Harsha Paritala

Networking Engineer

Email: ac0wvq@r.postjobfree.com Phone No: 847-***-****

Summary

Seven years of experience in Network Engineering and administration.

Three years of experience in Designing and implementing the Wireless Infrastructure using 802.1x Authentication using CISCO ACS and ISE Servers.

Planning, design, implementation and maintenance of Fast Ethernet based Local Area Networks (LAN’s), Wireless Networks (WLAN’s).

Planning designing, Installation, configuration and maintenance of 802.11a/b/g Wireless Networks and Wireless Access points.

Monitoring the Wireless Issues using the Prime 3.1 and troubleshooting the issues.

Hands on experience on Tools like Aruba Airwave, Cisco Prime.

Monitoring Cisco Prime 2.1 & 3.1 Monitoring tool and Spectrum.

Hands-on- experience on IP addressing, sub netting, and Ping concepts.

Hands on Experience in wireless/RF communications with knowledge and experience in technology integration of Wireless Broadband/Convergence (IEEE 802.11, etc.).

Deploying and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, Frame-Relay, Ether-channel, IP Routing Protocols - (RIPV2, OSPF, EIGRP & BGP), NAT, VLAN, STP, VTP, HSRP & GLBP

Hands on experience in implementation of Virtual Switching System (VSS) on 6500 Switches

Strong working and configuration knowledge in Cisco 2800, 2500, 2400 series Routers, ASR Routers and Cisco Switch’s 6500s, 4500s, 3750, and 2900s.

Implementation traffic filters on Cisco routes using Standard, extended Access list.

Good working and configuration knowledge in Cisco NX-OS 1000,2000,3000,4000,5000,6000,7000, series switches.

Hands on Experience in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500,3700 series, 6500 series).

Hands on experience in designing and configuring of Layer 2 / 3 networking features such as VLAN, ISL, STP, VTP, 802.1X, Port Security, L2PT and SPAN.

Hands on experience in Physical cabling, IP addressing and Sub netting with VLSM using QIP configuring and supporting TCP/IP, DNS, installing and configuring proxies.

Expert level knowledge in troubleshooting Network Connectivity issues in Local Area Networks (LAN), TCP/IP, and Expert level knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models.

Hands on experience in implementing and troubleshooting complex layer 2 technologies VLAN Trunks, VTP, Ether channel, STP, RSTP and MST.

Hands on experience in implementation of DNS and DHCP protocols.

Troubleshooting DNS/DHCP issues within the LAN network.

Involved in troubleshooting network traffic and its diagnosis using tools like ping, trace route, Wire shark, TCP dump and Linux operating system servers.

Hands on experience in 802.11, WEP, WAP, ATM, Frame Relay, IPv6, IPSec.

Has Knowledge on Palo Alto Firewall.

Administering the Microsoft Windows Server Environment, Managing disk space, user profile creation and user rights management Managing user profiles and system policies in Active Directory.

Excellent configuration practices of Dell and HP system hardware and Server Operating Systems (Windows 2003/ 2008, & Storage Servers) and maintenance of procedural documentation Efficient at use of Microsoft VISIO/Office for technical documentation and presentation tools.

Effective inter-personal skills, adaptive to any environment, keep abreast with the latest technologies and delivering solutions as an individual and as part of a team.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Network Equipment:

Cisco routers (2800, 2500, 2400 Series), Cisco Switches (6500s, 3750, 2960, 2950, 2924 Catalyst), Cisco 4400,5500,8500 Wireless Controllers and CISCO Access Points,

Protocols:

TCP/IP, RIPv1, RIPv2, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, VLAN, VTP, Port fast, Switch Port Security, Standard and Extended ACL’s, DNS, DHCP, POP3, SMTP, FTP, TFTP, NAT, EAP, PEAP, MSHAP v2, TLS

Operating Systems:

Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7, Windows 2000/2003/2008 Servers, Windows Storage Server 2003, Linux Operating Environments.

Cisco Prime:

Cisco Prime 2.x and 3.x

Wireless Equipment:

Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers 2500, 5500, 8500, Cisco AirNet Wireless Access Points (1200, 3500, 3600 & 3700, 3800Series).

Network Tools:

CISCO Prime Management 2.x and 3.x Microsoft Monitoring Tool-Network Analyzer, Wire Shark, Packet Sniffer, Air Check, Giga Store, Aruba, Airwave.

Security :

CISCO ACS, CISCO ISE, Check Point Firewall,AAA Rules

Applications:

MS Office 2003/2007-Word Excel, Power Point, MS Outlook, Outlook Express, windows Live Mail, VNC PC Anywhere, Team Viewer, LAN Guard Network Scanner, Real VNC

Infrastructure Services:

DHCP

Documentation:

MS office, MS VISIO, power point.

