Venu Kumar

ac0azl@r.postjobfree.com

770-***-****

Professional Summary:

7+ years of experience in Designing, Implementing and Troubleshooting Service Provider Networks and Enterprise Networks and Network administration, implementation, design and troubleshooting Seeking a challenging and interesting opportunity in computer/network engineering which enables me to maximize my technical and managerial skills.

Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500,3700 series, 6500 series)

Expertise in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Routers (3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 1800, 1700, 800)

Cisco ASA Firewall troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments that either come on line or that may have been altered during various planned network changes on the network.

Protocols Awareness: OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, BGP, HSRP, ACL, VTP, NAT/PAT, CDP, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, NTP, SNMP, ARP, STP (802.1D), SNMP, DNS & DHCP.

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts.

Extensive knowledge of deploying & troubleshooting TCP/IP, Implementing IPv6, Translation from IPv4 to IPv6, Multilayer Switching, UDP, Ethernet, Voice & Data Integration techniques.

Extensive knowledge in developing test plans, procedures, and testing Various LAN/WAN Products and Protocols.

Working configuration of new VLANs and extension of existing VLANs on/to the necessary equipment to have connectivity between two different data centers.

Experienced working on network monitoring and analysis tools like, SOLAR WINDS, CISCO works and RIVER BED and Wireshark.

Hands on Knowledge/experience on F5 load balancers, its methods, implementation and troubleshooting on LTMs and GTMs.

Worked on migration from a full mesh frame relay to Point-Point T1 and implementation of IPsec VPN.

Created and design network layout and documented network system design with detail information using Visio software. Vendor co-ordination for hardware issues and assessment management.

Experience with route manipulation and route filtration by implementing Off-set lists, distribution-list and access-lists respectively.

Network management using Syslog, Packet Sniffers, SNMP etc.

Juniper NSM, Juniper ISG1000, Juniper IDP and Bluecoat SG cashing and web filtering

Data center migration was involved in Access, Distribution and Core layers.

Extensive knowledge in the usage of ether channels for effective usage of bandwidth with aggregation protocols LACP and PAGP.

Cisco ASA Firewall troubleshooting and policy change requests for new IP segments that either come on line or that may have been altered during various planned network changes on the network.

Experience with Quality of Service: Congestion Management and Avoidance, Policing, Shaping, and Link Efficiency.

Moderate knowledge in configuring and troubleshooting Wireless Network: Net gear, Wireless Security Basics, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g, RF spectrum characteristics as well as WAN testing

Excellent Verbal, written communication skills and Interpersonal skills with ability to work with large teams as well as independently with minimum supervision & Team Player

Experience with Project documentation tools & implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems and experience with developing network design documentation and presentations using VISIO

Certifications:

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Technical Skills:

LAN Technologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, LWAPs.

WAN Technologies: HDLC, PPP, Frame Relay, Channelized links (E1/T1/E2/T2).

Routing Protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP v1/v2, PBR, Route redistribution, Route filtering, Summarization, Static route.

Routers deals with: Cisco 7606, 7609, 3845, 3660, 2921, 2691, 1812.

Switching Technologies: VLANs, Inter VLAN routing and Port Channels, VTP, Spanning Tree Protocols like PVST+, RSTP+, Multi-Layer Switching, Port security, VSS, CEF and DCEF.

Switches dealt with: Nexus 5548, 5596, 6000, 7009, 7018; Cisco Catalyst: 6506, 6509, 4928, 4948, 4507, 4510, 3750, 3560, and 2960.

Network Security Technologies: ASA 5520/5550 and PIX 525 Firewalls, ACL, IPsec, IDS.

Load Balancers: F5 Network (Big-IP) LTM 8900 and 6400.

Redundancy Protocols: HSRP, GLBP, VRRP.

NEXUS Features: VDC, VPC, VRF, FEX, F & M Series line cards.

VPN Technologies: GRE Tunneling, Remote Access VPN, Site-to-Site VPN.

