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Cisco Certified Network Engineer with around 8+ years of experience in network

design, planning & strategy, network security, implementation, incident & change

management, and service delivery.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY :

Hands on experience with installation, design, configuration, administration and

troubleshooting LAN/WAN infrastructure with Cisco/Juniper Routing, Switching and

Security with Cisco hardware/software experience.

Experience in configuring Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3750, 4500, 6500 and Nexus 2000,

5000, 6000, 7000 series switches and Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600

series routers, Load Balancers & Cisco Firewalls.

In-depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation

of LAN/WAN/IWAN architecture and good experience on IP services.

Experience in Cisco: Physical cabling, IP addressing, Wide Area Network

configurations (Frame-relay & MPLS), Routing protocol configurations (RIP, EIGRP,

OSPF, BGP).

Knowledge of implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies such

as VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP and RSTP.

Switching related tasks included implementing VLANS, VTP, RSTP and Port

security.

Configuring and installing client and server network software for upgrading and

maintaining network and telecommunication systems.

Worked on network topologies and configurations, TCP/IP, UDP, Frame Relay, Token

ring, bridges, routers, hubs and Switches.

In-depth knowledge and experience in WAN technologies including OC3, E3/T3,

E1/T1, PPP, HDLC, MPLS and Frame Relay.

Experience through Hand-on Experience with configuring T1.5, Gigabit Ethernet,

Channelized T3 and full T3, OCX, ATM, Frame-Relay and VoIP (Voice-Over Internet

Protocol).

Configured and managed Nexus 2k fabric extender, 5K and 7K switch network at the

clients location.

Hands-on experience on SDN technology, including VMware NSX and Cisco ACI.

IP addressing and IP address scalability by configuring NAT/PAT.

Experience in configuring and monitoring contrail (CMC) of juniper software define-

networking (SDN).

Working knowledge with monitoring tools like Solar Winds & network packet

capture tools like Wire-shark and Opnet. Experience working with McAfee antivirus,

Storage Area Network (SAN) and data storage system.

In depth understanding of using Fort iGATE firewalls and Forti web firewalls for IPS

and other virtual web applications.

Experience with F5 load balancers and Cisco load balancers (CSM, ACE and GSS).

Basic and advance F5 load balancer configurations, including migrating

configurations from Cisco ACE to F5 and general troubleshooting of the F5 load

balancers.

Experience with IP address management(IPAM) such as Infoblox, Solar winds etc.

Experience on load balancing strategies/ techniques expertise in application

switching/ traffic managing.

Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server and involved in

designing and commissioning WAN infrastructure for redundancy in case of link

failure.

Knowledge in implementing and configuring F5 Big-IP LTM and GTM load

balancers.

Proficient in Configuring and installing various network hardware/software such as

Avaya 8010, 5698, 5520, 4800 series switches and Avaya Unified Communication

Manager software.

Have knowledge on various advanced technologies like VoIP, H.323, SIP, QOS, IPv6,

Multicasting, and MPLS

Strong hands on experience on PIX Firewalls, ASA (5540/5550) Firewalls.

Implemented Security Policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS,

AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS)

Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA

5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring

VLANs/routing/NAT with the firewalls as per the design.

Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.

Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience.

Troubleshooting the Juniper SRX100 and 110 series, Juniper Net Screen routers with

Site-Site VPN, and firewalls

Excellent in documentation and updating clients network documentation using

VISIO.

Implementation of Juniper Firewall, SSG Series, Net Screen Series ISG 1000, SRX

Series.

Configuring VM's on ESX Server and installing hosts and Migrating Virtual

Machines across various VMware ESX Server, Workstation and VMware servers.

Highly enthusiastic, creative team player, project implementation, analytical,

interpersonal and communication skills.

Efficient at use of Microsoft VISIO/Office as technical documentation and

presentation tools.

CERTIFICATIONS:

CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Firewalls & Load Cisco ASA 5585, 5550, 5540, Juniper SRX 5400, 5600, 5800,

Balancers Juniper Netscreen 6500, 6000, 5400. Juniper SSG Firewalls,

Check point, Palo Alto PA-3060/2050, F-5 BIG-IP LTM (3900

and 8900), Blue Coat SG8100, AV 510, AV810, A10 Load

Balancers.

Routers Cisco routers (1900, 2600, 2800, 2900, 3600, 3800, 3900, 7200,

7600), Cisco L2 & L3, Juniper routers (M7i, M10i, M320).

Switches Cisco switches (3560, 3750, 4500, 4900 & 6500), Nexus (2248, 5548

&7010)

Routing RIP, EIGRP, OSPF & BGP, Route Filtering, Redistribution,

Summarization, Static routing.

Routing Protocols RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP.

Switching ProtocolsVTP, STP, RSTP, MSTP, VLANs, PAGP, and LACP.

