ROBIN DABHI

ac2zt5@r.postjobfree.com

732-***-****

CCNA CCNP Certified

Senior Network Engineer

SUMMARY:

I have 8+ years of experience in experience in network design, implementation, and support. Routing, switching, firewall technologies, system design, implementation and troubleshooting of complex network systems.

Responsible for Check Point and Cisco ASA firewall administration across networks.

Extensive knowledge with VLAN’s, Trunking, RSTP, SNMP, Ether Channels, HSRP, Port Security, ACL’s, QoS, Traffic Policing, Shaping, EIGRP, OSPF, NAT, PAT, Inspections, VPN’s, DHCP, Wireshark etc.

Extensive experience in RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP.

IOS/JUNOS upgrade for Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches.

Experience in testing Cisco & Juniper routers cum switches in laboratory scenarios and deploy on site for production.

Working Knowledge of Cisco IOS, Junos & basic Nexus (7K, 5K&2K).

Proficient in setting up IT infrastructure including wide area networks (WAN) local area networks (LAN), security management systems network device administration.

Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1q, VLAN, Ether Channel, STP and RSTP.

Extensive experience in configuring and troubleshooting of protocols RIP v1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and MPLS.

Experience with design and deployment of MPLS Layer 3 VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, and MPLS QOS.

Experience in physical cabling, IP addressing and subnetting with VLSM, configuring and supporting TCP/IP, DNS, installing and configuring proxies.

Technology and Infrastructure consultant for Cisco and Juniper design and implementation projects. Specific tasks include Integrated, Integrations, configurations, support and maintenance of routers and switches.

Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server

Expertise in installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500,7600, 3700 series, 6500 series) Cisco Routers (4800, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2900, 1800, 1700, 800)

Expertise in installing, configuring and troubleshooting Juniper Routers ( J,M and MX-series)

Administration and diagnostics of LAN and WAN with in-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, NAT, PPP, ISDN and associates network protocols and services.

Experience working with Nexus 7K, 5K and 2K.

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

Extensive experience in configuring Layer3 routing and layer2/3 switching of Juniper & Cisco based J2320, MX, EX,2950,2960,3600,3750,4500,6500,1700,1800,2600 and 3700 series routers & Switches.

In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in ISP Routing Policies, Network Architecture, IP Sub netting, VLSM, TCP/IP, NAT, DHCP, DNS, FT1 / T1 / FT3 / T3 SONET POS OCX / GigE circuits, Firewalls.

Troubleshooting & implementation of Vlan, STP, MSTP, RSTP, PVST, 802.1Q, DTP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, LACP, PAGP, AAA, TACACS, RADIUS, MD5, VTP & SVI.

Experience with SCADA System Integration.

Professional expertise in the department of implementation and analysis, troubleshooting and documenting the results of LAN/WAN architectures and excellent knowledge on IP services.

Well experienced in configuring HSRP, GLBP, ICMP, PPP, PAP, CHAP and SNMP.

Experience working with Cisco IOS-XR on the ASR9000 devices for MPLS deployments

Have experience with Active directory and extensive experience on TCP/IP

Experience working with ARISTA switches like 7100, 7500 for cloud computing, datacenter and low latency networks.

Technical Skills:

Protocols & Standards : LAN, WAN, WLAN, VRF, VDC, TCP/IP, NAT, PAT, MPLS,

GETVPN, GDOI, DMVPN, IPv4, IPv6, VPN,L2TP, IPsec / ISAKMP, IKE, VoIP, VSS, OSPF, OSPFv3, EIGRP, BGPv4, VLANs, ACLs, Layer 3, Switching, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, QoS, TACACS+, RADIUS, 802.1X, PKI, LDAP, POE.

