Srikanth Reddy

ac3f2x@r.postjobfree.com

732-***-****

Professional Summary

•8 years of experience in Networking and Security, including hands-on experience in providing network support, installation and analysis for a broad range of LAN / WAN communication systems.

•Expert Level Knowledge about TCP/IP and OSI models.

•Experience with designing, deploying and troubleshooting LAN, WAN, Frame-Relay, and Ether-channel.

•Experience in Configuring & implementing VLAN, VTP, LAN switching, STP and 802.x authentication in access layer switches.

•Experienced in design, installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN infrastructure and security using Cisco routers/Switches/firewalls.

•Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server.

•Experience in configuring Site-to-site and remote access VPN solutions.

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

•Assist in the design of multi-server environments including IP address schemes, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Ether-Channel (Bonding), etc.

•Maintain a thorough understanding of the basics behind the Internet and its workings (Security, IP Routing, HTTP, VPN, Email Routing etc.).

•Interaction with business clients and Network experts and development SMEs to determine the high level requirements for systems and network elements in support of new features in the Network on Demand, HALO and non-cloud based architectures

•Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN, Route-maps and Access Control Lists

•Configuring, Administering and troubleshooting the Checkpoint and ASA firewall.

•Extensive knowledge of systems and process for wholesale sales and retail sales.

•Expertise in maintenance of layer2 switching tasks which advocate VTP, STP, RSTP, PVST, RPVST, configuring of ether channel with LACP and PAGP along with troubleshooting of inter-VLAN routing.

•Experience in configuring VDC, VPC and FCOE, upgrading NX-OS for Nexus Family Switches.

•Expert in the following Ethernet products: Dedicated Ethernet, Switched Ethernet, VPN, Dedicated Internet (MIS), and Dedicated Wavelength Ring Service as it pertain to sales systems and architecture.

•Design, configuration, and support of Cisco Nexus Platforms (Nexus7K, 5K, 2K).

•Wholesale sales knowledge of systems and process for Business Voice over IP.

•Experience in systems and process for wholesale sales and retail sales.

•In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience on IP Addressing, Sub netting, VLSM and ARP, reverse & proxy ARP, Ping Concepts. Providing support and troubleshooting for Business VOIP clients.

•Thorough understanding of VPN technologies like IPsec, GRE tunneling, MPLS for remote access security.

•Experienced working on network monitoring and analysis tools like, SOLAR WINDS, and Wireshark.

•Configured ASR 1K routers as head end WAN routers and implemented BGP with VRF & OSPF instances.

•Create a Virtual Network on Windows Azure to connect all the servers.

•Performed deep packet analysis to troubleshoot application issues using tools like Wire-shark.

•Working knowledge of DNS as required when deploying load balancing configurations and also monitored packet flow in load balancers.

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

Technical Skills:

Programming Languages: C, C++,C#,SQL SERVER,ASP.NET,JAVA SCRIPT

Network Configuration: Advanced switch/router configuration (Cisco IOS access list, Route redistribution/propagation)

Cisco Routers: Cisco GSR 12416, 12418, Cisco 7200vxr, Cisco 3640, Cisco 3600

Network Protocols: TCP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, VoIP

Network Security: Firewalls, VPN and SSL

Load Balancer: F5-Big-Ip, LTM, Ax10

Layer 2 technology: VLAN, VTP, VMPS, ISL, DTP, Spanning-tree, PVST

Layer 3 Switching: CEF, MLS, Ether Channel

Routing Protocols: IGRP,EIGRP, OSPF, VRRP, HSRP, GLBP, and RIP

Switching Protocols: STP, RSTP, PVSTP, VTP, ARP and VLAN

IP Services: DHCP, NAT, VLAN, DNS, FTP, TFTP, LAN/WAN

Network Technologies: IPsec, GRE, IPv4, IPv6

Switches: Catalyst 6500, MSFC, MSFC2, 7600, 3700, 3500

WAN Protocols: HDLC, PPP, MLPPP

Security Technologies: Cisco FWSM/PIX/ASDM, Juniper SRX, Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, Palo Alto

WAN Technologies: ATM, ISDN, PPP, MPLS, ATT, 802.11, 802.11a, 802.11b

Operating Systems: Windows Exchange Server 2007, Window 2000/XP/Vista, DOS, Windows server 2003/2008, Linux, UNIX, IOS

CERTIFICATIONS:

CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate

CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional

Extensive knowledge of systems and process for wholesale sales and retail sales.