EDUCATION DETAILS

Bachelor of engineering JNTU Hyderabad, India

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Cisco Certified Network Associate– CCNA (routing and Switching)

Cisco Certified Network Associate –Wireless

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project: USAA/HCL (San Antonio, Texas)

Job Title: Network Engineer

From: June 2016 to Present

Description: The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) diversified financial services group of companies including a Texas Department of Insurance regulated reciprocal and subsidiaries offering banking, investing, and insurance to people and families that serve, or served, in the United States military. The company was one of the pioneers of direct marketing and most of its business is conducted over the Internet or telephone.

Responsibilities:

Upgrading the End of Life Network Devices and updating the existing infrastructure in MS VISIO.

Configured and performed software upgrades on Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers 5508 and 8500 for Wireless Network Access Control integration with Cisco ISE.

Configured CISCO Prime Infrastructure 2.1 and 3.1 and integrated network Devices like WLC’s, Switches and Routers, Creating Heat Maps in Prime and Defining complete network infrastructure through Prime.

Design and Implementation of 802.1x Wired/Wireless User Authentication using Cisco ISE Radius Server.

Managing all the Network Devices through Prime Infrastructure and Pushing the Necessary configuration basing on client requirement.

Co-ordinate with Cisco TAC Engineering and provided the assistance to trouble the tickets

Monitoring Health of the Network Devices through prime and managing.

Configuring and Maintenance of Checkpoint UTM 1040,1070 and 2200 Next Generation with R70/R75/R80 Series

Troubleshooting, Analyzing network connectivity and Application and URL filtering using Smart track viewer and Smart track monitor.

Designed & Deployed Cisco ISE 1.2/1.3 for Enterprise RADIUS Authentication with Active Directory,

Working Knowledge on RSA Secured, Proxy Radius Services to Cisco ACS, Juniper Steel Belted Radius and Radiator Radius.

Configuration & Maintenance of Cisco ISE for Certificate based authentication for BYOD and Corporate Mobile Device Authentication using Xenmobile MDM

Worked extensively on data center upgrades of Cisco Catalyst Switch 3750s, 3850s, 6500s.

Worked on upgrading Cisco ISE 1.2,1.3 .

Worked with OLT, ONTs, splitters and fiber optics on a campus LAN.

IOS upgrade in Nexus 7010 through ISSU (In service software upgrade).

Performed IOS Software upgrades on switches 6500, 3750 and 4500s and Cisco ASR for compatibility with Cisco ISE 1.3/1.4 setup.

Enabled STP attack mitigation (BPDU Guard, Root Guard), using MD5 authentication for VTP, disabling all unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN and ensuring DHCP attack prevention where needed

Deployed VXLAN on the Nexus 9000 to map the physical VLANs to the Virtual Overlay VLANs.

Experience in working with Nexus 7010, 5548, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices.

Responsible for turning up BGP peering and customer sessions, as well as debugging BGP routing problems.

Experience with Project documentation tools & implementing and maintaining network monitoring systems and experience with developing network design documentation and presentations using VISIO Coordinated with engineering teams on operational system expansion.

Coordinated with Off-shore during post validation of the devices.

Provided technical assistance to third-party and client operational staff

Extensively utilized Microsoft’s Visio 2007 for design analysis and project planning.

Project: Wells Fargo (San Antonio, Texas)

Job Title: Wi-Fi Network Engineer

From: June 2015 to May 2016

Description: Wells Fargo is a diversified financial services company. The Company has three operating segments, Community Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Wealth and Investment Management. The Company provides retail, commercial and corporate banking services through banking locations and offices, the Internet and other distribution channels to individuals, businesses and institutions.

Responsibilities:

Created different Secured Authentications and Encryptions basing on the client requirement.

Involved in installation and configuration of 5500 WLCs implementation.

Involved in the IOS upgrades of 5055 series access points.

Tested the Access points by broadcasting it with different test SSIDS, before deploying it in to the productions.

Created separate VLANS for Wi-Fi traffic.

Installed and configured 3600 series access points across the campus.

Managing all the Network Devices through Prime Infrastructure and Pushing the Necessary configuration basing on client requirement.

Design and Implementation of 802.1x Wired/Wireless User Authentication using Cisco ISE Radius Server.

Designed & Deployed Cisco ISE 1.2/1.3 for Enterprise RADIUS Authentication with Active Directory, RSA SecurID, Proxy Radius Services to Cisco ACS, Juniper Steel Belted Radius and Radiator Radius.

Created the Maps in Cisco Prime and added the access points to trace the location of the access points.

Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco7600, 7200, 3800 series and Cisco 2950, 3500, 5500, 6500 Series switches.

Provided management and troubleshooting of all networks Bluecoat proxy devices.

Replace branch hardware with new 2851 routers and 2960 switches.

Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which involves new wan links.

Involved in the Installation and configured the Cisco routers 2800 in two different customer locations. It includes coordinating with Verizon and AT&T in order to bring the serial interface up for T3 link. Also, configuration includes frame relay, BGP and VPN tunnel on GRE.

Involved in configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco ASR 1001, 2500, 2600, 3000, 7500, 7200 Series routers.

Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers

Involved in the migration projects, by migration from 6500 series devices to 4500 Series switches in Campus deployments at Core, Distribution and Access Layers.

Used DHCP to automatically assign reusable IP addresses to DHCP clients.

Configuration and extension of VLAN from one network segment to other network segment between different vendor switches

Responsible for layer 2 securities which was implemented using a dedicated VLAN ID for all trunk ports, setting the user ports to non-trucking, deployed port security when possible for user ports

Enabled STP attack mitigation (BPDU Guard, Root Guard), using MD5 authentication for VTP, disabling all unused ports and putting them in unused VLAN.

Project: PSCU (Saint Petersburg, Florida)

Job Title: Network Engineer

From: February 2015 to May 2015

Description: PSCU is a Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) and a true cooperative partner for credit unions. As a cooperative built, owned and governed by credit unions, our Owners contribute a collectively unique perspective on their strategic needs to thrive and grow in their markets. This collaborative approach ensures that the focus of the cooperative addresses the highest priority needs of its members.

Responsibilities:

Worked as a short term contractor for upgrading the PSCU Wireless Infrastructure.

Involved in the designing and deploying the Wireless Networks with Different Secured Authentications and Encryptions basing on the Client Requirement.

Integrated network Devices like WLC’s, Switches into the Cisco Prime 2.1

Creating Heat Maps in Prime and Defining complete network infrastructure through Prime.

Managing all the Network Devices through Prime Infrastructure and Pushing the Necessary configuration basing on client requirement.

Monitoring Health of the Network Devices through prime and managing.

Configured and performed software upgrades on Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers 2504, 4404,5508 for Wireless Network Access Control integration with Cisco ISE.

Worked on the CISSO Access Points both Autonomous and Controller based and converting in to controller based by upgrading the IOS.

Design and Implementation of 802.1x Wired/Wireless User Authentication using Cisco ISE Radius Server.

Designed & Deployed Cisco ISE 1.2/1.3 for Enterprise RADIUS Authentication with Active Directory, RSA SecurID, Proxy Radius Services to Cisco ACS, RADIUS and TACACS.

Configuration & Maintenance of Cisco ISE for Certificate based authentication for BYOD, Guest authentication and Corporate Mobile Device Authentication using Xenmobile MDM

Design and Implementation of 802.1x Wired/Wireless User Authentication using Cisco ISE Radius Server.

Designed & Deployed Cisco ISE 1.2/1.3 for Enterprise RADIUS Authentication with Active Directory, RSA SecurID, Proxy Radius Services to Cisco ACS, Juniper Steel Belted Radius and Radiator Radius.

Configuration & Maintenance of Cisco ISE for Certificate based authentication for BYOD and Corporate Mobile Device Authentication using Xenmobile MDM

Project: Accurate Typing Systems (Chicago, IL)

Job Title: Network Engineer

From: February 2014 to January 2015

Description: Accurate Typing systems are Web Admin is a web front end application for data used in medical transcription in health care service for a clinic setting. Voice dictations and completed transcriptions are transferred to and from the database server using the special Transcription Service application, which is installed on the clients’ computers. Web Admin performs advanced file management, manipulations and records all the transactions in the database. Besides, it enables receiving the detailed statistic information and generating different time & costs reports. Medical transcription work flow engine, reports delivery engine. Automates processes for medical transcription industry, includes payroll, billing, routing, Hl7 transmissions, interface with EMR.

Responsibilities:

Involved in designing, configuring, implementing, maintenance and troubleshooting issues relating to routers and switches in LAN, WLAN and WAN.

Performed IOS Software upgrades on switches 6500, 3750 and 4500s

Designed and deployed networks as per the company’s requirement. Handled different tasks such as network address assignment, assignment of routing protocols, etc.

Worked on NX-OS series 2000,3000,4000,5000,6000,7000 switches by configuring and upgrading in data centers

Handling the network infrastructure of NOC LAN/WAN, migration & configuration of network client workstations. Addressing performance bottlenecks & ensuring maximum network efficiency and uptime.

Planning designing, Installation, configuration and maintenance of 802.11a/b/g Wireless Networks and Wireless Access points.

Implemented, Monitored and troubleshoot the protocols EIGRP, OSPF and Static Routes.

Configuration and Installation of ASA 5520 firewalls.

NAT, VPN and Traffic filter implementation in Cisco Firewall.

Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended Access Control lists. Handled Route-map, Re-distribution list & access-list configurations.