Cisco Platforms : Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K & 1K, Cisco routers (7600, 7200, 3900, 3600,

2800, 2600, 2500, 1800 series) & Cisco Catalyst switches (6500, 4900, 3750, 3500, 4500, 2900 series) Huawei AR Series Routers,

Juniper Platforms : M, J and MX Series Routers

Networking Concepts : Access-lists, Routing, Switching, Subnetting, Designing,

CSU/DSU, IPsec, VLAN, VPN and Wireless Technology

Firewall : Palo Alto, Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX

Network Tools : IBM ITNM, Splunk, StealthWatch, Solar Winds, SNMP,

CiscoWorks, Wireshark

Operating System : Windows 7/XP, Windows Server 2008/2003, Linux, Unix

WAN technologies : Frame Relay, ISDN, ATM, MPLS, leased lines & exposure to

PPP, DS1, DS3, OC3, T1 /T3 & SONET

LAN technologies : Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, & 10 Gigabit Ethernet,

Port- channel, VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP, 802.1Q

Security Protocols : IKE, IPSEC, SSL-VPN

Networking Protocols : RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, STP, RSTP, VLANs, VTP, PAGP,

LACP, MPLS, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, TACACS+, Radius, AAA

Active Directory, TCP/IP

Load Balancers : F5 Networks (Big-IP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2016- Present

Dell EMC, Santa Clara, CA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Experienced in Integration, configuration and maintenance of Cisco Router, Catalyst Switches and Firewalls.

I configured RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and Static routing on Cisco routers and switches.

I am responsible for routing, VPN on ASA 5505, switching on Nexus 2000, Nexus 5000 and juniper switches.

I set up the storage for product testing for team with different networking requirements.

Installed Dell ESXI servers, created infrastructure server and allocated clusters to developers and other teams.

Working on VMs and troubleshooting different problems occurrences with VMs.

Setup A10 load balancer.

Actively participated and completed many projects based on MPLS VPN, Internet Solutions for corporate customers in COLT.

Designed and implemented F5 Big IP load balancers that resulted in improving application performance.

Involved in complete LAN, WAN, Extranet redesign (including IP address planning, designing, installation, pre- configuration of network equipment, testing, and maintenance).

Worked on checkpoint firewall.

I have experience in providing technical support for full setup, debugged the problems of OSPF, switching.

I was involved in L2/L3 Switching Technology Administration including creating and managing VLANs, Port security, Inter-Vlan routing, LAN security.

Administrative experience with vSphere via vCenter to 6.0.

Working on juniper SSG-140. Juniper switches.

Working knowledge of blade server systems HP c3000 or C7000

Have experience in handling company’s wiki page, updating, troubleshooting, cloning of wiki database to new server with apache.

Responsible for troubleshooting complex networking issues in service provider MPLS & internet Backbone.

Also worked physically on servers mounting, laying cables fiber cabling, labeling cables, installing PDUs and configuring PDUs, groups.

Installed and setup MACMINI servers, configurations of servers.

I have experience on devices purchase and making POs and analyzing needs of infrastructure.

Working on SAN and NAS setups for the lab.

Managed, supported and provisioned LAN/WAN equipment for a new network IDF deployment pertaining to Juniper J2320 and J2350 devices.

Experience on administrator work, giving access to VPN, creating one-time-password (OTP) using CLI, creating and managing user accounts in active directory.

Designing, Provisioning and Installation of the Customer Sites in Oracle IPSA for MPLS Backbone.

Troubleshooting QA and Developer team’s IT related tickets.

Created new network diagram for the existing and new installed network using MS VISIO.

Setting up infoblox DNS for the system.

Worked on creating and updating proxy networks. Using pfsense for VLAN filtering.

Working on Datadomain Boxes installations and VNX, MDS setups.

Setting up and configuring EMC storage XtremIO for storage purposes.

Experience with different Network Performance Monitoring tools: SolarWinds, PRTG, setting up filters and notifications, troubleshooting packet analysis.

Charles Schwab, Austin TX Nov 2014-Mar 2016

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Experienced in Integration, configuration and maintenance of Cisco Router, Catalyst Switches and Firewalls.

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

Responsible for all routing, switching, VPN, network security, and server load balancing.

Using PBR with Route Maps for route manipulation/filtering. Troubleshooting routing issues like suboptimal routing and asymmetric routing.