. Expert in the following Ethernet products: Dedicated Ethernet, Switched Ethernet, VPN, Dedicated Internet (MIS), and Dedicated Wavelength Ring Service as it pertain to sales systems and architecture.

. Wholesale sales knowledge of systems and process for Business Voice over IP.

Interaction with business clients and Network experts and development SMEs to determine the high level requirements for systems and network elements in support of new features in the Network on Demand, HALO and non-cloud based architectures (i.e. PricerD, PCGloBES, Sales Express, ASAP/ADOPT, GCSM, and ROME).

Professional Experience

State Farm, Bloomington, IL Nov 2015 – Present

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

•Performed switching technology administration including VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation.

•Performed troubleshooting, while maintaining trouble ticket tracking, following internal/external escalation procedures and customer notifications.

•Configured &Troubleshooting with BGP OSPF, EIGRP.

•Configuring VLANs, STP, VTP and Inter-VLAN routing in LAN environment.

•Configuring and troubleshooting with Cisco ASA (5550/5520), Juniper SRX (3600/650)

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

•Configuration & maintenance of Cisco 2600 series routers with OSPF protocols.

•Upgrading the network by translating protocol like EIGRP to OSPF.

• Responsible for the secure development lifecycle for Cisco's Nexus line of products, including Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) - Cisco's Software Defined Network (SDN) solution, as well as the Cisco Nexus 9k, 7k, 6k, 5k, 4k, & 2k.

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

•Implemented Cisco IOS Firewall IDS using 2600 series router.

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

•Dedicated Internet (MIS), and Dedicated Wavelength Ring Service as it pertain to sales systems and architecture. .

•Planning, deploying LANs/WANs voice interconnection using protocols VoIP, H.323, SIP, ISDN, L1-L3.

•Cisco APIC-EM (IWAN) Deployment using CSR1000v Switch and VMware.

•Worked on SIP protocol on TCP and UDP connections and proficient with VOIP technologies

•Configured VTP domain, trunk links, ether channels and remote VLANs on Cisco and other vender’s switches

•Strong hands on experience on PIX (506, 515, 525, 535), ASA […] Firewalls. Implemented security policies using ACL, Firewall, IPSEC, SSL, VPN, IPS/IDS, AAA(TACACS+ & RADIUS).

• Support services for virtualization technologies: VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft

•Ensuring proper working of all the network equipment’s (routes switches & firewall).

•Producing reports network productivity, plans and issues for higher management.

•LAN / WAN installation, Configuration and support / IOS update (CISCO routers, Switches).

•Interaction with business clients and Network experts and development SMEs to determine the high level requirements for systems and network elements in support of new features in the Network on Demand, HALO and non-cloud based architectures (i.e. PricerD, PCGloBES, Sales Express, ASAP/ADOPT, GCSM, and ROME).

•CISCO Switch configuration in particular VLAN configuration / troubleshooting

Environments: Implementation, configuration and troubleshooting of network using Switching technology like VLANs, inter-VLAN routing, Routing technology like EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.

Fox Studios, LA, CA Sep 2014 – Oct 2015

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

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

•WAN Infrastructure running OSPF & BGP as core routing protocol.

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

•Tested authentication in OSPF and BGP.

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

•Optimized performance of the WAN network consisting of Cisco 3550/4500/6500 switches by configuring VLANs.

•Configured and troubleshoot OSPF and EIGRP.

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

•Installing, Configuring and Maintenance of Windows Servers and VMWare 5.1.

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

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

•Packet capturing, troubleshooting on network problems with Wireshark, identifying and fixing problems

•Working knowledge of firewall technologies Palo Alto.

•Experience in Configuring VPC, VDC and ISSU software upgrade in Nexus 7010 Including NX-OS Virtual Port Channels, Nexus port profiles, Nexus Version 4.2 and 5.0, Nexus VPC peer link.

•Troubleshooting of LAN, WAN, WLAN & VoIP networking issues using Wireshark, TCP dump, Net flow, Net scout, Syslog and other advanced tools and methodologies.