LAN Technologies Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, NAT/PAT, FDDI.

WAN Technologies FRAME RELAY, ISDN T1/E1, PPP, ATM, MPLS, leased lines,

DSL modems.

Secure Access TACACS+/Radius.

Control Server

VOIP Devices& Cisco IP phones, QOS, Avaya, CUCM, UCCX, CIPC and UCS.

Wireless Wireless: LWAPP, WLC, WCS, Standalone APs, Client Roaming,

Technologies Wireless Security Basics, AP groups, WLANS, Cisco Prime

Site Maps.

Network SNMP, Cisco Works LMS, HP Open View, Solar winds, ACI,

management Ethereal.

Layer 3 Switching Multi-Layer Switching, Ether Channel.

Carrier Technologies MPLS, MPLS-VPN.

Redundancy HSRP, VRRP, GLBP.

protocols

Security Protocols IKE, IPsec, SSL, AAA, Access-lists, prefix-lists.

QOS CBWFQ, LLQ, WRED, Policing/Shaping.

Monitoring Tools Packet tracer, Wireshark, Opnet, GNS3, Info Solar winds.

Security Technologies Cisco FWSM/PIX/ASDM, Nokia Checkpoint NG, Juniper SRX,

McAfee proxy servers, Fortinet, Bluecoat.

Operating Systems Microsoft XP/Vista/7,10, UNIX, LINUX Kernel Programming,

Redhat.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Humana Health Apr 2016

to Present

Louisville, KY

Sr. Network Engineer

RESPONSIBLITIES:

In-depth expertise in the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting & documentation of

LAN/WAN architecture and good experience on IP services.

Working closely with Data center management to analyze the data center sites for cabling

requirements of various network equipment.

Involved in configuring and implementing of composite Network models consists of

Cisco2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600 series routers and Cisco 2950, 3500, 4500,

6500 Series switches.

Configured Nexus 7010 including NX-OS Virtual Port Channels, Nexus port profiles,

Nexus Version 4.2 and 5.0, Nexus VPC peer links.

Managed NAT rules and policies on Cisco ASA, checkpoint firewalls.

Involved in solving day to day tickets for checkpoint and ASA firewalls raised by partner

companies.

Security policy review and configuration in Palo Alto, Cisco ASA firewalls in US offices

and data centers.

Configured load balancing for fewer applications on NetScaler 10K and 12K in older

data center and part of migration team from NetScaler to F5

Provided support for several UCCX (Unified Contact Center Express) environments.

Worked with Management tools like CSM and Cisco ACS.

Experienced working with security issues related to Cisco ASR 9K, Checkpoint and

Juniper Netscreen firewalls.

Expert in developing web services with Python programming language.

Experience in object oriented design and programming concepts using Python.

Upgraded the old infrastructure to a new one replacing CISCO switches with

HP ARUBA switches .

Expertise in creating custom I Rules, Health monitors, VIPs, pools, nodes for F5

LTM/GTM

Worked on leveraging F5 LTMs & GTMs to improve web application delivery speed and

replication.

Deployment and management of Cisco routing, switching, firewall,

and IPS/IDS platforms.

Worked on traffic optimization, analyzing with the help of QoS, Netflow and Wireshark.

Experience in monitoring and troubleshooting of ISE and Cisco MSE.

Worked on F5 LTM, GTM series like 6400, 6800, 8800 for the corporate applications and

their availability.

Supporting OSPF and BGP based on the network by resolving level 2 & 3 problems of

internal teams & external customers of all locations.

Configured and involved in Citrix NetScaler responder policy configuration and

Citrix NetScaler Access gateway configurations.

Involved in software development and testing using C language on Linux and Unix

Platforms

Created Visio Dean / Visio Documentation to give complete picture of network design for

each building.

Strong knowledge of TACACS+, RADIUS implementation in Access Control Network.

Responsible for Preparation of the Upgrade documents, Responsible in implementation

and configuration of the UCCE solution. Ensuring the overall functioning of the

whole system and to reproduce the scenarios for testing and troubleshooting.

Configured Cisco ISE for Domain Integration and Active Directory Integration.

Experience with ALG (RTP, RTSP and FTP, DNS, HTTP), DHCP.

Worked with network services like DNS, DHCP, DDNS, IP4, IP6, IPsec, VPN etc.

Worked with Infoblox for securing and managing DNS, DHCP and IPAM.

Management of Infoblox Grid Manager to manage DNS Forward and Revers Lookup

Zones.

Perform various scheduled maintenance tasks across numerous platforms and datacenters

such as building VLANs and configuring switch ports on Cisco, Brocade.

Experience with Security- Firewalls, NAT / PAT, IPSEC, S2S.

Experienced working with Nexus OS, IOS, CATOS and Nexus 7K, 5K & 2K Switches.

Knowledge of with APIs for troubleshooting Network issues using Wireshark and NTOP.