Operating Systems: Windows (98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8.1).

Professional Experience: Mar 2016 –Till date

United Health Group,Newark,NJ

Role: Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

Configured and deployment of routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP & BGP over Cisco Routers in Production environment.

Experienced working knowledge with 1800, 2800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 3900, 7204, 7606 series Routers.

Worked on Cisco 6509, 6513 and 4510 switches for LAN requirements that include managing VLANs, Port Security and troubleshooting LAN issues.

Performed LAN operations and troubleshooting which involves working on VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, Trucking, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation.

Working with Network Design and implementation Team on various projects Across North America and South America.

Configuration of Access List ACL (Std., Ext, Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.

Implemented redundancy with HSRP, Ether channel technology (LACP, PAGP) etc.

Hands-on experience in the network management of circuits using TDM and Frame Relay Managing and providing support to various project teams with regards to the addition of new equipment such as routers switches and firewalls to the DMZs.

Remediation of firewall rules from checkpoint firewalls to Cisco ASA firewalls and their implementation

Managing and providing support to various project teams with regards to the addition of new equipment such as routers, switches and firewalls to the DMZs.

Adding and removing checkpoint firewall policies based on the requirements of various project 24x7 on-call escalation support as part of the security operations team.

Working closely with Data center management to analyze the data center sites for cabling requirements of various network equipment.

Having Data Center Design Experience, installing and Configuring Network Devices in a Data Center including patching the cables in the Patch Panel. Design and implemented network requirement

Troubleshoot the Network Issues onsite and remotely depending on the severity of the issues.

Performed Break Fix support through driving to different buildings, identifying the root cause of the hardware issues with switches, routers.

Performing the ACL requests changes for various clients by collecting source and destination information from them

Troubleshooting the Juniper SRX100 and 110 series, Juniper Net screen routers with Site-Site VPN, and firewalls for Supervalu Retail sites.

Configured VPC, FEX and VDC’s on Nexus 5K, 7K.

Coordinate with Server, Security, Application teams along with 3rd party vendors to provision and setup third party servers, network devices in Data Center environment.

Work & escalate problems effectively in order to meet customer SLA's (service level agreements).

Maintenance and Troubleshooting of connectivity problems using PING, Trace route.

Work assigned tickets to determine the point of failure and resolve problems remotely utilizing available tools and other Operation Center resources.

Used load balancers ACE and load balancing technique with multiple components for efficient performance and to increase reliability through redundancy.

Performed Security operations in terms of pushing new policies and deploying new rules. Performing security troubleshooting in terms of checking ACLs and ACEs and traffic flow analysis using packet capture features.

Had hands on experience in configuring and implementing Prefix-lists, Route-maps, Ether-channels

Managing and implementation of PORs (port open requests) based on the requirements of various departments and business lines.

Installing and configuring new cisco equipment including Cisco catalyst switches 6500, Nexus 7010, Nexus 5548 and Nexus 2k as per the requirement of the company.

Migration of existing IPSEC VPN tunnels from Pre-Shared key to Certificate Authority for purpose

Environment:

BMC Remedy, Cisco ASA 5540, BIG-IP LTM 8900, QOS, Policy-maps, Class-maps, Nexus, Vlans, STP, RSTP, PVSTP, VTP, HSRP, Ether Channel, BGP,OSPF,EIGRP, MPLS,ATM,PPP,HDLC. SNMP, TACACS+, DNS, DHCP, Checkpoint, F5 Load balancer, Nexus 7K,5K,2K

Emd Network Services,Visalia,CA Oct 2014 – Mar 2016

Role:Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

Installation and maintenance of new network connections for the customers.

Configuring all the required devices and equipment for remote vendors at various sites and plants.

Installing new equipment to RADIUS and worked with MPLS-VPN and TACACS configurations.

Installing and maintaining local as well as network printers.

Involved in design, implementation and configuration of HSRP for load balancing on L3 switches on different location of office on the switched network.