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

•Configured RIP, PPP, BGP and OSPF routing.

•Experience working with High performance data center switch like nexus 7000 series.

•Performed load balancing and application level redundancy by deploying F5 BIG-IP LTM 3900.

Environment: Palo Alto, Cisco ASA 5540/5500, Rip, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, LAN, WAN, HARP, MPLS, F5 BIG –IP LTM 3900, Nexus 2K/5K/7K, MS Visio, PPP, VLAN, VPN.

Mondelez, Hanover, NJ Jan2014 – Aug 2014

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

•Experience with convert Checkpoint VPN rules over to the Cisco ASA solution. Migration with both Checkpoint and Cisco ASA VPN experience.

•Lead the installation and configuration of corporate wide rollout of the Cisco Catalyst 3550, 3750, 4500, and 6509 switches.

•Worked in setting up Inter-VLAN routing, redistribution, access-lists and dynamic routing.

•Replaced Checkpoint firewall architecture with new next generation Palo Alto appliances serving as firewalls and URL and application inspection.

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

•Experience in migration of VLANS.

•Expertise in implementing L2 technologies including VLAN's, VTP, STP, RSTP.

•Configuring and Troubleshooting Route Redistribution between static, RIP, EIGRP OSPF & BGP protocols.

•Configured Security policies including NAT, PAT, VPN's and Access Control Lists.

•Configuring IPsec VPN on Cisco Firewall.

•Maintained, upgraded, configured, and installed Cisco ASA 5510, 5520, & 5505 Firewalls from the CLI and ASDM.

•Knowledge of systems and process for wholesale sales and retail sales

•Responsible for designing and implementation for customer network infrastructure.

•Upgrade Cisco Routers and Switches IOS using TFTP.

Environment: Palo Alto, Cisco ASA 5520/5510, VTP, STP, RSTP, F5 BIG –IP LTM 3900,DHCP, MS Visio, NAT, PAT, VPN’s and Access Control.

Notan Networks, Hyderabad, India Sep 2010 – Nov 2013

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

•Hand on experience of the configuration and implementation of various Cisco Routers & L2/L3 Switches.

•Extensive experience in configuring and implementing BGP, EIGRP and OSPF.

•Configuration of EIGRP and OSPF as interior gateway protocol with route filtering and route redistribution, installed and maintained Cisco 3600, 2600 and 7200 backbone routes with HSRP

•Replaced Fast Ethernet switches with Gigabit Ethernet switches.

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

•Developed documentation, system standards and SOPs within the organization.

•Assisted in troubleshooting LAN connectivity and hardware issues in the network.

•Worked on FTP, HTTP, DNS, DHCP servers in windows server-client environment with resource allocation to desired Virtual LANs of network.

•Responsible for day to day management of Cisco Devices, Traffic management and monitoring.

•Providing daily network support for national wide area network consisting of MPLS, VPN and point-to point site with Routing Information Protocol.

•Working experience with A10 and F5 Load Balancer.

Environments: Configure and troubleshooting of routing protocol like EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, DHCP configuration (Server & Client), MPLS, VPN, Point to Point Site, Cisco routers and switches, Access control server, VLAN

Iris Info Solutions, Hyderabad, India Feb 2009 – Aug 2010

Jr. Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

•Upgrade Cisco 7200, 3600 Router IOS Software, backup Routers and Catalyst 3560, 4500 switch configurations

•Support 24x7 operations and answer calls from the customers on network emergencies and resolve issues

•Install and manage Cisco Catalyst 3500XL, &2960 series Switches and Cisco 1800, 3900 series routers.

•Plans, coordinates, implements and supports the LAN / WAN hardware, software and Internet /Intranet integration network connectivity, diagnose network failures and resolve any problems.

•Responsible for implementation and day to day operations of all associated hubs, routers, bridges, gateways and related equipment

•Monitoring the network, troubleshooting network problems, implementing changes, communicating and working closely with vendors, customers, system administrators

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

•Active participation on operational support for routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, 802.1q, etc.

•Managed various teams involved in site surveys, cabling specifications, Network equipment installation and configuration.

•Design OSPF areas for reliable Access Distribution and for Core IP Routing.

Environment: Cisco 7200/3600, LAN, WAN, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree

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