Access distribution and core layer switching architecture, created VLANS, Firewall Services Module (FWSM) and STP configuration.

Deployed unified communication solutions for the corporation with Cisco 2900, 3900, 3900E routers.

Hands on experience with voice protocols like MGCP, H323 and SIP.

Good working and understanding knowledge with Net screens and NSM and SRX.

Addressing issues like routing problems, route announcements/advertisements, and security access issues.

Used tools WireShark, Packet Sniffer and Microsoft Network Analyzer for monitoring Local Area Network connections (LAN’s) and Wide Area Network Connections (WAN) for Network connection and failure issues.

Administrative responsibilities including the installations, additions, updates and changes to Microsoft Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 servers.

Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525) & ASA 5500(5510/5540) Series.

Worked for converting PIX rules over to the Cisco ASA solution.

Experience in Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operation system.

Configuring IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers

Administering the Microsoft Windows Servers and managing disk space, user profile creation and user rights management.

Maintain and create user accounts and policies within Active Directory, Configure/maintain Internet filtering and security on public access pc’s.

Configuration and maintenance of DNS & DHCP servers.

Maintained accurate network documentation for moves, adds, changes, and deletes. Properly documentation of problem situations and resolutions.

Project: Veritra Inc (Schaumburg, IL)

Job Title: Network Engineer

From: February 2013 to January 2014

Description: Revenue Enhancer Application (REA) is a revenue enhancer/loyalty application to address specific needs for customers across all sports vertical. This application ultimately enhances stadium revenues and increase overall customer satisfaction. This loyalty application could be integrated (bolt on) with existing stadium/arena applications or can be deployed as a standalone complete solution. The goal and purpose of this market-specific application to make concessions stands operations more efficient in sports arenas/stadiums and also makes build a customer loyalty hence enhanced revenues.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for Configuring SITE_TO_SITE VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall between Head office and Branch office.

Installation & configuration of Cisco VPN concentrator 3060 for VPN tunnel with Cisco VPN hardware & software client and PIX firewall

Configured Firewall logging, DMZs& related security policies & monitoring

Planning and configuring the routing protocols such as OSPF, RIP, and Static Routing on the routers.

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

Installed and configured Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall and configured remote access IPSEC VPN on Cisco ASA 5500 series

Documenting and Log analyzing the Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall

Worked on Cisco Layer 2 switches (spanning tree, VLAN).

WAN Infrastructure running OSPF & BGP as core routing protocol.

Support various Routers like 2600/3600/7200 series routers.

Tested authentication in OSPF and BGP.

Experience working on F5 Load balancers

Implementation and configuration of F5 Big-IP LTM-6400 load balancers

Monitoring and troubleshooting Juniper SRX210/650, EX4200/4500/8200 series devices.

Configured and troubleshoot OSPF and EIGRP.

Hands on Experience working with security issue like applying ACL’s, configuring NAT and VPN

Responsible for Internal and external accounts and, managing LAN/WAN and checking for Security

Work on different connection medium like Fiber and Copper Connectivity.

In-depth expertise in the implementation of analysis, optimization, troubleshooting and documentation of LAN/WAN networking systems.

Planning and configuring the entire IP addressing plan for the clients' network.

Assist the certification team and perform configuration of LAN\WAN technologies such as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet.

Project: Channel-Soft Inc (India, Andhra Pradesh)

Job: Title Junior Network Engineer,

From 2010 February to 2012 December

Responsibilities:

Work internally with a team of technical personnel in the configuration, installation and maintenance of

Corporate LAN, WAN, Wireless and virtualized network environments.

Configured T1 interface and Channelized T1 interfaces between Cisco 2800, 2400 and 2500 series routers. Cisco IOS upgrades on routers.

Create end-user VPN accounts with appropriate access. Installed and configured for VPN IPSEC and VPN Dial-up connections for remote users.

Installation, Maintenance and Troubleshoot DNS, DHCP Servers and System issues. Managed and maintained DNS, DHCP protocols and Active- Directory Infrastructure.

Configuration and installation of wireless networks using access points, and Wireless LAN cards of Wi LAN, Dlink, Linksys, and Cisco AG APs.

Installation, Configuration and maintenance of Network Printers.

Troubleshoot routing protocols EIGRP, OSPF and BGP

Troubleshoot issue as VLAN, Trunk, STP, HSRP, GLBP

Worked on ASA firewalls and F5 load balancers

Verify and Troubleshoot VTP and RSTP Configuration issues within the corporate network

Firewall review, router rule base and validation for company employees

Set up TFTP server to backup, and restored configuration and IOS image files for the PIX firewalls, Cisco routers, Catalyst switches

Maintain WAN Circuits T1, T3.

Troubleshoot configuration issues Cisco Campus Switch Network

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