Implemented various EX, SRX & J series Juniper devices.

Have created lot of site to site IPSEC VPN tunnel with Checkpoint, Juniper Netscreen firewalls and Cisco ASA firewalls.

Very good Experience in using and maintaining various network monitoring tools like Solarwinds, Fluke, plunk.

Responsible for P2P, ISDN, SIP, and WAN technologies using protocols such as PPP, LCP, ICMP, HDLC, SNMP, EIGRP, H.323, and E.164.

Configuring various advanced features (Profiles, monitors, iRules, Redundancy, SSL Termination, Persistence, SNATs, HA on F5 BIGIP appliances SSL termination and initiation, Persistence, Digital Certificates, executed various migration/upgrade projects across F5 and hands on with F5 BIGIP LTMs/EM.

Configured PPP, HDLC, BGPv4, EIGRP, MPLS and OSPF routing.

Configured CIDR, IP, RIP, PPP, BGP and OSPF routing.

Implemented SNMP on Cisco routes to allow for network management. Completed the installation and Configuration of CSU/DSU, T1, T3 & OC3 circuits

Improved network capabilities and reliability by evaluating, testing, purchasing, and implementing new IP/MPLS, Ethernet, and wireless technologies

Configured Juniper MX480s, EX8200s, EX4500s, EX4200s, from scratch to match design.

Has a good experience working with the Trouble Tickets on F5 Load balancers on LTM module.

Switch experience includes Cisco Catalyst switches: CISCO 3750, 4500, 6500 series switches.

Configuration and maintenance of OSPF protocol which was the enterprise IGP. Configuration included deploying of new branch locations or new network devices in the existing infrastructure. Creating Stub Areas & configuring Summarization for effective Routing.

Provided technical support for full setup, debugged the problems of OSPF, switching and HSRP.

Implemented and used SDM to configure Cisco IOS security features and network connection.

Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA Firewalls for stable VPNs.

Coordinated with LAN/WAN engineers the development and implements security policy.

Implementation and maintained intrusion detection/ prevention (IDS/IPS) system to protect enterprise network and sensitive corporate data. For Fine-tuning of TCP and UDP enabled IDS/IPS signatures in Firewall.

Configuration the access-list rules, network object-service group based on well-known port the port i.e. FTP/SFTP, SSH, HTTPS/HTTPS (SSL) and etc.

Negotiate VPN tunnels using IPsec encryption standards and also configured and implemented site-to-site VPN, Remote VPN.

Security policy review and configuration in Palo Alto and Juniper SRX Firewall in US offices and Datacenter.

Working knowledge of the UNIX and CLI based command to implement the networking tools.

Configured and monitored Firewall logging, DMZ’s and related security policies.

Responsible for service request tickets generated by the helpdesk in all phases such as troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades, patches, fixes, and all around technical support of 24*7.

Configuration of ACLs in Cisco 5540 series ASA firewall for Internet Access requests for servers in LAN and DMZ and also for special user requests as authorized by management.

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

Implementing, configuring and troubleshooting routing protocols such as OSPF (v3, v2), RIPv2, BGPv4, EIGRP, HSRP, GLBP and MPLS

Fox Studio, LA, CA Sep 2012 – Oct 2014

Sr. Network Technical Specialist

Responsibilities

Remote infrastructure management of offices in different locations nationwide.

Managing Co-location and Datacenter infrastructure in North America.

Troubleshooting and escalation management of day-to-day issues for offices.

Design and configuring of OSPF, BGP on Juniper Routers and SRX Firewalls.

Security policy review and configuration in Palo Alto and Juniper SRX Firewall in US offices and Datacenter. Troubleshooting of CISCO routers like ping, trace route and basic issues.

Configuring, testing, troubleshooting multiple vendor device platforms like Cisco routing and switching: Cisco ASR9010, ASR901, ASR903, Catalyst Cisco 7609, 2960, and Juniper routing and switching devices: MX960, MX 480 and SRX5200, ACX2200, ALU service aggregation router: 7705 SAR 8 and 7750 service routers.