Configured Client VPN technologies including Cisco’s VPN client via IPSEC.

Configuring switch for 802.1x port based authentication.

Troubleshot issues and outages on Trunks and Router interfaces and firewalls extensively.

Provided technical assistance for LAN/WAN management& troubleshooting and complex customer issues using Network monitoring tool’s such as Solar winds.

Assisted Network Engineer in the installation and configuration of firewalls.

Engaged Network Operations on troubleshooting and root cause analysis on Minor, Major network problems.

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

Implemented BGP capabilities like ORF, Route refresh and Extended communities, for various customers.

Configured OSPF on CISCO devices with multiple routing processes and redistributed them. Tested and hands on experience in multi area OSPF topologies.

Configuring, managing and troubleshooting networks using routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP and OSPF (Single Area and Multi Area).

Configured Access List (Standard, Extended, and Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.

Configured STP for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.

Done troubleshooting of TCP/IP problems and connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment.

Worked on network-based IT systems such as racking, stacking, and cabling

Worked on different LAN & WAN technologies.

Possess strong network troubleshooting, interpersonal and communication skills.

Proficient in using MS Office- Visio, Excel, Word for documentation.

Excellent inter-personal skills with an ability to work in a team of large members and also with minimum supervision necessary.

Performed OSPF, BGP, DHCP Profile, HSRP, IPV6, Bundle Ethernet implementation on ASR 9K redundant pair.

Deploying and decommissioning the TOR switches and their respective software upgrades.

Performing the ACL requests changes for various clients by collecting source and destination information from them.

Performing troubleshooting on slow network connectivity issues, routing issues involves OSPF, BGP and identifying the root cause of the issues.

Performed Break Fix support through driving to different buildings, identifying the root cause of the hardware issues with switches, routers.

Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc.

Experience in creating MOPS (Method of procedures) and get approved from peers for performing configuration changes

Troubleshot issues and outages on Trunks and Router interfaces and firewalls extensively.

Provided technical assistance for LAN/WAN management& troubleshooting and complex customer issues using Network monitoring tool’s such as Solar winds.

Assisted Network Engineer in the installation and configuration of firewalls.

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

Environment:

Cisco 6509/ 3750/3550/3500/2950 switches, Cisco 7200/3845/3600/2800

Routers, TACACS, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VPN, MPLS, Ether channels, and Sniffer.

Black Box Network Service, Duluth,GA Sep2013 – Aug 2014

Role:Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

Documented the company’s design, implementation and troubleshooting procedures.

Monitored the Network performance based on company’s Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Provided Helpdesk support that involved identifying and escalating the tickets to specific groups.

Resolving all computer related problems, such as troubleshooting operating system failure, scheduling and updating virus checks on servers and desktops.

Worked on project that provide enterprise security and remote accessibility. These include functional testing, product deployment and system maintenance.

Administration of the corporate firewall as well as site to site VPN and mobile VPN tunnels.

Configuration and deployment of authentication services that interact with the corporate firewall and VPN.

Engaged Network Operations on troubleshooting and root cause analysis on Minor, Major network problems.

Implemented BGP capabilities like ORF, Route refresh and Extended communities, for various customers.

Configuring, managing and troubleshooting networks using routing protocols like RIP, EIGRP and OSPF (Single Area and Multi Area).

Assisted with troubleshooting all network issues with routers and switches when necessary and consulted with on call tech as needed for client.

Testing the new zone for failover capabilities and redundancy. Connected the Distribution routers to the Core routers via OSPF areas. Responsible for cabling and labeling based on day to day requirement, and Racking & Stacking of various network equipment and made sure that there are no connectivity issues using ping and tracert.

Configured OSPF on CISCO devices with multiple routing processes and redistributed them. Tested and hands on experience in multi area OSPF topologies.

Involved in L2/L3 Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANs, Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter-VLan routing, LAN security.

Worked on the security levels with RADIUS, TACACS+.

