SAIKUMAR

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Professional Summary:

Over 8 plus years experience in the Network Designing, Security and Implementation of

Routing, Switching, Firewall technologies and troubleshooting of Complex Network systems.

Hands-on exposure at designing, installing, configuring & maintaining Enterprise Networks

using Cisco routers, Catalyst Switches, Racking, Stacking, Configuring various networking

devices.

Experience in IPV4 & IPV6 addressing with fixed & variable length subnet masking (VLSM),

OSI, TCP/IP models.

Strong hands on experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting of Cisco Catalyst

6500, 4500, 3750, 2950 and 3500XL series switches, Cisco ASR 1002, 7600, 7200, 3800,

3600, 2800, 2600, 2500 and 1800 series Routers.

Experience in LAN, WAN & switching technologies along with Failover Mechanisms & Inter

VLAN Routing types.

Strong experience in Configuring F5 LTM 8950, 6900, VIPRION 2400 models.

Basic and advance F5 load balancer configurations, including migrating configurations from

Cisco ACE to F5 and general troubleshooting of F5 load balancers.

Enterprise Routing experience using protocols RIP v1 & 2, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.

Deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA

Design and Configuration of security policies using Cryptography, ACL, SDM, PIX Firewall,

IPsec, VPN, and AAA Security on different series of routers.

Knowledge in WAN Technologies such as OC3, OC12, T1, T3, DS3, SONET, Fiber and Frame

Relay, ISDN, ATM, PPP, PAP, CHAP, HDLC.

Experience in configuring protocols HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, ICMP, HDLC, & SNMP, configuring &

troubleshooting routing protocols RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP & MPLS and installing

& configuring DNS, DHCP server.

Expertise in implementing & troubleshooting VLANs, Spanning tree protocols (STP, RSTP,

PVST+) Ether Channel, PAGP, LACP and 802.1Q.

Video Teleconferencing Specialist with specialized experience working for the CKE, Univar,

CHASE.

Experience in working in the area of virtualization with VMware, VSphere, ESX/ESXI 5.x,4.x,

VCenter server 4.x,5. Involved in maintenance and virtual server upgradation.

Experience in configuring Networking Standard Vswitch, Distributed switch, VM Kernel Ports

and NIC (NETWORK INTERFACE CONTROLLER) teaming in Windows Server 2012.

Configured Remote Desktop connectivity to various devices in Local Area Network.

Experience in installing & maintaining network monitoring tool IBM Tivoli & network analyzers -

Wire shark tool.

Implementing & maintaining tools like Snort (IDS), MRTG, Solar Winds products, JFFNMS,

Net flow Analyzer, Smoke Ping, and NTOP.

Configured ACLs to provide accessibility and restrict unauthorized users.Providing analysis on

server health using pivot tables.

Cisco Routers, Switches IOS upgrades with latest IOS version as per company standards.

Migrate IPV4 to IPV6 address using Tunneling, Transport Relay Translation (TRT), NAT64,

DSLITE and DNS64.

Knowledge about implement Aruba Wireless infrastructure using Aruba controllers & Access

Points.

Experience working with F5 load balancers, its implementation, methods and troubleshooting.

Working experience with NAT techniques on firewalls such as Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA

appliance, Palo Alto fire wall and used panorama for centralized control of all the firewalls.

Good knowledge in Linux and Unix systems. Servers and their administration.

Expertise in configuring Big-IP F5 LTMs (virtual servers, I Rules, pools, SNATs, health

monitors) for managing the traffic and tuning the load on the network servers.

Black listing and white listing of web URL on Blue Coat Proxy server.

Having knowledge in TCL for better Automation and Remote command line application.

Efficient use of Microsoft VISIO/Office for technical documentation and presentation tool.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Technical Skills:

Routers Cisco 7609,2600,2800,3800,3640, Cisco 3745,7200 Series

Switches Cisco 3500, 5000, 6500 Catalyst Series Cisco 7000, 2000 Nexus Series

Routing Protocols BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, and RIP

MPLS LDP, MPLS L3 and L2 VPN

Load Balancing Cisco ACE 4700 series, F5 LTM, Ax10

Firewalls Palo Alto PA-500, PA-2k, PA-3k, PA-5k & PA-7050, Checkpoint

R65/R70/R75/R76/R77, IPS/IDS, Cisco ASA.