Configured static NAT, dynamic NAT, dynamic NAT overloading.

Worked on Configuration and deployment of Switches and Routers, Firewalls, Load

Balancers, HP Procurve C7000 enclosures, and intrusion protection devices.

Worked on FTP, HTTP, DNS, DHCP servers in windows server-client environment with

resource allocation to desired Virtual LANs of network.

Worked on load balancers like F5 10050s, 10250v, GTM 2000s, 2200s to troubleshoot

and monitor DNS issues and traffic related to DNS and avoid DDoS.

Successfully configured Aruba Wireless LAN AP-255 and involved with troubleshooting

Wireless LAN issues.

Provide escalation support to L1/L2 members of network team.

Installed and maintained HP Blade system c7000 enclosure incorporating HP 380 & 360

servers utilizing HP Blade mgmt. applications; HP Onboard administrator

and HP Virtual connect.

Perform problem management and root cause analysis for P1/P2/P3/P4 incident.

Efficient at use of Solar BOX (Automated Network Map) as technical documentation and

presentation tools.

Environment: Nexus 2k/5k, Cisco 2600/2800/3800/7200 Routers, Cisco

3550/4500/6500 switches, LAN, WAN, OSPF, RIP, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, PPP, VPN,

F5 Load balancers, Aruba, Cisco ASA, DNS, DHCP, NAT, Infoblox, NetScaler,

McAfee EPO, EOP, VPC, VDC, Active Directory, Windows Server 2003/2008, VoIP,

Linux, UNIX.

PWC, Tampa FL Jan 2015 to

Mar 2016

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design, deployment and maintenance of enterprise networks and datacenters.

Configured, maintained, and troubleshoot routers and switches ranging from the 1720

series through the 7200 series routers and the 2900 series through the 6500 series

switches in a highly redundant dual-homed environment.

Implementing and trouble-shooting load balancing in LAN/WAN configurations.

Worked extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525) & ASA

5500(5510/5540) Series, experience with converting PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA

solution.

Worked extensively on Cisco Catalyst Switch 6500s, 4500s, 3750 and Cisco ISE 3300

Appliances and 1.0.4/1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4 and 2.0 Cisco ISE on VMware's.

Knowledge on set up of test environments for remote test engineers which included rack

FC switches and C7000enclosures, including setting up interconnects and blade

servers.

Worked extensively in configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA

5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring

VLANs/routing/NAT with the firewalls as per the design.

Content Switching (OSI Layer 4-7 Switching, Load balancers).

Deployment of datacenter LAN using Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k switches.

Designed/implemented remote site Palo Alto, Riverbed, and Brocade switches.

Implemented various EX, SRX & J series Juniper devices.

Configuring RIP, OSPF and Static routing on Juniper M and MX series Routers.

Troubleshooting Aruba Wireless issues like slow performance, intermittent connectivity,

authentication failure, low signal strength, Replacing AP's and controllers.

Supported enterprise environment including: Aruba controllers, Airwave and APs/Cisco

wireless controllers.

Experience with converting Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.

Migration with Cisco ASA VPN experience.

Extensive MPLS, EIGRP and BGP design. Using DMVPN as a backup connectivity to

our Data Centers.

Configured and supported F5 and NetScaler load balancer to support corporate internal

applications.

Implemented site to site VPN in Juniper SRX as per customer.

Configuration of Cisco 6500 (sup 720), 4500 (SUP 6) & 3750 Catalyst Switches for

network access.

Experience with F5 LTM, GTM - design, implementation, maintenance, and

troubleshooting of large network consisting of Load balancing, WAN, LAN, and

VPNs

Maintained and managed assigned systems, Splunk related issues and administrators.

Configuring VLAN, Spanning tree, VSTP, SNMP on EX series switches.

Assisted in troubleshooting complex layer1,2and3 connectivity using Wireshark protocol

analyzer and recommended solution for better performance.

Configured Aruba WAP, Cisco Meraki and wireless controller, Cisco PRIME, Cisco

Mobility Services Engine (MSE) for proper access of wireless internet.

Checking and configuring Cisco 7600 and 7200 routers at data center for remote sites

issues.

Working on Cisco 6509 and 4507 series switches for LAN requirements that include

managing VLANs, Port Security and troubleshooting LAN issues.

Supporting EIGRP and BGP based network by resolving level 2 &3 problems of internal

teams & external customers of all locations.

Environment: Cisco routers (7600, 7200, 6509, 4507,1720) and Cisco switches (6500,

4500, 3750, 2900), Nexus (7K, 5K & 2K), Juniper (M, MX) series Routers, Routing (RIP,

OSPF, EIGRP, BGP), Switching (VLAN, VTP, STP, VSTP), Cisco PIX (506E, 515E,

525), Cisco ASA (5500), Aruba, Checkpoint Firewall (R76, R77), F5 Load Balancers.