Ensure connectivity and communication among networks, servers and clients inside and outside department.

Create and test Cisco router and switching operations using OSPF routing protocol, ASA Firewalls for stable VPNs.

Installed controller and light weight access point coordination with JTAC.

Maintenance and trouble-shooting of LAN, WAN, IP Routing, Multilayers Switching.

IOS upgrade for Cisco routers & switches.

Responsible for DNS, and TCP/IP support.

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

Integrated, Integration and trouble-shooting of routing protocols like static and dynamic.

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

Configuring & managing around 500+ Network &Security Devices that includes Cisco Routers & Switches, Nexus Switches.

Installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco Switches (2900, 3500,7600, 3700 series, 6500 series) Cisco Routers (4800, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2900, 1800, 1700, 800)

Operations and management of company LAN, WAN, and wireless networks, including routers, switches, Access Points, Firewalls and another network i.e. Riverbed, Bl uecoat, F5 LTM/GTM.

Configure networks to ensure their smooth and reliable operation for fulfilling business objectives and processes.

Designed and maintained the VLAN architecture, IP address scheme, security architecture, security policies, OS hardening, ADS architecture, and DNS Name Space across a globally dispersed infrastructure.

Procured, installed, configured, and maintained Cisco switches, Cisco routers.

Regular upgrade and maintenance of Infrastructure including Cisco Router and Switches, Juniper Routers and Firewalls, Nexus 7k,5k & 2k, f5 BIG IP.

Monitor network performance and troubleshoot problem areas as needed.

Conduct research on network products, services, protocols, and standards to remain abreast of developments in the networking industry.

Create and maintain documentation and Visio diagrams as it relates to network configuration, network mapping, processes, and service records.

Ensure network connectivity of all servers, workstations, telephony equipment, fax machines, and other network appliances.

Improved network capabilities and reliability by evaluating, testing, purchasing, and implementing new IP/MPLS, Ethernet, and wireless technologies

Responsible for creating and maintaining Microsoft VISIO diagrams and MS WORD documentation of network systems

Hannaford, Scarborough, ME Jan 2011 – Aug 2012

Network Engineer

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 3060for VPN tunnel with Cisco VPN hardware & software client and PIX firewall

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

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.

Configure and Install F5 New Virtual Servers, Profiles, IRules, Pools, Nodes, Generate CSR Certificate, SSL Certificates Etc.,

Tested authentication in OSPF and BGP.

Hands on experience working on Cisco 7600, 12K, ASR routers & Juniper MX series and Juniper BRAS.

Actively participated Implementation and customization of customer network.

Responsible to troubleshoot the connectivity between CPE router and the COLT's edge router (SAR).

Configuration and troubleshooting of many link types i.e. SONET Controllers for sub E1/T1, E3/T3 and

Worked closely with RIR(Regional Internet Registry) to procure PI(Provider Independent) and PA(Provider

Aggregately) IP addresses and AS numbers for COLT and customers.

Usine technologies, Hyderabad- INDIA April 2009 – Nov 2010

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Migration of RIP V2 to OSPF, BGP routing protocols.

Configured EIGRP for Lab Environment.

Implemented ISL and 802.1Q for communicating through VTP.

Working with Client teams to find out requirements for their Network Requirements.

Designing solutions for frozen requirements using Cisco Routers and Switches.

Deploying the network infrastructure to meet the requirements.

Created VLAN and Inter-Vlan routing with Multilayer Switching.

Documenting and Log analyzing the Cisco ASA 5500 series firewall.

Monitor performance of network and servers to identify potential problems and bottleneck.

Performed administrative support for RIP, OSPF routing protocol.

Maintained redundancy on Cisco 2600, 2800 and 3600 routers with HSRP.

Real time monitoring and network management using Cisco Works LMS.

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

EDUCATION

Bachelors of Computer Science

CERTIFICATIONS

CCNP

CCNA

REFRENCES

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