Network Engineer Manager

Nishit Patel

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SUMMARY

CCNA certified Network Engineer with 3+ years of rich experience in providing solutions, implementation, configuration of Cisco Routers and switches, firewalls, VPNs configuration and troubleshooting network problems in Enterprise Network.

Hands on experience in configuring and troubleshooting OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS, RIP v1/v2, VLAN’s, VLSM, ISP MPLS, VRF, Route Summarization, Trunking, VTP, STP, RSTP, HSRP, 802.1q, and Ether-channels in LINUX/UNIX environment.

Experience configuring and troubleshooting remote access using various VPN technologies, Call manager express, Cisco, Shoretel, Avaya IP Phones and good knowledge of NAT/PAT as well as WAN protocols.

Proficient user of VMWare Workstation, Wire shark, Solar Winds and Cisco works LMS 4.0 and below.

Excellent grasp of current and future technologies including TCP/IP, IPv4/v6, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, Frame Relay, ACL, VPN, Wireless LAN and configuration of VLANS.

Hands on experience in configuring Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3750, 4500, 6500 and Nexus 3000, 5000, 6000, 7000 series switches and Cisco 2600, 2800, 3600, 3800, 7200, 7600 series routers and f5 Load Balancers.

Switching tasks include VTP, ISL/ 802.1Q, IPsec and GRE Tunneling, VLAN, Ether Channel, STP and RSTP, PVST+.

Experienced in configuring protocols HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, ICMP, PPP, HDLC and SNMP.

Implemented traffic filters using Standard and Extended access-lists, Distribute-Lists, and Route Maps.

Experience in installing and configuring DNS, DHCP server.

Experience configuring and troubleshooting remote access using various VPN technologies, Call manager express, Cisco IP Phones and good knowledge of NAT/PAT.

Good knowledge and experience in Installation, Configuration and Administration of Windows 2000/2003, HTTP, FTP, DNS, NTP, DHCP servers under various LAN and WAN environments.

Proficiency in handling Network Monitoring tools and Packet capture tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, LAN/WAN, DHCP, DNS, FTP, SFTP, ACLs, SNMP, ARP, QoS

Other Protocols: HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, IPv4, IPv6, RSTP, STP, Syslog

Security: Cisco ASA, ACL, NAT/PAT

Routing: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IGRP, RIP, WINS and RIPv2, HTTP, HTTP Secure Server,Authentication

Switching: VLAN, VTP, STP/RSTP, Ether-Channel (PAGP, LACP)

Operating Systems: MS Windows 7/8/10, Windows Server

Applications: Wireshark, Cisco Packet Tracer, Solarwinds, GNS 3, Active Directory, Office365

WAN Technology: Frame Relay, PPP, MPLS, DS1/T1, DS3/T3, OC3, OC12

EDUCATION SUMMARY

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, with Project May-2017

California State University, Los Angeles, CA

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & communications Engineering. June-2014

Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India

CERTIFICATIONS

Cisco Certified Network Associate(CCNA)

Palo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer(ACE)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kalptaru Infotech, Gujarat, INDIA Feb 2014-Aug 2015

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed, installed, and maintained various LAN/WAN technologies and applications connecting remote sites to corporate headquarters.

Configured, implemented, and troubleshoot routers and switches with various account settings, permissions, and parameters.

Racking, Stacking, Cabling and labeling of devices.

Designed, deployed and configured a network of 1000 Nodes within a short period of time that.

Configuring 3500, 4500 and Nexus 9K, 7K Switches.

Planned, designed, installed, configured and maintained fiber optic network, Wireless Access points of 802.11a/b/g/n/ac on 2.4 and 5 GHZ environment.

Helped team to deploy 100 APs with 15 Switches, 140 clients, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Meraki and other wireless controllers.

Configured IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP in routers in large-scale networks.

Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.

Configured SSL VPN to facilitate various employees' access internal servers and resources with access restrictions.

Responsible for entire company network infrastructure that includes Cisco Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Access Points, and Servers.

Knowledge of F5 6400 Load balancer with LTM module.

Configured Meraki MS220-8, MS320-24, MS320-48, MS220-24 switches with all switching technologies.

Configured NAT and PAT policies.

Experience in deploying EIGRP/BGP redistribution and the changing the metrics for the primary and backup.

Networking protocols worked with included but not limited to TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, VPN, Terminal Services, Routing and Remote Access, Network Design, wiring and cabling.

Responsible for full life cycle from site surveys, implementation, testing and training of secure Aruba wireless network installations.