Kering - Secaucus, NJ November 2013 to December

2014

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed, planned, and implemented network and security infrastructure.

Managed the Internet and intranet firewalls (Cisco ASA 5520 and 5550), F5, Net IP, ASM

Managed third party connections using Cisco ASA 5520, 5550 and Palo Alto firewalls.

Processed the requests for access to IT resources of the main data center thru the firewall.

Processed creation of VPN request for remote users, third parties such as remittance

companies, and mobile phone companies.

Analyzed logs in Syslog server generated by IDS, IPS, firewall, router and switch

devices.

Created reports of network utilizations.

Worked on troubleshooting network security issues related to address translations,

connectivity, application access, routing issues, and low latency networking.

Backed-up device configurations.

Escalated incidents and issues to ISPs and Global Technology Sector divisions.

Facilitated IT Business solutions for corporate users and third party needs.

Attended meetings with corporate users to gather the requirements need for secure access

to IT resources such as client VPN and SSL VPN access.

Created policies to provide Secure access to the Internet to specific business websites and

Secure access to and from third parties.

Worked on incidents/changes/Problems and provided resolution with in SLA time frame.

Configured & maintained IPsec VPN in Cisco ASA, Palo Alto firewalls.

Monitoring alerts & events in Cisco IPS.

Implemented TACACS+ for administering user accounts.

Escalating and working with product vendors for unresolved issues and following up with

them till the closure of the issue.

Worked on Change Control tickets, prepared knowledge base for all the incidents, change

and problems resolved.

Prepared SOP (Standard Operations Procedures) and shared it with customers and

internal teams for resolving issues.

RSA Assigning RSA Token & Configuration of RSA secure ID for the users.

Management of Web sense, Emails gateway, Symantec Endpoint protection, and IPS.

Environment: LAN, WAN, Cisco ASA, Palo Alto 3050, 3060 firewalls, Cisco 4331,

4321, 2811 routers, Cisco 6506, 4510, 3550, 2900 switches, HP Service Manager, NNM,

IPsec VPN, SSL VPN, RSA Tokens, IDS, IPS, Syslog server, TACACS+ Server.

Sarayodha Soft. Technologies, Hyderabad, India June

2011 to Sep 2013

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Configured IP routing protocols such as RIPv2 and OSPF on 2600, 2900, 3600 and

3800 series Cisco routers.

Configured VLANS using Cisco routers and multilayer switches and supporting STP,

RSTP, and PVST along with troubleshooting on inter-VLAN routing and VLAN

trunking protocol 802.1Q.

Implemented traffic rules on Cisco routers using Standard and Extended Access-

Control Lists.

Worked on installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN (Frame

Relay, NAT, DHCP, TCP/IP).

Worked in configuring CSU/DSU devices and also helped troubleshooting CSU/DSU

devices.

Involved in troubleshooting of DNS, DHCP and other IP conflict problems.

Installed Wireless Access Points WAPs at various locations in the company.

Involved in troubleshooting IP addressing problems and updating IOS images using

TFTP.

Performed and technically documented various test results on lab tests conducted.

Troubleshoot problems on day-to-day basis and provided solutions to fix the

problems.

Involved in troubleshooting and resolved problems related to the networking and

server environments.

Used Network monitoring tool to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the network.

Documented customer database which includes IP address, password, interface and

network diagrams.

Environment: Cisco routers: 3800, 3600, 2900, 2600; Cisco catalyst switches: 3560,

3750; Routing protocols: RIPv2, OSPF; Inter-VLAN routing, 802.1Q,

ACL, STP, RSTP, PVST, VLSM, HSRP.

Technical Strategies India Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India January 2009

to May 2011

Network Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

Provides technical support to all areas of Network Administration,

Telecommunications, Systems and Network Architecture, and Personal Computer

Administration

Maintaining of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA firewall) for LAN, WAN

and Internet connectivity

Manage Local Area Network by Maintaining VLANs and Wireless Aps (TP Link

devices)

Setup and configure network monitoring and management systems, which include

Cisco Works 2000 to manage Cisco devices

Troubleshoot network connectivity issues such as DNS, WINS and DHCP

Develops and maintain IT security policy related to LAN and WLAN

Operated the router-point-defense Intrusion Detection System for the data network.

(ASIMS Director, Net Ranger Director, and via Firewall VPNs)

Helped standardize workstations and file servers including: hardware software,

naming conventions, and IP addresses

Implemented file system, firewall security and disaster recovery strategies

Designed and implemented Windows networks and Active Directory (AD) and

security group hierarchy based on delegation requirements

Environment: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA firewall), VLANs and Wireless

Aps (TP Link devices), ASIMS Director, Firewall VPNs, DNS, WINS and DHCP,

Window's networks and Active Directory (AD)

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