LAN Switching STP, IEEE 802.1Q, VTP, VLAN & Inter-VLAN routing, QOS

WAN/core ATM, Frame-Relay, ISDN, PPP, HDLC

Optical infrastructure SONET OC3-OC192, SDH, POS, PDH

VoIP Devices Cisco IP phones, Cisco 5500, 6500 series controller, Avaya 3000, 6000, 7200

series Controllers

Video Devices Cisco, Tandberg

Wireless Technology Cisco AP, LWAP, Access Points, WCS

Ticketing software Connect Wise, Remedy system

Management software HP Open view, Solar winds, PRTG Network Monitor

IPSEC/VPN PIX to Router, Router to Router, PIX to VPN wildcard client, Router to VPN

Configuration wildcard client, PIX to PIX, fully meshed configurations

Cabling CAT 5, CAT 5e, CAT 6, CAT 6a

Operating Systems Windows Server/8/7/Vista/XP, Nexus OS, Cisco IOS-XR, Linux, Unix (Mac

OS)

Network Management MRTG, HP Open view, Cisco WAN manager, Cisco works 2000

Tools

Programming Firm knowledge of Java and PowerShell, Python, Perl

Languages

Applications Wire Shark, Microsoft Service Enterprise, Secure CRT, Putty, Alarm Monitoring

Console, MS Ticketing, Office Productivity MS Office Suite, MS Azure, VPN

migration, Multipoint Ethernet, SNMP, Router Configuration, SDN, NFV

Microsoft Office Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CKE Restaurant, Anaheim, CA Nov 15

Present

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

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

Configured HSRP and VLAN trucking 802.1Q, VLAN Routing on Catalyst 6500 switches.

In depth knowledge on AAA protocol.

WAN Infrastructure running OSPF & BGP as core routing protocol.

Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco 2500, 2600, 3000, 6500, 7500, 7200 Series

routers.

Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches

by configuring VLANs.

Manage and support Microsoft and Linux Operating Systems

Configuration 7609, 7606 with OSPF and catalyst 6505, 4500, 3550 switches with various

VLAN.

Troubleshooting IOS related bugs based on past history and appropriate release notes.

Worked 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 routing protocols such as OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, and Static

Routing on the routers.

Mutual redistribution of OSPF and BGP routes using route maps.

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

BGP routing problems.

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.

Experience with configuring BGP in the data center and also using BGP as a WAN

protocol and manipulating BGP attributes

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

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.

Responsible for implementation/installation of LAN/WAN/SAN, Aruba Switches, Aruba

Wireless AP s and Aruba Virtual Controllers.

Configured Aruba access points troubleshoot connectivity issues with Aruba access points

Monitoring IP address blocks, Address inventory, DHCP scopes for the inside network

infrastructure through IPAM Infoblox.

Drive SDN Controller integration with Open Stack, VMware, AWS and other cloud

platforms.

Co-author Datasheets for SDN Controller and Applications, review technical

documentation

Integrated Palo Alto next-gen firewalls with overlay VMware NSX SDN network

Configured port-fast, uplink fast and other spanning tree features.

Support various Series of Cisco Routers like 7200/7600 series.

Support Complex 6500 /5500 Series Switches.

Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500.

Experience in working on MPLS networks, Implementation of QOS in MPLS

Maintain the new VDC feature on the Nexus 7000 switch

Migration of servers from Catalyst VSS to Nexus VDC/VPC Platform

Worked on ASA (5540/5550) Firewalls and Implemented Security Policies using ACL,

Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA (TACACS+ & RADIUS).

Defined SDN and MANO detailed requirements and implementation models and platforms

(e.g. VIM, VNFM, NFVO), and open source projects and technologies (e.g. ONOS, ONF,

OCP).

Work with ONOS to break free from the operational complexities of proprietary interfaces

and protocols.

Worked on maintaining carrier-grade features to SDN control plane with ONOS Distributed

Core, thus providing scalability, high availability and sharp performance.

SSL offloading, Cert management and Troubleshooting experience on F5 using TCP and

SSL dumps and Wire Shark analysis

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

tools.

Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA

Firewalls, and MPLS switching for stable VPNs

Experience working with Nexus 7010, 7018, 5020, 2148, 2248 devices.

Experience working with High performance data center switch like nexus 9000 and

Nokia/ALU 7750 series.

Performed load balancing and application level redundancy by deploying F5 BIG-IP LTM

3900.

Environment: Cisco 6506/4948/4510 switches, Cisco 3660/3845/7609 Routers, VLAN, Checkpoint, F5

Load Balancers, OSPF, RIP, RIRP, BGP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, ASA 5500, Nexus 2K, 5K, 7K, 9k,

Nokia/ALU 7750.

Univar, Redmond, WA Aug 14 Oct 15

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Working 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 exercise and

core network repairs.

Configure and install Aruba wireless controllers and access points.

Excellent Knowledge on OSI and TCP/IP layers.

Working in high availability Nexus environment and provide Level 3 network support.

Configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operating system.

Designing and installing new branch network systems. Resolving network issues, running test

scripts and preparing network documentation.

Implemented Positive Enforcement Model with the help of Palo Alto Networks and deployed PAN-

5050.

Java scripting for automation of difficult tasks

Working with CISCO Nexus 7000, Nexus 5000, and Nexus 2000 platforms

Good understanding of VoIP implementation and protocols such as H.323, RTP, and SIP.

Create, assign and provide IP and DNS records for server and application teams using Microsoft

DNS server.

VNF Onboarding, Integration, Validation on Red hat Open Stack platforms

Used VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) while configure a new VLAN on one VTP server

Establish VPN tunnels using IPsec encryption standards and configure & implement site-to-site

VPN, Remote VPN.

Designed and implemented a spine/leaf data center design, using MP-BGP EVPN control plane

for VXLAN overlay

Configuring HSRP between the 3845-router pairs of gateway redundancy for the client desktops.

Configuring VRRP & GLBP, VLAN, VTP's, Trunking 802.1Q, STP, Port security on Catalyst 6500

switches.

Perform wireless site surveys using industry standard tools such as Air Magnet and Cisco

& Aruba Switches

Managed and completed over 100 projects installing/upgrading client's wireless

infrastructure to Aruba.

Utilized Fluke Network's Air Magnet software to conduct wireless surveys, and verify

coverage.

Implement security solutions using Palo Alto PA-5000, Checkpoint Firewalls R75, R77.20 Gaia &

Provider-1/MDM

Install and Configure various Solar Winds Products (NPM, NCM, NPA)

In-depth knowledge of network monitoring and performance tools such as Solar Winds and

Wire shark

Identify and drive new Customer use cases for SDN Controller and VNF Management

Deployments

Involved in L2/L3 Switching technology administration including creating and maintaining VLANs,

Port security, Trunking, STP, Inter Vlan Routing, LAN security.

Worked on updating the SSL certificates to the application URL using the F5 LTM and F5 GTM.

Configured VoIP using Cisco Call Manager, RTP for real time voice transfer, settings of QoS using

CoS Trust Boundaries, call controlling signaling like MGCP, H323 and SIP.

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

Working on Cisco Secure ACS (RADIUS/TACACS+) authentications.

Utilized Wireshark for implementing enterprise monitoring and configuring F5 Big-IQ, BIG-IP

Application Security Manager, Advanced Firewall Manager and BIG-IP DNS, GTM/LTM for the F5

BIG-IP 3900 and 6900 platforms.

Experience in configuring FCOE using Cisco Nexus 5548, VPC/VPC+ and VDC on Nexus

7010 switches and maintained VRF's in those separate VDC's

As part of server migration project deployed Cisco Nexus switches and implemented

features like FEX Links, VPC, VDC, OTV Fabric Path.

Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as

troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches and fixes with all around technical

support

Environment: Cisco Routers, Switches, OSPF, EIGRP, Application Visibility and Control

(AVC), Net flow, Access Control Server (ACS), DMVPN, VPN, MPLS, LAN, WAN, ASA,

ASR, Solarwinds, Cisco Prime,VMware, Cisco ISE, PfR, NetScaler, F5 Load Balancer,

Bluecoat.

EDUCATION:

Holds a Bachelor s degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from JNTUH

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