Based on defined technical requirements and architecture blueprints work with a cross-functional team to develop the network detailed design and associated network specifications as part of an overall solution design.

Extensive use of SNMP, Solarwinds and Ciscoworks LMS for management and monitoring of client’s network.

Experience implementing medium scale network projects (ex. multiple switches and routers), creating and following project plans using MS project, and using advanced network management tools such as CiscoWorks LMS, Syslog Server, SNMP, Netflow.

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

Involved in the removal of EIGRP from all devices and making OSPF as the primary routing protocol.

Expertise in with TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, MPLS, TACACS+, ACS, RADIUS, DWDM, EIGRP, BGP, HSRP, FTP, SFTP, STP, RSTP, and SNMP monitoring.

Cisco 7600, 7200, 3800, 3600, 2800, 2600, 2500 and 1800 series Routers, Cisco Catalyst 6500, 4500, 3750 and 2950 series switches.

Designed MPLS VPN and QoS for the Architecture using Cisco multi-layer switches.

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

Experience in configuring, upgrading and verifying the NX-OS operating system.

Used various advanced networking tools for the network troubleshooting such as multiple DSL tools, SMA, CSDB, Zenoss and Putty to access and acquire command of the advanced networking devices on the user's terminal.

Designed and implemented campus switch network with Cisco layer 3 switches (3750,4500 and 6500) in multi VLAN environment and inter VLAN routing.

Maximizing network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages, scheduling upgrades and collaborating with network architects on network optimization.

Environment:

Routers 2600, 2800, 3640, 3700, 3825, 7200, 7204, and 7206

Switches: Cisco 6509 Catalyst Switches, 2900, 2924, 2950, 3550, 3560, 4000, 4507, 5500, 6500, 6807, 6513 and Nexus line of Data Center Switches 7k,9k,5k

Networking: VLANS, VTP, Frame Relay, EIGRP, RIPv2, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, Dot1q, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, MPLS, VoIP, VPN, SDM, CLI, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WAN, Wi-Fi, IPsec.

King Asterisk Technology, INDIA Mar 2013- Jan 2014

Jr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design, implementation and operational support of routing/switching protocols in complex environments including BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree, etc.

Configured Static, IGRP, EIGRP, and OSPF Routing Protocols on Cisco 1600, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7300 series Routers.

Configured Site to Site IPsec VPN tunnels to peer with different clients and each of client having different specifications of Phase 1 and Phase 2 policies using Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls.

Configuring access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches for VLAN, Fast Ether Channel configuration.

Configured inside ACL and interfaces, outside ACL and interfaces.

Configuration and troubleshooting of EIGRP, OSPF, BGP.

Support the project manager in defining the work and the associated effort, duration, and resource needs to deliver the solution.

Expertise in LAN/WAN technologies (fast Ethernet, Layer2 & 3 switched/routed LAN, and Frame Relay).

Responsible for implementation of customer's basic network and Security infrastructure using Cisco ASA.

Involved in complete LAN, WAN, extranet redesign (including IP address planning, designing, installation, pre configuration of network equipment, testing, and maintenance) in both Customer and Branch networks.

Assisted with troubleshooting all network issues with routers and switches when necessary and consulted with on call tech as needed for client.

Configured and designed LAN networks with Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507 switches.

Used Python script to implement automation and speed up configuration.

Extensively used TCP/IP tool like TELNET for remote login to the routers and SSH for secure login.

Good Experience in working with IBM Net cool and IBM Impact tools to reduce outages, automate and to gain visibility and control of network.

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

Planned resources and presented project status to higher management.

Expertise in LAN/WAN technologies (fast Ethernet, Layer2 & 3 switched/routed LAN, and Frame Relay), Routing Protocols, Networking Layer1, 2, 3 Switching concepts, LAN/WAN technologies, Wireless Networking, TCP/IP concepts.

Environment:

Routers: Cisco 1600, 2600, 2800, 3600, 7200 series.

Switches: Cisco Distribution layer switches such as 6513, 6509, 6504, Access layer switches such as Cisco 4510, 4948, 4507.

Networking: VLANS, VTP, Frame Relay, EIGRP, RIPv2, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, Dot1q, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, MPLS, VoIP, VPN, SDM, CLI, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, WAN, Wi-Fi, IPsec.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Achieved excellent effort award at Kalpataru Infotech within 4 months of joining.

Active member of the American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin at the Southern California Chapter.

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