netscreen Firewall and Biglp as load
balancer.
. Responsible for writing security policy and implementing security
program.
. Responsible for implementing HP OverView 6.0 as a Distributed Solution
for the
Company. Integrated CiscoWorks 2000 and NetCool for event correlation.
. Implemented VPN using GRE tunneling on Cisco routers for remote sites.
. Implemented DNS for the company using BIND 8.1.
OTHER IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS
Implemented ISDN backup solution for Frame Relay Network.
Implemented Netscreen VPN solution for dial-in Users.
Implemented TACACS+ for Routers & Switches using Cisco Secure 2.3.
Implemented Frame Relay for 10 remote sites.
. Implemented BGP using 2 Service Providers - Sprint and MCI.
December 1995 to March 2000
Merrill-Lynch, Inc.
Consultant
Responsible for upgrade/enhancement of 3COM Switches.
Implemented Frame Relay for 15 remote sites including probes to monitor
network.
Implemented traps on HP OpenView for 3Com devices, Cisco routers.
Complete implementation of HP OpenView 4.11/5.0 to manage IP based
device.
Manage 20 HP-UX machines using HP-UX 10.20, 10 Sun machines on Solaris.
Implementation of an enterprise Firewall Solution using Checkpoint 4.0.
Developed and installed the Intranet Web Site to manage network devices.
. Implemented Cisco Network Registrar 3.0
September 1994 to December 1995
AT&T Bell Labs
Consultant
Responsible for Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) testing for Frame Relay
including routers, Frads, Frame Relay Switches.
Provide troubleshooting/problem resolution on Frame Relay Network.
Administration of 60+ UNIX workstations running SUNOS 4.1.3/Solaris 2.3.
Developed and implemented Disaster Recovery System for customers.
. Manage AT&T Interspan Frame Relay Network using StrataView Plus and the
Network Management system
Experienced on all releases of StrataCom Frame Relay Switch.
Set up and operation of a Web Server using HTML and Netscape browser.
. As Tier III support, responsible for supporting the AT&T Frame Relay
Network.
August 1993 to August 1994
Merrill-Lynch, Inc.
Systems Architect/Administrator
Responsible for testing/evaluation of 40,000+ node world-wide network.
Tested and evaluated various network Management platforms for Merrill
Lynch's 40,000+ node world-wide network.
Implementation of Distributed Computing environments, Network Management
systems using Spectrum.
Utilize C++, Ingres, Oracle, SQR, XRT, SQL and SAS/CPE to create reports.
Installation of UNIX SUN systems and support of all network applications.
Gather performance statistics from Merrill network including HP9000, SUN,
Novell, Banyan Vines, TCP/IP protocols from various routers and networks.
February 1992 to July 1993
Infotec Development Inc.
Software Engineer
Plan, design and implement TCP/IP, Ethernet, token ring networks using
SUN
and DEC workstations for defense clients.
Evaluate, test, analyze Network Management systems, routers, bridges.
Design Distributed Network Management system for a large client
December 1988 to February 1992
Boston City Hospital
Senior Programmer
Responsible for new and maintenance programming for vendor software
packages.
Developed an Inventory Software package using Dbase III.
Designed and implemented an Anesthesia System in Ingres on Dec 5000.
Designed and implemented an Ethernet network of 30 PC on MAGIX O/S.
EDUCATION:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA 1988
Graduated with Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science.
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