Worked on commissioning and decommissioning of the MPLS circuits for various field offices.

Completed service requests (i.e. – IP readdressing, bandwidth upgrades, IOS/platform upgrades, etc.)

Updated the HP open view map to reflect and changes made to any existing node/object.

Handled SRST and implemented and configured the Gateways, Voice Gateways.

Worked on a broad range of topics such as routing and switching, dedicated voice access, planning and implementation, large-scale high-visibility outages, change management coordination, proactive monitoring and maintenance, disaster recovery exercises, and core network repairs.

Network Cabling, dressing, labeling and troubleshooting various network drops onsite

Environment:

Cisco 3560/2950/2924/6509/6513/5500 switches, VPN, BGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, F5

BIG-IP, LTM, Cisco 1800/2800/2500/2600/28003600/3800/3900/7204/7606 routers

Nelito Systems Ltd,India Dec 2011 –Aug 2013

Role:Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

Involved in complete LAN, and WAN development and optimization as per the organization’s requirement plan.

Configured and deployment of routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP & BGP over Cisco Routers in Production environment.

Experienced working knowledge with Cisco 1800, 2800, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 3900, 7204, 7606 series Routers.

Configured Access List (Standard, Extended, and Named) to allow users all over the company to access different applications and blocking others.

Configured STP for loop prevention and VTP for Inter-VLAN Routing.

Done troubleshooting of TCP/IP problems and connectivity issues in multi-protocol Ethernet environment.

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Handled SRST and implemented and configured the Gateways, Voice Gateways.

Worked on a broad range of topics such as routing and switching, dedicated voice access, planning and implementation, large-scale high-visibility outages, change management coordination, proactive monitoring and maintenance, disaster recovery exercises, and core network repairs.

Network Cabling, dressing, labeling and troubleshooting various network drops onsite.

Helped in setting up GRE tunneling over IPSEC between to data centers.

Provided high level of security to the network by installing ASA 5520 along with ACLs.

Extensively worked on layer 2 features like STP, VLAN, and VTP and implemented them on new switches and used to troubleshoot any issues.

Environment:

LAN, WAN, Cisco 2600/3500 routers, NAT, ATM, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, STP, VPN, Ether Channels, Cisco ASA, DHCP, MLPPP, ACL, VLAN.

Valuelabs,India June 2009 – Dec 2011

Role: Network Engineer

Key Responsibilities:

Worked on various configurations and troubleshooting in a multi-vendor environment with Cisco & Juniper routers/switches.

Performed configuration and troubleshooting of OSPF, EIGRP and BGP protocols

Responsible for cabling and labeling based on day to day requirement, and Racking & Stacking of various network equipment and made sure that there are no connectivity issues using ping and tracert.

Provided Helpdesk support that involved identifying and escalating the tickets to specific groups.

Resolving all computer related problems, such as troubleshooting operating system failure, scheduling and updating virus checks on servers and desktops.

Real time monitoring and network management using Cisco Works LMS.

Provided technical support on hardware and software related issues to remote production sites.

Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications. Configured Cisco Routers for OSPF, RIP, IGRP RIPv2, EIGRP, Static and default route.

Hands-on experience in configuring and troubleshooting ACLs, NAT, TACACS.

Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 2600, 3700, 7200 at customer sites.

Hands-on experience in configuring VLANs using dot1q, ISL and Ether-Channel.

implementation, project management and operations support as required

Troubleshoot and fix any backup and monitoring systems related issues in conjunction with Systems team and external vendors

Time to time upgrade network connectivity between branch office and regional office with multiple link paths and routers running HSRP, EIGRP in unequal cost load balancing to build resilient network.

Used Protocol analysis tools to assess and pinpoint networking issues causing service disruption.

Environment:

LAN, WAN, 2600, 2900 and 3600series routers, NAT, ATM, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, VTP, STP, VPN, Ether Channels, Cisco ASA, DHCP, PPP, ACL, VLAN.

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